JP2924206B2 - Electronic copier with bookbinding function - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic device having a bookbinding function.
Related to a copying apparatus . More specifically , the electronic copying apparatus of the present invention has a function of automatically binding a sorted copy after copying and sorting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, book materials such as printed materials and copy materials are manually sorted one by one, and then a thermoplastic resin adhesive is attached to the back or binding margin of each book material. Attach the cover, set the book to be bound on the bookbinding device, heat the back of the book with the heater of the bookbinding device to melt the adhesive, and bond the ends of the book with the adhesive. At the same time, bookbinding is performed by attaching a cover to the back of the book.

[0003]

However, in the conventional bookbinding apparatus, since the adhesive is heated by the heater, the heat treatment of the adhesive is a heat treatment from the outside, and the bookbinding is performed because the heating efficiency is poor. Processing time was long. Further, it is necessary to preheat the heater so that the processing can be started immediately at the time of the bookbinding processing, and the power of the bookbinding apparatus must be turned on when not in use or during standby, which is uneconomical.

Further, at the time of bookbinding, it is necessary to manually sort the books to be bound one by one, attach a cover, and set the bookbinding apparatus in the bookbinding apparatus. This makes the bookbinding work very troublesome and cannot be performed quickly. there were.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional example, and has as its object to provide an electronic copying apparatus.
The booklet has a binding function and the cover
The adhesive is heated by a microwave heater to adhere to the copy.
Enables efficient bookbinding
It is in.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems Bookbinding according to claim 1
Electronic copiers with functions are electronic copiers that perform copying.
Main body, sorter for sorting and copying, and adhesive
Cover stock part to store the cover coated with
Sort the covers removed from the cover stock section.
Cover supply to feed the copied copy and behind the copy
A heater for heating the adhesive for bonding the cover.
And an microwave heating unit.

[0007] An embodiment of claim 2 is as set forth in claim 1.
An electronic copying apparatus having a binding function,
The supply unit controls the angle of the copy in the sorter unit and the angle of the copy.
Rotates between the angle of the cover at the bar stock section
It is what came to be.

[0008]

[0009]

An electronic copy having a bookbinding function according to claim 1.
According to the apparatus, the copy of
Covers stored in the cover stock section from the sorting process
Electronic bookbinding process from supply of paper to bonding of copy and cover
It can be performed collectively in the copying machine,
The bookbinding work can be labor-saving, and the bookbinding work time can be reduced.

In addition, according to this electronic copying apparatus,
Adhesive for bookbinding is heated by black wave heating
The microwave is irradiated from the microwave heating section to the adhesive
Heat can be generated from inside the adhesive
The heating efficiency of the adhesive can be increased,
Shortening can be achieved and power can be saved. Also,
Microwave heating does not require startup time or preheating.
Power on only when necessary for the binding process.
It only needs to be operated, and it is very economical due to power saving
Can be used.

Further , according to an embodiment of the present invention,
For example, if the angle of the cover supply section is
Between the angle and the angle of the cover at the cover stock
So that it can rotate,
The degree of freedom of the storage position of the cover when
The tok part can be made compact.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an external view of the electronic copying apparatus according to the present embodiment. 1 is an electronic copying apparatus main body, 2 is an automatic document feed unit (ADF apparatus), and 3 is a bookbinding apparatus. Reference numeral 4 denotes an operation panel surface of the electronic copying apparatus 1. At the front of the bookbinding device 3, a window 5 for a glass-mounted sorter, a cover supply port 6 that can be opened and closed, and an outlet 7 for taking out a bookbinding product are provided.

Next, the internal structure of the bookbinding apparatus 3 is shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. The sorter unit 8 includes a plurality of bins 1 that store sorted copies (hereinafter, referred to as copies) 9.
0, and a stopper piece 11 for paper alignment is provided upright at the lower end of each obliquely arranged bin 10, and a paper holder moving groove 12 is cut into the side of each bin 10. ing.

The paper holders 13a and 13b are composed of two arms 15 and a stopper 16 protruding from the support portion 14.
Perform a paper hold between the two. Further, the paper holders 13a and 13b are provided with a lifter 17 for the paper holder.
The paper holder is moved up and down through the paper holder moving groove 12 of the bin 10 and further moved in the front and rear direction by the paper holder uniaxial module 18.

The microwave heating unit 19 includes the magnetron 2
0 and a microwave applicator 21. The magnetron 20 and the microwave applicator 21 can be moved up and down to the bin positions of each stage of the sorter unit 8 by the heating unit lifter 22. The microwave heating unit 19 is arranged at the rear end of the bookbinding device 3, and an electromagnetic shield 23 is provided between the magnetron 20 and the microwave applicator 21, the sorter unit 8, the cover supply mechanism, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 6, the bookbinding cover 24 is, for example, a spine 2 to which a bookbinding adhesive 25 is adhered.
6 and a transparent sheet 27. A plurality of sheets are stored in the cover stocker 28 from the cover supply port 6 with the spine 26 being folded and facing the back side of the bookbinding apparatus 3.

The cover supply mechanism includes a cover stocker
Bar stock part 28 and cover holder (cover
(Supply unit) 31 . In the cover stocker 28, the cover 24 is sequentially sent upward by the cover stocker lifter 29, and is sent out to the cover holder 31 side by the cover supply lifter 30.

The cover holder 31 is rotatably supported by a cover holder rotating section 32, and the cover holder rotating section 32 is a one-axis module 33 for a cover holder set.
The cover holder 31 is rotatable between the horizontal direction and the inclination angle of the bin 10 by the cover holder rotating unit 32. Further, the cover holder rotating unit 32 and the cover holder 31 The bin 10 can be moved right and left along the holder one-axis module in parallel with the inclination angle of the bin 10. Further, the cover holder setting single-axis module 33 can be moved up and down to the bin positions of the respective stages of the sorter unit 8 by the cover holder lifter 34. And the cover holder 31
Is lowered to the height of the cover replenishment lifter 30 by the cover holder lifter 34, is horizontally lowered by the cover holder rotating unit 32,
The cover 24 sent out from 0 can be received. Further, the cover holder 31 is raised to the bin position of each stage of the sorter unit 8 by the cover holder lifter 34, and is rotated by the cover holder rotating unit 32 to rotate the bin 10.
And the cover 24 is placed on the upper surface of the bottle 10.
Can be sent out. Further, the cover holder heating uniaxial module 35 moves the cover holder 31 and the paper holders 13a and 13b simultaneously in the front-rear direction in conjunction with the monoaxial module 18 for the paper holder,
As shown in FIG. 3, the copy 9 can be carried out behind the bin 10.

The bookbinding apparatus 3 is controlled by a control unit having a microcomputer. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the control unit. The microcomputer (CPU) 36, in accordance with the programs recorded in the storage devices 37 and 38,
Up and down movement of the paper holders 13a and 13b due to the movement of the paper holders 13a and 13b by the one-axis module 18 for the paper holder.
On / off of the paper hold motor 39 for holding the copy 9 by 3a, 13b, lifting operation of the cover 24 by the cover stocker lifter 29, feeding operation of the cover 24 by the cover supply lifter 30, and by the cover holder lifter 34 Movement of the cover holder 31 up and down, movement of the cover holder 31 back and forth by the cover holder heating uniaxial module 35, movement of the cover holder 31 in the left and right direction by the cover holder setting uniaxial module 33, cover holder rotating unit 32
ON / OFF of the cover holder rotating unit motor 40 for rotating the cover, ON / OFF of the cover hold motor 41 for holding the cover 24 by the cover holder 31, ON / OFF of the magnetron 20, and the heating unit lifter 2.
2 controls the elevating operation of the microwave applicator 21.

Next, the operation of the bookbinding apparatus 3 will be described with reference to the operation explanatory diagrams of FIGS. 7 to 10 and the operation flowcharts of FIGS.

First, one original is set in the automatic original feed unit 2, and when the start button of the electronic copying apparatus main body 1 is pressed, copies (paper) 9 of the original are sent to the bin 10 one by one. One copy 9 is sorted on the bin 10. The control unit confirms whether or not the sorting is completed according to the bookbinding execution command (S101). If the sorting has been completed, first, the uppermost paper holder 13
7a and 13b hold the copy 9 sorted in the uppermost bin 10 with the arm 15 interposed therebetween (S102, FIG. 7).
State). Paper holder 1 holding copy 9
3a and 13b are lifted through the paper holder moving groove 12 by the paper holder lifter 17 (S103), and are moved to the gap between the bins 10 (state A in FIG. 1).

On the other hand, if the sorting is completed, the lifter 29 for the cover stocker rises to push the cover 24 to the top of the cover stocker 28 (S12).
1) The cover replenishing lifter 30 is a cover holder 3 that is horizontally lowered at the height of the cover replenishing lifter 30.
1 (state B in FIG. 1), the uppermost cover 24 is inserted (S122), and the cover holder 31 holds the cover 24 (S123). Cover 24 is cover holder 3
When the cover holder 31 is set in the bin 1, the cover holder rotating unit 32 rotates to set the cover holder 31 at the same angle as the bin 10 (S124), and the cover holder lifter 34 sets the cover holder 31 to the uppermost bin 10 (S125, state of FIG. 8 and FIG. 1C). Further, the single-axis module 33 for the cover holder set
The cover holder 31 holding the cover 4 is sent obliquely upward (toward the bin 10) (S126).

When the cover 24 held by the cover holder 31 is sent out to the bin 10, the copy 9 held by the paper holders 13 a and 13 b is folded in half between the bin 10 and the bin 10. The cover holder 31 is covered with the cover 24 and the copy 9
Is held (S104, the state of FIG. 9). Thereafter, the cover holder heating uniaxial module 35 and the paper holder uniaxial module 18 are driven, and the copy 9 covered with the cover 24 together with the paper holders 13a, 13b and the cover holder 31 is moved in the direction of the microwave heating unit 19 ( (Rearward), and the spine 26 of the cover 24 is set on the microwave applicator 21 (S
105, the state of FIG. 10), and the heating preparation is completed.

When the heating preparation is completed, the magnetron 20
Turns on, turns off after turning on for a certain period of time (S106,
S107). At this time, the microwave radiated from the magnetron 20 is absorbed by the bookbinding adhesive 25 applied to the spine 26, and the bookbinding adhesive 25 generates heat from the inside and temporarily melts, and the magnetron 20 is turned off. Then, the book is cured again and the spine 26 is adhered to the edge of the copy 9 to complete the bookbinding.

When the magnetron 20 is turned off, the single-axis module 35 for heating the cover holder and the single-axis module 18 for the paper holder are driven again, and the completed bookbinding product together with the paper holders 13a, 13b and the cover holder 31 is placed in the original bin 10. (S108, FIG. 9
State). Next, the cover holder 31 releases the hold of the finished product (paper) (S109), and retreats to a position away from the bin 10 by the cover holder setting uniaxial module 33 (S110, the state of C in FIG. 1). Further, the cover holder 31 is lowered to the height of the cover stocker 28 by the cover holder lifter 34 (S127), and is rotated horizontally by the cover holder rotating unit 32 to wait for cover setting (S128,
1B).

On the other hand, in order to return the bookbinding completed product to the bin 10,
The paper holders 13a and 13b are lowered by the paper holder lifter 17 (S111), and release the hold of the bookbinding completed product on the bin 10 (S11).
2).

Finally, it is determined whether or not heating has been completed by covering all the copies 9 of the sorter section 8 (S11).
3) If not completed, microwave applicator 2
1 is moved to the lower bin 10 (S114), and the bookbinding process is performed on the copy 9 placed in the lower bin 10 of the bin 10 where the bookbinding completed product is placed (S102 and S1).
The processing after 21 is repeated. ). When all bookbinding is completed, the microwave applicator 21 moves to the uppermost bin 10 (S115), and the process ends. In addition, the bookbinding completed product can be taken out by opening the product finished product takeout opening.

[0028]

[0029]

According to the present invention, copying and sorting of copies are performed.
From covering process to cover supply and bonding of copy and cover
Can be performed collectively in the electronic copying machine.
This operation can save labor and shorten the bookbinding operation time. I
The glue is heated by microwave irradiation
Can generate heat from inside the adhesive,
Thermal efficiency can be increased and processing time can be shortened
Can be. In addition, heating by microwaves requires
No preheating required, only when required for bookbinding
All you have to do is turn on the power and activate it. Therefore, binding
Power saving of an electronic copying machine having a function,
Economic efficiency can be improved.

Further , the angle of the cover supply section is set to the sorter section.
Angle of the copy and the cover in the cover stock section
Cover angle if it can rotate between
The degree of freedom of the storage position of the cover in the
And the cover stock can be made compact.
You.

[0031]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the inside of a bookbinding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of an electronic copying apparatus including the bookbinding apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control circuit.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a copy (book to be produced) and a cover.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state in which a copy is held by a paper holder.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a state where the cover holder has been raised to a bin position.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a state in which the cover holder is sent out and the cover is placed on the copy;

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a state in which the cover and the copy are projected in the direction of the microwave heating device.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart (1) showing a control operation by the control circuit.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart (part 2) illustrating a control operation by the control circuit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 electronic copying apparatus main body 3 bookbinding apparatus 8 sorter section 9 copy (copy) 19 microwave heating section 24 cover 25 bookbinding adhesive 31 cover holder

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-52-86816 (JP, A) JP-A-60-179756 (JP, A) JP-A-62-285867 (JP, A) JP-A-1- 166993 (JP, A) JP-A-3-151287 (JP, A) JP-A-61-121456 (JP, U) JP-B-55-25077 (JP, B2) JP-B-34-9165 (JP, B1) (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B42C 9/00-9/02 B42C 11/06 B65H 37/04 G03G 15/00 534

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An electronic copying apparatus main body for performing copying and a copying machine
A sorter that sorts objects and a
Cover stock section for storing the bar
Cover to the sorted copy.
Cover and the cover behind the copy
A microwave heating unit for heating the adhesive for attaching
An electronic copying machine having a bookbinding function consisting of: 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cover supply unit is provided with a
Angle of the copy and the cover
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the rotation is made between the rotation angle and the rotation angle.
An electronic copying apparatus having the bookbinding function described in 1.