Post-processing device, printing system, and controlling method of post-processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12103806-B2
Application number	US-202318162552-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2023
Priority date	Feb 1, 2022
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

A post-processing device includes a loading unit on which a sheet is loaded, a first transport unit configured to apply, to the sheet loaded on the loading unit, a transport force toward an alignment unit, a second transport unit located between the first transport unit and the alignment unit, and configured to apply, to the sheet, a transport force toward the alignment unit, a control unit configured to control rotation operation of the second transport unit, and a post-processing unit configured to perform post-processing on the sheet transported to the alignment unit, wherein the post-processing unit is configured to execute a plurality of types of the post-processing, and the control unit is configured to control the rotation operation of the second transport unit in accordance with the type of the post-processing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A post-processing device comprising:
a loading unit on which a sheet to be fed is loaded;
a first transport unit configured to apply, to the sheet loaded on the loading unit, a transport force toward an alignment unit;
a second transport unit located between the first transport unit and the alignment unit, and configured to apply, to the sheet, a transport force toward the alignment unit;
a control unit configured to control rotation operation of the second transport unit; and
a post-processing unit configured to perform post-processing on the sheet transported to the alignment unit, wherein
the post-processing unit is configured to execute a plurality of types of the post-processing, and
the control unit is configured to control the rotation operation of the second transport unit in accordance with the type of the post-processing.

2. The post-processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the post-processing is rod stack processing, shift processing, or staple processing.

3. The post-processing device according to claim 2 , wherein
the control unit is configured to, when the rod stack processing or the shift processing is selected, cause a rotation number in the rotation operation of the second transport unit to be less than the rotation number in a case of the staple processing.

4. The post-processing device according to claim 2 , further comprising
a counting unit configured to count a total transport number of sheets transported to the alignment unit, wherein
the control unit is configured to, when the rod stack processing or the shift processing is selected and the total transport number is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, cause a rotation number in the rotation operation of the second transport unit to be greater than the rotation number in a case where the total transport number is less than the predetermined number.

5. The post-processing device according to claim 4 , wherein
the control unit is configured to not perform the rotation operation of the second transport unit, when the rod stack processing or the shift processing is selected, the total transport number is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, and at least one of the following (1) to (4) is satisfied:
(1) a basis weight of the sheet is less than a predetermined amount;
(2) a size of the sheet is smaller than a predetermined size;
(3) a humidity is lower than a predetermined value or a temperature is higher than a predetermined value; and
(4) a printing density in a case where printing is performed on the sheet is lower than a predetermined value.

6. The post-processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first transport unit includes a separation mechanism configured to separate the first transport unit from a sheet loading surface of the loading unit, and
a position of the second transport unit with respect to the sheet loading surface is fixed.

7. A printing system comprising:
a printing apparatus configured to perform printing on a sheet;
the post-processing device according to claim 1 , to which the sheet on which printing is performed by the printing apparatus is fed, wherein
the printing system includes a discharged sheet receiving unit configured to receive a sheet discharged through the post-processing unit of the post-processing device and receive both of a sheet subjected to the post-processing and a sheet not subjected to the post-processing.

8. A control method of a post-processing device including:
a loading unit on which a sheet to be fed is loaded;
a first transport unit, as a large paddle, configured to apply, to the sheet loaded on the loading unit, a transport force toward an alignment unit;
a second transport unit, as a small paddle, located between the first transport unit and the alignment unit, and configured to apply, to the sheet, a transport force toward the alignment unit;
a control unit configured to control rotation operation of the second transport unit; and
a post-processing unit configured to perform post-processing on the sheet transported to the alignment unit and execute a plurality of types of post-processing,
the method comprising switching a rotation number of the second transport unit in accordance with the type of the post-processing.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Uchibori Kenji
• Miyazawa Masaki
• Ohashi Kazuyoshi

Classifications

• B41J13/0009

  control of the transport of the copy material · CPC title

• B65H2515/805

  Humidity · CPC title

• B65H2515/40

  Temperature; Thermal conductivity · CPC title

• B65H2801/27

  Devices located downstream of office-type machines · CPC title

• B65H29/20

  by contact with rotating friction members, e.g. rollers, brushes, or cylinders {(with suction rollers B65H29/243)} · CPC title