JP2003146306A - Stacker-bundler, and printed paper-bundled body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate such problems that to a book-bundled body, a label on which attribute data such as a numbering, a date, and time is listed is pasted, or a tag or a memo paper or the like is attached, but when the printed paper- bundled body is disassembled into respective printed papers, the label, the tag, the memo paper or the like is discarded as wastes, and thereby increasing the cost and inducing a refuse problem. SOLUTION: A tying band 3 is wound around and tightens the periphery of a bundle of a plurality of printed papers 2 which are stacked under an aligned and laminated state. On the surface of such a tying band 3, the attribute data 4 such as the numbering, the data, time or the like is printed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a stacker bundler and a book bundle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A printed book (paper such as a leaflet) sent from a rotary press or the like is once accumulated in an aligned and superposed state, and then the whole is wrapped with a binding band to form a printed book bundle. After that, it will be used for transportation and inventory. In general, such a bundle of printed books is manufactured by a horizontal type stacker bundler in which the printed books are stacked in a flat state or a vertical type stacker bundler in which the printed books are stacked in an upright state.

[0003] Then, a label containing the attribute data such as numbering, date and time, or a tag or sticky note has been attached to the printed book bundle thus produced.

[0004]

A stacker bundler is required because various attribute data must be described in advance on a label, a tag, a sticky note, etc. before being attached to or attached to a printed book bundle. A separate printing process was required. Also, these labels, luggage tags, sticky notes, etc. will be
When the binding state is released and the printed sheets are individually separated, they are discarded as unnecessary items. In other words, these labels, tags, sticky notes, etc. are consumable items, and they have had problems in terms of cost, and when disposing of them as garbage, they also pose problems such as garbage problems and environmental damage. It will be.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to eliminate the need for separate steps for printing on a label, a tag, a sticky note, and the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a stacker bundler and a book bundle that can reduce costs and solve various problems in waste disposal by eliminating consumable items such as sticky notes.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following means. That is, the stacker bundler according to the present invention is premised on the fact that the continuously conveyed brushes are bundled by accumulating in an aligned and superposed state, and after reaching a predetermined accumulation number, the surroundings of the bundled brushes are It is supposed that a printed book bundle is manufactured by tightening with a binding band. This stacker bundler may be a horizontal type in which the books are stacked in a flat state or a vertical type in which the books are stacked in an upright state.

A printing device for printing on the surface of the binding band in response to a detection signal for detecting passage of the binding band is provided in the middle of the route of the band supply route for supplying the binding band to the position where the binding band is tightened. It is provided.
With such a configuration, necessary items such as attribute data are already printed on the binding band during the process of manufacturing the binding plate for the stacker bundler in the process of manufacturing the binding band. It is not necessary to provide a printing line other than the stacker bundler.

Therefore, the work efficiency (manufacturing efficiency) for manufacturing the printing plate bundle is dramatically increased, and the cost is reduced. The printing device is preferably an inkjet type. Further, when the stacker bundler is a horizontal type, in the process of manufacturing the printed book bundle, a first stacking unit that forms a plurality of small bundles and a second stacking unit that stacks the plurality of small bundles are provided. Can be one. On the other hand, the printed book bundle according to the present invention is composed of a plurality of printed books that are stacked in an aligned and superposed state and wound around with a binding band, and the numbering, date and time are set on the surface of the binding band. Attribute data such as is printed.

In the case of the printed book bundle having such a structure, since no label, tag, sticky note or the like is used, the cost can be reduced and the amount of dust can be reduced.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a printed book bundle 1 according to the present invention. The printed book bundle 1 is formed by stacking a plurality of printed books (papers such as leaflets) 2 in an aligned and superposed state, and winding and tightening a binding band 3 around the stacked printed books 2. Then, the attribute data 4 such as numbering, date, time, etc. are provided on the surface of the binding band 3.
Is printed.

Therefore, the printed book bundle 1 can know the attribute of the binding band 3 at a glance, and the attribute can be easily and quickly discriminated. Also, unlike the past, because it does not use labels, luggage tags, sticky notes, etc.,
The cost is reduced, and the amount of dust can be reduced when the binding band 3 is removed (when unpacking). For the binding band 3, various resin materials such as PP or other materials having excellent flexibility and tensile strength can be used, and the binding band 3 has such a width that the attribute data 4 can be printed. There is no particular limitation except that it is said that

FIGS. 2 to 4 show a first embodiment of a stacker bundler 10 according to the present invention which can be used for manufacturing the above-mentioned printed book bundle 1. The stacker bundler 10 stacks the continuously conveyed printing plates 2 in an aligned and superposed state to form a bundle, and the stacked printing sheets 2 are bundled.
After the number of sheets of paper has reached a predetermined number of stacks, this stack of books 2
The binding band 3 is configured to be wound around the periphery. The stacker bundler 10 of the first embodiment is applied to a vertical type. For this reason, the stacking unit 11 has a stacking unit 11 that stacks the print books 2 in a vertical arrangement. That is, in this stacking unit 11, the printing plates 2 are vertically arranged to be formed as a bundle having a columnar shape that is lying down.

A bundling portion 12 is provided on the secondary side of the stacking portion 11. The printing sheets 2 bundled by the stacking unit 11 with respect to the binding unit 12 are temporarily
It is sent out to the rear (to the right in FIG. 3) and then laterally to the side (to the bottom in FIG. 3) to be carried in. A gate-shaped band arch 15 is provided so as to straddle the longitudinal direction of the bundle of books 2. Therefore, this band arch 1
The lower part of 5 is set as the winding tightening position 16 of the binding band 3, and the binding band 3 is supplied through the supply route of the binding band 3 formed along the arch shape of the band arch 15. As a result, the binding band 3 is hung around the bundle of the printing books 2 carried into the winding position 16.

The binding band 3 is, for example, wound at a tightening position 16
It is unwound from a band holder 17 provided on the lower side or the like and supplied to the band arch 15. A tip sensor 20 is provided on the band arch 15. The tip sensor 20 detects the inside of the band arch 15 (inside the supply route of the binding band 3) and detects the tip of the binding band 3 when the binding band 3 is supplied along this supply route. It is for detection.

The band arch 15 has a printing device 2 attached thereto.
1 is provided. The printing device 21 directs the print head 22 into the band arch 15 (inside the supply route of the binding band 3) and is connected to the tip sensor 20 via the signal processing unit 23 and the like. Therefore, this tip sensor 2
When 0 outputs a detection signal for the tip of the binding band 3, the detection signal is received to print on the surface of the binding band 3. Print head 2 of printer 21
For example, an inkjet type is adopted for 2. The tip sensor 20 is a non-contact type such as an optical sensor,
Alternatively, any contact type such as a limit switch may be adopted.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the printing apparatus 21 of the first embodiment, the print head 22 is provided so as to be slidable along the slide rail 25, and the band arch 15 is bound with the binding band. 3 is not supplied, the print head 22 can be retracted from the winding position 16.
By doing so, the print head 22 can be protected, maintenance is facilitated, and mutual interference with the press 26 provided for compressing the bundle of the book 2 on the side of the winding position 16 is avoided. It is also useful in the above.

In this stacker bundler 10,
Other configurations (basic configuration of the stacker bundler 10) are substantially the same as those of the conventional type, and the primary side of the stacking unit 11 described above is continuously provided in a sashimi state from a rotary press or the like (not shown). The carry-in section 30 is provided for receiving the copy book sent to the user.
The brushes 2 carried in are rolled up by the drum 31, and the rising force of the brushes 2 causes the brushes 2 to be placed side by side and to be extended to a sideways columnar shape.

The carry-in section 30 is also provided with a settling section 32 on the way.
Is provided, and the number of passing print sheets 2 is cut out for each number of sheets to be bundled in the stacking unit 11 (a separation gap is provided in the transport row). In the stacker bundler 10 having such a configuration, the binding band 3 is supplied to the bundle of the printing sheets 2 carried into the binding unit 12 in the process of manufacturing the bundle of printed sheets 1 in the stacking unit 11. At this time, necessary items such as the attribute data 4 are printed on the front surface side of the binding band 3. Therefore, it is not necessary to purposely provide a printing line other than the stacker bundler 10.

Therefore, the work efficiency (manufacturing efficiency) for manufacturing the printed book bundle 1 is dramatically increased, and the cost is reduced. FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the stacker bundler 10 according to the present invention. The stacker bundler 10 of the second embodiment is also adapted to the vertical type. However, in the stacker bundler 10 of the second embodiment, the ascending path 36 by the first drum 35 and the descending path 38 by the second drum 37 are provided in the middle of the carry-in section 30, and the descending path 38 is provided.
This is different from the first embodiment described above in that it is adapted to be extended in a laterally-pillared column shape while being inserted into the rear end position where the brushes 2 are vertically arranged by the descending force in step 1.

In addition, a tip sensor 20 for detecting the tip of the binding band 3 is provided at the binding portion 12 (winding position 16 of the binding band 3), and a detection signal of the tip sensor 20. The printing device 21 for printing on the surface of the binding band 3 in response to this is the same as in the first embodiment. Therefore, these tip sensors 2
0 and the detailed description of the printer 21 are omitted here. FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the stacker bundler 10 according to the present invention.

The stacker bundler 10 of the second embodiment is adapted to the horizontal type. Therefore, in the stacker bundler 10 according to the third embodiment, the first stacker 2 for stacking and stacking the printing plates 2 in a flat state is provided.
It has a stacking unit 40. The configuration (basic configuration of the stacker bundler 10) of the horizontal stacker bundler 10 is also substantially the same as the conventional one. Therefore, the configuration will be outlined below together with the movement. The bundle of the printing sheets 2 stacked in the first stacking unit 40 is not arranged all at once to the number of stacked sheets of the printing sheet bundle 1, but should be in a small bundle state of about half or 1/3 thereof. ing.

A second stacking unit 41 is provided on the secondary side of the first stacking unit 40, and the second stacking unit 41 is provided.
By doing so, a plurality of small bundles (for example, about 2 or 3 bundles) of the printing books 2 stacked in the first stacking unit 40 are stacked to form a large bundle,
The number of sheets of the printed book bundle 1 is adjusted. In the first stacking unit 40, the brushes 2 are stacked on the temporary receiving plate 43 which is slidable, and when the stacking is completed, the lifting table 44 is made to stand up under the temporary receiving plate 43. After that, the temporary receiving plate 43 moves backward to transfer the small bundle of the printing book 2 onto the elevating table 44.

When the elevating table 42 descends to the same level as the second stacking section 41, the pusher 45 pushes out a small bundle of the printing plate 2 onto the turntable 46, and then stands by above it. Handling section 47
Comes down and once comes to lift this small bundle. Then, when a small bundle of the book 2 is next fed onto the turntable 46, the small bundles lifted by the handling section 47 above the stack are stacked.

A carry-in section 30 and a set-off section 32 are provided on the primary side of the first stacking section 40. A bundling unit 12 is provided on the secondary side of the second stacking unit 41. In the binding portion 12, the band arch 1 that moves up and down together with the press 50 while vertically compressing a large bundle of the printing book 2 in the stacking direction by the press 50 that is vertically movable.
At 5, the large bundle of the copybook 2 is straddled. Therefore, the lower part of the band arch 15 is set as the winding tightening position 16 of the binding band 3.

Then, by supplying the binding band 3 to the supply route of the binding band 3 formed along the arch shape of the band arch 15, a large bundle of the printing plates 2 carried into the winding position 16 is provided. Banding band 3 around
Will be hung around. The band arch 15 has a gate-like shape in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 6 because of space. It should be noted that a tip sensor 20 for detecting the tip of the binding band 3 is provided on the band arch 15, and that the tip sensor 2 is provided.
Similar to the first embodiment and the like (see FIG. 4), a printing device 21 for printing on the surface of the binding band 3 in response to a detection signal of 0 is provided.

Therefore, detailed description of the tip sensor 20 and the printer 21 will be omitted here. By the way, the stacker bundler 10 according to the present invention may be a horizontal type or a vertical type as illustrated in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, and its detailed structure, process sequence, process species, process arrangement, etc. are not limited at all. is not. What is essential is that the bundle of printing sheets 2 has a portion around which the binding band 3 is wound, and a supply route for feeding the binding band 3 to this portion is provided.

Further, regarding the material and size of the printing plate 2, the number of sheets to be bundled, the material and supply speed of the binding band 3, the printing method of the print head 22 in the printing device 21 and other detailed structures, etc. It can be changed as appropriate.
Further, the printing device 21 is not limited to be operated by receiving the detection signal of the front end detection sensor 20, but may be operated by a signal of activating the timer from a signal of turning ON the start of feeding the binding band.

[0028]

As is apparent from the above description, in the stacker bundler and the book bundle of the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the need for separate steps for printing labels, luggage tags, sticky notes and the like. By eliminating consumable items such as labels, tags, and sticky notes, it is possible to reduce costs and solve various problems in waste disposal.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a printed book bundle according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view schematically showing the first embodiment of the stacker bundler according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view schematically showing a second embodiment of the stacker bundler according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view schematically showing a third embodiment of the stacker bundler according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Book bundle 2 copies 3 unity band 4 attribute data 10 Stacker Bundler 20 Tip sensor 21 Printer 40 First stacking unit 41 Second Stacking Unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A binding band (3) is provided around a plurality of continuously conveyed printing plates (2) in a bundle by stacking them in an aligned and superposed state to reach a predetermined number of stacks. In the stacker bundler for manufacturing the printed book bundle (1) by winding the binding band (3) to the winding position of the binding band (3), a binding band ( A stacker bundler comprising a printing device (21) for printing on the surface of the binding band (3) in response to a detection signal for detecting passage of 3). 2. The stacker bundler according to claim 1, wherein the printing device (21) is of an inkjet type. 3. The stacker bundler (10) is of a horizontal type in which the printing sheets (2) are stacked in a flat state, and a plurality of small bundles are formed in the process of manufacturing the printing sheet bundle (1). The stacker bundler according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a first stacking unit (40) for stacking and a second stacking unit (41) for stacking a plurality of the small bundles. 4. A printed book bundle comprising a binding band (3) wound around a plurality of printing books (2) accumulated in an aligned and superposed state, the binding band (3) being provided on the surface of the binding band (3). A printed book bundle having attribute data (4) such as numbering, date, and time printed thereon.