What is claimed is:
1. An image-processing apparatus comprising:
receiving means for receiving image data;
recording means for recording the image data received by said receiving means onto recording material;
manual-feeding means for receiving and feeding manually-loaded recording material of various size;
inquiry means for, before said recording means records the image data, making an inquiry of an operator of said image processing apparatus and receiving an instruction as to whether said recording means is to record the image data on the recording material fed by said manual-feeding means; and
control means for causing said recording means to record the image data on the recording material fed by said manual-feeding means when an instruction to record is given in response to the inquiry made by said inquiry means.
2. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
storage means for storing the image data received by said receiving means; and
accommodating means accommodating pre-loaded recording material,
wherein, when an instruction not to perform is given in response to the inquiry made by said inquiry means, said control means, depending upon an operational criterion, either causes said storage means to store the image data or causes said recording means to record the image data onto recording material from said accommodating means.
3. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when no instruction has been given in response to the inquiry made by said inquiry means after a lapse of a predetermined period, said control means, depending upon the operational criterion, either causes said storage means to store the image data or causes said recording means to record the image data onto the recording material from said accommodating means.
4. An image-processing apparatus comprising:
input means for inputting image data;
size-detection means for detecting a size of the image data input by said input means;
manual-feeding means for receiving and feeding manually-loaded recording material of various size;
determining means for determining, based on the size of the image data detected by said size-detection means, a recording-material size appropriate for recording the image data input by said input means; and
display means for displaying, when feeding is to be performed by said manual-feeding means, the recording-material size determined by said determining means.
5. An image-processing apparatus comprising:
input means for inputting image data;
storage means for storing the image data input by said input means;
manual-feeding means for receiving and feeding manually-loaded recording material of various size;
recording means for recording the image data input by said input means onto the recording material fed by said manual-feeding means;
determining means for determining whether the image data input by said input means has been fit by said recording means onto the recording material; and
control means for discontinuing storage of the image data by said storage means when it is determined by said determining means that the image data has been fit onto the recording material, and for continuing storage of the image data by said storage means when it is determined by said determining means that the image data has not been fit onto the recording material.
6. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:
size-detection means for detecting a size of the image data input by said input means; and
counter means for counting a time elapsed as the recording material passes through a predetermined position,
wherein said determining means determines whether the image data has been fit onto the recording material based on the size detected by said size-detection means and the time counted by said counter means,.
7. A control method for an image-processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving image data;
(b) making an inquiry to an operator of the image-processing apparatus as to whether an image based on the image data received in step (a) is to be recorded; and
(c) recording the image based on the image data received in step (a) onto manually-loaded recording material fed by a manual-feeding mechanism for use with the image-processing apparatus when an instruction to record is given in response to the inquiry made in step (b).
8. The control method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of, prior to step (b), selecting whether recording-material feeding is to be done by said manual-feeding mechanism, and wherein the inquiry in step (b) is made when feeding by said manual-feeding mechanism has been selected.
9. The control method according to claim 7, wherein said image-processing apparatus includes a cassette for holding preloaded recording material, and the recording material fed by said manual-feeding mechanism is not taken from said cassette.
10. The control method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of recording the image based on the image data received in step (a) onto recording material from said cassette when an instruction not to record is given in response to the inquiry made in step (b).
11. The control method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of recording the image based on the image data received in step (a) onto recording material from said cassette when no instruction has been given in response to the inquiry made in step (b) after a lapse of a predetermined period.
12. The control method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of storing the image data received in step (a) when an instruction not to record is given in response to the inquiry made in step (b).
13. The control method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of storing the image data received in step (a) when no instruction has been given in response to the inquiry made in step (b) after a lapse of a predetermined period.
14. A control method for an image-processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
(a) inputting image data;
(b) detecting a size of the image data input in step (a);
(c) determining a recording-material size appropriate for recording the image data input in step (a) based on the size of the image data detected in step (b); and
(d) displaying the recording-material size determined in step (c) before the start of recording when the recording is to be done on recording material fed by a manual-feeding mechanism for use with said image-processing apparatus.
15. A control method for an image-processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
(a) inputting image data;
(b) storing the image data input in step (a);
(c) recording the image data input in step (a) onto recording material fed by a manual-feeding mechanism for use with the image-processing apparatus;
(d) determining whether the image data has been correctly recorded on the recording material;
(e) erasing the image data stored in step (b) when it is determined in step (d) that the image data has been correctly recorded; and
(f) holding the image data stored in step (b) when it is determined in step (d) that the image data has not been correctly recorded.
16. The control method according to claim 15, further comprising the steps of:
(g) detecting a size of the image data input in step (a); and
(h) counting a time required for the recording material fed by the manual-feeding mechanism to pass through a predetermined position,
wherein the determination of step (d) is made based on the size detected in step (g) and the time counted in step (h).
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A joinery connection assembly for joining frame members together at a joint, the assembly including spigot mounting means, spigot means with camming surfaces, and the assembly also including cam lock means also having camming surfaces thereon whereby the spigot means is slidably inter fitted with the spigot mounting means to provide a spigot portion protruding there from said spigot mounting means when mounted there with, and said camming surfaces of the spigot means and cam lock means slidably inter-locking with each other, such that the frame members can be pulled together to form an assembled joint.
2. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the spigot mounting means is fixed to one of the frame members and the cam lock means is slidably inter fitted with the other frame member wherein the frame members includes a first and second frame member.
3. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 2 wherein, a fixing means fixes the spigot mounting means to the second frame member without fully penetrating the second frame member.
4. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 3 wherein, the spigot mounting means includes anchor means shaped and adapted to anchor to a portion of the second frame member.
5. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 4 wherein, the spigot mounting means is slidably captured by the first frame member.
6. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 5 wherein, the said one of the first and second frame members can be a mullion and the other frame member can be a transom member
7. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 6 wherein, the spigot means is fabricated from stainless steel or any other material that can be machined or cast or moulded.
8. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 7 wherein, the spigot mounting means, spigot means and cam lock means can be formed from a different material to that of the frame members to prevent thermal bridging across to the joint to any adjoining structure.
9. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 7 wherein, the spigot mounting means and spigot means can be formed from the same material where prevention of thermal bridging is not required.
10. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 8 wherein, the spigot mounting means can be fabricated from high grade polyamide plastics.
11. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 10 wherein, the cam lock 11 can be fabricated from high grade polyamide plastics.
12. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 11 wherein, the spigot mounting means is a planar-like member including at least one aperture for fixing means to allow fixing to the first frame member and another aperture to allow the spigot means to be slidably fitted there through and held to provide a protruding portion with a camming surface.
13. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 12 wherein the spigot mounting means can be an approximately Christmas tree shaped member having an in use upper surface and lower surface, the Christmas tree shaped member including three block like portions including a top portion, middle portion and base portion and protruding means located at the top portion and base portion to allow when in use location of the member within appropriately shaped slots of the frame members whereby the lower surface abuts at least a portion of one frame member and the upper surface and thickness is captured by the other frame member, wherein the fixing means aperture is located in the top portion and spigot aperture can be located within or the middle portion.
14. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 13 wherein, the first frame member can include vertical frame members like a mullion and the second frame member can include a horizontal frame member like a transom or bottom plate member or rail.
15. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 14 wherein, the cam lock means comprises a tubular structure having an outer surface being camming surfaces in the shape of a thread-like shaped structure thereon which when in use is adapted to slidably abut with the camming surfaces of the spigot means to cause the frame members to be drawn together.
16. A joinery connection assembly substantially as herein before described with reference to the figures of the accompanying drawings.
17. The joinery connection assembly as claimed in claim 9 wherein, the spigot mounting means can be fabricated from high grade polyamide plastics.