1. A sheet conveyer configured to convey a sheet in a conveyer path, comprising:
a first roller configured to contact the sheet and rotate to convey the sheet in a conveying direction;
a separator arranged to be opposed to the first roller and configured to nip the sheet in cooperation with the first roller and to separate the sheet from other sheets;
a multiple sheet sensor arranged in a downstream position in the conveying direction with respect to the first roller and configured to sense presence of multiple sheets, the multiple sheet sensor including an emitter and a receiver; and
a second roller arranged in a downstream position in the conveying direction with respect to the multiple sheet sensor and configured to convey the separated sheet, a component being at least one of the emitter and the receiver being arranged in an outer side position with respect to the separator along a widthwise direction, which is orthogonal to the conveying direction, and at least a part of the component being arranged in an inner side position with respect to the second roller along the widthwise direction.
2. The sheet conveyer according to claim 1, wherein the conveyer path is formed between an upper guide and a lower guide, wherein the lower guide is disposed lower than the upper guide, and wherein the component is arranged on the lower guide.
3. The sheet conveyer according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the component is arranged in an inner side position with respect to the first roller along the widthwise direction.
4. The sheet conveyer according to claim 1, wherein the component is housed in a sensor housing hole, which is formed to recess downwardly from the conveyer path in an inclined orientation with respect to the widthwise direction, an edge of the sensor housing hole being at least partially in an outer side position with respect to the separator along the widthwise direction.
5. The sheet conveyer according to claim 4, wherein the sensor housing hole is configured to form a recessed section, which is adjacent to the component and recesses downwardly.
6. The sheet conveyer according to claim 1, wherein the emitter and the receiver in the multiple sheet sensor are arranged to be opposed to each other across the conveyer path.
7. The sheet conveyer according to claim 6, wherein one of the emitter and the receiver is arranged in an outer side position with respect to the other of the emitter and the receiver along the widthwise direction.
8. The sheet conveyer according to claim 1, further comprising:
a width-position guide configured to restrict a position of the sheet in the widthwise direction, the width-position guide including a pair of guide members, which are arranged to be opposed to each other along the widthwise direction, the guide members being configured to be placed in a closest position, in which a distance between the guide members is smallest, and to be placed in a farthest position, in which the distance between the guide members is largest, the guide members being movable between the closest position and the farthest position, and a measurement point, in which waves emitted from the emitter toward the receiver intersect the conveyer path, being set in a position between the guide members placed in the closest position.
9. The sheet conveyer according to claim 1, further comprising:
a controller configured to determine whether multiple sheets have been fed or not.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A storage and reproducing apparatus comprising:
a memory for storing a data entered and an auxiliary data of said data entered;
a reproduction block for reproducing a data read out from said memory.
an operation block provided on an apparatus main body, said operation block having a rotary operation block provided on said apparatus main body in such a manner that said rotary operation block can be rotated around a rotation center and shifted along a plane which almost orthogonally intersects said rotation center; and
a control block for writing a data and an auxiliary data into said memory and reading out a data stored in said memory, according to an input from said operation block, wherein said control block reads out an auxiliary data from said memory according to a rotation direction of said rotary operation block, and when said rotary operation block is shifted along said plane, said control block reads out a data from said memory according to an auxiliary data read out from said memory so that said data is reproduced by said reproduction block.
2. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein when said rotary operation block is shifted along said plane during a reproduction operation by said reproduction block, said control block terminates said reproduction operation by said reproduction block.
3. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein when said rotary operation block is in a shifted position along said plane for more than a predetermined period of time during a reproduction operation by said reproduction block, said control block repeatedly reproduces a data which is being reproduced by said reproduction bloc.
4. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein when said rotary operation block is roated in the shifted position along said plane after a reproduction by said reproduction block is started or when a reproduction is in progress, said control block executes a high speed reproduction of a data read out from said memory by said reproduction block whle said rotary operation block is in said shifted position along said plane.
5. A storage and reproduction apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the said rotary operation block is released from said shifted position along said plane, said control block switches said reproduction block to a normal reproduction state.
6. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein when said rotary operation block is further in said shifted position along said plane for a predetermined period of time, said control block repeatedly reproduces a data which is being reproduced by said reproduction block, and after this if said rotary operation block is shifted along said plane or rotated, said control block switches said reproduction block to a normal reproduction state.
7. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein if said rotary operation block is in a shifted position along said plane for a predetermined period of time when said apparatus is in a stop state, said control block intermittently reads out a data stored in said memory so that the data is reproduced by said reproduction block.
8. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein if sad rotary operation block is not in the shifted position along said plane for the predetermined period of time, the control block executes a normal reproduction by said reproduction block.
9. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein if said rotary operation block is shifted along said plane while said data is intermittently read out and reproduced by said reproduction block, said control block controls to execute a normal reproduction by said reproduction block.
10. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein if said rotary operation block is rotated while said data is intermittently read out and reproduced by said reproduction block, said control block, according to a rotation amount of said rotary operation block, modifies a data to be read out from said memory and continues said intermittent data read-out and reproduction by said reproduction block.
11. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, said apparatus further comprising a display block for displaying an auxiliary data read out from said memory according to a rotation direction of said rotary oepration block.
12. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control block rewrites said auxiliary data so that a new data written in said memory is read out earlier than a data which has already been written in said memory.
13. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein said auxiliary data includes a start address and end address of a data stored in said memory and a data indicating a reproduction order.
14. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein if during a reproduction operation by said operation block said operation block enters an instruction to write a further data in said memory, said control block interrupts the reproduction operation by said reproduction block and starts writing of the further data into said memory.
15. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein said control blocks rewrites said auxiliary data so that said further data written in said memory is read out from said memory continuously after the data whose reproduction has been interrupted by said reproduction bloc.
16. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said memory stores said entered data as divided into predetermined storage units and a management data for reading out an auxiliary data corresponding to each of said units of said entered data which management data is written in a position other than a start address and end address of each of said storage units.
17. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein said memory has a back-up area for writing a back-up data of said management data and when said management data cannot be read out, said control block reads out said management data stored in said back-up area of said memory.
18. A storage and reproducing apparatus comprising;
a memory for storing a data entered and a management data of said entered data;
a reproduction block for reproducing a data which is read out from said memory;
an operation block provided on an apparatus main body; and
a control block for executing write-in of a data and a management data and read-out of a data stored in said memory according to an input from said operation block, wherein said control block rewrites said management data so that a new data written in said memory is read out earlier than a data which has already been stored in said memory.
19. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein said management data includes a start address and end address of a data stored in said memory and a data indicating a reproduction order.
20. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein if an instruction to write a further data into said memory is entered by said operation block during a reproduction operation by said reproduction block, said control block interrupts the reproduction operation by said reproduction block and starts writing of the further data into said memory.
21. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein said control block rewrites said management data so that said further data written into said memory is read out from said memory continuously after said data whose reproduction has been interrupted.
22. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein said memory stores said entered data as divided into predetermined storage units and a further management data for reading out a management data corresponding to each of said units of said entered data, said further management data being written in a position other than a start address and end address of each of said storage units.
23. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein said memory has a back-up area for writing a back-up data of said further management data and when said management data cannot be read out, said control block reads out said management data stored in said back-up area of said memory.
24. A storage and reproducing apparatus comprising;
a memory for storing a data entered and a management data of said entered data;
a reproduction block for reproducing a data which is read out from said memory;
an operation block provided on an apparatus main body; and
a control block for executing write-in of a data and a management data and read-out of a data stored in said memory according to an input from said operation block, wherein if during a reproduction operation by said reproduction block an instruction to write a further data into said memory is entered by said operation block, said control block interrupts said reproduction operation and starts writing of the further data into said memory.
25. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein said control block rewrites said management data so that said further data written into said memory is read out from said memory continuously after said data whose reproduction has been interrupted.
26. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein said control block rewrites said management data so that a new data written in said memory is read out earlier than a data which has already been stored in said memory.
27. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein said management data includes a start address and end address of a data stored in said memory and a data indicating a reproduction order.
28. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein said memory stores said entered data as divided into predetermined storage units and a further management data for reading out a management data corresponding to each of said units of said entered data, said further management data being written in a position other than a start address and end address of each of said storage units.
29. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 28, wherein said memory has a back-up area for writing a back-up data of said further management data and when said management data cannot be read out, said control block reads out said management data stored in said back-up area of said memory.
30. A storage and reproducing apparatus comprising:
a signal processing block for converting a sound signal entered, into a digital signal;
a memory for storing a digital signal outputted from said signal processing block and a management data of said digital signal;
a reproduction block for reproducing a digital signal which is read out from said memory;
an operation block provided on an apparatus main body, said operation block has a rotary operation block provided on said apparatus main body in such a manner that said rotary operation block can be rotated around a rotation center and shifted along a plane which almost orthogonally intersects said rotation center; and
a control block for executing, according to an input from said operation block, write-in of a digital signal and a management data into said memory and read-out of a digital signal and a management data stored in said memory, wherein said control block reads out a management data from said memory according to a rotation direction of said rotary operation block and when said rotary operation block is shifted along said plane, said control block reads out a digital signal from said memory according to the management data which is read out from said memory.
31. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 30, wherein if said rotary operation block is shifted along said plane during a reproduction operation by said reproduction block, said control block interrupts the reproduction operation by said reproduction block.
32. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 30, wherein if said rotary operation block is in a shifted state along said plane for more than a predetermined period of time during a reproduction operation by said reproduction block, said control block repeatedly reproduces a data which is being reproduced by said reproduction block.
33. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 30, wherein if said rotary operation block is rotated in a shifted position after a reproduction by said reproduction block is started or while a reproduction is in progress, said control block executes a high speed reproduction of a data which is read out from said memory by said reproduction block, while said rotary operation block is in said shifted position along said plane.
34. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 33, wherein said control block switches said reproduction block to a normal reproduction state when said rotary operation block is released from said shifted position along said plane.
35. A storage and reproduction apparatus as claimed in claim 34, wherein if said rotary operation block is further in the shifted position for a predetermined period of time, said control block repeatedly reproduces a data which is being reproduced by said reproduction block and after this when said rotary operation block is shifted along said plane or rotated, said control block switches said reproduction block to a normal reproduction state.
36. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 30, wherein if said rotary operation block is shifted while said apparatus is in a stop state and in a shifted position for a predetermined time, said control block intermittently reads out a data stored in said memory so as to be reproduced by said reproduction block.
37. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 36, wherein if said rotary operation block is not in said shifted position for a predetermined period of time while said apparatus is in the stop state, said control block executes a normal reproduction by said reproduction block.
38. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 36, wherein if said rotary operation block s shifted along said plane while said data is intermittently read out to be reproduced by said reproduction block, said control block executes a normal reproduction by said reproduction block.
39. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 36, wherein if said rotary operation block is rotated while said data is intermittently read out to be reproduced by said reproduction block, said control block, according to a rotation amount of said rotary operation block, switches to another data to be read out from said memory and continues said intermittent data read-out and reproduction by said reproduction block.
40. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 30, said apparatus further comprising a display block for displaying an auxiliary data which is read out from said memory according to a rotation direction of said rotary operation block.
41. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 30, wherein said control block rewrite said management data so that a new data written into said memory is read out earlier than a data which has already been stored in said memory.
42. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 41, wherein said management data includes a start address and end address of a data stored in said memory and a data indicating a reproduction order.
43. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 30, wherein if an instruction to write a further data into said memory is entered by said operation block during a reproduction operation by said reproduction block, said control block interrupts the reproduction operation by said reproduction block and starts writing of the further data into said memory.
44. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 43, wherein said control block rewrites said management data so that said further data written into said memory is read out continuously after the data whose reproduction by said reproduction block has been interrupted.
45. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 30, wherein said memory stores said entered data as divided into predetermined storage units and a further management data for reading out a management data corresponding to each of said storage units of said entered data, said further management data being written at a position other than a start address and end address of each of said storage units.
46. A storage and reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 45, wherein said memory has a back-up area for writing a back-up data of said further management data and when said management data cannot be read out, said control block reads out the management data stored in said back-up area of said memory.