CN1944072A

CN1944072A - Bookbinding apparatus and image forming system

Info

Publication number: CN1944072A
Application number: CNA2006101055740A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吉江幸二; 清水三郎; 濵利一; 金子昌浩; 秦辉鲜
Original assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
Current assignee: Konica Minolta Inc; Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc
Priority date: 2005-08-31
Filing date: 2006-07-17
Publication date: 2007-04-11
Anticipated expiration: 2026-07-17
Also published as: JP2007062145A; EP1759870A2; JP4618055B2; EP1759870B1; CN100554000C; US20070045928A1; EP1759870A3

Abstract

The present invention provided a bookbinding apparatus and image forming system. The bookbinding apparatus for providing wrapping-binding of a booklet by bonding a cover sheet on the spine portion of a sheet bundle to wrap the sheet bundle with the cover sheet, wherein the sheet conveyance path of the bookbinding apparatus includes a notch forming device to form notches on the end to be coated with adhesive when the sheet is subjected to bookbinding process.

Description

Bookbinding apparatus and image processing system

Technical field

The present invention relates to cover the back and the positive and negative of quires with cover paper, make the bookbinding apparatus of book, relate in particular to and have the image formation system that can be applicable to the bookbinding apparatus that is connected with image processing system main frames such as duplicator, picture unit, printers.

Background technology

Handle as imperial decree,, build up one quires and carry out that the stapling imperial decree is handled or the technology of coating paste imperial decree processing, had disclosed what print.

As coating paste bookbinding apparatus, know, have use the paste nozzle to the device of paper ejection paste, the paste runner is set in paste is accommodated case, make the periphery of the paste runner of this rotation pay paste, and the contact transfer device that contacts with paper of the periphery that makes the paste runner, heat by heat bonding coating device, the limit of the mixture of nozzle ejection hot glue (heat fuses agent) and heated compressed air and to scribble the band with adherence paste in advance, the limit is pasted on the adhesive tape sticking apparatus at quires back etc.

, handle as general imperial decree, the lapping device by separating with bookbinding apparatus forms a plurality of grooves of the notch in the end of quires, afterwards, by the end avris coating paste of bookbinding apparatus at quires, carries out book and makes in the past.

The image processing system of nearest electrofax mode etc. has functions such as high speed performance, multi-functional, network function, by being connected with high capacity feeder, big capacity stacking machine, has enlarged the purposes as printing equipment.

When image processing system is used as the situation of printing equipment, link, can carry out by enough table apparatus from being printed onto imperial decree by bookbinding apparatus with the printed article imperial decree.

Disclosed coating paste bookbinding apparatus in the patent documentation 1, because few at the paste bond area of quires back coating, so, the undercapacity of coating paste imperial decree.

Form a plurality of grooves of the notch with lapping device on quires end limit, bookbinding apparatus at the end avris coating paste of quires with this groove of the notch, wherein, because lapping device is large-scale, so this lapping device of configuration in bookbinding apparatus, then bookbinding apparatus maximizes, and the problem of the manufacturing cost of being accompanied by rising is arranged, with it as image processing system when directly linking the image formation system of bookbinding apparatus, is become shortcoming as printing equipment.

(patent documentation 1) spy opens the 2004-209869 communique

Summary of the invention

The present invention is the bookbinding apparatus and the image formation system of following record.

(1) bookbinding apparatus of the present invention, be at the back of quires pasted cover paper, pack described quires with this cover paper, carry out the bookbinding apparatus that book is made, it has the otch formation mechanism that forms otch as the end avris that scribbles paste of each paper before the described quires forming.

(2) image formation system of the present invention, it has: the image processing system main frame that comprises the sheet carrying mechanism of the image forming part that is used on paper forming image and conveyance paper; End limit at the paper that has formed image with described image processing system forms otch, with many sheet stackings that formed this otch is quires, in the formation of this quires the back coating paste of described otch side, pasted cover paper, pack described quires with this front cover system, carry out the bookbinding apparatus that book is made.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1: the overall structure figure that has the image formation system of image processing system main frame, bookbinding apparatus, paper delivery device for sheet.

Fig. 2: the stereoscopic figure of image formation system.

Fig. 3: the schematic cross-section on the sheet carrying road of the bookbinding apparatus among the present invention.

Fig. 4: expression is to the sectional view of the bookbinding apparatus of quires coating paste processing.

Fig. 5: paste coating means and the stereogram of controlling means.

Fig. 6: the sectional view of the outer dress means of cover paper cutting means and cover paper.

Fig. 7: the schematic cross-section of the outer dress means of cover paper upper limit position.

Fig. 8: the stravismus schematic diagram of book manufacturing process.

Fig. 9: the sectional view that forms the otch means.

Figure 10: the plane and the stereogram of punch die and punching tool.

Figure 11: on 1 paper, form a plurality of otch, the otch paper scrap is separated the stravismus schematic diagram of back state, and the stereogram that will form the quires that the paper collection of a plurality of otch stacks.

Figure 12: the stereogram that will form the quires that the paper collection of a plurality of otch stacks.

Figure 13: the stravismus schematic diagram that will form other examples of the quires that the paper collection of a plurality of otch stacks.

The specific embodiment

Subsequent, with reference to the accompanying drawings, bookbinding apparatus of the present invention and the image formation system that has a bookbinding apparatus are described.

(image formation system)

Fig. 1 is the overall structure figure that has the image formation system of image processing system host A, bookbinding apparatus B, paper delivery device for sheet C.Fig. 2 is the stereoscopic figure of image formation system.

(image processing system main frame)

The image processing system host A have rotation as mounting body 1 around disposed charged means 2, formed means as exposure means 3, video picture means 4, transfer printing means 5A, the image that removes electric hand section 5B and cleaning means 6.Image formation means be by charged means 2 after carrying out uniform charged as the surface of mounting body 1, laser beam by exposure means 3, according to the view data that reads from the original copy scanning that exposes, form sub-image, with this sub-image counter-rotating video picture, form the toning picture by video picture means 4 on the surface of picture mounting body 1.

The paper S that confesses from paper incorporating section 7A is sent to transfer position.In transfer position, by transfer printing means 5A transfer printing toning picture on paper S.Afterwards,, separate,, subsequently add thermal fixation, discharge from paper ejection drum 7C then by set means 8 by conveying unit 7B conveyance from picture mounting body 1 by the electric charge that removes electric hand section 5B cancellation paper S reverse side.

When carrying out image formation on the two sides of paper S, to add the paper S of thermal fixation from common row's paper path difference by set means 8 by carrying channel switch means 7D, after, the positive and negative counter-rotating circuitous at counter-rotating conveying unit 7E, pass through image forming part once more, reverse side at paper S forms image, through set means 8, outside device, discharge from paper ejection drum 7C.

The developer of the remained on surface of the picture mounting body 1 after being removed image and handled by cleaning means 6 is prepared image formation next time.

(bookbinding apparatus)

Fig. 3 is the schematic cross-section on the sheet carrying road of the bookbinding apparatus B among the present invention.

Bookbinding apparatus B has paper and imports means 10, row's paper means 20, quires and take in means 30, quires conveyance means 40, paste coating means 50 (with reference to Fig. 4), cover paper supply mean 60, cover paper cutting means 70, the outer dress means of cover paper (packing imperial decree means) 80, integration means 89, book conveyance means 100.These a few various means are configured in almost vertical direction in the bookbinding apparatus main frame by file.

(paper imports means 10)

Imported the paper S that means 10 import by paper, seized on both sides by the arms conveyance, take in either party difference of means 30 by carrying channel switch means 31 to row's paper means 20 or quires by

cylinder

11,12.

(row's paper means 20)

This sheet carrying is set, and then 31 blockings of carrying channel switch means are taken in the carrying channel of means 30 toward paper, open carrying channel toward row's paper means 20.

The paper S of the carrying channel by row's paper means 20 is being seized on both sides by the arms toward the top conveyance by conveyance cylinder 21,22, is discharged, is contained toward the fixedly row paper platforms 24 of device topmosts by paper ejection drum 23.Fixing row's paper platform 24 can directly accept to take in the paper S that discharges from the image processing system host A, and maximum collection carries about 200 paper.

(quires is taken in means 30)

By carrying channel switch means 31 sheet carrying directions by the paper S of difference toward the diagram left of downstream side, seized, be accommodated on both sides by the arms institute's allocation that quires is taken in means 30 by

conveyance cylinder

32,33,34,35,36, collection carries in turn, forms the quires Sa that the paper S by certain number piles.Quires takes in that means 30 have the paper mounting table 37 of tilted configuration, movably paper rear end positioning element 38, paper width direction location is with paper amplitude integral component 39 etc.

(sheet carrying means 40)

Quires is taken in the quires Sa that collection carries on the paper mounting table 37 of means 30, by do not have illustrated release means by conveyance toward oblique below.Afterwards, quires Sa is controlled by the means of controlling 41 of quires conveyance means 40, controls quires Sa the face (back) that quires Sa goes up the processing of coating paste is rotated to downside, stops at institute's allocation.

(paste coating means 50)

Paste coating means 50 (with reference to Fig. 4) have paste coating parts (claiming the coating cylinder again) 51, drive the rotation of coating cylinder rotary means 52 and, take in paste paste container 53 and, support paste container 53 the moving body 54 that can move to front face side from the primary position of the rear side of bookbinding apparatus B and, make the illustrated mobile means that do not have that moving body 54 moves back and forth.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view from the bookbinding apparatus B of paste coating processing to quires Sa that make, and Fig. 5 is paste coating means 50 and the stereogram of controlling means 41.

The moving body 54 of paste coating means 50 on the parallel direction of an edge direction of face length under the quires Sa that is supported on erectility by the means of controlling 41, does not move by there being illustrated driving means.

Moving body 54 begins to move from the primary position of the rear side of bookbinding apparatus B, moves along guiding parts 55, after institute's allocation of the front face side of bookbinding apparatus B stops, being inverted to drive and being returned to primary position.

By the motor and the rotary means 52 of paste coating means, taken in and oozed the coating cylinder of putting 51 in the paste container 53 of paste N and be rotated.Moving or move back and forth a direction coating paste of the length of coating cylinder 51 below the quires Sa that is supported on erectility by moving body 54.

(cover paper supply mean 60)

As shown in Figure 3, the cover paper K that takes in the sheet feed stacker 61 of cover paper supply mean 60 is 62 separated by the paper supply means, sent, seize on both sides by the arms by

conveyance cylinder

63,64,65, by conveyance to the outer dress means 80 of cover paper.

(cover paper cutting means 70)

Fig. 6 is the schematic cross-section of outer dress means 80 of the cover paper of lower position and cover paper cutting means 70.

Cover paper cutting means 70 are cylinder cutter units that rotation blade 71 and counteredge 72 constitute.Rotation blade 71 and counteredge 72 limit contact edge rotations are to cover paper amplitude direction cutting cover paper K.The paper scrap of cover paper K after the cutting partly falls to paper scrap case 73, is contained.

The cutting length of cover paper K is to add the length at back of quires Sa and the length that obtains on the length of 2 parts of the direct of travel of paper S.In the operating portion 9 of image processing system host A, select to set or detect antiquarian, paper number, paper sheet thickness, then control device is set the cutting institute measured length of cover paper K.Length before the cutting of cover paper K is fixed in advance corresponding to the maximum number of paper.

(the outer dress means 80 of cover paper)

By paper supply means 62, the cover paper K that takes in the sheet feed stacker 61 of cover paper supply mean 60 is separated, sent, and seized on both sides by the arms by

conveyance cylinder

63,64,65, is directed to the outer dress means 80 of cover paper, afterwards, entered cover paper cutting means 70 by conveyance round about.The cover paper K that is tailored to certain-length in cover paper cutting means 70 once more by conveyance to the outer dress means 80 of cover paper.

The cover paper K that is directed to the outer dress means 80 of cover paper is by 65 conveyances of conveyance cylinder, advance along guide plate 87, pass the position of seizing on both sides by the arms that drives rotation conveyance cylinder 81 and driven cylinder 881, and pass the position of seizing on both sides by the arms that drives rotation conveyance cylinder 82 and driven cylinder 882.

The driving reception and registration Z1 of system that the motor M2A of the 2nd driving means was situated between and is made of driving-belt, gear row shakes and drives cover paper support component 88A.The driving reception and registration Z2 of system that the motor M2B of the 2nd driving means was situated between and is made of driving-belt, gear row shakes and drives cover paper support component 88B.

Cover paper support component 88A has the driven cylinder 881 that can be supported on rotatably on the lever that can shake that is connected with the final gear that drives the Z1 of reception and registration system.

Cover paper support component 88B has the driven cylinder 882 that can be supported on rotatably on the lever that can shake that is connected with the final gear that drives the Z2 of reception and registration system.

When cover paper K entered along the guide plate 87 in the outer dress means 80 of cover paper, motor M2A drove beginning, shakes lever, connects pressure with the conveyance cylinder 81 that drives driven cylinder 881 rotations.In addition, almost side by side motor M2B drives beginning, shakes lever, connects pressure with the conveyance cylinder 82 that drives driven cylinder 881 rotations.

The cover paper K that enters along guide plate 87, by the conveyance cylinder 81 and the driven cylinder 881 of conveyance direction upstream side seize on both sides by the arms, conveyance, continue by the conveyance cylinder 82 and the driven cylinder 882 of conveyance direction downstream side seize on both sides by the arms, conveyance, afterwards, stop at institute's allocation.

Fig. 7 is the schematic cross-section of the upper limit position of the outer dress means of cover paper.

Mounting is in the cover paper K of the outer dress means 80 of cover paper, by the 1st driving means M3 of the outer dress means 80 of cover paper move to paste coating treated side near, between this, shake cover

paper support component

88A, 88B by motor M2A, the M2B of the 2nd driving means, cover paper K is released, supports.Thus, prevented that cover paper K is moved in the outer dress means 80 of cover paper move, correctly to be pasted on the paste coating treated side of quires Sa.

Detect the paste treated side of cover paper K by the means PS of detecting,, remove

support component

88A, 88B pushing cover paper then by motor M2A, M2B near quires Sa.

(making of book)

Fig. 8 is the stravismus schematic diagram of book manufacturing process.Fig. 8 (a) is the stravismus schematic diagram of the quires Sa that pastes on the central portion of the cover paper K of mounting on the mobile basket 84 of the outer dress means 80 of cover paper and cover paper K.Fig. 8 (b) is by the 1st crimp 86A and the 2nd crimp 86B and pressure-producing part 83, by the quires Sa that has been pasted by the cover paper K that bent packing paste, the stravismus schematic diagram of imperial decree state.Fig. 8 (c) is the stereogram of the good book Sb of packing imperial decree.

In these figure, U represent quires Sa, the upper face side when book Sb is upright towards the sky side, the bottom surface side of L quires Sa, book Sb towards the ground side.

(discharge of book)

After the bending operation of cover paper finishes, decline by driving-belt 85 shown in Figure 1 drives, the outer dress means 80 of cover paper descend, wait to keep away, afterwards, by there not being illustrated driving means, discharging driving-belt 101 and begin to rotate, by book Sb is descended,, move to the conveyance direction by discharging driving-belt 101 when running in driving-belt 101 its bottom.Book Sb on the face of the discharge driving-belt 101 that rotates, by conveyance, is discharged, is accommodated in paper delivery device for sheet C by mounting outside device.

(paper delivery device for sheet C)

Arranged on the paper platform 103 in the lifting of paper delivery device for sheet C by mounting from outlet opening 102 shown in Figure 1 by the book Sb that discharges driving-belt 101 discharges, collection carries in turn.Book Sb is discharged from, collect and be stated from the lifting row paper platform 103, and then lifting row paper platform 103 descends in turn by rotating wire 104.Dead point below lifting row paper platform 103 arrives, then book Sb is given conveyance driving-belt 105 by biography, discharges outside device by the rotation of conveyance driving-belt 105.

Fig. 9 is the sectional view that otch forms means 90.

Otch forms means 90 and has: be fixed on the punch die 91 on the part of sheet carrying road; Be embedded in punch die 91 can lifting punching tool 92; Make the driving means of punching tool 92 liftings; Take in the paper scrap containing box 98 of otch paper scrap etc.

With the outer peripheral face of punch die 91 opposed punching tools 92, be the inboard that can be embedded in guiding parts 93 up and down.The driving means of punching tool 92 liftings is had: motor M4; The pinion 94 that is connected with motor M4; The gear wheel 95 meshing with pinion; Tying is in the bent axle that can shake rotation 96 of gear wheel 95 1 ends; Link the binding parts 97 on bent axle 96 and punching tool 92 tops etc.

By the driving of motor M4, the pinion 94 that was situated between, gear wheel 95, bent axle 96, binding parts 97, lifting drives punching tool 92.

Decline by punching tool 92 drives and chimeric with punch die 91, forms notch V (with reference to Figure 11) in the rearward end of paper S.

Otch forms the centre that means 90 are configured in conveyance cylinder 32 and conveyance cylinder 33.The first end of paper S is imported into bookbinding apparatus B, and the otch that passes conveyance cylinder 32, otch formation means 90 forms position, conveyance cylinder 33, stops at institute's allocation.That is to say that when being configured in after rearward end that sensor conveyance cylinder 32 upstream sides, that do not demonstrate among the figure detects paper S passes, count certain pulse, making does not have the driving of illustrated motor to stop, making paper S stop to advance.In this paper stop position, on the end limit of the rearward end of paper S, form notch V.

Figure 10 (a) is the plane of punch die 91 and punching tool 92, and Figure 10 (b) is the stereogram of punch die 91 and punching tool 92.

Punch die 91 has a plurality of recessing tool blade 91a.Punching tool 92 has a plurality of overshooting shape blade part 92a that are embedded in punch die 91.

Figure 11 (a) forms a plurality of notch V, the stravismus schematic diagram of state behind the separating cut paper scrap Sc on 1 paper S.And, when forming a plurality of notch V or switch-in part, can be the paper S that 11 conveyance is come, 11 ground forms respectively, also can be to form together after plurality of sheets of paper is opened S and piled up.

Figure 11 (b) is a stereogram of having piled up the quires Sa of the paper S that has formed a plurality of notch V.Under this state, coating paste on the back of the quires Sa with notch V.The paste upstream end limit and the notch V that are coated with, cover paper K is sticked on the back of quires Sa securely.In addition, constitute and can the operation screen by the image processing system host A specify the structure that whether forms notch at paper, the operator can carry out suitable appointment according to the kind or the number of the paper that forms book.

The shape of notch V is not limited to the recess of illustrated V-shape, according to character of the paper kind of paper S, number, paste etc., selects different shape aptly.

In addition, also can use switch-in part (slit) V ' replacement notch V of linearity.At this moment, be that configuration cultrated blade member replaces described lifting punching tool 92, dispose tabular receiver sheet parts and replace punch die 91, like this, have simple in structure and the speciality of otch paper scrap Sc does not take place.But at the back of quires Sa, the paste that enters is less.

Figure 12 is a stereogram of having piled up the quires Sa of the paper S that has formed a plurality of switch-in part V '.And the otch among the present invention comprises incision as shown in figure 12 etc., makes the then meaning of the shape of area increase of paste.

Figure 13 is the stravismus schematic diagram of other examples of having piled up the quires Sa of the paper S that has formed a plurality of notch V.

Among Fig. 9, form at otch on the conveyance cylinder 33 of sheet carrying direction downstream side of means 90, being provided with does not have the illustrated displacement means of public technology that are.The displacement means make the paper S that is being controlled by conveyance cylinder 33, do the displacement of certain distance in the paper amplitude direction vertical with the sheet carrying direction.

Form means 90 form a plurality of notch V, conveyance on the 1st paper S after by otch, the 2nd paper S of conveyance, pass through mobile means, make the paper S that is controlling by conveyance cylinder 33, after the paper amplitude direction vertical with the sheet carrying direction only moves as certain distance, form means 90 by otch and on the 2nd paper S, form a plurality of notch V.

Like this, open at follow-up plurality of sheets of paper and to form notch V on the S in turn, conveyance to quires is taken in means 30 then, forms quires Sa.At the back of quires Sa, as shown in the figure, a plurality of notch V between the paper of inclination assortment lamination shape.

Then, at the back of quires Sa, almost a plurality of notch V of assortment equally spaced form paste and paste face.

And, also bookbinding apparatus B of the present invention can be formed independent device, will be stated from paper by the quires Sa collection that other image processing systems are handled and take in after the means 30, carry out paste coating and cover paper and adorn processing outward, make the packing imperial decree.

According to these bookbinding apparatus, follow otch to form the miniaturization of mechanism, can make the bookbinding apparatus miniaturization.Therefore, the such large-scale plant of lapping device that does not need imperial decree in the past to use in handling, so, can economy system the space is set.In addition, handle because carry out same imperial decree can be with the lapping device that uses in the past the time, so, the quality of imperial decree intensity and imperial decree can be improved.

In addition, be the ratio paper incorporating section upstream side that is configured in sheet carrying direction on the sheet carrying road because otch forms mechanism, to forming the structure of carrying out the otch processing as each paper before the quires, so, can realize that otch forms the miniaturization of mechanism, reduces manufacturing cost, noise-decreasing.

In addition, because can select whether on paper, to form otch, so, can do suitable the selection according to the number of quires, the paper kind of paper.

In addition, forming mechanism according to otch is the structure that has the driving mechanism of the punch die that is fixed on the sheet carrying road, the lifting punching tool that is embedded in described punch die with overshooting shape blade part, this punching tool of lifting, so, can realize that otch forms the miniaturization of mechanism, reduce manufacturing cost, noise-decreasing.

In addition, have image processing system main frame and bookbinding apparatus by making image formation system, can adhere securely by quires and the cover paper of the plurality of sheets of paper Zhang Zucheng that takes out of from the image processing system main frame, the imperial decree that carries out that can be continuous is automatically handled.

Claims

1. one kind at the back of quires pasted cover paper, packs described quires with this cover paper, carries out the bookbinding apparatus that book is made, and it has forming the otch that the end avris that scribbles paste as each paper before the described quires forms otch and forms mechanism.

2. the bookbinding apparatus in the claim 1, wherein, described otch form mechanism be configured in sheet carrying direction on the sheet carrying road, than piling up the quires incorporating section upstream side that plurality of sheets of paper is opened.

3. the bookbinding apparatus in the claim 1 or 2, wherein, described otch forms mechanism, is that 11 ground carries out otch with paper and handles.

4. the bookbinding apparatus in any 1 of claim 1 to 3 wherein, constitutes and can select whether to form otch on paper.

5. the bookbinding apparatus in any 1 of claim 1 to 3, wherein, described otch forms mechanism and has the punch die that is fixed on the sheet carrying road, has the lifting punching tool that is embedded in described punch die of overshooting shape blade part, the driving mechanism of this punching tool of lifting.

6. image formation system, it has:

The image processing system main frame that comprises the sheet carrying mechanism of the image forming part that is used on paper forming image and conveyance paper;

Form otch on the paper end limit that has formed image by described image processing system main frame, the plurality of sheets of paper that has formed this otch is opened accumulation be quires, in the formation of this quires the back coating paste of described otch side, pasted cover paper plays the bookbinding apparatus that described quires is made book with this front cover paper bag.

7. the image formation system in the claim 6, wherein, described bookbinding apparatus has, and on the sheet carrying direction, opens the quires incorporating section flow process side of the quires of being piled into than plurality of sheets of paper, and the otch that forms otch on paper forms mechanism.

8. the image formation system in the claim 6 or 7, wherein, described bookbinding apparatus has and 11 on paper is carried out the otch that otch handles forms mechanism.

9. the image formation system in any 1 of claim 6 to 8 is constituted as and can selects whether to form otch in described bookbinding apparatus on paper.

10. the image formation system in any 1 of claim 6 to 9, wherein, described bookbinding apparatus has on paper the otch that forms otch and forms mechanism, this otch form mechanism have the punch die that is fixed in the sheet carrying road and, have the overshooting shape blade part the lifting punching tool that is embedded in described punch die and, the driving mechanism of this punching tool of lifting.