JPH0628846Y2 - Reading / recording device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Outline] A reading / recording apparatus provided with a transparent window member having a scale indicating the size of a document and a recording sheet on a document setting surface, and a document reading and recording apparatus provided with a transparent window member provided with a size width scale. The purpose is to provide a reading and recording device that can set size guides and check the size and remaining amount of recording paper in common, and can reduce costs by reducing the number of members. An original setting section having a surface on which an original is set, a reading section for feeding out and reading the set original,
And a reading device section having a discharge section for discharging the read document, a recording sheet storage section provided below the document setting section, a recording section for recording on a recording sheet supplied from the recording sheet storage section, and a recorded sheet. And a recording device unit having a sending unit for sending the recording paper, wherein at least the original and the recording paper are used on the surface of the housing in the direction perpendicular to the original setting direction of the original setting unit. The transparent window member is formed of a transparent material having a predetermined width that is the maximum size of the width, and is provided with a scale indicating the width of each size at the positions of the widths of the document and the recording paper used. Is provided.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a reading / recording apparatus such as a facsimile (hereinafter referred to as FAX) apparatus, and more particularly to a reading / recording apparatus in which a transparent window member having a scale indicating a size of an original and recording paper is provided on a setting surface of the original. .

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, fax machines and copying machines have become widespread and various kinds of originals are transmitted and copied. In such an apparatus, a size scale for setting a guide position when setting an original and a built-in recording A transparent window for checking the size and remaining amount of paper is provided separately.Since the transparent window is small and it is difficult to confirm the size and remaining amount of recording paper, it is easier to check and the cost can be reduced. Is desired.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show a perspective view and an internal side view of the FAX machine. As shown in FIG.
As indicated by a dashed line, the reading device 2a and the recording device 3a are housed in a housing 1a.

As shown in FIG. 3, a document setting portion 21a for setting the document 4 is provided on the upper surface of the housing 1a.

An inclined surface 22 on which the original 4 is set on the original setting portion 21a
Further, the original 4 is formed on, for example, an aluminum plate having a length of at least the maximum size of the original 4 to be used and having a predetermined width (for example, about 10 mm) in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the original 4 is set. The scale 23a indicating each size is printed symmetrically with respect to the center by a silk screen or the like, and the guide members 24a and 24b whose original guide width is set by changing the facing distance. It is provided. An extension setting table 25 for a large document size is provided at the rear of the document setting portion 21a, on the right side of the casing 1a in the figure
Are foldable horizontally and vertically.

On the front side surface of the housing 1a, a discharge section 20 for discharging the original 4 and a sending section 30 for sending the recording paper 6 are provided. Also the housing 1a
In front of the upper surface of the, there is provided an operation panel 5 including a destination telephone number, operation input buttons such as transmission / reception instruction buttons, and a display section (neither shown) for displaying input data and the like. There is.

As shown in FIG. 4, the reading device section 2a includes a document setting section 21
An automatic feeding unit (hereinafter referred to as ADF) 26 that feeds the document 4 to the front of a and to the left in the figure, a reading unit composed of feed rollers R1 and R2, and an image sensor S and a feed roller R3.
27 are arranged.

Further, the recording device section 3a is provided with a recording sheet storage section 31 for storing the roll-shaped recording sheet 6 below the document setting section 21a, and recording is performed on the recording sheet 6 supplied to the front side, the left side in the drawing. A recording unit 32 including a thermal head H and a platen roller R4, a cutter unit 33 for cutting the recorded recording paper 6 into a predetermined length, and feed rollers R5 and R6 are arranged.

In addition, a transparent material is formed on the surface of the casing 1a above the recording paper storage unit 31,
For example, a square window member 34a made of a resin material is provided. The position of the square window member 34a faces a plurality of graduations 23a near one end of the graduation plate 23, and is set to a size including the plurality of graduations (for example, about 25 × 35 mm).

With this configuration, when transmitting the original 4,
When the guide members 24a and 24b are set to the width of the document size according to the scale 23a, and the document 4 is set in the document setting section 21a after being connected to the transmission destination, it is fed out by the ADF 26 and read by the reading section 27. The read image data is transmitted to the destination. On the other hand, the document 4 is discharged from the document discharge port 20. When there are a plurality of originals 4, the originals 4 are set one on top of the other and are sequentially fed out and read.

Further, when recording the received data, the size and the remaining amount are confirmed from the end position of the recording paper 6 set in the recording paper storage unit 31 and the roll outer diameter by looking into the square window member 34a. Alternatively, when the remaining amount is near end, the recording paper 6 of a desired size is set. The square window member 34a does not have a recording paper size scale, but the size is confirmed from a position facing the size scale 23a of the scale plate 23a.

Thus, the recording sheet 6 is fed out by the reception and the recording unit
It is recorded by 32, and when recording of one page is completed,
It is cut by the cutter unit 33 and sent out from the recording paper delivery port 30.

Transmission and reception are performed in this manner. The image data of the original 4 read by the reading unit 27 may be recorded, that is, copied by the recording unit 32.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

According to the above-mentioned conventional method, the scale plate used for setting the size width of the guide member for guiding the document to be set and the square window member for confirming the size and remaining amount of the recording paper in the recording paper supply unit are separate members. Therefore, cost reduction by reducing the number of members is desired.

The square window member is small in size corresponding to one side of the recording paper,
Moreover, since there is no size scale, it is troublesome to check the size of the recording paper, and a method of providing a scale may be considered, but it is costly to provide the scale on both the scale plate.

There is a problem.

According to the present invention, it is possible to commonly set the guide of the original size and confirm the size and the remaining amount of the recording paper by the transparent window member provided with the scale of the size width, and the cost can be improved by reducing the number of members. It is intended to provide a reader unit.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a housing, 4 is a document, 6 is a recording sheet, 21 is a document setting section, 31 is a recording sheet storage section, 35 is a scale, and 34 is a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the document 4 of the setting section 21 is set. The original 4 and the recording paper 6 are formed on the surface of the housing 1 of the original 4 and the recording paper 6 by a transparent or translucent material having a width of at least the maximum size used. The transparent window member is provided with a scale 35 indicating the width of each size at the position of the width of a plurality of sizes.

Therefore, the see-through window member 34 is configured so that the set position according to the size of the original 4 and the size and remaining amount of the recording paper 6 can be seen.

[Action]

The setting position according to the size of the original 4 can be determined by the scale 35 of the transparent window member 34 provided in the setting section 21, and the size of the recording paper 6 can be known by the scale 35 and the transparent, and the remaining of the recording paper 6 can be seen by the transparent. Since the amount can be seen, the size and the remaining amount of the recording paper 6 can be easily confirmed by seeing through the entire width of the see-through window member 34, the members can be commonly used, and the cost can be improved by reducing the members. .

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
The same reference numerals denote the same objects throughout the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view in which the present invention is applied to the FAX machine described in FIG.

As shown in the figure, at least the original 4 to be used is placed at a position above the recording paper storage 31 on the inclined surface 22 of the original setting portion 21 on the upper surface of the housing 1 in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the original 4 is set. Has a maximum length width of a given width (eg 15 ~
A see-through window member 34 formed to have a thickness of about 20 mm is fitted therein.

As shown in FIG. 2, the transparent window member 34 is formed of a transparent material, for example, a transparent synthetic resin material, and the scales 35 indicating each size of the original 4 are printed symmetrically with respect to the center by silk screen or the like. Has been done.

With such a configuration, when setting the document 4, the document guide width of the guide members 24a and 24b is set by the scale 35 indicating the size width of the transparent window member 34, and is stored in the recording paper storage unit 31. When checking the size and the remaining amount of the recording paper 6, check the size through the both ends of the recording paper 6 and the scale 35 by looking through the transparent window member 34 and the remaining amount from the outer diameter of the roll. You can

In this way, the transparent window member 34 can be used both for setting the guide width of the original 4 and for checking the size and the remaining amount of the recording paper 6, and the length of the transparent window member 34 is the entire width of the recording paper 6. Therefore, the size and the remaining amount can be easily confirmed, and the number of members can be reduced to reduce the cost. Also, the appearance design is improved.

In the above example, the case of the roll-shaped recording paper has been described, but the same can be applied to the case where the cut sheet is used as the recording paper.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing the transparent window member provided with the scale of the original width of each size to be used, the transparent window member can be used to set the original guide width and confirm the size and the remaining amount of the recording paper. Can be carried out by the above method, and the entire width of the recording paper can be seen through, which makes it easy to confirm.

The number of parts is reduced and the cost is improved.

The design is sophisticated in appearance.

There is an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

 FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a see-through window member, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a conventional fax machine, and FIG. 4 is FIG. It is an internal side view of. In the figure, 1, 1a is a housing, 4 is a document, 6 is a recording sheet, 21 and 21a are document setting sections, 31 is a recording sheet storage section, 34 is a transparent window member, and 35 is a scale.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A document setting section (21) having an inclined surface on the upper surface of a housing (1) on which a document (4) is set, and the document (4) set on the document setting section (21) is fed out. A reading unit that has a reading unit for reading and a discharge unit that discharges the document (4) read by the reading unit, and a recording paper storage unit (3) provided below the document setting unit (21).
1), a reading comprising a recording unit for recording on the recording paper supplied from the recording paper storage unit (31), and a recording device unit having a sending unit for sending the recording paper (6) recorded by the recording unit A recording device, wherein the original (4) and the recording paper (6) are placed on the surface of the housing (1) in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the original (4) of the original setting section (21) is set.
Of at least the maximum size of the used width of a predetermined width and formed of a transparent material, the width of each size at the position of the width of the original (4) and recording paper (6) used A reading / recording device comprising a see-through window member (34) provided with a scale (35) for indicating.