Processing system for ejecting recording medium to specified ejection destination

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12204268-B2
Application number	US-202217941027-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2022
Priority date	Sep 17, 2021
Publication date	Jan 21, 2025
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025

Abstract

A processing system includes a processing apparatus, a feeding apparatus, an ejection apparatus, and circuitry. The processing apparatus includes a processing device to execute a process on each of objects including a first object and a second object. The feeding apparatus feeds the objects to the processing apparatus. The ejection apparatus ejects the objects sent from the processing apparatus. The ejection apparatus includes an ejection purge portion to receive the second object traveling in the ejection apparatus. The circuitry sets whether to permit ejection of the second object not jammed to the ejection purge portion in case of a jam of the first object in the processing system. The circuitry causes the second object to be ejected to the set ejection purge portion, in response to detection of the jam of the first object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processing system comprising:
a processing apparatus including a processing device to execute a process on each of objects, the objects including a first object and a second object traveling upstream or downstream from the first object in a conveyance direction of the objects;
a feeding apparatus to feed the objects to the processing apparatus, the feeding apparatus being disposed upstream from the processing apparatus in the conveyance direction of the objects;
an ejection apparatus to eject the objects sent from the processing apparatus, the ejection apparatus being disposed downstream from the processing apparatus in the conveyance direction of the objects,
the ejection apparatus including a regular ejection destination and an ejection purge portion to receive the second object traveling in the ejection apparatus;
circuitry to:
determine whether the regular ejection destination is the ejection purge portion;
set whether to permit ejection of the second object being not jammed to the ejection purge portion in case of a jam of the first object in the processing system; and
cause the second object to be ejected to the ejection purge portion, in response to detection of the jam of the first object, when the regular ejection destination and the ejection purge portion are different.

2. The processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing apparatus includes a processing purge portion to receive the second object traveling in the processing apparatus.

3. The processing system according to claim 2 ,
wherein, when the first object being jammed and the second object to be ejected to the processing purge portion are in the processing apparatus, the circuitry is to cause the second object to be ejected to the processing purge portion.

4. The processing system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the processing apparatus includes an ejection destination changer to change between a first position to guide the second object to the ejection apparatus and a second position to guide the second object to the processing purge portion.

5. The processing system according to claim 4 ,
wherein, when the second object in the processing apparatus is at a location where the ejection destination changer is available to change an ejection destination of the second object, the circuitry is to cause the second object to be ejected to the processing purge portion,
wherein, when the second object is in the feeding apparatus, the circuitry is to cause the second object to be ejected to the processing purge portion, and
wherein, when the second object in the processing apparatus is at a location where the ejection destination changer is not available to change the ejection destination, the circuitry is to cause the second object to be ejected to the ejection purge portion.

6. The processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of ejection apparatuses including the ejection apparatus,
wherein the plurality of ejection apparatuses are disposed downstream from the processing apparatus and coupled to the processing apparatus, and
wherein the plurality of ejection apparatuses include respective ejection purge portions including the ejection purge portion.

7. The processing system according to claim 6 ,
wherein the processing apparatus includes:
a processing purge portion to receive the second object traveling in the processing apparatus; and
an ejection destination changer to change between a first position to guide the second object to the plurality of ejection apparatuses and a second position to guide the second object to the processing purge portion, and
wherein, when the second object is at a location where the ejection destination changer is not available to change the ejection destination in the processing apparatus, the circuitry is to cause the second object to be ejected to an ejection purge portion of an extreme-downstream ejection apparatus that is available to receive the second object, among the plurality of ejection apparatuses specified to eject the second object.

8. The processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the second object in the processing system is between a regular ejection portion set as a regular ejection destination of the objects and the first object that is jammed upstream from the regular ejection portion in the conveyance direction, the circuitry is to cause the second object to be ejected to the regular ejection portion.

9. The processing system according to claim 8 ,
wherein the first object that is jammed upstream from the regular ejection portion in the conveyance direction is in the processing apparatus.

10. The processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the second object in the processing system is between a regular ejection portion set as a regular ejection destination of the objects and the first object that is jammed upstream from the regular ejection portion in the conveyance direction, the circuitry is to cause the second object to be ejected to an extreme-downstream ejection purge portion among a plurality of ejection purge portions specified by the circuitry to eject the second object.

11. The processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing apparatus includes a processing purge portion to receive the second object traveling in the processing apparatus, and
wherein, when the second object is to be ejected to the ejection purge portion or the processing purge portion via the processing device of the processing apparatus, the circuitry is to prohibit the processing device from performing the process on the second object.

12. The processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the second object is not ejectable to the ejection purge portion specified to eject the second object, the circuitry is to stop the second object at a current location of the second object.

13. The processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing apparatus includes a processing purge portion to receive the second object traveling in the processing apparatus, and
wherein the circuitry is to set permission and priority of the ejection of the second object to the ejection purge portion and the processing purge portion.

14. The processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the objects is a sheet-shaped recording medium.

15. The processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing apparatus is an image forming apparatus to form an image on each of the objects.

16. The processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
when it is determined that the regular ejection destination is the ejection purge portion and the first object is jammed and the second object is not jammed, ejecting the second object to an extreme downstream tray.

Assignees

• Watanabe Takayuki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Watanabe Takayuki

Classifications

• G03G15/6552

  Means for discharging uncollated sheet copy material, e.g. discharging rollers, exit trays · CPC title

• B41J11/006

  Means for preventing paper jams or for facilitating their removal · CPC title

• B41J11/42

  Controlling {printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering} · CPC title

• B65H2801/06

  Office-type machines, e.g. photocopiers · CPC title

• B65H43/04

  detecting, or responding to, presence of faulty articles (B65H43/08 takes precedence; diverting faulty articles from main streams B65H29/62) · CPC title