JPH10324435A - Medium processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure the safety in eliminating jammed documents, replacing parts, checking and cleaning the inside of a device, and improve operability and workability. SOLUTION: When a tip 15a of a latch 15 is removed from a post 16, an upper guide plate 5 is turned upward around a shaft 11 by a tension spring 18. At this stage, in the case where the tip 15a of the latch 15 is not engaged with an engagement part 19, an extension part abuts on other extension part, and thereafter a lower guide plate 6 is integrally turned with the upper guide plate 5, and in the case where the 15a of the latch 15 is engaged with the engagement part 19, the lower guide plate 6 is integrally turned with the upper guide in this condition. The condition of the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6, which are turned upward, is held by the tension spring 18, and in this condition, jammed document is eliminated, or parts are replaced, or checking a cleaning the inside of a device is performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medium processing apparatus for reading and printing the contents of a medium used in various types of OA equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art One of media processing apparatuses used in financial institutions.
As one type, there is a form processing device, which reads the contents of a form as a medium and prints the form according to the read result. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing the configuration of the form processing apparatus, and FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a transport path in the apparatus.

In the figure, 1 is a form as a medium, 2 is a hopper, 3 is supply means, 4a and 4b are transport rollers (transport means), 5 is an upper guide plate (first guide plate), and 6 is a lower guide plate. (Second guide plate), 7 is a reading unit, 8 is a printing unit, and 9 is a stacker. The hopper 2 can set a plurality of forms, and the supply means 3 is constituted by a separation roller or the like, and separates the forms 1 from the hopper 2 one by one and sends out the forms 1 to a transport path.

The transport rollers 4a and 4b constitute a transport path for the form 1 together with a guide mechanism comprising an upper guide plate 5 and a lower guide plate 6, and the upper transport roller 4a is supported by the upper guide plate 5 while being lower. The side transport roller 4b is pivotally supported by a frame of a device to be described later, and a part of the outer periphery enters between the two guide plates 5 and 6 from holes provided in the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6, respectively. 1 to rotate.

The reading unit 7 provided on the transport path
Is a device that optically reads the contents written on the form 1 conveyed between the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 by the conveying rollers 4a and 4b, and outputs the read result as a signal to control means (not shown). The printing unit 8 also provided on the transport path prints the form 1 in accordance with an instruction output from the control unit based on the result of reading by the reading unit 7. It is discharged onto the stacker 9.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a conventional technique, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the same. As can be seen from these figures, the ends of the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 on the hopper 2 side are formed so as to form a tapered surface that spreads toward the tip, and the stacker 9 of the lower guide plate 6 is formed. On both sides of the side end, a tongue-shaped mounting portion 10 is formed upright so as to overlap the side surface of the upper guide plate 5, and penetrates the side surface of the upper guide plate 5 and the mounting portion 10 of the lower guide plate 6. The two guide plates 5 and 6 are formed by a pair of left and right frames 1
2 and 13 are rotatably supported.

[0007] A latch 15 is rotatably mounted on both side surfaces of the upper guide plate 5 on the hopper 2 side via a shaft 14, and posts 16 are provided on opposing surfaces of the frames 10 and 11. The latch 15 is urged by a spring (not shown) so as to engage with the post 16. Reference numeral 17 denotes a support member provided between the frames 10 and 11.

In this configuration, usually, the lower guide plate 6
The end on the hopper 2 side is placed on a support member 17, and the latch 15 provided on the upper guide plate 5 is engaged with the post 16 as shown in FIG. A spacer (not shown) is provided on one of the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 so as not to hinder the conveyance of the form 1.
In the state in which the sheet 1 is engaged with the post 16, the distance and the parallelism between the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 are kept constant by the spacers as shown in FIG. Will be

If a jam occurs while the form 1 is being transported,
The latch 15 is detached from the post 16 by operating a latch or the like (not shown) provided on the latch 15 or the shaft 14, the end of the upper guide plate 5 on the hopper 2 side is lifted, and the upper guide plate 5 is rotated upward about the shaft 11. Thus, the gap between the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 is opened, and the jammed form 1 is removed.

When it is necessary to replace the transport rollers 4a and 4b, replace the ink ribbon of the printing unit 8, or inspect and clean the inside, the latch 15 is removed from the post 16 as described above, and the upper guide is removed. The plate 5, or if necessary, the ends of the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 on the hopper 2 side are raised and rotated upward about the shaft 11, thereby performing operations such as replacement, inspection, and cleaning.

[0011]

However, according to the above-mentioned prior art, when removing a jammed medium (form), replacing parts such as a conveying roller and an ink ribbon, and inspecting and cleaning the inside of the apparatus, it is difficult to remove the medium. If the first guide plate (upper guide plate) and the second guide plate (lower guide plate) that have been rotated are not held down with one hand or the like, these guide plates fall down and the hands or the like are pinched. There was a problem of danger and lack of safety.

Further, since the first guide plate and the second guide plate must be separately and independently rotated, there is a problem that operability and workability are poor. Therefore, the present invention is to remove jammed media, replace parts, inspect the inside of the device,
In addition to ensuring safety when performing cleaning, etc., operability,
It is an object to realize a medium processing apparatus for a medium that can also improve workability.

[0013]

Therefore, the present invention provides a first guide plate which holds a medium fed out of a stacker by a conveying means, and opposes the medium with a certain gap by rotation of the conveying means; In a medium processing apparatus that transports between the two guide plates and performs a predetermined process on the medium during the transport, one end of the first guide plate and one end of the second guide plate are coaxially rotatably supported by a shaft. At the same time, an urging means for urging the other end of the first guide plate in a direction away from the second guide plate is provided, and a latch is rotatably attached to a side surface on the other end side of the first guide plate, A pressing portion is formed at a position facing the inside of the tip of the latch, and a post is provided for engaging the tip of the latch to fix the first guide plate when the medium is transported. of Wherein the on the side surface of the end side to form the latch engageable with the engaging portion.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a medium processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a main part showing an embodiment, in which 5 is an upper guide plate (first guide plate), 6 is a lower guide plate (second guide plate), 10 is a mounting portion, and 11 is an upper portion. A shaft serving as a center of rotation of the guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 is a latch 1.
5 is a shaft serving as a center of rotation, and 16 is a frame 1 of the apparatus.
2 and 13 (see FIG. 7), which correspond to conventional ones and are denoted by the same reference numerals, but differ from the conventional one in the following points.

That is, in the present embodiment, both sides of the upper guide plate 5 on the side of the stacker 9 and the frame 12,
13 and pulls the end of the upper guide plate 5 on the stacker 9 side downward, and latches 1 on both sides of the end of the lower guide plate 6 on the hopper 2 side.
5, an L-shaped engaging portion 19 with the tip directed outward is formed, and the respective ends of the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 on the stacker 9 side are extended to form the two. A limiter including the extension portions 20 and 21 is formed.

The shape of the latch 15 is the same as that of the prior art, but the edge facing the tip 15a is pressed against the pressing portion 15b.
And Parts other than the above-described configuration are the same as those in FIG. In the medium processing apparatus having such a configuration, that is, the form processing apparatus, a series of operations from the feeding of the form 1 from the hopper 2 to the discharging to the stacker 9 are performed in the same manner as in the related art, and the description thereof is omitted. .

FIGS. 2 and 3 are views showing the operation of the above-described configuration. FIG. 2 is a perspective view, and FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view. Normally, the end of the lower guide plate 6 on the hopper 2 side is placed on a support member 17 (see FIG. 7), and the tip 15a of the latch 15 provided on the upper guide plate 5 is biased by a spring (not shown) as shown in FIG. Are engaged with the post 16 as shown in FIG.

At this time, the pressing portion 15b facing the tip end 15a of the latch 15 abuts on the engaging portion 19 formed on the lower guide plate 6, whereby the distance between the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 and the parallelism between the lower guide plate 6 and the parallel portion. The degree is kept constant as shown in FIG. 1, and the form (medium) 1 is conveyed in this state.
The form 1 is transported between the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 by transport rollers (transport means) 4a, 4b (see FIG. 4).

If the form 1 is jammed during transportation,
The tip 15 a of the latch 15 is removed from the post 16 by operating a knob (not shown) provided on the latch 15 or the shaft 14. At this time, the tip 15a of the latch 15 is prevented from engaging with the engaging portion 19. As a result, the other end of the upper guide plate 5 is pulled downward by the tensile force of the tension spring 18, and the upper guide plate 5 rotates about the shaft 11 so that the end on the hopper 2 side is lifted.

By this rotation, the extension 2 of the upper guide plate 5
As shown in FIG. 2, the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 open at an angle .theta. As shown in FIG. 2, and the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 5 maintain the angle .theta. The plate 6 is further rotated by the tensile force of the tension spring 18, and when the weights of the two guide plates 5, 6 and the tensile force of the tension spring 18 are balanced, the two guide plates 5, 6 stop, or the frame 6 1
When the upper guide plate 5 abuts against a stopper (not shown) formed on the upper and lower guide plates 2 and 13, the rotation of the two guide plates 5 and 6 is stopped. Is removed from the form 1.

During this removal, the positions of the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 are held by the tension springs 18, so that the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 do not fall down. After the jammed form 1 is removed, when the upper guide plate 5 is pushed down, the upper guide plate 5 resists the tensile force of the tension spring 18 so that the shaft 1
1 in accordance with this rotation.
Since the distal end 15 of the fifth member 5 abuts against the engaging portion 19 of the lower guide plate 6, when the lower guide plate 6 is further pushed down, the lower guide plate 6 also rotates integrally.

Then, the lower guide plate 6 stops on the support member 17 (see FIG. 7).
Is pushed down, the tip 15a of the latch 15
And engages with the post 16 to return to the state of FIG.
Further, the conveying rollers 4a and 4b and the printing unit 8 (see FIG. 4)
Replacement of parts such as ink ribbon, or internal inspection,
If cleaning or the like is necessary, the tip 15a of the latch 15 is detached from the post 16 as described above, and the tip 15a of the latch 15 is engaged with the engagement portion 19 as shown in FIG. The other end of the upper guide plate 5 is pulled downward by the pulling force, and rotates around the shaft 11 so that the end on the hopper 2 side is lifted. At the same time, the lower guide plate 6 is moved through the latch 15 and the engaging portion 19. , The lower guide plate 6 also rotates integrally with the upper guide plate 6.

When the weights of the guide plates 5 and 6 and the tensile force of the tension spring 18 are balanced, the guide plates 5 and 6 stop or the frame 1
After the rotation of both guide plates 5 and 6 is stopped by the upper guide plate 5 abutting against the stoppers (not shown) formed on the members 2 and 13, the above-described operations such as replacement, inspection, and cleaning are performed. When the parts are replaced, or the inside is inspected or cleaned, the positions of the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 are held by the tension springs 18, so that the upper guide plate 5 and the lower guide plate 6 are lowered. Never fall down.

When the upper guide plate 5 is pushed down after replacement of parts, the upper guide plate 5 rotates about the shaft 11 against the tensile force of the tension spring 18, and the latch 15 is pushed in accordance with this rotation. Since the abutting portion 15b abuts on the engaging portion 19 formed on the lower guide plate 6, if it is further pushed down, the lower guide plate 6 also rotates integrally.

The lower guide plate 6 stops on the support member 17 (see FIG. 7).
Is pushed down, the tip 15a of the latch 15
And returns to the state of FIG. In the above-described embodiment, plate-like extensions 20 and 21 are formed on both guide plates 5 and 6 as limiters for holding upper guide plate 5 and lower guide plate 6 at an angle θ. Is not limited to this, and other shapes may be used as long as the two guide plates 5 and 6 can be held at the angle θ.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the medium fed out of the stacker is sandwiched by the conveying means, and the medium is opposed to the medium with a certain gap by the rotation of the conveying means.
And between the guide plate and the second guide plate,
In a medium processing apparatus that performs a predetermined process on the medium during the conveyance, one end of the first guide plate and one end of the second guide plate are coaxially rotatably supported by a shaft,
A biasing means for biasing the other end of the first guide plate in a direction away from the second guide plate is provided, and a latch is rotatably attached to a side surface on the other end side of the first guide plate. Form a pressing part at a position facing the inside of the tip of
A post is provided for engaging the leading end of the latch when transporting the medium and fixing the first guide plate.
An engaging portion engageable with the latch is formed on a side surface on the other end side of the guide plate.

Therefore, according to this, when the jam medium is removed, parts are replaced, and the inside of the apparatus is inspected or cleaned, when the latch is removed from the post, the first guide plate and the first guide plate are pulled by the tension spring. The two guide plates rotate together, and the rotated state is secured by the tension spring, so that the first guide plate and the second guide plate can fall down without being pressed by hand. Since no jamming medium is removed, parts are replaced, and the inside of the apparatus is inspected and cleaned, safety can be ensured, and operability and workability can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a main part showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view illustrating a schematic configuration of a medium processing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a conveyance path in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a side view of the prior art.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the operation of the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 5 upper guide plate 6 lower guide plate 10 mounting portion 12, 13 frame 11 shaft 14 shaft 15 latch 15a tip 15b pressing portion 16 post 18 tension spring 19 engaging portion 20, 21 extension portion

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A medium fed out of a stacker is sandwiched by conveying means, and the medium is conveyed between a first guide plate and a second guide plate facing each other with a certain gap by rotation of the conveying means. In a medium processing apparatus for performing a predetermined process on the medium during conveyance, one end of the first guide plate and the second guide plate are coaxially rotatably supported by a shaft, and the other end of the first guide plate. A biasing means for biasing the first guide plate in a direction away from the second guide plate, a rotatably mounted latch on a side surface on the other end side of the first guide plate, and a position facing the inside of the tip end of the latch. A pressing portion is formed, a post is provided for engaging with the tip of the latch when the medium is conveyed, and fixing the first guide plate. The latch and the latch are provided on the other side surface of the second guide plate. Engageable Medium processing device characterized by the formation of the a engaging portion. 2. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the tip of the latch is engaged with the post, the pressing portion of the latch comes into contact with the engaging portion of the second guide plate, and A medium processing apparatus, wherein a gap between a first guide plate and a second guide plate is kept constant. 3. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the distal end of the latch is removed from the post and engaged with the engaging portion of the second guide plate, the two guide plates are biased by the biasing force of the biasing means. A medium processing apparatus, which rotates from a position at the time of transporting a medium to another position. 4. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the tip of the latch is disengaged from any of the post and the engaging portion of the second guide plate, the first guide plate and the second guide plate are separated from each other. A medium processing apparatus provided with a limiter for maintaining a state where the opening is at a predetermined angle. 5. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a limiter comprising an extension formed by extending one end of each of the first guide plate and the second guide plate. Processing equipment.