JPS6045412B2 - image synthesis device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention circulates a manuscript made of handwritten, typed, printed, or copied paper, so that copies of several pages can be obtained for each copy, and a film-like overlay is also provided. This invention relates to an image synthesizing device that erases part of a document, adds new information, or both by combining the above methods.

Conventionally, the method of obtaining several copies of one copy of several pages is 1
2. Automatic document feeder (hereinafter referred to as ADF) ), return the original after making one copy to the top of the ADF, and circulate the original as many times as necessary to obtain the required number of copies with one ejection port. It was hot.

However, method 1 requires a copy dispensing port for the required number of copies, which increases the size of the device, and when it is attempted to combine devices for binding the obtained copies, the mechanism becomes complicated and the device also becomes large. On the other hand, in method 2, the document passes through the ADF only the required number of times, which may cause the document to fold or become slippery, resulting in a decrease in the function of the part that separates the document in the ADF into two sheets. In addition, there are disadvantages such as sending out more than one document at the same time, or paper jams occur frequently.Furthermore, it may be necessary to delete part of the information written on the document, add new information, or When attempting to do both, it is difficult to obtain a copy by combining a film-like original (hereinafter referred to as an overlay) consisting of a transparent portion, an opaque reflective portion, or new information with an arbitrary original using the second method.The present invention is a copying device that makes several copies of several pages per set, and has a single copy output port to facilitate combination with a bookbinding device, etc., and also allows easy combination of any original and any overlay. This is what I did.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention comprises an automatic document feeder 1, a document storage mechanism 2, a document holding mechanism 3, an overlay film winding mechanism 5, 5A, a document ejection switching mechanism 10, document feed mechanisms 11A, 11B, and an ejected document receiver. Consists of 9.

Parts that are particularly important to the present invention are the document storage mechanism 2 and the overlay film winding mechanisms 5 and 5A. The document storage mechanism 2 includes a document storage box 2- which is divided by a partition plate 2-b1 and is composed of a number of small chambers each arranged at an angle.
b and a control signal from a controller (not shown),
A document storage selection mechanism 2-a having a guide 2-A3 for placing a single document into a designated small chamber of the document storage box 2-b from the document entrance, and a control signal from the controller. It is comprised of an original selection and take-out mechanism 2-c for selecting and taking out originals one by one from a designated small room of the original storage box 2-b through the original exit. The overlay film winding mechanism 5, 5A is the overlay film 6
It can be moved both left and right by control signals from the controller. The output signal of the position detector 12 allows a particular overlay specified by the operator to be placed on the platen 16. Of course, without using the automatic document feeder 1, the documents may be manually fed one by one and stored in the document storage box 2-b, or the documents may be directly distributed one by one manually into the small room. good.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 1. An operator (a person who wishes to obtain four copies by combining the original and the overlay 6) first sets the original in the automatic document feeder 1 (hereinafter referred to as ADF), and then uses operation keys (not shown) to combine the original and the overlay 6. Specify the combination with the controller (not shown) and press the start button.

Then, the ADF feeds out the documents one by one.
In FIG. 1, a so-called bottom feed type ADF is shown. Although this is excellent in terms of ease of document setting, etc., a top feed type ADF may also be used. Now, the original is moved one by one by the arrows X and Y by the original feeding mechanism 11A.
The document is transferred along the path , and reaches the document storage selection mechanism 2-a.
The guide 2-A3 of the document storage selection mechanism 2-a can be moved up and down by a stepping motor 2-A4 and a screw 2-A5, and is set at a predetermined position by a controller, so that the document can be read in order from the bottom, for example. The sheets are set one by one in the small chamber of the storage box 2-b. The entrance of the storage box 2-b is open, and as mentioned above, there are partitions 7 plates 2-b inside to divide the storage box into the required number of rooms.
1, each creating a small sloping chamber. A gate 2-B2 is installed at the exit of each of the chambers. When at least part or all of the originals set in the ADF1 are set in the small chamber in the storage box 2-b, the original selection and take-out mechanism 2-c sequentially selects and takes out the originals under the control of the controller. The document is taken out using the stepping motor 2-
This is done by setting the guide 2-C3 and the gate opening/closing mechanism 2-C6 at predetermined positions using C4 and the screw 2-C5, and operating the gate opening/closing mechanism. In the present invention, as described above, the small chamber of the document storage box is sloped, and when the gate mechanism 2-B2 is opened, the document is taken out by its own weight, so that the document is taken out. Not only is it simpler, smaller, and lighter, but
Original storage selection mechanism 2-a1 Original selection and extraction mechanism 2-c for distributing originals to each small room and taking out originals from the small rooms
This provides advantages such as smaller and lighter parts, simplified driving means, and easier and more accurate position control. The taken out original is fed onto the platen 16 along the arrow Z by the original feeding mechanism 11B, and is then fed onto the platen 16 by the original positioning mechanism 1.
4, the registration is determined.

Overlay 6 before the document is fed onto platen 16
is the overlay winding mechanism 5, 5A according to the instructions from the controller.
and the position detector 12 detects a predetermined position on the platen 1.
It is set on 6. The desired combination of overlay and original is now determined, and a copy is taken. If the used original is not to be used again, it is ejected to the ejected original receiver 9 by the original ejection switching device 10. When used again, the document is moved along arrows W and Y,
The document feed mechanism 11A1 passes through the document storage selection mechanism 2-a and is stored again in the original small room of the document storage box 2-b. Note that 7 is a mirror for optically scanning the document, and 8 is an optical system for forming an image of the document on the photosensitive drum, but since these are all well known in electronic copying technology, their explanation will be omitted. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of another embodiment of the present invention,
The same symbols as in Figure 1 refer to the same parts.

In addition, in this figure, in order to avoid duplication, each of the crosspiece structures shown in FIG. 1 is depicted in a greatly simplified form. As will be easily understood, in this embodiment, before the original fed by the ADFl is placed in the small chamber of the original storage box 2-b, the original is combined with the overlay 6 and a copy is made once. , document feeding mechanism 11A and document storage selection mechanism 2-
With a, the originals are stored one after another in the small compartments in the original storage box in the same way as described above.By adopting this configuration, the first copy is made after the copying machine is started. It can shorten the time it takes to obtain the product. As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, when making several copies of several pages per copy, it is possible not only to combine any original and any overlay at a predetermined position on the platen, but also to predetermine the combination. It is also possible to easily automate the feeding of originals and overlays in a machine, and since only one copy outlet is required, it is easy to combine with a bookbinding device, etc., and miniaturization is also possible.

Further, even when a document is fed through the ADF, the document only needs to pass through the ADF once, so damage to the document is reduced, and the risk of paper jams is also reduced. Copied manuscripts are always returned to their original compartments, so even if you copy only part of a manuscript that should be combined, the manuscripts will not be stored in different locations or in the same order, and will always be in the same order. The manuscripts will be stored as a complete set without any discrepancies, making management of the manuscripts easier and more reliable. For this reason, management and control when copying an arbitrary document in combination with an arbitrary overlay becomes easy and reliable. Note that in any of the above embodiments, the document storage box 2-b can be replaced with a cassette type, and in this way, the documents can be stored in a predetermined order in the small compartments, so the onibarai This also has the advantage of simplifying the handling of documents that are frequently used.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention. 1...Automatic document feeder, 2-a...Document storage selection mechanism, 2-b...Document storage box, 2-
c...Original selection and ejection mechanism, 5,5A...
・Overlay film winding mechanism, 6...Overlay, 7...Scanning mirror 10...Document discharge switching device, 11A, 11B...Document feeding mechanism, 12
...Overlay film position detector, 14...
...Document positioning mechanism, 16...Platen.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A manuscript storage box whose interior is divided into small chambers in which each document is stored, and each of the small chambers is provided at an angle;
An entrance opening at one end of the small chamber, an exit opening at the opposite end thereof, a gate provided at each exit of the small chamber, and the exit gate are opened in a predetermined order, and the manuscript in the corresponding chamber is slid down. a device for transporting the retrieved original to a predetermined position on the platen of a copying machine; a device for setting an overlay to be combined with the original at a predetermined position on the platen; An image characterized by comprising a device that operates a copying machine when both are in a predetermined position on a platen, and a document return device that returns the document after copying to the small room where it was initially stored. Synthesizer.