JPH0435151A - Information communication unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce labor for unit assembly by arranging a relay board perpendicular to a bottom face of the unit main body, connecting signal lines to the board and providing a sensor detecting the position of an original. CONSTITUTION:A control board 23, a network control board 24 and a relay board 25 are mounted from a lower side of a case while the case 21 is turned over, and the boards 25, 24 are connected by a signal line 40. Then the case 21 is restored to the normal state, and components for a read section 2 and a recording section 3 are mounted from the upper side and each component and the board 25 are interconnected by the signal line. Then signals 35, 37, 48 from an image sensor 9, a stamper 13 and a transmission motor and a reception motor are not directly connected to the board 23 but connected to an upper end of the board 25. Thus, the connection is much simplified. Moreover, various sensors 26 - 29 are provided to the board 25 from the head in order. Thus, the assembling man-hour is remarkably reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information communication device having a reading section at the front of the device and a recording section at the rear of the device.

Conventional technology Conventionally, in an information communication device that has a reading section at the front of the device and a recording section with two pages at the back of the device, the operation panel placed on the front top of the device is placed from the back to the front in consideration of ease of use. It is formed into a rectangular shape. Due to space constraints within the device, the control board and the network control board are provided at the lower rear of the device, and are usually attached to the bottom of the device body from the bottom side.

On the other hand, the reading section located at the front of the device is equipped with parts such as an image sensor for reading the original, a motor for driving the roller, a solenoid for driving the completed stamp, a sensor for detecting the beginning of the original, and a sensor for detecting the trailing edge of the original. These are usually attached to the device main body from the top side, and their respective signal lines are connected to a control board located at the rear lower part of the device.

In addition, a sensor for detecting the opening/closing of the device lid and a sensor for detecting the paper width of the recording section are also located at the front of the device, but these signal lines are also connected to the control board located at the bottom of the rear of the device. ing.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the image sensor, roller drive motor, and
Solenoid for driving stamps, sensor for detecting the start of document,
Connect the signal lines from components such as the document trailing edge detection sensor, recording paper width detection sensor, and device cover open/close detection sensor, respectively.
It is necessary to connect to a control board attached to the rear lower part of the device from the bottom side, and there is a problem in that a great deal of labor is required to set the signal line route and attach the signal line.

The sensor for detecting the beginning of the document, the sensor for detecting the trailing edge of the document,
The sensor for detecting the recording paper width, the sensor for detecting opening/closing of the apparatus lid, etc. are each provided on separate boards and attached to predetermined positions within the apparatus, so there is also the problem that it takes time and effort to attach them.

The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and does not require a large number of boards for mounting sensors, and also does not require a large number of signal lines for connection to a control board located at the rear lower part of the device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information communication device that can be assembled with less installation man-hours.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a relay between the recording section and the reading section that is approximately perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main body of the apparatus, in addition to the control board provided at the rear lower part of the apparatus. A substrate is arranged, and a signal line from an image sensor in the reading section and a roller drive motor is connected to the relay substrate, and a sensor for detecting the document position is mounted on the relay substrate.

In addition to the sensor for detecting the document position, the relay board preferably includes a sensor for detecting the width of recording paper in the recording section and a sensor for detecting opening/closing of the apparatus lid.

With the above-described configuration, the signal lines from the image sensor of the reading section and the roller drive motor only need to be connected to the relay board, so connection is extremely easy, and the sensor for detecting the document position can be connected directly to the relay board. Since it is attached to the relay board, each board becomes unnecessary and signal lines are also unnecessary. Furthermore, connection to the control board disposed at the bottom of the main body of the apparatus can be made all at once using connection lines from the relay board. Therefore, the number of signal lines can be significantly reduced and the labor required to assemble the device can be reduced.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view of an information communication device, ie, a facsimile machine, according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic top view showing the positional relationship between a board and sensors in the facsimile machine. Parts are shown with parts removed.

(3) is the main body of the apparatus, in which a reading section 2 is arranged in front and a recording section 3 is arranged in the rear thereof. Reference numeral 4 denotes a document table on which a document 5 to be read is set; 6, a paper feed roller that feeds the document on the document table 4; and 7, a reservoir provided in contact with the paper feed roller 6, which separates and feeds the document one by one. Separation piece, 8 is a guide plate that determines the conveyance path of the document, 9 is an image sensor for reading the document conveyed from the guide plate 8, 10 is a reading roller, 11 is an ejection roller, 12 is an ejection guide plate, 13 is a separation piece. This stamp is a stamp that indicates that the document has been sent, and is composed of a stamp part 13a and a renoid 13b. These parts constitute the reading section 2, and the reading operation is performed as follows. That is, as shown by arrow A, the document 5 is conveyed one by one to the guide plate 8 by the feeding/finishing roller 6 and the separation piece 7, and while being conveyed by the reading roller 10, the document 5 is read by the image sensor 9, and the stamp is stamped. After being stamped at 13, the sheet is discharged from the apparatus by the discharge roller 11 and the discharge guide plate 12.

15 is a recording paper roll, 16 is a curl removing section, 17 is a recording head, 18 is a platen roller, and 19 is a cutter, which constitute the recording section 3.

The recording operation by the recording section 3 is performed as follows.

That is, the recording paper roll 15 as shown by arrow B.
After passing through the curl removing section 16, the recording head 17 performs recording while being conveyed by the platen roller 18, and the recording head is discharged from the apparatus. After the recording is completed, the operator cuts the recording paper using the cutter 19.

Reference numeral 21 denotes an upper body that constitutes a part of the apparatus main body 1, and a part thereof forms a recording paper roll storage section 21a.
7 There is. Reference numeral 22 denotes a power supply section disposed within the housing 21, 23 a control board disposed at the rear lower part of the main body 1, and 24 a network control board. The control board 23 and the network control board 24 are attached to the lower part of the housing 21 from the bottom side, as in the conventional case. Reference numeral 25 denotes a relay board attached to the casing 21, located between the reading section and the recording section 3 and arranged substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, this relay board 25 has a document start edge detection sensor 26, a document trailing edge detection sensor 27, a recording paper width detection sensor 28, a cover opening/closing detection sensor 29, etc. attached near its upper end. It is being These sensors 26 to 29 are photointerrupters, and output on/off signals by actuators to be described later. The document start edge detection sensor 26 is mounted at a position where it is actuated by a document start edge detection actuator 30 which is arranged to be actuated by the document 5 set on the document table 4 . The document trailing edge detection sensor 27 is
An actuator 3 for detecting the trailing edge of a document is arranged so that its leading edge protrudes into the travel path of the document and is actuated by the document.
It is installed in the position where it is activated at 1. The recording paper width detection sensor 28 is mounted at a position operated by an actuator 33 attached to a partition plate 32 that sets the recording paper roll storage section 21a according to the width of the recording paper when narrow recording paper is used. There is. Furthermore, the lid opening/closing detection sensor 29 is arranged at a position where it is actuated by an actuator (not shown) that is actuated by the lid 34 (see FIG. 1).

Furthermore, an image sensor 9 is provided near the upper end of the relay board 25.
A connector 36 connected to a signal line 35 from the stamp 13 and a connector 38 connected to a signal line 37 from the finished stamp 13 are connected. Furthermore, a connector 41 connected to the signal line 40 is connected to the lower end of the relay board 25 . This signal line 40 is connected to the control board 23 via a connector 42, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Furthermore, in FIGS. 2 and 3, the relay board 25 includes a reading roller 1.
A signal line 45 from a transmission motor 44 that drives the platen roller 1891, through a connector 46.

A signal line 48 from a receiving motor 47 that drives the is connected via a connector 49.

The assembly operation of the facsimile machine configured as described above will be briefly described below.

First, with the casing 21 turned over, attach the control board 23 and network control board 24 to the casing 21 from above (from the bottom side of the casing), and then attach the relay board 25. It is connected to the control board 24 by a signal line 40. Next, the casing 21 is returned to its normal state, and the components constituting the reading section 2, recording section 3, etc. are attached from the top side thereof, and signal lines are connected between each component and the relay board 25. With the above steps, assembly is completed. Here, the signal line 35 from the image sensor 9, the signal line 37 from the finished stamp 13, the signal line 45 from the transmitting motor 44, and the signal line 48 from the receiving motor 47 are arranged on the bottom side of the casing as in the conventional case. Since it is not directly connected to the control board 23 but connected to the upper end of the relay board 25, the connection can be made extremely easily. In addition, various sensors 26 to 29
Since it is attached to the relay board 10 base 7 25 from the beginning, there is no need for installation work and no need to connect signal lines.

Furthermore, the connection between the relay board 25 and the control board 23 is simple because only one set of signal lines 40 needs to be connected. In this way, signal line connections are extremely simple compared to conventional methods.
Assembly man-hours can be significantly reduced.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the present invention provides a relay board that is arranged approximately perpendicularly to the bottom surface of the apparatus main body between the recording section and the reading section, in addition to the control board provided at the rear lower part of the apparatus. death,
By connecting the signal lines from the image sensor in the reading unit and the roller drive motor to the relay board, the connection of the signal lines can be made extremely simple.In addition, a sensor for detecting the document position can be mounted on the relay board. This eliminates the need for sensor installation work and signal line connection9, resulting in the effect of reducing the number of signal lines connected to the control board and reducing the labor for assembling the device.

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[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side cross-sectional view of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic -1-side view showing the positional relationship between the board and sensors, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the relay board. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing the relationship between the relay board and actuators. 1... Device main body, 2... Reading section, 3... Recording section,
4... Original table, 5... Document, 6... Paper feed roller,
9... Image sensor, 10... Reading roller, 13
・Completed stamp, 21.-1 treasure body, 22...power supply section, 2
3...Control board, 25...Relay board, 26...Document start edge detection sensor, 27...Document trailing edge detection sensor, 28...
Recording paper width detection sensor, 29... Lid opening/closing detection sensor,
35.37...Signal line, 36.38...Connector, 40
．． 42...Connector, 41...Signal line.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A device main body, a reading section arranged in front of the device main body, a recording section arranged at the rear of the device main body, and a device arranged at the rear lower part of the device main body, controlling the operation of the reading section and the recording section. It has a control board, and a relay board disposed almost perpendicularly to the bottom surface of the apparatus main body between the recording section and the reading section, and the relay board includes an image sensor in the reading section and a roller drive board. An information communication device characterized in that it is equipped with a sensor that connects a signal line from a motor and detects the position of a document.