JPS60157454A - Matching system of copier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the work efficiency and to utilize a matching pin effectively by containing copy papers, under second matching work, in such pins as following those pins which have contained the copy papers under first matching work. CONSTITUTION:Upon turning on of copy start switch 14 for starting second matching work without taking the matched copy papers, a copy command is fed to the copy mechanism 2 to perform copy function repeatedly by the number of setting sheet. Then, while matching with exhaust timing of copy paper, solenoid 30 of matching gate 21N1+1 corresponding to the number of previous copy sheet N1+1 is excited to contain the copy sheet in said matching pin 21N1+1. Similarly, the copy papers are contained sequentially in next pin 20N1+2 and following pins. In other words, under second matching work, the copy paper is contained sequentially in the following pins, to continue the matching work without taking out the copy paper so far as it will not exceed over N1+N2...N50, resulting in improvement of work efficiency and effective utilization of matching pin.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collation system for a copying machine that collates copy sheets copied by a copying machine in a collated manner.

Conventional technology Copy paper that has been repeatedly copied into a copying machine is stored sequentially from the 14th collation bin of the collation type, and when the collation operation is completed and the next collation operation is started, the copy paper is stored in the collation bin of the 14th collation type. The bins are stored sequentially starting from the th collection bin.

For this reason, when starting the next collation operation, all the collated copy sheets that have been collated must be taken out of the bottle, which not only reduces the efficiency of the collation operation but also makes it difficult for each collation bin of the collation machine to may not be used effectively.

In other words, from the 1st collation pin to the 50th collation, 50
In a collation mode with 10 collation bins, when copying and collating 10 sheets of a 10-page original the first time, the copy paper will only be stored up to the 10th collation bin, and the 11th and subsequent copies will be stored. The collection bin is in an unused state.

When copying and collating 8 sheets of a 15-page manuscript for the second time, take out the collated Corby paper from the first time and make 1 copy.
The items are stored in order from the 15th collection bin to the 15th collection bin.

For this reason, the 16th and subsequent collation bins are not used at all, and each collation bin of the collation type cannot be used effectively.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the invention to improve the effectiveness of a collating column and to make effective use of each collating bin of a collating machine.

Structure of the Invention During the second collation operation, the copy sheets are stored in the collation bins after the collation bin in which the copy sheets were stored during the first collation operation.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the overall configuration, in which a collating machine B is installed adjacent to a copying machine A to form a copying machine.

A known copying mechanism 2 is provided within the copying machine main body 1, and is configured to perform a copying operation based on a copying command and discharge copy paper into a main discharge path 3.

The main discharge passage 3 is switched to first and second discharge passages 5 and 6 by a first switching guide 4, and the second discharge passage 6 is switched to third and fourth discharge passages 8 and 9 by a second switching guide 7. The fourth discharge path 9 passes through the discharge roll 101 to the hard tray 11.
It is continuous.

12 is an operation panel, and is provided with a copy start switch 13, a copy number setting switch 14, a collation switch 32, and the like.

The collating machine main body 15 is provided with a first and second population 16.17.
Conveyance paths 18, 19 are provided, and the first collection bin 20.19 is connected to the first conveyance path 18. From the 25th collection bin 202! are provided at intervals, and 26th to 50th collection bins 2026 to 205o are provided at intervals on the second conveyance path 19,
Each collation bin 201-20. At the entrance of o, there are 1st to 50th collocations) 21° to 21eo, and 1st to 50th col.
The second population 16.17 is continuous with the first and third discharge paths 5.8, and faces the first to second and fifth collection bins 20, to 2 oss, and serves as a first copy paper sensor. 22 and a photosensor 23 are provided, and the first to twenty-fifth collection bins 20.
A hole 24 is formed in ~2 Chs, and a light source 22 for
The light passes through each hole 24t and is received by the sensor 23.

Similarly, the 26th to 50th gathering pins 20wn to 20IIO
A sensor light source 26 and a photosensor 27, which serve as a second copy paper sensor, are provided opposite the hole 25.

The first switching guide 4 is switched by a first solenoid 28 to a first position 1h1 where the main discharge path 3 is connected to the first discharge path 5 and a second position 1 which is connected to the second discharge path 6, The guide 7 is in the first position where the second solenoid 29 connects the second discharge path 6 to the third discharge path 8! , the second contiguous to the fourth discharge path 9
Switched to device B.

As shown in FIG. 2, the collation gate 21
．． The first position protrudes from 19 and stores the copy paper in the collation bin 20! and the second position (2) where the copy paper is conveyed to the next collation bin 2o away from the conveyance path 18°19, and is constantly held at the second position 1. When the Trayed 30 is energized, the first device It is designed so that the swing can be switched to I. 3
1 is a conveyance roller.

The signals from the copy start switch 13, the number of copies setting switch 14, the collation switch 32, and the photosensor 23.27 are input to the arithmetic control mechanism 4o, and the signals from the first and second solenoids 28.29 and each solenoid 30t-predetermined Operate with timing.

Next, the collation operation will be explained.

ω When the collation switch 32 is not turned on, the collation signal R is not input to the arithmetic control mechanism 40 and the mode is switched to the normal copying mode, the first solenoid 28 is de-energized, and the first switching guide 4 is in the second position. Negative..., the second solenoid 29 is energized, the second switching guide 7 is switched to the second position ffff, and the copy paper is conveyed from the main ejection path 3 → the second ejection path 6 → the fourth ejection path 9 → the catch tray 11. Ru.

0) When the collation switch 32 is turned 07'v, the calculation control mechanism 4
0, the collation signal R1 is input to the collation copying mode, the first solenoid 28 is energized, and the first switching guide 4 is in the first position! , the second solenoid 29 is de-energized and the second switching guide 7 is in the first position.

0) In the state of (1'l) mentioned above, press the number of copies setting switch 1.
When the number of copies (the number of copies to be collated, that is, the number of collation bins 20 to be used) A'+ is set by 3.

At the same time as storing the number Ivt' in the memory 41, the number A
II and the total number of collated bins 7v50 are compared by the comparator circuit 42, A',〉bird. At this time, the text "51 or more sheets to the catch tray" is displayed, and during the next collation operation, the text "Copy sheets cannot be removed unless they are removed from the collation bin" is displayed on the display section 33 of the operation panel 12, and the process goes to ≦. When Ai] is not displayed.

■ When the backward start switch + htoN is turned on in the above-mentioned ■ condition, a copying command is sent to the copying mechanism 2 to continuously copy the set number of sheets, and also to copy according to the set number of sheets in accordance with the copy paper ejection timing according to the copy speed. 1st to 50th collection bins 20. ~20. An excitation signal is sequentially output to the solenoid 30 provided in the first collation bin 20. 1-
Next accommodation.

For example, if you set 10 copies,
0 collection bin20. Copy paper is stored in each solenoid 30 of 201-201o. . When it reaches just before the collation gate 21, send an excitation signal @. ~21. o
to be accommodated.

At this time, the number of copies per color is 26 or more, and the 25th copy paper is ejected to the 25th collation bin 202. , the first solenoid 28 is demagnetized, the @1 switching guide 4 becomes the second song 1, and the copy paper is transferred from the second and third discharge paths 6.8 to the 26th and subsequent collating tips. 2026 as described above.

Further, when the number of copies per color reaches 51 or more, the second solenoid 29 is energized, the second switching guide 7 is set to the second position Hn, and the copy paper is stored in the catch tray 11.

■ When all the copy papers collated by the collation bin 20 are taken out and the next collation operation is performed.

The 7 sensors 23 and 27 of the first and second copy paper sensors detect light and clear the previous number of copies 7vst' stored in the memory 41, so the second number of copies N2 is input and the same as the previous one. Works similarly.

G) When performing the second collation operation without taking out the collated copy sheets, the number of copies set by the number of copies setting switch 13 is input into the number of copies IVtk memory 41, and the previous number of copies is input. 7v
1, Iv, +A', and the total number of collated bins 7v11
0 in the comparator circuit 42, and "+ +"t>"s
o, the text "51 or more sheets to the catch tray" is displayed on the display section 33 of the operation panel 12, and during the next collation operation, the text "copy paper cannot be taken out from the collation bin" is displayed on the display section 33 of the operation panel 12. When ≦7v5o, the above-mentioned display is not performed.

■ When the copy start switch 14'=i (A) is set in the state of (■) above, a copy command is sent to the copying mechanism 2 to make copies for the set number of sheets in succession, and at the same time copying the previous copy in accordance with the ejection timing of the copy paper. The solenoid 3ON1+1 of the one-column gate 21 with the number of sheets N1+1 is energized 1. to store copy N1+1 sheets in the collation bin 20, and thereafter copy sheets are sequentially stored in the next collation θ2ON1+μ in the same manner as described above.

To summarize the above operation, it1 during the second collation operation.
Copy paper is stored in order from the collation bin following the collation bin used during the Q-th collation work. Then to 7V, 10...
...is nine. The collation work is carried out continuously without taking out all copy sheets as long as the number of copies does not exceed .

In the above example, the collation mode in which the collation gate 21 is switched has been described, but in the case of a collation mode in which the collation gate 21 is moved along each collation bin (indexer type), The stop position of the collation gate should be set to Fate ~ during the first collation operation, A - 8 during the second collation operation 1, and the stop position of the collation gate should be set to A - 8 during the second collation operation 1.
H2 If the bin moves (moving bin type), the stopping position of the collating bin is set to N during the first collating operation, -)WH,, during the second collating operation as described above. 7vNI+1~ during business hours! It may be set to vN2.

Further, in the +m example described above, a collation mode with two rows of collating pins, upper and lower, has been described, but it goes without saying that the same applies to a collation mode with - rows or three or more rows.

Effects of the invention The collated copy paper can be collated continuously without coming out of the collating bin, improving the efficiency of collating work, and making effective use of each collating bin of the collating machine. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the overall configuration, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the collation gate portion, and FIG. 3 is a control circuit diagram. Δ is a copying machine, B is a collating machine, and 20 is a collating pin. Applicant Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Masaaki Yonehara Patent Attorney Tadashi Hamamoto

Claims (1)

[Claims] Copy paper copied by copying machine A is collated by collating pin 2 of collating machine B.
In a collation system where the collated copy paper is stored in the collation bin at the end of the first collation operation, the collated copy paper is not removed from the collation bin when the second collation operation is completed. A collation system for a copying machine, characterized in that copy paper is stored in a collation bin after a collation pin stored in a collation operation.