JPH0732433B2 - Equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to improvements in facsimile machines.

[Technical background of the invention]

A conventional facsimile machine is shown in Figs. 11 (a), (b),
It shows in (c).

That is, as shown in (a), the transmission original supply unit 2 is provided at the front end of the upper surface of the apparatus main body 1 in an inclined manner, and the transmission original 3 supplied from the transmission original supply unit 2 is accommodated in the apparatus main body 1. After being read by a certain reading / scanning unit, it is discharged to a vertical stacker 4 which is a transmitted document storage unit arranged below the side surface or front surface of the apparatus body 1, and the recording sheet 5 is discharged to the upper surface of the apparatus body 1. It is configured to do. On the other hand, as shown in (b), a transmission document supply section 6 protruding toward the front end side is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 1, and this transmission document supply section 6
The original document 3 is supplied to the reading / scanning section in the apparatus main body 1 for reading, and the transmitted original document 3'is projected on the front end surface of the apparatus main body 1 and is a flat stacker 7 which is a transmitted original document accommodation section. The recording sheet 5 is discharged onto the upper surface of the apparatus main body 1 toward the rear. Further, in the one shown in (c), the transmission original supply section 8 is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 1 to supply the transmission original 3 to the reading scanning section in the apparatus main body 1, and the transmitted original 3 ′ is fed to the front end of the apparatus main body 1. A stacker disposed below the flat stacker 7 is configured so that it is discharged to a flat stacker 7 that is a transmitted document storage portion that projects from the side surface portion, and the recording sheet 5 is discharged from the front end side surface portion of the apparatus main body 1. It is configured to be stocked at 9.

[Problems of background technology]

However, in all of these conventional apparatuses, the transmitted original document accommodation section protrudes from the apparatus body, so that the transmitted original document accommodation section interferes with the installation of the apparatus on a desk or the like, limiting the installation position. Also, in some cases, it could not be installed. Furthermore, since the transmitted document storage portion is provided only in one direction on the side surface of the apparatus main body, it is not easy to take out the transmitted document from the other direction, and therefore there is a problem that there is no flexibility in the installation direction of the apparatus itself. Atsuta

[Object of the Invention]

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine having flexibility in the installation position and installation direction of the device body.

[Outline of Invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a transmission document supply unit inside the apparatus, and a recording paper stacker for stocking recorded recording paper on the upper side of the transmission document storage unit, (EN) Provided is a facsimile device having a transmitted document takeout port so that a transmitted document can be taken out from a plurality of side surfaces.

Example of Invention

1 and 2 show the construction of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing its appearance, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line I--I. .

At the center of the upper surface of the apparatus main body 10, there is provided a transmission original supply table 20 that is gently inclined to one side. This sending document feeder
In the case of 20, the tip portion has entered the housing of the device body 10,
Near the tip, there is a paper feed roller 21 that constitutes an automatic paper feed mechanism.
And a separation plate 22 are provided respectively. On the lower side, which is the original sending side of this automatic paper feeding mechanism, a paper guide 23,
A transport roller 24 and a back plate 25, which form a transport mechanism, are provided respectively, and a flat stacker 30 is provided below the transport mechanism. This plane stacker 30
The bottom surface of the housing of the apparatus main body 10 is used, and the side surface portion of the apparatus main body 10 corresponding to the leading end portion thereof is opened across two surfaces to function as a transmitted document take-out port.

On the other hand, on the upper side of the transmission original supply table 20,
A recording paper stacker 40 for stacking recorded paper (recording paper) inclined at substantially the same angle as 20 is provided. A recording unit 41 and an automatic cutter 42 are arranged on the base end side of the recording paper stacker 40 in the recording paper transport direction. The recording section 41 comprises a heat-sensitive head 43 and its platen roller 44. A roll paper 45 is provided below the recording unit 41 and at a position lateral to the automatic paper feed mechanism and the paper guide 23. The roll paper 45 is housed in a case 46, and a circuit board 51 constituting a recording control circuit and the like is installed in a space formed between the case 46 and the bottom surface of the housing of the apparatus body. .

Further, in the space formed between the transmission original supply table 20 and the flat stacker 30 which is the transmission original storage section, a reading / scanning section 60, a circuit board 52 including a control circuit and a transmission / reception circuit thereof, and the like. Are housed respectively. Scanning unit 60
Is provided with a light source 61 near the paper guide 23.
The reflected image of the transmission original by the illumination is reflected by the mirror 62, and then is received by the light receiving section 64 composed of the solid-state imaging device via the optical system 63.

With such a configuration, the transmission original 70 is set on the transmission original supply table 20 as shown in FIG. 2, for example. When the transmission operation is started in this state, the lowermost document of the transmission document supply table 20 is moved to the reading scanning position by the automatic paper feeding mechanism and is read by the reading scanning unit 60. Then, the read original document (transmitted original document) 71 is transferred by the transport mechanism to the flat stacker 30 which is the transmitted original document accommodation section, and is stacked as shown in the drawing. To retrieve these sent manuscripts,
The opening is performed from the side opening of the main body 10 of the apparatus (origin of the transmitted original).

On the other hand, when a call is received or copied, the roll paper 45 is pulled out by the platen roller 44 of the recording / scanning unit 41 and recorded by the thermal head 43. After that, when the information recording for one sheet is completed, the trailing end of the roll paper 45 is automatically cut. The sheets are cut by and transferred to the recording paper stacker 40 and stacked.

As described above, in the case of the apparatus of the present embodiment, the flat stacker 30, which is the transmitted document accommodation section, is accommodated inside the apparatus main body 10, and therefore the installation position is not limited when the apparatus is installed on a desk or the like. In addition, since the transmitted document take-out port is provided across the two side surfaces of the apparatus main body 10, the transmitted document is
It can be easily taken out from the direction.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the transfer path of the transmission original 70 and the roll paper 45 is set as shown in FIG. 3 (a), but FIGS. 3 (b), (c) to 10 (a), (b) are set. ), Various kinds of modifications may be set. That is, FIG. 3 (b),
(C) is a modified example of the installation position of the roll paper 45, and FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) show the transfer direction of the transmission original 70 with the roll paper 45 being kept in the same transfer direction as in FIG. 3 (a). 5 (a) and 5 (b) show an example in which only the transfer direction of the roll paper 45 is reversed, and FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (c) show the roll paper 45 and the transmission document 70. In the example in which the transfer directions are opposite to those in FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (c), respectively, and FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) show the position of the roll paper 45 below the transfer path of the transmission document 70. The set example, FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b) shows the seventh example.
An example in which the transporting direction of the transmission document 70 is opposite to the front and rear with respect to FIGS. 9A and 9B, FIGS. 9A and 9B show FIGS.
An example in which the transport direction of the roll paper 45 is opposite to that of (b), and FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b) show the transmission original 70 and the roll paper.
This is an example in which the transfer direction of 45 is set to be opposite to the front and back with respect to FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b). However, in each of the above figures, F indicates the front side of the apparatus main body, B indicates the rear side, and 60 indicates the installation position of the reading / scanning section. The front and rear (F, B) directions shown in the above respective figures are shown. May be in the left-right direction.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the main part such as the reading and scanning unit is arranged in the space between the transmission original supply table and the transmitted original storage section, but the transmission original supply table or the transmitted original storage section and the recording paper are arranged. It may be arranged between the stacker and the stacker. In addition, various modifications can be made to the structures of the transmitted document storage unit, the recording sheet stacker, the transmitted document supply table, the disposition position of the main part and the configuration thereof without departing from the scope of the present invention.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, since the transmitted document storage section is disposed inside the apparatus below the transmitted document supply section, the transmitted document can be transmitted without overlapping the transmitted document.

Further, since the original document take-out port of the transmitted original document storage portion is provided on the plurality of side surfaces of the apparatus, the transmitted original document can be taken out from the plural side surfaces, and the facsimile apparatus which has great flexibility in the installation place and the installation direction is provided. can get.

In addition, since multiple pieces of image information that are generally sent are sent to an unspecified number of people, if multiple sheets of recording paper that have already been recorded are stacked on the stacker, the receiver will not record them. However, in the present invention, the recording paper stacker is arranged above the transmitted document storage section, so that the recording paper stacker is located below the apparatus. It becomes easier to turn over the recorded recording paper, as compared with the case where the recording paper is arranged on the side. Therefore, it becomes easy to find the recorded recording sheet addressed to oneself, and the operability is improved.

Further, by disposing the recording paper stacker above the transmitted document storage section, it is possible to separate the accumulated plural recording sheets from the transmitted document stored in the transmitted document storage section. it can.

Further, according to the present invention, by disposing the recording paper stacker inside the apparatus, that is, by preventing the recording paper stacker from projecting from the upper surface of the apparatus, the original supply unit is not covered with the recording paper stacker, and therefore the original is supplied. There is no member that hinders the supply to the. Therefore, a facsimile device can be obtained in which the document can be easily fed to the document feeder.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the facsimile machine, and FIG. 2 is an arrow I-I of the facsimile machine shown in FIG. FIG. 3A is a schematic cross-sectional view, and FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram showing a transfer path of a transmission document and a roll paper of the facsimile machine of FIG. 1, FIGS. 3B, 10C to 10A, b) is a schematic view showing another different embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 11 (a),
(B), (c) is a perspective view which respectively shows the conventional facsimile machine apparatus schematically. 10: Device main body, 20: Sending document supply table, 30: Flat stacker that is a sending document storage unit, 40 ... Recording paper stacker,
45 …… Roll paper, 51,52 …… Circuit board, 60 …… Reading / scanning section, 70 …… Sent original, 71 …… Sent original.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transmission document supply unit for supplying a transmission document, a transmission document storage unit for storing a transmission document,
In a facsimile device provided with a recording paper stacker for stacking recorded recording paper and arranging the transmitted original document accommodating section inside the apparatus below the transmission original document supply section, the transmission original document supply section is a device. Inside the apparatus, the recording paper stacker is disposed inside the apparatus above the transmitted original document storage section, and the original document outlets of the transmitted original document storage section are provided on a plurality of side surfaces of the apparatus. Characteristic equipment.