JP2008307867A - Pressure sticking postcard forming device, and pressure sticking postcard forming method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the application of glue to a pressure sticking postcard sheet and to the pressure sticking postcard sheet at favorable efficiency, to stick it on an IC tag in a pressure sticking post card forming device, and to provide a pressure sticking postcard forming method. <P>SOLUTION: In the pressure sticking postcard forming device, the sheet 25b for a Z-folded pressure sticking postcard taken out of a sheet feeding unit 16 is conveyed from a sheet feeding unit 16 into a preliminary sheet folding unit 17 and partly folded so that the surface F of the rear surface is aligned with the surface A of the front surface, and an IC tag label 43 is glued to the surface A in an IC tag gluing unit 18. The sheet 25b is conveyed into a glue coating unit 19, and powder glue 15 is applied at one time to the surface F and the surface A. After the sheet 25b is temporarily fixed to a temporary fixing unit-firmly fixing unit 20, folding is developed at a sheet folding unit 21, and further inserted in a reverse direction, the surface A is folded to be in a Z-folding state, again conveyed into a temporary fixing unit/firmly fixing unit 20, firmly fixed (pressure sticking), corrected in its oblique feeding at a shape straightening unit 22, positioned matched in a conveying width direction, cut at a cutting and separating unit 23, and completed as the independent two Z-folded pressure sticking postcard. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a crimping postcard creation apparatus and a crimping postcard creation method for creating a crimping postcard.

Conventionally, in order to transmit character information only to a specific individual, generally, the character description is in a sealed form so that the individual can confirm the character information only after opening.
In recent years, personal information protection has become a strict question, and various business establishments, for example, personal information such as various personal data, gradebooks, salary statements, etc., are printed on the printed part of the written text. It is recorded and distributed in the form of envelopes or cards by bonding or crimping the peripheral edge of the printed part or the entire surface of the written text.

Among these, postcard-sized cards are called crimped postcards and can be used at the same charge as regular postcards. Therefore, as a printing information concealment system that is highly convenient for information providers, advertising It is also widely used for advertising direct mail.
In order to use such a printing information concealment system for crimping postcards, etc., secret information has conventionally been created by entrusting it to a specialized manufacturer or introducing an expensive crimping postcard or other manufacturing / printing device. .

There are two methods for creating confidential information using a manufacturing / printing device such as a crimping postcard, such as a method of applying adhesive after information printing or a method of applying adhesive before information printing. The premise of creating a large amount of information is essential and expensive.
Further, such outsourcing to a manufacturer is not a preferable method for creating confidential information because there is a potential problem of leakage of personal information.

  By the way, in recent years, along with the development of personal computers and printers, there has been proposed one that can easily create a crimp postcard even in a small unit so that it can be used by small-scale offices and individuals.

  For example, postcard paper with release paper pre-applied with a pressure sensitive adhesive is on the market. In this method, after printing predetermined character information or the like on the printing surface inside the two-fold, the pressure-sensitive adhesive portion is crimped to complete a postcard for postage.

  For example, a set of adhesive film and postcard paper is sold. In this method, after printing predetermined character information or the like on the printing surface inside the double fold, the adhesive film is pressure-bonded with the adhesive film sandwiched inside, so that a postcard for posting can be created.

  However, this is inevitable, and the handling is cumbersome, and it is better to personally create several crimped postcards, but it is cheap, quick, and responsive to demand in a certain number of units. It can not be created with.

In view of this, a toner adhesive powder adhesive (thermoplastic resin powder) that can be applied using a printer or a copying machine has been proposed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)
By the way, conventionally, a method has been proposed in which IC tag data is written simultaneously with printing on paper using a form in which an IC chip is previously affixed or creased. (For example, see Patent Document 2.)

In addition, a method has been proposed in which a form on which an IC tag is attached in advance is prepared and a pressure-bonded postcard is created using the form. (For example, see Patent Document 3.)
JP 2007-144321 A (summary, FIGS. 1 and 6) JP 2000-285203 A (summary, FIG. 2) Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-141492 (paragraphs 0029 to 0031, FIGS. 1, 5, and 6)

  By the way, in the technique of Patent Document 2 described above, IC tag data is written simultaneously with printing on paper. However, even if this technique is applied to a crimping postcard, an IC tag is pasted before loading paper into a printer. Since a separate process for attaching is required, the process of creating a pressure-bonded postcard with an IC tag becomes complicated.

  The technique of Patent Document 3 also requires a separate process for affixing an IC tag before loading the paper into the crimping postcard creation device, so that the process of creating a crimped postcard with an IC tag is also complicated. turn into.

  Hereinafter, an example of an adhesive applicator for applying the adhesive described in Patent Document 1 to a pressure-sensitive postcard paper will be described. This adhesive is a powder adhesive and is solid at room temperature. And it melts by heating, and adhesiveness is exhibited by being pressurized.

  By the way, in the application of the powder adhesive, for example, an electrophotographic image forming apparatus that performs printing (or printing, the same applies hereinafter) using toner is used, and the powder adhesive is accommodated in the image forming unit instead of the toner. Thus, a method of selectively applying the powder adhesive to the adhesive application surface of the postcard is considered.

  In application of such a powder adhesive, it is usually easier to apply it to a solid. Then, if it is applied to the solid, it is considered that there is no problem even if it is applied directly only with the developing roller of the developing device without using the photosensitive drum used for selective image formation in the image forming unit.

  FIG. 1 (a) is a diagram showing the principle of the construction of a crimping postcard creation system including a powder adhesive applicator constructed on the basis of such an idea. FIG. 1 (b), (c), (d), (e) is a figure which shows the application | coating procedure of a powder adhesive. FIGS. 3C and 3D are a plan view and a rear side view showing a state where the powder adhesive is transferred.

In this pressure-sensitive postcard creation system, variable information is printed in advance with a printing toner on the surface of the pressure-bonded postcard paper, and the above-described powder adhesive is applied to the surface of the paper.
Further, in this example, since the amount of secret information can be described more as the number of pages increases in recent years, the Z-fold pressure-bonded postcard will be described as an example in view of the fact that Z-fold pressure-bonded postcards are widely used. I will decide.

In FIG. 2A, the pressure-sensitive postcard creation system comprises, from right to left, a paper feeding device 1, a powder adhesive coating device 2, a folding device 3, a pressure bonding device 4, and a final pressure-bonded postcard storage device 5.
The powder adhesive application device 2 includes a paper transport device 6, an adhesive application unit 7, a fixing device 8, and a double-sided printing reversing device 9.

The adhesive application unit 7 includes a powder adhesive container 11 in which a powder adhesive is accommodated, and an application roller 12 rotatably disposed in a lower end opening of the powder adhesive container 11. ing.
Although not particularly shown, a transfer device is provided that is disposed opposite to the application roller 12 via the conveyance belt 13 of the sheet conveyance device 6.

  In FIG. 1A, first, a sheet 14 for Z-fold pressure-bonding postcard is accommodated in the sheet feeding device 1. Next, the sheets 14 are taken out from the sheet feeding device 1 one by one by a sheet feeding roller (not shown) or the like and fed to the powder adhesive application device 2 as indicated by an arrow a.

FIG. 2B is a view of the paper 14 fed from the paper feeding device 1 to the powder adhesive application device 2 as seen from above.
In the powder adhesive application device 2, the application roller 12 of the powder adhesive container 11 rotates while forming a uniform powder adhesive layer on the peripheral surface thereof. The application roller 12 cooperates with a transfer unit (not shown) on the surface P1 of one end page of the surface of the paper 14 that passes immediately below the application roller 12, as shown in FIG. The body adhesive 15 is electrostatically transferred (applied).

  Here, the surface configuration of the Z-fold pressure-bonding postcard paper 14 is defined. As shown in FIGS. 3C and 3D, in this example, the surface of the sheet 14 is a surface P2 on one end page of the cover before Z-folding, and a surface P3 on the other end page. The back surface of the surface P1 is referred to as surface P4, the back surface of the cover surface P2 as surface P5, and the back surface of the cover surface P3 as surface P6.

  The sheet 14 having the powder adhesive transferred (applied) to the surface P1 as shown in FIG. 11B is conveyed toward the fixing device 8 as indicated by the arrow b in FIG. Heat and pressure are applied to the paper 14 by the fixing device 8, and the powder adhesive 15 transferred to the surface P1 is melted and fixed on the paper surface.

  Thereafter, the paper 14 is conveyed toward the double-sided printing reversing device 9 as indicated by arrows c and d. The paper 14 is turned upside down by the double-sided printing reversing device 9 and is turned upside down. The paper 14 is conveyed in the first paper feeding direction as indicated by arrows e, f, and g. As shown by a, it is fed to the powder adhesive applicator 2.

  The paper 14 on which the powder adhesive 15 is applied to the back surface by the powder adhesive applicator 2 is fixed on the paper surface by the fixing device 8 and then folded as indicated by an arrow h. It is conveyed toward the device 3.

  FIG. 4D shows a plan view and a rear side view showing a state where the powder adhesive 15 has been transferred to the back surface P6 of the paper 14. That is, as shown in FIG. 4D, the powder adhesive 15 is applied to the surface P1 on the front surface of the paper 14 and the surface P6 on the back surface.

  In this state, the paper 14 carried into the folding device 3 is Z-folded by the folding device 3 (see FIG. 5E), conveyed to the crimping device 4, and the surface P1 and the surface P2 by the crimping device 4. And the surface P5 and the surface P6 are crimped | bonded, and the crimping postcard which can be thrown in is completed. Note that a generally known Z-folding device can be used as the Z-folding device.

  2A is a diagram showing a state of the sheet 14 folded by the folding device 3 for reference, and FIG. 2B shows the sheet 14 folded by Z as indicated by an arrow H. FIG. It is a figure which shows the state penetrated by the crimping | compression-bonding apparatus. The paper 14 that has been Z-folded by the folding device 3 is bonded by the crimping device 4 to form one postcard. This application process is performed on a predetermined number of sheets on which confidential information is printed.

By the way, in the above-mentioned powder adhesive application device, the front and back of the paper 14 are reversed by the double-sided printing reversing device 9 to apply the powder adhesive to the front and back surfaces.
As described above, when the powder adhesive 15 is applied to the Z-fold pressure-bonding postcard paper 14 by the same powder adhesive application machine, that is, the processing time for applying the powder adhesive 15 to both surfaces of the paper 14 is V-folding. Compared to the case where the powder adhesive only needs to be applied to one side as in the case of a pressure-bonded postcard, it takes twice or more in terms of time to include reversal conveyance.

That is, in the case of the most popular Z-folding postcard, the application process of the powder adhesive per sheet is delayed as compared with the V-folding postcard, and the efficiency of creating the pressure-bonded postcard is lowered.
An object of the present invention is to provide a crimping postcard creation apparatus and a crimping postcard creation method capable of efficiently applying an adhesive to a crimping postcard paper and attaching an IC tag to the crimping postcard paper in view of the above-described conventional situation. It is.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the pressure-sensitive postcard making apparatus of the present invention includes a paper folding portion that folds a part of the pressure-bonded postcard paper before applying the adhesive, a surface folded by the paper folding portion, and the folding surface. An adhesive application portion that applies the adhesive at a time to an unfolded surface that is exposed alongside the formed surface, and an IC tag attachment portion that attaches an IC tag to the pressure-bonded postcard paper. The adhesive is applied to a predetermined surface of the postcard paper at once and the IC tag is affixed to the pressure-sensitive postcard paper, and then the pressure-sensitive postcard paper is pressure-bonded to produce a pressure-sensitive postcard.

The IC tag affixing portion may be configured to affix the IC tag to a pressure-bonded postcard paper partially folded by the paper folding portion.
The adhesive application unit may be configured to apply the adhesive to a pressure-bonded postcard paper to which an IC tag is attached by the IC tag application unit.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the method for making a pressure-sensitive postcard according to the present invention includes a step of folding a part of the pressure-bonded postcard paper before applying an adhesive, and the folded surface and the folded surface. A step of applying the adhesive to the exposed unfolded surface at a time, and an IC tag attaching step of attaching an IC tag to the pressure-bonded postcard paper. The adhesive is applied at a time and the IC tag is attached to the pressure-bonded postcard paper, and then the pressure-bonded postcard paper is pressure-bonded to form a pressure-bonded postcard.

  In the present invention, a part of the pressure-bonded postcard paper is folded before the adhesive is applied, so that the adhesive is applied to a predetermined surface on the front and back of the pressure-bonded postcard paper at the same time, and an IC tag is attached to the pressure-bonded postcard paper. I try to put it on. For this reason, the time required for applying the adhesive is shortened, and the trouble of preparing the paper with the IC tag is saved. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is easy to create a pressure-bonded postcard with an IC tag, and the efficiency is improved.

Hereinafter, a crimping postcard creation device and a crimping postcard creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<One embodiment>

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram of the crimping postcard creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in the figure, the pressure-sensitive postcard creating apparatus is configured to feed a paper feeding unit 16, a spare paper folding unit 17, an IC tag pasting unit 18, from the upstream side (right side in the figure) to the downstream side (left side in the figure), The adhesive application unit 19, the assumed attachment unit / main fixing unit 20, the paper folding unit 21, the shape adjusting unit 22, the cutting / separating unit 23, and the paper discharge storage unit 24.

FIG. 4A is a plan view showing an IC tag label 43 arranged on the paper tube 18a of the IC tag pasting portion 18 according to the present embodiment.
4B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 4A.
FIG. 5 is a side view showing the paper tube 18a of the IC tag pasting portion 18 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the IC tag label 43 is composed of an IC tag 41 attached to a crimping postcard (paper 25b described later) and an adhesive sheet 42 that holds the IC tag 41.

The IC tag 41 is a so-called RFID element, and includes an IC chip and an antenna.
The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 42 includes a base material portion 42a and a pressure-sensitive adhesive 42b. The base material portion 42a is made of an extremely thin material such as paper or a resin film. The adhesive 42b holds the IC tag 41 and has an adhesive property that can hold the IC tag 41 and the base material portion 42a as necessary and sufficiently with respect to the adherend (paper 25b described later). .

As shown in FIG. 5, the IC tag label 43 is continuously affixed to a release paper 44 that is wound around a paper tube 18a of the IC tag affixing portion 18 in a roll shape.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the size of the paper used for the crimping postcard in the crimping postcard creating apparatus according to the present embodiment. The figure shows an A3 size paper 25. In this example, one end in the longitudinal direction of the paper 25 is cut off in advance by a length portion 25a of 10.5 cm, and the remaining portion is used as the paper 25b.

  Then, as shown in the figure, when cutting along the cutting line 26 and folding along the two folding lines 27 into three by mountain fold and valley fold, the length is 14.85 cm and the width is 10.5 cm, respectively. Two Z-fold crimped postcards can be made. The vertical and horizontal dimensions of this crimped postcard are the allowable dimensions of the postcard approved by the Postal Service.

  In the crimping postcard making apparatus shown in FIG. 3 of this example, the maximum size paper that can be applied is A3 size paper, and the maximum paper width that can be conveyed and processed is the lateral width of A3 size paper, that is, 29.7 cm. is there. A large number of sheets 25b shown in FIG. 6 are accommodated in the paper supply unit 16 shown in FIG.

FIGS. 7A to 7H are explanatory views showing the state of the paper 25b in the order of the creation process of the crimped postcard in the crimped postcard creating apparatus shown in FIG.
Note that the paper 25b is completed as a Z-fold pressure-bonded postcard through a process of attaching an IC tag, applying an adhesive including a special intermediate process, tri-folding, pressure bonding, and cutting / separating while being conveyed in the direction of arrow i.

Hereinafter, a method for creating a crimping postcard in the crimping postcard creating apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the paper 25 b is fed from the paper feeding unit 16 to the spare paper folding unit 17. In this paper feeding, FIG. 7 (a) shows only one postcard paper that is conveyed in the direction of the arrow i in order to avoid the complexity of the illustration. As shown, the two sheets 25b of the crimping postcards that are still continuous with the cutting line 26 are conveyed in the longitudinal direction as indicated by the arrow i.

  As shown in FIG. 7 (b), in the spare paper folding portion 17, the paper 25b has a substantially の left portion (the C surface and F surface portions on the front and back sides) with the pre-folding line L1 as a valley fold. Folded as shown by arrow j. The partially folded paper 25 b is conveyed to the IC tag pasting unit 18.

  In the IC tag pasting part 18, the IC tag label 43 is peeled off from the release paper 44 with the IC tag label 43 wound around the paper tube 18a by a peeling part (not shown). The peeled IC tag label 43 is supplied to the paper 25b and is pressed and pasted to the paper 25b by the sticking roller 18b. On the other hand, the release paper 44 is collected by the release paper collection roller 18c. The surface to which the IC tag label 43 is attached is the inside (A surface) of the back surface (D surface) exposed to the outside when the Z-fold pressure-bonded postcard is completed.

The paper 25b with the IC tag label 43 attached is conveyed to the adhesive application unit 19.
As described above, since the paper 25b for two postcards that are still continuous with the cutting line 26 is conveyed, the IC tag is attached to the paper 25b for two postcards. It is necessary to arrange two sticking parts 18 in parallel, or to attach the IC tag label 43 to the release paper 44 in parallel.

  The adhesive application unit 19 includes a powder adhesive container 28, an adhesive application roller 29 provided in the lower end opening of the powder adhesive container 28, a transfer roller 31, a cleaner 33, and the like. Yes.

  The sheet 25b carried into the adhesive application unit 19 is sandwiched between the adhesive application roller 29 and the transfer roller 31 and conveyed, and the folded surface (refer to the surface F in FIG. 7C) and this fold. The powder adhesive 15 is applied to the unfolded surface (see the surface A to which the IC tag label 43 in FIG. 7 (c) is attached) exposed in parallel with the formed surface (FIG. 7 (c)). d)). The powder adhesive 15 is assumed to be an adhesive having a removable function as described in, for example, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2007-144321).

  In this way, the sheet 25b having the powder adhesive 15 applied to the front and back predetermined surfaces (surface F and surface A) at a time is conveyed to the assumed attachment portion / main fixing portion 20. A hypothetical attachment section / main fixing section 20 includes a lower endless heat belt 34 and press rollers 35 and 36 arranged so as to sandwich the lower endless heat belt 34 from above and below to form an assumption attachment section. .

  The pressure roller 35 located on the lower surface (outside) of the lower endless heat belt 34 is always in contact with the lower surface of the lower endless heat belt 34, and the pressure roller 36 disposed opposite the pressure roller 35 is in the downward direction when it is assumed to be worn. And the lower endless heat belt 34 is pressed toward the pressing roller 35.

  As a result, the paper 25b is sandwiched and conveyed by the lower endless heat belt 34 and the pressing roller 35, and heat and pressure are applied, so that the powder adhesive 15 is assumed on the paper surface (FIG. 7 (e)). reference). This assumption is preferably made so that the powder adhesive 15 is not easily peeled off from the paper 25b and the IC tag label 43 in the next paper folding step.

  The paper 25 b on which the powder adhesive 15 is presupposed on the paper surface is then conveyed to the paper folding unit 21. First, the folded surface of the paper 25b carried into the paper folding unit 21 is first widened (see FIG. 7 (f)).

  Thereafter, in the paper folding section 21, as shown in FIG. 7 (f), the paper folding planned line L3 (the same line as the first folding planned line L1) is fold-folded, and the surface E is shown by the surface F as indicated by the arrow k. The sheet A is folded to the side, and the sheet A is folded to the surface B side as indicated by the arrow m, with the planned paper folding line L2 as a valley fold. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 7G, the sheet 25b is Z-folded.

  The Z-folded sheet 25 b is conveyed again to the assumed landing part / main fixing part 20. However, this time, the sheet 25b is carried into the main fixing unit in which the lower endless heat belt 34 and the upper endless heat belt 37 are arranged to face each other.

  Four pressing rollers including the above-described pressing roller 36 are disposed inside the lower endless heat belt 34, and the four pressing rollers inside the lower endless heat belt 34 are disposed inside the upper endless heat belt 34. Four pressing rollers are disposed at positions facing the rollers.

  Each of these pressing rollers presses the endless heat belt toward the facing portion. As a result, the Z-folded paper 25b is nipped and conveyed by the lower endless heat belt 34 and the upper endless heat belt 37, and the coated surface (surface A, surface F) of the powder adhesive 15 and its opposite surface. (Surface B, Surface E) are pressure-bonded (see FIG. 7 (h)).

  Subsequently, the sheet 25 b is conveyed to the shape adjusting unit 22, the skew is corrected, the conveyance width direction is aligned, and further conveyed to the cutting and separating unit 23. The cutting / separating unit 23 is cut by the splitter along the cutting line 26 shown in FIG. 6 and is completed as two independent Z-fold crimping postcards 25c. The completed two Z-fold crimping postcards 25 c are stored in the paper discharge storage unit 24.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, a part of the pressure-bonded postcard paper is folded at a stage before applying the adhesive 15, so that the predetermined surfaces (surface A and surface F) on the front and back surfaces of the pressure-bonded postcard paper are once at a time. An adhesive is applied and an IC tag 41 (IC tag label 43) is attached to the pressure-bonded postcard paper. Therefore, the time required for applying the adhesive 15 is shortened, and the trouble of preparing the paper with the IC tag is saved. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the creation of a crimped postcard with an IC tag 41 (IC tag label 43) is simplified and the efficiency is improved.

  In the present embodiment, the IC tag affixing unit 18 affixes the IC tag label 43 to the crimped postcard paper partially folded by the spare paper folding unit 17. For this reason, the possibility that the IC tag label 43 is peeled off in the pre-folding process in the preliminary paper folding portion 17 is reduced, and therefore, the efficiency of creating the pressure-bonded postcard with the IC tag 41 attached is further improved.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the adhesive application unit 19 applies the adhesive application more specifically so that the adhesive 15 is applied to the pressure-bonded postcard paper to which the IC tag label 43 is attached by the IC tag application unit 20. The part 19 is configured to apply the adhesive 15 to a predetermined surface (surface A and surface F) on the front and back including the surface (surface A) to which the IC tag label 43 is attached of the pressure-bonded postcard paper at a time. Therefore, the attachment of the IC tag label 43 is not obstructed by the adhesive 15 applied to the pressure-bonded postcard paper, and therefore the efficiency of creating the pressure-bonded postcard with the IC tag 41 attached is further improved.

Next, a V-fold pressure-bonded postcard can be created using the same process as that for creating the Z-fold pressure-bonded postcard. This will be described below as a modified example.
8A to 8H are explanatory views of the state of the sheet 25b in the order of the V-folding postcard creation process according to the modification of the present embodiment. FIG. 2A shows the pressure-bonded postcard paper before V-folding, which is stored in the paper supply unit 16 after the confidential information is printed. In this case as well, only one V-fold pressure-bonded postcard paper is shown in order to avoid the complexity of the illustration, but actually, in this case as well, two sheets of pressure-bonded postcards that remain continuous with the cutting line are used. Is conveyed in the longitudinal direction as indicated by arrow i.

  FIGS. 7B and 7C are carried from the paper supply unit 16 to the preliminary paper folding unit 17 and, as indicated by the arrow n, the first folding line L1 is a valley fold, and approximately half is temporarily folded into two. Shows the state. FIG. 7C shows a state where the IC tag label 43 is attached to the surface D after being transported to the IC tag attaching portion 18.

  FIGS. 4D and 4E are conveyed to the adhesive application unit 19 where the powder adhesive 15 is applied to the surface D to which the IC tag label 43 is attached, and the assumed attachment part / main fixing part 20. The assumed wearing part is shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 (f) shows a state where the paper is unloaded from the hypothetical landing part, conveyed to the paper folding part 21, and temporarily folded and unfolded by the paper folding part 21.
Next, in the paper folding section 21, as shown in FIG. 5G, the paper folding planned line L2 (the same line as the first folding planned line L1) is fold-folded, and the surface C as indicated by the arrow p is the surface C. Folded to the side. Then, as shown in FIG. 6 (h), a V-fold crimped postcard is formed. Thereafter, the sheet is transported to the main fixing unit of the assumed landing part / main fixing unit 20 and subjected to pressure-bonding finish by the main fixing, the skew is corrected by the shape adjusting unit 22, the transport width direction is aligned, and the cutting / separating unit 23. And is completed as two independent V-fold crimping postcards.

<Other embodiments>
In the present embodiment, the IC tag affixing portion 18 is not located between the preliminary paper folding portion 17 and the adhesive application portion 19 but between the assumed landing portion and the assumed fixing portion of the main fixing portion 20 and the paper folding portion 21. Since only the points arranged in the above are different from the above embodiment, the detailed description is omitted.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a crimping postcard creation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in the figure, the pressure-sensitive postcard creating device is configured to feed the paper feeding unit 16, the preliminary paper folding unit 17, the adhesive application unit 19, from the upstream side (right side in the figure) to the downstream side (left side in the figure) in the paper conveyance direction. It comprises an assumed landing part / main fixing part 20, an IC tag attaching part 18, a paper folding part 21, a shape adjusting part 22, a cutting / separating part 23, and a paper discharge storage part 24.

FIGS. 10A to 10H are explanatory views showing the state of the paper 25b in the order of the creation process of the crimped postcard in the crimped postcard creating apparatus shown in FIG.
The paper 25b is completed as a Z-fold pressure-bonded postcard after being conveyed in the direction of arrow i, through adhesive coating including special intermediate steps, IC tag attachment, tri-folding, pressure bonding, and cutting / separation.

Hereinafter, a method for creating a crimping postcard in the crimping postcard creating apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
Also in this embodiment, FIG. 10 (a) shows only one postcard sheet to be conveyed in the direction of the arrow i in order to avoid the complexity of the illustration. As shown in FIG. 6, the two sheets 25 b of the crimping postcards that are still connected by the cutting line 26 are conveyed in the longitudinal direction as indicated by the arrow i.

  As shown in FIG. 10 (b), in the spare paper folding portion 17, the paper 25b has a substantially 左側 left portion (the C surface and F surface portions on the front and back sides) with the pre-folded line L1 as a valley fold. Folded as shown by arrow j. The sheet 25 b that is partially folded is conveyed to the adhesive application unit 19.

  The paper 25b carried into the adhesive application unit 19 is sandwiched between the adhesive application roller 29 and the transfer roller 31 and conveyed, and the folded surface (refer to the surface F in FIG. 10C) and this fold. The powder adhesive 15 is applied to the unfolded surface (see the surface A in FIG. 10 (c)) exposed side by side with the formed surface at a time.

  In this way, the sheet 25b having the powder adhesive 15 applied to the front and back predetermined surfaces (surface F and surface A) at a time is conveyed to the assumed attachment portion / main fixing portion 20. A hypothetical attachment section / main fixing section 20 includes a lower endless heat belt 34 and press rollers 35 and 36 arranged so as to sandwich the lower endless heat belt 34 from above and below to form an assumption attachment section. .

  The pressure roller 35 located on the lower surface (outside) of the lower endless heat belt 34 is always in contact with the lower surface of the lower endless heat belt 34, and the pressure roller 36 disposed opposite the pressure roller 35 causes the lower endless heat belt 34 to be in contact with the lower endless heat belt 34. Press toward the pressing roller 35.

  As a result, the paper 25b is sandwiched and conveyed by the lower endless heat belt 34 and the pressing roller 35, and heat and pressure are applied, so that the powder adhesive 15 is assumed on the paper surface (FIG. 10 (d)). reference). The hypothetical attachment may be performed to such an extent that the powder adhesive 15 is not easily peeled off from the paper 25b in the next IC tag attaching step and the next paper folding step.

The paper 25b on which the powder adhesive 15 is presupposed on the paper surface is then conveyed to the IC tag attaching unit 18.
In the IC tag pasting part 18, the IC tag label 43 is peeled off from the release paper 44 with the IC tag label 43 by a peeling part (not shown). The peeled IC tag label 43 is supplied to the paper 25b and is pressed and pasted to the paper 25b by the sticking roller 18b. On the other hand, the release paper 44 is collected by the release paper collection roller 18c. The surface to which the IC tag label 43 is attached is the inside (A surface) of the back surface (D surface) exposed to the outside when the Z-fold pressure-bonded postcard is completed.

The paper 25b to which the IC tag label 43 is attached is conveyed to the paper folding unit 21, and the folded surface is once widened (see FIG. 10 (f)).
Thereafter, in the paper folding section 21, as shown in FIG. 10 (f), the paper folding planned line L3 (the same line as the first folding planned line L1) is fold-folded, and the surface E is shown by the surface F as indicated by the arrow k. The sheet A is folded to the side, and the sheet A is folded to the surface B side as indicated by the arrow m, with the planned paper folding line L2 as a valley fold. As a result, the sheet 25b is Z-folded as shown in FIG.

  The Z-folded sheet 25 b is conveyed again to the assumed landing part / main fixing part 20. However, this time, the sheet 25b is carried into the main fixing unit in which the lower endless heat belt 34 and the upper endless heat belt 37 are arranged to face each other.

  Two pressing rollers including the above-described pressing roller 36 are disposed inside the lower endless heat belt 34, and the two pressings inside the lower endless heat belt 34 are also provided inside the upper endless heat belt 37. Two pressing rollers are disposed at positions facing the rollers.

  Each of these pressing rollers presses the endless heat belt toward the facing portion. As a result, the Z-folded paper 25b is nipped and conveyed by the lower endless heat belt 34 and the upper endless heat belt 37, and the coated surface (surface A, surface F) of the powder adhesive 15 and its opposite surface. (Surface B, Surface E) are pressure-bonded (see FIG. 10 (h)).

  Subsequently, the sheet 25 b is conveyed to the shape adjusting unit 22, the skew is corrected, the conveyance width direction is aligned, and further conveyed to the cutting and separating unit 23. The cutting / separating unit 23 is cut by the splitter along the cutting line 26 shown in FIG. 6 and is completed as two independent Z-fold crimping postcards 25c. The completed two Z-fold crimping postcards 25 c are stored in the paper discharge storage unit 24.

  As described above, also in the present embodiment, by folding a part of the pressure-bonded postcard paper before the adhesive 15 is applied, it is once applied to the predetermined surfaces (surface A and surface F) of the surface of the pressure-bonded postcard paper. In addition, an adhesive is applied, and an IC tag 41 (IC tag label 43) is attached to the pressure-bonded postcard paper. Therefore, the time required for applying the adhesive 15 is shortened, and the trouble of preparing the paper with the IC tag is saved. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, similarly to the above-described embodiment, the creation of a crimped postcard with an IC tag 41 (IC tag label 43) is simplified, and the efficiency is improved.

  Also in this embodiment, the IC tag affixing unit 18 affixes the IC tag label 43 to the pressure-bonded postcard paper partially folded by the spare paper folding unit 17. Therefore, the possibility that the IC tag label 43 is peeled off in the pre-folding process in the preliminary paper folding portion 17 is reduced, and therefore, in the present embodiment as well, the pressure bonding with the IC tag 41 attached is performed as in the above embodiment. The efficiency of postcard creation is further improved.

Next, a V-fold pressure-bonded postcard can be created using the same process as that for creating the Z-fold pressure-bonded postcard. This will be described below as a modified example.
FIGS. 11A to 11H are explanatory diagrams showing the state of the sheet 25b in the order of the V-folding postcard creation process according to the modification of the present embodiment. FIG. 2A shows the pressure-bonded postcard paper before V-folding, which is stored in the paper supply unit 16 after the confidential information is printed. In this case as well, only one V-fold pressure-bonded postcard paper is shown in order to avoid the complexity of the illustration, but actually, in this case as well, two sheets of pressure-bonded postcards that remain continuous with the cutting line are used. Is conveyed in the longitudinal direction as indicated by arrow i.

  FIGS. 7B and 7C are carried from the paper supply unit 16 to the preliminary paper folding unit 17 and, as indicated by the arrow n, the first folding line L1 is a valley fold, and approximately half is temporarily folded into two. Shows the state. Then, (c) and (d) are conveyed to the adhesive application unit 19 where the powder adhesive 15 is applied and presupposed at the assumed attachment part of the assumed attachment part / main fixing part 20. Indicates the state.

FIG. 4E shows a state where the IC tag label 43 is attached to the surface D on which the powder adhesive 15 is applied after being conveyed to the IC tag attaching portion 18.
FIG. 5 (f) shows a state where the paper is unloaded from the hypothetical landing part, conveyed to the paper folding part 21, and temporarily folded and unfolded by the paper folding part 21.

  Next, in the paper folding section 21, as shown in FIGS. 5F and 5G, the paper folding planned line L2 (the same line as the first folding planned line L1) is mountain-folded, and the surface D is indicated by an arrow p. It is folded to the surface C side. Then, as shown in FIG. 6 (h), a V-fold crimped postcard is formed. Thereafter, the sheet is transported to the main fixing unit of the assumed landing part / main fixing unit 20 and subjected to pressure-bonding finish by the main fixing, the skew is corrected by the shape adjusting unit 22, the transport width direction is aligned, and the cutting / separating unit 23. And is completed as two independent V-fold crimping postcards.

(a) is a diagram showing the principle of the construction of a crimping postcard creation system including a powder adhesive application device, and (b), (c), (d), and (e) are diagrams showing the procedure for applying a powder adhesive. (a) is a figure which shows the state of the paper Z-folded by the folding apparatus for reference, (b) is a figure which shows the state by which the paper Z-folded is inserted into a crimping | compression-bonding apparatus as shown by the arrow h. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a crimping postcard creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view which shows the IC tag label arrange | positioned at the paper tube of the IC tag sticking part which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is IV-IV sectional drawing of FIG. 4A. It is a side view which shows the paper tube of the IC tag sticking part which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the size of the sheet | seat used for crimping postcards in the crimping postcard preparation apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. (a)-(h) is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the paper 25b in order of the production | generation process of the crimping postcard in the crimping postcard creation apparatus shown in FIG. (a)-(h) is explanatory drawing in the state of the sheet | seat 25b in order of the production process of the V folding crimping postcard which concerns on the modification of one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the configuration of a crimping postcard creation device according to another embodiment of the present invention. (a)-(h) is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the sheet | seat 25b in order of the creation process of the crimping postcard in the crimping postcard creation apparatus shown in FIG. (a)-(h) is explanatory drawing in the state of the paper 25b in order of the production process of the V folding crimping postcard which concerns on the modification of other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Paper feeder 2 Powder adhesive coating device 3 Folding device 4 Crimping device 5 Finished crimping postcard storage device 6 Paper transport device 7 Adhesive application part 8 Fixing device 9 Double-sided printing reversing device 11 Powder adhesive container 12 Coating roller 13 Conveying belt 14 Z-fold pressure-bonding postcard paper 15 Powder adhesive 16 Paper feeding part 17 Spare paper folding part 18 IC tag sticking part 18a Paper tube 18b Sticking roller 18c Release paper collecting roller 19 Adhesive application part 20 Main fixing portion 21 Paper folding portion 22 Shape trimming portion 23 Cutting separation portion 24 Paper discharge storage portion 25 A3 size paper 25a Paper (cut-off portion)
25b Paper (used part)
25c Completed Z-fold crimping postcard 26 Cutting line 27 Folding line 28 Powder adhesive container 29 Adhesive application roller 31 Transfer roller 33 Cleaner 34 Lower endless heat belt 35, 36 Press roller 37 Upper endless heat belt 41 IC tag 42 Adhesive Sheet 42a Base part 42b Adhesive 43 IC tag label

Claims (4)

A paper folding part that folds a part of the pressure-bonded postcard paper before applying the adhesive,
An adhesive application unit that applies the adhesive to the surface folded by the paper folding unit and the unfolded surface exposed side by side with the folded surface;
An IC tag attaching portion for attaching an IC tag to the pressure-bonded postcard paper,
Applying the adhesive at a time to the predetermined surface of the front and back of the crimping postcard paper and pasting the IC tag on the crimping postcard paper, and then crimping the crimping postcard paper to create a crimped postcard,
Crimping postcard making device characterized by that.   2. The pressure-sensitive postcard creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the IC tag affixing unit affixes the IC tag to a pressure-bonded postcard paper partially folded by the paper folding part.   3. The pressure-sensitive postcard creating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the adhesive application portion applies the adhesive to a pressure-bonded postcard paper to which an IC tag is attached by the IC tag attachment portion. A process of folding a part of the pressure-bonded postcard paper before applying the adhesive;
Applying the adhesive at once to the folded surface and the unfolded surface exposed side by side with the folded surface;
An IC tag attaching step of attaching an IC tag to the pressure-bonded postcard paper,
Applying the adhesive at a time to the predetermined surface of the front and back of the crimping postcard paper and pasting the IC tag on the crimping postcard paper, and then crimping the crimping postcard paper to create a crimped postcard,
A method for making a crimped postcard characterized by that.