JPS63314950A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the carrying part of an original by controlling a clutch mechanism at the time of detecting the back end of the original, driving a paper feeding roller, printing a stamp for indicating a transmission completion after an MFC signal indicating the recognition of a reception is received from a receiving side facsimile equipment, driving an ejecting roller and ejecting the original. CONSTITUTION:At the time of detecting the back end of the preceding original, the clutch mechanism 80 switches the power of a motor 7 to the paper feeding roller 2 from the ejecting roller 6, thereby, the preceding original is stopped and the paper feeding roller 2 is brought to a state for fetching a next original. After the presence of the absence of the next original or an OR sheet is detected, the stamp indicating the transmission completion of the stopped preceding original is pressed and the clutch mechanism 80 switches the power of the motor 7 to the ejecting roller 6 from the paper feeding roll 2, thereby, the preceding original is ejected. Thereby, the carrying path of the original can be shortened.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to a facsimile device.

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 3, this type of facsimile machine has a document presence detection sensor 9 for detecting the presence or absence of a document, and a document detection sensor 9 for detecting the presence or absence of a document along the document conveyance path shown in the direction of the arrow in the figure. A separation rubber 1 that separates the document, a paper feed roller 2 that takes in the document, a feed roller 3 that conveys the document taken in by the paper feed roller 2 at a predetermined speed, and a reader that detects the reading position of the document image. Position detection sensor 10
and reads the image of the document being conveyed by the feed roller 3.
an optical system 4 for transmitting the image signal to the receiving facsimile machine via an electrical system (not shown); a sent stamp 5 for stamping the document with a stamp indicating completion of transmission; and a document after the image has been read. ejection roller 6 for ejecting
is located.

The paper feed roller 2, feed roller 3, and discharge roller 6 are provided with a coaxial drive gear 2a and drive pulleys 3a and 6a, respectively.
is attached, and the drive boolean of the feed roller 3 and ejection roller 6! J 3” + 6” is connected to the shaft of the drive motor 7.

The feed roller 3 also receives the power of the motor 7 from the paper feed roller 2.
A transmission gear 8a of the clutch mechanism 8 is attached for transmitting data to the clutch mechanism 8.

A transmission gear 8a of this clutch mechanism 8 is rotatably attached to the center of an abbreviated clutch arm 8b, and also meshes with the transmission gear 8a at one end of the clutch arm 8b. An intermediate gear 8c that can mesh with the drive gear 2a is rotatably attached, and one end of a spring 8d biased to separate the drive gear 2a and the intermediate gear 8c is attached to the other end.

The other end of the spring 8d is attached to the main body side (not shown) of this facsimile machine, and the other end of the flannel chia 1, 3b is attached to the drive gear 2a and the intermediate gear 8C against the bias of the spring 8d. It is connected to the iron core of the solenoid 8d for alignment.

The sensors 9 and 10, the reading optical system 4, the drive unit of the sent stamp 5, the motor 7, and the coil of the solenoid 8d are as follows:
It is connected to an electrical system (not shown).

In the above configuration, when the document presence/absence detection sensor 9 detects the leading edge of the document, the electric system rotates the motor 7 and operates the solenoid 8d of the clutch mechanism 8, thereby feeding the paper to which the power of the motor 7 is transmitted. Roller 2 starts taking in the original.

Next, when the reading position detection sensor 10 detects the reading position of the original image, the optical system 4 starts reading the original image, and the electrical system transmits the data of the original image to the receiving facsimile machine.1. Further, when the leading edge of the document reaches the discharge roller 6, the discharge roller 5 starts discharging the document.

In this process, if the document presence detection sensor 9 and the reading position detection sensor 10 do not detect the next document, the electrical system sends an EOP signal indicating the end of the procedure as shown in CCITT and T2O to the receiving facsimile machine. On the other hand, if the next document is detected, an EOM signal indicating the end of the message is transmitted to the receiving facsimile machine.

When an MCF signal indicating reception confirmation is received from the receiving facsimile machine in response to the EOP signal or EOM signal, the sent stamp 5 is driven to stamp the previous original, and the ejection roller 6 ejects the original. do.

Here, the next document is transferred to an OMR (Optica MR) in which data such as the destination, transmission mode, and density of the document are optically written.
In the case of a sheet (1 Mark Reading), the data on the O4 mark is read by the optical system 4 or a dedicated sensor, and the procedure for the EOP receiving facsimile machine is performed from phase A after the previous original image is transmitted.

In this case as well, when an OMR sheet is detected, an EOP signal for the previous original is transmitted, and when an MCF signal is received from the receiving facsimile machine in response to this EOP signal, the transmission to the previous original is completed. The stamp 5 is stamped and the paper is discharged by the discharge roller 6.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the conventional facsimile machine described above does not check the presence or absence of the next document, O. However, the previous original cannot be ejected until the sheet is detected.
Therefore, there are problems in that the document transport path becomes longer, the number of document jams increases, and the apparatus becomes larger.

In addition, if the paper feed roller 2 and the next document slip, even if the previous document reaches the sent stamp position, the next document will not reach the detection position, and the Providing such sensors poses a problem in that they are expensive.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine that shortens the document transport path and has an inexpensive configuration.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a clutch mechanism that selectively transmits the power of the motor that drives the feed roller to the paper feed roller or the ejection roller, so that the leading edge of the document is When detected, the motor is driven to drive the feed roller and the clutch mechanism is controlled to drive the paper feed roller to take in the document, and when the leading edge of the document reaches the ejection roller, the clutch mechanism is controlled. starts ejecting the original by driving the ejection roller, and when the trailing edge of the original is detected, the clutch mechanism is controlled to drive the paper feed roller, and after receiving the MCF signal from the receiving facsimile machine, it is sent. The present invention is characterized in that the document is configured to be configured such that a stamp indicating the same is stamped on the document, and the document is discharged by driving the discharge roller by controlling a clutch mechanism.

According to the above structure, when the rear end of the previous document is detected, the clutch mechanism switches the motor power from the ejection roller to the paper feed roller, thereby stopping the previous document and switching the paper feed roller to the next one. Make it possible to import originals.

After detecting the presence or absence of the next document and the 0CIL count, a stamp indicating that the previous document that has been stopped has been sent is stamped, and the clutch mechanism switches the motor power from the paper feed roller to the ejection roller to send the previous document. Let it drain.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b) are side views showing the clutch mechanism of FIG. , Components that are the same as those in FIG. 3 are given the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 1, along the document conveyance path shown in the direction of the arrow in the figure, there is a document presence detection sensor 9 for detecting the presence or absence of a document, a separation rubber 1 for separating documents one by one, and a paper feeder for taking in documents. a roller 2, a feed roller 3 that conveys the document taken in by the paper feed roller 2 at a predetermined speed, a reading position detection sensor 10 that detects the reading position of the document image, and a document conveyed by the feed roller 3. an optical system 4 for reading an image and transmitting an image signal to a receiving facsimile device via an electrical system 90, which will be described later;
A sent stamp 5 for stamping the document indicating completion of transmission, and a discharge roller 6 for discharging the document after image reading are arranged.

Coaxial drive gears 2a1, drive pulley 3a, and drive gear 6b are attached to the feed roller 2, feed roller 3, and discharge roller 6, respectively. ing.

The feed roller 3 also receives the power of the motor 7 from the paper feed roller 2.
Alternatively, a transmission gear 80a of a clutch mechanism 80 for transmitting information to the discharge roller 6 is attached.

The transmission gear 80a of this clutch mechanism 80 is rotatably attached to the center of the abbreviated clutch arm 8ob, and one end of the clutch arm 80b meshes with the transmission gear 80a and is supplied with the transmission gear 80a. An intermediate gear 80C that can mesh with the drive gear 2a of the paper roller 2 is rotatably attached, and an intermediate gear 80C that can mesh with the transmission gear 80a and the drive gear 6b of the discharge roller 6 is rotatably attached to the other central part. An intermediate gear 80d is rotatably attached.

Further, the other side of the clutch arm 80b is provided with a paper feed roller 2.
One end of a spring 80e is attached, which is biased so as to separate the drive gear 2a and the intermediate gear 80C and to mesh the drive gear 6b and the intermediate gear 80d of the discharge roller 6, and the other end of the spring 80e is It is attached to the main body side (not shown) of this facsimile machine.

Further, the other end of the clutch arm 80b is a spring 80e.

The solenoid 8 is used to mesh the drive gear 2a of the paper feed roller 2 and the intermediate gear 80C against the bias of
It is connected to the 0f iron core.

In addition, the sensors 9, 10. The optical system 4, the drive unit of the sent stamp 5, the motor 7, and the coil of the solenoid 80f are connected to an electrical system 90.

The electrical system 90 includes a reading processing section that controls the drive section of the sent stamp 5, the motor 7, and the coil of the solenoid 80f based on signals from the sensors 9, 10 and the optical system 4, as will be described later, as well as a transmission start button and the like. Panel section consisting of button section and display section, recording processing section, memory, line memory control section,
It has an image information compression/expansion section, a communication control section, a modem, a network control section, etc.

Next, the operation of the embodiment according to the above configuration will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, the document presence/absence detection sensor 9 detects the leading edge of the document, and when a transmission start button (not shown) is pressed, the electrical system 90
After the procedures of phases A and B are completed, the motor 7 is rotated and the solenoid 80f of the clutch mechanism 80 is operated.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2(a), the intermediate gear 80C of the clutch mechanism 80 meshes with the drive gear 2a of the paper feed roller 2, and the intermediate gear 80d is separated from the drive gear 6b of the discharge roller 6, and the motor The paper feed roller 2 to which the power of step 7 is transmitted starts taking in the document. Further, when the leading edge of the document reaches the feed roller 3, the feed roller 3 starts conveying the document together with the paper feed roller 2.

Next, when the reading position detection sensor 10 detects the reading position of the original image, the optical system 4 starts reading the original image, and the electric system 90 detects a predetermined time until the leading edge of the original reaches the ejection roller 6. After the elapse of time, the solenoid 80f of the clutch mechanism 80 is turned off.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2(b), while meshing with the intermediate gear 80d of the clutch mechanism 80, the intermediate gear 80
C is separated from the drive gear 2a of the paper feed roller 2, and the discharge roller 6, to which the power of the motor 7 is transmitted, starts discharging the document together with the feed roller 3.

In this document conveyance process, the electrical system 90 and the optical system 4
When the reading position detection sensor 10 detects the trailing edge of the document, the transmission of the document image data is stopped and the clutch mechanism is activated. 80 solenoid 8
0f, and as shown in FIG. 2(a), the intermediate gear 80C of the clutch mechanism 80 is connected to the drive gear 2 of the paper feed roller
a, and the intermediate gear 80d is engaged with the discharge roller 6.
from the drive gear 6b.

Therefore, the original document stops at the position of the ejection roller 6 and is not ejected from the apparatus, and the paper feed roller 1 becomes ready to take in the next original document.

Next, if the document presence detection sensor 9 and the reading position detection sensor 10 do not detect the next document, the electrical system
CITT, EOP indicating end of procedure as indicated by T2OC
A signal is transmitted to the facsimile machine on the receiving side, and on the other hand, when the next document is detected, an EaM signal indicating the end of the message is transmitted to the facsimile machine on the receiving side.

When an MCF signal indicating reception confirmation is received from the receiving facsimile machine in response to the EOP signal or the EOM signal, the sent stamp 5 is driven to stamp the previous document, and the clutch mechanism 80 is activated by the second As shown in Figure (b), the document is switched and the discharge row 26 discharges the document.

Next, if the next document is not detected, the motor 7 is stopped and the predetermined transmission procedure (phase E) is terminated.On the other hand, if the next document is detected, the clutch mechanism 80 is activated as shown in FIG. ) and transmit the same image data.

Here, the next document is transferred to O, where data such as the destination, transmission mode, and density of the document are optically written.
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In case 6, the optical system 4 reads the data on the OMR sheet and transmits the EOP signal after transmitting the previous original image (phase C), and receives the MCF signal from the receiving facsimile machine (phase D). The transmitted stamp 5 is driven to stamp the previous document, and the clutch mechanism 80 is switched as shown in FIG. 2(b) to eject the document by the ejection roller 6, thereby completing the procedure of phase E. .

Next, the clutch mechanism 80 is switched as shown in FIG. 2(a), the optical system 4 reads the four sheets of data, and another receiving facsimile device is called by telephone number, etc. (Phase A) to read the next OMR sheet. Follow the steps to send the manuscript.

Therefore, in the above embodiment, the presence or absence of the next document and the ONN
Since the conveyance of the previous document is stopped until a receipt is detected, the document conveyance path can be shortened, and document jams and enlargement of the apparatus can be prevented.

In addition, even if the paper feed roller 2 and the next document slip, since the previous document has stopped, the next document can be detected reliably, and the optical system 4 that reads the document image ■Since receipt data can be read, there is no need for a dedicated sensor, making it possible to realize an inexpensive facsimile machine.

In the above embodiment, the power is transmitted to the paper feed roller 2 and the discharge roller 6 through the feed roller 3, but the clutch mechanism 80 is directly connected to the output shaft of the motor 7, and the power is transmitted from the clutch mechanism 80 to the output shaft of the motor 7. Of course, the power of the motor 7 may be selectively transmitted to the paper feed roller 3 or the discharge roller 6.

As described in detail, the present invention includes a clutch mechanism that selectively transmits the power of the motor that drives the feed roller to the paper feed roller or the ejection roller, and drives the motor when the leading edge of the document is detected. to drive the paper feed roller and control the clutch mechanism to drive the paper feed roller to take in the document, and when the leading edge of the document reaches the discharge roller, control the clutch mechanism to drive the discharge roller. When the trailing edge of the document is detected, the paper feeding roller is driven by controlling the clutch mechanism.
After receiving the MCF signal from the receiving facsimile machine, a stamp indicating that the document has been sent is stamped on the document, and the clutch mechanism is controlled to drive the ejection roller and eject the document. A facsimile device with a short and inexpensive configuration can be realized.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 is a schematic perspective view showing one embodiment of a facsimile device according to the present invention, FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b) are side views showing the clutch mechanism of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a conventional 1 is a schematic perspective view of an example facsimile device; FIG. 2. Paper feed roller, 3.. Feed roller, 4.. Optical system, 5.. Sent stamp, 6.. Ejection roller, 7..
・Motor, 9... Document presence/absence detection sensor, 10... Document reading position detection sensor, 80... Clutch mechanism,
90... Electrical system. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao (1st person)
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Claims (1)

[Claims] a first detection means for detecting the leading edge of the document; a means for reading the image of the document; a second detection means for detecting the position of the image of the document read by the image reading means and the trailing edge of the document;
means for stamping a stamp indicating that the original has been sent after the image has been read; a paper feed roller that takes in the original; a feed roller that transports the taken original; an ejection roller that ejects the original after the image has been read; a motor for driving the roller; a clutch mechanism for selectively operatively coupling the motor to a paper feed roller and a discharge roller; and means for controlling the motor and the clutch mechanism; When the leading edge of the document is detected, the means drives the motor and connects the clutch mechanism to the paper feed roller side to operate the feed roller and the paper feed roller, and when the leading edge of the document reaches the discharge roller, the clutch mechanism is activated. The clutch mechanism is connected to the ejection roller side to operate the ejection roller, and when the second detection means detects the trailing edge of the document, the clutch mechanism is connected to the paper feed roller side to operate the paper feed roller. 1. A facsimile apparatus, wherein after confirming the completion of transmission of an image signal, the stamping means is driven to stamp a stamp on a document, and a clutch mechanism is connected to a discharge roller to discharge the document.