JP2000135769A - Sheet piece laminating apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the miniaturization of an apparatus as a whole and to simply produce a laminate different in plane area. SOLUTION: A lamination apparatus is equipped with a peel plate 28 peeling each of labels 12 from a pasteboard 13 to which the labels 12 are bonded. The peel plate 28 is formed so as to have the first surface 60 sending out the pasteboard 13 to which the labels 12 are bonded and the second surface 61 suspended from the leading end of the first surface 60 in an almost vertical direction. By this constitution, the pasteboard 13 sent out to the first surface 60 is bent downwardly almost vertically along the second surface 61 and the label 12 is peeled from the pasteboard 13 at the bent position while an anti-lead end part is left and laminated in such a state that the anti-lead end part is held to the pasteboard 13 to form a laminate 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for laminating paper sheets, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a laminated body having different plane areas and capable of realizing a reduction in the size of the entire apparatus. The present invention relates to a stacking apparatus and a stacking method for a sheet piece that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, there has been known a label laminate in which labels each having an adhesive applied to one side thereof are releasably laminated one by one. This laminate is manufactured by the following method. That is, an adhesive is applied to one side of a base paper on which a plurality of labels are printed, and a base paper laminate is formed by laminating a plurality of the base papers. It is manufactured by cutting to size.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned laminating method, a plurality of base papers on which a plurality of labels have been printed must be laminated and then cut to the size of one label, which is obtained. It is necessary to use a pedestal having a plane area many times as large as that of the laminate, a mold for a cutting machine, and the like, which leads to an increase in the size of the entire apparatus and a problem in that the laminate may be misaligned at the time of cutting. is there. In the case of manufacturing laminated bodies having different plane areas with one laminating apparatus,
In each case, the type of the cutting machine must be changed, and there is also a disadvantage that the working efficiency is reduced when manufacturing laminates having different plane areas.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention was devised in view of such inconveniences, and an object of the present invention is to realize a reduction in the size of the entire apparatus and to simplify a laminate having different plane areas. Another object of the present invention is to provide a sheet stacking apparatus and a sheet stacking method which can be manufactured at a low cost.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention relates to a sheet stacking apparatus for forming a sheet stack in which sheet sheets provided with an adhesive on one side are stacked, wherein While sending out the backing sheet affixed one by one, a sending unit that peels off the sheet from the backing, and a stacking unit that stacks the sheet pieces from the sending unit, the sending unit,
A release plate having a first surface for sending the backing sheet and a second surface for sending the backing sheet shifted by a predetermined angle with respect to the first surface, wherein the backing sheet moves from the first side to the second side. At the position where the direction is changed, the sheet is peeled off from the sheet while leaving one end of the sheet in the sheet, and the sheet is sequentially stacked while the one end is held on the sheet, whereby the laminate is formed. Is provided so as to be formed. According to such a configuration, after laminating a plurality of printed base papers, unlike a conventional laminating apparatus that manufactures a laminated body by cutting it into a size of one label,
Since a cutting machine or the like is not required, it is possible to reduce the size of the entire apparatus, and it is not necessary to change the type of the cutting machine when manufacturing a laminate having a different plane area with one apparatus. Laminates having different areas can be easily manufactured. Here, it is also possible to provide a stacking section for holding the paper sheet from the sending section, and a packaging processing section for packing the stacked body stacked in the stacked section in a predetermined package. According to this, packaging of the laminate, which is a post-process after the formation of the laminate, can be performed continuously, and the working efficiency can be greatly improved.

Preferably, the first surface and the second surface are formed by a peeling plate having an angle of about 90 degrees between them. With this configuration, at the position where the direction is changed from the first surface to the second surface, the sheet piece peeled off leaving one end from the backing is together with the backing due to the adhesive force of the adhesive at the one end. Second
Will be transported along a substantially vertical line along the surface of.
For this reason, it is possible to prevent the piece of paper separated from the backing sheet from jumping out of the second surface due to the inertial force, and to form a piece of paper with good edge alignment accuracy.

Further, the present invention relates to a method for laminating paper sheets forming a laminated body in which paper sheets provided with an adhesive on one side are laminated, wherein the paper sheet on which the paper sheets are adhered one by one is sent out. By changing the feeding direction, the sheet is peeled off from the sheet while leaving one end of the sheet on the sheet, and the sheet is sequentially stacked with the one end held on the sheet. Is adopted. According to such a method, unlike a conventional laminating method of manufacturing a laminated body by laminating a plurality of printed base papers and then cutting the printed base paper into a unit of a label, a cutting step is not required. Therefore, laminated bodies having different plane areas can be easily manufactured.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sheet stacking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a paper sheet laminating apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a main part viewed from the back side of FIG. In these drawings, a laminating apparatus 10 includes a sending unit 15 that sends out a mount 13 to which labels 12 as sheet pieces are attached one by one, and a stacking unit that stacks the labels 12 separated from the mount 13 by the sending unit 15. 16 and a packaging processing unit 21 for packaging a label 18 laminated as a packaging body while transporting the laminated body 18 of the labels 12 laminated by the lamination unit 16.

As shown in FIG. 3, the sending section 15 is provided with a mount winding roller 23 on which the mount 13 to which the label 12 is attached is wound, and
3, a first drive roller 25 for pulling out the label 3, a release plate 28 located on the downstream side of the first drive roller 25 and separating the label 12 from the backing paper 13, and a second drive roller located on the downstream side of the release plate 28. 30 and a mount take-up reel 33 for winding the mount 13 from the second drive roller 30.

The mount winding roller 23 is rotatably supported by a support member 35 fixed to the frame F, and previously winds a band-shaped mount 13 to which a plurality of labels 12 are attached. Here, the label 12 is coated with an adhesive on one side, and is attached at a predetermined interval in a line in the extending direction of the mount 13. Note that, as the adhesive, an adhesive having an adhesive force such that the labels 12 can be peeled off one by one after being formed into a laminate 18 by laminating the labels 12. Further, a sensor 37 capable of detecting the mount 13 wound around the mount winding roller 23 is provided near the outer peripheral surface of the mount winding roller 23,
When the controller 38 determines from the detection result that the backing sheet 13 is not wound around the backing sheet winding roller 23, the rotation of the first and second drive rollers 25 and 30 is stopped, and Transmission is stopped. Also, the mount winding roller 23 and the first drive roller 2
5, a plurality of rollers 39 are arranged above and below the transfer surface of the mount 13, and the mounts 13 are fixed toward the first drive roller 25 without loosening or bending by the rollers 39. It can be transferred on the surface. Further, a sensor 40 is provided between the mount winding roller 23 and the first drive roller 25 for counting the number of labels 12 sent to the stacking unit 16.

The first drive roller 25 is composed of a pair of rollers 25A and 25B located at the top and bottom in FIG. 3. The mount 13 is sandwiched between these rollers 25A and 25B, and the rollers 25A and 25B rotate. The mount 13 is pulled out from the mount winding roller 23. The rollers 25A and 25B are supported by the frame F so as to be rotatable by shafts 41 and 42. Here, a first gear 43 is fixed to a shaft 42 that supports the lower roller 25A (see FIG. 2). The first gear 43 includes a second gear 4 fixed to a rotating shaft 44.
6 can be engaged. In addition, the rotation shaft 44 has a first
Of the first pulley 48 is fixed.
, A belt 50 is wound around the second pulley 51 fixed to the rotating shaft 49 thereunder. The rotating shaft 49 has a third pulley 5 in addition to the second pulley 51.
The fourth and third gears 55 are fixed. A belt 58 is wound around the third pulley 54 together with a fourth pulley 57 attached to an output shaft of a servomotor 56. As a result, when the servo motor 56 is driven, the rotation shaft 49 and the rotation shaft 44 rotate, so that the second gear 46 rotates, and the first gear 43 engaged therewith rotates to rotate the lower roller 25A. The rotational driving force is transmitted to the motor. Here, the driving of the servomotor 56 is controlled by the control device 38.

As shown in FIG. 4, the peeling plate 28 has a substantially horizontal first surface 60 for feeding out the mount 13 to which the label 12 is attached, and a substantially horizontal surface from the leading end of the first surface 60 in the label transfer direction. It is formed in the shape of a prism having a second surface 61 that hangs in the vertical direction. That is, the first surface 6
The angle between 0 and the second surface 61 is substantially 90 degrees, whereby the mount 13 sent from the first drive roller 25 onto the first surface 60 in a substantially horizontal direction is
The sending direction is changed, and the sheet is bent substantially vertically downward along the second surface 61 and is sent to the second drive roller 30. Here, as shown in FIG. 4A, the leading end of the label 12 in the feeding direction, that is, the lead end 12A is separated from the backing sheet 13 at the position of the intersection 63 between the first surface 60 and the second surface 61. Is done. At this time, the mount 13 from which the label 12 has been peeled is transported downward in the drawing along the second surface 61, while the peeled label 12 is sent out in a substantially horizontal direction. And FIG.
As shown in (B), the label 12 peeled off from the backing 13 is held on the backing 13 by a slight adhesive force of the adhesive between the anti-lead end portion 12B and the backing 13 and the label 12 With the transfer, the anti-lead end 12
B is transferred on a substantially vertical line along the second surface 61. At this time, an inertia force acts on the label 12 peeled off from the backing 13 in a direction away from the second surface 61, but the anti-lead end 12B is held by the backing 13 so that the label 12 Lamination can be performed without protruding from the second surface 61. In addition, the downward movement of the label 12 transported along the second surface is restricted by the receiving base 77 described later.
B and the mount 13 are forcibly released, and the label 12
Are laminated.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the second drive roller 30 includes a pair of rollers 30A and 30B, and a backing paper 1 is provided between the rollers 30A and 30B.
3 is provided so as to be sandwiched, and the mount 13 from the second surface 61 is transferred to the mount take-up reel 33 by the rotation of the rollers 30A and 30B. Roller 30
A and 30B are rotatably supported on the frame F by shafts 65 and 66, respectively. Here, a fourth gear 68 that engages with the second gear 46 is fixed to the shaft 65 on the right side in FIG.
When 6 is driven, the second drive roller 30 rotates together with the first drive roller 25.

The mount take-up reel 33 is rotatably supported on a frame F by a shaft 70.
, A fifth pulley 72 is fixed. A rotating shaft 73 is provided at a position parallel to the rotating shaft 49, and a fifth gear 74 engaged with the third gear 55 is fixed to one end of the rotating shaft 73. On the other hand, a sixth pulley 75 is fixed to the other end. Fifth and sixth
A belt 76 is wound around the pulleys 72 and 75. When the servomotor 56 is driven by this, the mount take-up reel 33 rotates together with the first drive roller 25 and the second drive roller 30. Become.

The laminating section 16 is separated from the mount 13 by a release plate 28.
And a support 77 provided to hold the label 12 peeled off from the support 7 at a predetermined timing.
9, and an up-down conveyor 82 that moves up and down at a predetermined timing and sends out the stacked body 18 to the packaging processing unit 21.

The plate supply unit 81 includes a magazine 83 for holding a large number of the plates 79, and takes out the plates 79 one by one from the magazine 83, and removes the plates 79 at a predetermined timing.
7 and a robot unit 85 that can be laid. The robot section 85 is provided with a pad 87 capable of adsorbing the contact plate 79 by the operation of a vacuum pump (not shown), and an arm 88 having the pad 87 at its tip. Is controlled by the control device 38.

The up-down conveyor 82 includes conveyor pulleys 91 and 92, a belt 94 wrapped between the conveyor pulleys 91 and 92,
Elevating cylinder 96 for raising and lowering belts 94
It is comprised including. Here, the belt 94 is rotatably provided in a counterclockwise direction in FIG. 3 by a driving unit (not shown), and is moved up and down by an elevating cylinder 96 so that a slit 98 (see FIG. 4) provided in the receiving base 77 is moved. It is provided so that it can pass. That is, the belt 94 can be moved up and down by the elevating cylinder 96 without interfering with the cradle 77. As a result, when the lifting cylinder 96 rises, the belt 94
It rises from a position below the pedestal 77, passes through the slit 98, contacts the bottom surface of the stacked body 18, and slightly floats from the pedestal 77. In this state, the belt 94 rotates and the laminate 18 is transferred to the packaging processing unit 21.

As shown in FIG. 5, the packaging processing section 21 includes a first conveyor 100 for receiving the laminated body 18 from the belt 94, a packaging section 102 for packaging the band-shaped sheet 19 in the laminated body 18, and a packaging section 102. And a second conveyor 104 for transporting the laminate 18 from the section 102 to a transport port (not shown).

The first conveyor 100 includes a plurality of rollers 106, a belt 110 looped between the rollers 106, and a driving device 1 for rotating the belt 110.
The belt 110 rotates in a counterclockwise direction in the figure when the driving device 112 operates.

The wrapping section 102 includes a sheet winding roller 114 around which the belt-shaped sheet 19 is wound, a covering section 116 for covering the laminate 18 from the first conveyor 100 with the belt-like sheet 19, And a folding device 117 that folds the band-shaped sheet 19 coated thereon like caramel wrapping paper (see FIG. 2). Here, the belt-shaped sheet 19 from the sheet winding roller 114 can be fed out toward the laminate 18 by a rotatably provided drive roller 120, and when the belt-shaped sheet 19 is fed out by a predetermined length. The belt-shaped sheet 19 is cut by a cutting device (not shown) provided on the downstream side of the driving roller 120.
The folding device 117 is operated by a driving device 122, and the driving device 122 is controlled by the control device 38 to be driven at a predetermined timing.

The second conveyor 104 includes a plurality of rollers 1
24 and the belt 12 wrapped around these rollers 124.
The belt 128 rotates in a counterclockwise direction in the figure when the driving device 129 operates.

The laminating apparatus 10 configured as described above is
The operation is performed as follows under the control of the control device 38.

First, the robot unit 85 is operated, and one of the abutting plates 79 held by the magazine 83 is attracted to the pad 87, and is moved by the arm 88 to be placed on the receiving stand 77 on which the labels 12 are not stacked. Is placed. Then, the leading end of the mount 13 is pulled out from the mount winding roller 23 and
After the guide is completed between the upper and lower rollers 25A and 25B of the drive roller 25 and the guide 13 is completed from the peeling plate 28 to the second drive roller 30 and the mount take-up reel 33, when a switch (not shown) is turned on, the servo motor 56 is driven. And
The first drive roller 25, the second drive roller 30, and the mount winding reel 33 rotate simultaneously.

When the first drive roller 25 rotates, the backing sheet 13 is supplied to the release plate 28, and the first surface 60 and the second
The label 12 affixed to the mount 13 is peeled off at the intersection 63 with the surface 61. The peeled label 12 is
This plate 79 placed on the cradle 77 with its adhesive side down
Are sequentially laminated. On the other hand, the mount 13 from which the label 12 has been peeled off is wound up by the mount take-up reel 33 via the second drive roller 30. At this time, the label 12 sent to the peeling plate 28 is sequentially detected by the sensor 40, and from this data, the controller 38 detects the label 12.
The number of labels 12 stacked on 7 is counted. Then, when the number of the labels 12 stacked on the cradle 77 reaches a predetermined number, the servo motor 56 decelerates,
Further, when the remaining number is counted, the servo motor 56 stops and the feeding of the mount 13 from the mount winding reel 33 is stopped. Then, the elevating cylinder 96 operates to raise the belt 94, and the belt 94 abuts against the contact plate 79 serving as the bottom surface of the stacked body 18, slightly lifts the stacked body 18 from the receiving base 77, and rotates the belt 94. The laminate 18 is the packaging processing unit 2
Transferred to 1. Thereafter, the elevating cylinder 96 is operated, and the belt 94 is retracted below the cradle 77.
The servo motor 56 and the robot unit 85 operate again, and the above-described operation is repeated.

When the stacked body 18 is transferred from the belt 94 to the first conveyor 100, the driving device 112 is operated, and the belt 110 is rotated, and the stacked body 18 is moved to the packaging section 102.
To supply. Then, the belt-shaped sheet 19 is fed out from the sheet winding roller 114, and is covered with the laminate 18. At this time, the belt-shaped sheet 19 is
Separated from the side. Thereafter, the driving device 122 operates,
While moving the laminate 18, the belt-shaped sheet 19 is
8 and transferred to the second conveyor 104. Then, when the driving device 129 operates and the belt 128 rotates, the stacked body 18 in which the belt-shaped sheet 19 is wrapped is transferred to a transport port (not shown).

Therefore, according to such an embodiment, the labels 12 affixed one by one to the band-shaped backing sheet 13 are attached to the backing sheet 1.
3 can be sequentially peeled and laminated. Unlike a conventional laminating apparatus that laminates base paper on which a plurality of labels are printed and cuts each unit, a cutting machine is not required, so that the entire apparatus is The miniaturization can be realized, and the laminates having different plane areas can be manufactured by the same device. In addition, since it includes the stacking unit 16 and the packaging processing unit 21,
The packaging of the band-shaped sheet 19, which is a post-process after the formation of the laminate, can be performed continuously, and the working efficiency can be further improved.

As the label 12, for example, a label on which letters such as "handling care" affixed to a cardboard for transportation may be applied, or letters such as a so-called sticky note may be printed. The present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to any paper sheet having an adhesive applied to one side. When the label 12 on which predetermined characters are printed is adopted, a printing machine for printing the characters may be installed between the mount winding roller 23 and the peeling plate 28, or the characters may be printed in advance. The backing sheet 13 with the label 12 attached thereto may be wound around the backing sheet winding roller 23.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the laminating apparatus 10 including the packaging processing section 21 for packaging the belt-shaped sheet 19 into the laminated body 18 has been illustrated and described, but the present invention is not limited to this.
Instead of providing the packaging processing section 21 in the laminating apparatus 10, a film packaging machine having the same function as the packaging processing section 21 may be provided in the laminating apparatus 10 so as to be connectable.

Further, the configuration of each unit of the apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the illustrated configuration example, and various changes can be made as long as substantially the same operation is achieved.

[0031]

As described above, according to the sheet stacking apparatus according to the present invention, the first surface for sending out the backing sheet on which the sheet pieces are adhered one by one, and the backing sheet with respect to the first side. And a second surface that is shifted by a predetermined angle to send out the paper sheet at a position where the mount changes direction from the first surface to the second surface, while leaving one end of the paper sheet piece on the mount. By separating the sheet from the backing sheet and transporting them, the laminated body can be formed, so that unlike the conventional laminating apparatus, a cutting machine or the like is not required, and the entire apparatus can be downsized. And a laminate having different plane areas can be easily manufactured by one apparatus.

Further, since a stacking section for stacking the sheet pieces from the sending section and a packaging processing section for packing the stack held by the stacking section in a predetermined packing body are provided, the stacking section after forming the stack is provided. The packaging of the laminate that is the process can be easily performed,
Work efficiency can be greatly improved.

Further, since the first surface and the second surface are formed by a peeling plate having an angle of about 90 degrees between the first surface and the second surface, the first surface and the second surface are separated from the second surface by the inertial force of the paper sheet peeled from the backing sheet. Can be prevented, and a sheet can be formed with good edge alignment accuracy.

Further, according to the sheet stacking method of the present invention, the sheet on which the sheet is adhered is sent out, and the sending direction is changed, so that one end of the sheet is attached to the sheet. The sheet is peeled off from the backing sheet while leaving it, and the sheet pieces can be sequentially stacked while the one end is held on the backing sheet. Laminates having different areas can be easily manufactured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a laminating apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic enlarged side view showing a sending unit and a stacking unit.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining an operation in which a label is peeled from a backing sheet by a peeling plate.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing a packaging processing unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Laminating apparatus 12 Label (sheet piece) 12B Anti-lead end part (one end part) 13 Backing paper 15 Sending part 16 Laminating part 18 Laminated body 19 Band-shaped sheet (packaging body) 21 Packaging processing part 28 Peeling plate 60 1st surface 61 1st Side 2

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A sheet stacking apparatus for forming a sheet stack in which sheet sheets provided with an adhesive on one side are laminated, wherein the sheet sheet on which the sheet pieces are adhered is sent out from the sheet while sending out the sheet. A delivery unit for peeling the paper sheet, and a stacking unit for stacking the paper sheets from the delivery unit, wherein the delivery unit is configured to send the backing sheet to a first surface and the backing sheet to a first surface. A release plate having a second surface that is shifted and sent by a predetermined angle, and at a position where the backing sheet changes direction from the first surface to the second surface, while leaving one end of the sheet leaf on the backing sheet. The sheet stacking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sheet is peeled off from the backing sheet, and the one end portion is held on the backing sheet, and the sheet pieces are sequentially stacked to form the stacked body. 2. The paper sheet stacking apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a packaging processing section for packaging the laminated body laminated by the laminating section in a predetermined packaging body. 3. The paper sheet stack according to claim 1, wherein the first surface and the second surface are formed by a peeling plate having an angle of about 90 degrees between them. apparatus. 4. A method for laminating paper sheets in which a paper sheet provided with an adhesive on one side is laminated to form a laminated body, comprising: sending out a backing sheet on which the paper sheets are adhered one by one; By converting, the sheet piece is peeled off from the backing sheet while leaving one end of the sheet piece on the backing sheet, and the sheet pieces are sequentially laminated while the one end part is held on the backing sheet. Lamination method.