JPH09150456A - Apparatus for combinedly laminating and recording image - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform image fixing and laminate coating by a fixing means without changing the carrying direction of a member to be recorded by performing laminate coating of laminate members carried in the same carrying direction as the member to be recorded on both surface and back face of the member to be recorded fed from an aperture by a fusion means. SOLUTION: A laminate member 14 is fed one by one from a laminate feeding means 9 synchroneously with feeding of a member 7 to be recorded. Then, after the laminate member 14 is detected by a laminate positional sensor 16 and it passes through it, carrying the laminate member 14 is stopped at a predetermined timing. Then, the member 7 to be recorded being transferred and fed is fed from an aperture for the laminate member 14 and when its apex is brought into contact with an adhesive part, the carrying means is actuated again and the surface of the laminate member 14 is closed and the member 7 to be recorded both the surface and the back face of which are placed between sheets is carried to a fixing means 12, where the laminate member 14 is fused to perform laminate coating.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image recording apparatus which can also be used as a laminate, in which an image can be recorded on a recording member and the recording member can be coated with a laminating member when desired.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, such an image recording apparatus for both lamination and lamination has been publicly known, and it is as shown in FIG. 14, which will be explained. It is a transfer means for transferring an image onto a recording member 51 such as transfer paper.
52 and a laminated member on the recording member 51 to which the image is transferred
Laminating member supplying means 54 for supplying 53 and recording member
Laminating fixing means for fixing the laminating member 53 on the 51
55. The transfer means 52 is a photosensitive drum.
It has a 56 and a transfer charger 57, 58 is a fixing means for the recording member 51, and 59 is a switching gate.

In such an apparatus, when an image is recorded on the recording member 51, the image is transferred by the transfer means 52 and conveyed to the switching gate 59, where the switching gate 59 is arranged at the dotted line position. Then, the recording member 51 is guided by the switching gate 59 to the fixing means 58, where the image is fixed and is discharged to a paper discharging means (not shown).
Separately from this, when the recording member 51 on which the image is transferred is laminated, the switching gate 59 is displaced to the solid line position, and the recording member 51 on which the image is transferred by this is moved.
Is guided to the laminate fixing means 55, and in synchronism with this, the laminate member 53 is supplied onto the recording member 51 by the laminate member supplying means 54, and the laminate fixing means 55 performs laminate coating on the recording member 51. Will be seen.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned one, the switching gate 59 is displaced one by one when fixing the image on the image-recorded member 51 to which the image is transferred and when laminating the image. Two fixing means 58, which change the conveyance direction of the recording member 51 and are separately installed in the change path,
Since it is necessary to carry out fixing to each of the 55, the structure is complicated and the operation is complicated, and further, the upper and lower surfaces of the recording target member 51 cannot be laminated. There's a problem.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to fix the image on the recording member on which the image is transferred and to coat the recording member without changing the conveying direction of the recording member. Image fixing and laminate coating can be performed by one fixing means installed,
An object of the present invention is to provide an image recording apparatus that also serves as a laminate, which has a simple structure as well as a simple operation, and is capable of laminating the upper and lower surfaces of a recording member.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a laminate-combined image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the laminate member is bonded at the front portion in the conveying direction. The laminated member is conveyed in the same conveying direction as the recording member by the conveying means, and the recording member is fed from the rear opening to form the recording target. A laminate member is laminated and coated on both front and back surfaces of the member by a fusing means. When the transferred recording material is laminated, the laminating member is laminated in synchronization with the feeding of the recording material. The recording material is fed one by one from the feeding means, the conveyance of the laminating member by the conveying means is stopped, and the recording material fed is fed from the opening of the laminating member, When the front end of the sheet comes into contact with the adhesive portion, the conveying means restarts operation to close the opening of the laminating member, and the recording member held by the front and back double-sided sheets is conveyed to the fusing means and laminated to the laminating member. Are fused and laminated to be coated.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that an opening / closing means constituted by an electrostatic member or an air conveying member for opening / closing the opening of the laminating member is provided above the conveying means. When the recording member is laminated with the laminate member, when the laminate member is stopped on the conveying means, the suction force of the electrostatic member constituting the opening / closing member, or the suction force or the jet pressure of the air conveying member causes The opening of the laminate member is opened.

The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the stop position of the laminating member can be changed, and the conveying means is operated so as to change the feed length according to the size of the laminating member. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the distance from the abutting point of the superposed recording members of the laminate member to the driving portion of the recording members is made smaller than the length of the recording members in the feeding direction. The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the distance between the conveying means of the member to be conveyed and the laminate fusing means is smaller than the minimum length of the laminate. Make sure to stack them.

The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that a fold line is provided in the rear opening portion of the laminating member, whereby the laminating coating can be smoothly performed without providing the opening / closing means.

The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that a laminating member is provided with a stringing guide, and the invention according to claim 8 is that the stringing guide comprises a plurality of stringing guides having different heights. As a characteristic feature, this prevents deviation such as skew between the recording member and the laminating member.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the image recording apparatus that also serves as a laminate, the laminate member supplying means is arranged above and below the recording material being conveyed, and the laminate member is separately supplied from the laminate member supplying means. The laminated member is laminated on the front and back surfaces of the recording member and then conveyed by the conveying means, and then the front and rear surfaces of the recording member are laminated and coated by the fusing means. A laminate member consisting of two sheets, front and back, is laminated on both the front and back sides of the recording member on which the image has been transferred or fixed, and is laminated and coated by a fusing means.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, when the thick laminate is selected, after the image is fixed on the recording member by the fusing means, the laminating members are laminated and the laminating members are fusion-bonded and laminated-coated. After fixing an image on a recording member, a laminating member composed of two front and back sheets is laminated on both sides of the recording member,
Laminate coating is performed by a fusing means.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, when the thin laminate is selected, the thin laminate member is laminated on the recording member, the image of the recording member is fixed, and the laminating member is fused and laminated. The fixing of the image on the recording member and the laminating and covering of the front and back surfaces of the laminating member are simultaneously performed.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS.
A photoconductor drum 2 is rotatably installed inside the photoconductor drum 2. A charging means 3 for charging the surface of the photoconductor drum 2 around the photoconductor drum 2 along the rotation direction thereof, the photoconductor drum 2
A developing unit 4 that supplies toner to the electrostatic latent image formed above to form a toner visible image, and a transfer separation unit that transfers the toner visible image to a recording member 7 conveyed from a sheet feeding unit 6. 8 are provided. Further, below, a laminate feeding means 9 for feeding the laminating members 14 one by one, a conveying means 1 for conveying the transferred recording member 7 and the laminating member 14 are provided.
0, the transferred toner visible image on the recording member 7 conveyed by the conveying means 10 is fixed, and the laminating member 14
There are provided a fixing unit 12 for fusing the sheet, and a sheet discharging unit 13 for discharging the fixed recording member 7.

The laminate feeding means 9 corresponds to the laminate members 14 of different sizes housed therein,
Multiple (two in this embodiment) laminating cassette 15
have. As shown in FIG. 2, the laminate member 14 is
Two front and back sheets 18 and 19 in which a front part in the transport direction is bonded to form a bonding part 17 and an opening 20 is formed to the rear.
Consists of

In such an apparatus, when image recording is performed, the recording members 7 housed in the sheet feeding means 6 are fed one by one in the same manner as in the conventional image recording apparatus of this type. The toner visible image is transferred to the recording member 7 in synchronism with the toner visible image on the photosensitive drum 2, and the toner visible image is transferred to the recording member 7 and separated from the photosensitive drum 2. The recording member 7 is conveyed to the fixing unit 12 by the conveying unit 10 to fix the toner visible image, and then discharged to the paper discharging unit 13.

Separately from this, when laminating and covering the transferred recording material 7 with the laminating material 14, the laminating material 14 is synchronized with the feeding of the recording material 7 and one sheet is fed from the laminate feeding means 9. Are delivered one by one. Then, the laminating member 14 is mounted on the conveying means 10 so that the laminating position sensor 16
After being detected by and passed through, the conveyance of the laminating member 14 by the conveyance means 10 is stopped at a preset timing.

As shown in FIG. 3, the recording member 7 transferred and fed is the opening 20 of the laminating member 14.
When the leading end of the recording medium is brought into contact with the adhesive portion 17, the conveying means 10 resumes operation and the surface of the laminating member 14 is closed, and the recording member held by the front and back double-sided sheets 18 and 19 is held. The sheet 7 is conveyed to the fixing unit 12, where the laminating member 14 is fused and laminated, and then discharged to the sheet discharging unit 13.

FIG. 4 shows an essential part of the second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, in the conveying direction of the recording member 7, the recording separation member 8 is provided behind the transfer separating means 8. An electrostatic member 21 is provided which constitutes an opening / closing means 11 for opening / closing the surface of the laminate member 14 fed in synchronization with the recording member 7.

With the above-described structure, the laminated member 14 is laminated and coated on the transferred recording member 7 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. When the conveyance of 14 is stopped, the electrostatic member 21
The surface sheet of the recording member 7 is electrostatically charged by charging the surface of
18 is suctioned and the rear opening 20 is opened. This opening 20
When the recording member 7 transferred and transferred to the recording member 7 is fed, static electricity having a polarity opposite to the above polarity is applied to the surface of the electrostatic member 21 to close the opening 20 of the recording member 7. Then, the recording member 7 is held between the front and back double-sided sheets 18 and 19.

In this case, in the case where the opening / closing means 11 is composed of the air conveying member 22 of the intake type as shown in FIG. 5, unlike the static electricity of the electrostatic member 21, the suction force by the air is used. And the air-conveying member of the fuming type as shown in FIG.
In the structure constituted by 22, the surface sheet 18 of the image-recorded member 7 is opened by utilizing the air pressure by the fumes, and the operation is stopped to close the opening 20.

In the above-mentioned one, since the size of the laminating member 14 is different, the stopping position A of the laminating member 14 on the conveying means 10 as shown in FIG.
Depending on (large size) and B (small size), the feed length L1 in the feeding direction from the lamination position sensor 16 to the stop position A (large size) and B (small size) of the laminate member 14
It will be different, such as L2. Therefore, the feed lengths L1 and L2 are set, the operation of the conveying means 10 is controlled so as to change the feed length according to the size of the laminating member 14, and the stop position of the laminating member 14 on the conveying means 10 is controlled. Can be changed.

Further, the distance L3 shown in FIG. 1 from the abutting point between the adhesive portion 17 of the laminating member 14 and the recording member 7 to the peeling portion of the recording member 7 from the photosensitive drum 2 is the recording member 7 By making the length smaller than the length in the feeding direction, it is possible to surely overlap the laminating member 14 and the recording member 7.

Further, the distance L4 between the leading end of the conveying means 10 and the nip of the fixing means 12 is set smaller than the length of the laminating member 14 in the minimum feeding direction, so that the front and back double-sided sheet
It is possible to stably convey the recording member 7 held by the members 18 and 19.

FIG. 8 shows a modification of the laminating member 14, which is provided with a fold line 23 in the rear opening 20.
Although the fold line 23 is provided on both 18 and 19, it may be provided on either one of the surfaces 18 and 19. By providing the fold line 23, laminate coating can be smoothly performed without providing the opening / closing means 11 described later.

FIG. 9 shows another modification of the laminating member 14. The laminating member 14 has a plurality of ridges oriented in the conveying direction on the surface of one surface (the back surface in this embodiment) 19. A string cord 24 is provided. As a result, it is possible to prevent a deviation such as a skew between the recording member 7 and the laminating member 14 from occurring. Then, in such a string 24, when the conveyance reference of the recording member 7 is the center reference XX as shown in FIG. 10, the height h of the string 24 is separated from the center reference plane XX. As a result, h1 <h
2 <h3, and as shown in FIG. 11, the recording member 7
In the case where the transport reference surface is the one-side reference surface Y-Y, h1 <h2 <h3 is set as the height h of the string 24 is separated from the one-side reference reference Y-Y.

FIGS. 12 and 13 show a third embodiment of the present invention. In this third embodiment, the same parts as those of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and will be described. The description will be omitted, and mainly different parts will be described. In this embodiment, two upper and lower sheet feeding means 26 and 27 for feeding the top sheet 18 and the back sheet 19 are arranged above and below the sheet feeding means 10 and the nip of the fixing means 12 is arranged. The laminate stopper 28 is arranged in the conveying path of the laminating member 14 in front of, and the laminating position sensors 29, 30 are arranged in the conveying paths of the front and back sheets 18, 19 of the laminating member 14, and the conveying means 10
The conveyance sensor 31 of the recording member 7 is arranged on the fixing unit 12
A double-sided reversing unit 35 is provided between the sheet discharging unit 13 and the sheet discharging unit 13.

The double-sided reversing section 35 is provided with a paper discharge carrying path 36 which connects the fixing means 12 and the paper discharging means 13, and an annular paper feeding carrying path 37 is branched from the paper discharge carrying path 36. A reverse transport path 40 is provided so as to branch from the paper feed transport path 37, and a paper discharge transport path is provided.
A first switching member 38 is provided at the branch between the paper feed path 37 and the paper feed path 37, and a second switching member 39 is provided at the branch between the paper feed path 37 and the reversal path 40.

In such a case, when performing one-sided image recording, the recording members 7 housed in the sheet feeding means 6 are fed one by one in the same manner as in the conventional image recording apparatus of this type. , The toner visible image on the photosensitive drum 2 is conveyed to the transfer separation means 8 in synchronism with the toner visible image, and the toner visible image is transferred to the recording member 7 and separated from the photosensitive drum 2. The recorded member 7 thus conveyed is conveyed to the fixing unit 12 by the conveying unit 10 to fix the toner visible image, and then discharged to the paper discharging unit 13 via the paper discharging passage 36.

When performing double-sided image recording, the recording members 7 are conveyed one by one to the transfer separating means 8 in the same manner as described above, and the visible toner image is transferred onto the first surface of the recording member 7. In addition, the recording member 7 is conveyed to the fixing unit 12 by the conveying unit 10 and the visible toner image is fixed. Then, the recording member 7 is transferred from the paper discharge transport path 36 to the paper feed transport path 37 by the first switching member 38 in the double-sided reversing section 35.
To the reversal transport path 40 by the second switching member 39 to be reversed and then transported to the paper feed transport path 37, then transported by the transport means 10 and transferred to the second surface by the transfer separation means 8. Then, the toner visible image is fixed by being conveyed to the fixing means 12, and then discharged to the paper discharging means 13 through the paper discharging passage 36.

Recording member 7 having one side transferred as described above
When a thin laminate member is selected when laminating the laminate member 14 on the
Is fed from the upper and lower laminate feeding means 26 and 27, and the front and back double-sided sheets 18 and 19 are detected by the laminate position sensors 29 and 30, and the tip ends thereof contact the laminate stopper 28 as shown in FIG. Stop. On the other hand, the front end of the transferred recording material 7 is detected by the transport sensor 31, and when the adhesion margin L5 of the laminating member 14 shown in FIG.
The sheet is conveyed to the fixing unit 12 in a state of being sandwiched by, and the image is fixed there, and the laminate member 14 is fused and laminated, and then discharged to the sheet discharge unit 13.

Next, when the laminated member 14 is laminated and coated on the recording member 7 having the both surfaces transferred as described above,
When a thin laminate member is selected, double-sided transfer is performed in the same manner as described above, and after the second-side transfer, the second-side image fixing and the double-sided laminate coating are performed at the same time as in the case of the single-sided laminate coating. Will be done.

When the thin laminate member is selected as described above, since the amount of heat taken by the fusion of the laminate member 14 is small, even if the fusion and the image fixing of the recording member 7 are performed at the same time, Since the image fixing of the recording member 7 is not impossible, the laminate coating is performed in this manner.

On the other hand, when a thick laminating member is selected, heat is absorbed by the fusing of the laminating member 14. Therefore, if the fusing and image fixing of the recording member 7 are performed at the same time, the recording is performed. Since it may be impossible to fix the image on the member 7, it is necessary to prevent this.

Therefore, when a thick laminate member is selected during single-sided image recording, when the image fixing of the recording target member 7 is completed by the fixing means 12, the recording target member 7 is transferred to the double-sided reversing unit 35 at the first position. By the 1 and 2 switching members 38 and 39, the sheet is conveyed through the sheet discharge conveying path 36, the sheet feeding conveying path 37, and the conveying means 10, and then double-sided laminating is performed in the same manner as in the case where the thin laminating is selected. Become.

Next, when a thick laminating member is selected during double-sided image recording, first, double-sided image recording is performed in the same manner as in the double-sided image recording described above, and then when the single-sided transfer is performed. In the same manner, double-sided laminate coating will be performed.

In this embodiment, since the laminate member is thick, the heat energy consumed for the coating is not much worn and the image fixing is not deteriorated. Moreover, the laminate after coating is laminated. If scratches or stains occur on the coating, the laminated coating can be cut out, the recording member inside can be taken out, and the laminated coating can be performed again, and the laminated member 14 can be thin and flexible if desired. On the contrary, it is possible to easily obtain various laminated coatings by setting various things such as hard ones, matte surfaces, or colored ones on the laminate feeding means. it can.

[0039]

The present invention is as described above, and in the image forming apparatus also used for laminating, the invention according to claim 1 is such that the front and back sides of the laminating member are bonded at the front portion in the transport direction and open at the rear portion. The laminated member is composed of a single sheet, and is conveyed in the same conveying direction as the recording member by the conveying means, and the recording member is fed from the rear opening, and the front and back surfaces of this recording member are fused by the fusing means. Since the laminate member is laminated and coated, it is installed in the conveyance path without changing the conveyance direction of the recording member for fixing the image on the recording member on which the image is transferred and for laminating the image. Image fixing and laminating coating can be performed by one fusing means,
In addition to having a simple structure, the operation is simple, and there is an effect that the upper and lower surfaces of the recording member can be laminated.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the opening / closing means constituted by an electrostatic member or an air conveying member for opening / closing the opening of the laminating member is provided above the conveying means, the recording target member is provided. When laminating the laminate member, the attractive force of the electrostatic member forming the opening / closing member,
Alternatively, there is an effect that the opening of the laminating member can be opened by the suction force or pressure of the air member, and the recording target member can be reliably and easily fed into the opening of the laminating member.

The invention according to claim 3 has an effect that the stop position of the laminating member can be changed and the feeding length can be changed according to the size of the laminating member.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, the distance from the abutting point of the superposed recording members of the laminate member to the driving portion of the recording members is made smaller than the length of the recording members in the feeding direction. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the distance between the conveying means of the conveyed member and the laminate fusing means is set smaller than the minimum length of the laminate, so that the laminating member and the recording member are reliably overlapped. There is an effect.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the fold line is provided in the rear opening of the laminate member,
There is an effect that the laminate coating can be smoothly performed without providing the opening / closing means.

The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that a laminating member is provided with a stringing guide, and the invention according to claim 8 is that the stringing guide comprises a plurality of stringing guides having different heights. Therefore, there is an effect of preventing a deviation such as a skew between the recording member and the laminating member from occurring. .

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the image recording apparatus that also serves as a laminate, the laminate member supplying means is arranged above and below the recording material being conveyed, and the laminate member is separately supplied from the laminate member supplying means. This laminated member is laminated on the front and back of the recording member and then conveyed by the conveying means. When the front and back surfaces of the recording member are laminated by the fusing means, the laminate member is It is not necessary to provide a separate fusing means for fusing to the recording member, and the image fusing and laminate coating can be performed by one fusing means installed in the conveyance path, and the structure is simple. In addition to the above, the operation is simple, and it is possible to coat various kinds of laminates on both the front and back sides of the recording material. There is.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, when the thick laminate is selected, after the image is fixed on the recording member by the fusing means, the laminating member is laminated and the laminating member is fusion-bonded for laminate coating. Therefore, the image fixing does not become defective due to the loss of heat energy consumed for the laminate coating, and when the laminate coating is scratched or soiled after the laminate coating, the laminate coating is cut open. There is an effect that it is possible to take out the recording member inside and perform the laminating coating again.

In the eleventh aspect of the present invention, when the thin laminate is selected, the thin laminate member is laminated on the recording member to fix the image on the recording member, and the laminate member is fusion-bonded for laminate coating. Therefore, there is an effect that image fixing and laminate coating can be performed quickly in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the above laminate member.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a recording target member is fed into the opening of the above laminate member.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a portion for feeding a recording target member into an opening of the above laminate member according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of another example of feeding a recording target member into the opening of the above laminate member.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of still another example of feeding the recording material into the opening of the laminate member.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a stop position of the laminate member when the recording target member is fed into the opening of the laminate member of the above.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of another example of the above laminate member.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of still another example of the above laminate member.

FIG. 10 is a right side view of the above example.

FIG. 11 is a right side view of another example of the above.

FIG. 12 is a front view of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the main part of the above.

FIG. 14 is a front view of a conventional image recording apparatus that also serves as a laminate of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Device Main Body 2 Photosensitive Drum 5 Transfer Means 6 Paper Feeding Means 7 Recording Member 8 Transfer Separation Means 9 Laminating Feeding Means 10 Conveying Means 11 Opening / Closing Means 12 Fixing Means 13 Paper Ejecting Means 14 Laminating Members 15 Laminating Cassette 16 Laminating Position Sensor 17 Adhesive part 18 Front sheet 19 Back sheet 20 Opening 21 Electrostatic member 22 Air transport member 23 Fold 24 Protrusion 26 Upper sheet feeding means 27 Lower sheet feeding means 28 Laminating stopper 29 Laminating position sensor 30 Laminating position sensor 31 Conveying sensor 35 Double-sided reversing unit 36 Paper discharge transport path 37 Paper feed transport path 38 First switching member 39 Second switching member 40 Reverse transport path

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A transfer unit for transferring an image onto a recording member, a conveying unit for conveying the recording member on which an image is transferred, a laminate member supplying unit for supplying a laminate member to the recording member, In a laminate-use image recording apparatus having a fusing means for fusing a laminating member on a recording member, the laminating member is composed of two front and back sheets having a front portion bonded in the transport direction and an opening rear portion. The member is conveyed in the same conveying direction as the recording member by the conveying means, the recording member is fed from the rear opening, and the front and back surfaces of the recording member are laminated with the laminating member by the fusing means. An image recording apparatus that also serves as a laminate. 2. An opening / closing means constituted by an electrostatic member or an air carrying member for opening / closing the opening of the laminating member is provided above the carrying means. Image recording device. 3. The image recording apparatus which also serves as a laminate according to claim 1, wherein the stop position of the laminating member can be changed. 4. The distance from the abutting point of superposition of the recording members of the laminate member to the driving portion of the recording members is set smaller than the length of the recording members in the feeding direction. 3. The image recording device also serving as a laminate according to any one of 3). 5. The image-recording apparatus for combined use with a laminate according to claim 1, wherein the distance between the conveying means of the conveyed member and the laminate fusing means is smaller than the minimum length of the laminate. 6. The image-recording apparatus which also serves as a laminate according to claim 1, wherein a fold line is provided at a rear opening of the laminating member. 7. The image-recording apparatus which also serves as a laminate according to claim 1, wherein the laminating member is provided with a string drawing guide. 8. The image recording apparatus for laminating and assembling according to claim 7, wherein the drawing guide comprises a plurality of drawing guides having different heights. 9. A transfer unit for transferring an image onto a recording member, a conveying unit for conveying the recording member on which an image is transferred, a laminating member supplying unit for supplying a laminating member to the recording member, In a laminate-use image recording apparatus having a fusing means for fusing a laminating member on a recording member, the laminating member supplying means is arranged above and below the conveyed recording member, and the laminating member is provided from the laminating member supplying means. It is composed of two front and back sheets which are separately supplied. The laminating member is laminated on the front and back of the recording member and is conveyed by a conveying means, and then the front and back surfaces of the recording member are laminated and coated by a fusing means. An image recording apparatus that also serves as a laminate. 10. A thick laminating member is selected, after the image of the recording member is fixed by the fusing means, the laminating member is laminated and the laminating member is fusion-bonded and laminated-coated. 9. An image recording device also used as a laminate according to item 9. 11. A thin laminated member is selected and a thin laminated member is laminated on a recording member to fix an image on the recording member, and the laminated member is fused and laminated for coating. 9. An image recording device also used as a laminate according to item 9.