Medium processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11780698-B2
Application number	US-202217659251-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2022
Priority date	Nov 30, 2018
Publication date	Oct 10, 2023
Grant date	Oct 10, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a medium processing device including a supply portion supplying a medium, a transporter transporting the medium supplied from the supply portion, an contact portion that a tip of the medium transported by the transporter is brought into contact with, a stacker in which the medium brought into contact with the contact portion is stacked, and a processor processing the medium stacked in the stacker, in which the transporter includes a gripper that is configured to move along a transport path of the medium, grips a tip of the medium, and moves.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medium processing device comprising;
a supply portion supplying a medium;
a transporter transporting the medium supplied from the supply portion;
a contact portion with which a tip of the medium transported by the transporter in a transport direction is brought into contact;
a stacker on which the medium brought into contact with the contact portion is stacked; and
a processor processing the medium stacked in the stacker,
wherein the transporter includes a gripper configured to move in an extending direction of the stacker to grip the tip of the medium,
wherein the contact portion is secured to the stacker in a fixed position in relation to a lower end of the stacker, is separate from the transporter and the gripper, and includes a slit through which the transporter can pass,
wherein the transporter grips, by the gripper, the medium positioned in a range where a feeding force of the supply portion applies and moves the medium toward the contact portion, and
wherein when the transporter transports and stacks in the stacker the medium which is supplied from the supply portion, a region in which the transporter transports the medium does not overlap with a region in which the medium is stacked.

2. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the stacker has a stacking surface on which the medium is stacked, and the stacking surface is configured to move in a normal direction of the stacking surface.

3. The medium processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the stacking surface is configured to move in accordance with the number of mediums stacked in the stacker.

4. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein when the last medium is supplied from the supply portion, the transporter moves, together with a plurality of medium stacked in the stacker that comprise a medium bundle, to the range where the feeding force of the supply portion applies, grips, by the gripper, the entire medium bundle to which the last medium is added, and moves toward the contact portion.

5. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing performed by the processor includes saddle stitching processing in which a center of the medium in the transport direction is stitched in a state where the medium is stacked in the stacker with the tips arranged and saddle folding processing in which the center of the medium is folded.

6. The medium processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the medium stacked in the stacker is transported to the processor by the transporter and processing is performed.

7. The medium processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the gripper grips only the medium which is supplied by the supply portion.

8. A medium processing device comprising;
a supply portion supplying a medium;
a transporter transporting the medium supplied from the supply portion;
a contact portion with which a tip of the medium transported by the transporter in a transport direction is brought into contact;
a stacker on which the medium brought into contact with the contact portion is stacked; and
a processor processing the medium stacked in the stacker,
wherein the transporter includes a gripper configured to move in an extending direction of the stacker to grip the tip of the medium,
wherein the contact portion is secured to the stacker and is separate from the transporter and the gripper,
wherein the transporter grips, by the gripper, the medium positioned in a range where a feeding force of the supply portion applies and the transporter moves the medium toward the contact portion, and
wherein when the last medium is supplied from the supply portion, the transporter moves, together with a plurality of medium stacked in the stacker that comprise a medium bundle, to the range where the feeding force of the supply portion applies, grips, by the gripper, the entire medium bundle to which the last medium is added, and moves toward the contact portion.

9. A medium processing device comprising;
a supply portion supplying a medium;
a transporter transporting the medium supplied from the supply portion;
a contact portion with which a tip of the medium transported by the transporter in a transport direction is brought into contact;
a stacker on which the medium brought into contact with the contact portion is stacked; and
a processor processing the medium stacked in the stacker,
wherein the transporter includes a gripper configured to move in an extending direction of the stacker to grip the tip of the medium,
wherein the contact portion is secured to the stacker and is separate from the transporter and the gripper,
wherein each time the medium is supplied by the supply portion, the transporter transports the medium toward the contact portion and stacks the medium on the stacker, and
wherein the processing performed by the processor includes saddle stitching processing in which a center of the medium in the transport direction is stitched in a state where the medium is stacked in the stacker with the tips arranged and saddle folding processing in which the center of the medium is folded.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Ueno Kohei
• Mizushima Nobuyuki
• Harada Yutaro
• Yamaguchi Shunpei

Classifications

• B65H31/36 Primary

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

• B65H5/068

  between one or more rollers or balls and stationary pressing, supporting or guiding elements · CPC title

• B65H5/08

  by grippers, e.g. suction grippers · CPC title

• B65H5/14

  Details of grippers; Actuating-mechanisms therefor · CPC title

• B65H5/24

  Feeding articles in overlapping streams, i.e. by separation of articles from a pile · CPC title