JPH10203715A - Apparatus with sheet processing function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change a position to apply sheet processing entered to inside from an end edge of a sheet even in the case when a sheet processing unit is fixed on the same processing part installation plate. SOLUTION: This apparatus is constituted to carry out punching processing on an end edge of a sheet by moving a sheet placing part on which the sheet is placed to the side of a sheet processing part. The sheet processing part is constituted by installing a punch unit 61 on a processing part installation plate 62. Screw holes 671 to 673, etc., are provided on the punch unit 61, through holes 622 to 625 consisting of slits extending in the connecting and separating direction of the sheet placing part and the sheet processing part are provided on the processing part installation plate 62, and the punch unit 61 is fixed on the processing part installation plate 62 by screwing machine screws 626 to 629 inserted into these through holes 622 to 625 in the screw holes 671 to 673, etc. At this time of fixing, the punch unit 61 is positioned by moving it along the through holes 622 to 625 consisting of the slits.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus having a paper processing function provided with a paper processing unit for performing paper processing such as punching on the edge of paper such as transfer paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine or a printer, a plurality of copies of an original image are transferred onto transfer paper,
An apparatus having a sorter for sorting these into a plurality of bins arranged vertically is widely used. In particular, recently, a sorter having a paper processing function of performing a predetermined paper processing such as a punching processing or a stapling processing on the transfer papers on the sorted bins has also become widespread.

In a sorter having such a paper processing function, a bin on which transfer paper is placed is moved to a paper processing section having a punch unit, a stapler unit, and the like, and is moved inward from the edge of the transfer paper by a predetermined distance. After the paper is processed at a predetermined position where the bin has entered, the bin is returned to the original position. The paper processing unit is configured such that a paper processing unit such as a punch unit or a stapler unit is fixed to a processing unit mounting plate provided inside the sorter.

[0004]

However, in the case where the paper processing is a punching processing for forming a punched hole, according to the U.S.A. specification, the position for forming the punched hole inside the edge of the transfer paper is in Japan or Europe. Therefore, it is necessary to change the fixing position of the punch unit on the processing unit mounting plate. Therefore, in the conventional sorter, the processing unit mounting plate for fixing the punch unit for the United States is changed to one different from the one for Japan and Europe, and as a result, the processing unit mounting plate is manufactured Therefore, there is a problem that at least two types of dies are required, which causes an increase in cost.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a paper processing unit such as a punch unit is fixed to the same processing unit mounting plate, and the position for performing paper processing inside the edge of paper such as transfer paper is changed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device having a paper processing function capable of performing the above.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus having a sheet processing function, comprising: a sheet placing portion; and a sheet placing portion on the sheet placing portion. And a paper processing unit that performs paper processing on the edge.
The distance in the contact / separation direction from the edge of the sheet to the position where the sheet processing is performed can be changed by relatively moving the sheet placement unit and the sheet processing unit in the contact / separation direction of the both. It is characterized by.

In the apparatus with the sheet processing function according to the first aspect, the sheet placement section and the sheet processing section move relative to each other in the direction of contact and separation between the two, so that the sheet placed on the sheet placement section is removed. The distance in the contact and separation direction from the edge to the position where the sheet is subjected to sheet processing such as punching or staple processing is changed, and the sheet processing is performed at a position inward from the edge of the sheet by a predetermined distance. Will be applied.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus having a paper processing function according to the first aspect, wherein the paper processing unit performs a paper processing on paper.
A mounting plate for mounting the paper processing unit, wherein the paper processing unit is disposed so as to be movable in the contacting / separating direction with respect to the mounting plate, and the paper sheet is fastened by a fastening body at a predetermined position in the contacting / separating direction. The processing unit can be fixed to the mounting plate.

In the apparatus with a sheet processing function according to the second aspect, the sheet processing unit is moved in the contacting / separating direction with respect to the mounting plate, and the sheet processing unit is connected to the mounting plate by the fastening member at a predetermined position in the contacting / separating direction. Sheet processing is performed at a position fixed to the mounting plate and inside a predetermined distance from the edge of the sheet.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus having a sheet processing function according to the second aspect, wherein at least one of the sheet processing unit and the mounting plate has a long hole extending in the contact and separation direction. The processing unit is positioned and fixed to the mounting plate by inserting the fastening body into the elongated hole.

In the apparatus with a sheet processing function according to the third aspect, the sheet processing unit is moved in the direction along the elongated hole with respect to the mounting plate, and is inserted into the elongated hole at a predetermined position in the elongated hole. The paper processing unit is fixed to the mounting plate by the fastening body, and the paper processing is performed at a position inside the edge of the paper by a predetermined distance.

[0012]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a copying machine according to an embodiment of an image forming apparatus to which a sorter as a device with a sheet processing function according to the present invention is applied. To clarify the directional relationship between the components, XYZ
The Cartesian axes are shown. As shown in FIG. 1, the copying machine includes a copying machine body 1, a sheet feeding unit 2 disposed on the side of the copying machine body 1 in the + Y direction (right), and a −Y direction ( Left) Sorter 3 disposed on the side.

The main body 1 of the copying machine has a housing 10. A contact glass (not shown) is provided at the center of the upper surface of the housing 10, and an automatic document feeder 11 is further provided above the contact glass. ing. The automatic document feeder 11 includes a document placement unit 111 and the document placement unit 1.
The documents placed on the document 11 are automatically conveyed one by one onto the contact glass and then discharged to the document discharge unit 111.

An optical system for optically scanning an original on a contact glass, an image forming unit having various components such as a photosensitive drum and a developing unit, a fixing unit for performing a fixing process, Each component (all not shown) such as a transfer paper transport system is provided.

Further, an operation panel 12 is provided on an upper portion of the housing 10. The operation panel 12 includes a start switch 121, a copy number setting key 122, a mode selection key 123 of the sorter 3, a transfer paper size designation. Key 1
24, various setting keys such as a punch mode key 125 and the like, and a display 126 for displaying setting contents and the like are provided.

The paper feed unit 2 feeds transfer paper to the image forming unit side of the copying machine main body 1 via a transport system, and can store transfer papers of different sizes. Therefore, the original image is copied onto the transfer paper as follows by the combination of the copying machine main body 1 and the paper feeding unit 2. That is, when a document is transported onto the contact glass by the automatic document transport unit 11, the document image is read by the optical system, and an electrostatic latent image is formed on the photosensitive drum of the image forming unit. The image is developed into a toner image. This toner image is transferred onto a transfer sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit 2 via a transport system, and is fixed by a fixing unit. The transfer paper on which the toner image has been fixed is discharged from the transfer paper discharge opening of the housing 10 to the adjacent sorter 3 side, and the transfer paper is sorted by the sorter 3 as necessary.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the sorter 3. The sorter 3 receives transfer paper from the copier body 1 into the housing 30 through a carry-in port 31 provided on the upper right side of the housing 30, and further receives a first transport path 32.
And is conveyed to the bin unit 4 disposed on the upper left side via the.

In the bin unit 4, the upper surface of the bin unit frame 41 is a non-sort tray 42 for stacking transfer papers that are not sorted. Also,
Inside the bin unit frame 41, a plurality of bins 43 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction (Z direction),
The bin units 41 are independently slidably provided along guide grooves 412 formed on the inner side surface 411 of the bin unit frame 41. Then, the bin unit frame 41 and the bin 43 are integrally moved in the vertical direction (Z direction) by the lifting unit 5 described below, and one of the non-sort tray 42 and the plurality of bins 43 is moved to the first transport path 32. Is positioned so as to face the carry-out port 321 and can receive the transfer paper.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lifting unit 5 is provided with a pair of cylinders that are vertically arranged and opposed to each other so as to sandwich the bin 43 in the front-rear direction (X direction) on the + Y direction (right) side of the bin 43. (Hereinafter, referred to as a spiral cam, only one of which is shown in the figure) 51. A spiral groove 52 is formed at a predetermined pitch on the outer peripheral surface of the spiral cam 51, and pins 431 projecting outward from both sides in the front-rear direction of each bin 43 are fitted into the spiral groove 52. Have been. A pulse motor 53 is connected to a lower end (−Z direction) of the spiral cam 51 via a transmission mechanism (not shown), and the pulse motor 53 operates according to a signal from a control unit described later. Then, when the spiral cam 51 rotates 360 °, the bin unit frame 41 and the bin 43 move intermittently in the vertical direction (Z direction) one by one in a bin. This bin 43
Is moved in synchronization with the operation of discharging the transfer paper from the copying machine main body 1, whereby the transfer paper from the copying machine main body 1 is sorted. When sorting is not performed, the non-sort tray 42 is maintained in a state facing the carry-out port 431.

The sorter 3 is provided with a paper processing unit 6 having a punch unit for performing a punching process on transfer paper. And after sorting,
When a punching process is performed on a bundle of transfer papers (transfer paper bundles) accumulated in each bin 43, the helical cam 51 rotates to move all the bins 43 once (in the + Z direction). The bin 43 on which the punching process is performed is lowered one step at a time to a position facing the sheet processing unit 6. In this state, the bin 43 moves to the paper processing unit 6 side, and the bin 43
Is positioned on the bin 43 and moved to the processing position of the paper processing unit 6. Then, the sheet processing section 6 operates to form a punch hole in the transfer sheet. The detailed configuration and operation of the sheet processing unit 6 will be described later.

Below the sheet processing section 6, a carry-in port 331 of the second transport path 33 is located, and the punched transfer paper bundle is discharged from the bin 43 to the second transport path 33. It has become. Second transfer path 3 for this transfer paper bundle
Since the discharge to 3 is performed by sliding down from the bin 43, it is necessary to increase the inclination angle of the bin 43 in order to ensure the sliding down. Therefore, the second transport path 33
Of the spiral cam 51 at a position facing the carry-in port 331
Of the spiral cam 5
The moving distance of the bin 43 in the downward direction on the right end (+ Y direction) side when the bin 1 is rotated by 360 ° becomes long. In other words, the left end (−Y direction) of the bin 43 fits into the guide groove 412 formed in the inner side surface 411 of the bin unit frame 41, although the downward moving distance of the right end side of the bin 43 increases. And the right end of the bin 43 is moved to the second transport path 33
When the bin 43 comes to a position facing the carry-in
Is increased.

Further, at the carry-in entrance 331, a lever 34 is rotatably disposed, and the rotation of the lever 34 and the downward movement (−Z direction) of the bin 43 cause the tip of the lever 34 to move. The portion enters from a notch (not shown) at the right end of the bin 43 and lifts the transfer paper bundle. When the bin 34 further moves downward, the transfer paper bundle is
Over the upper edge of the second transport path 33
And is conveyed by the second conveyance path 33 and guided to the intermediate discharge tray 7 from the discharge port 332.

As shown in FIG. 2, the intermediate discharge tray 7 is reciprocally movable in the front-rear direction (X direction) at a lower position inside the sorter 3, and the transfer paper conveyed as described above. After the bundle is temporarily received, it is discharged to the stack tray 9 to which the transfer paper bundle is discharged in cooperation with the hand unit 8 disposed adjacent to the left end (-Y direction) of the intermediate discharge tray 7. . That is, the stack tray 9 is provided below the intermediate discharge tray 7 and on the front side (+ X direction) of the sorter 3, and transfers the transfer paper bundle from the intermediate discharge tray 7 to the stack tray 9 as follows. Put on.

First, the intermediate discharge tray 7 receives transfer paper on the rear (−X direction) side with respect to the stack tray 9, and a pair of hands 81 provided on the hand unit 8.
After the left front end (the end in the + X direction in the −Y direction) of the transfer paper bundle is gripped by 82, the intermediate discharge tray 7 and the hand unit 8 move integrally (in the + X direction) to move the transfer paper bundle. It is transported to the stock tray 9 side. Then, only the intermediate discharge tray 7 is retracted to the rear (−X direction) while the hand unit 8 is left to the front (+ X direction), so that the transfer paper bundle leaves the grip portion by the hands 81 and 82. The sheet is transferred from the intermediate discharge tray 7 to the stack tray 9. Thereafter, by releasing the gripping operation of the transfer paper bundle by the hands 81 and 82, the entire transfer paper bundle is transferred to the stack tray 9. When the transfer of the transfer paper is completed in this way, the hand unit 8 retreats backward (−X direction) and waits for the transfer of the next transfer paper.

As shown in FIG. 2, the stack tray 9 is configured to be movable in the up-down direction, and each time a transfer sheet bundle is discharged or a plurality of sets of transfer sheet bundles are discharged. Then, the housing 30 is sequentially moved downward along a guide rail (not shown) disposed upright on the rear side (−X direction) of the housing 30. Reference numeral 301 in FIG. 3 denotes a sheet detection unit for detecting a transfer sheet bundle stacked on the stack tray 9, and the vertical direction (Z direction) of the stack tray 9 based on the detection output from the sheet detection unit 301. Is performed.

FIG. 3 is a front view for explaining the structure of the paper processing section 6 in more detail. That is, the paper processing unit 6 includes a punch unit 61 as a paper processing unit for performing a punching process on a transfer paper bundle, and a processing unit mounting plate 62 for mounting the punch unit 61. Is attached to the support member 63 via the. The support member 63 is located on the left (-Y in FIG. 2).
Direction) is slidably supported by a shaft 64 disposed along the front-rear direction (X direction in FIG. 2) of the sorter 3, and the right side (+ Y direction in FIG. 2) is disposed parallel to the shaft 64. It is slidably supported by a provided guide rail 65 via a roller 66.

The shaft 64 has bevel gears 641 and 642 attached to one end thereof.
The rotation of 43 causes the bevel gears 641 and 642 to rotate. Thus, the support member 63 reciprocates on the shaft 64 and the guide rail 65, and a punch hole can be formed at a predetermined position in the width direction of the transfer paper bundle (X direction in FIG. 2). I have. The sheet processing unit 6 includes a stapling unit adjacent to the punching unit 61 as necessary.
2 in some cases.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view for explaining a mounting structure of the punch unit 61 constituting the paper processing unit 6 to the processing unit mounting plate 62. That is, the punch unit 61 includes a punch blade portion 611 and the punch blade portion 61.
A pulse motor 612 for vertically moving the motor 1 and a gear box 613 including a plurality of gears for transmitting the rotation of the pulse motor 612 to the punch blade 611 are attached to the support plate 67. Screw holes 671, 672, 673, 6 into which screws are screwed are provided at four corners of the support plate 67.
74 (however, the screw hole 674 is located on the side opposite to the gear box 613 and is not shown).

On the other hand, the processing unit mounting plate 62 has a cutout 621 formed at a position where the punch unit 61 is mounted, so that punch chips can be discharged below the processing unit mounting plate 62. . Further, screw holes 671, 672, 6 of the support plate 67 are provided at four corners around the notch 621.
Through holes 622, 623, 624, and 625, which are elongated holes extending in the left-right direction (Y direction) corresponding to 73 and 674, are formed. Then, the screws 626, 6
27, 628, and 629 are inserted, and the opposing screw holes 67
By being screwed into 1,672,673,674,
The punch unit 61 is fixed to the processing section mounting plate 62.

The screw holes 671, 672, 673, and 674 formed in the support plate 67 are formed as ordinary through holes without screw grooves, and screws 626, 627, 628, and 629 are screwed into nuts to form a punch unit. 61 is the processing unit mounting plate 6
2 may be fixed. Also, screw 6 on the nut
When screws 26, 627, 628, and 629 are screwed, the screws 626, 627, 628, and 629 may be inserted into the through holes from the support plate 67 side.

When the punch unit 61 is fixed to the processing unit mounting plate 62 as described above, the punch unit 61 is moved along the through holes 622, 623, 624, and 625 from the left (-Y direction) to the right (+ Y direction). To the side, screw 626,
627, 628, 629 are through holes 622, 623, 62
If the punch unit 61 is inserted at a position in contact with the right (+ Y direction) side edge of the punch unit 61, the fixing position is changed in a direction in which the punch unit 61 is separated from the bin 43. As a result, if the punching process is performed in this state, a punch hole is formed at a shallow position inside the edge of the transfer paper bundle. When the punch unit 61 is fixed to the processing unit mounting plate 62, the punch unit 61 is moved from the right (+ Y direction) side to the left (−Y direction) along the through holes 622, 623, 624, and 625, Screw 626,
627, 628, 629 are through holes 622, 623, 62
If the punch unit 61 is inserted into a position in contact with the left (−Y direction) side edge of the punch unit 61, the fixing position is changed in a direction in which the punch unit 61 approaches the bin 43. As a result, when the punching process is performed in this state, a punch hole is formed at a deep position inside the edge of the transfer paper bundle.

Therefore, the screws 626, 627, 628, 6
29 is set to the US specification when it is inserted into the position in contact with the right edge of the through holes 622, 623, 624, and 625, and is used in Japan or the like when inserted into the position in contact with the left edge. When the punch unit 61 is fixed to the processing unit mounting plate 62, the punch unit 61 is inserted into the through holes 622, 623, 624, and 625.
Along the screws 626, 627, 628, 62
By simply changing the position of No. 9, it is possible to match the punch hole position specification corresponding to the destination country. Of course, the through hole 622,
623, 624, and 625 are formed long, and screws 626, 6 are inserted inward from both side edges of the through hole.
By fixing 27, 628, 629, it is also possible to conform to the specification corresponding to the destination country. Incidentally, the formation position of the punched hole which entered inside from the edge of the transfer paper is 13 m at the center of the hole in the standard specifications of Japan and Europe.
m (9.5 mm at the front edge), and 9.5 mm at the center of the hole (6
mm).

Next, a control configuration related to the sorter 3 of the copying machine configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. The control unit 130 is a CPU that performs predetermined arithmetic processing.
131, ROM 13 in which a predetermined program is stored
2. It is composed of a RAM 133 for temporarily storing processing data, and controls the operation of the entire copying machine including the sorter 3 according to the above-mentioned predetermined program. This control unit 130
It is electrically connected to the following components via an I / O (not shown).

That is, the CPU 131 receives signals from the start switch 121, the number-of-copies setting key 122, the sorter mode selection key 123, the transfer paper size designation key 124, the punch mode key 125, and the paper detection unit 301. Pulse motor 53 for driving the spiral cam, driving system 60 for paper processing unit 6, driving system 4 for bin 43
The drive control unit 30 controls the drive system 340 of the lever 34, the drive system 70 of the intermediate discharge tray 7, the drive system 80 of the hand unit 8, and the drive system 90 of the stack tray 9.

The sorter 3 configured as described above operates as follows. That is, a plurality of documents are placed on the document placing portion 111 of the automatic document feeder 11, the number of copies is set by the copy number setting key 122 of the operation panel 12, and the punching is performed after sorting by the mode selection key 123. A sorting mode for performing processing and collecting on the stack tray 9 is selected and a start switch 12 is selected.
When the user presses 1, the originals placed on the original placing portion 111 are sequentially fed onto the contact glass to read the original image, and the original is transferred to the transfer paper fed from the paper feed unit 2. The image is copied, and the transfer paper on which the document image is copied is discharged to the sorter 3 side.

On the other hand, when the above-mentioned keys of the operation panel 12 are pressed and the predetermined conditions are set, the bin unit 4 moves the uppermost bin 43 to the discharge port 3 of the first transport path 32.
It moves upward so as to be located at a position corresponding to 21.
The intermediate discharge tray 7 is provided at the discharge port 3 of the second conveyance path 33.
Move to the receiving position corresponding to 32. The stack tray 9 moves to the highest position in the movement range.

In this state, when the transfer paper discharged from the copying machine main body 1 is carried into the carry-in port 31, the transfer paper is fed to the first transport path 32, and is transferred from the carry-out port 321 to the bin 43.
Is discharged on top. Each bin 43 is moved up and down one step at a time in synchronization with the discharge of the transfer paper.
Transfer papers are sequentially stacked. When the transfer paper on which the last document image has been copied is discharged to the bin 43, each bin 43
Move sequentially to a position facing the paper processing unit 6, move to the paper processing unit 6 side, and the stopper 432 pivots downward to perform punching processing on the transfer paper bundle protruding from the bin 43. You. The punching process is performed on, for example, two positions in the width direction of the transfer sheet bundle by moving the support member 63 in the width direction of the transfer sheet bundle. When the punching process is completed, the bin 43
Returns to its original position.

When the punching process for the transfer paper bundle of each bin 43 is completed by repeating the above operations in order, the bin 4
3 is lowered to a position facing the carry-in port 331 of the second transport path 33, and the transfer paper bundle on the bin 43 slides out of the bin 43 by the lever 34 and is transported to the second transport path 33. Then, the transfer paper bundle is conveyed to the discharge port 332 and discharged onto the intermediate discharge tray 7. This intermediate discharge tray 7
The transfer paper bundle discharged above is transferred onto the stack tray 9 by the intermediate discharge tray 7 and the hand unit 8,
The transfer paper bundle on each bin 43 is sequentially accumulated on the stack tray 9.

According to the sorter 3 configured as described above, the punch unit 61 constituting the paper processing unit 6 is formed by the through-hole 62 formed of a long hole formed in the processing unit mounting plate 62.
Screws 626, 627, 6 on 2, 623, 624, 625
Since it is fixed by inserting 28, 629,
By fixing the punch unit 61 using the same processing unit mounting plate 62, it is possible to change the position at which the paper processing that enters inside from the edge of the paper such as the transfer paper is performed. As a result, only one mold is required for manufacturing the processing unit mounting plate 62, and the cost can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the processing unit mounting plate 6
Although the two through holes 622, 623, 624, and 625 are formed as long holes, the through holes 622, 623,
The fixing position of the punch unit 61 on the processing unit mounting plate 62 is changed even if the holes 624 and 625 are formed as screw holes and the screw holes 671, 672, 673 and 674 of the support plate 67 of the punch unit 61 are formed as long holes. can do. In this case, the screw hole may be a round hole without a screw groove, and a nut may be used. Of course, the through holes 622, 62
3, 624, 625 and screw holes 671, 672, 67
Both 367 and 674 may be formed as long holes.

In the above embodiment, the through holes 622,
Although 623, 624, and 625 are formed by long holes, they may be formed by a set of round holes instead of the long holes. In this case, one round hole may be formed at a position conforming to Japanese or European specifications, and the other round hole may be formed at a position conforming to American specifications.

In the above-described embodiment, the position of the punch hole formed at the edge of the transfer paper bundle is changed by changing the fixing position of the punch unit 61 on the processing unit mounting plate 62. The position of the punch hole formed at the edge of the transfer paper bundle may be changed by changing the moving length of the bin 43 with respect to the paper processing unit 6 without changing the fixed position of the punch unit 61. In short, when the position of the punch hole formed at the edge of the transfer paper bundle is changed, the bin 43 as the paper placement unit and the paper processing unit 6 are relatively moved in the direction of contact and separation between them. Good.

In the above-described embodiment, the apparatus with a sheet processing function of the present invention relates to a sorter. However, a punch hole is formed in a sheet such as a transfer sheet placed on a sheet placing portion such as a bin. As long as the device has a function, the device is not limited to the sorter and may be another device. Further, the stapler unit as the sheet processing unit may be configured to change the fixed position on the processing unit mounting plate 62 in the above-described configuration.

[0044]

As described above, according to the apparatus with a sheet processing function of the present invention, the sheet placement section and the sheet processing section are moved relative to each other in the direction of contact and separation between them, so that the sheet edge is moved from the edge of the sheet. Since the distance in the contact and separation direction to the position where the paper processing is performed can be changed, the paper processing unit is fixed to the same mounting plate, and the position where the paper processing that enters inside from the edge of the paper such as the transfer paper is performed. Can be changed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire configuration of a copying machine to which a sorter as a device with a sheet processing function according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a sorter of the copying machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view for explaining a configuration of a sheet processing unit provided in the sorter shown in FIG. 2;

4 is a perspective view for explaining a mounting structure of a punch unit constituting a paper processing unit disposed in the sorter shown in FIG. 2 to a processing unit mounting plate.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a main control configuration of a sorter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Copier main body 2 Paper feed unit 3 Sorter 4 Bin unit 5 Elevating unit 6 Paper processing part 7 Intermediate discharge tray 8 Hand unit 9 Stack tray 43 Bin (paper mounting part) 61 Punch unit (paper processing unit) 62 Processing part mounting Plate (mounting plate) 67 Support plate 611 Punch blade 612 Pulse motor 613 Gear box 622, 623, 624, 625 Through hole (long hole) 626, 627, 628, 629 Screw (fastener) 671, 672, 673, 674 Screw hole

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus provided with a paper processing function, comprising: a paper placement unit; and a paper processing unit configured to perform a paper processing on an edge of the paper placed on the paper placement unit. And the paper processing unit and the paper processing unit are relatively moved in the direction in which the paper is processed, so that the distance in the direction in which the paper is processed from the edge of the paper to the position where the paper processing is performed can be changed. Equipment with processing function. 2. The paper processing unit according to claim 1, further comprising: a paper processing unit for performing paper processing on the paper; and a mounting plate for mounting the paper processing unit, wherein the paper processing unit is mounted on the mounting plate with respect to the mounting plate. 2. An apparatus with a sheet processing function according to claim 1, wherein said sheet processing unit is movably disposed in the direction of contact and separation, and said sheet processing unit can be fixed to said mounting plate by a fastener at a predetermined position in said direction of contact and separation. . 3. An elongated hole extending in the contact / separation direction is formed in at least one of the sheet processing unit and the mounting plate, and the fastening body is inserted into the elongated hole to position and fix the processing unit to the mounting plate. 3. The device with a sheet processing function according to claim 2, wherein: