JPH09197865A - Image recorder combined with laminate - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a coating substance with a stereoscopic effect by constituting a welding roller welding a laminate member laminated on a member to be recorded of a low-hardness heat-resistant rubber roller and pressing the laminate member in accordance with the shape of an image. SOLUTION: A fixing means 10 fixes a transferred toner visible image on the carried member to be recorded 7 or fixes the laminate members 16 and 17 on the member 7 in addition to the toner visible image. The fixing means 10 is provided with a pair of welding rollers, that is, a fixing roller 13 and a pressure roller 14, and the fixing roller 13 is composed of the low-hardness heat-resistant rubber roller obtained by winding a foaming type silicone rubber film on the surface of a core bar and winding a Teflon(R) film on the surface of the rubber film. In the case of laminating and fixing the both-side laminate members 16 and 17 on the member 7 on which the image has been transferred, the member 7 is carried to the fixing means 10 in a state where it is held between the thin laminate members 16 and 17 and the toner visible image is fixed on the member 7 by the rollers 13 and 14.

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 which also serves as a laminate has been publicly known, and it is as shown in FIG. 5 and will be described. 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
It has an image and laminate fixing means 55 for fixing the image and the laminate member 53 on the 51. And transfer means 52
Has a photosensitive drum 56 and a transfer charger 57, 58 is an image fixing means of the recording member 51 having a pair of hard fusing rollers 61 and 62, and 59 is a switching gate.

In such an apparatus, when the image is fixed on the recording member 51, the recording member 51 on which the image is transferred by the transfer means 52 is conveyed to the switching gate 59,
At this time, the switching gate 59 is arranged at the dotted line position, and the recording target member 51 is guided by the switching gate 59 to the image fixing means 58, where the image is fixed and discharged to a paper discharging means (not shown). . Separately from this, when fixing the image and the laminate to the recording member 51 on which the image is transferred, the switching gate 59 is displaced to the solid line position, and the recording member 51 on which the image is transferred is Laminating fixing means
The laminated member 53 is guided to the recording member 51 by the laminating member supply means 54 in synchronization with the guided member 55, and is recorded by the image / lamination fixing means 55.
The image and the laminate member 53 are fixed on the 51.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned one, when fixing the image and the laminating member 53 to the recording member 51 to which the image is transferred, the image to be fixed is like a press flower attached. In the case where there is a three-dimensional effect and uneven portions are formed, the fusing roller 61 that heats and presses the laminating member is formed by a hard roller, so that each portion of the three-dimensional image is uniform. There is a problem in that the laminate coating is formed by being heated and pressed so that the whole becomes a uniform surface with a poor three-dimensional effect.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional image recording apparatus that also serves as a laminate, and when the image has a three-dimensional effect and uneven portions are formed, the laminate member is fused by a fusing roller. An object of the present invention is to provide an image recording apparatus that also serves as a laminate, which can be heated and pressed according to the shape of an image to obtain a laminated coating having a three-dimensional effect as a whole.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention according to claim 1 provides an image forming means for forming an image on a recording material, and an image forming means. And a laminating means for laminating the laminated member on the recording member, and a fusing means for fusing the laminated member laminated on the recording member, the fusing means having a pair of fusing rollers, At least one of the fusing rollers is composed of a heat-resistant rubber roller having a low hardness. When fixing the laminating member to the transferred recording member, the laminating member is fixed to the recording member. Are laminated and conveyed to the fusing means to fix the laminating member, and when the image has a three-dimensional effect, the fixing roller heats and presses the laminating member according to the shape of the image, so that the entire three-dimensional effect is obtained. Have Laminate coating will be obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an image forming means for forming an image on a recording member, a laminating means for laminating a laminating member on the image-recorded recording member, and a laminating member on the recording member. And a fusing means for fusing the laminated member, wherein the fusing means has three fusing rollers arranged in parallel, and the middle fusing roller of the three fusing rollers has a low hardness. Image forming means is constituted by the intermediate fusing roller and one fusing roller, and the laminate fusing means is constituted by the intermediate fusing roller and the other fusing roller. The fixing of the image is performed by one fusing roller and the intermediate fusing roller in the image fixing means, and the fixing of the laminating member is performed by
This is performed by the intermediate fusing roller and the other fusing roller to maintain the quality of the toner and the fusing roller in the image fixing means, and at the time of laminating and fixing, the laminating member is laminated and fused on the recording target member. When the laminating member is conveyed to the fixing unit and fixed, and the image has a three-dimensional effect at this time, the fixing roller heats and presses the laminating member according to the shape of the image. A coating is obtained.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a selecting means for selecting one of the image fixing mode corresponding to the image fixing means and the laminate fixing mode corresponding to the laminate fixing means, the image fixing means and the laminate fixing means. And an entrance switching member for changing the position of the entrance switching member in response to the selection unit selecting each of the fixing modes. Selected by the operator's operation of the selection means,
In response to this selection, the entrance switching member guides the recording member or the recording member on which the laminating member is laminated to the image fixing unit or the laminating fixing unit, respectively.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an apparatus main body, and a photosensitive drum 2 is rotatably installed inside the apparatus main body 1. A charging means 3 for charging the surface of the photoconductor drum 2 around the periphery of the photoconductor 2 and a developing means for supplying toner to the electrostatic latent image formed on the photoconductor drum 2 to obtain a visible toner image. 4. A transfer / separation unit 8 for transferring the visible toner image onto the recording member 7 conveyed from the paper feeding unit 6 is provided. Then, a conveying unit 9 that conveys the recording member 7 that is transferred to the downstream side of the transfer separating unit 8 and the transferred toner visible image on the recording member 7 that is conveyed by the conveying unit 9 is fixed, or In addition to this, a fixing means for fixing the laminating members 16 and 17 described later on the recording member 7
10, paper discharge transport means 1 for transporting the recording member 7 having been fixed
1. A paper discharging means 12 for discharging the recording member 7 is provided.

The fixing means 10 has a pair of fusing rollers consisting of a fixing roller 13 and a pressure roller 14, and the fixing roller 13
Is composed of a low-hardness heat-resistant rubber roller in which a foam type silicone rubber film is wound on the surface of a core metal and a Teflon film is wound on the surface thereof.

Further, two front and back surface laminating member feeding means 18 for feeding the thin and thin front surface laminating members 16-1 and 16-2 and the thin and thin back surface laminating members 17-1 and 17 respectively above and below the conveying means 9. -1, 2, 19-1, 2 are arranged, a lamination stopper 21 is arranged in the conveyance path of the front and back laminating members 16, 17 in front of the nip of the fixing means 10, and the conveyance position sensor 22 is arranged in the conveyance means 9. Arranged front and back laminated members 1
Laminate member position sensors 23 and 24 are arranged on the conveyance paths 6 and 17, respectively. As the front and back laminating members 16 and 17, two kinds of thin and thick ones are arranged, but this kind may be other than this.

In such an apparatus, in the image fixing mode for fixing an image, 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. Is sent and conveyed to the transfer separation means 8 in synchronism with the toner visible image on the photosensitive drum 2.
Here, the visible toner image is transferred to the recording member 7, and the recording member 7 separated from the photosensitive drum 2 is conveyed to the fixing unit 10 by the conveying unit 9 and the fixing roller 13
After the toner visible image is fixed on the recording member 7 by the pressure roller 14 and the pressure roller 14, the sheet is conveyed to the sheet discharge means 12 by the sheet discharge conveying means 11.

On the transferred recording member 7 as described above,
In the laminating fixing mode for laminating and fixing the front and back laminating members 16 and 17, the laminating members 16 and 17 are fed from the laminating member feeding means 18 and 19, and the laminating members 16 and 17 are positioned at the laminating member position. Sensor 23, 24
Then, the leading end contacts the laminate stopper 21 and stops as shown in FIG. At this time, one of the thick and thin laminated members 16-1 or 2, 17-1 or 2 is selected as desired.

On the other hand, the front end of the transferred recording material 7 is detected by the transport position sensor 22, and when the front end forms the bonding margin L5 of the thin laminate members 16 and 17 shown in FIG.
The recording member 7 is conveyed to the fixing means 10 while being sandwiched by the thin laminate members 16 and 17, and the visible toner image is fixed on the recording member 7 by the fixing roller 13 and the pressure roller 14. After the laminate members 16 and 17 are fixed, the sheet is conveyed to the sheet discharge means 12 by the sheet discharge conveying means 11.

At this time, when the fixed image has a three-dimensional effect and uneven portions are formed, the fixing roller 13 which heats and presses the laminate member 16 is constituted by a heat resistant rubber roller having a low hardness. Since the heating and pressing are performed according to the shape of (3), a laminated coating having a three-dimensional effect as a whole can be obtained.

2 and 3 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In this second embodiment, the same parts as those in 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, the fixing means is divided into an image fixing means 25 and a laminating fixing means 26, and the image fixing means 25 is composed of an upper fixing roller 28 and a lower fixing / pressurizing roller 29. The fixing means 26 is composed of a fixing and pressure roller 29 and a pressure roller 30 below it.

A switching means 27 is provided between the conveying means 9 and the fixing means 25, 26, and the switching means 27 is a two-membered member whose base is pivotally supported by a pivot 32 attached to the apparatus main body 1. 33, which comprises a switching arm 34 and an actuating arm 35, the actuating arm 35 having a solenoid 37 mounted on the device body 1 and a spring arranged on the opposite side thereof.
It is connected to 38. Reference numeral 39 indicates a stopper of the operating arm 35.

In the switching means 27, the tip of the switching arm 34 forms a nip portion between the pressure roller 30 and the fixing / pressurizing roller 29 of the laminate fixing means 26 shown by the solid line in FIG. 4 when the solenoid 37 is turned on. The laminate fixing position
When the solenoid 37 is turned off, it can be moved between a fixing roller 28 of the image fixing means 25 shown by a dotted line in FIG. 4 and an image fixing position directed to a nip portion between the fixing and pressure roller 29.

In such a case, when the image is fixed, the selecting means (not shown) is operated to select the image fixing mode, the solenoid 37 is turned off by this selection, and the operating arm 35 of the switching means 27 is operated. Pulled by the spring 38, the switching arm 34 comes to the image fixing position shown by the dotted line in FIG. Here, similar to the first embodiment, the recording members 7 housed in the paper feeding unit 6 are fed one by one, and the transfer separation unit is synchronized with the visible toner image on the photosensitive drum 2. The toner visible image is transferred to the recording member 7 by being conveyed to the recording member 7. The recording member 7 separated from the photoconductor drum 2 is conveyed by the conveying means 9 and is guided by the switching arm 34 to the nip portion between the fixing roller 28 of the image fixing means 25 and the fixing / pressurizing roller 29. Then, the image is fixed by heating and pressurizing in the nip portion, and then the sheet is discharged to the sheet discharging unit 12 through the sheet discharging conveying unit 11.

When fixing the laminate members 16 and 17 to the transferred recording member 7 as described above, the selecting means is operated to select the laminate fixing mode, and the solenoid 37 is turned on by this selection. The actuating arm 35 of the switching means 27 is pulled by the solenoid 37, and the switching arm 34 comes to the laminate fixing position shown by the solid line in FIG.

Here, in the same manner as described above, the photosensitive drum 2 is attached to the recording member 7 housed and fed in the sheet feeding means 6.
The toner visible image is transferred onto the recording member 7
Is separated from the photosensitive drum 2 and is conveyed by the conveying means 9, and the leading end thereof is detected by the conveying position sensor 22. Then, in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the recording member 7 is carried by the carrying means 9 in a state where the recording member 7 is held by the laminating members 16 and 17 when the bonding margins of the laminating members 16 and 17 are formed.

At the end of this conveyance, the recording member 7 is guided by the switching arm 34 to the nip portion between the fixing / pressurizing roller 29 of the laminate fixing means 26 and the pressure roller 30, and heating at this nip portion. After the image fixing of the recording target member 7 and the fixing of the laminating members 16 and 17 to the recording target member 7 are simultaneously performed by the pressurization, the recording target member 7 is discharged to the paper discharging unit 12 via the paper discharging conveying unit 11. .

At this time, when the fixed image has a three-dimensional effect and an uneven portion is formed, the fixing roller 13 for heating and pressing the laminating member 16 is composed of a heat-resistant rubber roller having a low hardness. Since the heating and pressing are performed according to the shape of (3), a laminated coating having a three-dimensional effect as a whole can be obtained.

[0024]

The present invention is as described above, and in the image forming apparatus which also serves as a laminate, the invention according to claim 1 is an image forming means for forming an image on a recording member, and an image formed object. It has a laminating means for laminating a laminating member on a recording member, and a fusing means for fusing the laminating member laminated on the recording member. The fusing means has a pair of fusing rollers. At least one of the fusing rollers is a heat-resistant rubber roller having a low hardness, and when the laminated member is fixed to the transferred recording member, the laminating member is laminated on the recording member and fused. When the laminate member is conveyed to the device and fixed, and the image has a stereoscopic effect at this time, the fixing roller heats and presses the laminate member according to the shape of the image, so that the entire laminae having a stereoscopic effect are obtained. Door coating will be obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an image forming means for forming an image on a recording material, a laminating means for laminating a laminating member on the recording material on which the image is formed, and a laminating material on the recording material. And a fusing means for fusing the laminated member, wherein the fusing means has three fusing rollers arranged in parallel, and the middle fusing roller of the three fusing rollers has a low hardness. Image forming means is constituted by the intermediate fusing roller and one fusing roller, and the laminate fusing means is constituted by the intermediate fusing roller and the other fusing roller. Therefore, since the image fixing is performed by one fusing roller and the intermediate fusing roller in the image fixing means, the quality of the toner and the fixing roller in the image fixing means is maintained, and the fixing of the laminating member is performed. Recording material The laminating member is laminated and conveyed to the laminating and fixing means, where it is carried out by the intermediate fusing roller and the other fusing roller. At this time, when the image has a three-dimensional effect, the intermediate fusing roller moves the image. Since the laminate member is heated and pressed according to the shape of the above, a laminate coating having a three-dimensional effect as a whole can be obtained.

According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided a selecting means for selecting one of the image fixing mode corresponding to the image fixing means and the laminate fixing mode corresponding to the laminate fixing means, the image fixing means and the laminate fixing means. And an inlet switching member for changing the position of the inlet switching member in response to the selection unit selecting each of the fixing modes.
It is easily selected by the operator's operation of the selection means, and in response to this selection, the entrance switching member automatically transfers the recording member held by the recording member or the laminating member to the image fixing unit or the laminating fixing unit, respectively. This has the effect of inducing the target.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the above.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the main part of the above.

FIG. 5 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 3 Charging Means 4 Developing Means 5 Transfer Means 6 Paper Feeding Means 7 Recording Member 8 Transfer Separation Means 9 Conveying Means 10 Fixing Means 11 Ejecting Conveying Means 12 Paper Ejecting Means 13 Fixing Rollers 14 Pressure Rollers 16 Surface laminating member 17 Back laminating member 18 Front laminating member feeding means 19 Back laminating member feeding means 21 Lamination stopper 22 Transport position sensor 23 Laminating member position sensor 24 Laminating member position sensor 25 Image fixing means 26 Laminating fixing means 27 Switching means 28 Fixing roller 29 Fixing and pressure roller 30 Pressure roller 32 Pivot 33 Two-member 34 Switching arm 35 Actuating arm 37 Solenoid 38 Spring

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An image forming unit for forming an image on a recording member, a laminating unit for laminating a laminating member on the image-recorded recording member, and a laminating member laminated on the recording member. In a laminated image recording apparatus having a fusing means, the fusing means has a pair of fusing rollers, and at least one of the fusing rollers is a heat-resistant rubber roller having a low hardness. An image recording apparatus that also serves as a laminate. 2. An image forming means for forming an image on a recording member, a laminating means for laminating a laminating member on the image formed recording member, and a laminating member laminated on the recording member. In the laminated image recording apparatus having a fusing means, the fusing means has three fusing rollers arranged in parallel, and an intermediate fusing roller of the three fusing rollers has a low hardness. A heat-resistant rubber roller, wherein the intermediate fusing roller and one of the fusing rollers constitute an image fixing means, and the intermediate fusing roller and the other fusing roller constitute a laminating fixing means. An image recording apparatus that also serves as a laminate. 3. A selection means for selecting one of an image fixing mode corresponding to the image fixing means and a laminate fixing mode corresponding to the laminate fixing means, and an entrance switching member for switching between the image fixing means and the laminate fixing means. 3. The image forming apparatus for combined use with lamination according to claim 2, wherein the image forming apparatus is also provided, and the position of the entrance switching member is changed in response to the selection unit selecting one of the fixing modes.