US-12623872-B2 - Feeding device, transporting device, and processing system

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Abstract

A feeding device includes: a loading portion that is disposed on a downstream side of a transporting path in a transporting direction and that loads a transporting target, which is transported through the transporting path, on a loading surface inclined with respect to a horizontal direction; and a feeding unit that feeds the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface.

Inventors

Katsumi Tanaka
Raita Doi
Teisuke YANAGAWA
Tomokazu Kurita

Assignees

FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20230323
Priority Date: 20220921

Claims (13)

1 . A feeding device comprising: a loading member having a loading surface inclined with respect to a horizontal direction, wherein the loading member is disposed on a downstream side of a transporting path in a transporting direction and configured to load a transporting target, which is transported through the transporting path; and a feeding mechanism configured to feed the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface, wherein the loading member is capable of loading, as the transporting target, a first transporting target and a second transporting target, which has a larger dimension along a feeding direction than a dimension of the first transporting target, and the feeding mechanism includes a first transporting portion that transports the first transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface while sucking a lower side of the first transporting target on a downstream end side in the feeding direction, and a second transporting portion that is disposed on a downstream side of the first transporting portion in the feeding direction and that transports the second transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface while sucking a lower side of the second transporting target on a downstream end side in the feeding direction, wherein the second transporting portion transports the first transporting target transported from the first transporting portion, and the first transporting portion stops suction in a state in which the second transporting portion transports the first transporting target.
2 . The feeding device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a contact wall that is provided on an upstream side in a feeding direction with respect to the loading member and that comes into contact with an upstream end of the transporting target, which is loaded on the loading member, in the feeding direction to align the upstream end.
3 . The feeding device according to claim 2 , wherein a position of the contact wall is fixed with respect to the loading member.
4 . The feeding device according to claim 2 , further comprising: an applying roll that applies a movement force to a transporting target, which is loaded on an uppermost side of the loading member, toward a contact wall side to bring the transporting target into contact with the contact wall.
5 . The feeding device according to claim 4 , wherein the applying roll applies the movement force to the transporting target, which is loaded on the uppermost side of the loading member, toward the contact wall side during a feeding operation of the feeding mechanism.
6 . The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the loading member loads the transporting target transported through the transporting path from an upstream side in a feeding direction.
7 . The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the feeding mechanism is capable of feeding the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface while the loading member further loads, in a state in which the transporting target is loaded, a transporting target.
8 . The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the loading surface is inclined in a range of 45 degrees or more and less than 90 degrees with respect to the horizontal direction.
9 . The feeding device according to claim 8 , wherein the loading surface is inclined in a range of 60 degrees or more and less than 85 degrees with respect to the horizontal direction.
10 . A transporting device comprising: a feeding device, comprising: a loading member having a loading surface inclined with respect to a horizontal direction, wherein the loading member is disposed on a downstream side of a transporting path in a transporting direction and configured to load a transporting target, which is transported through the transporting path; and a feeding mechanism configured to feed the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface; a first transporting path as the transporting path for transporting a transporting target, which is transported from a pre-processing apparatus, to the loading member of the feeding device; a second transporting path for transporting the transporting target, which is fed from the feeding device, to a post-processing apparatus; and a third transporting path that transports the transporting target, which is transported from the pre-processing apparatus, to the second transporting path by bypassing the feeding device.
11 . A processing system comprising: a pre-processing apparatus that executes pre-processing; a post-processing apparatus that executes post-processing; and the transporting device according to claim 10 that transports a transporting target, which is transported from the pre-processing apparatus, to the post-processing apparatus.
12 . The processing system according to claim 11 , wherein the pre-processing apparatus is an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium, which is used as the transporting target.
13 . A feeding device comprising: a loading means that has a loading surface inclined with respect to a horizontal direction and is disposed on a downstream side of a transporting path in a transporting direction and that loads a transporting target, which is transported through the transporting path; and a feeding means for feeding the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface, wherein the loading means is capable of loading, as the transporting target, a first transporting target and a second transporting target, which has a larger dimension along a feeding direction than a dimension of the first transporting target, and the feeding means includes a first transporting portion that transports the first transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface while sucking a lower side of the first transporting target on a downstream end side in the feeding direction, and a second transporting portion that is disposed on a downstream side of the first transporting portion in the feeding direction and that transports the second transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface while sucking a lower side of the second transporting target on a downstream end side in the feeding direction, wherein the second transporting portion transports the first transporting target transported from the first transporting portion, and the first transporting portion stops suction in a state in which the second transporting portion transports the first transporting target.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is based on and claims priority under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2022-150570 filed Sep. 21, 2022. BACKGROUND (i) Technical Field The present invention relates to a feeding device, a transporting device, and a processing system. (ii) Related Art JP-2015-82001A discloses a post-processing apparatus including: a transporting path that transports paper on which an image is formed by an image forming apparatus; a retraction unit that is provided at a position branched from the transporting path via a branch point and that retracts the paper on the transporting path; a transporting unit that transports paper positioned on an upstream side of the branch point to the retraction unit in a case where a transporting abnormality of the paper occurs on a downstream side of the branch point in the transporting path; a display unit that performs a display for a user to perform an operation to remove stationary paper that stops on the downstream side of the branch point in the transporting path after the transporting abnormality has occurred; a control unit that controls the image forming apparatus to form an image, which is formed on the stationary paper, on new paper; and a supply unit that supplies the paper retracted to the retraction unit to the transporting path after the newly formed paper has transported through the transporting path and has passed through the branch point. SUMMARY As a feeding device, a feeding device including: a loading portion that is disposed on a downstream side of a transporting path in a transporting direction and that loads a transporting target, which is transported through the transporting path, on a loading surface disposed along a horizontal direction; and a feeding unit that feeds the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, along the horizontal direction, is conceivable. In the feeding device, since the weight of the transporting target, which is loaded on the loading portion, acts in a load direction, in a case where the feeding unit feeds the transporting target, double feeding of the transporting target (a plurality of transporting targets are overlapped and fed) may occur. Aspects of non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a feeding device, a transporting device, and a processing system in which double feeding of the transporting target is suppressed as compared with a case where a transporting target, which is loaded on a loading surface disposed along the horizontal direction, is fed along the horizontal direction. Aspects of certain non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure overcome the above disadvantages and/or other disadvantages not described above. However, aspects of the non-limiting embodiments are not required to overcome the disadvantages described above, and aspects of the non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure may not overcome any of the disadvantages described above. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a feeding device including: a loading portion that is disposed on a downstream side of a transporting path in a transporting direction and that loads a transporting target, which is transported through the transporting path, on a loading surface inclined with respect to a horizontal direction; and a feeding unit that feeds the transporting target, which is in contact with the loading surface, obliquely upward along the loading surface. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Exemplary embodiment(s) of the present invention will be described in detail based on the following figures, wherein: FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a processing system according to the present exemplary embodiment; FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a pre-processing apparatus according to the present exemplary embodiment; FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a post-processing apparatus according to the present exemplary embodiment; FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating a transporting device according to the present exemplary embodiment; FIG. 5 is an operation view illustrating an operation of feeding a first recording medium in the transporting device according to the present exemplary embodiment; FIG. 6 is an operation view illustrating an operation of feeding the first recording medium in the transporting device according to the present exemplary embodiment; FIG. 7 is an operation view illustrating an operation of feeding the first recording medium in the transporting device according to the present exemplary embodiment; FIG. 8 is an operation view illustrating an operation of feeding the first recording medium in the transporting device according to the present exemplary embodiment; FIG. 9 is an operation view illustrating an operation of feeding a second recording medium in the transporting device according to the present exemplary embodiment; FIG. 10 is an operation view illustrating an operation of fee