JP2583693B2 - Book processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a processing apparatus for stacking printing papers conveyed from a printing machine or the like in a small bundle and stacking the small printing papers in a large bundle. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of processing apparatus is disclosed in
As described in JP-A-63-171765, a required number of small bundles of prints conveyed from the printing unit are stacked on a temporary receiving plate, and the vertically movable stacking portion is further raised to temporarily stop the temporary receiving plate. Are stacked on the same stacking section, and the stacked printing books are pressed through the temporary receiving plate, and then the stacking section is lowered to collect the small stack of printing books stacked by the extruding plate. It is configured to be conveyed onto the upper feed plate immediately below the section. The small bundled printing books on the upper feed plate are stacked in the stacking machine by raising the upper feed plate, and are stacked in a large bundle.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, it takes a lot of time to lower the small bundle of prints from the temporary receiving plate to the stacking portion, to push it out onto the upper feed plate, and to convey it. In addition, there are drawbacks such as collapse of the load during transport of the printed book, and damage to the lowermost printed book that is further laminated.

Further, when the laminated portion is delivered from the temporary receiving plate,
Since the uppermost layer of the small bundle of print books is in a free state, paper misalignment may occur and the print books may be stacked with the misalignment. The book swells in the bag to cause misalignment, clogging, or stacking of the misaligned books, causing the book to become dirty or bent.
There are problems such as deterioration in quality.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and has as its object to efficiently stack printing sheets from a temporary receiving section and transport and stack to a stacking section. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a booklet processing apparatus capable of rationally processing the stacked booklets without causing load collapse, paper misalignment, damage, and the like.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the following technical measures have been taken in order to achieve the above object. That is, according to the present invention, the temporary receiving section 1 for stacking the printing sheets 2 sent by the transport device in a stacked state, and the printing sheets 2 disposed immediately below the temporary receiving section 1 and Stacking part 21 to be stacked in a stack of small bundles
And a moving device for moving the stacking portion 21; and a small bundle of the booklets 2 on the stacking portion 21 which is arranged above the stacking portion 21 moved to a predetermined position by the moving device and is stacked. An elevating piece 24 for supporting the printing book 2 in a stacked manner is provided on the stacking section 21 so that the lifting piece 24 can move up and down and the direction of the supported printing book 2 can be changed. Provided, said lamination
The small bundled printing book 2 is pressed from above onto the
It is characterized in that a pressing piece 29 which rises together with the piece 24 is provided.

Further, the present invention provides a printing press in which the small bundle-shaped printing book 2 to be stacked on the stacking section 21 located immediately below the temporary receiving section 1 is lowered while being pressed from above. Body32,4
2 is provided. Furthermore, in the present invention
The small bundled print book 2 is placed on the
It is configured to be laminated on the central part on the layer part 21.

[0008]

According to the present invention, printing books 2 sent from a printing machine or the like while being sorted for each required number of sheets are stacked on the temporary receiving section 1 to form a small bundle, and the lifting and lowering section at the rising position of the stacking section 21 is formed. When the elevating piece 24 is moved down, the small bundle-shaped printing book 2 laminated thereon is pressed by the pressing piece 29. Subsequently, the stacking unit 21 rotates 180 degrees about the vertical axis, so that the stacking unit 21 on which the booklet 2 is stacked is located immediately below the stacking unit 10, and the empty stacking unit 21 is the temporary receiving unit 1. It is located directly below. Next, the lifting piece 24 is lifted, and at the same time or during the lifting, the pressing of the pressing piece 29 is released, and the printing books 2 on the lifting piece 24 are stacked in the stacking unit 10 and stacked on the large bundle-shaped printing book 2A. The empty lifting piece 24 descends and waits. On the other hand, the elevating piece 24 of the stacking section 21 located immediately below the temporary receiving section 1 rises and waits for the delivery of the small bundle of prints 2 from the temporary receiving section 1 to repeat the above-described operation.

It is to be noted that a small bundle of printing books is
When handing over the uppermost layer of the booklet by pressing the uppermost layer of the booklet with the booklet pressing members 32 and 42 provided in the temporary receiving unit 1 when transferring the booklet 2, the booklet 2 is displaced and the paper is shifted. Can be. In addition, the swelling of the bag portion of the small bundle-shaped booklet 2 is pressed by the pressing piece 29 provided in the stacking portion 21 to correct the package appearance, eliminate paper misalignment, smoothly accumulate and cause damage, etc. It can be done without order. In addition, the small bundle 2
The product is stacked on the central portion of the laminated portion 21 located immediately below the temporary receiving portion 1.
The size of the printed book changes because it is configured to layer
Each device can be adjusted based on its center.
Therefore, the type change adjustment is easy.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 9 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
2, the printing paper 2 conveyed from the printing unit is divided and conveyed by the conventionally known means via the conveyor 3, the presser belt 4 and the feed belt 5 into required number of sheets. 2 are laminated on the temporary receiving plate 6 in a small bundle.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a side plate provided on the temporary receiving portion 1, reference numeral 8 denotes an air cylinder, in which a temporary receiving plate 6 is fixed to a piston 9 of the cylinder, and reference numeral 10 denotes a stacking portion of a conventionally known large bundle of printing books 2A. A rotatable rod 11A, 11B and supporting pieces 12A, 12B are provided. Reference numeral 13 denotes a rotatable rotation shaft, which is a
Reference numeral 14 denotes a gear fixed to the rotating shaft 13, and is provided at a lower position in the middle of the rotating shaft 13.
Are reciprocally rotatable. Reference numerals 16 and 16 denote support pieces, which are integrated with the rotating shafts 13 and 13 via connecting pieces 17 and are connected and fixed.

Numerals 18 and 18 denote rotary air cylinders provided in support pieces 16 and 16 , respectively. A rotary piece 20 is connected and fixed to the axis of the cylinder. Rotating piece 2
Fixed to 0,20 respectively. Numerals 22,22 are air cylinders provided inside the rotating pieces 20,20, respectively, and lifting pieces 24,24 are fixed to pistons 23,23 of the cylinder, respectively.

Numerals 25, 25 are cutout holes provided in the laminated portions 21, 21, respectively, and liftable pieces 24, 24 are provided in the holes so as to be freely stored therein.
Is a rotary air cylinder provided in the laminating section 21. An air cylinder 27 is fixed to a drive shaft (not shown) of the cylinder, and a pressing piece 29 is fixed to a piston 28 of the cylinder 27. Reference numerals 30 and 31 denote guide pieces, respectively, which are slidably provided (not shown) on the laminated portion 21 by a known means.

The laminations 21 and 21 may be of a split type. Alternatively, the laminations 21 and 21 may be formed integrally by a reciprocally rotatable lamination formed in a circular, elliptical or rectangular shape. Alternatively, two or more stacked portions may be provided and rotated in one direction. Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 1, a printing book 2 (single sheet, half-folded printing book, etc.) conveyed while being divided into required number of sheets by a known means via a conveyor 3 or the like is provided on a temporary receiving plate 6.
It is sequentially dropped and laminated on the top, during which the air cylinder 22
The lifting piece 24 rises from the position of the stacking portion 21 through the operation of the piston 23, and waits at a position below the back surface of the temporary receiving plate 6.

Next, when the required number of printing sheets 2 of one lot are stacked on the temporary receiving plate 6, the temporary receiving plate 6 is retreated and the first lot is placed on the lifting piece 24 located at the lower position. Such printing book 2
Are dropped and stacked, then the lifting piece 24 is lowered to the original position , and the stacked printing book 2 is guided by the guide pieces 30 and 31 to be stacked on the stacking portion 21, and at the same time, the rotary air cylinder is rotated.
Pressing pieces 29, 29 through the operation of 26 and air cylinder 27
… Rotates to the book 2 side, descends and presses the book 2.

On the other hand, the temporary receiving plate 6 advances again, and the book 2 relating to the second lot which is conveyed in a divided manner as described above.
Are sequentially dropped and laminated on the temporary receiving plate 6 in the same manner as described above.
In addition, as described above, the printing book 2 of the first lot is
After being stacked on 21, the rotating shaft 13 is rotated by approximately 180 degrees via the driving gear 15 and the gear 14, so that the rotating shaft 13 is located at the lower position X of the temporary receiving portion 1 as shown in FIG. The stacking portion 21 is rotated to the position Y, and the stacking portion 21 is rotated by approximately 90 degrees through the operation of the rotary air cylinder 18, whereby the position shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the lifting piece 24 is pivotally displaced from the vertically long position P to the horizontally long position Q, and the printing book 2 related to the first lot stacked vertically in the position X as shown in FIG. Y
In this case, it is rotated and displaced in a state of being stacked in the horizontal direction.

Next, after the pressing of the pressing piece 29 is released, the lifting piece 24 rises through the operation of the air cylinder 22, and the printed sheets 2 of the first stacked lot are stacked in the stacking unit 10. Then, after the lifting piece 24 descends to the original position, the lifting piece 24 is further displaced from the position Q to the original position P through the operation of the rotary air cylinder 18 as shown in FIG. As described above, when the stacking unit 21 on which the printing book 2 of the first lot is stacked reaches the position Y from the position X, the empty stacking unit 21 located at the position Y is moved to the position Y. And the lifting piece 24 is positioned at the position P in the vertically long state as shown in FIG. 4 so that the printing book 2 of the second lot is stacked in the vertically long direction. Similarly, the elevating piece 24 rises from the position of the laminated portion 21 through the operation of the piston 23 of the air cylinder 22, and waits at a position below the back surface of the temporary receiving plate 6.

Next, when the required number of printing books 2 of the second lot are stacked on the temporary receiving plate 6, the temporary receiving plate 6 is retracted and the second lot is placed on the lifting piece 24 located at the lower position. Minute book
2 are dropped and stacked, and then the elevating piece 24 is lowered to the original position (the position of the stacking unit 21), and thereafter, the same operation as above is repeated, and a large bundle of printed sheets 2A is sequentially placed in the stacking unit 10. A large bundle of printed books that have been stacked and then stacked by means known in the art
2A is conveyed to the binding unit in the next step and bound.

When the printing book 2 is conveyed through the conveyor 3, for example, when the printing book 2 of B4 and B5 plates (such as a single sheet or a half-folded printing book) is conveyed, it is usually a B4 plate. Is transported vertically, and the B5 plate is transported horizontally.
Therefore, the B4 and B5 printing plates B4 and B5 stacked on the elevating piece 24 at the lower position X of the temporary receiving portion 1, as shown in FIG.
The layers are stacked vertically and horizontally. And it is clear from FIG.
Even if the size of book 2 changes, each book 2
Is configured to be laminated at the center of the lamination section 21.
You.

Therefore, in the case of the book B4 as shown in FIG. 6, the stacking portion 21 moves from the lower position X of the temporary receiving portion 1 to the lower position Y of the stacking portion 10.
When the stacking unit 21 is rotated and displaced, the stacking unit 21 itself rotates by about 90 degrees (leftward or rightward). That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the lifting and lowering piece 24 is rotationally displaced from the position P to the position Q, so that at the lower position Y of the stacking unit 10, the printed book B4 is rotationally displaced in the horizontal direction, and is stacked in this state. It is.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the case of the book B5, the stacking portion 21 moves from the lower position X of the temporary receiving portion 1 to the lower position Y of the stacking portion 10.
When rotating, the stacking portion 21 itself does not rotate at all, that is, the lifting piece 24 does not rotate at all, and the book B5 is located in the horizontally long state like the position X. They are integrated as they are. When the stacking sheet 2A is stacked by the stacking unit 10 and the lifting piece 24 is raised from the position J of the stacking unit 21 through the operation of the air cylinder 22 as shown in FIG. At the position where the uppermost layer of the book 2 is in contact with the back surfaces of the support pieces 12A and 12B in the closed state, the operation of the air cylinder 22 is temporarily stopped, and both sides of the stacked book 2 are moved to the support pieces 12A and 12B side. Press 2
After that, the support pieces 12A and 12B may be retracted to be opened, and the lifting piece 24 may be raised again through the operation of the air cylinder 22 so as to be collected. By the air bleeding, the collapse of the load of the printed book can be prevented, and the effective stacking and laminating operation can be performed.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the lifting and lowering piece 24. The shape of the lifting and lowering piece 24 is not limited as long as printing sheets of various sizes such as B4, A4, and B5 can be stacked. Is not particularly limited. 10 to 14 show a second embodiment of the present invention.
This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the temporary receiving unit 1
A press plate 32 is provided in a suspended manner by an air cylinder 33 so as to be able to move up and down, and a lamination table 34 having a through hole 25 of a lifting piece 24 in the lamination parts 21 and 21 is attached to the mounting plate 21A. This is a point provided through a support 35 erected on the upper side. The printing press body 32 is horizontally fixed to the lower end of a piston rod 36 protruding downward from the air cylinder 33, and descends to the laminating part 21 without interfering with the press belt 4 and the pressing piece 29. When the small bundle-shaped printing book 2 on the temporary receiving plate 6 is pressed from above, the lifting and lowering
The small bundle of prints 2 is pushed down onto the lower part 24, and is lowered together with the elevating piece 24 to the lower limit. After pressing the small bundle of prints 2 with the pressing piece 29, the prints are raised and returned to the standby position. I have.

Further, notches 37 are provided at four corners of the stacking table 34, and the air cylinders 27 are arranged in the notches 37. Each cylinder 27 is mounted on a mounting plate 21A by a support bracket.
The lever 40, which is rotatably mounted on the horizontal shaft 39 via the 38 and the horizontal shaft 39 and is fixed to the horizontal shaft 39, is driven by an air cylinder 41 pivotally supported on the mounting plate 21A. Then, the operation of the pressing piece 29 is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. However, when the small bundle-shaped print book 2 is raised in the stacking unit 10, the press piece 29 presses the print book 2 as shown in FIG. At the time when the small bundle 2 approaches the upper large bundle 2A during the ascending movement with the lifting piece 24 rising.
(Upper limit of the pressing piece 29) and temporarily stop (see FIG. 14). First, the pressing piece 29 is rotated outward by the operation of the air cylinder 41 to release the pressing of the book 2, and subsequently or simultaneously supported. The pieces 12A and 12B recede and the stacking unit 10 is opened, and FIG.
The state shown by the chain line is obtained. Next, the lifting piece 24 is lifted again by the operation of the air cylinder 22.At the same time, the lifting piece 24 stops at the upper limit, and at the same time, the support pieces 12A and 12B advance inward to face each other to close the stacking unit 10 and hold the stack. Is completed. Therefore, the lifting piece is activated by the operation of the air cylinder 22.
24, and waits for the small bundle of prints 2 to be stacked on the stacking table 34 of the stacking section 21 immediately below the temporary receiving section 1, and then the stacking section 21 again
It turns by 80 degrees and the above operation is repeated. As described above, the pressing piece 29 stops at the ascending limit of a certain height (at the time when the small bundle print 2 comes close to the large bundle 2A and comes into contact with the support pieces 12A and 12B). The opening operation of 12A and 12B is performed,
Unlike the conventional case, the complexity of adjusting the opening / closing timing of the support pieces 12A and 12B each time in consideration of the conditions such as the stacking height of the small bundle of print books 2, the paper quality, and whether or not it is half-folded is eliminated,
It is easy to handle and the work efficiency is improved, and the swelling of the bag portion is pressed to arrange the package, the displacement of the printed book and the paper are eliminated, and the occurrence of damage can be prevented.

FIGS. 15 and 16 show a main part of a third embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that the printing press body 42 in the temporary receiving portion 1 is provided with a vertical air The point is that it is suspended via a cylinder 43 and a horizontal air cylinder 44. Then, the pressing body 42 is waiting at the upper side of the temporary receiving portion 1, and when the printing book 2 is stacked on the temporary receiving plate 6, the pressing body 42 enters the temporary receiving portion 1 by the operation of the horizontal air cylinder 44. Then, it is lowered together with the elevating piece 24 while the uppermost layer of the small bundle of printed books 2 is pressed by the vertical air cylinder 43, and after retreating from above the stacked section 21 by the horizontal air cylinder 44 at the lower limit, , And rises by the vertical air cylinder 43 to stop at the standby position. Therefore, according to the third embodiment, when the sheet is transferred from the temporary receiving plate 6 to the laminated portion 21 below the temporary receiving plate 6, no displacement of the printed book 2 and no paper displacement occurs.

Incidentally, the printing press 42 in the third embodiment is shown.
Can be attached in place of the printing press body 32 of the second embodiment.

[0026]

According to the present invention , printing sheets are stacked in a small bundle.
The stacking section is configured to be movable by the moving device
Therefore, the small bundle of prints can be pushed
The paper book collapses and is damaged compared to the one that is moved to
Nothing.

Further, the present invention provides the following:
It is characterized in that the printing press bodies 32 and 42 for lowering the small bundle-shaped printing books 2 to be stacked on one of the stacked portions 21 positioned immediately below while pressing the printing sheets from above are arranged. When transferring small bundles of print books from the temporary receiving section to the stacking section directly below, no misalignment of paper sheets, paper misalignment, or breakage occurs, stacking can be done efficiently and neatly, and also prevent breakage and damage during stacking it can.

Further, according to the present invention, the laminated portions 21
While the small bundled print book 2 is pressed from above, the pressing piece 29 that rises together with the lifting and lowering pieces 24, 24 is provided. Even when the sheet is raised, the printed sheet will not be displaced, misaligned, or damaged, and will not be protruded by the support piece. This prevents deterioration in quality and does not require adjustment of the opening / closing timing of the support piece. And the handling is extremely easy. In addition, the small bundle of printing books 2 is located immediately below the temporary receiving section 1.
It is configured to be laminated on the central part on the laminated part 21
Therefore, even if the size of the print book changes, adjust the adjustment of each device.
It is easy to adjust the type change
is there.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view for explaining an operation of a laminated portion in which a guide and a pressing piece are partially omitted.

FIG. 3 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the laminating portion and the elevating piece.

FIG. 4 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the laminating portion and the elevating piece.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a relation between a printing book and a lifting piece.

FIG. 6 is a plan view for explaining operation showing a rotational displacement of a lifting piece.

FIG. 7 is a plan view for explaining operation showing the rotational displacement of the lifting piece.

FIG. 8 is a side view for explaining operation showing a state in which printing books are accumulated.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing another example of the shape of the lifting piece.

FIG. 10 is a schematic side sectional view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged perspective view of a laminated portion.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory side view showing a state in which printing book accumulation is started.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 14 is an operation explanatory side view showing a state in which printing books are being accumulated.

FIG. 15 is a schematic side sectional view showing a main part of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 15;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Supply and temporary receiving section 2 Small bundled printing book 10 Stacking section 21 Stacking section 24 Elevating piece 29 Pressing piece 32 Printing press body 42 Printing press body

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] A temporary receiving section (1) for stacking printing books (2) sent by a transport device in a stacked state, and a temporary receiving section (1) disposed immediately below the temporary receiving section (1). ), A stacking unit (21) for accumulating the booklets (2) from the stack into small bundles, a moving device for moving the stacking unit (21), and the stacking unit moved to a predetermined position by the moving device. (21), a printing book on the stacking part (21).
A stacking section (10) for stacking the small bundle of (2) into a large bundle, and a vertically moving piece (24) for vertically supporting the printing book (2) in the stacked section (21). It is provided so that the direction of the supported printing book (2) can be freely changed , and the small bundle-shaped printing book (2) is pressed against the laminated portion (21) from above.
A pressing piece (29) that rises with the lifting piece (24) is provided.
An apparatus for processing a printed book. 2. A printing method in which a small bundle of printing books (2) to be stacked on the stacking part (21) located immediately below the temporary receiving part (1) is lowered while being pressed from above. 2. The printing book processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said pressing bodies (32) and (42) are provided. 3. The small bundle of printing books (2) is placed directly on the temporary receiving portion (1).
It is laminated on the central part on the laminated part (21) located below.
3. The apparatus for processing a printed book according to claim 2, wherein: