Stacker and medium processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11427429-B2
Application number	US-201916579084-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2019
Priority date	Sep 26, 2018
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

A stacker includes a medium stacking portion for receiving and stacking a medium processed and discharged by a processing unit, a medium butting portion for aligning the medium by contacting a leading end of the medium, and a paddle that includes a feeding portion and is for transporting the medium received by the medium stacking portion in a direction toward the medium butting portion by rotating. Furthermore, the stacker has a first mode in which the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion does not contact the medium on the medium stacking portion and a second mode in which the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion comes into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion and is deformed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stacker comprising:
a medium stacking portion receiving and stacking a medium processed and discharged by a processing unit;
a medium butting portion aligning the medium by contacting a leading end of the medium;
a paddle including a feeding portion and being for transporting the medium received by the medium stacking portion in a direction toward the medium butting portion by rotating, wherein
the stacker has a first mode that makes the medium on the medium stacking portion moveable and a second mode that prevents the medium on the medium stacking portion from sliding,
in the first mode, the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion does not contact the medium on the medium stacking portion,
in the second mode, the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion comes into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion and is deformed, and
when one medium is discharged, the paddle stops in the second mode, wherein
the feeding portion includes a first feeding portion and a second feeding portion having a friction force with the medium that is different from that of the first feeding portion,
the first feeding portion having a first bending rigidity,
the second feeding portion having a second bending rigidity higher than the first bending rigidity,
the paddle stops in a state in which the second feeding portion comes into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion,
a static friction coefficient of a portion of the second feeding portion in contact with the medium is larger than a static friction coefficient of a portion of the first feeding portion in contact with the medium,
the feeding portion of one paddle includes the first feeding portion and a plurality of second feeding portions whose friction force with the medium is different from that of the first feeding portion, and
the paddle stops in a state in which a plurality of feeding portions come into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion and are deformed.

2. The stacker according to claim 1 , wherein
the paddle performs one rotation operation each time the medium is stacked on the medium stacking portion, and
the second feeding portion contacts the medium on the medium stacking portion at the end of the one rotation operation.

3. The stacker according to claim 1 , wherein a stop position of the paddle changes according to a total thickness of the media stacked in the medium stacking portion.

4. The stacker according to claim 3 , wherein the paddle stops earlier as the total thickness of the media stacked on the medium stacking portion is thicker.

5. A medium processing device comprising:
the stacker according to claim 1 ; and
a transport mechanism transporting the medium and discharging the medium to the stacker.

6. The stacker according to claim 1 , wherein the stacker as a plurality of paddles.

7. A stacker comprising:
a medium stacking portion receiving and stacking a medium transported in a second transport direction which is a direction opposite to a first transport direction after being transported in the first transport direction;
a medium butting portion aligning the medium by contacting a leading end of the medium; and
a paddle including a feeding portion and being for transporting the medium received by the medium stacking portion toward the medium butting portion by rotating, wherein
the stacker has a first mode that makes the medium on the medium stacking portion moveable and a second mode that prevents the medium on the medium stacking portion from sliding,
in the first mode, the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion does not contact the medium on the medium stacking portion,
in the second mode, the paddle stops in a state in which the feeding portion comes into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion and is deformed, and
when one medium is discharged, the paddle stops in the second mode, wherein
the feeding portion includes a first feeding portion and a second feeding portion having a friction force with the medium that is different from that of the first feeding portion,
the first feeding portion having a first bending rigidity,
the second feeding portion having a second bending rigidity higher than the first bending rigidity,
the paddle stops in a state in which the second feeding portion comes into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion,
a static friction coefficient of a portion of the second feeding portion in contact with the medium is larger than a static friction coefficient of a portion of the first feeding portion in contact with the medium,
the feeding portion of one paddle includes the first feeding portion and a plurality of second feeding portions whose friction force with the medium is different from that of the first feeding portion, and
the paddle stops in a state in which a plurality of feeding portions come into contact with the medium on the medium stacking portion and are deformed.

8. The stacker according to claim 7 , wherein the paddle resumes to rotate as the transport direction of the one medium is switched from the first transport direction to the second transport direction.

9. A medium processing device comprising:
the stacker according to claim 7 ; and
a transport mechanism transporting the medium in a first transport direction and a second transport direction opposite to the first transport direction and discharging the medium to the stacker.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Shiobara Hiroshi
• Nakahata Akinobu
• Furumido Tsuyoshi
• Ueno Kohei

Classifications

• B65H2301/4212

  of articles substantially horizontal · CPC title

• B65H2404/63

  Oscillating, pivoting around an axis parallel to face of material, e.g. diverting means · CPC title

• B65H31/36

  Auxiliary devices for contacting each article with a front stop as it is piled · CPC title

• B65H31/02 Primary

  with stationary end support against which pile accumulates · CPC title

• B65H29/242

  Suction bands or belts · CPC title