JP2000108544A - Bookbinding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bookbinding apparatus capable of forming a book by simply and effectively paste binding irrespective of the number of sheets. SOLUTION: The bookbinding apparatus comprises a single piece printing unit 2 for printing a unit sheet 100, a longitudinal to lateral converter 4 for converting a longitudinal position to a lateral position of the sheet 100 by rotating the front to rear reversed sheet 100 at 90 degrees to a horizontal direction while feeding the printed sheet 100, a paste coating unit 5 for coating a predetermined position of the sheet to a lower surface side with paste except the sheets 100 to be sheets to be divided for bookbinding, and a stacker 6 for sequentially depositing the sheets 100 with the paste coating parts of the sheets 100 directed downward to bind opposed coating parts of the sheets 100 together to a book.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of collating a predetermined number of unit papers on which desired information is printed, and binding the unit papers to a predetermined overlapping surface of the unit papers except for a unit paper to be a cover. The present invention relates to a bookbinding apparatus for creating a booklet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bookbinding apparatus has been known in which booklets are formed by collating and binding a predetermined number of unit sheets for each group, and the conventional binding is performed by staple binding. I have.

[0003]

However, in the case of staple binding, the number of sheets to be bound is limited, and the material and binding shape of the wire is restricted. Unless the number of sheets to be bound is within a predetermined range, the appearance becomes poor. For example, if the number of sheets to be bound is less than a predetermined number, the wire may protrude or jump out of an abnormal manner, while if the number of sheets to be bound is greater than the predetermined number, the wire is crushed and cannot be bound. Was.

In order to solve these problems, it has been attempted to employ glue binding, but when the number of sheets to be bound is very small or very large, it takes time and complicated processing. Problem.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to provide a bookbinding apparatus capable of performing simple and reliable binding processing by glue binding regardless of the number of sheets.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bookbinding apparatus for printing a desired piece of information on a unit sheet, a single-piece printing unit, and rotating the printed unit sheet by 90 degrees in a horizontal direction while transferring the printed unit sheet. A vertical / horizontal conversion unit for converting the vertical / horizontal position of the unit paper, a glue applying unit for applying a glue to a predetermined position on the lower surface side of each unit paper excluding a unit paper to be a sheet to be bound, and a unit paper The stacker unit is characterized in that a stacker unit is formed in which a unit paper is sequentially stacked with the glue application surface facing downward and the unit papers are bound at the glue application portions facing each other to form a booklet.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bookbinding apparatus wherein the vertical / horizontal conversion unit according to the first aspect is capable of moving back and forth with respect to a sheet transport path, and is in a conversion operation state when it advances, while it is in a non-conversion operation when leaving It is characterized in that it is configured to be in a state.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. put it here,
FIG. 1 is a side view schematically showing the entire bookbinding apparatus, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an operation of a vertical / horizontal conversion unit in a conversion operation state, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an operation of the vertical / horizontal conversion unit in a non-conversion operation state. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a unit sheet provided with sorting marks.

As shown in FIG. 1, a bookbinding apparatus 1 includes a unit printer 2 serving as a unit printing unit for printing desired information on unit paper 100 and a unit forming a booklet 200 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). A mark sensor 3 is provided for reading a sorting mark 101 (see FIG. 4) previously attached to a predetermined position on the back surface of the unit paper 100 in order to sort each paper 100.

Following the mark sensor 3, the bookbinding device 1
A vertical / horizontal conversion unit 4 for rotating the unit paper 100 by 90 degrees in the horizontal direction while transferring the unit paper 100 to convert the vertical / horizontal position of the unit paper 100
And each unit sheet 10 excluding the unit sheet 100 that is to be the first page which is a cover page, for example, a sheet used for bookbinding.
0 and a glue application unit 5 that applies glue to a predetermined position on the lower surface side of the unit paper 100, and the unit paper 100 is sequentially stacked with the glue application surface facing downward, so that the unit paper 100 is bound at the glue application portion where the unit paper 100 is in contact with the booklet 200. Is provided.

[0011] As shown in FIG.
Is marked on the back surface of the partitioning mark 10 for identifying the presence or absence of glue application to form the booklet 200 and controlling the application operation.
1 is provided. In the present embodiment, as described above, since the glue is not applied to the front surface (lower surface side) of the unit paper 100 to be the first page, the division mark 101 is
Unit paper 1 which is the last page of one group which is 00
00, the application operation is controlled so that no glue is applied to the front surface of the unit sheet 100 which is the first page which is the next unit sheet 100 provided with the division mark 101.

Although not shown, the position where the glue is applied is located on the surface of the unit paper 100,
1, the short side close to 1, or the division mark 101
This is a portion along the long side that is close to, and the division mark 101 is made inconspicuous after the booklet 200 is formed.

Here, the structure of the bookbinding apparatus 1 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. The single-piece printer 2 prints desired information on the front side of each unit sheet 100, and discharges the unit paper 100 with the printing surface, which is the front side, facing down.

A mark sensor 3 is provided following the single-piece printer 2, and when passing through the mark sensor 3, if there is a division mark 101, this is read. The glue application operation in the glue application unit 5 is controlled based on the read signal. The glue is applied to the unit paper 100 to be the first page, which is sent next to the unit paper 100 with the division mark 101 attached. Glue is applied to a predetermined position on the front surface of the other unit paper 100 without being applied.

Unit paper 100 that has passed through mark sensor 3
Is converted by 90 ° by the vertical / horizontal converting unit 4 while being transferred. The vertical / horizontal conversion unit 4 includes a cylindrical regulating body 41 and a skew roller 42 that is positioned obliquely at an angle of approximately 45 degrees with respect to the paper transport path.
Numeral 2 is movable up and down with respect to the transfer path of the unit paper 100.

When the restricting body 41 and the skew roller 42 are lowered and advance into the paper transport path, the unit paper 100 transported in the landscape state is, as shown in FIG. By contacting the body 41, the movement is restricted and the body rotates in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2, and further rotates when the right end of the tip reaches the skew roller 42, and is transported in a vertically long state. On the other hand, when the regulating body 41 and the skew roller 42 are lifted and retreated from the paper transport path, the unit paper 100 transported in the landscape state is transported as it is, as shown in FIG. Will be done.

As shown in FIG. 2, the glue is applied to the unit paper 100 whose length and width have been converted by the length and width conversion unit 4 along one long side of the lower surface of the unit paper 100. As shown in FIG. 3, the glue is applied by the glue applying unit 5 along one short side of the front surface of the unit paper 100 in which is not converted. The glue application unit 5 includes a glue supply roller 51.
And a glue application roller 52 also serving as a feed roller, and a feed roller 53 in contact with the glue application roller 52.

A stack unit 6 provided following the glue application unit 5
Is a pair of carry-in rollers 61 and 62 for drawing the unit paper 100 into the stack unit 6 and a stopper 63 for abutting the leading end of the unit paper 100 transported face down.
The unit paper 1 can be moved up and down along the stopper 63.
00 and a mounting belt 64 which descends according to the amount of the mounting belt. Then, one group of unit papers 100 from the first page to the last page are bound together on one side in the glue-applied portion that has come into contact with the stack to form a booklet 200.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the stack 6
Belts 71 and 72 for carrying out the booklet 200
Is provided on the extension of the lowermost position of the mounting belt 64. Then, a predetermined number of booklets 2 are placed on the placing belt 64 described above.
When 00 is placed and the placement belt 64 reaches the lowest position, the booklet 200 on the placement belt 64 is transferred to the output belt 71 and then to the output belt 72.

Next, the operation of the bookbinding apparatus 1 will be described. First, a case where the unit paper 100 is vertically and horizontally converted by the vertical and horizontal conversion unit 4 to be a booklet 200 in a vertically long state will be described with reference to FIG. First, each unit paper 100 is applied to the single-piece printer 2 in a landscape state, desired information is printed on the front surface of each unit paper 100, and each unit paper 100 is discharged from the single-sheet printer 2 with the back side up. I do. Next, each unit paper 10
In the case of 0, the division mark 101 is read by the mark sensor 3 while being transferred.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 2, the unit sheet 100 is restricted in movement by rotating the left end of the unit paper 100 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. When it reaches 42, it further rotates and is transported in a vertically long state. Then, the glue is applied by the glue application roller 52 to a predetermined glue application position along the long side of the surface of the unit paper 100. When the unit paper 100 is positioned next to the unit paper 100 provided with the sorting mark 101, the paper is the first page, and the glue applying operation of the glue applying roller 52 is not performed.

The unit paper 100 coated with glue at a predetermined glue application position, or the unit paper 100 serving as the first page not coated with glue, has the stopper 6 with its surface facing downward.
3 and are sequentially deposited and stacked on the mounting belt 64. At this time, the unit papers 100 are bound together at the glue-applied portions that are in contact with each other to form a booklet 200. When a predetermined amount of the booklet 200 is accumulated, the booklet 200 is sequentially transferred to the carry-out belts 71 and 72 and carried out to a predetermined storage place.

Next, a case in which the unit paper 100 is converted into a booklet 200 in the landscape state without being converted by the vertical / horizontal converting unit 4 will be described with reference to FIG. First, each unit paper 100 is applied to the single-piece printer 2 in a landscape state, desired information is printed on the front surface of each unit paper 100, and each unit paper 100 is discharged from the single-sheet printer 2 with the back side up. I do. Next, the division mark 101 is read by the mark sensor 3 while each unit paper 100 is transported.

Subsequently, the unit paper 100 is
Glue is applied to the predetermined glue application position 102 along the short side of the surface by the glue application roller 52. When the unit paper 100 is positioned next to the unit paper 100 provided with the sorting mark 101, the paper is the first page, and the glue applying operation of the glue applying roller 52 is not performed.

The unit paper 100 coated with glue at a predetermined glue application position, or the unit paper 100 serving as the first page not coated with glue, has the stopper 6 with its surface facing downward.
3 and are sequentially deposited and stacked on the mounting belt 64. At this time, the unit papers 100 are bound together at the glue-applied portions that are in contact with each other to form a booklet 200. When a predetermined amount of the booklet 200 is accumulated, the booklet 200 is sequentially transferred to the carry-out belts 71 and 72 and carried out to a predetermined storage place.

In the above embodiment, the unit paper 1
Although the glue application operation is controlled by the sorting marks 101 provided in the sheet No. 00, it is also possible to create the booklet 200 by using the unit paper 100 without the sorting marks 101 provided. What is necessary is just to provide the set number input part which consists of a touch panel etc. which key-inputs the number of sheets to be performed. Then, the number of sheets to be collated input to the set number input section is counted by a counter provided along the sheet transport path, and each time the counted number reaches the set number, the next unit sheet 100 is output. On the other hand, it is only necessary to control so that the glue application operation is not performed.

When the booklet 200 is created using the unit paper 100 having no sorting mark 101, the booklet 200 is prepared based on a signal from a single-piece printing unit instead of the above-described configuration using the setting input unit and the counter. It can be configured to control the glue application operation.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the single-sheet printer 2 discharges the unit sheet 100 with the printing surface facing down has been described.
The sheet may be discharged with the print surface of 00 facing upward. Further, the glue applying section 5 may be configured to apply the glue with a nozzle instead of the glue supply roller 51, the glue applying roller 52, and the feed roller 53.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where printing is performed in order from the first page serving as the cover as the printing order of the single-piece printer 2 has been described, but in this case, the sheet used for bookbinding is the cover. This is the first page. On the contrary, when the printing order of the single-piece printer 2 is sequentially set from the last page of the booklet 200, the paper used for bookbinding is the last page, and the application of the glue excludes the last page. Second unit paper 100 in each binding unit
, That is, the unit paper 100 of the second page from the end, glue is applied to the lower surface on which the unit paper 100 is stacked, and the unit paper 100 is stacked on the stack unit 6.

[0030]

As is clear from the above description,
According to the bookbinding apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, simple and reliable binding processing can be performed by glue binding regardless of the number of sheets. Therefore, even if the operation is interrupted in the middle, the applied surface of the glue comes into contact with the unit paper stacked first, so that the applied glue does not dry before bonding.

Further, according to the bookbinding apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, regardless of the number of sheets by glue binding,
Easy and reliable binding can be performed, and the glue is deposited on the stack with the glue surface facing down. Since the applied glue does not dry before bonding, the gluing position can be either along the long side or along the short side depending on the operation or non-operation of the vertical / horizontal conversion unit. Therefore, there is an effect that a booklet bound on the long side and a booklet bound on the short side can be appropriately selected and created.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an entire bookbinding apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an operation of the vertical / horizontal conversion unit in a conversion operation state.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an operation of the vertical / horizontal conversion unit in a non-conversion operation state.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a unit sheet provided with a division mark.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 bookbinding apparatus 2 single-piece printer 3 mark sensor 4 vertical / horizontal conversion section 5 glue application section 6 stack section 41 regulating body 42 skew roller 51 glue supply roller 52 glue application roller 53 feed roller 61, 62 carry-in roller 63 stopper 64 mounting belt 100 Unit paper 101 Classification mark 200 Booklet

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A single-piece printing unit for printing desired information on a unit sheet, a vertical / horizontal conversion unit for rotating the printed unit sheet by 90 degrees in the horizontal direction while transferring the unit sheet to change the vertical / horizontal position of the unit sheet, and bookbinding A glue application unit that applies glue to a predetermined position on the lower surface side of each unit paper excluding a unit paper that should be a paper to be classified, and a unit paper is sequentially deposited with the glue application surface of the unit paper facing downward. A bookbinding apparatus comprising a stacker unit that forms a booklet by binding at the glue application portions that are in contact with each other. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vertical / horizontal conversion unit is capable of moving back and forth with respect to the paper transport path, and is in a conversion operation state when the paper is advanced, and is in a non-conversion operation state when the paper is left.
The bookbinding device as described.