JPS5926860A - Book binder device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use a book binder device, which accommodates sheets for a copying machine etc., effectively without increase of the number of bins by allotting bins to divisions with more distributions any by exhausting the divisions with less distributions onto a provisional tray. CONSTITUTION:The information about selection of bins is stored in a memory 59, and a bina address set previously is store in another memory 60. These bin selecting information and preset bin address information are read out of the memories 59, 60 to be placed on comparison at a comparative operating circuit 56. If the bin selecting information is not in agreement with the preset bin address, the comparative resultant signal is put in a provisonal tray guide driving solenoid circuit 55, and the sheet applicable is exhausted onto the provisional tray furnished separately from the bin.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a collating device for storing sheets (recording materials) of a copying machine, etc., and in particular, allocates bins to departments with a relatively large number of distribution destinations, and discharges the others to a temporary tray. The present invention relates to a collating device that can increase the number of collated copies or sorted copies.

A collating device is already known in which the address of the distribution destination is specified in the bin in advance and the copied or printed sheets are stored in the arbitrarily selected bin. It is only useful to make choices that correspond to the above. This is not a problem if the number of bins is large, but it is uneconomical if the number of bins is infrequently used.

The present invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it allocates bins to departments with many distribution destinations (departments that frequently use bins), and allows departments with few distributions to eject into temporary trays. As a result, the collating device can be used effectively without increasing the number of bins.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the main parts of the device for explaining the operating principle of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart thereof. In the figure, 1 is a pair of receiving rollers, 2 is a receiving guide plate, and 3 is a receiving guide solenoid. , 4 is a discharge roller, 5 is a temporary tray, 6 is a pair of intermediate rollers, and 7 is a bin. Bin 7 is assigned to a department with many distribution destinations, and a preset bin address and a selected bin address are If they match, they are sorted or collated into the bin, and if they do not match, they are put out on a temporary tray 5.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining an embodiment of a collating device according to the present invention, and in the figure, 10 is, for example, a copying machine main body;
100 is a first collator, and in the first collator 100, 11 is a sheet receiving detector, 12 is a pair of receiving rollers (corresponding to 1 in FIG. 1), and ]3 is a guide plate solenoid (corresponding to 3 in FIG. 1). ), 14 is a receiving guide plate (corresponds to 2 in Figure 1), 15 is a discharge roller (corresponds to 4 in Figure 1), 16 is a temporary tray (corresponds to 5 in Figure 1), and 17 is a diagonal opening. ~Uh, 1
8 is an intermediate roller pair (corresponding to 6 in FIG. 1), 19 is an intermediate roller sheet detector, 20 is a branching plate, 2 is a delivery roller, 22 is a drive roller, O is a driven roller, 24 is a conveyor belt, 5 is an electromagnetic clutch, 26 is a home position detector, 27 is an end detector, and 2 is a deflection section sheet detector.
29 is a discharge roller; 30 is a bin sheet detector for detecting the presence or absence of each bin; 31 is a bin selection indicator light arranged corresponding to the position of each bin; A vertically movable deflecting device B1 for feeding copies into the required bins; a conveying section C1 carrying this deflecting device and transporting the above-mentioned paper arrangement section A and the copies from the paper arrangement section A to the deflection device B; It is equipped with a bin row D1 motor M, etc. The coffee (sheet) discharged from the main body 10 advances in the direction of arrow P and enters the first collator 100, where it is monitored by a sheet acceptance detector 11 and transferred to a pair of receiving rollers]2.
Then, the guide plate solenoid 13
Depending on the position of the receiving guide plate 14, which is controlled by , the paper is discharged to the temporary tray 16 via a pair of discharge rollers 15, or it is directly advanced horizontally and sent to the diagonal rollers 17.

By the action of the diagonal roller 17, the copy is brought to a reference plate (not shown), positioned in a fixed position and posture by the reference plate, and sent to the intermediate roller pair 18. Here, when the branch plate 20 is at the solid line position shown in the figure, it is transferred to the conveyance section C, and when the branch plate 20 is at the dotted line position, the feed roller pair 2
1 and then sent to a second collator (not shown). An intermediate roller sheet detector 19 is arranged behind the intermediate roller pair 18.

In the conveying section C, a driving roller 22 and a driven roller 2:, 3
A conveyor belt 24 is hung on the drive roller 22, and the drive roller 22 is driven by a motor M via an electromagnetic clutch 5.The bin selection indicator lamp 31 is arranged corresponding to the position of each bin, and the drive roller 22 is driven by a motor M via an electromagnetic clutch 5. It lights up when it is selected, and also lights up when a sheet is stored in the bin.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of an electric circuit preferably used in the collating device shown in FIG. This switch is used to detect jams and count sheets sent to the sorter. Home position detector 2
6 outputs a detection signal when the deflection device stops at the first pin. The deflection unit sheet detector path is a detector that detects sheets being stored in a bin, and is used to detect jams in the deflection unit and count sheets stored in the bin. The sheet receiving counter 5o is a counter that counts the number of sheets fed into the sorter, and is used to calculate the number of jammed sheets and to count the sheets discharged to a temporary tray. The jam detection circuit 51 detects a jam in the sheet acceptance detector 11 and detects a jam from the sheet acceptance detector until the sheet is stored in a bin. The sheet trailing edge detection circuit 52 is a circuit that detects the trailing edge of sheets stored in a bin, and is used to detect jams and count the sheets stored in the bin. The sheet discharge counter 53 is a counter that counts the sheets stored in the bin, and is used to move the deflection section. The electrode clutch drive circuit 54 is the jam detection circuit 51
This is a circuit for stopping the drive system of the transport section C based on a signal from the transport section C. Temporary tray guide drive solenoid circuit 5
Reference numeral 5 denotes a circuit for discharging the conveyed sheet to a temporary tray in response to a signal from the jam detection circuit 51, and is activated when unspecified bin address information is input to discharge the sheet to the temporary tray. be. The comparison calculation circuit 56 compares the set bin address with the selectively inputted bin address information, compares the selectively inputted bin address information with the position information of the deflection device, and compares the sheet discharge counter with the sorting information. , and a circuit used for comparison between the sheet receiving counter and the sheet discharging counter. The uneven thickness moving circuit 57 lowers the uneven thickness unit by one bin in response to a signal from the sheet trailing edge detection circuit in the collation mode, and the sheet/discharge counter counts the set number of sheets in the sorting mode. This circuit moves the deflection unit down one bin at a time, and also moves the deflection device by a signal from the comparator circuit that indicates that no bin is selected. The position detection circuit 58 of the deflection device is a circuit that counts each time the deflection device moves by one bin, and when the deflection device is at the home position, the count circuit is set to "1".Collation or sorting information memory 59 is a keyboard 61 and a print station 6
2. A memory for storing collation or sorting information output from the facsimile 63, copying machine 64, etc. The bin address information storage memory 60 is a memory that stores the address of the bin selected from the keyboard 61 to the copying machine 64 or the like. The control circuit 65 is a circuit for controlling the circuits. 66 is a motor drive circuit, 67 is a bin sheet detection circuit, 68 is a bin sheet detection and bin selection display circuit, 30 is a bin sheet detector shown in FIG. 3, and 31 is a bin sheet presence/absence indicator. be.

5 and 6 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the present invention. When collation or sorting information and bin selection information are input to the sorter control unit from the keyboard unit or print station, the control circuit operates. In order to check whether the input bin address is among the preset bin addresses, the information is output to the comparison calculation circuit.

In some cases, the comparison circuit outputs its address signal to the bin selection display circuit for displaying the selected bin. If the input bin address is not among the preset bin addresses, the temporary tray display is turned on. When the display of the arbitrarily selected bin is completed, a sorter start signal is then input to the control section. The control unit sets the deflection device to the home position, and the deflection device position detection counter is set to ``1''.Then, the comparison calculation circuit compares the set bin address and the input bin address, and The platform □ for which there is no input bin address among the input bin addresses outputs the comparison result signal to the temporary tray guide 1 drive solenoid circuit, and discharges the sheet to the temporary tray.In case of collation mode When one sheet is stored, the temporary tray gate is turned off and the sheet is conveyed to the bin side.In the sorting mode, when the sheet receiving counter counts the number of sheets to be sorted that has been input in advance, the control circuit , controls the comparator circuit and the temporary tray solenoid circuit to turn off the temporary tray gate.Next, it is checked whether the next selected bin information corresponds to the preset bin address; Sheets other than the preset bin address are ejected to a temporary tray. After checking the memory that stores bin information, the control circuit detects the position of the deflection device in order to store the sheet in the selected bin. Compare the counter with the address contents of the selected bin, and if they match, store the sheet in that bin,
If they do not match, look at the address contents of the next selected bin. When the memory storing the bin address information has been checked in this manner, the deflection device is lowered one bin to check whether there is corresponding bin address information, and if so, the sheet is stored.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to effectively collate or sort a large number of copies without increasing the number of bins.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the main parts of a device for explaining the operating principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart thereof, and FIG. 3 is a structure of a device for explaining an embodiment of a collating device according to the present invention. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of an electric circuit used to implement the present invention, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts for explaining the present invention in detail. 10... Copying machine main body, 100... Collator, A... Paper alignment section, B deflection device section, C... Conveyance section, D. Bin row, M. Mo 1', II... Sheet acceptance detector. , 26...
Home position detector, 28/deflection section sheet detector,
5o Sheet reception counter, 51... Jam detection circuit, 52 Sheet rear end detection circuit, 53... Sheet discharge counter, 54... Electromagnetic clutch drive circuit, 55 Temporary tray guide drive: solenoid circuit, 56... Comparison calculation circuit, 57 Eccentric part movement circuit, 58... Deflection device position detection circuit, 59. Collation or sorting information memory, 60.. Bin address information storage memory, 61. Keyboard, 62.
Print station, 63・Facsimile, 64・
・Copy machine, 65・Open side 1 circuit, 66・・Motor drive circuit, 67・・Bin sheet detection circuit, 68・Bin sheet detection and bin selection display circuit. Figure I

Claims (1)

[Claims] means for storing bin selection information, storage means for storing preset bin addresses, comparison means for comparing the bin selection information and preset bin address information, and a sheet provided separately from the bins. A collating device comprising: a storage means, wherein when the bin selection information is an address other than the preset bin address, the sheet is stored in the sheet storage means provided in the front sorting.