Post-processing apparatus and image forming system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9760051-B2
Application number	US-201615006342-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2016
Priority date	Jan 26, 2016
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A post-processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a first tray configured to receive a sheet on which the post processing is not executed by a processing section, a second tray configured to temporarily place a sheet, an inlet roller configured to carry in a sheet discharged from an image forming apparatus into the post-processing apparatus, a first roller configured to convey the sheet to the first tray, a second roller configured to convey the sheet to the second tray, a detection sensor configured to detect whether or not there is sheet being conveyed in a sheet conveyance path from the inlet roller to the first or the second tray, and a roller control section configured to drive the first or the second roller if an image forming apparatus stops the discharge of the sheet that is being printed and the detection sensor detects the sheet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A post-processing apparatus, comprising:
a processing section configured to execute a post processing on a sheet;
a first tray configured to receive a sheet on which the post processing is not executed by the processing section;
a second tray configured to temporarily place a sheet in the post-processing apparatus;
an inlet roller configured to carry in a sheet discharged from an image forming apparatus into the post-processing apparatus;
a first roller configured to convey the sheet carried in by the inlet roller to the first tray;
a second roller configured to convey the sheet carried in by the inlet roller to the second tray;
a detection sensor configured to detect whether or not there is a sheet being conveyed in a sheet conveyance path from the inlet roller to the first or the second tray;
a punch section configured to be arranged between the inlet roller and the first roller and the second roller;
a roller control section configured to drive the first roller or the second roller in a case in which the image forming apparatus stops the discharge of the sheet that is being printed and the detection sensor detects the sheet; and
a jam detection section configured to detect a sheet jam in the post-processing apparatus, wherein the roller control section drives the second roller in an opposite direction in a case in which there is the sheet jam in the post-processing apparatus and there is no sheet in the punch section.

2. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the roller control section drives the first roller to convey a sheet that is being conveyed to the second tray to the first tray in a case in which there is the sheet jam; and
the roller control section drives the first roller or the second roller corresponding to a tray designated by a user in a case in which there is no sheet jam.

3. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:
the punch section is configured to punch a hole on the sheet carried in by the inlet roller, wherein the detection sensor detects whether or not there is a sheet in the punch section; and
the roller control section drives the first roller in a case in which there is the sheet jam in the post-processing apparatus and there is the sheet in the punch section.

4. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the roller control section, after driving the second roller in an opposite direction, drives the first roller in a case in which the sheet is detected by the punch section.

5. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a third tray arranged on the side surface of the post-processing apparatus; and
a discharge section configured to convey the sheet on the second tray to the third tray, wherein in a case in which there is the sheet jam in the post-processing apparatus and there is a sheet on the second tray, the discharge section conveys the sheet on the second tray to the third tray.

6. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the detection sensor comprises a first detection sensor, a second detection sensor and a third detection sensor;
the first detection sensor is arranged in the sheet conveyance path from the inlet roller to the first roller;
the second detection sensor is arranged in the sheet conveyance path from the inlet roller to the second roller;
the third detection sensor is arranged in the sheet conveyance path from the second roller to the second tray; and
the jam detection section detects the sheet jam according to a driving amount of the inlet roller, the first and the second trays and detection results of the first, the second and the third detection sensors.

7. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a notification section configured to notify the image forming apparatus that a sheet is discharged to a tray different from the tray designated by the user after the image forming apparatus stops the discharge of the sheet that is being printed.

8. The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the roller control section drives the inlet roller to carry in the sheet that is being carried in into the post-processing apparatus at the time the image forming apparatus stops the discharge of the sheet that is being printed; and
the roller control section drives the first or the second roller to convey the sheet that is being carried-in to the first or the second tray.

9. An image forming system, comprising:
an image forming apparatus that discharges a sheet on which an image is formed and a post-processing apparatus mounted integrally with the image forming apparatus, wherein the post-processing apparatus comprises:
a processing section configured to execute a post processing on a sheet;
a first tray configured to receive a sheet on which the post processing is not executed by the processing section;
a second tray configured to temporarily place a sheet in the post-processing apparatus;
an inlet roller configured to carry in a sheet discharged from an image forming apparatus into the post-processing apparatus;
a first roller configured to convey the sheet carried in by the inlet roller to the first tray;
a second roller configured to convey the sheet carried in by the inlet roller to the second tray;
a detection sensor configured to detect whether or not there is sheet being conveyed in a sheet conveyance path from the inlet roller to the first or the second tray;
a roller control section configured to drive the first or the second roller in a case in which the image forming apparatus stops the discharge of the sheet that is being printed and the detection sensor detects the sheet; and
a notification section configured to notify the image forming apparatus of the number of the sheets carried into the post-processing apparatus after the image forming apparatus stops the discharge of the sheet that is being printed; and

the image forming apparatus determines a page at the time of restart of a printing processing on the basis of the number of the sheets already discharged to the post-processing apparatus and the number of the sheets notified by the notification section.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Hashimoto Yoshihisa

Classifications

• G03G15/6529 Primary

  Transporting (G03G15/6555 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G03G2215/00552

  Purge of recording medium at jam · CPC title

• B65H2601/11

  Clearing faulty handling, e.g. jams · CPC title

• B65H29/125 Primary

  between two sets of rollers · CPC title

• B65H39/11

  in superposed carriers · CPC title