Apparatus for processing media

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10173441-B2
Application number	US-201715635806-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2017
Priority date	Jul 1, 2016
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a media processing apparatus for enabling a plurality of discharge sections disposed one side of the apparatus to be disposed parallel inside saved space, the media processing apparatus is provided with a plurality of discharge sections (correct card discharge section and error card discharge section) disposed on one side of an apparatus housing, and a discharge member (card reverse section) that discharges a card C to each discharge section. In such a card processing apparatus, a width dimension (length dimension in the discharge direction of the card) of a discharge stacker of the first card discharge section is wider than a width dimension of the card C, and a width dimension of a frame body of the error card discharge section is narrower than the width dimension of the card C.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A media processing apparatus for performing processing on a recording medium to discharge, comprising:
an apparatus housing;
a medium processing section adapted to perform predetermined processing on the recording medium;
a discharge member adapted to discharge the recording medium processed in the medium processing section; and
a plurality of discharge sections to which the recording medium is discharged by the discharge member, wherein the plurality of discharge sections is disposed parallel in a same direction as a discharge direction of the recording medium by the discharge member on one side of the apparatus housing, and is comprised of a first discharge section including a first frame body and a second discharge section including a second frame body, a length dimension in the discharge direction of the first frame body is longer than a length dimension in the discharge direction of the recording medium, and a length dimension in the discharge direction of the second frame body is shorter than the length dimension in the discharge direction of the recording medium,
wherein the discharge member is arranged on an upstream side of the first discharge section and the second discharge section in the discharge direction of the recording medium, and
the discharge member is comprised of a direction change section adapted to turn with the recording medium being nipped to shift to a first position to discharge the recording medium to the first discharge section and a second position to discharge the recording medium to the second discharge section, and change a direction of the recording medium.

2. The media processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first frame body is a discharge stacker to load the recording medium.

3. The media processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a medium supply section adapted to supply the recording medium,
wherein the medium supply section, the discharge member, the second discharge section and the first discharge section are disposed sequentially along a transport direction of the recording medium.

4. The media processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the discharge member further turns to a third position to transport the recording medium to the medium processing section.

5. The media processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first discharge section is disposed on a downstream side of the second discharge section in the discharge direction of the recording medium, and the apparatus is provided with a guide member to pass the recording medium above the second discharge section to discharge to the first discharge section.

6. The media processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the guide member is comprised of a top face of the second frame body.

7. The media processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an error detection member adapted to detect whether or not the recording medium is correctly processed in the medium processing section,
wherein the first discharge section is comprised of a discharge stacker to collect the recording medium processed correctly in the medium processing section, and to the second discharge section is discharged the recording medium with an error detected in the error detection member.

8. The media processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second frame body of the second discharge section is disposed between the first discharge section and the direction change section in the discharge direction of recording medium, and includes a top face extending from the one side of the apparatus housing toward the first discharge section and adapted to guide the recording medium discharged from the direction change section to the first discharge section so that when the direction change section discharges the recording medium in the first position, the second frame body allows the recording medium to slide along the top face to the first discharge section.

9. The media processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the second frame body of the second discharge section further comprises a side face extending from the top face and facing toward the direction change section, the side face including a frame body opening adapted to receive the recording medium discharged from the direction change section in the second position.

10. The media processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the second frame body of the second discharge section further comprises an opening opposite to the top face in respect to the side face, the opening adapted to discharge the recording medium entering the second frame body from the frame body opening to outside of the apparatus housing.

11. A media processing apparatus for performing processing on a recording medium to discharge, comprising:
an apparatus housing;
a medium processing section adapted to perform predetermined processing on the recording medium;
an error detection member adapted to detect whether or not the recording medium is correctly processed in the medium processing section;
a discharge member adapted to discharge the recording medium processed in the medium processing section; and
a plurality of discharge sections to which the recording medium is discharged by the discharge member, wherein the plurality of discharge sections is disposed parallel in a same direction as a discharge direction of the recording medium by the discharge member on one side of the apparatus housing, and is comprised of a first discharge section including a first frame body and a second discharge section including a second frame body of which a length dimension in the discharge direction is shorter than that of the first frame body,
wherein the discharge member is arranged on an upstream side of the first discharge section and the second discharge section in the discharge direction of the recording medium, and discharges the recording medium with an error detected in the error detection member to the second discharge member, and
the discharge member is comprised of a direction change section adapted to turn with the recording medium being nipped to shift to a first position to discharge the recording medium to the first discharge section and a second position to discharge the recording medium to the second discharge section, and change a direction of the recording medium.

12. The media processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first frame body is a discharge stacker to load the recording medium.

13. The media processing apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a medium supply section adapted to supply the recording medium,
wherein the medium supply section, the discharge member, the second discharge section and the first discharge section are disposed sequentially along a transport direction of the recording medium.

14. The media processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the discharge member further turns to a third position to transport the recording medium to the medium processing section.

15. The media processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first discharge section is disposed on a downstream side of the second discharge section in the discharge direction of the recording medium, and the apparatus is provided with a guide member to pass the recording medium above the second discharge section to discharge to the first discharge section.

16. The media processing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the guide member is comprised of a top face of the second frame body.

Assignees

• Takeshita Naoto
• Noda Tetsuya
• Ohshiro Yasutake
• Moroboshi Hiroaki
• Mochizuki Hiroshi
• Canon Finetech Nisca Inc

Inventors

• Takeshita Naoto
• Noda Tetsuya
• Ohshiro Yasutake
• Moroboshi Hiroaki
• Mochizuki Hiroshi

Classifications

• B41J11/0095 Primary

  Detecting means for copy material, e.g. for detecting or sensing presence of copy material or its leading or trailing end · CPC title

• B41J13/12 Primary

  specially adapted for {small} cards, envelopes, or the like {, e.g. credit cards, cut visiting cards} · CPC title

• B65H2701/1914

  Cards, e.g. telephone, credit and identity cards · CPC title

• B65H2513/42

  Route, path · CPC title

• B65H2405/331

  Juxtaposed compartments · CPC title