JP2001096617A - Laminating machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laminating machine in which even when an inscribing mode is selected erroneously when paper is laminated with the use of a magnetic sheet, a formed laminate is fed out normally without being retained inside. SOLUTION: A laminating machine has a paper supply part A for supplying paper P, a sheet supply part B for supplying a pair of adhesive sheets S1, S2 to laminate the paper P, a laminate treatment part C in which the paper P, while being held between the adhesive sheets S1, S2 and laminated, is fed out as a laminate R, a cutting part D for cutting the laminate R discharged from the treatment part C, and a magnetic sensor 67 for detecting a magnetic sheet when one of the sheets S1, S2 is the magnetic sheet. When it is detected by the sensor 67 that one of the sheets S1, S2 is the magnetic sheet, the cutting of the inside part of the paper p in the laminate R by the cutting part D is prohibited.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a laminating apparatus for laminating paper such as a manuscript and a card with a sheet such as a synthetic resin film.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Although this is an undisclosed stage, it does not become a prior art, but as this type of laminating apparatus, a patent application (Japanese Patent Application No. 11-71586) filed on Mar. 17, 1999 by the present applicant is disclosed. ) Are described in the specification. As shown in FIG. 9, the laminating apparatus supplies a paper supply unit I having a paper supply tray 71 for supplying paper P such as documents and cards, and a pair of adhesive sheets S for laminating the paper P. A sheet supply section II, a sheet processing section III for sandwiching the sheet P supplied from the sheet supply section I with the adhesive sheet S supplied from the sheet supply section II, and sending the laminated sheet while laminating the sheet P, and a sheet P sent out from the laminate section III. And a cutting section IV for cutting a laminate (a sheet P obtained by laminating sheets of paper P).

A sheet cassette 7 containing a pair of sheet rolls SR ₁ and SR _{2 around} which a long adhesive sheet S for laminating a sheet P is wound is provided in the sheet supply section II.
2 is adapted to be mounted, this is the sheet cassette 72, provided the paper insertion port 72a for inserting a sheet P supplied from the sheet supply unit I between the pair of sheet rolls SR _1, SR ₂ And the paper insertion slot 72
An outlet 72b for extracting the adhesive sheet S from the pair of sheet rolls SR ₁ and SR ₂ is provided so as to sandwich the sheet P inserted from a.

The laminating section III pulls out the adhesive sheet S from a pair of sheet rolls SR ₁ and SR ₂ stored in a sheet cassette 72 mounted on the sheet supply section II, and removes the adhesive sheet S between the pulled-out adhesive sheets S. Is provided with a pair of laminating rollers 73a and 73b for sandwiching the paper P supplied from the paper supply unit I into one of the laminating rollers 73a.
Are driven to rotate by a drive motor (not shown). Accordingly, when one of the lamination rollers 73a is driven to rotate, the paper P supplied from the paper
Are laminated by a pair of adhesive sheets S pulled out from the sheet cassette 72, and are sent out as a laminate R.

The cutting section IV includes a horizontal cutter blade 74a for cutting the laminate R sent from the laminating section III in a direction (width direction) perpendicular to the sending direction and a laminate R along the sending direction. Vertical cutter blade 74b for cutting
And as shown by a dashed line in FIG.
The outer cutting mode in which the laminate R is cut at the outer portion of the sheet P, or the inner cutting mode in which the laminate R is cut at the inner portion of the sheet P as shown by a dashed line in FIG. The stacked body R is cut based on one of the cutting modes selected in advance.

[0006]

By the way, as the laminate R formed by the laminating apparatus 70 as described above, one of the adhesive sheets S on which the paper P is laminated so that it can be attracted and held on a magnetic material. as you may use a magnet sheet, in which case the sheet cassette 72 to the sheet roll SR ₂ wound is built is mounted a magnet sheet.

However, since the thickness of the magnet sheet is generally large, when the inner cutting mode as shown in FIG. 10B is selected, the horizontal cutter blade 74a and the vertical Cutter blade 74
When the inner portion of the sheet P in the laminated body R is cut by b, for example, the horizontal cutter blade 74a may stop in the middle of cutting due to insufficient torque of the drive motor of the horizontal cutter blade 74a. When the laminate R is sent out, the laminate R may be caught in the horizontal cutter blade 74a, not conveyed, and jammed in the laminating apparatus 70. Further, the vertical cutter blade 74b is provided with the laminate R
When the laminated body R is sent while the laminated body R is pierced, the drive motor of the laminated roller 73a that sends out the laminated body R loses synchronism due to insufficient torque, and the laminated body R is normally removed. There is a problem that it cannot be sent out.

For this reason, in the conventional laminating apparatus 70, it has been described in an instruction manual or the like that the inner cutting mode cannot be selected when a magnet sheet is used. Since it was possible to mount the sheet cassette 72 and perform the laminating process by selecting the inner cut mode, the formed laminate R was clogged in the laminating apparatus 70 due to such an operation error of the user. Problems such as not being able to send out normally occurred frequently.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a laminating apparatus in which, when laminating sheets using a magnet sheet, the formed laminate is normally fed without clogging inside even if the inner cut mode is selected by mistake. It is intended to provide.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a laminating apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a sheet supply unit for supplying sheets and a pair of sheets for laminating the sheets. A sheet supply unit for supplying a sheet, a lamination processing unit for sandwiching the sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit between a pair of the sheets supplied from the sheet supply unit and sending the laminated sheet while laminating; A cutting unit that cuts the laminate sent from the processing unit, and when one of the supplied sheets is a magnet sheet, includes a sheet type detection unit that detects this, and the sheet type detection unit If it is detected that one of the sheets is a magnet sheet, the sheet is located in front of the inner side of the sheet in the laminate. It is characterized by prohibiting the cutting by the cutting unit. Note that the “paper” here is not limited to one formed by paper, but also includes a sheet-like one formed by various materials such as metal and synthetic resin.

In the laminating apparatus configured as described above, when laminating a sheet using a magnet sheet, the user erroneously sets an inner cutting mode (a mode in which the laminate is cut at an inner portion of the sheet). Even if it is selected, the sheet type detecting means reliably detects the magnet sheet,
Since the cutting section inhibits cutting of the inner side of the paper in the laminate, the formed laminate is normally sent out,
It is possible to prevent a state in which the laminate is clogged in the laminating apparatus, or a state in which sheets, paper, and the laminate cannot be normally sent out.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the laminating apparatus according to the second aspect, the sheet type detecting means is a magnetic sensor installed on the upstream side of the cutting section in the sending direction of the laminate. In the case where one of the sheets for laminating the paper is a magnet sheet, this can be reliably detected by the magnetic sensor, so that the clogging of the laminate due to a user's operation error is surely prevented. Can be prevented.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when one of the sheets is detected as a magnet sheet by the sheet type detection means, an inner portion of the sheet in the laminate is provided. If there is a notification means that notifies that the disconnection of
Since the user can be immediately made aware of the operation error, there is an effect that the user does not repeatedly perform the same erroneous operation.

[0014]

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 2, the laminating apparatus 1 includes a paper supply unit A for supplying paper P such as cards and documents, and a sheet supply unit B for supplying a pair of adhesive sheets S1 and S2 for laminating the paper P. And a laminating section C for sandwiching the sheet P supplied from the sheet supplying section A between a pair of adhesive sheets S1 and S2 supplied from the sheet supplying section B and sending the laminated sheet R while laminating the sheet P; A cutting section D for cutting the stacked body R sent from the cutting section D, and a discharge section E for discharging the stacked body R cut by the cutting section D to the outside, are openable and closable as shown in FIG. The exterior cover 2 having the lid cover 2a is provided with an operation panel 3 for instructing various operations.

The operation panel 3 is, as shown in FIG.
A power switch 3a for turning on / off the power, a manual cutting button 3b for instructing the cutting unit D to execute a cutting operation for the formed laminate R, a sheet P, an adhesive sheet S1,
S2 and a manual transport button 3c for instructing execution of the sending operation of the laminate R, a start / stop button 3d for instructing start / stop of an automatic creation mode for automatically creating the laminate R from the paper P, and a cutting mode are selected. And a cutting mode selection switch 3e for performing a cutting mode selection switch 3e. The cutting mode selection switch 3e cuts the formed laminate R at an outer portion of the sheet P (see FIG. 10A).
One of three cutting modes is selected: an inner cutting mode in which the laminate R is cut at the inner portion of the sheet P (see FIG. 10B), and a non-cutting mode in which the laminate P is not cut along the sending direction. You can do it.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the paper supply section A has a paper supply tray 11 on which paper P to be supplied is placed, and a paper tray placed on the paper supply tray 11. P in the X direction (the laminate R
The paper guide 12 is positioned in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction of the paper feeder B, and a pair of paper feed rollers 13 and 14 for feeding the paper P placed on the paper feed tray 11 to the sheet feeding unit B are provided. The paper roller 14 is driven to rotate by a drive motor (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 2, the sheet feeding section B has a sheet cassette 20 containing an adhesive sheet S1 laminated on the upper surface of the paper P and an adhesive sheet S2 laminated on the lower surface of the paper P, respectively. As shown in FIG. 4, the sheet cassette 20 has a sheet cassette housing portion 4 which can be opened and closed by a lid cover 2a.
So that it can be detachably accommodated.

The sheet cassette 20 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet rolls 21 and 22 in which the long strip-shaped pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets S1 and S2 are respectively wound into rolls.
And a housing 23 that rotatably supports the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet rolls 21 and 22, respectively. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets S1 and S2 fed from the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets S1 and S2 are separated from each other. They are supported by the housing 23 so as to face each other.

As shown in FIG. 6, a supported adhesive sheet roll 21 and an adhesive sheet roll 22
And a sheet insertion port 23a for feeding the sheet P between the sheet processing section and the sheet P fed from the sheet insertion port 23a, together with the adhesive sheets S1 and S2 fed from the adhesive sheet rolls 21 and 22, respectively, and the laminating section C And a pair of upper and lower shutters 24 for opening and closing the outlet 23b are provided in the outlet 23b. When the sheet cassette 20 is mounted on the sheet supply unit B, the sheet insertion slot 2 is provided so that the sheet P supplied from the sheet feed tray 11 is smoothly fed into the sheet cassette 20.
3a is provided in the housing 23 so as to be located on an extension of the supply path of the paper P (see FIG. 2).

The shutter 24 is connected to the sheet cassette 2
5 is not attached to the sheet supply unit B, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the sheet outlet 20 is covered, but in a state where the sheet cassette 20 is mounted in the sheet supply section B, as shown in FIG. In a state where the outlet 24b is closed by the shutter 24, that is, in a state where the shutter 24 is closed, as shown in FIG. 5, the adhesive sheets S adhered to each other.
1, the shutter 24 so that the tip of S2 faces downward.
Sandwich the adhesive sheets S1 and S2.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the housing 23 has a pair of upper and lower guide plates forming a guide path for guiding the sheet P fed from the sheet insertion opening 23a to the outlet 23b. 25a and 25b are provided so as to extend from the paper insertion opening 23a toward the outlet 23b, and the paper P sent from the paper insertion opening 23a is
By 5a and 25b, it is ensured to be guided to the delivery port 23b.

The adhesive sheets S1 and S2 housed in the sheet cassette 20 are usually formed of a synthetic resin sheet such as polyethylene terephthalate. One of the adhesive sheets S1 and S2 is made of a magnet having magnetism. The laminate R is formed by a sheet.
Can be adsorbed and held on a magnetic material such as a metal plate.

The laminating section C has the structure shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 6, the sheet P fed between the adhesive sheet S1 and the adhesive sheet S2 supplied from the sheet cassette 20 mounted on the sheet supply unit B is pinched together with the adhesive sheets S1 and S2. A pair of upper and lower laminated rollers 30 to be sent out is provided, and the laminated rollers 30 are
The nipping position is supported so as to face the outlet 23b of the sheet cassette 20 mounted on the sheet supply unit B.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the sheet cassette 20 is mounted on the sheet supply section B, the laminating roller 30 sticks the adhesive sheet S1 that is obliquely projected downward from the sheet cassette 20 while being adhered to each other. , S2, the upper roller 31 supported to be retractable upward by a release mechanism (not shown) so as to be easily pinched.
And a lower roller 32 fixedly installed. The lower roller 32 is rotated by driving means such as a motor (not shown).

Accordingly, the sheet P sandwiched between the adhesive sheets S1 and S2 supplied from the sheet cassette 20 is
By sending the paper P while nipping it by the lamination roller 30, a laminate R in which the paper P is laminated by the adhesive sheets S1 and S2 is obtained.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the cutting section D has a horizontal cutting mechanism for cutting the laminate R sent from the laminating section C in the X direction, and the lamination R in the feeding direction. A vertical cutting mechanism for cutting in a certain Y direction is provided, and a cutting position by the horizontal cutting mechanism and the vertical cutting mechanism is set based on the cutting mode selected by the above-described cutting mode selection switch 3e. It has become.

The horizontal cutting mechanism comprises a disk-shaped horizontal cutter blade 41 movably supported in the X direction and driving means (not shown) such as a motor for moving the horizontal cutter blade 41 in the X direction. The cutting position of the laminated body R set based on the selected cutting mode is
At the time of reaching the installation position 1, the stack R is cut in the width direction by moving the horizontal cutter blade 41 in the X direction by the driving means.

The vertical cutting mechanism comprises a pair of vertical cutter blades 42 capable of piercing the laminate R between the laminating section C and the horizontal cutting mechanism, and piercing or piercing the vertical cutter blades 42 into the laminate R. A lifting mechanism (not shown) for raising and lowering the vertical cutter blade 42 is provided to pull out the vertical cutter blade 42 from the laminate R. The vertical cutter blade 42 is lowered by the lifting mechanism to the laminate R. When the stacked body R is sent out in a piercing state, the stacked body R is cut along the sending direction. The cutting position is set based on the selected cutting mode.

As shown in FIG. 2, the discharge section E is provided with a pair of discharge rollers 51 and 52 for sandwiching and sending out the laminated body R cut by the cutting section D. The laminate R is discharged to the outside of the laminating apparatus 1 by the rotation of the 51 by a drive motor (not shown).

Hereinafter, a control system of the laminating apparatus 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the laminating apparatus 1 instructs operations of various constituent elements to be executed when the laminate R is automatically created in the automatic creation mode designated by the start / stop button 3d of the operation panel 3. ROM 61 storing various programs such as a stack forming processing program to be performed, a drive motor 62 for driving the paper feed roller 14, the lower roller (lamination roller 30) 32, the paper discharge roller 51, and the like. A speaker 63 that sounds to the user when receiving an input or the like, and informs the user to that effect, and an LED 64 that lights or blinks when various errors or various inputs are received to notify the user to that effect. And the paper sensor 65 for detecting the presence or absence and the width of the paper P, and the size of the sheet cassette 20 (the width of the adhesive sheets S1 and S2). That, the cassette identifying sensor 66 disposed in the sheet cassette receiving portion 4 (Fig. 7
) And a magnetic sensor 6 including a Hall element or the like for detecting when one of the adhesive sheets S1 and S2 stored in the sheet cassette 20 is a magnet sheet.
7 and a CPU 68 for comprehensively controlling these switches. Each switch of the operation panel 3, ROM 61, drive motor 62, speaker 63, LED 64, paper sensor 6
5. The cassette identification sensor 66 and the magnetic sensor 67 are connected to the CPU 68 via the bus 69.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the paper sensor 65 is in a state where one vertical cutter blade 42 is attached to the rear end of the arm member 43 movable in the X direction and attached to the front end. The paper P is moved in the X direction together with the arm member 43 so that the paper P
The presence or absence and the width thereof are detected.

As shown in FIG. 2, the magnetic sensor 67 is disposed between the laminating section C and the cutting section D, that is, between the laminating roller 30 and the vertical cutter blade 42.
As shown in FIG. 6, when a new sheet cassette 20 is accommodated in the sheet cassette accommodating section 4, the front ends of the adhesive sheets S1 and S2 adhered to each other are in a state of being close to the magnetic sensor 67 and are attached. It is possible to detect whether or not a magnet sheet is stored in the sheet cassette 20.

The laminating apparatus 1 configured as described above
When the laminated body R is formed by using the sheet cassette 20, a predetermined sheet cassette 20 is first mounted in the sheet cassette housing portion 4, but the mounted sheet cassette 20 contains the magnet sheet. Is the magnetic sensor 67
10 is detected, the CPU 68 inhibits the inner cutting mode even when the cutting mode selection switch 3e of the operation panel 3 selects the inner cutting mode as shown in FIG. (A) is forcibly switched to the outside cutting mode, and the horizontal cutter blade 41 and the vertical cutter blade 42 described above are formed of a three-layer stack of the thick adhesive sheets S1, S2 and the paper P. The parts are not cut off.

When the internal cutting mode selected by the user is prohibited and the external cutting mode is forcibly switched, the speaker 63 sounds and the LED 64 is turned off.
Is turned on / flashed to notify the user that the disconnection mode has been selected by mistake and that the internal disconnection mode has been inhibited and the external disconnection mode has been forcibly switched. In addition,
Even when the magnet sheet is detected by the magnetic sensor 67, if the user correctly selects the outside cutting mode or the non-cutting mode, the horizontal cutter blade 41 and the vertical cutter blade 42 are selected based on the selected cutting mode. The cutting position is set.

After the appropriate cutting mode is set based on the sheet cassette 20 mounted and the cutting mode selected by the user, the presence or absence of the sheet P detected by the sheet sensor 65 and the sheet P Sheets S1, S detected by the cassette width and the cassette identification sensor 66
The CPU 68 controls the drive of the drive motor 62 for driving the paper feed roller 14, the laminating roller 30 (lower roller 32), the paper discharge roller 51, etc. By controlling the driving of the horizontal cutter blade 41 and the vertical cutter blade 42, the supplied sheet P is supplied from the sheet cassette 20 to the adhesive sheet S1,
The laminate R laminated by S2 and cut properly is formed.

As described above, in the laminating apparatus 1, even if the user mistakenly selects the inner cut mode when laminating the paper P using a magnet sheet having a large thickness, the laminating apparatus 1 has a built-in laminating apparatus. Since the magnetic sensor 67 reliably detects the magnet sheet and prohibits the cutting of the inner portion of the sheet P in the laminate R, the inner cutting device erroneously selected by the user as in the conventional laminating apparatus. The cutting unit D does not cut the stacked body R based on the mode, and thus it is possible to prevent the stacked body R from being clogged or stepping out of the drive motor or the like.

In the above-described embodiment, when the magnet sheet is accommodated and the inside cutting mode is selected, the inside cutting mode is prohibited and the mode is forcibly switched to the outside cutting mode. However, it may be configured to prohibit the internal cutting mode and forcibly switch to the non-cutting mode.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the magnetic sheet accommodated in the sheet cassette 20 is detected by a magnetic sensor such as a Hall element. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
By providing a marking indicating that the magnet sheet is stored in the housing 23 of No. 0 and providing a sheet type detecting means capable of recognizing the marking, the magnet sheet stored in the sheet cassette 20 can be detected. It is possible.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where both sheets on which the paper P is laminated are the adhesive sheets S1 and S2 has been described. However, the sheets on which the paper P is laminated need not be both adhesive sheets. It is also possible to use an adhesive sheet as one of the sheets and a non-adhesive sheet as the other sheet. Also,
By using a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having release paper adhered to the outer surface as either one of the sheets, it is possible to form a laminate R that can be adhered to an arbitrary surface such as a sticker.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the vertical cutter blade 42 cuts the formed laminate R along the sending direction, but the present invention employs such a vertical cutter blade 42. The present invention is not limited to a laminating apparatus having the laminating apparatus, but may be applied to a laminating apparatus having only the horizontal cutter blade 41.

In the embodiment described above, when the paper P is laminated with a thick magnet sheet, the magnet sheet is detected by the magnetic sensor 67 and the formed laminate is forcibly cut in the outside cutting mode. However, it is also possible to detect the type, thickness, hardness, and the like of the sheet on which the paper P is laminated, and set the cutting mode based on these factors.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a laminating apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an internal structure of the laminating apparatus according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an operation panel in the laminating apparatus of the above.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a lid cover in the laminating apparatus is opened.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a sheet cassette mounted on the laminating apparatus according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a state in which the sheet cassette is mounted on a laminating apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a schematic top view showing the periphery of the sheet cassette accommodating portion of the laminating apparatus with the sheet cassette removed.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a control system in the laminating apparatus of the above.

FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of a laminating apparatus.

FIG. 10A is an explanatory diagram for explaining an outside cutting mode, and FIG. 10B is an explanatory diagram for explaining an inside cutting mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Laminating apparatus 20 Sheet cassette 30 Laminating roller 41 Horizontal cutter blade 42 Vertical cutter blade 63 Speaker (notification means) 64 LED (notification means) 67 Magnetic sensor (sheet type detection means) A Paper supply section B Sheet supply section C Laminating section D Cutting part E Discharge part S1, S2 Adhesive sheet (sheet) P Paper R Laminate

Claims (3)

[Claims] A sheet supply unit for supplying a sheet; a sheet supply unit for supplying a pair of sheets for laminating the sheet; and a sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit supplied from the sheet supply unit. A laminating section for sandwiching and laminating between the pair of the sheets and sending the laminate as a laminate, a cutting section for cutting the laminate sent from the laminating section, and one of the supplied sheets is a magnet sheet. In some cases, the sheet type detection means for detecting this, when one of the sheets is detected as a magnet sheet by the sheet type detection means, the inner portion of the sheet in the laminate in the sheet A laminating apparatus characterized in that cutting by the cutting section is prohibited. 2. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sheet type detecting means is a magnetic sensor installed on the upstream side of the cutting section in the direction of sending out the laminate. 3. A notifying means for notifying that cutting of an inner portion of the sheet in the laminate is prohibited when one of the sheets is a magnet sheet detected by the sheet type detecting means. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: