CN1203854A

CN1203854A - Automatic envelope-making device

Info

Publication number: CN1203854A
Application number: CN98115197A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 寺泽正宽; 高野章
Original assignee: Nippon Nagano Radio K K
Current assignee: Nippon Nagano Radio K K
Priority date: 1997-06-30
Filing date: 1998-06-29
Publication date: 1999-01-06
Anticipated expiration: 2018-06-29
Also published as: JPH1120055A; CN1106265C

Abstract

In an automatic envelope-making device in accordance with the present invention, a paper folding part is composed of a first orientation mechanism used for positioning an envelop sticked with adhesive material at a first orientation and a second orientation mechanism having a flashboard part and a document paper pressing part made of elastic material, wherein said flashboard part is capable of selectively being switched to an ascending releasing position or a descending setting position, said document paper pressing part has a lower part capable of being connected to top surface of a document paper in transit. The invention is capable of improving economy, currency and quality of envelope-making and reliability of whole device, and achieving miniaturization, simplification and cheep cost of device.

Description

Automatic envelope-making device

The present invention relates to be used for e-mail system and make the automatic envelope-making device of mail etc.

Usually, mail is enclosed the official document (letter) that folds in the ready-made envelope and is made.Operation is made when resembling the single a large amount of same mail of mail order advertising by hand, expensive labour and time, so, the Japanese patent gazette spy open disclosed in flat 5-309995 number a kind of automatically the envelope sealed in unit in the official document inclosure envelope.

But this existing envelope sealed in unit in a sense, is that the inclosure of handwork order intactly is replaced as automation procedure.Specifically, be to supply with operation, mail folding process that the mail that will enclose envelope is folded up, open envelope flap pack into operation and the sealing process etc. of the mail of mail of packing into and constitute, so following shortcoming is arranged by the envelope of supplying with ready-made envelope.

The first, prepare ready-made envelope, and intactly use this envelope, so less economical; In addition, just can not make mail when having ready-made envelope, versatility is poor.

The second, put into numerous and diverse operations such as operation and sealing process owing to need envelope to supply with operation, mail folding process, mail, so be not easy to realize mechanization and automation, miniaturization and cheapization that can not implement device.

The present invention makes in view of the above problems, its purpose be to provide a kind of can improve economy that mail makes and versatility, simple structure, can the implement device miniaturization and cheapization and can be correctly in paper folding portion and stably carry out with various processing such as paper location, improve the automatic envelope-making device that mail is made quality and device reliability.

Automatic envelope-making device 1 of the present invention has paper folding portion 6, and this paper folding portion 6 has the envelope that first detent mechanism 2 and second detent mechanism, 3, the first detent mechanisms 2 will adhere to adhesives J and is positioned at the first desired location Xa with paper Pe; Second detent mechanism have the 3x of flashboard portion and the file that forms by elastomeric material with the paper pushing 3y of portion, the 3x of flashboard portion selectively is indexed to the off-position Xu of rising or the desired location Xd of decline, at this desired location Xd, the 3x of flashboard portion and the envelope that is positioned at the first desired location Xa be with joining above the paper Pe, and with file paper Pt ... be positioned at the second desired location Xb on the envelope usefulness paper Pe; When file is indexed to desired location Xd with the paper pushing 3y of portion in this flashboard portion 3, hang down obliquely towards the front lower place from the top, and the lower end can be transported file paper Pt ... above join.

In better embodiment, above-mentioned paper folding portion 6 has bending mechanism 4 and fold mechanism 5, and 4 pairs of oriented envelopes of bending mechanism are with paper Pe and file paper Pt ..., formation is divided into three parts the first folding part K1 and the second folding part K2 to length direction; The folding successively above-mentioned first folding part K1 of fold mechanism 5 and the second folding part K2, bonding envelope paper Pe makes mail E.Above-mentioned file forms with silicon rubber film-making material with the paper pushing 3y of portion.All or part of of the above-mentioned flashboard 3x of portion is that spring sheet material forms, and, when paper folding portion 6 sends, push down this mail E at Manufactured mail E from the top, guide transporting of this mail E.In addition, with relative the transporting on the R of road of front end of the above-mentioned flashboard 3x of portion, be provided with elastic surface 7.This elastic surface 7 forms by laying silicon rubber film-making material.On the other hand, above-mentioned envelope has the Jf of front attachment portion, left adhesive portion Jp and right adhesive portion Jq with paper Pe, the Jf of front attachment portion adheres to adhesives J near the leading edge portion of envelope with paper Pe, left adhesive portion Jp and right adhesive portion Jq from the two ends of the Jf of this front attachment portion along adhering to adhesives J in the preset range of left and right edges portion.In addition, the position of the above-mentioned first desired location Xa, the second desired location Xb, the first folding part K1 and the second folding part K2 is set in this wise: when turning up the first folding part K1, the envelope of turning up paper Pe and file paper Pt ... end Pes, Pts ... do not overlap with the second folding part K2, when turning up the second folding part K2, the envelope of turning up overlaps with paper Pe with the envelope of having turned up the first folding part K1 with the end Pet of paper Pe, and, the file of turning up paper Pt ... end Ptt ... do not overlap with the end Pes of the envelope of having turned up the first folding part K1 with paper Pe.In addition, in above-mentioned paper folding portion 6, have file and use paper junction surface 8, by bending mechanism 4 with envelope with paper Pe and file paper Pt ... the first folding part K1 and second folding part K2 when bending, this document paper junction surface 8 and file paper Pt ... end Pts ... engage, stop envelope paper Pe and file paper Pt ... come-up.

Like this, when an envelope that has adhered to adhesives J in the precalculated position was sent to paper folding portion 6 with paper Pe, this envelope was positioned at the first desired location Xa with paper Pe by first detent mechanism 2.Then, one or two above file paper Pt ... when being sent to paper folding portion 6, this document paper Pt ... be positioned at envelope with the second desired location Xb on the paper Pe by second detent mechanism 3.At this moment, because second detent mechanism 3 has the 3x of flashboard portion and the file that forms by elastomeric material (silicon rubber film-making material) with the paper pushing 3y of portion, the 3x of this flashboard portion is indexed to file paper Pt ... be positioned at the desired location Xd of the second desired location Xb, file hangs down towards the front lower place from the top obliquely with the paper pushing 3y of portion, its lower end and file are with joining above the paper Pt, so, can prevent file paper Pt ... spring, can be correctly and location stably.

On the other hand, by bending mechanism 4 at oriented envelope with paper Pe and file paper Pt ... on, formation is divided into three parts the first folding part K1 and the second folding part K2 with length direction.Successively the first folding part K1 and the second folding part K2 are turned up by fold mechanism 5, simultaneously, envelope is pushed down with paper Pe under this state, is undertaken bonding by adhesives J.Its result has made and enclosed accordion paper paper Pt in airtight envelope ... an envelope mail E.Like this, realize mechanization and automation that mail is made easily, simultaneously, do not need ready-made envelope, improve economy and versatility that mail is made.

In addition,, simultaneously,, the elastic surface 7 that has laid silicon rubber film-making material is set transporting on the R of road that the front end of the 3x of flashboard portion faces toward because all or part of of the 3x of flashboard portion form with spring sheet material, so, can be conscientiously and stable envelope is located and maintained with paper Pe.In addition, the 3x of flashboard portion when paper folding portion 6 sends, pushes down this mail E at the mail E that makes from the top, have the function of guiding, so, can prevent the come-up of mail etc., mail E can stably send conscientiously.In addition, use paper junction surface 8 owing to be provided with file in paper folding portion 6, as bending mechanism 4 bending envelopes paper Pe and file paper Pt ... on the first folding part K1 and during the second folding part K2, file paper Pt ... end Pts ... engage with paper junction surface 8 with file, can prevent this envelope paper Pe and file paper Pt ... come-up, and the dislocation that causes thus etc.

Fig. 1 is the part section side view of the paper folding portion in the present embodiment automatic envelope-making device.

Fig. 2 is that cage structure figure is wanted on the plane of the paper folding portion in this automatic envelope-making device.

Fig. 3 is the part section side view that second detent mechanism in the above-mentioned paper folding of the extraction portion is represented.

Fig. 4 is the whole synoptic diagram that has the e-mail system of this automatic envelope-making device.

Fig. 5 is the general structural map of this automatic envelope-making device.

Fig. 6 is in this automatic envelope-making device, comprise the in-built first adhesives facies posterior hepatis side surface configurations figure of adhesives adhesion unit.

The principles of construction figure that Fig. 7 is the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis action of explanation in this automatic envelope-making device, see from in-plane.

The principles of construction figure that Fig. 8 is the second adhesives facies posterior hepatis action of explanation in this automatic envelope-making device, see from in-plane.

Fig. 9 is the form figure that name of addressee used in this e-mail system is used paper.

Figure 10 is the action specification figure of the paper folding portion in this automatic envelope-making device.

Figure 11 is another action specification figure of the paper folding portion in this automatic envelope-making device.

Figure 12 is another action specification figure of the paper folding portion in this automatic envelope-making device.

Figure 13 is another action specification figure of the paper folding portion in this automatic envelope-making device.

Figure 14 is another action specification figure of the paper folding portion in this automatic envelope-making device.

The front elevation of the letter mail that Figure 15 makes in this e-mail system.

Figure 16 is the letter mail order is made in expression of this automatic envelope-making device a key diagram.

Figure 17 is another key diagram that this letter mail order is made in expression.

Figure 18 is another key diagram that this letter mail order is made in expression.

Figure 19 is another key diagram that this letter mail order is made in expression.

Below, with reference to description of drawings most preferred embodiment of the present invention.This embodiment is an automatic envelope-making device 1 of making letter mail Po in e-mail system S.

Fig. 4 represents the unitary construction of e-mail system S.St is the sending function piece among the forwarding office Mt, and Sr is the receiving function piece among the Mr of office of acceptance, and Sc is the administrative center that has the back information computer.In each Mt of post and telecommunications office, Mr, have this two functional block St and Sr.Forwarding office Mt and the Mr of office of acceptance have fax portion (communication section) 10 and 11 respectively.Each fax portion 10 and 11 can with the mutual communication of the information computer of administrative center Sc.

In forwarding office Mt, 12 are based on the data processing division of computer function, and this data processing division 12 has data processing function, memory function and automatic signaling transfer point etc.At the input side of this data processing division 12, input is imported the data from input parts such as keyboard 14 simultaneously from the pictorial data of image scanner 13.At the outlet side of data processing division 12, export the data of delivering letters, send by fax portion 10.

In the Mr of office of acceptance, 15 are based on the data processing division of computer function, the input side of this data processing division 15, the reception data that input is received by fax portion (communication section) 11.The outlet side of this data processing division 15 is connected with automatic envelope-making device 1.

Below, the structure of present embodiment automatic envelope-making device 1 is described referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 8.

As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, automatic envelope-making device 1 is made of sheet feed section 20, printing portion 21, the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22, paper folding portion 6 and the second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23 substantially.Sheet feed section 20 and printing portion 21 are provided in device lower floor, and the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22, paper folding portion 6 and the second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23 are provided in the device upper strata.

Sheet feed section 20 has envelope paper supply unit 20a and file paper supply unit 20b.Envelope is supplied with A4 specification (large scale) envelope paper Pe with paper supply unit 20a, and file is supplied with the file paper Pt of B5 specification (small size) with paper supply unit 20b.Envelope has the carton 20ac of self-mountable ﹠ dismountuble and envelope is transported the 20as of mechanism with what paper Pc sent one by one from this carton 20ac with paper supply unit 20a.File has the carton 20bc of self-mountable ﹠ dismountuble and the delivering mechanism 20bs that file is sent from this carton 20bc one by one with paper Pt with paper supply unit 20b.

Back segment at sheet feed section 20 is setting printing portion 21.Printing portion 21 has printing function,, the envelope selectively sent with paper supply unit 20b with paper supply unit 20a and file from envelope with paper Pe and file paper Pt, is stamped the pictorial data of exporting from data processing division 15 that is.

The first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22 is provided in the top of printing portion 21.Between the printing portion 21 and the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22, connect by the road Rr that transports of bending.As shown in Figure 7, the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22, to the envelope paper Pe that transports along arrow D direction, with adhesives J attached to along near the preset range its Pep of left hand edge portion and the Peq of right hand edge portion, as shown in figure 16, has the function of adhering to left adhesive portion Jp and right adhesive portion Jq at envelope with the inside Pei of paper Pe.Therefore, as shown in Figure 7, the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22 has pair of right and left adhesives attachment mechanism, is left adhesives attachment mechanism 22p and right adhesives attachment mechanism 22q.

As shown in Figure 6, left adhesives attachment mechanism 22p (right adhesives attachment mechanism 22q too) has adhesives adhesion unit 22pu, and this adhesives adhesion unit 22pu is rotatably supported on the fulcrum 32 of fixed-site.Adhesives adhesion unit 22pu has shell 33, is provided with supply shaft 34 wireline reels 35 in the inside of this shell 33.Lower end at shell body 33, be provided with and rotatable the adhering to that constitutes adhesives supply unit 2ps use roller 36, be wound on peeling off on the supply shaft 34, after extracting out from this supply shaft 34, move to by pilot pin 38 and to adhere to on the roller 36 with the sheet adhesives J that is pasting on 37 the release surface.Adhesives J is in the side face position of adhering to roller 36, lower end, and the envelope that is attached to contact is with on the paper Pe, simultaneously, peels off and is with 37 to be wound up on the wireline reel 35 by pilot pin 39.

Left side adhesives attachment mechanism 22p has driving mechanism 31.This driving mechanism 31 has that to make shell 33 be that fulcrum rotates displacement, makes the function of adhesives supply unit 22ps lifting with axial region 32, simultaneously, has and makes wireline reel 35 rotations and coiling is peeled off the function with 37.At this moment, wireline reel 35 coilings are peeled off the speed with 37, are set at faster slightly with the travelling speed of paper Pe than envelope.In addition, supply shaft 34 is invested suitable pull-back forces.22qu is the adhesives adhesion unit of right adhesives attachment mechanism 22q, and 22qs is the adhesives supply unit of right adhesives attachment mechanism 22q.

Below left adhesives attachment mechanism 22p and right adhesives attachment mechanism 22q, be provided with by what bottom guide 41 and upper guide plate 42 limited and transport road R, transport to be provided with on the R of road at this and transport roller mechanism 44 and 45, simultaneously, setting and adhere to the relative following roller 46 of accepting of roller 36.Accept near the front of roller 46 down, setting first by sensor 47.Apart from this first by sensor 47 precalculated positions, be provided with second by sensor 48.First by sensor 47 envelope with the front end of paper Pe by the time work, detect envelope and be transported to paper Pe and adhere to starting position As.Second by sensor 48 envelope with the rear end of paper Pe by the time close, detect envelope and be transported to paper Pe and adhere to ultimate position Ae.

Back segment at the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22 is provided with paper folding portion 6.This paper folding portion 6 has positioning function and binding function.Promptly, an envelope of sending here from the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22 is positioned at the first desired location Xa with paper Pe, and one or two above file paper Pt sending here with paper supply unit 20b from file ... be positioned at the second desired location Xb on the envelope usefulness paper Pe, simultaneously, turn up successively and length direction is divided into three parts the first folding part K1 and the second folding part K2, envelope is bonding with paper Pe.

Paper folding portion 6 has and constitutes a pair of

fixed station

50,51 that the front and back transport road R separate and be provided in movable table 52 between this fixed station 50 and 51.Movable table 52 is supporting elasticity displacement downwards by the

elastic bearing mechanism

53,54 of built-in spring.The fixed station 50 that is provided in the carriage direction rear side is corresponding with the position of the first folding part K1 with the boundary part of movable table 52, and the fixed station 51 that is provided in the carriage direction front side is corresponding with the position of the second folding part K2 with the boundary part of movable table 52.

On movable table 52, setting and transporting conveyer belt 55,56.At the carriage direction rear of fixed station 50, setting the guide plate 57 that formation is transported road R, setting feed rolls mechanism (pressing roll mechanism) 58 in carriage direction the place ahead of fixed station 51.Between fixed station 50 and feed rolls mechanism 58, setting first detent mechanism 2.First detent mechanism 2 has lifting flashboard portion 59, and when this lifting flashboard portion 59 rose, road R was transported in blocking-up, and the restriction envelope is with the front end of paper Pe and be located at the first desired location Xa, when this lifting flashboard 59 descends, opens and transports road R.

Above movable table 52, a pair of

dipper crowding gear

62,63 before and after setting.Dipper crowding gear 62 has the guide rod 64 of vertical direction and is parallel to the elevating mechanism 65 of these guide rod 64 configurations, and this elevating mechanism 65 is located at 66 of endless-belts on drive pulley and the driven pulley and constitutes.On guide rod 64, loading the slide block 67 that can be free to slide, pressing plate 68 is being installed in the lower end of this slide block 67.On this pressing plate 68, have the driven roller 69 that drives rotation by drive division ..., driven roller 69 ... roll surface outstanding below pressing plate 68.This driven roller 69 ... can be supported towards top elasticity displacement.

Dipper crowding gear 63 has the guide rod 70 of vertical direction and is parallel to the elevating mechanism 71 of this guide rod configuration, and this elevating mechanism 71 is located at 72 of endless-belts on drive pulley and the driven pulley and constitutes.On guide rod 70, loading the slide block 73 that can be free to slide, pressing plate 74 is being installed in the lower end of this slide block 73.On this pressing plate 74, have rotatable driven roller 75 ..., this driven roller 75 ... roll surface outstanding below pressing plate 74.This driven roller 75 ... can towards top elasticity displacement supporting.

On slide block 73, setting second detent mechanism 3.Fig. 3 represents the structure of this second detent mechanism 3.Second detent mechanism 3 has the 3x of flashboard portion, and the rear end of the 3x of this flashboard portion can be rotated by driving shaft 76, and front end selectively is indexed to the off-position Xu of rising or the desired location Xd of decline.At this moment, the rotation of driving shaft 76 drives can adopt independently drive division, also can be with above-mentioned driven roller 75 ... the drive division that double as drives for rotation.Dual-purpose driven roller 75 ... the time, as required can be by connections such as clutches.The 3x of flashboard portion is made of support plate 77 and flashboard 79.Support plate 77 is used to guarantee length, and its rear end is fixed on the driving shaft 76, and pars intermedia forms the kink 77s of コ font.The rear portion of flashboard 79 is fixed on the front of support plate 77 with screw 78.This flashboard 79 is that spring sheet material is curved the ヘ font of seeing from the side.When the 3x of this flashboard portion was indexed to desired location Xd, the front end of flashboard 79 and the envelope that is positioned in the first desired location Xa place be with joining above the paper Pe, and file paper Pt ... be positioned at this envelope with on the second desired location Xb on the paper Pe.

Below the 3x of flashboard portion, utilize above-mentioned screw 78 fixing the rear end of file with the paper pushing 3y of portion, this document is made with silicon rubber film-making material (elastomeric material) with the paper pushing 3y of portion.When the 3x of flashboard portion was indexed to desired location Xd, this document hung down to the front lower place from the top obliquely with the paper pushing 3y of portion, and the lower end can with transport the file paper Pt that comes ... above join.Transport road R on relative, be provided with elastic surface 7 with the 3x of flashboard portion.This elastic surface 7 can form by laying silicon rubber film-making material.The 3x of flashboard portion can prevent that from the envelope paper Pe of top pushing by flashboard portion 59 location envelope misplaces with paper Pe when the aftermentioned second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23 adheres to adhesives J.

As mentioned above, descend when elevating mechanism 65,71 makes a pair of

pressing plate

68,74, when making movable table 52 elasticity displacement downwards,

dipper crowding gear

62,63, movable table 52 and a pair of

fixed station

50,51 constitute bending mechanism 4, the envelope that 4 pairs of this bending mechanisms are positioned paper Pe and file paper Pt ... form the slightly rectangular first folding part K1 and the second folding part K2.

Left side below

fixed station

50 and 51, setting to be bending arm mechanism 81p, the 82p that fulcrum rotates displacement with an end, setting on the right side to be bending arm mechanism 81q, the 82q that fulcrum rotates displacement with an end.At the leading section of bending, have live-rollers 83p, the 84p, 83q, the 84q that join with the left and right edges portion of paper Pe with envelope respectively with arm mechanism 81p, 82p, 81q, 82q.

This bending constitutes fold mechanism 5 with arm mechanism 81p, 81p, 81q, 82q and above-mentioned dipper crowding gear 62,63.This fold mechanism 5 is omitted envelope after the right angle state is converted into acute angle with the first folding part K1 of paper Pe, from depressing, envelope is omitted after the right angle state is converted into acute angle with the second folding part K2 of paper Pe again, from depressing, envelope is bonded together with paper Pe.

In the top position of fixed station 50, be provided with file and use paper junction surface 8.File has the restriction board 8c of level and bends the rectangular bent sheet 8s of portion downwards from this restriction board 8c rear end with paper junction surface 8.Like this, with oriented envelope paper Pe and file paper Pt ... when the first folding part K1 and second folding part K2 bending, file paper Pt ... end Pts ... engage with paper junction surface 8 with file, stop this envelope paper Pe and file paper Pt ... come-up.

Establishing the second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23 in 6 pairs in paper folding portion.The second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23 adheres to adhesives J near the exterior region Pef of the envelope that is positioned at paper folding portion 6 with paper Pe.As shown in figure 16, has the function that the Jf of front attachment portion is set with the inside Pei of paper Pe at envelope.The second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23 has the adhesives attachment mechanism 23f with the same structure of above-mentioned left adhesives attachment mechanism 22p, simultaneously, uses on the paper Pe for adhesives J being attached to the envelope that is stopping, and also has left/right movement device 23m.This left/right movement device 23m makes adhesives attachment mechanism 23f move at the left and right directions of envelope with paper Pe, and this left/right movement device 23 is for example opened endless-belt to be located to be driven on the drive pulley of rotation and the driven pulley by drive division and constituted.Therefore, on adhesives attachment mechanism 23f, the same adhesives adhesion unit 23fu that constructs with above-mentioned adhesives adhesion unit 22pu is arranged also, 22pu at right angles disposes with respect to the adhesives adhesion unit.In addition, 23 fs are and the same adhesives supply unit of above-mentioned adhesives supply unit 22ps.

Below with reference to Fig. 1 to Figure 19 the action (function) of e-mail system S and the action of automatic envelope-making device 1 are described.

The processing of explanation forwarding office Mt earlier.The user is filled up to name of addressee shown in Figure 9 paper Pa with necessary item.At this moment, name of addressee is an A4 specification paper with paper Pa, above the usefulness of the name of addressee shown in arrow scope Z paper Pa, has the account hurdle 91 of record envelope print What, below name of addressee usefulness paper Pa, the account hurdle 93 of record mail management content is arranged.In addition, in account hurdle 91, has the record name of addressee, be the fiduciary hurdle 91r of fiduciary residence (postcode) and name etc. also have the addresser hurdle 91t of record addresser's residence (postcode) name etc.In addition, in account hurdle 91, also have forwarding office Mt and (or) impress hurdle 92t, the 92r of the usefulness of impressing during transmitting-receiving among the Mr of office of acceptance, represent the postal mark 95 of using with a thick line simultaneously.This postal service has easy bar code 95c with mark 95, makes this bar code 95c contain detection information, and when being placed in image scanner 13 with paper Pa name of addressee, whether this bar code 95c can detect is normal state.In addition, in this bar code 95c, also can contain relevant for name of addressee paper Pa kinds of information and other required various information.In the account hurdle 93, have account hurdle 93u that fills in for the user and the account hurdle 93p that fills in for the post office staff.In account hurdle 93u, have at least on the account hurdle of delivering not then about communication method 94.Deliver not communication method then, can select " phone ", " fax ", " do not communicate (disclosing reading) ", deliver not then, the user annotates and confirms mark, communicates with the communication method and the addresser of selection.In addition, in account hurdle 93u, telephone number, addresser's fax number, transmission number, receiver's telephone number, receiver's fax number, mail T with record addresser ... the account hurdle of specification (greater than B5, B5 following), delivering method (urgent, common, night) etc.In addition, in account hurdle 93p, consecutive number is arranged, the account hurdle of the number of delivering letters, the time of delivering letters, office of acceptance, staff's signature, transmitting-receiving time, the result that delivers letters (normally, mistake, return), expense etc.

After the user had filled name of addressee usefulness paper Pa, the staff of forwarding office Mt took over this name of addressee paper Pa, filled in necessary item in the record hurdle 93p of post office, simultaneously, imported postcodes etc. from input part 14.At this moment, can directly write on name of addressee, also can cover predetermined seal, also can print from the item of input part (keyboard) 14 inputs by the work people with on the paper Pa.In addition, at this moment, invest postal management information.Postal management information is to invest according to predetermined rule, sends to the Mr of office of acceptance as management data.This postal management information also can be used on the paper Pa at name of addressee with direct representations such as bar codes.Postal management information is used for the specific mail that sends, by invested contain at least forwarding office Mt the office number and the transmitting-receiving number intrinsic number.

Then, name of addressee is temporarily returned to the user again with paper Pa, and user's application drawing image scanner 13 carries out the mail T of name of addressee with paper Pa and subsidiary notepaper thereof etc.. read.At this moment, operation is carried out according to the indication that image scanner 13 shows.

At first, the user puts into image scanner 13 with name of addressee with paper Pa, carries out name of addressee reading with paper Pa.Like this, the pictorial data of reading is stored in the storage portion of data processing division 12.Then, the user puts into image scanner 13 with first mail T, carries out same reading.At this moment, mail T prints to the file of B5 specification (given size) with on the paper Pt in the Mr of office of acceptance.Therefore, when mail T is not the B5 specification, carry out editing and processing by data processing division.That is,, narrow down to the B5 specification,, be amplified to the B5 specification as mail T during less than the B5 specification as mail T during greater than the B5 specification.

Then, to the mail T of all the other (after second) ... also same repeatedly reads.Whole mail T ... read when finishing, the user presses the predetermined key of delivering letters.Like this, the processing of delivering letters.Be stored in the pictorial data in the storage portion of data processing division 12, deliver to the Mr of office of acceptance from fax portion 10.At this moment, owing to imported postcode, so according to this postcode, the telephone number of the Mr of office of acceptance is selected, by the automatic dialing processing of transferring from input part 14.

At the Mr of office of acceptance, receive this pictorial data by fax portion 11, the pictorial data of reception is sent to data processing division 15.Carry out the automatic making of letter mail by automatic envelope-making device 1 at the Mr of office of acceptance.Promptly, automatic envelope-making device 1, print and the name of addressee relevant pictorial data of paper Pa, make receiver side control card Pm, simultaneously, in envelope printing pictorial data relevant on the paper Pe with the envelope content, and at file paper Pt ... only go up and print and mail T ... the pictorial data that content is relevant is made letter mail Po automatically.Below, the production order of this letter mail Po is described.

At first, the pictorial data that receives is stored in the storage portion of data processing division 15.On the other hand, send the A4 specification envelope paper Pe of double as control card body paper with paper supply unit 20a from envelope.Then, read and the name of addressee relevant whole pictorial data of paper Pa, this pictorial data is printed on the blank sheet of paper (envelope paper Pe) by printing portion 21 from the storage portion of data processing division 15.Like this, produce receiver side control card Pm, printing on this control card Pm and the name of addressee shown in Figure 9 identical content of paper Pa.The receiver side control card Pm that has printed is sent to discharge portion 100 by the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22, paper folding portion 6, the second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23 to former state always.

Then, similarly, send the envelope paper Pe of A4 specification with paper supply unit 20a from envelope.From the storage portion of data processing division 15 only read with name of addressee with the relevant pictorial data of the envelope print What on the paper Pa, be the content of arrow scope Z shown in Figure 9, by printing portion 21 this pictorial data is printed on the precalculated position (see Figure 16) of envelope with paper Pe.Printed envelope is transported to the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22 with paper Pe.

At the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22, adhesives J is attached to the envelope that transports along Fig. 7 arrow D direction with on the paper Pe.Like this, on the inside Pei of envelope shown in Figure 16, left adhesive portion Jp and right adhesive portion Jq are set with paper Pe.Promptly, when envelope in transit with the front end of paper Pe arrive make first by sensor 47 work adhere to starting position As the time, adhesives supply unit 22ps, the 22qs of adhesives adhesion unit 22pu, 2qu on the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22 descends and contacts with paper Pe with envelope.At this moment and since envelope with paper Pe in transporting, so, from adhesives supply unit 22ps, 22qs the supply adhesives J adhere to along carriage direction.When envelope passes through with the rear end of paper Pe, arrive make second by sensor 48 close adhere to end position Ae the time, adhesives supply unit 22ps, 22qs rise, and leave envelope paper Pe.Like this, adhesives J adheres to releasing, and this adhesives J is attached to along near the preset range Pep of left hand edge portion and the Peq of right hand edge portion.

At this moment, when adhesives supply unit 22ps, 22qs rise, by the rate of climb that makes this adhesives supply unit 22ps, 22qs accelerate or, supply shaft 34 braked to handle or reverse handles etc., can cut off adhesives J well.Like this, can eliminate because of cause too adhering to of adhesives J with the paper obstruction etc., clean easily simultaneously etc.

Envelope is sent to the paper folding portion 6 that is provided in the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis, 22 back segments again with paper Pe.At this moment, as shown in figure 10, road R is transported in 59 blocking-up of flashboard portion, and simultaneously, the 3x of flashboard portion is indexed to the off-position Xu of top, the open road R that transports.In addition, driven roller 69 ... drop to desired location Ys shown in dotted lines in Figure 10, make driven roller 69 ... contact with paper Pe with envelope.Like this, envelope is held under the arm with paper Pe and is being transported belt 55 ... with driven roller 69 ... between transport.When detecting the front end of envelope usefulness paper Pe by sensor 61 (Figure 10), after the setting-up time warp, make pressing plate 68 rise to the first off-position Ym, stop to transport belt 55 simultaneously ... rotation.At this moment setting-up time is to set envelope to join the required time with front end and the flashboard portion 59 of paper Pe.In addition, make pressing plate 68 rise to the first off-position Ym after, transport belt 55 if make ... continue the rotation scheduled time, then envelope joins with front end and the flashboard portion 59 of paper Pe, revises deflection.Like this, envelope is properly oriented the first desired location Xa with paper Pe.

Then, as shown in figure 11, make the 3x of flashboard portion be indexed to the desired location Xd of below.Like this, the front end of the 3x of flashboard portion, be the front end of flashboard 79 and envelope with joining above the paper Pe, transport road R and be blocked.

After envelope was transported with paper supply unit 20a from envelope with paper Pe, file transported and delivers to printing portion 21 from file with paper supply unit 20b with paper Pt.Read the pictorial data relevant from the storage portion of data processing division 15, this pictorial data is printed on file with on the paper Pt by printing portion 21 with file T.The file of having printed by the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22, is sent to paper folding portion 6 with paper Pt, is positioned at envelope with on the paper Pe by flashboard portion 3x.At this moment, if the sensor that passes through that figure does not show detects file usefulness paper Pt near paper folding portion 6, then, make driven roller 69 through behind first setting-up time ... descend, contact with the top of paper Pt with file, by driven roller 69 ... the mobile this document of rotation paper Pt.In addition, transport belt 55 ... stopping.After this detects by sensor,, make driven roller 69 through second setting-up time ... rise, stop its rotation simultaneously.This second setting-up time is an enactment document to join the required time with front end and the 3x of flashboard portion of paper Pt.Like this, with above-mentioned envelope with paper Pe similarly, revise the deflection of file with paper Pt, simultaneously, file is positioned in envelope with the second desired location Xb on the paper Pe with paper Pt.

At this moment, the 3x of flashboard portion is indexed to desired location Xd, and file, hangs down towards the front lower place from the top shown in Fig. 3 solid line obliquely with the paper pushing 3y of portion, so the file that is transported enters file with paper Pt and uses between the paper Pe with front end and envelope that paper pushes the 3y of portion (being formed by silicon rubber film-making material).Like this, prevent the spring of file, can correctly and stably locate with paper Pt.That is,,, can not correctly locate, and the file pushing 3y of portion can avoid this problem if some bending when then file contacts with the 3x of flashboard portion with paper Pt is then rearward bounced with paper Pt because of its reaction meeting makes file if do not have file with the paper pushing 3y of portion.

In addition, file was carried out a series of processing (transporting processing, print processing) with paper Pt during, the second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23 carried out the processing of adhering to of adhesives J.That is, envelope with paper Pe at the state pending file that has been positioned with the sending here of paper Pt, utilize the waiting time to adhere to processing by the second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23.At this moment, because envelope is stopping with paper Pe, so, the adhesives supply unit 23fs of adhesives adhesion unit 23fu is descended and contact with paper Pe with envelope, then, by left/right movement device 23m adhesives attachment mechanism 23f is moved to right-hand member (position Xe) from left end shown in Figure 8 (position Xs).Like this, adhesives J adheres near the exterior region Pef of envelope with paper Pe, with the inside Pei of paper Pe the Jf of front attachment portion is set at envelope shown in Figure 16.Then, the adhesives supply unit 23fs of adhesives adhesion unit 23fu is risen, leaves envelope paper Pe, simultaneously, by left/right movement device 23m with adhesives attachment mechanism 23f return-to-home position.At this moment, envelope is pushed from the top by the 3x of flashboard portion with paper Pe, prevents that when the adhering to of adhesives J envelope is with paper Pe dislocation etc.Especially, (this flashboard 79 is in the 3x of flashboard portion at flashboard 79 because envelope is held under the arm with paper Pe, form by spring sheet material) and transport between the elastic surface 7 (sheet material that this elastic surface 7 lays silicon rubber system forms) of road R, so, can conscientiously and stably envelope be maintained with paper Pe location.In addition, as mail T ... when being several, the file of corresponding number paper Pt ... sent here successively.

As shown in figure 16, in paper folding portion 6, file paper Pt ... overlap on the inside Pei of envelope with paper Pe, fold at first folding part K1 shown in this figure and the position of the second folding part K2.At this moment, file paper Pt ... use the position of paper Pe and the position of the first folding part K1 and the second folding part K2 with respect to envelope, by select followingly.

At first, when turning up the first folding part K1, the envelope of turning up paper Pe and file paper Pt ... an end Pes, Pts ... do not overlap on the second folding part K2.When turning up the second folding part K2, with the envelope turned up with the other end Pet of paper Pe overlap turned up the first folding part K1 envelope with on the paper Pe, and, the file paper Pt that has turned up ... other end Ptt ... do not overlap on the end Pes of envelope that has turned up the first folding part K1 with paper Pe.

Specifically, as shown in figure 16, with file paper Pt ... length direction one side from envelope with the outstanding L1=26mm of the end Pes of paper Pe about, simultaneously, an end Pes who uses paper Pe from envelope to the distance L 2 of the first folding part K1 with from the envelope distance L 3 of the other end Pet of paper Pe to the second folding part K2, is set at about L2=L3=90mm.In addition, make envelope paper Pe and file paper Pt at width ... central authorities consistent.

By folding making in this wise, adhesives J is from the position of the first folding part K1, along near the inside Pei of the envelope that is attached to the second folding part K2 side edge part with paper Pe.At this moment, the width L4 that adheres to adhesives J is set at about several approximately mm, and the scope by the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22 and the second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23 adhere to adhesives J is コ font shown in Figure 16.That is, constitute by anterior adhesive portion Jf, left part adhesive portion Jp and right part adhesive portion Jq.Anterior adhesive portion Jf is the wire of broad ways near the exterior region (other end Pet) of envelope with paper Pe.Left part adhesive portion Jp and right part adhesive portion Jq also are wire, from the two ends of this front portion adhesive portion Jf, along near the position that the left and right edges adhesives is attached to the first folding part K1 always.This left part adhesive portion Jp and right part adhesive portion Jq are provided with by the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis 22, and anterior adhesive portion Jf is provided with by the second adhesives facies posterior hepatis 23.

In paper folding portion 6, shown in Figure 18 (Figure 17), when turning up the first folding part K1 and carrying out envelope, also carry out file paper Pt simultaneously with paper Pe bonding ... folding.Then, shown in Figure 19 (Figure 17), when turning up the second folding part K2 and carrying out envelope, also carry out file paper Pt simultaneously with paper Pe another part bonding ... folding.

Below, actual action is described.In paper folding portion 6, envelope paper Pe and file paper Pt ... the location end after, as shown in figure 12, make pressing

plate

68 and 74 drop to the crimping position Yp of lower limit.Like this, driven roller 69 ... with 75 ... with respect to pressing

plate

68 and 74 elasticity displacement upward, simultaneously, pressing

plate

68 and 74 with file paper Pt ... the state that joins makes movable table 52 be indexed to fixed

station

50,51 belows.Like this, envelope paper Pe and file paper Pt ... in the bending slightly squarely of the position of the first folding part K1 and the second folding part K2.At this moment, envelope paper Pe ... with file paper Pt ... rear and front end portion bounce upward, but as shown in figure 12, an end (rear end) Pts ... restriction board 8c with paper junction surface 8 joins with file.In addition, the 3x of flashboard portion is indexed to the off-position Xu of top.

Then, as shown in figure 13, only make a side pressing plate 68 rise to the second off-position Yua of the upper limit.At this moment, especially as file paper Pt ... number for a long time, file paper Pt ... will be with pressing plate 68 come-ups, but as shown in figure 12, file paper Pt ... end (rear end) Pts ... the 8s of bent sheet portion with paper junction surface 8 engages with file, envelope paper Pe and file paper Pt ... come-up be prevented from.So, even file paper Pt ... number more for a long time, also can be conscientiously and correctly carry out envelope with paper Pe and file paper Pt ... bending and folding.

Make the bending that is positioned at the carriage direction rear side rotate displacement with arm mechanism 81p, 81q, live-rollers 84p, 84q and the envelope of leading section are joined with the carriage direction rear side left and right edges portion of paper Pe, with envelope paper Pe and file paper Pt ... the square position that is omitted is turned up the acute angle position, makes pressing plate 68 drop to crimping position Yp once more at this state simultaneously.Like this, envelope with paper Pe be fully folded at the first folding part K1, bonding.

In addition, similarly, only make the opposing party's pressing plate 74 rise to the second off-position Yub of the upper limit.Make the bending that is positioned at the carriage direction front side rotate displacement with arm mechanism 82p, 82q, live-rollers 84p, 84q and the envelope of leading section are joined with the carriage direction front side left and right edges portion of paper Pe, with envelope paper Pe and file paper Pt ... the square position that is omitted is turned up the acute angle position, makes pressing plate 74 drop to crimping position Yp once more at this state simultaneously.Like this, envelope with paper Pe be fully folded at the second folding part K2, bonding.At this state, only make pressing plate 68 rise to the second off-position Yua of the upper limit again after, when dropping to crimping position Yp once more, envelope is crimped with the other end Pet side of paper Pe, carries out adhering to of the Jf of front attachment portion.Like this, made the letter mail E of Figure 19.

Then, as shown in figure 14, make a side pressing plate 68 rise to the first off-position Ym, make the opposing party's pressing plate 74 rise to driven roller 75 ... contact the desired location Ys of letter mail E gently, make and transport belt 55 ... action makes feed rolls mechanism (pressing roll mechanism) 58 actions again.Like this, letter mail E is sent the place ahead, and simultaneously, after fully being pushed down by pressing roll mechanism 58, letter mail E is transported to discharge portion 100, discharges from automatic envelope-making device 1.At this moment, flashboard portion 59 descends as illustrated in fig. 14, the open road R that transports.At this moment, when letter mail E sends scheduled volume from paper folding portion 6, the 3x of flashboard portion is descended, push down this letter mail E from the top, the come-up of mail E in the time of can preventing to transport is stable and transport mail E effectively.Figure 15 represents the letter mail E that finally makes.Among Figure 15, annotate with same numeral with the corresponding part of paper Pa (Fig. 9) with name of addressee.

Like this, with automatic envelope-making device 1, the pictorial data that receives at the Mr of office of acceptance is printed, with folding file paper Pt ... put into airtight envelope, finally fully automatically make an envelope letter mail E.Like this, easily realize mechanization and automation that mail is made, do not need ready-made envelope simultaneously, can improve economy and versatility that mail is made.Especially, adhere to adhesives J by 22 pairs of envelopes in transit of the first adhesives facies posterior hepatis with paper Pe, simultaneously, the envelope of having been located by paper folding portion 6 by 23 pairs of the second adhesives facies posterior hepatises with paper Pe at file paper Pt ... processing in adhere to adhesives J, so, do not need independently special operation (time) when adhering to adhesives J, can shorten Production Time (high speed), improve volume production natural disposition and make efficiency.

This automatic envelope-making device 1 carries out making envelope, file paper Pt from an envelope with paper Pe together ... folding, file paper Pt ... packing in the envelope, envelope operation such as seal, finally make an envelope letter mail E.Especially, be the file paper Pt of the envelope of A4 specification owing to selecting specification for use with paper Pe and B5 specification ... so,, can directly utilize the paper of general requirements.Improve versatility.Envelope when therefore, not needing to adopt ready-made envelope supplies with operation, to enclosing the folding one by one operation of file in the envelope, opening envelope flap and put into the file of file and put into operation and sealing process etc.Therefore, from make letter mail at first to finally making, can guarantee the desired confidentiality of mail, so can utilize e-mail system S, have multifunctionality, diversity and expansionary.

Above embodiment has been done detailed description, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.At aspects such as detail structure, methods, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, can change arbitrarily, increase and delete.

For example, in the foregoing description, file forms with silicon rubber film-making material with paper pushing portion and elastic surface, but also can adopt other material and form.In addition, flashboard portion also can all form as one with spring sheet material.In addition, in the foregoing description, adhesives J is the form of adhering to (stickup) sheet adhesives, but also can apply aqueous bonding agent.In addition, in the foregoing description, be to have represented with one or two file paper Pt ... put into the situation of envelope, but also shouldn't file paper Pt ..., for example,, only make envelope in the content of envelope with the inside mimeograph documents T of paper Pe.In addition, in the foregoing description, be to be example with the e-mail system, but also can be used for other various uses.Therefore, in other purposes, if adopt the envelope printed in advance with paper Pe and file paper Pt ..., then can omit printing portion 21.

Therefore, automatic envelope-making device of the present invention, especially be provided with second detent mechanism in paper folding portion, this second detent mechanism has flashboard portion and pushes portion by the file that elastomeric element forms with paper, flashboard portion selectively is indexed to the off-position of rising or the desired location of decline, at this desired location, flashboard portion and the envelope that is positioned at first desired location be with joining above the paper, and file is positioned at envelope with second desired location on the paper with paper; File, hangs down towards the front lower place from the top when this flashboard is indexed to desired location obliquely with paper pushing portion, and the lower end can be transported file with joining above the paper.So the present invention has following remarkable result.

1. owing to do not need ready-made envelope, can improve economy and versatility that mail is made.Especially, owing to adopt A4 specification the envelope paper and the B5 specification file paper of specification, so more improve versatility.

2. owing to do not need envelope to supply with operation, file folding process, the file numerous and diverse operations such as operation and sealing process of packing into, so realize mechanization and automation easily, the miniaturization and cheapization of implement device.

3. from letter mail make at first to finally making, can guarantee the desired confidentiality of letter mail, so, can be used for e-mail system, have multifunctionality, diversity and expansionary.

4. correctly and stably carry out various processing in paper folding portion, can improve mail and make quality and device whole reliability with paper location etc.Especially,, second detent mechanism pushes portion with paper owing to being provided with file, so, preventing the spring of file with paper, can correctly stably locate.

5. in better embodiment,, simultaneously, elastic surface is being set on the road facing to transporting of flashboard portion front end because all or part of of the flashboard portion in second detent mechanism formed by spring sheet material, so, can locate, keep envelope paper conscientiously and stably.

6. in better embodiment, making mail when paper folding portion transports, because the flashboard portion of second detent mechanism has the guidance function of pushing down this mail from the top, so the come-up of mail in the time of preventing to transport can be stablized and transport mail effectively.

7. in better embodiment, because in paper folding portion file being set uses the paper junction surface, bending mechanism with envelope with paper and file during with first folding part of paper and the bending of second folding part, file engages with the paper junction surface with file with the end of paper, so, can prevent this envelope with paper and file with the come-up of paper and the dislocation that causes etc. thereupon, even file with the number of paper for a long time, also can correctly carry out envelope with paper and file with the bending of paper and folding.

Claims

1. an automatic envelope-making device is characterized in that, has paper folding portion, and this paper folding portion has first detent mechanism and second detent mechanism, and the envelope that first detent mechanism will adhere to adhesives is positioned at first desired location with paper; Second detent mechanism has by flashboard portion and the file that formed by the elastomeric material material and pushes portion with paper, flashboard portion selectively is indexed to the off-position of rising or the desired location of decline, at this desired location, flashboard portion and the envelope that is positioned at first desired location be with joining above the paper, and file is positioned at envelope with second desired location on the paper with paper; File, hangs down towards the front lower place from the top when this flashboard is indexed to desired location obliquely with paper pushing portion, and the lower end can with the file that is transported with joining above the paper.

2. automatic envelope-making device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned paper folding portion has bending mechanism and fold mechanism, and with paper and file paper, formation is divided into three parts first folding part and second folding part to length direction to bending mechanism to oriented envelope; Folding successively above-mentioned first folding part of fold mechanism and second folding part, bonding envelope paper is made mail.

3. automatic envelope-making device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned file forms with silicon rubber film-making material with paper pushing portion.

4. automatic envelope-making device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, all or part of of above-mentioned flashboard portion forms with spring sheet material.

5. as claim 1 or 4 described automatic envelope-making devices, it is characterized in that above-mentioned flashboard portion has at Manufactured mail when paper folding portion sends, by pushing down this mail from the top, thereby guide the function of transporting of this mail.

6. automatic envelope-making device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, with relative the transporting on the road of front end of above-mentioned flashboard portion, be provided with elastic surface.

7. automatic envelope-making device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, above-mentioned elastic surface forms by laying silicon rubber film-making material.

8. automatic envelope-making device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned envelope has front attachment portion, left adhesive portion and right adhesive portion with paper, adhesives adheres in front attachment portion near the leading edge portion of envelope with paper, left adhesive portion and right adhesive portion from the two ends of this front attachment portion along adhering to adhesives in the preset range of left and right edges portion.

9. automatic envelope-making device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the position of above-mentioned first desired location, second desired location and first folding part and second folding part is set in this wise: when turning up first folding part, the envelope of turning up uses the end of paper not overlap with second folding part with paper and file, when turning up second folding part, the envelope of turning up overlaps with paper with the envelope of having turned up first folding part with the end of paper, and the file of turning up does not overlap with the end of the envelope of having turned up first folding part with paper with the end of paper.

10. automatic envelope-making device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, in above-mentioned paper folding portion, have file and use the paper junction surface, bending mechanism with envelope with paper and file during with first folding part of paper and the bending of second folding part, this document uses paper junction surface and file with the engaged at end of paper, stops envelope to use the come-up of paper with paper and file.

11. automatic envelope-making device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, it is used for the making of the letter mail of e-mail system.