JPH10203046A - Apparatus for affixing cover to paper sheet block of book - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out bookbinding of a book having support pieces at a high speed by affixing support pieces consisting of narrow strip-like sheets automati cally and manufacturing a support piece-attached cover prior to affixing a cover to the paper sheet block in a bookbinding line for affixing a cover to the paper sheet block being a main body of the book. SOLUTION: The apparatus includes a support piece setting device 10 for affixing support pieces onto the cover portion to be affixed on the back portion of a paper sheet block prior to affixing the cover to the paper sheet block, and the device 10 includes a claw-furnished conveyor 11 having a transportation surface provided slantly on a cover conveyor and supporting the support pieces to be moved by claw pushing operation, or a rotation drum for sucking the support pieces at the outer peripheral surface and contacting with the cover on the conveyor via the support pieces, and a device 12 for pasting up the cover for affixing the support pieces to the cover.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet block, which is the main body of a book such as a book, that is, a coverless sheet in a state before a cover is attached, in which a strip-shaped support piece is interposed between the back and the cover. The present invention relates to a bookbinding apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus for attaching a cover with a support piece to the sheet block.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, in order to prevent the book from being forcedly opened and to facilitate the book opening, a support piece made of a strip-shaped cloth or the like is placed between the spine on the binding side of the book sheet block and the cover. When the book was opened, the back of the sheet block was separated from the cover. To produce such a book, as shown in, for example, JP-A-55-152095 and JP-B-4-24240, a support piece is attached to the back of a paper sheet block, and then a cover is attached to the back. Made by sticking.

[0003] In particular, when a cover with a support piece is used in which a support piece is attached to the center of the back surface of the cover, that is, the portion of the cover to which the back of the sheet block is attached, conventionally, such a cover with a support piece is semi-automatic including manual work. Made on line.
For example, the support piece is manually placed at a predetermined time interval by a conveyor, with the front end aligned with a cover sheet sent with a glue (adhesive) attached to a predetermined position where the support piece is placed with the back side facing upward. Made by stacking on. Since it was attached to the back of the sheet block, in addition to the bookbinding device for attaching the cover to the sheet block, a line for manufacturing a cover with supporting pieces was required, and thus the following problems were encountered.

[0004]

As described above, in the prior art, in the case of using a cover with support pieces, the support pieces are manually overlapped on the cover to prepare the cover. It is not easy to align the rear ends accurately, and there is a variation in the finish. This requires human labor, has a problem in work efficiency, and cannot be adapted to speeding up bookbinding work. In addition, there is a problem that the material is wasted if the support piece is not accurately placed on the cover.

[0005] Further, apart from the bookbinding line for gluing the cover to the sheet block, it is necessary to provide a semi-automatic line for making a cover with a support piece, so that the space occupied by the apparatus is required to be relatively large, and the equipment cost is increased. There was a problem that it became disadvantageous.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. Therefore, in the same bookbinding line, the cover is automatically supported on the cover before the cover is attached to the sheet block. An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for attaching a piece of book to a sheet block, which makes it possible to prepare a cover with a support piece by attaching pieces to the book, and which can match the speed of bookbinding.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object of the present invention, an apparatus for attaching a book to a paper sheet block according to the present invention is provided on a glued back of a paper sheet block held on a conveyor. In a device for attaching a cover sent at a predetermined timing to a sheet block by a conveyor, a strip-shaped sheet is attached to a portion of the cover attached to the back of the sheet block before the cover is attached to the sheet block. A support piece setting device for attaching a support piece, the support piece setting device is provided with a conveying surface inclined on the conveyor, and a conveyor with claws that supports the support pieces and moves by pushing with a claw; A gluing device for applying an adhesive to the cover on the conveyor before the support piece is overlaid on the cover, wherein the support piece is attached to a predetermined position of the cover by the adhesive after the support piece is attached to the cover. Katazuki cover is adapted to be glued to the back of the paper block.

Preferably, the supporting piece comprises a tape piece cut to a predetermined length, and the supporting piece setting device includes a cover sheet provided with an adhesive and a supporting piece superposed thereon. Includes pinch rollers for pinching. In a preferred aspect, the conveyor with claws of the support piece installation device has a guide for guiding both sides of the support piece and means for holding the support piece so that the longitudinal direction of the support piece is sent in a straight state, and A slide table for supporting the support piece is provided. More preferably, a scoring device is installed connected to the conveyor for scoring the cover before or after the support piece is attached to the cover.

In another aspect of the present invention, the support piece installation device sucks the support piece on the outer peripheral surface and contacts the cover on the conveyor via the support piece, and the support piece is provided on the cover. Includes a sizing device that applies adhesive to the cover on the conveyor before being stacked. Preferably, the supporting piece comprises a tape piece, and further, a cutter for cutting the tape unwound from the reel into a predetermined length, and a tape unwound from the reel and passed through the cutter. And a tape guide having a pinch roller for feeding the drum.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 generally illustrates a preferred form of a sheet block covering apparatus according to the present invention. As shown, the apparatus basically includes a sheet block A along this line. A transport device 1 for moving the
A gluing device 2 for gluing the back of a sheet block on the binding side of a book, a cover feeder 3 for supplying a cover B to a line, a conveyor 4 for transporting the cover, and a strip-shaped support piece B
1 includes a support strip locating device 10 for feeding and adhering 1 onto a cover on a conveyor 4. Further, if necessary, a gulling device 5, a creasing device 6, a backing device 7, and the like are included. In the drawing, reference numeral 8 denotes a holding device (binder) for the sheet block.
Is a device for cooling and transporting bookbinding.

The support piece B1 is interposed between the back of the sheet block and the cover, and is formed in a strip shape.
It is preferably made of cloth, durable paper, crepe band, etc., and is made of a slightly rigid, flexible tape,
More preferably, as described below, it is constituted by a tape piece cut to a predetermined length.

The transport device 1 is often constituted by a chain conveyor and provided with holding members 8 at appropriate intervals. As shown in FIG. 2, the paper sheet block A is held by the transport device 1 by being clamped by the clamps 8, and is sequentially transported. First, the paper sheet block A is sent to a gulling device 5 composed of a rotary cutter or the like, where the back of the paper sheet block is scratched, and then sent to a sizing device 2 where glue such as hot melt glue is applied. It is applied to the back. As shown in FIG. 2, the glued paper block is placed on a cover B with support pieces sent at a predetermined timing by the conveyor 4.
The glued paper block is attached so that the back of the glued paper block coincides with the support piece B1.

As shown schematically in FIG.
A container containing a paste and a paste roller 2a;
The glue is glued to the back of the paper sheet block and both side edges thereof. The conveyor 4 for transporting the cover comprises a chain conveyor having pawls 4a for pressing the rear end of the cover at appropriate intervals, and guides 4b and 4c for guiding the both sides of the cover by loosely sandwiching both side edges thereof. Is done. At an appropriate position on the conveyor 4, there is a sensor 4d for detecting the presence of a cover. It should be noted that the conveyor 4 may be another type of conveyor such as a slat conveyor.

When the cover is attached to the back of the sheet block, it is conveyed to the backing device 7, where the back and the side edges near the back are clamped and formed. Next, the sheet is released from the binder and transferred to the transfer device 9, where it is cooled.
The three sides of the fore edge are cut and completed as bookbinding.

In the bookbinding line consisting of these series of steps, the processing devices other than the support piece setting device 10, that is, the conveying device 1, the gluing device 2, the gulling device 5, and the like may be the same as the conventional one. . The feature of this apparatus according to the present invention resides in that the support piece installing apparatus 10 is installed in such a bookbinding line so that the support piece B1 is attached to the cover B before the cover is attached to the sheet block. .

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the support piece installation apparatus 10 includes a conveyor 11 with a claw for transporting a support piece having a transport surface that is provided to be inclined above the cover conveyor 4.
And a gluing device 12 for applying a glue (adhesive) to the cover on the conveyor 4 to attach the support to the cover, and if necessary, to form the support as a tape. A reel 13 for supporting the tape, and a slide table 14 for supporting the tape piece B1 below the conveyor 11 with the claws.

As shown in FIG. 5, the conveyor 11 with the claws of the support piece setting device 10 comprises an endless chain 15 and claws 16 attached at appropriate positions. -Move the piece B1. The pawl conveyor 11 and the intermediate conveyor 28 described below receive their power from the conveyor 4 via a chain 17 (FIG. 3) in order to match the timing with the cover sent by the conveyor 4. An actuating device for adjusting the phase with respect to the conveyor 4 is provided on the drive sprocket 18 of the conveyor 11 with claws.

As shown in FIG. 6, the slide table 14 is preferably blown with air as a holding means or its width is curved so that the tape piece can be fed straight in the longitudinal direction. Supported in state. When blowing air, a series of air nozzles 19 are provided above. 20 is an air pipe of those air nozzles.
Guides 21 are provided on both sides of the slide table 14 and project upward at substantially right angles so as to guide both sides of the tape piece. The space between the guides 21 is slightly larger than the width of the tape piece. There is a slit or groove 22 along the center line of the slide table 14, and the claw 16 moves at that position while pushing the tape piece.

As a means for keeping the tape piece straight, the width of the tape piece is bent so that the center of the cross section of the slide table 14 is lowered as shown in FIG. It may be formed in a curved shape, and holding portions 23 for receiving the side portions of the tape piece may be provided on both sides. In this case, a suppressing portion 24 for preventing the tape piece from floating is provided.

The gluing device 12 for gluing the tape pieces on the cover is provided at a predetermined position on the back side of the cover on the conveyor 4 so that the tape pieces are attached to the predetermined position of the cover. Gluing and preferably serving to apply two or four strips of adhesive to the back surface, so that at least one pair of glue discharges is provided above and adjacent to the conveyor 4 as shown in FIG. Nozzle. As this adhesive, for example, hot melt glue is used.

In a preferred form of the apparatus, tape pieces obtained by cutting the tape T to a predetermined length are successively attached to the cover, so that the tape of the reel 13 is formed. As shown in FIG.
Sent to 6. The pinch roller 25 includes, for example, a rack that reciprocates linearly over a predetermined distance via a crankshaft and a pinion that meshes with the rack. When the pinch roller 25 is installed coaxially with the pinion, a tape of a predetermined length is sent out. It is. Reference numeral 27 denotes an idler engaged with the pinch roller 25. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
And a cutter 26, there is provided an intermediate conveyor 28 having a conveying surface on the same line as the conveying surface of the pawl conveyor 11, which is preferably a belt conveyor, on which a series of Is placed.

When a tape of a predetermined length is sent out by the pinch roller 25, the cutter 26 is operated by an appropriate sensor or in conjunction with a member of the pinch roller 25,
The tape is cut. The tape pieces of a predetermined length cut by the cutter 26 are sent to the conveyor 28, and then sent to the conveyor with claws 11 by the conveyor. The tape end cut by the cutter is supported by a guide or the like between the cutter 26 and the pinch roller 25, and the next tape.
Conveyor 2 through cutter 26 by feeding
8 is introduced.

The tape B1 sent out by the conveyor 11 with claws is superimposed on the cover so that the front end thereof coincides with the cover B sent by the conveyor 4 thereunder. Since the adhesive is applied by the sizing device 12, the adhesive is completely adhered by passing through the position of the pinch roller 30 after being stacked. The tape piece and the cover may have their rear ends matched instead of their front ends.
In addition, the attachment of the tape piece and the cover may be performed by applying pressure when attaching the cover to the sheet block without depending on the pinch roller 30.

It is preferable to match the front end or the rear end of the tape with the front end or the rear end of the tape by adjusting the timing of the pawl 4a of the conveyor 4 and the pawl 16 of the conveyor 11 with pawls, thereby enabling a simple mechanism. However, the timing is also possible with other mechanisms, such as sensors and controllers.

Therefore, this device includes a support piece installation device 10.
Is provided, the tape T unwound from the reel 13 is cut by the cutter 26, and the tape piece cut to a predetermined length is introduced into the conveyor 28. Is transferred to the conveyor 11 and the claws 16 of the conveyor 11 with claws.
Then, the tape piece is moved, the front end is aligned on the cover on the conveyor 4 and the tape piece is overlapped, and the tape is pressed by passing through the pinch roller 30 to complete the gluing, thereby forming a cover with a support piece. I do. The back of the sheet block A is attached to the cover with support pieces formed in this manner, and then formed by the backing device 7.

The cover feeder 3 for supplying the cover to the conveyor 4 may be of an elevator type in which the horizontally stacked covers are sequentially sucked and sent from the topmost one. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 3, a cover feeder 3 having a support base 31 for storing and supporting a large number of covers in an upright state is used. In this case, cover feeder 3
From the front of the cover supported by the support base 31
A suction cup 32 for sucking each sheet by vacuum is provided, and a holding member such as a protruding piece that suppresses the second and subsequent covers when the front cover B is sucked is provided above the support base 31. Further, a gripper attached to the rotating cam 33 is provided, and the cover sucked by the suction cup 32 is sandwiched between the gripper at a predetermined timing with the conveyor 4, and is supplied to the conveyor 4 by rotation of the cam 33. ing.

By using the cover feeder 3 having the support base 31 for supporting the cover in an upright state as described above,
In the case of feeding from the top of the cover placed in a stack, the operation of the entire device must be temporarily stopped when refilling the cover, but there is no need to stop such, There is the advantage that it can be operated continuously.

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In some cases, instead of the above-described support piece installation apparatus 10,
As shown in FIG. 8, a support piece installation device 10 'including a rotary drum 35 and a gluing device 12' which plays the same role as the gluing device 12 is used to similarly attach the support piece on the cover. Also in this case, before the cover is attached to the sheet block, the support piece is overlapped by the drum 35 on the upward rear surface of the cover to which the adhesive is attached by the gluing device 12 ', and is attached.

The drum 35 sucks the support piece on the outer peripheral surface and comes into contact with the cover on the conveyor 4 via the support piece. The drum is circular in the illustrated example, but has a fan shape if desired. It may be a drum, and at least a part of its outer peripheral surface has an appropriate number of suction holes 35a communicating with a vacuum source. The supply of the support pieces to the drum 35 is performed by an appropriate device, and for example, can be performed by the above-described claw conveyor 11. Preferably, the support piece comprises a tape piece, in which case, as a tape piece supply device,
A reel 13 'for storing the tape, a cutter 26' for cutting the tape T unwound from the reel into a predetermined length,
A pinch roller 25 'and a tape guide 36 having an appropriate number of guide rollers are provided.

Therefore, in the apparatus shown in FIG.
The tape is unwound from the reel through the cutter 26 'by 5', the tape is cut to a predetermined length by the cutter, and the support piece as the tape piece is cut through the tape guide 36. The drum is sent to a drum 35, which is provided with a suction hole
The drum makes contact with the glued back surface of the cover, which is sent at a predetermined timing by the conveyor 4 with respect to the rotation of the drum 35, via the support piece, and a predetermined position on the back surface. Attach the support piece to the. The back of the paper sheet block is glued on the cover with the support piece formed in this way, and is fastened with a backing device.

As shown in FIG. 1, if desired, a creasing device 6 is installed in this bookbinding line, and one or two strips are provided on both sides of the back of the cover before the support pieces B1 are attached.
It is configured to be able to score the streaks, and the scoring is performed when the cover is relatively thick or hard. FIG. 9 shows an example of the creasing device 6. In this example, two pairs of creasing rolls 37a, 37b, which fit each other, are used.
Two sets of assemblies including 37c and 37d are installed at the same level, and the cover A is passed through this creasing device to form a pair of streaks a on both sides of the back of the cover as shown in FIG. , B. In FIG. 9, reference numeral 38 denotes a rubber roll, and reference numeral 39 denotes a creasing strength adjusting nut.

In the case shown in the figure, when the cover is scored, the cover is glued by the gluing device 12 after the score is scored, and the support piece B1 is attached to the cover by the support piece setting device 10. Next, as shown in (b) of FIG. 10, the paper sheet block A is placed on the cover with the support piece, and is formed by the backing device 7, whereby the streaks a and b are formed as shown in (c) of FIG. And can be easily folded. The scoring may be performed after the support piece is attached to the cover or after the cover is attached to the back of the sheet block.

[0033]

As described above, in the apparatus of the present invention, since the supporting piece setting device is incorporated in the line for attaching the cover to the sheet block, the cover with supporting pieces can be automatically formed in the line. Therefore, there is no need to separately provide a line for creating a cover with a support piece, and a book in which a support piece is interposed between the back of the sheet block and the cover can be manufactured at high speed in the same manner as that without using the support piece, and It can be manufactured cost-effectively.

When the supporting piece interposed between the back of the sheet block and the cover is formed by a tape piece of a predetermined length, the supporting piece can be made from a tape wound on a reel. The creation of the cover with support pieces can be suitably automated, and the support piece installation device can be easily incorporated into the bookbinding line.

Immediately after the support piece is overlaid on the cover sheet to which the adhesive has been glued, the support piece is properly attached to the cover sheet by being pinched by a pinch roller, and then attached to the sheet block immediately after that. Can be performed favorably.

By providing the slide table in the support piece installation device and the support piece guide and holding means, the support piece consisting of the tape piece of a predetermined length can be fed in a straight state. There is an advantage that the supporting piece can be accurately overlapped on the cover.

Further, if the supporting piece setting device is constituted by a rotating drum, the cover with the supporting piece can be automatically formed on the bookbinding line by combining with an appropriate supporting piece supplying device, and the bookbinding of the book with the supporting piece can be performed. Enables higher speed.
In this case, if the support piece supply device is constituted by a reel having a tape, a tape cutter, and a tape guide, the support piece made of the tape piece can be suitably supplied.

The installation of the scoring device allows the cover to be scored and facilitates opening of the book when the cover is relatively thick or hard.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of an apparatus for attaching a book to a paper sheet block according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of the process of the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an example of a support piece installation apparatus used in the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the support piece installation device shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a main part of the support piece installation device shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 6, showing another example of the support piece installation device.

FIG. 8 is a side view schematically showing a main part of another embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic end view showing an example of a creasing device used in the device of the present invention.

10A is a plan view of the cover after the creasing, FIG.
(B) is a side view showing a state in which a sheet block is set on the cover after creasing, and (c) is a side view showing an open state of a book having the creasing cover.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: conveying device, 2: gluing device, 4: conveyor for cover,
6: creasing device, 10, 10 ': support piece installation device, 1
1: conveyor with claws, 12: gluing device, 14: slide table, 30: pinch roller, 35: rotating drum, 3
6: tape guide, A: paper block, B: cover, B
1: Support piece (tape piece)

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hisao Hyodo 1-23-31 Horifune, Kita-ku, Tokyo Inside Tokyo Book Printing Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takami Nishizawa 1-23-31 Horifune, Kita-ku, Tokyo Tokyo Book Printing Co., Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A device for attaching a cover sent at a predetermined timing to a glued spine portion of a sheet block, which is a main body of a book held by a transport device, by a conveyor different from the transport device, wherein the cover is a paper. The apparatus further includes a support piece installation device for attaching a support piece, which is a strip-shaped sheet piece, to a portion of the cover attached to the back of the sheet block before being attached to the leaf block, wherein the support piece installation apparatus includes A conveyor with a claw provided with a conveying surface inclined and supporting the support piece and moving by pushing with a claw, and applying an adhesive to the cover on the conveyor before the support piece is overlaid on the cover An apparatus for attaching a book to a sheet block, comprising a gluing apparatus. 2. The tape according to claim 1, wherein said support piece is a tape cut to a predetermined length.
The device of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a strip. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said support piece installation device further includes a pinch roller for pressing said cover piece with an adhesive and said support piece superposed thereon. Equipment. 4. The conveyor with claws is provided with a slide table for supporting the support piece, and the slide table has a guide for guiding both sides of the support piece and a longitudinal direction of the support piece being straight. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for holding the support piece so that it can be fed in a state. 5. An apparatus for attaching a cover sent at a predetermined timing to a glued spine of a sheet block, which is a main body of a book held by a transport device, by a conveyor different from the transport device, wherein the cover is a paper. The apparatus further includes a support piece installation device for attaching a strip-shaped support piece, which is a sheet piece, to a portion of the cover attached to the back of the sheet block before being attached to the leaf block. A rotary drum that sucks the support piece on the outer peripheral surface to overlap the support piece and contacts the cover on the conveyor via the support piece; and a cover on the conveyor before the support piece is stacked on the cover. An apparatus for attaching a book to a sheet block, comprising a gluing apparatus for applying an adhesive to a book. 6. A cutter for cutting a tape unwound from a reel into a predetermined length, said supporting piece comprising a tape piece of a predetermined length, and a tape from said reel. 6. A tape guide having a pinch roller for unwinding and feeding the drum through the cutter to the drum. 7. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a scoring device for scoring the cover before or after the sheet block is attached to the cover.