JP2006302040A - Overlapping device for contactless ic card producing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an overlapping device, capable of easily aligning a print part for upper paper, a print part for lower paper, and an inlet that does not require realignment during working, and capable of supplying the inlet, at a speed corresponding to a feeding speed of a continuous base material sheet. <P>SOLUTION: This overlapping device has a hot melt applicator, applying a hot melt to the other face of the continuous base material sheet, having a width direction length twice a width direction length of the inlet, having one face, on which a pair of print parts are printed such that the print parts are aligned apart from each other at a prescribed interval in the width direction and length direction; an inlet supply device for supplying the inlet to a position corresponding to the print part on one end side of the width direction of the hot melt applied face of the continuous base material sheet; and a longitudinally folding device for folding the continuous base material sheet in the width direction at an intermediate position in the width direction length, such that the hot melt applied face on the other end side of the width direction of the continuous base material sheet is jointed to the hot melt applied face on one end side of the width direction and that the inlet is sandwiched between them. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention manufactures a non-contact type IC card or IC tag (hereinafter collectively referred to as “non-contact IC card”) using a non-contact IC module comprising a non-contact IC chip and an antenna coil. In particular, the present invention relates to a superposition apparatus for sandwiching a non-contact IC module between substrate sheets.

  In the present description, unless specifically limited, the term “length direction” or “length” refers to the running direction of a continuous base sheet that is continuously run or the length in that direction, “width direction” or The term “width” refers to the direction perpendicular to the running direction of the continuous base sheet or the length in that direction.

  In conventional non-contact IC card manufacturing machines, a continuous paper base sheet printed with a printed part for lower paper is run at a predetermined interval, and a surface facing the printing surface of the continuous base paper sheet for lower paper is used. While applying a hot melt, a generally rectangular inlet made of a synthetic resin film substrate having a non-contact IC chip and an antenna coil is placed at a position corresponding to the printing section for the lower paper on the hot melt application surface. , Run the upper continuous substrate sheet printed with the upper printing section at a predetermined interval, apply hot melt to the surface opposite the printing surface of the upper continuous substrate sheet, and print the upper paper The inlet is sandwiched between the base material sheets by overlapping the continuous base material sheet for the upper paper with the continuous base material sheet for the lower paper so that the portion corresponds to the printing part for the lower paper.

  The upper paper printing section and the lower paper printing section of the upper paper continuous base sheet and the lower paper continuous base sheet are printed in the length direction at the same spacing. However, due to the difference in the storage environment of the continuous base material sheet and the difference in tension during running, there is a slight gap in the spacing between the two printing parts. Had to be done. In order to eliminate such a gap in the spacing between the printing portions in the two continuous substrate sheets, the upper substrate continuous substrate immediately before the upper substrate continuous substrate sheet is superimposed on the lower sheet continuous substrate sheet. A method is employed in which the sheet is cut in units of the upper paper printing unit, and the sheet is overlapped with the relationship of the separation distance between the two printing units being cut off.

  For this reason, printing on the continuous base material sheet for the lower paper and the continuous base material sheet for the upper paper must be performed in separate processes, and a continuous base material sheet supply device and a hot melt coating device are provided. It was necessary to prepare for each continuous base material sheet.

  In addition, the apparatus for attaching the inlet to the continuous base material sheet allows the inlet stored in the stocker to be sandwiched between the upper and lower belt conveyors, moved, placed on the continuous base material sheet, and then passed between the pair of rolls. It is attached. For this reason, the inlet placed on the continuous base material sheet is not necessarily held in a fixed state, and there is a possibility that the inlet will be displaced when it is passed between a pair of rolls. In addition to this, if it is attempted to increase the inlet supply speed, the state when placed on the continuous base sheet becomes unstable and the possibility of causing the positional displacement of the inlet increases. The possible speed was relatively low compared to the running speed of the continuous substrate sheet.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to produce a non-contact IC card that can easily align the upper paper printing section, the lower paper printing section, and the inlet, and does not need to perform alignment again during operation. It is to provide an apparatus for superimposing machines. Another object of the present invention is to provide a superposition device for a non-contact IC card manufacturing machine capable of supplying an inlet at a speed corresponding to the running speed of the continuous base sheet.

  An overlapping device for a non-contact IC card manufacturing machine according to the present invention has a width direction length at least twice the width direction length of an inlet, and has an upper paper printing section and a lower paper printing section on one surface thereof. And at least one pair of printing parts arranged in the width direction so as to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and each of the pairs of printing parts is arranged to be spaced apart from each other in the length direction by a predetermined distance. A hot melt coating apparatus for applying hot melt to the other surface of the printed continuous base sheet, and a printing unit for upper paper or lower paper on one end in the width direction of the hot melt application surface of the continuous base sheet And an inlet supply device for supplying an inlet to a position corresponding to the position, and a hot-melt application surface on the other end in the width direction of the continuous base sheet is joined to a hot-melt application surface on one end in the width direction of the continuous base sheet Hold the inlet between them Sea urchin and a longitudinal folding device for folding the width direction of the continuous substrate sheet at an intermediate position in the width direction length.

  The overlapping device of the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine according to the present invention can also use tack paper as a continuous base sheet. In this case, a separator winding device for stripping the separator from the continuous base material sheet is used instead of the hot melt coating device used in the above-described overlaying device.

  Moreover, the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine according to the present invention uses a continuous base material sheet having a width direction length at least four times the width direction length of the inlet. The printing unit can be printed and the continuous base sheet can be folded between the printing units in each pair by the vertical folding device.

  Furthermore, an inlet supply device used in the overlapping device of the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine according to the present invention includes an inlet stocker for stacking and holding the inlet, and a receiving drum on which the continuous base sheet travels on the peripheral surface. It can also be constituted by a vacuum roll for placing the inlet accommodated in the inlet stocker on a continuous base material sheet running on the cylinder. The vacuum roll has at least one vacuum port disposed on the circumferential surface of the vacuum roll so as to be spaced apart from each other corresponding to the length of the inlet, and the vacuum port is provided at the bottom of the inlet stocker The inlet is adsorbed to the peripheral surface of the vacuum roll through the vacuum port when located in the region from the position corresponding to the position to the position adjacent to the receiving cylinder.

  Here, printing on the continuous substrate sheet may be performed in advance in a separate process, or may be performed before applying the hot melt as a series of flows, or before peeling off the separator. Moreover, the punching process to the required card | curd or tag form of the laminated | stacked continuous base material sheet (Inlet is clamped in the inside) may be performed by another process, or may be performed as a series of flows.

  By folding one continuous base material sheet in the width direction, an upper paper printing section and a lower paper printing section that are printed in alignment in the width direction on one continuous base material sheet overlap each other. The positional relationship between the upper paper printing section and the lower paper printing section in the length direction of the material sheet always matches. Therefore, when the positional relationship in the width direction of the upper paper printing section and the lower paper printing section, that is, the folding position by the vertical folding device, is adjusted, the subsequent upper paper printing section and lower paper printing section There is no possibility that the positional relationship will shift, and there is no need to adjust the position during the printing operation. For this reason, position adjustment required for manufacture is only adjustment of the folding position of a continuous base material sheet, and adjustment of the mounting position of an inlet, and can perform position adjustment easily.

  On the other hand, since the inlet is separated according to the length of the inlet and is securely held on the peripheral surface of the vacuum roll by the vacuum port and placed on the continuous base sheet, the inlet supply speed is set to the rotation speed of the vacuum roll. Therefore, even if the traveling speed of the continuous base material sheet is increased, the inlet can be reliably supplied at a speed corresponding to it.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a non-contact IC card 1 manufactured by a non-contact IC card manufacturing machine according to the present invention. The non-contact IC card 1 is similar to a well-known non-contact IC card, and is for an upper paper attached to both sides of the inlet 2 composed of a synthetic resin film substrate on which a non-contact IC chip and an antenna coil are mounted. And base sheet 3 and 4 for lower paper. On the outer surface of the base sheet 3 and 4 for the upper paper and the lower paper, printing portions 5 and 6 for the upper paper and the lower paper corresponding to the created non-contact IC card are provided, respectively. It has been. The upper and lower substrate sheets 3 and 4 adhere to the inlet 2, respectively, and prevent the non-contact IC chip and the antenna coil from being electrically short-circuited or corroded by water or the like. And directly attached to each other outside the inlet 2.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the continuous base sheet 10 used in the present invention has a width Ws that is at least twice the width Wi of the inlet 2. The parts 5 and 6 are arranged to be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval Sw in the width direction, and the upper and lower printing parts 5 and 6 are arranged to be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval S1 in the length direction. Printed on. In addition to the upper and lower printing sections 5 and 6 described above, the continuous base sheet 10 has a positioning marker for reading the positions of the upper and lower printing sections 5 and 6 with a sensor (not shown). It is preferable to print (not shown).

  FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams schematically showing a superposition apparatus of a non-contact IC card manufacturing machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and printing portions 5 and 6 for upper paper and lower paper are printed on one surface thereof. A hot melt coating apparatus 20 for applying hot melt to the surface of the continuous base sheet 10 that faces the printing surface, and an inlet 2 are supplied at a predetermined interval to apply an upper sheet or a lower sheet of the continuous base sheet 10 An inlet supply device 30 for attaching to a position corresponding to the printing section 5 or 6 for printing, and an inlet in which the printing section 6 or 5 for lower sheet or upper sheet of the continuous base sheet 10 is attached to the continuous base sheet 10 And a longitudinal folding device 40 for longitudinally folding the continuous base material sheet 10 at an intermediate position in the width direction so as to be superimposed at a position corresponding to 2.

  The hot melt coating apparatus 20 is a conventional hot melt coating apparatus, and preferably applies the hot melt to the entire surface of the continuous base sheet 10 that faces the printing surface.

  As shown in more detail in FIG. 5, the inlet supply device 30 includes an inlet stocker 31 for holding the inlet 2 in an overlapping manner, a receiving cylinder 32 on which the continuous base sheet 10 travels on the peripheral surface thereof, and an inlet stocker 31. And a vacuum roll 33 for placing on the continuous base material sheet 10 traveling on the receiving cylinder 32. The vacuum roll 33 includes at least one vacuum port (in the case of illustration, two vacuum ports 34 and 35) disposed on the peripheral surface of the vacuum roll 33. Each of the vacuum ports 34 and 35 is connected to an air suction machine (not shown) via a vacuum groove 36 provided therein. While the vacuum groove 36 is located in a region from a position corresponding to the take-out port 37 provided at the bottom of the inlet stocker 31 to a position adjacent to the receiving cylinder 32, the vacuum ports 34, 35 are provided. Is provided so that the tip of the inlet 2 is sucked through the suction roll and the inlet 2 is adsorbed to the peripheral surface of the vacuum roll 33. At this time, the rear portion of the inlet 2 is wound around and fixed to the peripheral surface of the vacuum roll 33 as the vacuum roll 33 rotates.

  The vertical folding device 40 is a continuous base sheet between the printing units 5 and 6 such that the upper and lower printing units 5 and 6 that are paired overlap each other at a position corresponding to the upper and lower sides of the inlet 2. Fold 10 vertically.

  The superposition in the superposition apparatus of the present invention configured as described above is performed as follows. The continuous base sheet 10 on which the upper and lower paper printing sections 5 and 6 are printed is coated with hot melt on the surface opposite to the printing surface by the hot melt coating device 20, and then the inlet supply device 30. As a result, the inlet 2 is attached to a position corresponding to the upper or lower printing section 5 or 6 on the hot melt application surface. The continuous base material sheet 10 to which the inlet 2 is attached is printed on the upper paper and the lower paper by the vertical folding device 40 so that the upper paper and lower paper printing sections 5 and 6 overlap at positions corresponding to each other. Folded in the width direction between the parts 5 and 6. Thus, overlapping is performed with the inlet 2 sandwiched between the portion of the continuous base sheet 10 having the upper printing portion 5 and the portion of the continuous base sheet 10 having the lower printing portion 6.

  FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 3 schematically showing the overlapping device of the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention, in which tack paper is used for the continuous base sheet 10 and hot melt is used. The configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the separator winding device 50 is used instead of the coating device 20. The upper paper and lower paper printing sections 5 and 6 are printed on the surface of the continuous base sheet 10 that faces the separator adhesion surface. The separator winding device 50 exposes the adhesive surface by peeling the separator 11 from the continuous base sheet 10 that is tack paper, and the adhesion and stacking of the inlet 2 on the continuous base sheet 10 that has been hot-melted as described above. The continuous base sheet 10 itself can be attached at the time of alignment.

  FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 4 schematically showing the overlapping device of the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The continuous base material sheet 10 is at least four times the width of the inlet 2. It has a width, and two sets of upper and lower printing sections 5A and 6A, 5B and 6B are printed on one surface of the continuous base sheet 10 so as to be aligned in the width direction.

  As in the previous embodiment, the superposition apparatus of this embodiment also includes a hot melt coating device 20 or a separator winding device 50 (in the illustrated case, the hot melt coating device 20). Adhesion is provided by applying hot melt on the surface of the material sheet 10 facing the printing surface or by peeling off the separator. The inlet supply device 30 in the present embodiment is configured so as to be able to supply the inlets 2 in two rows. Of the upper and lower paper printing units 5A and 6A and the upper and lower paper printing units 5B and 6B, The inlets 2 are attached to the positions corresponding to the two printing sections (in the illustrated case, the lower-sheet printing sections 6A and 6B) located on the inner side.

  The vertical folding device 40 in the present embodiment is continuous between each set of printing sections, that is, between the upper and lower printing sections 5A and 6A and between the upper and lower printing sections 5B and 6B. The base sheet 10 is configured to be folded vertically. Here, it will be easily understood by those skilled in the art that the two print sections in the width direction may be arranged in any order as long as the two print sections of each set are adjacent to each other.

  In the above description, there is no mention of a printing device for printing a printing part or the like on the continuous base material sheet 10 or a die cutting device for punching a predetermined card shape from the folded continuous base material sheet 10. Obviously, these may be incorporated as a series of steps or as separate steps.

  The present invention can also be used when enclosing a trading card or the like in card manufacturing.

It is a figure for demonstrating the non-contact IC card produced by the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine using the superposition apparatus of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the continuous base material sheet used in this invention. It is a typical figure which shows the registration apparatus of the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine by Example 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the overlay apparatus shown in FIG. 3 planarly. It is a figure which shows the inlet supply apparatus used for the overlapping apparatus of this invention. It is a figure similar to FIG. 3 which shows the superimposition apparatus of the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine by Example 2 of this invention. It is the same figure as FIG. 4 which shows the superimposition apparatus of the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine by Example 3 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Non-contact IC card 2 Inlet 3 Base material sheet for upper paper 4 Base material sheet for lower paper 5, 5A, 5B Printing part for upper paper 6, 6A, 6B Printing part for lower paper 10 Continuous base material sheet 11 Separator 20 Hot Melt coating device 30 Inlet supply device 31 Inlet stocker 32 Receiving cylinder 33 Vacuum roll 34, 35 Vacuum port 36 Vacuum groove 37 Extraction port 40 Vertical folding device 50 Separator take-up device Sl Printing unit length interval Sw Printing unit Spacing in the width direction Wi Inlet width Ws Continuous substrate sheet width

Claims (4)

At least one pair of printing portions each having a width direction length at least twice the width direction length of the inlet and having an upper paper printing portion and a lower paper printing portion on one side thereof in the width direction. Hot melt is applied to the other side of the continuous base sheet printed so that each of the pairs of printing portions is aligned with a predetermined interval and spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval. A hot melt coating device for coating;
An inlet supply device for supplying an inlet to a position corresponding to the upper or lower sheet printing section on one end side in the width direction of the hot-melt application surface of the continuous base sheet;
The width of the continuous base material sheet in the width direction is such that the hot melt application surface on the other side in the width direction of the continuous base material sheet is bonded to the hot melt application surface on the one side in the width direction of the continuous base material sheet and the inlet is sandwiched therebetween. And a vertical folding device for folding in the width direction at an intermediate position. At least one pair of upper paper printing section and lower paper printing section, which is made of tack paper, has a width direction length at least twice the width direction length of the inlet, and faces the separator attachment surface. A continuous base material printed so that the printed portions are aligned with a predetermined distance apart from each other in the width direction, and each pair of printed portions is aligned with a predetermined distance apart from each other in the length direction. A separator winder for peeling and winding the separator from the sheet;
An inlet supply device for supplying an inlet to a position corresponding to an upper paper or lower paper printing section on one end side in the width direction of the separator peeling surface of the continuous base sheet;
The width of the continuous base sheet in the width direction is such that the separator peeling surface on the other side in the width direction of the continuous base sheet is joined to the separator peeling surface on the one side in the width direction of the continuous base sheet and the inlet is sandwiched therebetween. A non-contact IC card manufacturing machine superposition device having a vertical folding device for folding in the width direction at an intermediate position.   The continuous base sheet has a width direction length that is at least four times the width direction length of the inlet, and two pairs of printing portions are printed on the continuous base sheet. The overlapping device of the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine according to claim 1, wherein the continuous base sheet is folded between the printing sections.   The inlet supply device includes an inlet stocker for stacking and holding inlets, a receiving cylinder on which a continuous base sheet travels on a peripheral surface thereof, and a continuous base that travels on the cylinder receiving the inlet stored in the inlet stocker. A vacuum roll for placing on the material sheet, and the vacuum roll includes at least one vacuum port disposed on the peripheral surface of the vacuum roll so as to be spaced apart from each other according to the length of the inlet. In addition, when the vacuum port is located in a region from a position corresponding to the take-out port provided at the bottom of the inlet stocker to a position adjacent to the receiving cylinder, the inlet is adsorbed to the peripheral surface of the vacuum roll via the vacuum port. The superposition device of the non-contact IC card manufacturing machine according to claim 1, 2 or 3 configured as described above.

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