JPH10207163A - Device for preventing original from being left behind in use of copying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cover above a paper discharging table so that a copy may be shielded from the sight of a copying machine user, and to call the user' s attention so that he may not leave the original behind by attaching a support to the original cover plate of a copying machine with adhesive agent and hanging a shielding plate from the support. SOLUTION: The support C is attached to the original cover plate 1 of the copying machine A with the adhesive agent. Next, the shaft part 6 of a hanging rod D is fixed in the bearing groove 3 of a bearing piece 4 as the component of the support C, and the shaft pressure plate 5 as the other component of the support C is bonded to the bearing piece 4 with the adhesive agent. Besides, the shielding plate B is hung from the bearing groove 3 of the support C fixed on the original cover plate 1. And, when the original cover plate 1 is raised in the case of taking the original, the shielding plate B is moved backward and obliquely upward in accordance with the shift of the original cover plate 1 with the motion of the original cover plate 1, then, the copy is not shielded, the copy is easily taken off the paper discharging table 2, and also, the original is prevented from being left behind.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing a document from being left behind when a copying machine makes a copy.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional copying machine has not been provided with a device for preventing a document from being left behind.

[0003]

When a copy is made using a conventional copying machine, the copy is in the field of view of the person making the copy and can be obtained naturally. In some cases, the document was left behind because it was not visible because it was under the document holding plate.

According to the present invention, when a document holding plate of a copying machine is holding down a document, the copying machine is positioned above the paper discharge tray to shield a copy on the paper discharge tray, thereby making a copy. A device that interrupts the field of view of the document to warn the user of the document being left behind, and raises the document holding plate to take the document, so that the shielding plate does not block the output tray in conjunction with the movement of the document holding plate. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in a shielding apparatus according to the present invention, an abutment is attached to a document holding plate of a copying machine by using an adhesive, and the shielding plate is hung on the abutment. To be configured. In order to attach the abutment to the document holding plate, a method of attaching with an adhesive tape instead of the adhesive may be used.

In order to suspend the shield plate, a shaft portion of a suspension rod is pivotally mounted on a bearing groove of a bearing piece which is a component of the abutment, and the shield plate is held at an engagement portion of the suspension rod. The suspension rod may be attached, or a shield plate obtained by integrating the suspension rod and the shield plate may be attached to the bearing groove of the bearing piece and suspended.

[0007] In the shielding device, two suspension rods are pivotally mounted on an abutment having two bearing grooves by means of their shafts, and the pivoting portions of the two suspension rods are provided on the shielding plate. 2
You may comprise so that it may be axially attached to the several parts to be axially attached.

Further, the copying machine may be provided with a document holding plate formed by integrating a document holding plate of the copying machine and a bearing piece of the shielding device.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, a hanging rod (D) is attached to an abutment (C).
In order to axially mount the shaft, the shaft (6) of the suspension rod (D) in FIG. 2 is axially mounted on the bearing groove (3) of the bearing piece (4) which is a component of the support (C). A shaft holding plate (5), which is another component of the abutment (C), is bonded to the bearing piece (4) with an adhesive. The material is a hanging rod made of metal, an abutment made of synthetic resin,
The shielding plate is suitably made of synthetic resin or cardboard.

Next, the locking portion (7) formed integrally with the shaft portion (6) of the suspension rod (D) via the connecting portion (8) is projected from the shielding plate (B). The shield plate (B) is attached to the hanging rod (D) by being fitted into the locked portions (9, 10) formed as described above.

[0012] Further, a shielding plate having no locked portion is placed on the locking portion (7) of the hanging rod (D), and the locking portion and the shielding plate are adhered to each other with an adhesive. A shield plate may be attached to the lowering rod (D) for attachment.

A hanging plate having no locked portion is placed on the locking portion (7) of the hanging rod (D), and the locking portion is fixed to the shielding plate with an adhesive tape. (D)
And a shield plate may be attached to the cover.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a dovetail groove (13) is provided on a bearing piece (11) which is a component of the abutment (E), and a shaft (6) of a hanging rod (D) is provided. The bearing groove (12)
After being attached to the shaft, the shaft holding plate (14) may be configured by fitting the projection (15) provided on the shaft holding plate (14) into the dovetail groove (13).

[0015] A shield plate formed by integrating the suspension rod and the shield plate may be suspended by being mounted on a bearing groove of a bearing piece which is a constituent piece of the abutment.

[0016]

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the shielding device comprises a support (F) having two bearing grooves (16, 17), and a shaft portion of each of two suspension rods (G) H). (19, 20) are respectively attached to the bearing grooves (16, 17), and are integrated with the respective shaft portions (19, 20) of the suspension rods (G, H) via the connection portions (24, 25). Each of the shaft-mounted portions (26, 27) formed so as to be formed may be configured to be shaft-mounted on two shaft-mounted portions (28, 29) provided to protrude from the shielding plate (I). Good. In addition, two connecting parts (24, 2
5) is preferably formed on the opposite side of the parallelogram.

The shield plate may be suspended from a copier having a document holding plate molded integrally with the bearing piece (4), the bearing piece (11) or the bearing piece (18).

[0019]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the original is pressed by the original pressing plate, the upper part of the discharge tray is shielded to block the copy from the field of view of the person making the copy.
It has the effect of calling attention so that the manuscript is not left behind.
It is more effective if a message "Please take the document." Is displayed on the shielding plate.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the document holding plate is flipped up to take a document, the shielding plate moves rearward and obliquely upward of the copying machine in conjunction with the movement of the document holding plate. Since the copy is not blocked, it is easy to take a copy from the paper output tray.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in order to newly copy a document, the original holding plate and the abutment are substantially positioned with respect to a horizontal plane when the original holding plate which has been flipped up is pressed down to hold the original. As the screen shifts from a vertical state to a state parallel to the horizontal plane, the shielding plate is suspended by being attached to the abutment. Even if it is rotated and moved, the suspension rod and the shield plate will move in parallel while hanging down by the action of gravity before and after the original holding plate is lowered. Moves toward the lower front, the shielding plate comes to a position for shielding the paper output tray.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a shielding device comprising: a shielding plate (B);
No adhesive or the like is required when attaching to the engaging portion (7) of the suspension rod (D), so that it is easy to attach.

In the shielding device according to the sixth aspect, the step of attaching the shielding plate to the hanging rod can be omitted.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the shielding device, wherein:
No adhesive is required when attaching the shaft holding plate (14) to 1).

In the shielding device according to the present invention, if the connecting portions (24, 25) of the two hanging rods (G, H) are configured to form opposite sides of a parallelogram, copying can be performed. If you flip up the document holding plate from the machine,
Due to the action of gravity, the shield plate (I) moves upward and rearward of the copying machine in a state of being suspended by the two suspension rods (G, H), and the two connection portions (2)
4, 25) move while maintaining a parallel state. Then, the document holding plate and the shielding plate (I) also move while maintaining the parallel state, and when the document holding plate comes to a state perpendicular to the horizontal plane with the support (F), the shielding plate (I) also becomes as shown in FIG. Therefore, even if the distance between the rear surface of the copying machine and the wall of the room is small, it is possible to prevent the shielding plate from hitting the wall of the room.

In the copying machine according to the ninth aspect, the step of attaching the bearing piece, which is a component of the support of the shielding device, to the document pressing plate can be omitted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sketch of a shielding device according to claims 1 to 4;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a disassembled shield device according to claims 1 to 4;

FIG. 3 is a reduced plan view when the shielding device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is attached to a copying machine, and a document pressing plate is depressed to hold down the document.

FIG. 4 is a reduced plan view showing a state in which the shielding device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is attached to a copying machine, and a document pressing plate is flipped up to take a document.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of an abutment according to claim 7 and an exploded view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a sketch of a shielding device according to claim 8;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a disassembled shield device according to claim 8;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of only the shielding device when the shielding device according to claim 8 is attached to a copying machine, and a document pressing plate is flipped up to take a document.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List A Copying machine B Shielding plate C Abutment D Hanging rod E Abutment F Abutment G, H Hanging rod I Shielding plate 1 Document holding plate 2 Discharge stand 3 Bearing groove 4 Bearing piece 5 Shaft holding plate 6 Shaft 7 Locking portion 8 Connecting portion 9, 10 Locked portion 11 Bearing piece 12 Bearing groove 13 Dove groove 14 Shaft holding plate 15 Projection 16, 17 Bearing groove 18 Bearing piece 19, 20 Shaft portion 21 Shaft holding plate 22 Projection 23 Dove groove 24, 25 Connecting part 26, 27 Shaft attaching part 28, 29 Shaft attached part

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A plate for holding an original of a copying machine (A)
(1) [hereinafter referred to as "document holding plate" (1)]
When the document is being held down, it is located above the “plate for receiving a copy that is copied and comes out” (2) [hereinafter referred to as the “paper output tray” (2)] and shields the paper output tray. Equipment to do. [This device is hereinafter simply referred to as “shielding device”. ] 2. The shielding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sheet ejecting tray is not shielded when the document pressing plate is flipped up in conjunction with the movement of the document pressing plate. 3. The shielding device according to claim 1, wherein the shielding plate (B) is suspended from a bearing groove (3) of a support (C) fixed to the document pressing plate (1). 4. A bearing piece (4), which is a component of the abutment (C), is fixed to a document pressing plate (1), and the bearing piece (4) is fixed.
The shaft portion (6) of the hanging rod (D) is attached to the bearing groove (3) provided in the above, and the shielding plate (B) is attached to the locking portion (7) of the hanging rod (D). 4. The shielding device according to claim 1, wherein the shielding device comprises: 5. A hanging part (9) formed by projecting from the back surface of the shielding plate (B), and a locking part (7) of a hanging rod (D) is fitted into the locked part (9, 10). 5. The shielding device according to claim 1, wherein the shielding plate (B) is attached to the rod (D). 6. The shielding device according to claim 1, wherein the hanging plate is formed by integrating a hanging rod with the shielding plate and is suspended by being axially attached to a bearing groove of a bearing piece. 7. A bearing piece (1) which is a constituent piece of an abutment (E).
A dovetail groove (13) is provided in 1), and a protrusion (1) is formed on a "shaft holding plate" (14) for holding a shaft portion (6) of a hanging rod (D).
7. The shielding device according to claim 1, wherein the projection is fitted into the dovetail groove. 8. An abutment (F) having two bearing grooves (16, 17) is fixed to a document holding plate (1), and an abutment (F) is provided.
Bearing groove (1) provided in a bearing piece (18)
6, 17), the shafts (1) of the two hanging rods (G, H)
9 and 20), and the two shaft-attached portions (26 and 27) of the hanging rods are provided on two shaft-attached portions (28 and 29) provided by projecting from the shielding plate (I). By attaching to the shaft,
Claim 1, wherein the shielding plate (I) is suspended from the support (F).
4. The shielding device according to 2 or 3. 9. A copying machine having an original pressing plate integrally formed with a bearing piece (4), a bearing piece (11) or a bearing piece (18).