CN1274315A - Vending machine for making and supplying books - Google Patents
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A vending machine (1) for making books which includes a computer data storage device (31) for storing a plurality of book titles, each including the text and image information, the cover information which may be in color, title and other identification of a plurality of books, an operating panel (2) including a display for displaying the identification information of the books stored in the storage device and the user's interface enabling a user to select one of the stored book titles for printing, and a book making apparatus for printing and binding the selected book.
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Invention field
The present invention relates to automatic vending machine, particularly be used to make and supply with the vending machine of books.
The technology of the present invention background
When the form embodiment of using the automatic vending machine of making " demand books " is of the present invention, the present invention is particularly useful, therefore carry out following description with respect to such equipment, but what be worth valuing is, the aspect of the present invention or its variation can be advantageously be used with other books printed apparatus form.
Now, most books are printed industry and are based on traditional printing technology pre-printed, the method printing and finish.So traditional book printing require printed panel prefabricated, each book edition is printed the umber of finishing some, the books that produce to bookstore or other retailer distribution.Print distribution, the storage that books can run into books and will print the not problems such as books of the version separately of determined number in this traditional mode.The books that return to the publisher are approximately 40%, so there is the excess of 80-100% to print usually.
Designed the machine of some, be used for printing the books of " demand ", " Docutech 6180 " of making for example, " the Demand Stream " and " Infoprint " that makes by IBM that make by OCE by Xerox (Xerox) in digital mode.Yet such known machine is not very effective for the pocket and paperback books of printing small dimension or indivedual umbers.In addition, for realizing as the vending machine of the printing of carrying out books in the original place and bookbinding and follow user's requirement at once, they are unusual costliness and unpractical normally.
Existing machine is only finished usually and is produced the needed part of functions of complete books.Some are finished such as separated device and off-line execution of function such as front cover printing, bookbinding and prunings.Require an expert to operate and supervise these runnings in addition.
The use of device of finishing the separation of difference in functionality does not allow they are attached in the vending machine.
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The purpose of this invention is to provide the vending machine that is used to print and supply with books that has advantage aspect one or more above.A concrete purpose of the present invention is the books making apparatus, and it can be used as vending machine, so that printing and bound book and they are sold in real time as required.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the vending machine that is used to make books is provided, it comprises a computer storage device storing many bibliographys, each bibliography all comprise a plurality of books literal and pictorial information, can be colored front cover information, exercise question and other identifying information; An operation panel, it comprises the demonstration of the identifying information that is used for showing the books that are stored in storage device and can make the user select to print the user interface of books from the bibliography that stores; With the books making apparatus, it is used for printing and binding selected books.
In addition, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the books printed apparatus comprises that the printing machine of black and white or a colored text and an image is to print the Word message of selected bibliography by duplexmode, a cover unit is to print the color cover information of selected bibliography on preceding and back front cover, the page and the preceding and back front cover of the bibliography that device of gathering leaves of a book is selected with the user that will print configure, attachment means with the page of the device configuration that is used for being gathered leaves of a book and preceding and back front cover is bound and a controller to be used for exporting the bibliography of user's selection from original device.This controller is also controlled page printing machine, cover unit, the device of gathering leaves of a book, attachment means with the books of printing and the bookbinding user selects.
In addition, according to the further characteristics of describing in a preferred embodiment, operation panel also comprises a payment mechanism, and it is used to pay selected bibliography and output device to be used for by literal with chromatic printing machine is printed and by binding device selected books of output later on by the user.Preferably, the payment mechanism in operation panel comprises a credit-card reader.
According to the further characteristics in the description of preferred embodiment, operation panel also comprises disc driver, so that the user inserts the disk that includes the book information that will print and glue together.
For example, data memory device book file information can have the form of a plurality of read-only optical discs.Information medium carrier (for example read-only optical disc or disk) is inserted into driver to be read in the groove so that the user of automatic reading, printing and bookbinding also can use read-only optical disc and disk.In addition, can use remote communication devices so that book file information is downloaded in the data memory device.
Preferably, the storage of paper and supply, operation panel, writings and image printing machine, cover unit, gather leaves of a book device and attachment means and all other parts all are accommodated in the common housing and full-automatic assembly line ground is operated.The holder that is used to store a plurality of bibliographys also is preferably placed in the common housing, but also can be positioned at a long-range position and be connected to equipment in common housing by order wire.
As following will be more specifically described, can also finish the function of vending machine according to the books making apparatus of aforementioned features manufacturing, be placed on the public place and print books as requested.Bibliography information can be with the form of numeral to be stored with the mode of compactness expeditiously, and for example read-only optical disc and hard disk to allow fast and retrieval effectively, are printed and exported during with convenient customer requirements.Can add new bibliography with simple mode, the secondhand book order that stops to sell can be left out from storage device.
Aforesaid characteristics can make such books printed apparatus be manufactured into the form of vending machine, has the advantage that a lot of these vending machines are provided, comprise the stock of eliminating books, reduced distribution expense, reduced space requirement, automatically keeping records, make the control of books stock simplify, reduce huge return of goods rate, buy books conveniently.
Because bibliography information is stored in the mode of compressed digital, for example read-only optical disc or hard disk, bibliography information can store with several different language, so that use the language of customer requirements to print.
According to following description, further characteristics of the present invention and advantage will be more obvious.
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Here, by the present invention will be described by means of embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the equal proportion schematic diagram of vending machine made in accordance with the present invention;
Fig. 2 A and 2B are respectively a block diagram and schematic diagrames of critical piece of printing books device of the vending machine of Fig. 1;
Fig. 2 C has illustrated the major part of the final products of new vending machine;
Fig. 3 has schematically illustrated the different parts of the printing control device that includes electrical storage device in Fig. 1 equipment;
Fig. 4 has schematically illustrated the different parts that include the system control device of electronic unit, driver etc. in the equipment of Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 has schematically illustrated sheet feeding-device and supply, is printed with the writings and image information of selected bibliography on aliment;
Fig. 6 is the enlarged drawing of the part of Fig. 5;
Fig. 7 has schematically illustrated and has been used at the printing machine of roll web with Fig. 2 A of the writings and image of duplexmode printing page;
Fig. 7 A has schematically illustrated the printing machine of Fig. 2 A that is used on the cutting page printing with two-way pattern the writings and image of page;
Fig. 8 has schematically illustrated the cutting mechanism downstream of the writings and image printing machine assembly of Fig. 7;
Fig. 9 has schematically illustrated the front cover feedway that is used for material is supplied to from storing apparatus the cover unit assembly;
Figure 10 and 10A have schematically illustrated the front cover colored printing thermomechanical components that is used for multiple color is printed on the preceding front cover and the back front cover of books;
Figure 11 A-11D has illustrated in the equipment of Fig. 2 A the different phase that preceding and back front cover is supplied in the device of gathering leaves of a book;
Figure 12 A-12C illustrated in the equipment of Fig. 2 A will be in the device of gathering leaves of a book different phase in literal page or leaf and two the front covers configurations;
Figure 13 A-13C has shown the page or leaf of configuration in books constitute and the bookbinding of front cover;
Figure 14 is a block diagram, and a form of data and control and management system in the controller of Fig. 2 A has been described; With
Figure 15 has schematically illustrated the flow chart of the desired main operations of machine supply books.
Preferred embodiment is described
With reference to figure 1, be equal proportion schematic diagram constructed in accordance and vending machine operation, generally with 1 indication.Vending machine comprises the books equipment of making, and it schematically illustrates at Fig. 2 A and 2B, prints and bound book according to user's selection and requirement, is used for " at once " and supplies with to the user.
Example by the prefabricated typical books of books manufacturing equipment has been described in Fig. 2 C.This school bag is drawn together the preceding and back front cover 90F and the 90B of printing, surrounds the page of many two-sided printings separately, and page generally comes mark with 81, and each side of the page of printing is come mark with 51A and 51B.Page of printing 81 and preceding and back front cover 90F and 90B are gathered leaves of a book respectively and are stapled together, and then are bonded together (representing glue with reference number 149).At last, use book support spine tape 143 and produce the books of finishing.
Vending machine also comprises an operation and display board, generally with 2 mark, it has comprised and has been used to show information relevant with books and their printing display screen 21, be used to insert the credit draw-in groove 22 of user credit card, a groove 23, it can make the user insert the read-only optical disc or the analog of the digital information that includes bibliography, this digital information can be with the outlet that the mode identical with selected bibliography in the bibliography that stores in machine printed and is used to receive the books 15 after bookbinding is finished.
Vending machine 1 (Fig. 1) also comprises second display screen 24, and it can be used for showing simultaneously page sample and other information relevant with books and hard copy sample display screen 25, but is used to show the bibliography that obtains in the slave.
Fig. 2 A and 2B have roughly illustrated the critical piece of seal book equipment constructed in accordance.In brief, the illustrated seal book equipment of Fig. 2 A and 2B comprises operation panel 2, print control module (PCU) 3, it specifies in Fig. 3 more, system control unit (SCU) 4, it specifies in Fig. 4 more, roll web feedway 5, it specifies in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 more, writings and image is printed unit 6, be used to print page, its in Fig. 7 and 7A, specify more and print gathering leaves of a book of page and correlation function unit 7,11 and 12 (Fig. 2 A) they in Fig. 8,11A-11D and 12A-12C, more specifically describe.The equipment that illustrates in Fig. 2 A and 2B also comprises the cover material feedway 9 of the upstream that is positioned at cover unit assembly 10, with another front cover feedway 11 in the downstream that is positioned at assembly 10, they more specifically describe in Fig. 9,10,10A and 11a-11d respectively.The page of printing literal and the front cover of printing are fed into gathers leaves of a book and stapling unit 12, it more specifically describes in Figure 12 a-12b and 13-13a respectively, so that the literal page printed and preceding and back front cover are gathered leaves of a book with bind the books of binding fully with production, books are fed into the output magazine 13 of vending machine.
As below will more specifically describing, print control module 3 and comprise that storage device to be used for storing many bibliography information with the form of read-only optical disc or hard disk, for example comprises the file of writings and image information, front cover information and the identifying information of books separately.Operation panel 2 can allow user (buyer) show the identifying information of storage bibliography, with select one of them and print out with books 15 forms completely, books 15 are made of many pages with writings and image completely, and the page bookbinding is being printed between the preceding of front cover information and the back front cover.Pay the bill with the insertion credit card.When credit card is approved and has been done to select, sell the book machine then and on many pages, print writings and image automatically, simultaneously with the information colour printing to preceding and back front cover and will print the page of literal/image and printing front cover the two supply to together in the unit 12 of gathering leaves of a book to gather leaves of a book and to bind.The books that to bind fully supply in the output magazine 13 then.
Printing machine control module 3, as described in Fig. 3, comprise the data memory device 31 that is used to store many bibliography information, the form of other data medium that for example has read-only optical disc or point out previously, each bibliography comprise that the user can select writings and image, front cover and the identifying information of the books separately printed.Writings and image is counted the number of words and be it is believed that and be fed in literal and the information printing machine, show as the line among Fig. 3 32 summarys, and front cover message digit data message is fed in the printing system to print front cover, shows as 33 summarys of Fig. 3 center line.
Printing control module illustrated in fig. 3 also comprises a motherboard 34 and a plurality of printer control panel mounted thereto, is used to control the data flow operations of two printing machine assemblies.
System control unit (SCU) 4 as specifying more among Fig. 4, comprises the Electronic Control to different device, as specifying more below.It also comprises a motherboard 41, system electronics 42 and a plurality of system drive and control card 43.
In illustrated the selling in the book machine of accompanying drawing, writings and image is printed on the paper of being supplied with by paper bobbin and is cut into the form of page, and front cover information is printed on the front cover of being supplied with by supply bin of tailoring in advance.Fig. 7-7A has illustrated the mode of literal/printing image on paper, and Figure 10 and 10A have illustrated the mode of front cover information printing on preceding and back front cover.
Like this, as shown in Figure 5, paper is supplied with and is comprised four reel 50a-50d, and each reel can hold the roll web 51 of equivalent length.In any one time, have only a paper bobbin to activated, in order to keep the supply of continuous paper, to use up when its roll web one, another roll web just activated up to all paper bobbins and all runs out.By any suitable telecontrol equipment, for example known motor, conveyer, roller and the servo control mechanism of prior art comes paper bobbin is loaded and moves.
The supply of the paper on the reel is responded to by the contact arm 52 that is installed in pivotally on the end 53 separately, and contact arm 52 comprises a contacted roller 54 of outer surface with roll web on reel separately.Installing pivotally of contact arm 52 terminal 53 is connected on the encoder 55 of a rotation, and encoder 55 is responded to the angle position of contact arm 52 separately and responded to the supply of the paper on reel separately whereby.
Leaving separately, the roll web 51 of reel is used for the guidance set of reel separately through one of a deflection roller 56 (Fig. 6) arrival.In the illustrated equipment that comprises four supply rolls, have four such deflection rollers 56 and four such guidance sets like this.
The deflection roller 56 and the guidance set that are used for four reels in Fig. 6, have been more specifically described.Like this, each guidance set comprises the pivot director element 58 that a fixing director element 57 and pivot towards retaining element by means of sheet spring 59.Fixed guide element 57 is loading one and is driving pinch roller 60, and this roller 60 aligns with another pinch roller 61 that is loaded by the pivot director element, so that drive the roll web 51 between the two.As noted earlier, in four supply rolls each all is provided with a separate deflection roller 56 and guider 57-61.
Sheet feeding-device also comprises an export orientation device, and it is made up of four director element 62A-62D of being separated by below the director element of four paper bobbins.Director element 62A-62D is used as the export orientation device, and its roll web with active roll drives and is directed at writings and image printing machine assembly 7 illustrated in fig. 7.
Between the conjoint outlet guider of four guiders of four reels 50 and director element 62A-62D, insert an indexing guiding device.Indexing guiding device also comprises the pivot director element 65 that a fixed guide element 64 and pivot towards retaining element by means of leaf spring 66.; under these circumstances; two director elements 64 are loaded by an indexing plate 67, indexing plate 67 installed pivotly with the director element 57 of two director elements 64,65 that guide it and the paper bobbin 50 that activates and 58 and the export orientation device of element 62A-62D aim at.Under the control of system control device, motor 65 drive pulley assemblies 68 so that indexing plate 67 can be pivoted on the selected position, thereby the guider 57-58 of two indexer guides 64,65 with the reel of the supply roll paper that activates under particular moment aimed at.
As in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, finding out especially, four paper supply rolls 50 and their deflection roller 56 be according to the arranged in form that is camber line on indexer guide 64,65, so that guide guiding to be installed pivotly so that in the roller guide any one aimed at the export orientation device of element 62A-62D according to the reel that activates.As finding out especially in Fig. 6, two director elements 57,58 are alternately to arrange on the length with respect to four reels 50.The director element of reel 50c is long like this, and the director element of next reel 50a is short, and the director element of next again reel 50b is long, and the director element of next again reel 50d is short.Such layout has reduced reel and their the occupied space of director element separately, and a compact structure is provided whereby, to hold the supply of a large amount of paper that is used to print a large amount of pages.
Fig. 7 has more specifically described the printing machine 6 of Fig. 2 A of the writings and image that is used to print books.Printing machine is the ink-jet printer of a two-sided type, promptly prints the two-sided of roll web 51.In Fig. 7, roll web 51 enters the printing machine assembly from the right side through guide plate 70 and 71 and is transferred on the upper surface by the conveyer belt 73a of the sealing of a pair of belt pulley level that 74a drives of the direction of arrow along Fig. 7 rotation by roller 72.Printer unit 75a is positioned at the top of the upper surface of conveyer belt 73a, under the driving of printer unit, prints literal/image information with convenient roll web 51 on its upper surface.Printer unit 75a can be one 7 inkjet component, and each has the driver of self, is described in the EP0640481 B1 in the patent No. for example, and this patent transfers the assignee identical with the application.For clear, not shown in the drawings inkjet component control and print cartridge.As needs, can use a radiating element at the port of export of printer unit 75a such as IR (infrared ray) or UV (ultraviolet ray).
When the conveyer belt 73b that leaves closed loop conveyer belt 73a and be received in the closed loop of conveyer belt 73a below when roll web goes up, one second print engine head 75b is set on the opposite sides of roll web, to print.Like this, when a side of roll web be transmitted band 73a when below print engine head 75a, transmitting printed good after, it is reversed when the conveyer belt 73b below roll web is sent to, so that print thereon.A separate dryer 76b can also be set to be used for the dry ink that is applied by printer unit 75b.
In Fig. 7, describe print head 75B (75A is similar with it) enlargedly in detail.In brief, print head 162 is ejected into delivery with ink droplet 164 and forms printing roll web 51B on the roll web 51 on the closed loop conveyer belt 73B.
Equally, use the roll web 51A of print head 75A printing and delivery printing on conveyer belt 73A.
Can move with any suitable mode dead block paper and with conveyer belt, for example by vacuum (not shown) or other and prior art similar techniques.
Conveyer belt system and its application in printing technology are known in the prior art, therefore do not need further to be described.
Fig. 8, it is the continuous upstream of writings and image printing machine assembly, roll web 51 has been described, and (with reference to 51A, 51B) has been printed with the later processing mode of writings and image information on its two sides.Like this, roll web 51 passes a pair of pinch roller 79 through guiders 89 and continuously by pinch roller 82, reach cut paper table 83 above, the cylinder 84 that has cut paper blade 85 is installed on cut paper table 83, blade 85 is along the longitudinal extension of cylinder, so that be transverse to roll web 51.The girth of cylinder 84 and the size that defines the cutting page or leaf synchronously between web velocity and cylinder 84.Like this, the speed of cylinder suitably is set, so that cut paper blade 85 cuts paper in place to produce the page 81 of printing separately with respect to the supply of roll web 51.These pages 81 are removed by the spron 86 of an inclination, arrive a collecting box 7 and supply to gathering leaves of a book and stapling unit 12 of Fig. 2 A, as following more specifically described with respect to Figure 12 and 13.
Fig. 7 A has illustrated a variation, and wherein paper cutter is positioned at the upstream of print engine head, rather than the downstream shown in Fig. 7.Like this, in the illustrated variation of Fig. 7 A, the guide plate 91 that is used for roll web 51 guiding is entered the first print engine head 75a comprises a cylinder 92, on cylinder 92, has paper cutter blade 93 at its longitudinal extension, and be transverse to roll web, similar with cut paper blade 85 and cylinder 84 among Fig. 8 so that the cut paper blade cuts into the page 81a that is fit to size with roll web, then page be transmitted band supply to the first print engine head 75a below.In addition, the terminal conveyer belt at print engine head 75a is provided with the conveyer belt of a plurality of guide roller 47 below single page guiding is reached through guide plate 77A to print on opposite side by the second print head 75b.
Fig. 9-11 has illustrated the cover unit system that prints the front cover information of selecting books on preceding and back front cover.
Pre-printed front cover, represented as numeral 90 in Fig. 9, be pre-cut and from case 91, supply with.This case comprises a lifter plate 92, gives at the motor-driven roller 93 that is piling up front cover 90 on the plate 92 and be loaded on the pivotal arm 94 from the top, so that contact with the top of piling up front cover.Elevating mechanism comprises a motor 95 by means of gear drive 97 drive screws 96, this screw rod is received among the nut 98 that is fixed on the case 91 with being stabilized, so that motor 95 rises lifter plate 92 when a direction rotation, when opposite direction rotation, reduce lifter plate 92.When the front cover that the front cover that drives top when drive roller reaches Fig. 2 A through guider 99 is printed unit 10, motor 95 and drive motors 93 Synchronization Control will more specifically describe in Figure 10 A so that lifter plate 92 is risen an increment.
Preferably print the front cover technology, wherein transmit color from colour band by " heat is transmitted " technology." heat is transmitted " technology is known in prior art, for example rolls up in " hard copy and the printing technology " delivered by Ken-Chi Shimmed announced disclosed in 1996 1252 at SIPE journal (Proceedings).
Like this, as shown in figure 10, pre-printed front cover 90 is sent on the conveyer belt of the closed loop that is driven by a pair of belt pulley 101 through guider 99 respectively, transmits below the 102a-102d of print head so that be fed into four continuous heat.Each print head comprises a colour band 103, and it is supplied with from supply spool 104, arrives residue spool 106 through print head 102A-102D then.Print head 102a-102d is made from the color point of colour band separately and is delivered on the front cover 90 to produce focus by digital control.Four print head 102a-102d can print four process color C, M, Y, K (blue or green, purple, yellow and black) by this way, although additional print head and specific color, for example metal color can also be set.
Before front cover 90F and back front cover 90B the two be printed on the face that a 102a-102d is printed on cover material.As among Figure 10 A best find out at length that the two is transmitted preceding front cover 90F and back front cover 90B and is with 100 deliveries on delivery unit 11.
Because the two is only printed at single face for the preceding front cover 90F of books and back front cover 90B, promptly towards the one side of the print head 102a-102d in Figure 10, the delivery unit 11 of Figure 10 A comprises a turning device 111, in this turning device upset front cover one, front cover promptly is so that the surface of its printing faced down in the moment that front cover is sent to gather leaves of a book device and attachment means (7 and 12).
The front cover delivery unit 11 of Figure 10 A and the different phase of its operation have been described in Figure 11 a-11d.Like this, conveyer belt 109 is sent to another guiding to gathering leaves of a book and the conveyer belt 110 of stapling unit 12 (Figure 12) with front cover 90 from print head 102a-102d (Figure 10).Switching mechanism 111 is arranged on the transmission point between the conveyer belt 109,110.
Gather leaves of a book and stapling unit 12 (in Figure 11 D) receive from the printing page of ink-jet perfecting press 6 and the front cover of the printing of printing and transmitting by delivery unit 11 by colour printing unit 10.Figure 12 A-12C has illustrated page and two modes that front cover is gathered leaves of a book of printing in unit 12; With Figure 13 A-13C the insertion of the gummed that grinds and spine back of the body bar 143 and bonding with page and books completely of front cover bookbinding becoming with spine have been described.Shown viscose glue 149 among Fig. 2 C best.
With reference now to Figure 12 A-12C,, the device of gathering leaves of a book comprises a device framework 130 of gathering leaves of a book that pivots round axle 131.In the process of gathering leaves of a book, framework 130 tilts with about 30 a ° angle shown in Figure 12 A and prints page 81 with optimum reception.The page 81 that moves through the two sides printing of the chute 86 of printing unit 6 is received on the Y-piece 132 subsequently to be piled up to form one, and the homepage of books is at first received and faces down.
Preceding front cover 90F is below conveyer belt 110 is fed into the Y-piece that piles up 132 that is mounted with page 81 or 81a (Figure 12 B), preceding front cover 90F is reversed, so that its printing side such as abovely face down with respect to Figure 11 a-11d is described, before front cover 90F can be inserted in any moment during the printing of page 81 and 81a, and unnecessary by the time all pages are printed finishes.Mobile then Y-piece 132 piles up on the base plate that relies on the framework 130 of gathering leaves of a book with front cover 90F before allowing and the printing page on it, back front cover 90B is sent to the top of piling up of printing page 81 and the one side of its printing is faced up then, shown in Figure 12 C.
After inserting like this back front cover 90B, by means of 134, one clamping plate 133 of fishbolt that drive by gear and belt pulley 136 by motor 135 be driven with after front cover 90b closely contact.Clamping plate 133 are pressed against the printing page 81 of books and 81a and two front cover 90F, 90B on the base plate of the framework 130 of gathering leaves of a book so tightly.
With reference now to Figure 13 A-13C,, the frame of gathering leaves of a book 131 is rotated in the position shown in Figure 13 A round its axle so that page pile up with front cover can be stapled together with the form of book.In this position, the spine 148 of books faces down.Page and two front covers of printing can be by stapled together to be formed the books of finishing by technology illustrated among Figure 13 B-13C, the spine that wherein adhesive 149 is applied to books will support the spine side that spine tape 143 is applied to books afterwards so that page 81 or 81a and front cover 90B-90F is glued together.Like this, shown in Figure 13 B, an adhesive applicator 140 is applied to adhesive 149 on the spine of books from container 141.Adhesive 149 can be cold mould or pattern of fever.To the situation of back, container 141 will be provided with heater 142 with heated adhesive.
Shown in Figure 13 C, the effect by by roller 144 and two side rollers 145 obtains bonding effect by means of support bar 143.
Spine applied cover binder before, spine can become coarse by a cutter as the rotation shown in digital 146 among Figure 13 A.This is coarse can to produce dust, and therefore a dust collection system 147 that is used for this purpose can be set.
If use hot glue system gummed books, shown in Figure 13 B, a such system should be equipped with a fume emission device (not shown).If glue together with adhesive tape, as shown in Figure 13 C, preferred adhesive tape is a thermal actuation, and preferred back and side roller the 144, the 145th, and is spring-loaded and heating ....
At books printed and bind as mentioned above after, books are released in payment groove 13 shown in Figure 1.
With reference now to Figure 14,, its be block diagram illustrations data and management system control module 4, control as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 sells the book machine all operations.Like this, storage device 31 stores the information of a plurality of bibliographys with the form of read-only optical disc, and each bibliography comprises the identifying information of literal/image, front cover information and each books.Controller 35 comprises a Program Manager 202 and user interface 205.In case selected bibliography, the position of Program Manager 202 recognition data and the general literal/image information of bibliography separately are directed to page print raster image processor (RIP) 204 and front cover information are directed to front cover RIP206, and it is converted into bitmap format with information.Generally, Word message is black and white, and front cover information is many middle colors., literal/image and front cover can print with colored and black and white any combination.By perfecting press 6 literal/image information is printed onto on the roll web (or page or leaf), as more specifically explanation in Fig. 7, and by the colored printing printer unit with the front cover information printing on preceding and back front cover, as in Figure 10, specifying more.Be printed with literal/image of selecting bibliography at all pages, two front covers printed and and after the printing page of bibliography gathers leaves of a book together, the page of printing and front cover are by as above in the face of Figure 12 and 13 described gather leaves of a book and stapling unit 12 is gathered leaves of a book and the form 15 that becomes final book stapled together.
As mentioned above, system controller 42 comprises electronic device and printer driver 43, as shown in Fig. 4 center 4, be used to control literal/image page printer unit 6 and cover unit unit 10 and gather leaves of a book and stapling unit 7,11 and 12, with print and bind user-selected books and other motor and actuator.
With reference now to Figure 15,, it is the flow chart of operation that the vending machine 1 of books manufacturing and supply has been described.Wish user's predetermined bibliography from acquisition bibliography tabulation (step 302) of predetermined specific bibliography.The bibliography that is obtained is displayed on (Fig. 1) on the display board 25.
Yu Ding bibliography is set in the data memory device 31 and data file separately comprises all bibliography information (step 304) that is extracted then.Then print cycle begins (step 306).Two sides at the page of books are printed, as top with reference to figure 7-7A described (step 308) with print page (step 310) in the page collecting box that is stored in collector unit 7,11 and 12.
Page is synchronous with printing, and begins the following printing (step 3 12) of carrying out front cover: at first, and front cover 90F (step 314) before printing.Before front cover be rotated (step 316) then and be inserted into unit 12 collections of being gathered leaves of a book the printing page below.When finishing the printing page, follow the top (step 318) of printing the back front cover and being inserted into the printing page in the unit 12 of gathering leaves of a book.
In case finish and print and all pages and front cover are collected, just begin books gather leaves of a book process (step 320) and forwarding (step 322).
At last, the user that the books that complete are released out to be waited for receives (step 324).Make the total page number that the predetermined desired All Time of books depends on page in the books, but process is very fast relatively, the books of for example finishing 200 two-sided pages need 2 minutes, so just meet usually the desirable supply of " at once " from vending machine by the user.
Like this, can realize at vending machine at all parts of the seal book equipment described in Fig. 2 A with the common housing that is used for all parts.Yet in some cases, the storage device that needs to be used to store a plurality of bibliographys is arranged on remote location, is connected to vending machine by the communication line that is fit to, to be provided for the central repository of a plurality of such vending machines.
When describing with respect to preferred embodiment when of the present invention, be understandable that this has just illustrated the purposes of embodiment, can also produce other variation, improvement and application of the present invention.For example, vending machine can be used to print such as literal books, scientific publication thing, article and catalogue etc.Will also be appreciated that and to use precut page or leaf to be used for the supply and the foregoing roll web of paper.
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1. be used for making and supplying with in real time the vending machine of books, comprise according to request:
A computer data storage device is used to store a plurality of bibliographys, and each comprises writings and image information, front cover information and other recognition data;
An operation panel, it comprises the demonstration of the identifying information that is used for showing the bibliography that is stored in described data memory device and can make the user can select of the described stored book title that is used for printing; With
The books manufacturing equipment is used to print and bind the bibliography of described selection to send described user at once to.
2. equipment according to claim 1 is characterized in that described books manufacturing equipment comprises:
A writings and image printing machine is used for writings and image information printing with the bibliography of described selection at many pages;
A cover unit is used for front cover information printing with the bibliography of described selection to preceding and back cover material;
The device of gathering leaves of a book, the preceding and back front cover of the books of selecting with configure user and the page of printing;
An attachment means, the page and the front cover that are used for the printing that will dispose by means of described gathering device are stapled together; With
A controller, be used for extracting the bibliography of being selected by the user from described storage device, with be used to control described printed writings and image, described printed front cover information, the books that the user selects are printed and bound to described device and the described attachment means of gathering leaves of a book whereby.
3. equipment as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, and described writings and image printing machine prints with black and white and and described cover unit carries out colored printing.
4. equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described operation panel comprises a payment mechanism, it is used to pay selected bibliography by the user, with a discharger, be used for print by literal/image and chromatic printing machine and by binding device after, discharge described books.
5. equipment as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, described payment mechanism on operation panel comprises that a user inserts the credit draw-in groove of credit card.
6. as claim 4 or 5 described equipment, it is characterized in that, described operation panel also comprises driver bay, be used to insert an external data carrier that includes a bibliography information, this bibliography information is used for printing and binding to replace being stored in the bibliography information of described data memory device by the user.
7. as each described equipment among the claim 3-6, it is characterized in that described operation panel comprises that also at least one display screen shows and the relevant information of arbitrary described bibliography being used to.
8. as each described equipment among the claim 3-7, it is characterized in that described operation panel, writings and image printing machine, cover unit, gather leaves of a book device and attachment means and operation control are arranged in the common housing all.
9. equipment as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that described data memory device also can be set in the described common housing.
10. as each described equipment among the claim 1-9, it is characterized in that described writings and image printing machine comprises a plurality of paper loading mechanism.
11., it is characterized in that described writings and image printing machine comprises a plurality of paper loading mechanism as each described equipment among the claim 1-10.
12. as each described equipment among the claim 1-9, it is characterized in that, described writings and image printing machine comprises a supporter that is used at least one volume roll web, a feedway and a paper cutter that when being controlled, is used for roll web is cut into the paper of page size that is used for roll web is supplied to the writings and image printing machine by described controller.
13. equipment as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described paper cutter is positioned at the downstream of writings and image printing machine, so that described roll web is cut into paper after being finished by the printing of writings and image printing machine.
14. equipment as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, described paper cutter is positioned at the upstream of writings and image printing machine, so that described roll web was cut into paper before being printed by the writings and image printing machine.
15. as each described equipment among the claim 12-14, it is characterized in that, described writings and image printing machine comprises a plurality of supporters, be used to support the multireel roll web, each supporter comprises that a sensor is used for surveying in the amount of the roll web of supporter separately and is used for activating described controller to be transformed into another supporter automatically when the roll web on other supporter when using up.
16. equipment as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, described writings and image printing machine also comprises:
Have the roll web of a supporter guider for each rolling supporter to be used to lead from supporter;
An export orientation device; With
Indexing guiding device and be directed to by described controller between all supporter guiders and described export orientation device selectively will arrive in the described supporter guider one is aimed at described export orientation device.
17. equipment as claimed in claim 16, it is characterized in that, described supporter and supporter guider accurately are arranged in the top of described indexing guiding device, described indexing guiding device, and described indexing guiding device can be pivoted to selectively to be aimed at described export orientation device one in the supporter guider.
18. equipment as claimed in claim 17, it is characterized in that, described supporter guider has two different length, and length of guider and another length of guider are alternately arranged, to reduce supporter and their occupied spaces of reel paper roll separately.
19. as each described equipment among the claim 16-18, wherein each described guiding comprises a fixing director element, with the director element of a pivot, each described director element comprises works as from chart drum through the out-of-date clamping rod that engages with chart drum.
20., it is characterized in that described literal and image printing machine comprise as each described equipment among the claim 1-19:
First feed system is used to receive a roll web that faces up;
First printing assembly on described first feed system is used for printing on the described one side of roll web;
Second feed system is used to receive the opposite paper that faces up from first feed system;
Second printing assembly on described second feed system is used for printing on the opposite one side up of described roll web.
21. equipment as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, described first and second printing assemblies are ink guns of arranging on page width.
22. equipment as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that, described literal and image printing machine also are included in the drier in the downstream of described first and second feeding assemblies.
23., it is characterized in that described cover unit also comprises as each described equipment among the claim 1-22:
Be used to receive the case that piles up that precuts into certain size;
Be used to print the cover unit assembly of front cover information; With
A top feeder is used for front cover is supplied to the cover unit assembly successively from the top of piling up of case;
Described cover unit assembly is controlled by described controller, with on preceding front cover information printing to a front cover of selected bibliography and on back front cover information printing to a front cover that follows closely with selected bibliography.
24. equipment as claimed in claim 23 is characterized in that, described cover unit assembly comprises a plurality of colored printing heads.
25. equipment as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that, each described print head will from the color transfer colour band its separately the China ink of color be printed on the front cover.
26. equipment as claimed in claim 25 is characterized in that, by heat transfer process, each described print head will from the color transfer colour band its separately the China ink of color be printed on the front cover.
27., it is characterized in that described gathering device comprises as each described equipment among the claim 1-26:
The device framework of gathering leaves of a book;
A page feeder, the page that is used for producing literal supplies to gathers leaves of a book the device framework and piles up page here, since first page, faces down.
With a front cover feeder, be used for described front cover is supplied to the device framework of gathering leaves of a book, front cover and comprise a turner before described is used for being fed into when gathering leaves of a book the device framework at preceding front cover, upset should before front cover.
28. equipment as claimed in claim 27 is characterized in that, the described device of gathering leaves of a book also comprises:
Insertable Y-piece on the obliquity in the described device framework of gathering leaves of a book, the page that described page feeder will produce literal/image supply on the Y-piece and pile up page thereon, since first page, face down.
And at described Y-piece with gather leaves of a book and have a space between the device framework, to allow and will supply to the bottom of piling up and described front cover is afterwards supplied to the top of piling up at front cover before upturned position described;
With one be used to clamp two front covers and the page between it by the clamping plate of described controller actuating, prepare them by binding device.
29., it is characterized in that described attachment means comprises an adhesive applicator as each described equipment among the claim 1-28, be used for adhesive is applied to the seamed edge of the page of the front cover that configured by the device of gathering leaves of a book and printing.
30., it is characterized in that described attachment means comprises a bar applicator as each described equipment among the claim 1-28, be used for bar is applied to the seamed edge of the page of the front cover that configured by the device of gathering leaves of a book and printing.
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