JP2011068496A - Card forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card forming device for automatically picking out defective cards. <P>SOLUTION: A card is imaged at both sides by imaging means 15a, 15b, and a determining part 26 determines the card to be defective or non-defective from this card side information. When the card is determined to be defective, a defective card array address specifying part is notified thereof to specify the card array address of the defective card, and then a card placing destination instructing part is notified thereof. A card transfer means 20 instructed by the card placing destination instructing part sucks and lifts all cards from a card receiving tray 18 and stores all non-defective cards on a card stacking and storing site, and holds the defective cards sucked and stores the defective cards in a defective card stock 24. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a card forming apparatus that punches and forms a card from a sheet, conveys the card to a predetermined storage location, and stores the card.

(1) A sheet is punched out by a punching unit to form a card-forming sheet composed of a waste sheet and a card that is separably held in the waste sheet, and this card-forming sheet (hereinafter referred to as “card holding sheet”). ) Are intermittently transported out of the punching section, the cards are pushed down from the top one by one with a stick, and the falling cards are received in a bottomed-out form in which the platter-shaped molded product input means slides and is arranged. The product insertion means that received the cards one by one in the claw-equipped small plate is positioned directly above the molded product stock section with the card stack storage pocket of the same arrangement as the small plate, so that the card does not fall at the bottom of the small plate A card forming device is disclosed in which a holding nail-shaped molded product receiving support portion that is held in a rotating manner is rotated downward and the card is dropped and stored in a card stacking storage pocket directly below. It has been. (For example: FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-144563)
There is also disclosed a card forming apparatus for receiving and storing a card that has been pushed down in a card stacking storage pocket while moving a molded product stock section below the sticking bar. (For example: FIG. 6 of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-145643)
Also, the card forming sheet holding the cards in a separable manner is transported onto the suction plate, and only the waste sheet portion is sucked, and the suction transport device in which the suction nozzles are arranged is used to suck all the cards. A card forming apparatus is disclosed in which the card is adsorbed onto the molded product stock portion and is lowered directly above the molded product stock portion to release the adsorption and store the card in a card stack storage pocket. (For example: FIG. 7 of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-145643)
(2) A sheet and a waste sheet are formed by punching the sheet at the punching unit, and a card holding sheet is formed by holding the card in the waste sheet, and the card holding sheet is conveyed to the conveying unit. Then, the waste sheet is separated from the transport unit by the transport unit, and only the cards are discharged from the card discharge unit at the leading end of the transport unit while maintaining the arrangement state, and the ejected card slides under the transport unit. The card receiving / sliding body that is received by the card receiving / sliding body that receives the card, and the card receiving / sliding body that has been received is positioned directly below the card transferring means in which card sucking portions in the form of card suction holding portions are arranged. Is lowered and the card suction slide is picked up by the card suction part and lifted. Taken back to operation, the card forming apparatus is disclosed that the card transfer means leaving raising the card to release the down insertion adsorbing the card into position to moldings stock portion of the card are superposed accommodating pockets beneath. (For example: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-246603)

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-145543 JP 2008-246603 A

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The prior art described above has the following drawbacks.
(1) In the inventions of the cited documents 1 and 2, since all of the punched and formed cards are stored in the card overlap storage part, it is assumed that there is a defective product (defective product card) therein. Is. Therefore, the predetermined number of cards is aligned after removing defective products (defective products cards). That is, all the cards are taken out from the card stack storage part, and the cards are inspected by human eyes, or defective products are extracted by an inspection device (defective product extracting device), and the number of non-defective products is reduced to a predetermined number. Alignment has to be performed by an alignment device integrated with human hands or an inspection device.
For this reason, it takes a long time to prepare a bundle of cards with a predetermined number of inspections, securing the inspection space and the installation space for the inspection alignment equipment, which increases labor costs and inspection alignment equipment costs. Was necessary.
(2) Since the inventions of the cited documents 1 and 2 are the inspection by the person or the inspection device taken out from the card stacking storage part, which card array (card array address) the defective product is, Obtain defective product information such as punching conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.) and which sheet information (manufacturer, creation date, printing company, printing date, printing device, ink information, etc.) and quickly analyze the cause of the failure However, it is difficult to construct an information tool for grasping the cause and finding an effective means for solving the problem, and it takes a lot of time, manpower and cost to construct the information tool.
(3) Further, according to the inventions of the cited documents 1 and 2, it is necessary to manually divide the cards stored in the card stack storage part by a predetermined number of partitions. For this purpose, the operator is monitoring the count display, and when the predetermined number is reached, the partition plate is manually placed on the card in the card stacking portion. However, such a person does not monitor the predetermined number of sheets because it is unreasonable. Actually, all the cards in the card stacking area are taken out, defective cards are picked up by 100% inspection, and the number of non-defective cards is counted to a predetermined number. It was the work of aligning.

The present invention has been made in view of the prior art as described above, and a first object of the invention is to provide a card forming apparatus that automatically picks up defective products and separates them from non-defective products.
A second object of the present invention is to provide a card forming apparatus that stores information on defective products in addition to the first object.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration.
<Invention of Claim 1>
A punching forming section for punching out a card from a single sheet in a multi-row, multi-column card arrangement;
A card transport unit that transports the card array discharged from the punching formation unit;
A card receiving tray for storing the cards arranged in the same arrangement as the card arrangement, and a card receiving tray for receiving one line at a time in the card receiving pocket while sliding the cards ejected from the card conveying section;
A card suction holding unit having the same arrangement as the card arrangement for performing an operation of sucking each card stored in the card receiving pocket and lifting the card away from the card receiving tray; and an individual suction operation of the card suction holding part. A card transfer means comprising a suction switching unit for switching suction release operation;
A good card storage section for storing and storing good cards in the same arrangement as the card arrangement;
A defective card storage section for storing and storing defective cards in the same arrangement as the card arrangement;
An image pickup means for picking up an image of a card surface of the card, provided between the punching forming section and the card transfer means;
A determination unit that compares the card surface information imaged by the imaging unit with the pre-stored reference card surface information to determine whether the card is good or bad;
With all the cards on the card receiving tray being sucked and held by the card sucking and holding part, the card is lifted and separated from the card receiving tray, and only the good card is located above the good card storage part. And a controller that controls the suction switching unit so as to drop only the defective card at a position above the defective card storage unit. Card forming apparatus.
<Invention of Claim 2>
The defective card information of the defective card determined to be defective by the determining unit is stored in the defective card storage unit, and the card arrangement address information for specifying the card arrangement location is added to the defective card information. The card forming apparatus according to claim 1.
<Invention of Claim 3>
A first imaging means for imaging one side of the card and a second imaging means for imaging the other side of the card;
A card reversing mechanism is provided for receiving the cards ejected from the card transport section line by line, and rotating or rotating to reverse the received cards and dropping them into a card receiving pocket.
From the upper side of this card reversing mechanism, one surface which is the upper surface of the card in the card reversing mechanism is imaged by the first imaging means to obtain one card surface information,
The other surface, which is the upper surface of the card that is inverted and stored in the card receiving pocket by the card reversing mechanism, is imaged by the second imaging means to obtain the other card surface information,
The determination unit compares the one card surface information with one reference card surface information stored in advance, and compares the other card surface information with the other reference card surface information stored in advance. The card forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the quality of the card is determined.
<Invention of Claim 4>
The card forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein imaging of the card surface of the imaging unit is performed when the punching forming unit is not punched.
<Invention of Claim 5>
When the punching forming portion is not punched, a sheet passing gap through which the sheet is passed is formed between the molds, and the gap distance of the sheet passing gap is larger than the thickness of one sheet and the thickness of the two sheets. The distance between the sheet passing gap and the card holding portion of the card transport unit is shorter than the length of the card. It is a card | curd formation apparatus of description.

As is clear from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.
<Effect of the Invention of Claim 1>
A punching forming section for punching out a card from a single sheet in a multi-row, multi-column card arrangement;
A card transport unit that transports the card array discharged from the punching formation unit;
A card receiving tray for storing the cards arranged in the same arrangement as the card arrangement, and a card receiving tray for receiving one line at a time in the card receiving pocket while sliding the cards ejected from the card conveying section;
A card suction holding unit having the same arrangement as the card arrangement for performing an operation of sucking each card stored in the card receiving pocket and lifting the card away from the card receiving tray; and an individual suction operation of the card suction holding part. A card transfer means comprising a suction switching unit for switching suction release operation;
A good card storage section for storing and storing good cards in the same arrangement as the card arrangement;
A defective card storage section for storing and storing defective cards in the same arrangement as the card arrangement;
An image pickup means for picking up an image of a card surface of the card, provided between the punching forming section and the card transfer means;
A determination unit that compares the card surface information imaged by the imaging unit with the pre-stored reference card surface information to determine whether the card is good or bad;
With all the cards on the card receiving tray being sucked and held by the card sucking and holding part, the card is lifted and separated from the card receiving tray, and only the good card is located above the good card storage part. And a controller that controls the suction switching unit so as to drop only the defective card at a position above the defective card storage unit. Since it is a card forming apparatus, the following effects can be obtained.
That is,
The card transferring means sucks and holds all the cards of one sheet on the card receiving tray all at once by the card suction holding part, and drops only the good card at the upper position of the good card storage part. Since the suction switching unit is controlled by the control unit so that it is stored in the card storage unit and only the defective card is dropped and stored in the defective card storage unit above the defective card storage unit. Since only the card is stored and stacked in the defective card storage section, the occurrence location (card array address) of the defective card can be confirmed and identified at a glance, and the defective card storage section can be immediately viewed or defective card The card can be taken out and the defective portion of the card can be inspected and inspected.
Arrangement of the card transfer means at the upper positions of the good card storage part and the defective card storage part includes a form by movement of the card moving means, a form by movement of the good card storage part and the defective card storage part.
<Effects of Invention of Claim 2>
The defective card information of the defective card determined to be defective by the determining unit is stored in the defective card storage unit, and the card arrangement address information for specifying the card arrangement location is added to the defective card information. Therefore, the card forming apparatus according to the first aspect provides the same effects as those of the first aspect of the invention and the following effects.
That is,
The card surface information of the defective card is displayed as an enlarged image on the display, and the defective portion of the defective card can be inspected and inspected.
<Effect of the Invention of Claim 3>
A first imaging means for imaging one side of the card and a second imaging means for imaging the other side of the card;
A card reversing mechanism is provided for receiving the cards ejected from the card transport section line by line, and rotating or rotating to reverse the received cards and dropping them into a card receiving pocket.
From the upper side of this card reversing mechanism, one surface which is the upper surface of the card in the card reversing mechanism is imaged by the first imaging means to obtain one card surface information,
The other surface, which is the upper surface of the card that is inverted and stored in the card receiving pocket by the card reversing mechanism, is imaged by the second imaging means to obtain the other card surface information
The determination unit compares the one card surface information with one reference card surface information stored in advance, and compares the other card surface information with the other reference card surface information stored in advance. The card forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the card is determined to be good / bad of the card. In addition to the same effects as the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
That is,
The card reversing mechanism realizes that both the first image pickup means and the second image pickup means take the image with the card positioned downward and the lens facing downward. There is an effect that no dust is placed on any lens of the image pickup means, and therefore a defective card determination error due to the dust being placed on the lens does not occur.
<Advantageous Effects of Invention>
The card forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein imaging of the card surface of the imaging means is performed when the punching forming unit is not punched. In addition to the same effects as the invention described in any one of the items, the following effects can be obtained.
That is,
The card surface information without blurring can be obtained by imaging the card surface by the image pickup means at the time of non-punching without the punching vibration of the punching forming part.
<Effect of the Invention of Claim 5>
When the punching forming portion is not punched, a sheet passing gap through which the sheet is passed is formed between the molds, and the gap distance of the sheet passing gap is larger than the thickness of one sheet and the thickness of the two sheets. The distance between the sheet passing gap and the card holding portion of the card transport unit is shorter than the length of the card. Since it is a card | curd formation apparatus of description, there exists an effect as described next while there exists an effect similar to the invention of any one of Claims 1-4.
That is,
The operation is performed by punching out the card at the punching forming unit and returning it to the card punching trace of the sheet to be a card storage sheet. When the card storage sheet is transported when not punched, the card storage sheet is transported. A sheet-passing gap is formed between the fixed mold and the movable mold, which is wider than the thickness of one sheet of the sheet to be moved and narrower than the thickness of the two sheets of the sheet. The card storage sheet is transported in the punching formation in a state where the sheet passing gap cannot be removed from the trace, and the card discharged from the sheet passing gap has a distance between the sheet passing gap and the card holding part. The card is transported in a state where the card punching arrangement and posture are not deviated from the card punching trace by the card transporting unit that is located at a distance shorter than the card length. It is intended to be.
Therefore, the card in the card storage sheet is larger than the thickness of one sheet and narrower than the thickness of the two sheets of the sheet. In this case, the card is transported in a state where it cannot be removed from the punching trace of the card, and when ejected from the punching forming part, the card is held in the card transporting part while it is in the sheet passing gap. Therefore, the card forming apparatus can be transported in a state in which the punching arrangement of the cards is not broken, and a card forming apparatus in which defective products are not generated due to the card slipping out of the card punching trace is achieved. .

The side view of Example 1 of this invention. The top view of Example 1 of this invention. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of imaging motion according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The partial top view of Example 1 of the present invention. Explanatory drawing of the card receiving operation | movement of the card receiving tray of Example 1 of this invention. FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram of the card transfer means according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Continuation of FIG. The control block diagram of Example 1 of this invention. The top view which shows the partition plate of Example 1 of this invention, the form of a card | curd | stacked storage part, a partition plate, and the accommodation relationship of a card | curd. Sectional drawing at the time of the non-punching of the punch formation part of Example 1 of this invention. Sectional drawing at the time of the punching of the punch formation part of Example 1 of this invention. Sectional drawing after the punching completion of the punch formation part of Example 1 of this invention. Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the punch formation part of Example 1 of this invention. The side view and rear view of the partition plate set part of Example 1 of this invention. The top view of Example 2 of this invention. Sectional drawing at the time of the non-punching of the punch formation part of Example 3 of this invention. Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the punch formation part of Example 3 of this invention. The side view which shows the concept of Example 4 of this invention. The top view which shows the card inversion mechanism of Example 4 of this invention, and its periphery. Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the card inversion mechanism of Example 4 of this invention. Continuation of FIG. The top view and side view which show the card inversion mechanism of Example 5 of this invention. Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the card inversion mechanism of Example 5 of this invention.

  Examples of the present invention, which is the best mode of the present invention, will be described below. However, the present invention is not intended to be limited to these examples. Further, the same components as those of the above-described embodiment of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

In Embodiment 1 of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 14, reference numeral 1 denotes a card forming apparatus, and the card forming apparatus 1 has the following configuration.
A sheet set unit 2 that stores and stores a single sheet A;
A sheet supply unit 3 that sucks and takes out the uppermost sheet A from the sheet setting unit 2;
A reference mark detector (not shown) that detects a reference mark (not shown) provided at the center of the rearmost of the sheet A is loaded with the sheet A released and released by the sheet supply unit 3. Detect and move the sheet A so that the reference mark is positioned at a reference position (not shown) indicated by a predetermined laser beam, and a needle (not shown) is placed on the reference mark positioned at the reference position. ) To define a reference mark part, and to correct the inclination of the sheet A by a tilt correcting means (not shown) so as to have a predetermined orientation;
A sheet conveying unit 4 comprising a pair of upper and lower rollers integrally driven by the conveying unit driving means 28 or other driving means for nipping and conveying the sheet A aligned by the alignment unit 32;
27 sheets C formed by punching the sheet A conveyed from the sheet conveying unit 4 in 9 rows for each row (3 cards) and the waste sheet G on which the punching marks E are formed are formed. A fixed die 6 fixed to the base 5, a movable die 7 driven down by a hammer 8 toward the fixed die 6, a punching forming part 10 comprising the movable die 7 and the fixed die 6;
The conveyance unit driving means 28 (card conveyance unit 14) is configured such that the distance in the conveyance direction of the rollers for nipping and conveying the card C is narrower than the width of the card C while maintaining the arrangement of the cards C punched by the punch formation unit 10. A card transport unit 14 having a final roller as a card discharge unit 13;
A waste sheet separating claw 12 for separating the card C and the waste sheet G provided in the middle of the card transport unit 14 and discharging the waste sheet G to a waste sheet collection case 27 outside the card transport unit 14;
An image pickup device (a CCD image pickup device, a CMOS image pickup device, or the like) that images the lower surface of the card C exposed from the detection gap portion 38a provided below the detection gap portion 38a formed between the rollers of the card transport unit 14. An imaging device using an imaging tube, etc.), and an imaging means 15a for performing an imaging operation according to an instruction from the imaging instruction unit 72 (consisting of three imaging devices equal to the number of cards in one line);
An image pickup apparatus (CCD image pickup device or CMOS image pickup device) for picking up an image of the upper surface of the card C exposed from the detection gap portion 38b provided above the detection gap portion 38b formed in a portion away from the detection gap portion 38a. Imaging means 15b (consisting of three imaging devices equal to the number of cards in one line) that performs an imaging operation in accordance with an instruction from the imaging instruction unit 72, and an imaging device using an imaging tube)
An illumination 39a (three illuminations) for illuminating the imaging card surface (detection card surface) of the detection gap portion 38a;
An illumination 39b (three illuminations) for illuminating the card surface of the detection gap portion 38b;
The cards C ejected from the card ejection unit 13 are arranged in a row (card layout addresses of the first row 16a-1, 16b-1, 16c-1,..., The ninth row 6a-9, 16b-9, 16c-9). The card receiving pockets 16 (16a-1 to 16c-9 (card arrangement) having the same arrangement as the arrangement of the cards C at the time of punching are received (received and received) so that the cards do not overlap each other. And a card receiving tray 18 that is slid by the tray driving means 17,
A partition plate set unit 69 having partition plate transfer means 11 (11a, 11b, 11c) for placing the partition plate J in the card receiving pockets 16a-1 to 16c-9;
In the card receiving pockets 16a-1 to 16c-9, the card receiving tray 18 that has received the card C is directly above the position where it stops, descends and sucks and holds all the cards C on the card receiving tray 18 at once. A card transfer means 20 having 27 rod-shaped card suction holding portions 19 (19a-1 to 19c-9) corresponding to the arrangement;
The card stack storage portion 21 (21a) for storing and storing the cards in each array, which is in the same array form as the card receiving pockets 16a-1 to 16c-9 for stacking and storing the cards C located immediately below the card transfer means 20. Non-defective card stock 22 having -1 to 21c-9),
A defective card having a card stacking storage portion 23 (23a-1 to 23c-9) in the same arrangement as the card receiving pockets 16a-1 to 16c-9 for stacking and storing defective products, which is located next to the non-defective card stock 22 Stock 24,
It has a determination unit 26 that inspects card surface information from the imaging means 15a and 15b to determine whether the card C is a good card or a defective card, and a control unit 25 that controls the operation of each device. It is made up of.

A punching device 29 is formed by the hammer driving portion 9, the punch forming portion 10 (movable die 7, fixed die 6), and the base 5.
Each device controlled by the control unit 25 includes a sheet supply unit 3, a conveyance unit drive unit 28 (sheet conveyance unit 4, card conveyance unit 14), a hammer drive unit 9, a tray drive unit 17 (card receiving tray 18), and a card transfer. Means 20 (including the suction switching unit 36) and partition plate transfer means 11a, 11b, and 11c of the partition plate set unit 69.
The card receiving pockets 16a-1 to 16c-9 receive all the cards C discharged from the card discharge unit 13 one by one and place all the cards of one sheet A on the card receiving pockets 16a-1 to 16c-9. There is a form to use, and there is also a form to receive in a part (for example, 2 rows and 5 columns).

  A screw shaft 30 that is driven and rotated is attached to the tray driving means 17 comprising a drive motor, and a nut 31 that slides by the rotation of the screw shaft 30 (which forms a ball screw with the screw shaft 30) is screwed onto the screw shaft 30. The card receiving tray 18 is attached to the nut 31, supported and guided by a rail (not shown), and controlled by the control unit 25 to perform a sliding operation (horizontal movement).

  The card transfer means 20 having 27 rod-shaped card suction holding portions 19a-1 to 19C-9 corresponding to the arrangement of the cards, which is lowered and lifted and lowered by sucking and holding the cards C on the card receiving tray 18, An air cylinder part 35 that moves up and down the card suction holding parts 19a-1 to 19c-9, and a horizontal driving means that drives the horizontal movement of the card transfer means 20 (not shown: a ball screw that is rotationally driven by a driving motor) And linear bearings) and valve groups corresponding to the card suction holding portions 19a-1 to 19C-9 for controlling the individual suction operation and non-suction operation of the card suction holding portions 19a-1 to 19C-9. The suction switching unit 36 has an air cylinder unit 35, the valves of the suction switching unit 36, and the horizontal driving means are operated by the control unit 25. It is controlled. From the suction switching unit 36, a hose (not shown) connected to the valve is connected to the card suction holding units 19a-1 to 19C-9.

The imaging operation of the imaging means 15a and 15b and the subsequent processing will be described with reference to FIGS.
The imaging means 15a performs first imaging 130 for imaging the lower half of the lower end 40 of the card C sent to the detection gap portion 38a (the lower leading half that enters the detection gap portion 38a first), and the lower half half information. 131, and then the second imaging 132 for imaging the lower second half 41 of the card C sent out from the detection gap portion 38a (a little more than half of the second and the second half later entering the detection gap portion 38a) is performed. The second half surface information 133 is obtained, and the lower half surface information 131 and the lower half surface information 133 are sent to the image composition unit 44.
The card C that has passed through the detection gap portion 38a is sent to the detection gap portion 38b. In the imaging means 15b, the top half-plane information is obtained by performing the first imaging 134 for imaging the top half-side 42 of the card C sent out to the detection gap portion 38b (the upper leading half entering the detection gap portion 38b first). 135, and then the second imaging 136 is performed for imaging the upper half surface 43 of the card C sent out from the detection gap portion 38b (upper half of the upper and the second half entering the detection gap portion 38b later). The second half surface information 137 is obtained, and the upper front half surface information 135 and the upper second half surface information 137 are sent to the image composition unit 44.
The lower tip half surface information 131, the lower half surface information 133, the upper tip half surface information 135, and the upper half surface information 137 form image information 75.
The image composition unit 44 synthesizes the lower front half surface information 131 and the lower half surface information 133 to form a card lower surface composite image 138, and combines the upper front half surface information 135 and the upper half surface information 137 to create a card upper surface composite image 139. Furthermore, card surface information 80, which is a combined double-sided image obtained by integrating the card lower surface composite image 138 and the card upper surface composite image 139, is formed.
The card surface information 80 is sent to the determination unit 26, and determination information 79 is output. Card determination address information 77 (card array location information) is added to the determination information 79. Alternatively, the card surface information 80 is formed by adding the card array address information 77 (card array location information) to the card surface information 80, and the card surface information 80 is sent to the determination unit 26 and the determination information 79 is output. .

The arrangement of the imaging means 15a and its illumination 39a and the imaging means 15b and its illumination 39b allows the imaging means 15a to take an image without being affected by the illumination 39b, and allows the imaging means 15b to take an image without being affected by the illumination 15a. Thus, the card lower surface imaging side of the imaging means 15a and the illumination 39a and the card upper surface imaging side of the imaging means 15b and the illumination 39b are arranged apart from each other.
In the apparatus according to the first embodiment, the imaging unit 15a and the imaging unit 15b use area sensors (area sensor cameras) from the viewpoint of stability of determination. However, the present invention is not limited to this. ) Other imaging means such as a sensor (line scan camera) may be used. The line sensor is superior to the area sensor in terms of high resolution, high speed, and continuous processing.
Examples of the imaging means include a CCD image sensor and a CMOS image sensor.

Further, the imaging timing is set so that the card surface of the imaging means 15a, 15b is imaged when the punching forming unit 10 is not punched without punching vibration.
The imaging timing is adapted to a predetermined card punching cycle. Alternatively, the control unit 25 may control any one of the card transport unit 14, the punch forming unit 10, and the imaging units 15a and 15b so as to capture an image at the time of non-punching or a combination thereof. Good.

  Without combining the card lower surface composite image 138 and the card upper surface composite image 139, the lower half surface information 131, the lower half surface information 133, the upper front half surface information 135, and the upper half surface information 137 are compared with the reference image information. It is good to judge.

With reference to FIG. 9, the partition plate J and matters related to the partition plate J will be described.
FIG. 9A shows a card C on which a bicycle pattern is displayed.
FIG. 9B shows a partition plate J. The partition plate J overlaps the card body 63 and the card C partially protruding from one of the long sides of the card body 63. A convex piece 64 projecting outward is formed, and includes a hole 65 formed in the center of the card body 63. The hole 65 allows the card C under the partition plate J to be sucked by the card suction holding unit 19 and can be sucked and held by the card suction holding unit 19 at the same time with the partition plate J and the card C overlapped. It is for.
FIG. 9 (c-1) is a plan view showing the shape of the recessed card receiving pocket 16, and one of the long sides of the card receiving pocket contains a protruding piece for positioning the protruding piece 64 of the partition plate J. It is part 68. (C-2) of FIG. 9 is a plan view of a state in which the card C is stored. FIG. 9C-3 is a plan view of a state in which the partition plate J is placed on the last card C of the number of partitions.
The number of holes 65 is not limited to one, and a plurality of small holes may be provided. Further, the shape of the card body may not be the same as the shape of the card C.
The partition plate has the same shape as the card C without the convex piece 64, one having one or both widths wider than the card C, or one having one or both widths narrower than the card C. Also good. In this case, the convex portion of the card receiving pocket does not need to be provided with the insertion portion 68, but may be wide enough to accommodate the card C and the partition plate.
(D-1) of FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the form of the card stacking and storing part 21, and one of the long sides of the card stacking and storing part 21 is an opening 66 for avoiding the convex piece 64 of the partition plate J. It has become. FIG. 9D-2 is a plan view showing a state where the card C is stored. FIG. 9D-3 is a plan view of a state in which the partition plate J is placed on the last card C of the number of partitions.

  Each sheet is sent to a punching formation unit one by one and a card is punched and formed in a predetermined row and column arrangement. A card stack storage section for stacking and storing cards for each card array address, a counter section for counting the number of cards stored in or stored in each of the card stack storage sections of the good card stock, and a partition plate Is provided with a partition plate set section, a partition number setting section is provided for setting the partition number of the stacked card storage section, and is set in the partition plate set section on the last card of the set partition number. Since the card forming apparatus is provided with partition plate transfer means for transferring and placing the partition plate, when the number of separators is set to 100 in the separator number setting unit, the counting unit Therefore, when the number of cards stored or stored in each card stack storage part reaches 100, the partition plate is automatically set on the 100th good card by the partition plate setting unit, and 100 cards are stored. There is an effect that non-defective card superimposition in which the delimiter is clearly marked for each (number of delimiters) is realized. This realizes a highly productive card forming device that does not require a person or other device to align the number of separators.

The structure of the punch forming part 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The structure of the punching forming part 10 includes a fixed mold 6 in which the upper surface fixed on the base 5 is a fixed sheet restraining surface 49, and is moved by the hammer 8 toward the fixed mold 6 at the time of card punching. A movable die 7 having a lower surface for holding the sheet A between the fixed die sheet holding surface 49 and a movable sheet holding surface 50, and a punching surface at the time of non-punching the card provided movably in the movable die 7. Is punched to be formed on the same surface as the movable sheet holding surface 50, and is punched from the movable sheet holding surface 50 to punch the card C from the sheet A at the time of card punching. 51a, 51b, 51c) a card punched body 51 in which the upper part covers the upper part of the movable mold 7, and the movable mold 7 provided in the separating operation from the time of card punching to the time of non-card punching In The card punching body 51 is moved back by an elastic force so that the punching surface 57 of the card punching body 51 in the protruding state after punching out the card C is flush with the movable sheet holding surface 50. The punching surface matching elastic body 52 and the punching operation of the card punching body 51 at the time of card punching provided in the fixed die 6 and the card C punched out from the sheet A are pushed into the fixed die. A receiving / sinking body 54 having a receiving / sinking portion 54 (54a, 54b, 54c) which is sunk and forms a card retracting pocket 53 for retracting the card C, and a card provided from the time of card punching provided in the fixed mold 6. When the separating operation to the non-punching operation is performed, the receiving sink body 54 is elastically applied so that the punching receiving surface 58 of the receiving sink body 54 in the sinking state is flush with the fixed sheet holding surface 49. Moved back by The receiving and sinking body return elastic body 56 and the thickness of the sheet A to be punched formed between the fixed sheet holding surface 49 and the movable sheet holding surface 50 when the card is not punched are larger than the sheet A. The sheet passing gap 55 (which may be a moving gap through which the sheet moves) having a gap distance narrower than the thickness of the two sheets, and the sheet passing gap 55 is formed when the card is not punched. A gap forming elastic body 59 that pushes the movable mold 7 away from the fixed mold 6 by an elastic force such as a compression coil spring or a rubber elastic body, and the movable mold 7 separated from the fixed mold 6 by the gap forming elastic body 59 are stopped. This is a configuration including a movable type separation regulating portion 60 for regulating the gap distance of the sheet passing gap 55.

A card conveying section 14 (carrying and conveying the card between the upper roller and the lower roller) is provided outside the sheet passing gap 55 so as to hold the card C in a sandwiched form. The distance to the card clamping part is shorter than the length of the card C. That is, in the state where there is a part of the card C in the card storage sheet (the state where the card C is present in the punching mark E of the waste sheet G) in the sheet passing gap 55, The first roller of the card transport unit 14 is located at a position where the forced transport state (state between the upper roller and the lower roller) is formed.
When the thickness of the sheet A is 0.1 mm, the gap distance of the sheet passing gap 55 is a distance larger than 0.1 mm and smaller than 0.2 mm (for example, 0.15 mm). The remaining gap between the gap 55 (0.15 mm) and the sheet A (0.1 mm) is 0.05 mm, and the 0.1 mm card C in the punching mark E is 0 from the remaining gap 0.05 mm. .05 mm thick, the card C is transported while being stored in the punching mark E in the punching forming part 10.
When the thickness of the sheet A is 0.2 mm, the distance is larger than 0.2 mm and smaller than 0.4 mm (for example, 0.3 mm).
The movable separation regulating portion 60 that regulates the gap distance of the sheet passing gap 55 is movable so that the gap distance can be set manually, or a gap distance monitoring sensor that monitors the gap distance is provided. A control unit control means such as a ball screw for movably controlling the movable separation control unit 60 is provided, and the distance monitoring information of the clearance distance monitoring sensor is always set to be the clearance distance set by the clearance distance setting unit by the control unit 25. Based on this, it is preferable that the movable separation regulating portion 60 automatically moves to adjust the gap distance.
Moreover, it is good also as a structure which does not provide the movable type | mold separation control part 60. FIG.

In the first embodiment, the movable die is provided with a card punched body and the fixed die is provided with a sinking body. However, the fixed die is provided with a card punching body and the movable die is provided with a sinking body. But you can.
Since the gap distance of the sheet passing gap 55 at the time of non-punching for conveying a sheet and a card is larger than the thickness of one sheet A and narrower than the thickness of two sheets A, the inside of the punch mark E The card C returned to the state where the gap width formed between the waste sheet G and the sheet passing gap 55 is narrower than the thickness of the card C, so that the card C cannot go out of the punching mark E. Is conveyed to the card conveyance unit 14.
Further, a configuration in which an extension portion composed of a portion projecting toward the card conveyance section that extends the sheet passing gap is provided on the movable mold and the fixed mold side, or between the movable mold and the fixed mold and the card conveyance section 14 may be adopted. In addition, in the configuration in which a member (for example, two plate members) that extends the sheet passing gap 55 is provided by a member different from the movable mold and the fixed mold, the gap is a sheet passing gap (movable sheet passing gap on the mold side). It is a fixed form that does not open or close as in (1), but it is a fixed sheet passage gap that plays a substantially integral role with the movable sheet passage gap, and is a substantial extension of the sheet passage gap. Such a sheet-passing gap is also a technical category.

The card punch formation from the sheet A and the conveyance of the card conveyance unit will be described with reference to FIG.
(A) The sheet A is fed into the sheet passing gap 55 by the sheet conveying unit 4 and stopped.
When not punched: Sheet A is conveyed and stopped. At this time, the movable sheet holding surface 50 and the punching surface 57 are positioned as the same surface, and the sheet passing gap 55 is formed in a state where the fixed sheet holding surface 49 and the punching receiving surface 58 are positioned as the same surface. Yes. In the sheet passing gap 55 formed at the time of non-punching, the movable sheet holding surface 50 and the punching surface 57 are positioned on the same surface, and the fixed sheet holding surface 49 and the punching receiving surface 58 are positioned on the same surface. It is a gap formed in the state that is being done.
(B) The hammer 8 is lowered and the upper part of the card punched body 51 is pushed to lower the movable die 7. The movable mold 7 is in contact with the sheet A and is held between the fixed mold 6 and the movable mold 7. The hammer 8 is further lowered to contract the punching surface matching elastic body 52 so that the card punching body 51 protrudes from the fixed sheet holding surface 49 and the card C is punched and lowered from the sheet A. The card sinking body 54 is pressed by the card C which is pulled out and pushed down by the card punching body 51, the receiving sinking body returning elastic body 56 is contracted, and the receiving sinking body 54 is sunk to form a card retracting pocket 53. A part of the card C is withdrawn in the card withdrawal pocket 53.
(C) The hammer 8 is raised, the movable die 7 is raised by the elastic repulsion of the gap forming elastic body 59, and the card punching body 51 is raised by the elastic return expansion of the punching surface matching elastic body 52, so that the punching surface 57 is movable. The die sheet holding surface 50 is flush with the card punching body 51 by the elastic return expansion of the receiving and sinking body return elastic body 56, and the card punching body 51 holds the card C with the card punching body 51. The body 54 is raised and the card C is returned into the punching trace E of the waste sheet G to form a card storage sheet, and the punching receiving surface 58 is flush with the fixed sheet holding surface 49, so A gap 55 is formed.
(D) The sheet transport unit 4 (operation until the card storage sheet is nipped by the card transport unit 14) and the card transport unit 14 are in a transport state, and the card storage sheet is sent. At this time, while one of the cards C existing in the card storage sheet is in the sheet passing gap 55, the other of the cards C is held between the rollers of the card transport unit 14.

As shown in FIG. 14, partition plate set portions 37a, 37b, and 37c, which are numbers corresponding to one row (one horizontal row) of the card C punching arrangement (if not specified individually, they are simply expressed as “partition plate set portion 37”). And a discharge roller provided below the partition plate setting portions 37a, 37b, and 37c for individually pulling out and discharging the partition plates J set on the partition plate setting portions 37a, 37b, and 37c one by one from the lower part. Partition plate transfer means 11a, 11b, 11c, and drive motors 73 (73a, 73b, 73c) individually controlled by the control unit 25 that drives the partition plate transfer means 11a, 11b, 11c. A partition plate setting unit 69 is provided between the card transfer means 20 and the card discharge unit 13. The sorting card J is placed on the card which is the last card C in the number of divisions on the card receiving tray 8.
It is also possible to reverse the direction of the partition plate setting portion 69.
The supply of the partition plate J from the partition plate transfer means 11a, 11b, 11c to the card receiving pocket 16 is discharged in an inclined state (inclined discharge) and the top (lowermost part) of the partition plate transfer means 11a, 11b, 11c. ) With the rear side being sandwiched between the rollers, the top side is in the card receiving pocket 16 (front side pocket first entry), and is completely discharged from the partition plate transfer means 11a, 11b, 11c. The
The partition plate J is guided and inserted into the card pocket 16 by the inclined discharge and the leading pocket entry, and is stored in the card pocket 16 so as to fall from the leading side to the trailing side (sleep). It is stored securely.

Device control and operation by the control unit 25 will be described with reference to FIG.
<Extracting defective products>
The card array address information 77 from the card array address information recording unit 76 is added to the card surface information 80 by the information adding unit 74 and sent to the determination unit 26.
The determination unit 26 compares (inspects) the reference image information 82 stored in the reference image storage unit 81 in advance with the card surface information 80 to determine whether the card C is a good product or a defective product. Store in the storage unit 78.
When a defective product is determined, the defective product card array address specifying unit 85 is notified, and the defective product card array address (for example: card receiving pocket 16c-1) is specified. The card placement instruction unit 83 controls the operation of the suction switching unit 36 of the card transfer means 20.
In accordance with an instruction from the card placement instruction unit 83, the card transfer means 20 sucks and lifts all the cards C of the card receiving tray 18 all at once and descends to suck the card suction holding units other than the card suction holding unit 19c-1. The non-defective cards are released and stored (transferred) all at once in the card overlap storage portion other than the card overlap storage portion 21c-1, and the defective card is held without releasing the suction of the card suction holding portion 19c-1. It rises as it is, moves onto the defective card stock 24, releases the defective card to the card stack storage part 23c-1 of the defective card stock 24, and releases it to store (transfer).
The image information of the image of the defective product, the card arrangement address information of the defective product, the position information of the defective part of the defective product, etc. are stored in the defective product information storage unit 84, and displayed / analyzed by a personal computer or the like The cause can be investigated.
The reference image information 82 is obtained by synthesizing the non-defective card image information 75 by the image composition unit 44 with the creation of card surface information instructed by a reference image creation instruction unit (not shown) of the control unit 25. In a state in which the creation of card surface information is instructed by a reference image creation instruction unit (not shown), the reference image information 82 is not sent to the determination unit 26 but is stored in the reference image storage unit 81. The reference image storage unit 81 can store a plurality of pieces of reference image information. Each reference image information is given a name, and a reference image selection unit (not shown) can select reference image information to be used. It is like that.
<Set of partition plates>
The counting unit 91 includes the number of cards individually stored in the card stacking storage portions 21a-1 to 21c-9, and the card C that is in or enters the card receiving pockets 16a-1 to 16c-9. The number of cards stored in 1 to 21c-9 is counted including the defective card array address information 87 and recorded in the card number recording unit 86. The card number information in the card number recording unit 86 89 is sent to the card loading instruction section 88.
The partition number 90 set by the partition number setting unit 79 is stored in the partition plate transfer instruction unit 88, and the card loading instruction unit 88 stores the partition plate J in the partition plate set unit 69 based on the card number information 89 and the partition number 90. Instruct to transfer.
When the number of separators is set by the separator number setting unit 79 (for example: the number of separators is 50), after the 50th card C (last card) enters the predetermined card receiving pocket of the card receiving tray 18, On the 50th card C, the partition plate J is discharged from the partition plate set unit 69 and placed. At this time, the partition plate J cannot be placed on the card receiving pocket that has not reached the 50th card C and the card receiving pocket having a defective product. The card transfer means 20 stores all non-defective cards C and all partitions J in the non-defective card stock 22. The defective product is stored in the defective product stock 24.
For example, if the card C that enters the card receiving pocket 16c-1 out of 50 cards is extracted as a defective product, 50 cards C that have entered the card pocket other than the card receiving pocket 16c-1 Since it is the eye card C, the partition plate J is placed on the cards in the card pockets other than the card receiving pocket 16c-1. In the subsequent card transfer operation, since only the card receiving pocket 16c-1 becomes the 50th card, the partition plate J is placed only on the card C in the card receiving pocket 16c-1. Then, it is stored in the non-defective card stock 22 together with all the cards in the card receiving tray 18.
Regarding the control of other devices, the operation of the sheet supply unit 3 is controlled by an instruction from the sheet supply unit operation instruction unit 121, the operation of the hammer drive unit 9 is controlled by an instruction from the hammer drive unit operation instruction unit 122, and the conveyance unit The operations of the sheet conveyance unit 4 and the card conveyance unit 14 are controlled by an instruction from the operation instruction unit 123, and the operation of the card reception tray 18 is controlled by an instruction from the card reception tray operation instruction unit 124.

In the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 15, the main difference from the first embodiment is that the partition plate set portion 69 is not provided, and the partition plate storage having the same arrangement as the card receiving pockets 16a-1 to 16c-9 is used instead. The partition plate set portion 95 provided with the portions 94 (94a-1 to 94c-9) is provided, and the non-defective card stock 22, the defective card stock 24, and the partition plate set portion 95 are removed from directly below the card receiving tray 18. The card transfer means 20 is arranged in a line in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction (X direction) of the card receiving body 18 at the position (Y direction), and the card transfer means 20 is a non-defective card stock 22, a defective card stock 24, a partition plate set portion 95, A card forming apparatus 9 that moves on the card receiving tray 18 (moves in the Y direction) so that the card transfer means 20 also operates as a partition plate transfer means. To the point that the formation of the certain.
The partition plate is a partition plate K in a form in which the partition plate J itself having no hole 65 is sucked and held by the card suction holding portions 19a-1 to 19c-9 alone.
(1) Partition plate setting operation When even one of the card stack storage portions of the non-defective card stock 22 reaches the number of divisions, the card transfer means 20 sucks and moves the partition plates K of the entire array of the partition plate set section 95. The card stock 22 is lowered into the card stacking storage portions 21a-1 to 21c-9, and only the partition plate K that has reached the number of partitions is released and placed on the card C. K is carried and stored in the defective card stock 24.
(2) Other setting operation of partition plate If even one of the card stack storage portions of the good card stock 22 has reached the number of divisions, the card transfer means 20 will only accept the card K at the location that has reached the number of divisions of the partition plate set portion 95. The partition plate K is placed on the card C of the card stacking storage portion where the number of divisions of the non-defective card stock 22 has been reached.

In FIG. 16 and FIG. 17, the third embodiment of the present invention is mainly different from the first embodiment in that the punching formation portion is provided with a card punching body in a fixed die and a receiving sink is provided in a movable die. The punch forming part 97 having the above-described configuration is formed.
The punching formation part 97 is pushed by the hammer 8 toward the fixed mold 99 toward the fixed mold 99 when the card is punched, and the fixed mold 99 having the upper surface movably provided on the base 5 side as a fixed mold sheet holding surface 98. A movable mold 101 is formed as a movable sheet restraining surface 100 that is moved and holds the sheet A between the fixed mold sheet restraining surface 98 and a surface opposite to the fixed mold sheet restraining surface 98. Card punching body 102 which is provided on the base 5 and which projects from the fixed mold sheet restraining surface 98 by punching the fixed mold 99 when the card is punched, and punches the card from the sheet. The punching surface 108 of the card punched body 102 in the protruding state is punched out of the card C when the card 99 is moved away from the card punching to the card non-punching. A punching surface matching elastic body 103 for moving the fixed mold 99 in a sinking state back by an elastic force so as to be flush with the fixed mold sheet holding surface 98, and card punching provided in the movable mold 101 A card retraction pocket 104 (see FIG. 17B) in which the card C is retracted by being pushed down into the movable mold 101 by the punching operation of the card punching body 102 and the card punched out from the sheet A. The receiving sink body 105 to be formed and the punching receiving surface 109 of the receiving sink body 105 in the sinking state at the time of the separating operation from the time of card punching to the time of non-card punching provided on the movable mold 101 side are provided. The receiving and sinking body return elastic body 106 that moves the receiving and sinking body 105 back by an elastic force so as to be flush with the movable sheet holding surface 100, and the fixed type sheet when the card is not punched A sheet passing gap 55 formed between the seat surface 98 and the movable sheet restraining surface 100 and having a gap distance larger than the thickness of the punched sheet and narrower than the thickness of the two sheets; When the card is not punched, it is constituted by a gap forming elastic body 59 that pushes the movable mold 101 away from the fixed mold 99 by an elastic force so as to form the sheet passing gap 55.
A hammer receiving plate 107 is provided on the upper part of the movable mold 101.
In addition, the first pinching roller of the card transport unit 14 is positioned at a position where the card transport unit 14 is forced to transport the card while a part of the card is in the sheet passing gap 55. ing.

The card punching operation of the punch forming unit 97 will be described with reference to FIG.
(A) When not punched: Sheet A is conveyed and stopped. At this time, the movable sheet holding surface 100 and the punching receiving surface 109 are positioned with the same surface, and the sheet passing gap 55 is formed in a state where the fixed sheet holding surface 98 and the punching surface 108 are positioned with the same surface. Yes. In the sheet passing gap 55 formed at the time of non-punching, the movable sheet holding surface 100 and the punching receiving surface 109 are positioned on the same surface, and the fixed sheet holding surface 98 and the punching surface 108 are positioned on the same surface. It is a clearance gap formed in the state where it was done.
(B) At the time of punching: The movable mold 101 descends as the hammer 8 is lowered. The movable mold 101 is held in a state where the sheet A is held by the fixed sheet holding surface 98 by the movable sheet holding surface 100, and is further lowered to contract the punching surface matching elastic body 103 and sink the fixed die 99. When the fixed mold 99 sinks, the card punched body 102 protrudes from the fixed mold sheet restraining surface 98 to the extent that the card C is punched from the sheet A, and a stamp mark E is formed on the sheet A side. Form. The receiving and sinking body return elastic body 106 is contracted by the card C which is formed and pushed up, and the receiving and sinking body 105 is sunk to form the card evacuation pocket 104, and a part of the card C enters the card evacuation pocket 104 and evacuates. It becomes a form.
(C) When not punched: As the hammer rises, the movable mold 101 is pushed up by the elastic restoring force of the gap forming elastic body 59 (not shown), and the elastic restoring force of the receiving and sinking body returning elastic body 106 The receiving sink 105 moves to make the punching receiving surface 109 flush with the movable sheet holding surface 100 and return the card C into the punching mark E. The fixed mold 99 is pushed up by the elastic restoring force of the punching surface matching elastic body 103 so that the fixed mold sheet restraining surface 98 is flush with the punching surface 108. By the above operation, the sheet passing gap 55 through which the sheet A can move is formed, and the sheet A can move. The gap formed between the sheet A and the sheet passing gap 55 is larger than the thickness of the card C. The card C cannot come out of the punching trace E at all, and the card conveying portion 14 remains in the punching trace E while there is a part in the sheet passing gap 55. It is sandwiched between rollers.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 18 to 21, the main difference from the first embodiment is that the imaging means 15 a and 15 b are not provided at the position of the card transport section 14, and the card discharge section of the card transport section 14. A card reversing mechanism 152 is provided for receiving the cards ejected from the card 13 line by line and rotating or rotating (rotating in this embodiment) to reverse the received cards and drop them into the card receiving pocket 16 line by line. The imaging means 153a, 153b, and 153c provided with one surface, which is the upper surface of three cards in a row in the card reversing mechanism 152, from above the reversing mechanism 152 with the lens facing downward above the card reversing mechanism 152, respectively. One line 3 is obtained by taking an image to acquire information on one card surface, and is reversed and stored in the card receiving pocket 6 by the card reversing mechanism 152. The other surface, which is the upper surface of the card, is imaged by the imaging means 154a, 154b, 154c provided with the lens facing downward above the card receiving pocket 6, and the other card surface information is obtained. Comparing the one card surface information with one pre-stored reference card surface information and comparing the other card surface information with the other pre-stored reference card surface information, The point is that a card forming device 155 configured to determine a defect is formed.
A number of vent holes 161 are formed in the floor portion of the card pocket 16 to provide an air vent function for preventing high pressure from being generated between the floor portion and the card when the card falls. As long as the air venting function is realized, one large through-opening may be used, or a mesh floor or a lattice floor may be used.

The card reversing mechanism 152 is provided so that card receiving reversing portions 156a, 156b, and 156c for receiving and rotating the card corresponding to the card receiving pocket 16 and reversing the card rotate together, and are rotated by a stepping motor 160. It has come to be.
The card receiving inversion portions 156a, 156b, 156c are provided with card receiving portions 158, 159 in the form of trays and open containers on both sides of a plate-shaped card receiving portion 157 in which a number of punch holes for receiving the cards are opened. When one of the card receiving portions faces downward and the card is dropped, the other card receiving portion faces upward and accepts the card.
The card receiving inversion units 156a, 156b, and 156c receive one (one line) of cards ejected from the card ejecting unit 13 in a horizontal state or an inclined state, and turn halfway down to face downward. 159 stops in a horizontal state, and the card inside is dropped and stored in the card pocket.
The card receiving inversion portions 156a, 156b, and 156c may be rotated half in the operation of receiving the card with the horizontal stop in both the upward and downward directions and dropping the card, but the card receiving form is inclined and receives the card. In this case, when the card is stopped in the horizontal state and the card in the lower card receiving / reversing unit is dropped, the card is received by being rotated at a predetermined inclination angle for receiving the card.

The operation of the card reversing mechanism 152 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5A: Three cards C are discharged from the card discharge unit 13 to the card receiving unit 158 that is upwardly facing the card receiving reversing units 156a, 156b, and 156c.
FIG. 5B: Three cards C are placed on the card receiving portion of the card receiving portion 158 of the card reversing portions 156a, 156b, and 156c.
Figure (c): The imaging means 153a, 153b, 153c images one surface, which is the upward surface of the three cards C.
(D), (e), and (f): The card reversing mechanism 152 is rotated halfway and stopped, and the card receiving portions 158 of the card reversing portions 156a, 156b, and 156c are in the downward state, and the three sheets The card C falls toward the card receiving pocket 16 at three locations in one line and is stored in the card receiving pocket 16.
Figure (g): Card receiving tray 18 slides and card receiving pocket 16 in which card C is accommodated stops immediately below imaging means 154a, 154b, 154c, and three cards are captured by imaging means 154a, 154b, 154c. The other surface which is the upward surface of C is imaged.

The fifth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 22 and 23 is mainly different from the fourth embodiment in that the card reversing mechanism is a card reversing mechanism 163.
The card reversing mechanism 163 is provided with a movable receiving body 164 in the form of a perforated plate for receiving and receiving the card C on the card receiving portion 158 of the card reversing portions 156a, 156b and 156c, and a perforated plate for receiving and receiving the card C on the card receiving portion 159. The movable receiver 165 and the movable receiver 165 are connected to each other at a distance by four connecting shafts 166, and the card receiving portion 157 is a shaft support portion that supports the shaft 166 in a slidable manner. The movable receiving body 164 and the movable receiving body 165 function as a movable receiving body stopping portion that stops the movement of the movable receiving body 165, and the card C in which one of the movable receiving body 164 and the movable receiving body 165 is inverted is dropped. When the other side is in the downward state and the other side is in the upward state, the card C is received. Is movable downward from the receiving position so that the movable receiving portion and the card C are brought close to the floor which is the card landing surface of the card receiving pocket 16 where the card C is landed, and the card C is left in a horizontal state. Operates to land on the ground.

One of the movable receiver 164 and the movable receiver 165 is in a downward state in which the inverted card C is dropped, and the other is in an upward state to receive the card C, and the movable receiver in the downward state is downward from the reception position. The card C and the card C turned in an inverted downward direction by a structure of a rotating body that moves so that the movable receiving portion and the card C are brought close to the landing on which the card C is landed and land the card C on the ground. The downwardly movable movable receiving portion and the card C are moved downward, and the card C is moved away from the movable receiving portion at a position close to the landing away from the receiving position and landed on the landing. .
More specifically, the movable receiving portion heavier than the card C that has received the card C is reversed, and the light card C is brought into contact with its own weight in the downward state or due to its own weight and acceleration caused by half rotation of the rotating body. The card C is moved downward in the state, and the movable receiving part stops in the downward horizontal state. At the same time, the card C is left in the horizontal state by the vertical acceleration generated from the surface of the movable receiving part and is landed on the ground in the horizontal state. At this time, the rotation G applied to the card C is canceled by the descending speed of the movable receiving portion.
Further, the distance between the landing and the card C is shortened, the card C has a falling speed with an acceleration from a half rotation of the rotating body, and air pressure is generated toward the landing by the movable receiving portion that is accelerated down, Since this is a kind of stable space state between the movable receiving portion and the landing surface that is hardly affected by the surrounding air flow and the like, which blocks the influence of the surrounding air, the card C has a horizontal state and a straight orientation. Land with a stable posture and orientation without much disturbance.

The card reversing units 156a, 156b, and 156c are configured to receive the card C from the card discharge unit 13 with a card receiving inclination in which the card discharge unit 13 is raised and the opposite side is lowered when the card is received. Yes.
This will be described with reference to FIG.
Figure (a): Card reversing sections 156a, 156b, 156c receive card C in card receiving section 158 with a card receiving inclination.
FIG. 5B: Imaging means in which one surface that is the upward surface of the card C of the card reversing portions 156a, 156b, and 156c is fixed at an inclination angle corresponding to the card receiving inclination angle of the card reversing portions 156a, 156b, and 156c. Images are taken by 153a, 153b, and 153c.
(C): Card reversing portions 156a, 156b, and 156c rotate, and the card receiving portion 158 is stopped in a horizontal state. The movable receiving body 164 and the movable receiving body 165 which are integral moving bodies are lowered with acceleration downward, and the card C which is in contact with the movable receiving body 164 is dropped into the card receiving pocket 16 and stored in a horizontal state. It is done.
(D): The card receiving tray 18 slides and the card receiving pocket 16 in which the card C is accommodated stops immediately below the imaging means 154a, 154b, 154c, and three cards are obtained by the imaging means 154a, 154b, 154c. The other surface which is the upward surface of C is imaged. On the other hand, the card inversion units 156a, 156b, and 156c are stopped from rotating from the horizontal state to the card receiving inclination, and are in the card receiving state.

A card entire surface exposed portion where the entire surface of the card C is exposed is formed such that the distance between the rollers at an appropriate one place of the card conveying portion 14 is wider than the width in the card C conveying direction, and the upstream where the entire card exposed portion is formed. The lower roller of the downstream roller is a lower small roller having a diameter smaller than that of the upper roller, and a belt is passed to the lower small roller, and imaging means 153a, 153b, 153c are provided above the card entire surface exposed portion, and the imaging means The card forming apparatus may be configured such that 154a, 154b and 154c are provided above the card receiving tray 18 and a card reversing mechanism 152 for reversing the card C discharged from the card discharge unit 13 is provided.
The card whole surface exposed part is preferably a part close to the card discharge part 13 where the card traveling direction is a downward slope.

<Invention of Appendix 1>
The card punched from the sheet is conveyed by the punching forming unit, and a card conveying unit having a detection gap portion conveyed with the card surface of the card exposed and a card surface passing through the detection gap portion are imaged. Imaging means for obtaining card surface information, a determination unit for determining whether the card is a non-defective card or a defective card based on the card surface information, and a non-defective card stock for storing the non-defective card And a card transfer means controlled by a control unit so as to move only the non-defective card to the non-defective card stock and move the defective card to a place other than the non-defective card stock. Therefore, the following effects can be obtained.
That is, according to the determination of the determination unit based on the card surface information, the card transferring means transfers only the non-defective card to the non-defective card stock, and the defective card is transferred to, for example, the defective card stock other than the non-defective card stock. From this, there is an effect that the defective product extraction and the non-defective card arrangement are all performed by one card forming device.
This eliminates the need for inspection personnel or inspection alignment devices (devices for extracting defective products and aligning only non-defective products) for extracting defective products, and for card forming devices that do not require inspection space or installation space for inspection alignment devices. It is realized.
<Invention of Appendix 2>
The card forming apparatus according to Appendix 1, wherein the imaging unit includes a first imaging unit that images one side of the card and a second imaging unit that images the other side. The effect similar to that of the present invention and the effect of performing double-sided inspection of the card are exhibited.
<Invention of Supplementary Note 3>
The first imaging means and the second imaging means are imaging devices, provided with a first illumination for sharpening the imaging of the first imaging means, and sharpening the imaging of the second imaging means. Second illumination is provided, and the detection gap part is located at a position apart from the first detection gap part where the first imaging means and the first illumination are located, and the first detection gap part. A second detection gap portion in which the second imaging means and the second illumination provided are positioned, the first imaging means can image without being affected by the second illumination, and The card forming apparatus according to appendix 2, wherein the second imaging means is arranged so as to be able to capture an image without being affected by the first illumination, and therefore has the same effect as the invention according to appendix 2. In addition to the effects described below.
That is, even if the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit simultaneously perform the imaging with the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit while simultaneously illuminating with the first illumination and the second illumination, both are not affected by the other illumination. There is an effect that it is possible to clearly perform imaging in
<Invention of Appendix 4>
The imaging means is an imaging device, and an image composition unit is provided, and the imaging operation of the imaging means obtains the first half information by performing the first imaging for imaging the first half of the card sent to the detection gap part, Subsequently, the second half of the image of the second half of the card sent out from the detection gap portion is picked up to obtain the second half information, and the first half information and the second half information are synthesized in the image synthesis unit. Since the card forming apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the card surface information of the entire card surface is obtained, the same effect as the invention according to any one of appendices 1 to 3 In addition to the following effects.
That is, the first half of the card is completely present in the detection gap portion in the first imaging (the leading edge is not hidden by the transport roller, etc.) = the first half including the leading edge of the card is the detection gap portion as viewed from the imaging means. The first half of the card in the exposed state can be imaged to obtain the first half information, and the second half is completely present in the second imaging (the front is hidden behind the trailing roller and the trailing edge) The second half of the card is not hidden by the transport roller or the like = the second half of the card including the trailing edge of the card exposed to the detection gap as viewed from the imaging means). In addition to the effect that it can be obtained, it is possible to obtain the card surface information of the entire card surface by combining the first half surface information and the second half surface information in the image composition unit.
<Invention of Appendix 5>
Since the card forming apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 4, the imaging of the card surface of the image pickup means is performed at the time of non-punching without the punching vibration of the punching forming unit. In addition to the same effects as any one of the inventions of No. 4, there are the following effects.
That is, clear card surface information that is not affected by the punching vibration and does not cause blurring can be obtained by imaging the card surface by the image pickup means at the time of non-punching without the punching vibration of the punching forming unit. There is an effect.
<Invention of Appendix 6>
Card arrangement address information for identifying the card arrangement address on the sheet is added to the card surface information or the determination information, a defective product information storage unit is provided, and the card arrangement address information of the defective card is stored in the defective product information storage unit Since the card forming apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 5 is characterized by being configured, the same effect as the invention according to any one of appendices 1 to 5 can be obtained, and as described below. Has an effect.
That is, there is an effect that it is possible to systematically and efficiently perform analysis of the card array address information of the defective product card and elucidate the cause of the defective product based on the stored information in the defective product information storage unit.
<Invention of Appendix 7>
A sheet is sent one by one to the punching formation unit, and a card is punched and formed in a predetermined row and column arrangement, and all the cards of the one sheet discharged from the card transport unit A card receiving tray for arranging cards so that they do not overlap each other is provided, and the card transfer holding unit corresponding to each card is arranged so that the card transfer means can suck and hold all the cards on the card receiving tray all at once. Any one of Supplementary notes 1 to 6, which is a card transfer means comprising a suction switching unit which is controlled by the control unit and switches between the individual suction operation and the suction release operation of the card suction holding unit. Therefore, the card forming apparatus according to the first aspect has the same effects as those of any one of the supplementary notes 1 to 6, and the following effects.
In other words, all the cards on the card receiving tray are sucked to the card suction holding unit, and all the cards can be transferred to the good card stock at once, and the card suction holding unit controlled individually is controlled. Release the suction of the card suction holding part that sucks the non-defective card, release only the good card and store it in the good card stock, and store the defective card in the defective card stock while holding it in the card suction holding part. There is an effect that it can be moved to another location.
As a result, a card forming apparatus that does not require inspection of picking up defective products by a person or another device is realized.
<Invention of Appendix 8>
Each sheet is sent to a punching formation unit one by one and a card is punched and formed in a predetermined row and column arrangement. A card stack storage section for stacking and storing cards for each card array address, a counter section for counting the number of cards stored in or stored in each of the card stack storage sections of the good card stock, and a partition plate Is provided with a partition plate set section, a partition number setting section is provided for setting the partition number of the stacked card storage section, and is set in the partition plate set section on the last card of the set partition number. Since the card forming apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 7 is provided with partition plate transfer means for transferring and placing the partition plate, the same as the invention according to any one of appendices 1 to 7 With an effect, it exhibits the following described effects.
That is, for example, when the number of divisions is set to 100 in the division number setting unit, when the number of cards stored in the individual card stack storage part by the counting unit or the number of stored cards reaches 100, the 100th good product The partition plate is automatically set on the card by the partition plate setting unit, and an effect is achieved in that a non-defective card stack is realized in which the separation points are clearly marked for every 100 sheets (number of separations).
This realizes a highly productive card forming device that does not require a person or other device to align the number of separators.
A third object is to provide a card forming apparatus that automatically sets a partition plate for dividing a card into a predetermined number of sheets in addition to the first object or the second object.
<Invention of Appendix 9>
All the cards punched from one sheet are passed through the image pickup means at the time of one non-punching of the punching forming portion, and the card surface information of all the cards can be obtained at the time of the one non-punching. Since it is a card | curd formation apparatus in any one of appendixes 1-8, there exists an effect similar to the invention of appendix 5 also with such a structure.

  The present invention is used in the industry of punching cards from sheets.

A: Sheet,
C: Card
CG: card group,
CE: Defective product,
E: Stamped trace,
G: Waste sheet,
J: Partition plate,
K: partition plate,

1: card forming device,
2: Sheet set part
3: Sheet supply unit,
4: Sheet conveying unit,
5: Base,
6: Fixed type,
7: Movable type,
8: Hammer,
9: Hammer drive part,
10: Punching formation part,
11 (11a, 11b, 11c): partition plate transfer means,
12: Waste sheet separation claw,
13: Card ejector,
14: Card transport section,
15a, 15b: imaging means,
16 (16a-1 to 16c-9): card receiving pocket (card array address),
17: Tray driving means,
18: Card tray
19 (19a-1 to 19c-9): card suction holding unit,
20: Card transfer means,
21 (21a-1 to 21c-9): card stack storage part,
22: Good card stock,
23 (23a-1 to 23c-9): card stack storage part,
24: Defective card stock,
25: Control unit,
26: determination unit,
27: Waste sheet collection case,
28: conveying unit driving means,
29: Punching device,
30: Screw shaft,
31: nut,
32: Positioning part,
35: Air cylinder part,
36: Adsorption switching unit,
37 (37a, 37b, 37c): partition plate set part,
38a, 38b: detection gap part,
39a, 39b: lighting,
40: Lower half,
41: Lower half,
42: upper half,
43: Upper half,
44: Image composition unit
49: Fixed sheet holding surface,
50: movable sheet holding surface,
51: Card punched body,
51 (51a, 51b, 51c): punching site,
52: Punching surface matching elastic body,
53: Card evacuation pocket,
54: The sinking body,
54 (54a, 54b, 54c): receiving and sinking site,
55: sheet through gap,
56: Receiving body return elastic body,
57: punched surface,
58: punching receiving surface,
59: Gap forming elastic body,
60: Movable separation regulating part,
63: card body,
64: convex piece,
65: hole,
66: opening,
68: Containing convex pieces,
69: Partition plate set part,
72: Imaging instruction unit,
73 (73a, 73b, 73c): drive motor,
74: Information giving unit,
75: Image information,
76: Card array address information recording section,
77: Card layout address information,
78: Determination information storage unit,
79: Separation number setting part,
80: Card surface information,
81: Reference image storage unit,
82: Reference image information,
83: Card placement instruction unit,
84: Defective product information storage unit,
85: Defective card layout address identifying part,
86: Card number recording section
87: Defective card layout address information,
88: Card transfer instruction section,
89: Card count information
90: Number of separators
91: Counting unit,
94 (94a-1 to 94c-9): partition plate storage section,
95: Card set part
97: Punching formation part,
98: Fixed sheet holding surface,
99: Fixed type,
100: movable sheet holding surface,
101: Movable type,
102: Card punched body,
103: Punching surface matching elastic body,
104: Card evacuation pocket,
105: The sinking body,
106: receiving body return elastic body,
107: Hammer receiving plate,
108: punched surface,
109: punching receiving surface,
121: Sheet supply unit operation instruction unit,
122: Hammer drive unit operation instruction unit,
123: Transport unit operation instruction unit,
124: Card tray operation instruction section,
130: first imaging,
131: Lower tip half surface information,
132: Second imaging,
133: Lower second half information,
134: First imaging
135: upper half information,
136: Second imaging,
137: Upper and lower half surface information,
138: card bottom composite image,
139: Card upper surface composite image,
152: Card reversing mechanism,
153a, 153b, 153c: imaging means,
154a, 154b, 154c: imaging means,
155: Card forming device,
156a, 156b, 156c: card receiving reverse part,
157: Card receiving part,
158: Card receiver,
159: Card receiving part,
160: a stepping motor,
163: Card reversing mechanism,
164: movable receiver,
165: Movable receiver,
166: A connecting shaft.

Claims (5)

A punching forming section for punching out a card from a single sheet in a multi-row, multi-column card arrangement;
A card transport unit that transports the card array discharged from the punching formation unit;
A card receiving tray for storing the cards arranged in the same arrangement as the card arrangement, and a card receiving tray for receiving one line at a time in the card receiving pocket while sliding the cards ejected from the card conveying section;
A card suction holding unit having the same arrangement as the card arrangement for performing an operation of sucking each card stored in the card receiving pocket and lifting the card away from the card receiving tray; and an individual suction operation of the card suction holding part. A card transfer means comprising a suction switching unit for switching suction release operation;
A good card storage section for storing and storing good cards in the same arrangement as the card arrangement;
A defective card storage section for storing and storing defective cards in the same arrangement as the card arrangement;
An image pickup means for picking up an image of a card surface of the card, provided between the punching forming section and the card transfer means;
A determination unit that compares the card surface information imaged by the imaging unit with the pre-stored reference card surface information to determine whether the card is good or bad;
With all the cards on the card receiving tray being sucked and held by the card sucking and holding part, the card is lifted and separated from the card receiving tray, and only the good card is located above the good card storage part. And a controller that controls the suction switching unit so as to drop only the defective card at a position above the defective card storage unit. Card forming device.   The defective card information of the defective card determined to be defective by the determining unit is stored in the defective card storage unit, and the card arrangement address information for specifying the card arrangement location is added to the defective card information. The card forming apparatus according to claim 1. A first imaging means for imaging one side of the card and a second imaging means for imaging the other side of the card;
A card reversing mechanism is provided for receiving the cards ejected from the card transport section line by line, and rotating or rotating to reverse the received cards and dropping them into a card receiving pocket.
From the upper side of this card reversing mechanism, one surface which is the upper surface of the card in the card reversing mechanism is imaged by the first imaging means to obtain one card surface information,
The other surface, which is the upper surface of the card that is inverted and stored in the card receiving pocket by the card reversing mechanism, is imaged by the second imaging means to obtain the other card surface information,
The determination unit compares the one card surface information with one reference card surface information stored in advance, and compares the other card surface information with the other reference card surface information stored in advance. The card forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the quality of the card is determined.   The card forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein imaging of the card surface of the imaging unit is performed when the punching forming unit is not punched.   When the punching forming portion is not punched, a sheet passing gap through which the sheet is passed is formed between the molds, and the gap distance of the sheet passing gap is larger than the thickness of one sheet and the thickness of the two sheets. The distance between the sheet passing gap and the card holding portion of the card transport unit is shorter than the length of the card. The card forming apparatus as described.

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