Post-processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11077694-B2
Application number	US-201916365720-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2019
Priority date	Apr 6, 2018
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A post-processing device includes a carrying roller, a conveying member, a transporting member and a processing part. The carrying roller is configured to be rotated to carry a sheet one by one to a processing tray along a conveyance direction. The conveying member is configured to convey the sheet carried by the carrying roller to a receiving position on the processing tray. The conveying member has a rotation shaft and a plurality of contact pieces protruding from the rotation shaft so as to come into contact with the sheet carried on the processing tray. The contact piece is made of elastic material. The conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the carrying roller when the sheet carried by the carrying roller is conveyed to the receiving position on the processing tray.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A post-processing device comprising:
a carrying roller configured to be rotated to carry a sheet one by one to a processing tray along a conveyance direction;
a conveying member configured to convey the sheet carried by the carrying roller to a receiving position on the processing tray;
a transporting member configured to transport a stack of the sheets conveyed by the conveying member from the receiving position to a folding position via a binding position on the processing tray; and
a processing part including a binding part configured to bind the stack of the sheets at the binding position and a folding part configured to fold the stack of the sheets at the folding position,
wherein the conveying member includes at least one first conveying member arranged at an upstream side of the processing part and at least one second conveying member arranged at a downstream side of the processing part in the conveyance direction on the processing tray,
each of the first and second conveying members has a rotation shaft and a plurality of contact pieces protruding from the rotation shaft so as to come into contact with the sheet carried on the processing tray, the contact piece being made of elastic material, and
the conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the carrying roller when the sheet carried by the carrying roller is conveyed to the receiving position on the processing tray.

2. The post-processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first conveying member and the second conveying member are synchronously rotated at the same speed.

3. The post-processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the first conveying member.

4. A post-processing device comprising:
a carrying roller configured to be rotated to carry a sheet one by one to a processing tray along a conveyance direction;
a conveying member configured to convey the sheet carried by the carrying roller to a receiving position on the processing tray;
a transporting member configured to transport a stack of the sheets conveyed by the conveying member from the receiving position to a folding position via a binding position on the processing tray; and
a processing part including a binding part configured to bind the stack of the sheets at the binding position and a folding part configured to fold the stack of the sheets at the folding position,
wherein the conveying member includes at least one first conveying member arranged at an upstream side of the processing part and at least one second conveying member arranged at a downstream side of the processing part in the conveyance direction on the processing tray,
each of the first and second conveying members has a rotation shaft and a plurality of contact pieces protruding from the rotation shaft so as to come into contact with the sheet carried on the processing tray, the contact piece being made of elastic material,
the conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the carrying roller when the sheet carried by the carrying roller is conveyed to the receiving position on the processing tray, and
the contact piece of the second conveying member has a length longer than the contact piece of the first conveying member.

5. The post-processing device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the rotation shaft of each of the first and the second conveying members is rotated such that the contact piece is separated from the sheet carried to the processing tray when the transporting member transports the stack of the sheets to the binding position and the folding position.

6. The post-processing device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the contact piece is fixed to an outer circumferential face of the rotation shaft in a manner to extend along a tangential direction of the outer circumference and arranged at the downstream side of the rotation shaft in the conveyance direction in a posture where the contact piece extends toward the processing tray from the rotation shaft.

7. The post-processing device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the at least one first conveying member includes a plurality of first conveying members,
the at least one second conveying member includes a plurality of second conveying members,
a number of the plurality of second conveying members is larger than a number of the plurality of first conveying members.

8. The post-processing device according to claim 4 ,
wherein a friction force of the contact piece of the second conveying member to the sheet is higher than a friction force of the contact piece of the first conveying member to the sheet.

9. A post-processing device comprising:
a carrying roller configured to be rotated to carry a sheet one by one to a processing tray along a conveyance direction;
a conveying member configured to convey the sheet carried by the carrying roller to a receiving position on the processing tray;
a transporting member configured to transport a stack of the sheets conveyed by the conveying member from the receiving position to a folding position via a binding position on the processing tray; and
a processing part including a binding part configured to bind the stack of the sheets at the binding position and a folding part configured to fold the stack of the sheets at the folding position,
wherein the conveying member includes at least one first conveying member arranged at an upstream side of the processing part and at least one second conveying member arranged at a downstream side of the processing part in the conveyance direction on the processing tray,
each of the first and second conveying members has a rotation shaft and a plurality of contact pieces protruding from the rotation shaft so as to come into contact with the sheet carried on the processing tray, the contact piece being made of elastic material,
the conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the carrying roller when the sheet carried by the carrying roller is conveyed to the receiving position on the processing tray, and
a sheet conveyance force of the second conveying member is larger than a sheet conveyance force of the first conveying member.

10. The post-processing device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the second conveying member is rotated at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the first conveying member.

11. The post-processing device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the contact piece of the second conveying member has a length longer than the contact piece of the first conveying member.

12. The post-processing device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the at least one first conveying member includes a plurality of first conveying members,
the at least one second conveying member includes a plurality of second conveying members,
a number of the plurality of second conveying members is larger than a number of the plurality of first conveying members.

13. The post-processing device according to claim 9 ,
wherein a friction force of the contact piece of the second conveying member to the sheet is higher than a friction force of the contact piece of the first conveying member to the sheet.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Noso Terumitsu
• Kishimoto Tadahisa

Classifications

• G03G15/6544 Primary

  Details about the binding means or procedure · CPC title

• B65H37/04

  for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling (adhering replacement to expiring web during change of web roll B65H19/18) · CPC title

• B65H2301/5114

  coating · CPC title

• B42C1/12 Primary

  Machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together the sheets or signatures · CPC title

• B65H2801/27

  Devices located downstream of office-type machines · CPC title