摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a punch chip receiving port of a punch chip receiving tank small by opening a cover of a punch chip housing means by a recovering means in a condition where a punching machine is positioned in a home position, and constituting so as to close the cover in a condition where the punching machine moves to a punching position. SOLUTION: An opening-closing cover 380 of a hopper 372 to temporarily store punch chips is opened by an opening-closing operation lever 393 in a condition where a frame body 342 mounted with a punching machine 355 is positioned in a home position. The opening-closing cover 380 is closed by coming off of contact of the opening-closing operation lever 393 in a condition where the frame body 342 comes off the home position and moves to a punching position. With such constitution, punch chips generated by performing punching processing on a booklet of transfer paper, are once temporarily stored in the hopper 372 to move by being accompanied by the frame body 342, and are automatically transferred to a punch chip recovering tank 390 from the hopper 372 when the frame body 342 returns to the home position.</p> |