JPS61217465A - Tray - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure the minimum necessary installation space while to improve the stacking and stocking performances by providing an auxiliary section retractable or foldable against the body thereby making the tray size variable with correspondence to the sizes of document and recording paper. CONSTITUTION:The trays arranged in double stage are comprised of tray body sections 10a fixed to the body 1 and the auxiliary sections 10b having variable longitudinal direction. When forming the body section 10a into such size as stockable upto A-4 size, only the body section 10a is used for the paper upto A-4 size and the auxiliary section 10b is contained in the body 10a. The auxiliary section 10b is drawn out only when the paper of larger size is used and stockable upto A-3 size. In such a manner, the installation space of tray can be halved while maintaining the stacking and stocking performances of document and recording paper.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Technical Field) The present invention relates to an improvement in a tray device for receiving original documents and recording paper in a facsimile machine, a copying machine, etc.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a tray for originals and recording paper, it has been difficult to stock various sizes of paper (A-5, A-4, A-3, [3-5, B-4 size paper) in a stable manner. In addition, this tray was formed to a size (approximately 400 millimeters long) that was the same as the maximum size A-3.

The length of this tray cannot be changed.

FIG. 6 shows a simplified diagram of a facsimile machine equipped with the above-mentioned tray.

A document tray 2 and a recording paper tray 3 are provided on one side of the main body 1 above and below. The fed original 4 is discharged to the document tray 2, and the recording paper 5 in the form of a coil is cut to a fixed size by a cutter 6 and is discharged to the recording paper tray 3.

Both trays 2 and 3 have a fixed length of approximately 400 mm in order to accommodate A-3 paper, which is the maximum size.

For this reason, the tray requires a large amount of installation space (in some cases it is larger than the main body), making it very inefficient in small offices.

Furthermore, there is a tendency for f&f and OA equipment to become lighter, thinner, shorter and smaller.

Trays have become more and more prominent (especially in Disk Dog #).

Therefore, in recent years, in order to improve these, mechanisms have been developed to reduce the tray installation space using box-shaped trays, roll trays, etc. as shown in Figure 7, and mechanisms to mount the tray section on the machine body as shown in Figure 8. Proposed.

That is, in FIG. 7, the recording paper tray 7 has a pocket-type (box-shaped) structure that hangs downward from the side of the main body 1 (therefore, the main body 1 is placed on a base with its edges together). ). Further, the document tray 8 has a roll shape as shown in FIG.

In this conventional 911, it is certainly possible to reduce the space occupied on the sides of the main body. however,
It is obvious that the stacking performance is poor when the paper is arranged and stocked in the correct order, as the paper becomes cloudy or curls.

In addition, in Fig. 8, there is a recording paper and an IJX on the top of 5 main body 1.
Although a dual-purpose paper tray 9 is provided, there is a fifth problem in that this configuration necessitates increasing the size of the entire main body 1.

Note that the mechanisms shown in Figures 7 and @8 are currently only used for limited use (for example, for human-4 originals and thin documents, A-4 recording paper, etc.). Also in A-3
Although we have secured enough space to store manuscripts and recording papers, the reality is that users are the ones who use them.
5, B-5, and Human-4 versions account for more than 80%, and the others account for only 20%. From this result, in reality, there are many versions smaller than A-4, and it is rare to use larger versions, so the current situation is that we always have waste space.

(Objective) It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional trays, secure the minimum necessary installation space, and supply trays that are easy to stack and stock.

(Structure) To achieve this, the present invention is characterized in that the installation space of the tray (the space for attaching it to the main body of the machine) can be varied according to the manuscript and recording paper to be used. An example will be explained based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a tray device according to the present invention attached to a main body IK.

Trays 10 arranged in two stages (aimed at document trays and recording paper trays) are fixed to the main body 1.
It consists of a main body part 10cL and an auxiliary part 1 (l) whose length direction is variable (for example, freely retractable) by 9 with respect to the main body part 10α.

For example, if the main body part 10α is formed to a size that can stock up to A-4 size paper (experimental results show that it is possible to stock up to A-4 size paper at about 220 mm), it can be used up to A-4 size paper. Main body 10cL
At this time, the auxiliary ff1N Ob is stored in the main body IQeL by a mechanism described later.

The auxiliary portion 10b is pulled out only when using paper of a larger size. This auxiliary part 10b
It is possible to draw up to a maximum of 3 versions of the stock IT function.

It goes without saying that it is optional whether the main body m1oa is set so that the A-4 version has the lowest stock or less.

FIG. 2 is a diagonal seven-dimensional external view of one embodiment of the tray 10. FIG.

The auxiliary part 10b can be stored, pulled out, and retracted from the lower part of the main body part 10α. Further, a support plate 1oc is rotatably hinged to the tip of this auxiliary portion 10b.

If this support plate 1 (l) is placed in a horizontal position with the auxiliary part 10b, that is, if it is extended, it will support the tip of the dog-nize paper, and if it is bent at right angles to the auxiliary part 10A, it will support the auxiliary part 10.
It can also be used as a handle when withdrawing bQ.

If you do not use the auxiliary part 10h, first remove this support plate 10.
C is bent and the auxiliary part 10A is first stored in the intangible part 10α.

The auxiliary part 10b and the support base 10C are made of #4 resin solid wood, and the bending of the support plate 10C is performed using a grease hinge (experimentally durable for over 20,000 repeated uses).

Further, when the auxiliary part 10A is pulled out from the main body part 10α, the lick (military resistance) moves excessively and can be stopped and held at any position. This click mechanism is also constructed integrally with the resin of the auxiliary portion 10j.

FIG. 3(α), Cb) is an external perspective view showing the tray according to the second embodiment.

This auxiliary part pulling out method is what is called a pallet method, in which one auxiliary part 10.
6 are connected by a fulcrum shaft 11, and the auxiliary part 10b is rotatable.

That is, as shown in (α) in the same figure, it is rotated and pulled out, and at the same time, it is rotated in the cylindrical shape of (A) in the same figure and stored below the main body portion 10cL.

With this mechanism, the storage efficiency of the auxiliary part 10A is high (because the tray body is rectangular, the mechanical space is efficient)
, This reduces the overall size of the tray.

Figure K4 shows the tray assembly according to the third embodiment.

In this embodiment, the night fence 12 of one main body portion 10a9g is variable in conjunction with the protrusion and retraction of the auxiliary portion 10A.

That is, the guide groove 13 fixed to the leg of the side fence 12 is suspended in the guide groove 14 of the auxiliary part 1 (l), but this guide @14 has a tapered shape as shown in Fig. 1. Therefore, if this auxiliary part 10b is moved in the storage direction, the paper sheets 7 and 12 will move closer to each other, making it possible to handle small-sized paper.

Moreover, FIG. 5 is an external perspective view showing the tray according to the fourth embodiment.

In this embodiment, an auxiliary part 10b is rotatably coupled to a bottle with respect to the main body s10α.

That is, the auxiliary part 10b is not a mechanism that allows it to move in and out of the main body part 10cL as in the previous embodiment, but a mechanism that allows it to be folded.

In the case of small-sized paper, the auxiliary part 10b is folded and used as shown by the solid line in the figure.In this case, the auxiliary part 106 is used as a width guide for the small-sized paper.
An edge fence 15 is formed.

As described above, the tray according to the present invention requires very little tray space (less than the conventional tray space), and can provide cooking performance and stocking performance comparable to that of the conventional type. In addition, the component structure can be made up of about two parts, and if it is an integral part of resin, it can also be provided with the above-mentioned sub-functions.

(Effects) The present invention is as described above, and according to the tray device according to the present invention, the installation space of the tray itself can be reduced compared to the conventional one while maintaining the cooking performance and stocking performance of originals and recording paper. It is possible to reduce the size to about half of the original size, thus making it possible to reduce the size of the entire device and further reducing wasted space in the user's office.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the tray device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the tray device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, K3
Figures (α) and (A) are external perspective views of the tray device according to the second embodiment, and (α) is a diagram showing the state for the auxiliary part side,
(FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are external perspective views of the tray device showing the 3rd and 144th embodiments, respectively. FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 are diagrams showing different conventional examples. It is a diagram showing such a tray device. 10... Tray, 1 oiz... Main body part, 1 (1... Auxiliary part, 10C... Support plate. 〒2E 73ffl

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) It consists of a main body and an auxiliary part that is retractable or foldable from the main body, and is characterized by being able to change the tray ice as desired depending on the size of the original and recording paper. tray device. (2) The tray device according to claim (1), further comprising a support plate hinged to the tip of the auxiliary portion.