JP4469550B2 - Sheet processing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a sheet processing apparatus that performs a predetermined process on a fed sheet and then discharges the sheet. In particular, the present invention relates to a sheet processing apparatus that includes a sheet receiving member at a discharge port.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, many apparatuses that supply and convey sheets and discharge them after performing predetermined processing such as image formation and image reading have been provided. In the present application, since processing contents are not involved, such an apparatus is collectively referred to as a sheet processing apparatus.
[0003]
Generally, a sheet processing apparatus includes a feeding port for supplying a sheet and a discharge port for discharging a processed sheet. In particular, in the case of an apparatus that conveys and processes at a high speed, the discharged sheet is also at a high speed, and as such, the sheet is scattered around. For this reason, in the case of an apparatus that processes at high speed, a sheet receiving member is often provided at the discharge port.
[0004]
An example of a conventional sheet processing apparatus will be described using a check scanner apparatus. FIG. 6 is a plan view of a conventional check scanner device 300 as viewed from above. The check scanner device 300 reads printed MICR characters (magnetic ink characters) and further scans both-side images to prevent loss of sheets such as bills and checks in financial institutions such as banks.
[0005]
As shown in the figure, most of the conventional check scanner apparatus 300 is provided with one feeding port 200 and two discharge ports 202 and 203 in parallel. In this check scanner, the sheet 201 set in the feeding port 200 is separated one by one by the separation feeding unit 106 and fed into the apparatus. The sheet sent to the inside is conveyed by a pair of rollers provided in the conveyance path, and after undergoing MICR character reading processing by the magnetic head 107 and image reading processing by the reading unit 108, the first discharge port 202 or Sorted to the second outlet 203 and discharged.
[0006]
In addition, since the check scanner device 300 conveys, processes, and discharges a sheet at a high speed, a sheet receiving member 204 for receiving the leading end of the discharged sheet 201 is provided at the two discharge ports 202 and 203. The sheet receiving member 204 is slidable in the sheet conveying direction, and the position is set according to the size of the sheet 201 to be discharged. The discharged sheets 201 are defined with their leading ends in contact with the sheet receiving member 204, and are sequentially aligned. The discharged and aligned sheets can be taken out from the discharge ports 202 and 203 to the upper side of the apparatus (the front side in FIG. 6).
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above prior art, the sheet 201 to be newly processed is once taken to the discharge ports 202 and 203, the position of the sheet receiving member 204 is adjusted by applying the sheet to be processed, and then set again in the feeding port 200. Must. If this work is forgotten and a large sheet is processed at a position where the sheet receiving member 204 is aligned with a small sheet, the sheet 201 comes into contact with the sheet receiving member 204 during discharge, and the leading end is crushed and damaged. If a small sheet is processed at a position where the sheet receiving member 204 is aligned with a large sheet, the trailing edge of the already discharged sheet collides with the leading edge of the next discharged sheet, and the discharged sheet is discharged first. The resulting stack of sheets will also get out of order, resulting in out-of-order stacking.
[0008]
Conventionally, in order to easily set the sheet receiving member at an appropriate position, as shown in FIG. 7, there is also an apparatus in which a representative sheet (A4, LTR, etc.) index or scale 205 is provided in the discharge portion. is there. However, when processing a non-standard sheet, the size is not known, so even if an index or a scale is provided, it does not help and the user does not know how to do it.
[0009]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a sheet processing apparatus capable of easily adjusting the position of a sheet receiving member regardless of whether the size of a sheet to be processed is a standard size.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, a typical configuration of a sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention is configured such that a feeding port for setting a sheet for reading and a discharge port for discharging the read sheet are arranged substantially in parallel, and the discharge is performed. In a sheet processing apparatus for a scanner, in which a sheet receiving member that is movable in a sheet conveyance direction is provided at a discharge port to receive a sheet to be received, and a sheet reading unit is provided in a conveyance path from the feeding port to the discharge port the sheet receiving member with movable in the vicinity of the feed Okukuchi, indicators outer end side is a measure of the trailing edge of the sheet placed on the sheet Okukuchi is provided, the paper from the index the distance to the inner wall surface of Okukuchi is set shorter than the distance to the inner wall surface of the discharge port from the sheet abutment surface of said sheet receiving member, wherein the sheet is set upright in the feed mouth And the indicator , Located on the lower side of the sheet bundle set in the feed mouth, and the also serves as a receiving member of the sheet bundle, a portion of the rear end of the sheet bundle set in the feed mouth feeding the sheet mouth And the indicator receives the lower side of the protruding portion of the sheet bundle.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of a sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration plan view of a sheet processing apparatus according to the present embodiment as viewed from above, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the sheet processing apparatus, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are diagrams for explaining other embodiments. In the present embodiment, a check scanner device will be described as an example of a sheet processing device.
[0012]
The check scanner device 300 according to the present embodiment reads a sheet 101 such as a bill or check. In order to read the MICR characters printed on the sheet 101 and the double-sided image images, the check scanner device 300 conveys the sheet 101 in the direction of the character string of the MICR characters, and is connected by an interface cable (not shown). The read MICR character data and double-sided image data are transmitted to the computer.
[0013]
The check scanner device 300 includes a feeding port 100 for stacking sheets 101 and feeding them into the device. The feeding port 100 includes a feeding roller 100b for feeding the sheet 101 into the apparatus and a pressing plate 100c for biasing the sheet 101 to the feeding roller 100b.
[0014]
The sheet 101 fed by the feeding roller 100b is separated and fed one by one by the separation feeding unit 106, and conveyed to the position of a magnetic head 107 (first reading means) as a magnetic ink character reading means for reading MICR characters. To do. A portion of the sheet 101 on which the MICR characters are printed is brought into close contact with the magnetic head 107 by a pressing roller mechanism 107a.
[0015]
The sheet 101 that has passed through the magnetic head 107 is then conveyed to the position of the reading unit 108 as image reading means. The reading unit 108 includes an LED that is a light emitting element of three colors, a condensing lens, and a light receiving element therein, and can read image images on both sides of the sheet 101 in both color and black and white.
[0016]
The sheet 101 that has been read is sorted and discharged from the MICR character data read by the magnetic head 107 to the first discharge port 102 or the second discharge port 103 by a flapper (not shown). A sheet receiving member 104 as a sheet receiving member is provided at the discharge port in order to prevent scattering of the discharged sheet 101.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 2, ribs 104 a are formed at positions corresponding to the lower surface of the sheet receiving member 104. On the other hand, a groove 300 a is formed in the upper surface exterior of the check scanner device 300 and engages with the rib 104 a of the sheet receiving member 104. The rib 104a has an elastic structure in the expanding direction, is locked with an urging force inside the groove 300a, and is slidable along the direction of the groove 300a. This is because the check, which is the sheet 101 processed in the check scanner apparatus 300, can be adjusted steplessly because the size varies depending on the country.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 1, an index 105 is formed in the vicinity of the feeding port 100 of the sheet receiving member 104. The index 105 is for pointing to the rear end of the sheet bundle set in the feeding port 100. After the user sets the sheet 101 in the feeding port 100, the sheet receiving is performed so that the index 105 is aligned with the rear end. The stop member 104 is moved.
[0019]
Here, the distance from the index 105 to the inner wall surface 100a of the feeding port 100 is shorter than the distance from the sheet contact surface of the sheet receiving member 104 to the inner wall surfaces 102a and 103a of the discharge ports 102 and 103. is doing. Therefore, first, when the position of the index 105 is aligned with the rear end of the sheet 101 set in the feeding port 100 as shown in FIG. 1, the distance from the wall surface 100a of the feeding port 100 to the index 105 is the length of the sheet 101. Is almost equal. Then, the distance from the wall surfaces 102 a and 103 a of the discharge ports 102 and 103 to the sheet contact surface of the sheet receiving member 104 becomes longer than the length of the sheet 101. Therefore, the sheet 101 does not come into contact with the sheet receiving member 104 in the middle of the discharge at the discharge ports 102 and 103, and there is no possibility that the leading edge is crushed and damaged.
[0020]
Further, since the rear end of the sheet stacked on the feeding port 100 is used as a reference, the distance from the wall surface 102a, 103a of the discharge port 102, 103 to the sheet contact surface is not too far, and the sheet contact surface and the index Determined by 105 positional relationships. Therefore, the trailing edge of the already discharged sheet does not collide with the leading edge of the next discharged sheet, and there is no possibility that the stacking order of the discharged sheets will not occur. It should be noted that the distance from the wall surfaces 102a, 103a of the discharge ports 102, 103 to the sheet contact surface of the sheet receiving member 104 is preferably set to the length of the sheet 101 plus 5 to 20 mm.
[0021]
With the above configuration, there is no need to adjust the position of the sheet receiving member 104 by setting the sheet 101 to be processed in the discharge ports 102 and 103 before processing, and the sheet receiving member 104 is simply set in the feeding port 100. Can be adjusted to an appropriate position. Further, since it can be determined that the position is shifted at first glance, it is possible to prevent forgetting the adjustment.
[0022]
In the above embodiment, the index 105 formed on the sheet receiving member 104 simply indicates the rear end of the sheet set at the feeding port. However, a shape that covers the rear end of the sheet bundle set in the feeding port 100 as indicated by the index 109 shown in FIG. By adopting such a configuration, at least when the sheet receiving member 104 is too close, the sheet 101 cannot be set in the feeding port 100, and further forgetting to adjust the position of the sheet receiving member 104. be able to.
[0023]
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the index 110 may be disposed under the sheet bundle of the feeding port 100 and may also serve as a sheet receiving member set in the feeding port 100. In this case, it is preferable that the outer edge of the index 110 indicates the rear end of the sheet, and a notice to that effect is displayed on the index 110.
[0024]
In the above-described embodiment, the sheet processing apparatus conveys the sheet vertically. However, as shown in FIG. 5, the sheet processing apparatus also applies to the apparatus that horizontally conveys and processes the sheet. The invention can be applied. In the sheet processing apparatus 400 shown in FIG. 5, the feeding port 401 and the discharge port 402 are arranged substantially in parallel, and the discharge port 402 includes a sheet receiving member 403 that can move in the sheet conveyance direction. In the vicinity of the feeding port 401 of the sheet receiving member 403, an index 404 indicating the rear end of the sheet 101 disposed in the feeding port 401 is formed. With this configuration, the same effect as that of the above embodiment can be obtained.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, the position adjustment of the sheet receiving member can be easily and appropriately performed regardless of whether the size of the sheet to be processed is a standard size. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration plan view of a sheet processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from above.
FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a sheet processing apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a plan view of a conventional check scanner device viewed from above.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a main part of a conventional check scanner device.
[Explanation of symbols]
100… Feeding port
100a ... Wall surface
100b ... Feed roller
100c… Pressing plate
101 ... sheet
102… First outlet
102a ... Wall surface
103… Second outlet
103a ... Wall surface
104… Sheet receiving member
104a ... rib
105… Indicator
106… Separate feeding section
107… Magnetic head
107a ... pressure roller mechanism
108… Reading section
109… Indicator
110… Indicator
200… Feeding port
201… Sheet
202… First outlet
203… Second outlet
204… Sheet receiving member
205… tick
300… Check scanner device
300a ... groove
400 ... Sheet processing device
401… Feeding port
402… Discharge port
403 ... Sheet receiving member
404 Indicator

Claims (1)

A feeding port for setting a sheet for reading and a discharge port for discharging the read sheet are arranged substantially in parallel, and a sheet receiving member movable in the sheet conveying direction is received at the discharge port to receive the discharged sheet. A sheet processing apparatus of a scanner provided with a sheet reading unit in a conveyance path from the feeding port to the discharge port ,
An index that is movable in the vicinity of the feeding port together with the sheet receiving member and whose outer edge is a guide for the rear end of the sheet placed on the feeding port is provided. the distance to the inner wall of the mouth, said sheet receiving member is a sheet shorter than the distance to the inner wall of the outlet from the contact surface, the sheet is set upright in the feed mouth Rutotomoni, the index is positioned on the lower side of the sheet bundle set in the feed mouth, and also serves as a receiving member of the sheet bundle, the rear end of the sheet bundle set in the feed mouth one parts is protruded outward from the feed mouth, the sheet processing apparatus of the scanner in which the index is equal to or receiving a lower projecting part of the sheet bundle.

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