JPH02248965A - Image forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To carry out the starting and stopping of a copying operation automatically by providing a switch to switch on a power source by making a copy receiving plate a copy receiving position and to switch it off by making it a folded position. CONSTITUTION:The device is made transformable between the copy receiving position where it is protruding to the side of the copy receiving plate 2 or the device main body 1 or the folded position where it is folded along the side of the device main body 1, and a switch 5 is provided by which when this copy receiving plate 2 is in the copy receiving position, the power source 6 is turned on, and when it is in the folded position the power source is turned off. Therefore, when the copy receiving plate 2 is traveled to the copy receiving position, the engagement with the switch 5 is released, by the action of the switch 5, the power source 6 is turned on and the image forming operation is made able to start, and when the copy receiving plate 2 is traveled in the opposite direction to the folded position, it is engaged with the switch 5 and the power source 6 is turned off by the action of the switch 5 and the image forming operation is stopped. Thus, starting and stopping of the copying operation is carried out automatically.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention This invention relates to an image forming apparatus in which a copy receiving plate is provided on the side surface of the apparatus main body.

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional image forming apparatuses, a copy receiving plate is fixedly provided at a copy receiving position protruding from the side of the main body of the apparatus.

The problem to be solved by the invention is that the conventional image forming apparatus as described above requires wasted space for its arrangement even when it does not require a copy receiving plate during non-image forming. There is. One possible way to improve this problem is to make the copy receiving plate removable, but this poses the problem of requiring a place to store it when it is removed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional image forming apparatus as described above, and to remove the copy receiving plate from the copy receiving position along the side of the apparatus main body when not forming an image while the copy receiving plate is attached to the main body of the apparatus. It can be moved to the folding position, and can also be used to turn the power on and off, or to automatically move the copy receiving plate to the copy receiving position when forming an image, and to the folding position when not forming an image. The present invention provides an image forming apparatus.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a copy receiving plate or a copy receiving position protruding from the side of the apparatus main body, and a copy receiving position protruding from the side of the main body. It can be moved between the folded position and the folded position along the side, and there is a switch that turns on the power when the copy receiving plate is in the copy receiving position and turns it off when it is in the folded position. This is what is being done.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the copy receiving plate is movable between a copy receiving position where the copy receiving plate protrudes to the side of the apparatus main body and a folding position where the copy receiving plate is folded along the side surface of the main body. a moving means for moving the copy receiving plate between the copy receiving position and the folding position; and a moving means for moving the copy receiving plate between the copy receiving position and the folding position; and control means for operating the moving means.

In the image forming apparatus according to claim 1, when the copy receiving plate is brought to the copy receiving position, the power is turned on and image forming work can be automatically started, and when this work is completed, the copy receiving plate is moved to the copy receiving position. When the board is moved to the folding position, the power is turned off and the image forming operation is automatically stopped.

In the image forming apparatus according to claim 2, when the necessary power is turned on when forming one image, the copy receiving plate automatically moves to the copy receiving position, and when the one image forming operation is completed, the copy receiving plate automatically moves to the copy receiving position. automatically move to the folding position.

Embodiment An embodiment of the invention according to claim 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

1 is a copying machine main body, and a copy receiving plate 2 is arranged on the side thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, this copy receiving plate 2 is pivoted to the side surface of the main body 1 at its lower end, and is in the copy receiving position shown in FIG. 5 is movable between the main power source 6 and stopped at that position by an appropriate mechanism not shown.
Shows the on/off switch.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 7 denotes a paper feeding cassette tray which is housed in the main body 1 or table 8 to form a paper bank.

The operation of such an image forming apparatus will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the copy receiving plate 2 is moved to the copy receiving position as shown in FIG. 2, it is disengaged from the switch 5, and the power supply 6 is turned on by the operation of the switch 5, making it possible to start the image forming operation. When the copy receiving plate 2 is moved in the opposite direction to the folding position, it engages with the switch 5 and the switch 5
As a result of the operation, the power supply 6 is turned off and the image forming operation is stopped.

In this case, the switch 5 may be linked with a residual heat switch.

Next, an embodiment of the invention according to claim 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

The same parts as in the previous embodiment are given the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 10 indicates a switch. In FIG. 5, the copy receiving plate 2 has a pivot 11 at its base end, which is pivotally fitted into a vertical slot 12 formed on the side surface of the main body 1, and a base end at the base end. The end thereof is a drive shaft 15 which is pivotally connected to a pivot 14 at the tip of a support rod 13 which is pivotally supported on the main body 1. In this case, the weight W1 of the copy receiving plate 2 is
It is smaller than the weight W2 of the support rod 13, and an opening/closing motor (not shown) is directly connected to the drive shaft 15.

A switch 10 is shown in FIG. 6, and this switch 10 is in the position indicated by the solid line! , a dotted line position (2) and a chain line position (2), and these positions operate a power switch A (not shown) and a copy receiving plate opening/closing switch B (not shown).

The operation of such an image forming apparatus will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Change the switch 10 from the power off position ■ to the fifth position III. As a result of this changeover, power switch A is turned on, and the copying machine is turned on and warm-up begins, but open/close switch B remains off.

Then, when the switch 10 is switched to the position ■, the opening/closing switch B is turned on, and the opening/closing motor of the copy receiving plate 2 starts rotating, rotating the drive shaft 15 and folding the copy receiving plate 2 as shown by the dotted line in FIG. position, move to the copy receiving position shown by the solid line.

A sensor or stop switch (not shown) is activated,
Turn off the open/close switch B and stop the rotation of the open/close motor.
The copy receiving plate 2 is stopped at this position. At the same time, the copying operation becomes possible and starts. At this time, a program incorporated in the CPU (not shown) sets the opening/closing motor to rotate in reverse when the opening/closing switch B is next turned on.

The copying operation is continued in this state, and when the copying operation is completed, the switch 10 is changed from position 3 to position 51n. This switching turns on the open/close switch B, reverses the open/close motor, and moves the copy receiving plate 2 toward the folding position.
A sensor or stop switch (not shown) is activated,
The open/close switch B is turned off, and the open/close motor, that is, the copy receiving plate 2, stops. becomes impossible.

Then, when switch lO is switched from position ■ to position ■,
All power is turned off. In this case, the switch 10 may be linked with a residual heat switch.

In the above, if the switch 10 is operated quickly when switching the switch 10 from position 2 to position 2, moving the copy receiving plate 2 from the copy receiving position to the folding position, and turning off all power supplies, the copy When the opening/closing switch B is operated while the receiving plate 2 is moving, the opening/closing motor stops rotating. However, in this case, the copy receiving plate 2 tries to continue moving due to inertia, and the weight W2 of the support rod 13 is larger than the weight W1 of the copy receiving plate 2, so the copy receiving plate 2 is folded. It will move to that position and stop.

In this case, the pivot point by the pivot 14 is 1 weight W2>weight W
1, or if the length of the copy receiving plate 2 is so long that it protrudes above the top surface of the main body 1 when placed in the folded position,
As shown in the figure, the copy receiving plate 2 may be divided into two pieces 2-1. is necessary.

When the copy receiving plate 2 is made of two pieces 2-1 and 2-2 in this way, an example of a gear drive type is shown in FIG. The gear 18 fixed to the shaft 17 of the gear 1 is connected via a gear train.
8 meshes with a gear 21 fixed to the pivot shaft 20 of the receiving plate piece 2-2, so that even with an inexpensive opening/closing motor with a small drive torque, if the rotation speed is reduced, torque that can overcome the weight of the support rod 13 can be obtained. .

Effects of the Invention The present invention is as described above, and the invention according to claim 1 turns on the power by setting the copy receiving plate as a copy receiving position that extends to the side of the entire device, and also allows The switch is actuated to turn it off by placing it in the folded position along the side, so if the copy receiving plate is placed in the copy receiving position by operating the copy receiving plate, the copying operation is started and the result is If you want to receive a copy on the copy receiver, and on the other hand, stop the copying operation and no longer need to receive the copy on the copy receiver, bring it to the folding position to stop the copying operation and remove the copy. The effect is that the space occupied by the copy receiving plate can be freed up, and that this can be done by simply moving the copy receiving plate.

Next, in the invention described in claim 2, when the control means receives an instruction to start the image forming operation, the moving means automatically moves the copy receiving plate to the copy receiving position, and the image forming operation becomes possible. When the means receives an instruction to stop the image forming operation, the moving means automatically moves the copy receiving plate in the opposite direction to the folding position and stops at that position;
Since the image forming operation is stopped, the operation of the control member causes the image forming operation by the main body, the movement of the copy receiving plate to the copy receiving position that occurs at that time, and the stopping of the image forming operation and the subsequent operation. The effect is that the movement of the copy receiving plate, which would otherwise be in the way, to the folded position can be carried out fully automatically and efficiently.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention of claim 1, Fig. 2 is a front view of essential parts of the same, Fig. 3 is a flowchart of the same, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention of claim 2. FIG. 5 is a front view of the main parts same as above. FIG. 6 is a front view of the switch same as above, FIG. 7 is a flowchart of same as above, FIG. 8 is a drawing similar to FIG. 5 of a modification of same as above, and FIG. 9 is a part of still another modification of same as above. FIG. 1... Copy machine body 2... Copy receiving plate 5
...Switch 6...Power supply 10...
Switch 11... Pivot 13... Support rod 14... Pivot 15... Drive shaft Patent applicant Ricoh Co., Ltd. - Agent Patent attorney SA 1) Morio Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In an image forming apparatus in which a copy receiving plate is provided on the side of the main body of the image forming apparatus, the copy receiving plate has a copy receiving position protruding from the side of the main body and a side surface of the main body. It is possible to move between the folded position and the folded position along the
An image forming apparatus characterized by being provided with a switch that turns on the power when the copy receiving plate is in the copy receiving position and turns off the power when the copy receiving plate is in the folding position. 2. In an image forming apparatus in which a copy receiving plate is provided on the side of the image forming apparatus main body, the copy receiving plate is folded along the copy receiving position protruding to the side of the apparatus main body and the side surface of the main body. It is possible to move between the folded position and the folded position.
a moving means for moving the copy receiving plate between a copy receiving position and a folding position; and a moving means for moving the copy receiving plate between a copy receiving position and a folding position, and enabling the start of image forming work after moving the copy receiving plate to the copy receiving position during image formation.
An image forming apparatus comprising: a control means for operating the moving means so as to move the moving means to a folding position and stop the image forming operation after image formation is completed.