US3592464A - Automatic paper sheet alignment plate positioning device for use in paper sheet discharge sections of business machines and the like - Google Patents

Automatic paper sheet alignment plate positioning device for use in paper sheet discharge sections of business machines and the like Download PDF

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US3592464A
US3592464A US877712A US3592464DA US3592464A US 3592464 A US3592464 A US 3592464A US 877712 A US877712 A US 877712A US 3592464D A US3592464D A US 3592464DA US 3592464 A US3592464 A US 3592464A
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
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    • G03B27/02—Exposure apparatus for contact printing
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/20—Pile receivers adjustable for different article sizes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K13/00—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism
    • G06K13/02—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism the record carrier having longitudinal dimension comparable with transverse dimension, e.g. punched card
    • G06K13/08—Feeding or discharging cards
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K13/00—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism
    • G06K13/02—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism the record carrier having longitudinal dimension comparable with transverse dimension, e.g. punched card
    • G06K13/08—Feeding or discharging cards
    • G06K13/14—Card magazines, e.g. pocket, hopper
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2801/00—Application field
    • B65H2801/03—Image reproduction devices
    • B65H2801/06—Office-type machines, e.g. photocopiers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2801/00—Application field
    • B65H2801/24—Post -processing devices
    • B65H2801/27—Devices located downstream of office-type machines

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  • the present invention relates to a business machine and the like and more particularly to an automatic paper sheet alignment plate positioning device for use in paper sheet discharge sections of business machines and the like.
  • the primary object of the present invention is toprovide an automatic paper sheet alignment plate positioning device for use in paper sheet discharge sections of business machines and the like in which the paper sheet alignment end and/sideplates (to be referred to as plate" hereinafter) in the paper sheet discharge section may be automatically located at the positions corresponding to the sizes of the sheets to be used when the plate in the paper sheet feed section is set in position depending upon the size of the sheets, thereby eliminating the cumbersome operation of setting the plate in the paper sheet discharge section.
  • plate paper sheet alignment end and/sideplates
  • the device of the present invention comprises a motor for driving a plate in the discharge section, changeover switches located at both of the ends of the travel stroke of the plate and adapted to be actuated by the plate, a relay contact circuit adapted to be actuated by the actuation of said changeover switches so as to reverse the rotation of the motor, and two groups of paper sheet feed and discharge plate positioning switches, one of each of said switch groups being actuated in response to the position of the plate and said two groups of switches being connected in parallel with each other in a circuit for driving said motor.
  • the plate in the discharge section When the plate in the feed section is set in position depending upon the size of paper sheets to be used and when the motor driving circuit is connected to a power source, the plate in the discharge section is caused to move in one direction depending upon its initial position and then return when the plate reaches at its one end of its travel stroke.
  • the motor driving circuit When the plate is returned to a position corresponding to the position of the plate set in the feed section, the motor driving circuit is opened, the motor is stopped and the plate in the discharge section is stopped at said position.
  • the plate in the discharge section is initially located at the position corresponding to the position of the plate set in the feed section, the plate in the discharge section remains unchanged even when the motor drive circuit is closed.
  • the starting and stopping of the plate in the discharge section are controlled by the coaction of said relay circuit and said two groups of positioning switches.
  • the paper sheet alignment end and/or sideplates in the paper sheet discharge section may be automatically set in position only by setting manually in position the end and/or sideplates in the feed section depending upon the size of the sheet to be used. Therefore, the cumbersome setting of the business machine or the like prior to the operation thereof may be eliminated and the efficiency of the business machine and the like may be remarkably improved.
  • FIG. I is a schematic view illustrating a business machine embodying the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram thereof.
  • reference numeral I designates an end plate in a paper sheet feed section; 2, an end plate in a paper sheet discharge section; and 3, 4 and 5, normally closed microswitches which are positioned in accordance with the sizes of paper stacked in the feed section and adapted to be actuated when the end plate 1 is moved to the positions of the microswitches.
  • microswitches 6, 7 and 8 In the paper sheet discharge section, there are positioned microswitches 6, 7 and 8 similar and corresponding to those in the feed section and in accordance with the sizes of the paper in the passage of the end plate 2. These switches 6, 7 and 8 are closed when the end plate 2 contacts with them.
  • Microswitches 9 and I0 are connected in a relay circuit for controlling a DC motor II which drives the end plate 2.
  • the microswitch 9 is normally opened while the microswitch l0, normally closed.
  • the end plate 2 is slidably mounted upon the paper discharge stand 12 and the lower end 20 of the end plate 2 is fixedly secured to a chain 16 wrapped over rollers 13, 14 and 15 one of which, for example, the roller I3 is driven by the DC motor II.
  • the microswitches 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 are end plate positioning switches in the circuit shown in FIG. 2 while the microswitches 9 and 10, the switches for reversing the direction of rotation of the DC motor II.
  • reference numeral I7 designates a relay for retaining the reversed rotation of the motor II; 18, a normally opened contact for the relay I7; I9 and 20, normally closed contact for the relay 17 in a motor control L; and 21 and 22, normally opened contacts.
  • the microswitches 3, 4 and 5 are connected in parallel with the microswitches 6, 7 and 8.
  • the end plate 2 is positioned to the right in FIG. 1 and the voltage is applied to the terminals A and An from a power source so that the DC motor II is rotated in the forward direction, thereby moving the end plate 2 to the left, that is in the direction indicated by the arrow 0 in FIG. I.
  • the lower end 20 actuates the microswitch 9 so that the microswitch 9 is closed, thereby energizing the relay 17 so as to close the normally opened contact 18. Therefore, the relay 17 remains in this position.
  • the normally closed contacts 19 and 20 of the relay [7 are opened while the normally opened contacts 21 and 22 are closed so that the DC motor I] is connected to the motor control unit L in the reversed direction, whereby the motor I] is reversed in rotation. Therefore, the end plate 2 is caused to move in the direction indicated by the arrow b in FIG. 1, that is to the right.
  • the microswitch 10 is opened so that the relay 17 is deenergized and released from its self-holding state.
  • the normally closed contacts 19 and 20 which have been opened are closed while the normally opened contacts 2! and 22 which have been closed are opened.
  • the DC motor is connected to the motor control L in the forward direction so that the motor I] rotates in the forward direction.
  • the end plate 2 is caused to reciprocate in the directions indicated by the arrows a and 1) between the microswitches 9 and 10.
  • the sheets 23 are stacked upon a feed stand 27 and the slidable end plate 1 is abutted against the rear side edges ofthc sheets 23 so that the microswitch corresponding to the size of these sheets 23 is actuated by the lower end In of the end plate
  • the microswitch 3 is actuated and opened in FIG 1. Therefore the microswitch 6 corresponding to the microswitch 3 is actuated by the lower end In of the end plate 2 that is reciprocating and is opened so that the motor H is stopped, thereby stopping the end plate 2 at the position of the microswitch 6.
  • the end plate 2 is automatically positioned at the position corresponding to the size of the sheets 23
  • the sheets 23 are fed into a processing device from the uppermost sheet by means ofa feed roller 24 and after the sheet has been processed with printing, copying, punching, etc, it is stacked one by one upon the stand 12 in the discharge section through a pair of discharge rollers 26 with the edges of the stacked sheets being correctly aligned with each other.
  • An automatic sheet alignment plate positioning device tor use in the paper sheet discharge sections of business machines and the like comprising a motor for driving a sheet alignment plate in the paper sheet discharge section,

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DE3331077A1 (de) * 1982-08-31 1984-03-01 Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo Universal-papier(vorrats)kassette
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US3877809A (en) * 1972-03-09 1975-04-15 Ricoh Kk Device for indicating the size of copy sheets and the coverage of copying
US3926519A (en) * 1974-06-03 1975-12-16 Xerox Corp Control device for an electrophotographic printing machine
US4253759A (en) * 1977-11-25 1981-03-03 Ing. C. Olivetti & C., S.P.A. Copy machine having duplexing feature
US4236808A (en) * 1979-01-11 1980-12-02 Savin Corporation Copier scan and collator back bar control
FR2494638A1 (fr) * 1980-11-26 1982-05-28 Pitney Bowes Inc Dispositif de mesurage pour machine a mettre sous enveloppe
US4418515A (en) * 1980-11-26 1983-12-06 Pitney Bowes Inc. Inserter gauging system
US4548400A (en) * 1980-11-26 1985-10-22 Pitney Bowes, Inc. Inserter gauging system
US5480131A (en) * 1982-01-25 1996-01-02 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Paper feeding device
US4540166A (en) * 1982-05-28 1985-09-10 Agfa-Gevaert Ag Automatic feeder
DE3331077A1 (de) * 1982-08-31 1984-03-01 Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo Universal-papier(vorrats)kassette
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US4778170A (en) * 1982-11-22 1988-10-18 Xerox Corporation Copy sheet tray with adjustable back stop and scuffer mechanism
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