JPS5953359A - Method of distributing recorded material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To check the states of trays of a sorter, respectively, by causing a controller to designate the tray to which a recorded material is distributed and to judge whether a recorded material is on each tray. CONSTITUTION:A paper discharge unit 5 includes a plurality of bins 28 secured at the butts on a support frame 2 and corresponding to paper discharge rollers 21. A gate 29, which is operated by a solenoid 32, is provided at the entrance to the bin 28 to convey copy paper into an appropriate paper discharge tray. A light emitter 42 and a light receiver 42 for detecting jamming are provided deeper than the position 40 of the rear edge of the copy paper in the paper discharge unit 5 so that a light path 41 is defined. As a result, it is optically judged whether there is copy paper in the bin 28, to send a signal to a host computer connected to a copying machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for distributing recorded materials such as recording paper ejected from a recording device f such as a copying machine onto a plurality of receivers Ill.

Conventionally, when copying multiple copies of a document consisting of multiple pages, a copy sorting device or sorting device called a collator or sorter is sometimes connected after the copying machine. Colleta (
Hereinafter, it will be described as a representative collator. ) is constructed so that the copy paper ejected from the copying machine is guided to each stage of a multi-stage bin (the tray is a tray), so that each stage is guided in a reverse direction. Copy sheets are stored in order of negative numbers. Q, j, L, i in a known manner.

For example, when creating data using a word processor that functions as a host computer on the production side, control signals from the computer are input to the CPU in the printing cage (copying machine) and the data is processed. Print based on it! It is possible to specify the bin to which copy sheets that have been made and have been recorded are to be transported.

This kind of bin designation should be done in advance when creating the data input to the operation panel. It is divided into blocks (for storage of format paper), and copies can be transported there according to each purpose (depending on the case, there will be a wealth of divine materials between each block). It can be considered to be used as

However, in the known collator, there is one photoelectric conversion device for detecting jams in copies fed to the bins, and one photoelectric conversion device for preventing forgetting to remove copies from each bin. It is simply provided in common across all the bins. Therefore, when the number of copies stored in each bin overflows beyond the required number, or when copies are taken out from all the bins, this can be optically detected and appropriate measures taken. You can get as much information as you want. However, if there are copies remaining in some bins, it is not possible to determine which bins are empty and which bins have copies remaining. It becomes impossible to transport the bins, and the above-mentioned merits of bin designation cannot be utilized.

For this reason, specifying bins by purpose using a single computer is useful in cases where only copies of a certain block are taken out and copies of other blocks remain, as described above. may become unfeasible. Therefore, it would be more reliable to connect separate collators for each purpose and sort copies individually, but this would make the system large and useless as a mailbox. There will be 1 empty bottle left.

The present invention has been made in order to correct the above-mentioned defects, and when distributing the recorded matter ejected from the recording device onto a plurality of trays, the control device connected to the recording device The receiver to which the recorded material is to be distributed is configured to specify a tray, and the receiver sends a signal indicating whether or not the recorded material is present in each of the trays to the control device 1;
This relates to a method of distributing recorded materials characterized by distributing recorded materials to 'i.(IIH).

According to the method of the present invention, each receiver determines whether there is a record in each volume (corresponding to a bottle filled with 1 bottle);
Since this signal is supplied to the control device i'i (in particular, the control unit 1 (11 SUI)), it is possible to selectively L (<y ;, ζ In other words, by carefully checking and killing all the shapes, t, and !t of the valley saucer, the merits of the above-mentioned bottle 4h fixed can be fully realized.

In the present invention, it is desirable to provide a photoelectric conversion element in each receiver III↓9f in order to detect the presence or absence of a recorded object.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
1K Explain.

The collator (or sorter) according to this example is shown in Figures 1 and 2.
As shown in the figure, it is equipped with a trolley 1 that can move 8 times within the mouth,
This truck L is provided with a vertical support frame 2 K ir, J:, 3.4.
5, a copy take-in conveyance device 11'', a first-stage distribution device, and a sheet discharge device 111 are shown.

The intake conveyance device 3 includes a flat box-shaped base 6 whose base is supported by the support frame 2 .

Two pairs of gooliffs 8 are built inside the base 6, which can adjust the inclination angle by an adjustment mechanism (not shown) according to the height of the paper ejection port 13 of the copying machine A. ．．
An endless conveyor belt 9, a portion of which is exposed on the upper surface of the base 6, is stretched between the conveyor belts 8 and 8.

Then, on the lowered base 6, a plurality of support frames 11 are arranged in parallel and can be rotated around a shaft 10 (see FIG. 1), which is hung from the base 6 marked U:, I+:j. It is done. At the bottom of this support frame 11, a plurality of rollers 12 are supported which are in rolling contact with the upper surface of the I-transfer belt 9, and therefore,
The copy paper from the copying machine A that has been taken in by the taking-in conveying device 3 is conveyed while being held between a conveying belt 9 and rollers 12. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, at the tip of the intake conveyance device 3, the tip of which is positioned on the paper discharge tray C to the copying machine,
The copy paper discharged from the paper discharge port B is taken into the conveyance device 3.
A deflection plate 13 is provided for distributing the discharged sheets 111[C. The deflecting plate 13, which can be tilted about the shaft 14 of the base 6, is activated by an interrupt signal from the copying machine A, a 7-inch or special paper copy signal, and a "jam" emergency stop signal from the 7-inch or collator. The well-known electric solo solenoid 11 is energized by other reasons and is placed at the position shown by the phantom line in Figure 2.

J(y input section (injected) 1 by the injection device 3. The copy paper is inserted into the intake section 11 after the feeding device 3 at D': h:
:: Unified distribution 1 is received by the general feeding device 4. That is,
The distribution unit conveying device 4 has a horizontal shaft 1 on the upper part of the support frame 2.
There are endless general conveyor belts 19 that are placed above and below the mounting plate 16 that is open with the fulcrum 7 as the fulcrum. The paper ejection rollers 21 supported by 4:1'l crossing water 3V11.+i20 (see FIG. 3) are rolled into contact with the support frame 2 with equal bending resistance so as to align with each other in the vertical direction.

In order to maintain the rolling contact shape k (1) of these paper ejection rollers 21, the mounting plate 16 has a position (1) inside the conveyor belt 19.
A colored auxiliary roller 22 is assembled corresponding to the paper roller 21 described above.

These 11 old ↓ JJ rollers 22 are each supported by shafts 25 of the frame 23 (between the loads 24), as shown in FIG. Tense wires 2 are hung alternately on the protrusions 26 of the body 23 and on each axis 25
7, the paper is pushed in the direction of the corresponding paper ejection roller 2J.

A paper discharge tray device 5 whose base portion is fixed to the support frame 2 is provided above the intake conveyance device 3.
This paper discharge tray device 5 includes a plurality of bins 28 whose bases are fixed to the support frame 2 in a state corresponding to each of the paper discharge rollers 21. Gate members 29 (see FIG. 3) are located at the entrances of these four bottles, respectively. These gate members 29 are fixed to shafts 30 installed on the self-supporting frame 2, and can be operated by electromagnetic solenoids 32 connected to levers 31 provided at the ends of the shafts of these ll1lII 30. . That is, when one of these electromagnetic solenoids 32 is energized (iELt) by a bin-specified signal, the tip of the gate side 29 corresponding to this activates the copy paper consisting of the conveyor belt 19 and the paper ejection roller 21. The copy paper is advanced into the conveyance path and is discharged to the corresponding discharge paper I11.28 as shown by the arrow (the injected copy paper is the 31st yen 1 point thread! 1).

Incidentally, the copying machine A itself has a 4'h construction as is well known, and the second
As shown in the figure, a photoreceptor drum 33, a developing section 34, a belt carrier 35, a transfer section 3G, a part p11 [section 37, a fixing roll section 3]
However, in this example, the exposure for the drum 3:3 is (tJ, :p'', 4 copies, 1., It A
Controlled by the built-in CPU! Ill be C1t'
This is done by turning l' (input tube) 39 on a monthly basis.

In the collator as described above, copy sheets are stored in the [non-paper plate device 〆(5) each bin 28''--, but copy sheets are stored from the rear end position 11''j40 of the copy paper shown by the imaginary line. In November 1111 (on the support frame 2 (+II+)) the same passage 41 was formed, and the light emitting element 4 for jam detection was formed as in Jl.
2 and a light receiving body 43 are arranged. This Kaitonhen 1 unit is a well-known light shielding type sensor, and detects paper jams in each bin, copy paper errors, 'lJI'tJI: #
r: Depending on whether Zenbushi Zenshi Shashi J is or not, (rJ, ;+'
It is detected by li overgrowth.

Note that between each bottle 28,
A light emitting element 'J'-44 and a receiving element 45 are provided, respectively. That is, this allows each bin 28
At step D, it is optically detected whether copy paper is present or whether the bin is empty, and this detection signal is sent to copying machine A.
or printer). Host duo 5. ~
It is supplied in the evening.

FIG. 4 shows a system in which the collator according to this example is used. Necessary data is input from the operation unit 47 to a host computer 46 such as a word processing sensor or a data processing sensor, and the output is sent to the printer A. A control signal is given to the Y-th data processing CP tJ 48 in the Y-axis, and a control signal is further transmitted to the collator CPU 50 via mechanical control.
be done. At this time, the operator
Settings such as the number of copies to be made and specifying the bin are performed in the CPU 48, 49, and 5o, which operate upon receiving these signals, perform printing operations corresponding to the input data, and place the sheets in the bin. transportation, etc.

According to this example, as described above, the presence or absence of copy paper in each bin is detected, and this detection is carried out on the host computer 46. ``1'', so the operator is informed which bin is 9.' (5) on the display screen of the host computer 4G. (Then, a signal can be input to activate the solenoid 32 described above so that an empty bin is specified and copy sheets are selectively conveyed.

In this way, even when using a multi-stage bin 2F3 in a mail box manner using one collator, it is possible to determine which bin is a g or a cup, so the overall system
The 1'1 configuration can be simplified and the 1+1 separate copy paper distribution function (or bin designator fiij) can be fully utilized. For example, when the format paper that must be kept in the bin of Togisada is used by everyone (t-) and is in an empty bin state, this empty bin number 1 is The host combination can manually copy the empty format paper and store it in the predetermined bin so that there is no shortage. In addition, this system has control units arranged individually in villages according to their purpose.
It is also possible to input the data 3c individually from each operation section.

The example described above is further modified as uf7i based on the technical idea of the present invention.

For example, instead of a photoelectric variable chain element installed in each bin, for the same purpose, a microsinch that turns on or off depending on the weight of the copy paper to detect the presence or absence of the copy paper, or a copy paper imprinter using ultrasonic waves may be used. An element for detecting 1 or 0 may be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1 shows a part of a collator (or sorter) connected to a copying machine (or a printer). 3 is a cross-sectional view of the principal part of the collator, and FIG. 4 is a system diagram of the collator, printer, and host computer. In addition, in the symbols shown in the drawings, 3...... Copy intake 4 Punching device d4
......Distribution conveyance device 5...
......Paper tray device line 19...
・・・・・・Belt 28==−・−・−Bin 29・・・・・・・・・・・・・Gate 32・・・・
・・・・・・・・・・・・Electromagnetic solenoid 42.44
......Light emitting element 43.45...
Light-receiving element 46...--Word processor or CI) U47...--Operation unit 48, 49, 50...CP UA...・・・
・・・・・・・・・Copy (printer). Agent Attorney ± 3':'4k Hiroshi SakaFigure 1 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

Scope of Claims: (1) When distributing recorded matter ejected from a recording device onto a plurality of trays, a control device connected to the recording device controls the receiver 1111 to which the recorded matter is to be distributed. A method for distributing recorded materials, characterized in that a signal indicating whether or not a previous M12 recorded material exists in each of the receivers [11] is supplied to the control device. 2. In order to detect the presence or absence of recorded material, each receiver is provided with a photoelectric deflection element for each volume.) The method described in 1st J. IT of the 1st Section of the 1st Edition of the 1st Edition of the 1st Edition. 3 A detection signal indicating the presence or absence of recorded material in the person receiver 1111 is input to the host computer, and thereby the empty receiver is controlled so that the recorded material is distributed to the tray. The method described in item 1 or 2 of φE.