JP2962863B2 - Cover pasting machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cover attaching machine for attaching a cover to one side of a sheet-like work for manufacturing a booklet such as a bankbook.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a booklet such as a bankbook is manufactured as follows. That is, as shown in FIG.
A plurality of, for example, three to four, printed sheets of a predetermined shape are overlaid, and one side is glued to form a sheet-like work 1. In this case, the portion to which the ceiling is attached becomes the attachment portion 3. This sheet-like work 1 is initially piled up (FIG. 7A).

[0003] Next, the sheet-like work 1 composed of a plurality of printed sheets is conveyed one by one by a conveyor or the like, and the central part of the sheet-like work 1 is subjected to sewing and the respective sheets are joined to form a sewing thread portion 4. (FIG. 7B). Then Figure 7
As shown in (c), the cover 2 is attached to one surface, for example, the back surface of the sheet-like work 1. Next, after pressing the sheet-like work 1 in order to improve the adhesiveness of the cover 2,
As shown in FIG. 7D, the ceiling portion 3 of the sheet-like work 1 is cut by the cutting blade 5. The ceiling attaching section 3 functions so that the printed sheets before sewing are not separated. However, after the printed sheets are combined with each other by sewing, they become unnecessary and are cut.

[0004] Next, as shown in FIG. 7 (e), a crease blade 6 is pressed against the sheet-like work 1 along the sewing thread portion 4 to form a crease so that the cover 2 faces outward. Bend (FIG. 7 (f)). Thus, the bankbook 8 as shown in FIG. 7 (g) is manufactured.

By the way, the work of gluing the cover 2 to the sheet-like work 1 is performed by applying the cover 2 to which the glue is applied in advance.
And the sheet-like work are overlapped and pressed between the drum and the nip roller of the cover attaching machine.

[0006]

As described above, in the related art, the cover 2 and the sheet-like work 1 are pressed between the drum of the cover attaching machine and the nip roller to perform the gluing operation of the cover 2. I have. In this case, the sheet-like work 1 is conveyed as a plurality of bundles by a predetermined amount by the operator from the previous process and is manually set in the cover applicator feeder. Each of the sheet-like works 1 is taken out from the sheet-like work 1 and glued. However, in this method, when the work of attaching the sheet-like work for each bundle is completed, it is necessary to temporarily suspend the work of attaching and set the next sheet-like work bundle in the cover bonding machine feeder, For this reason, not only cannot continuous work be performed, but setting of the sheet-like work takes a long time.

Further, in order to improve the efficiency, a large number of sheet-like works are set in the cover-feeding machine feeder at one time. Each sheet-like work could not be taken out stably.

[0008] The present invention has been made in view of such a point, the cover can be continuously and quickly attached to the sheet-like work, and can be easily inlined with the upstream process. The purpose is to provide a cover pasting machine.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a drum and a nip roller for pressing a cover having one or more surfaces coated with glue, a sheet-like work, and a drum and a nip roller. And a non-stop feeder that feeds one sheet-like work from the plurality of sheet-like works conveyed in a stacked state to a drum and a nip roller side, and the non-stop feeder includes a plurality of sheets. Conveyor for introducing the work pieces in a stacked state, an elevating device provided on the downstream side of the introduction conveyor for lifting the stacked sheet-like works, and an uppermost sheet-shaped member disposed above the elevating device. And a delivery device for delivering the workpiece to the drum and nip rollers. The lifting device is moved vertically to stack the workpieces in a stacked state. A lifting device that lifts the workpiece, and a comb device that moves back and forth toward the lifting table side and that can be moved in the vertical direction is provided beside the lifting table, and the lifting table and the comb device can intersect each other. It is a cover pasting machine characterized by becoming.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the sheet-like works conveyed in a stacked state can be sent out one by one to the drum and the nip roller side. Can be performed.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 6 are views showing an embodiment of a cover pasting machine according to the present invention.

First, an outline of a booklet manufacturing apparatus for continuously manufacturing a booklet such as a bankbook will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the booklet manufacturing apparatus 10 has a storage box 25 in which the sheet-like works 1 (see FIG. 7) are piled up. This sheet-like work 1 has a plurality (3-4 sheets).
The printed sheets are superimposed and one side is glued.

On the downstream side of the storage box 25, there is provided a sewing machine 11 for sewing a central portion of the sheet-like work 1 and joining the respective sheets. Further, a cover pasting machine 13 with a non-stop feeder 14 according to the present invention is disposed downstream of the sewing machine 11 via a buffer 12. The buffer 12 is a portion for storing the sheet-like work 1 when the processing on the cover attaching machine 13 is stagnated. The non-stop feeder 14 continuously supplies the sheet-like work 1 to the cover pasting machine 13 side as described later, and the cover sheet pasting machine 13 glues the cover 2 to one surface of the sheet-like work 1. (Fig. 7
(C)).

A press cutting device 15 is provided on the downstream side of the cover pasting machine 13, and further, on the downstream side of the press cutting device 15, a presser folding machine having a non-stop feeder 18 via a buffer 16. A machine 17 is provided. Among them, the press cutting device 15 presses the sheet-like work 1 and cuts the balance attaching portion 3. Further, the creasing press folding machine 17 includes a creasing portion 17a for forming a crease along the sewing thread portion 4 of the sheet-like work 1, and a folding portion 17b for bending the sheet-like work 1 so that the cover 2 faces outward. (See FIG. 7F).

Further, a stacking device 19 for storing the folded sheet-like work 1 in the horizontal direction and a sheet-like work 1 arranged in the horizontal direction are provided downstream of the creasing machine 17.
Are sequentially arranged to press the sheet-like work 1 by pressing the sheet-like work 1 from the lateral direction. Further, the sheet-like work 1 to which the press-down device 20 has been pressed is
The paper is sequentially discharged by the discharge device 21. Note that the entire booklet manufacturing apparatus 10 is monitored for failures and the like by three monitors.

Next, regarding the cover sticking machine 13 according to the present invention,
The details will be described below. 1 to 5 show a cover attaching machine 1 according to the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a diagram viewed from the same direction as the general view shown in FIG. 6, and FIGS. 2 to 5 are diagrams viewed from the opposite direction to FIG. 1 for convenience.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cover pasting machine 13 has a non-stop feeder 14 on the upstream side thereof. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the cover attaching machine 13 includes a transport conveyor 61 that transports the sheet-shaped printing books 1 one by one from the non-stop feeder 14 side, and a drum 60 and a nip roller 62 provided on the downstream side of the transport conveyor 61. And Of these, the drum 60 and the nip roller 62 press the cover 2 and the sheet-like work 1 each having the paste applied on one surface thereof, and attach the cover 2 to one surface of the sheet-like work 1.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the cover 2 is conveyed to a lower portion of the drum 60 by a conveyer 65 disposed below the drum 60, and comes into contact with a glue roller 63a, whose surface has been previously glued. The glue is applied to one surface of the cover and is wound around the drum 60 by the vacuum device 60a of the drum 60. A pressing roller 63b is provided on the side of the glue roller 63a to uniformly apply the glue introduced by the glue introduction pipe 64 to the surface of the glue roller 63a. Further, below the glue roller 63a and the pressing roller 63b, a storage container 68 for storing the excess glue is provided.

Next, the non-stop feeder 14 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the non-stop feeder 14 is provided on the downstream side of the introduction conveyor 31 and the introduction conveyor 31 for introducing a plurality of sheet-like works 1 stacked in a bundle from the sewing machine 11 side. And a lifting device 38 that lifts the sheet work 1.

At the end of the introduction conveyor 31, a stopper 35 for stopping the stacked sheet-like works 1 is provided.
A rear aligning device 32 for aligning the rear end of the sheet-like work 1 stopped by the stopper 35 is provided upstream of the stopper 35 so as to be movable vertically. The rear aligning device 32 is used when the introduced sheet-like work 1 is stopped by the stopper 35.
It has a push plate 32a extending upward. Rear alignment device 3
Reference numeral 2 is such that the rear end of the sheet-like work 1 is aligned by pressing the rear end of the sheet-like work 1 with a pressing plate 32a. Further, between the stopper 35 and the rear aligning device 32, a side guide 33 that contacts the side end of the sheet-like work 1 and a side aligning device 34 that presses the sheet-like work 1 against the side guide 33 are provided. Is provided.

Further, outside the leading end of the introduction conveyor 31,
Drive roller 5 for feeding sheet-like work 1 to lifting device 38
0 is provided. The lifting device 38 is used for the introduction conveyor 31.
A plurality of rollers 40 on which the sheet-like work 1 introduced by the apparatus is placed, and a lifting table 39 which supports and lifts the sheet-like work 1. A side guide 42 is provided on the side of the lifting / lowering device 38 to be in contact with the side end of the sheet-like work 1, and pushes the sheet-like work 1 against the side guide 42 at a position facing the side guide 42. An attaching side pressing device 41 is provided. The side ends of the sheet-like work 1 are aligned between the side guide 42 and the side pressing device 41.

A support driving device 47 is provided above the introduction conveyor 31, and a comb device 46 is provided on the support driving device 47 so as to move toward and away from the elevator 39. The comb device 46 is a support driving device 47 up to the elevator 39 side.
To receive the sheet-like work 1 supported by the elevating table 39. That is, the comb device 46 has a flat comb shape as shown in FIG. 2, while the lifting platform 39 also has a flat comb shape that can intersect with the comb device 46.

Further above the elevating device 38, the elevating platform 3
A sucker 49 for feeding the uppermost sheet-like work 1 among the sheet-like works 1 stacked on the sheet 9 to the drum 60 and the nip roller 62 of the cover attaching machine 13 is provided. The sucker 49 adsorbs the uppermost sheet-like work 1,
By swinging, the sheet-like work 1 is fed to the delivery roller 5.
1, and is sent to the drum 60 and the nip roller 62 side, and is driven by a sucker driving device 49a. In addition, above the elevating device 38,
An abutment plate 44 which abuts on a side end of the sheet-like work 1 located on the upper side, and a side jogger 43 for pressing the sheet-like work 1 against the abutment plate and aligning the side end of the sheet-like work 1 located on the upper side
Is provided. Above the elevating device 38, there is provided a rear jogger 45 which presses and aligns the rear end of the uppermost sheet-like work 1.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described. First, a plurality of sheet-like works 1 stacked in a bundle from the sewing machine device 11 via the buffer 12 are introduced by the introduction conveyor 31, stopped by the stopper 35 projecting upward at the tip of the introduction conveyor 31, and simultaneously introduced by the introduction conveyor 31. 31 also stops. Next, a push plate 32a extends from the rear aligning device 32 onto the introduction conveyor 31, presses the rear end of the sheet-like work 1, and aligns the rear end of the sheet-like work 1. At the same time, the side aligning device 34 presses the sheet-like work 1 against the side guide 33 to align the side ends of the sheet-like work 1.

Next, the stopper 35 is retracted downward, and the push plate 32a of the rear aligning device 30 is retracted from the introduction conveyor 31. Further, the pressing action on the sheet-like work 1 by the side aligning device 34 is released, and the operation of the introduction conveyor 31 is restarted. Accordingly, the sheet-like work 1 is sent to the lifting device 38 via the driving roller 50, and is supported by the plurality of rollers 40 and the lifting table 39 (FIG. 4).
(A)). Subsequently, the side pressing device 41 presses the sheet-like work 1 against the side guide 42, and the elevating device 38
Inside, the side edges of the sheet-like work 1 are aligned. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4A, the comb device 46 extends toward the elevator 39, and the comb device 46 supports another stacked sheet-like work 1 located above.

During this time, the side jogger 43 presses the sheet-like work 1 located on the upper side while applying vibration to the abutment plate 44, thereby aligning the side edges of the sheet-like work 1 with higher accuracy. At the same time, the rear jogger 45 presses the rear end of the sheet-like work 1 while applying vibration, and aligns the rear end of the sheet-like work 1 with high accuracy. The sucker 49 driven by the sucker driving device 49a sucks the uppermost sheet-like work 1 and swings toward the delivery roller 51 side. In this way, the sheet-like work 1 is fed one by one to the delivery rollers 51.
Through the drum 60 and the nip roller 6 of the cover attaching machine 13
It is sent to two sides.

While the sheet-like works 1 are fed out one by one, the support driving device 47 is gradually raised. At the same time, the elevating table 39 moves up to lift the next (lower) stacked sheet-like work 1 to just below the combing device 47 (FIG. 4B). Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), the comb device 46 is pulled out by the support driving device 47, and the stacked sheet work positioned above is placed on the stacked sheet work positioned below. , The two unite.
When the comb device 46 is pulled out, the sheet-like work 1 may be held down by a stopper (not shown) so that the sheet-like work 1 is not pulled out together with the comb device 46 being pulled out.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4D, the support driving device 47 descends, and then the comb device 46 is again moved up and down the elevator 39.
Extend to the side. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4 (e), the elevator 39 descends, and the sheet-like work 1 supported by the elevator 39 is delivered from the elevator 39 to the comb device 46. Next, the side pressing device 41 is opened, and the above operation is repeated.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5A, the sheet-like work 1 sent out by the sucker 49 and the sending-out roller 51 arranged above the elevating device 38 is transported by the transport conveyor 61 to the drum 60 and the nip roller 62. Transported to the side. On the other hand, the cover 2 is transported by the transport conveyor 65 to the side of the glue roller 63a. Glue roller 63
Glue is introduced from the glue introduction pipe 64 to the surface of a, and this glue is uniformly extended by the pressing roller 63b.
Next, the cover 2 comes into contact with the surface of the glue roller 63a, and the glue is applied to one surface thereof, and is wound around the drum 60 by the vacuum device 60a of the drum 60 (FIG. 5B). Thereafter, the cover 2 is overlapped with the sheet-like work 1 with the surface on which the paste is applied facing the sheet-like work 1 side, and is pressed between the drum 60 and the nip roller 62 to adhere to each other (FIG. 5C )).

As described above, according to this embodiment,
The plurality of sheet-like works 1 conveyed in a stacked state can be continuously sent out one by one to the drum 60 and the nip roller 62 side by the non-stop feeder 14, so that the sheet-like works 1 are continuously provided. Can be attached to the cover 2. For this reason, it is not necessary to stop the cover attaching machine every time the work of attaching a bundle of sheet-like works is completed as in the related art.

The sheet-like work 1 on which the cover 2 has been glued by the cover gluing machine 13 is then conveyed to the press cutting device 15 side where it is pressed and the ceiling portion 3 is cut (see FIG. 7D). ). Next, the sheet-like work 1 is conveyed to the creasing folding machine 17, where a crease is formed along the sewing thread 4 and the cover 2 is bent so as to face outward. Next, the sheet-like work 1 is
Is conveyed to the pressing device 20 side through the pressing device 2
After being pressed at 0, the paper is discharged outward by the discharge device 21.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Cover work can be continuously performed on the sheet-like work. Therefore, unlike the related art, it is not necessary to stop the cover attaching machine for each bundle of the stacked sheet-like works. In addition, by connecting the upstream side process with a conveyor or the like, in-line can be easily achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of a cover pasting machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a non-stop feeder.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the non-stop feeder.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the operation of a non-stop feeder.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a work of attaching a cover.

FIG. 6 is an overall schematic diagram of a booklet manufacturing apparatus using a cover attaching machine.

FIG. 7 is a process chart showing a general booklet manufacturing process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Booklet manufacturing apparatus 13 Cover machine 14 Non-stop feeder 31 Introductory conveyor 38 Elevating device 39 Elevating table 46 Comb device 49 Sucker 50 Delivery roller

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-59-93392 (JP, A) JP-A-56-92098 (JP, A) JP-A-3-63194 (JP, A) 512 (JP, B1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B42C 11/00-11/02 B42C 3/00 B42C 19/08

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A drum and a nip roller for pressing a sheet of paper with a cover applied to a part or the whole of one surface thereof and a sheet-like work, and disposed upstream of the drum and the nip roller. A non-stop feeder that feeds one sheet work from the multiple sheet works conveyed in a stacked state to the drum and nip roller side.The non-stop feeder is installed in a state where multiple sheet works are stacked. An infeed conveyor, an elevating device provided on the downstream side of the infeed conveyor for lifting the stacked sheet-like work, and disposed above the elevating device, and sending out the uppermost sheet-like work to the drum and the nip roller side. The lifting device moves up and down to lift the stacked sheet-like work. It has a table, provided with a comb device that can move forward and backward and move up and down toward the lift table side to the side of the lift table, wherein the lift table and the comb device can cross each other freely. Covering machine. 2. A mechanism for aligning sheet-like works stacked in an introductory conveyor or a non-stop feeder, for introducing a sheet-like work into the non-stop feeder and for stably moving up and down in the non-stop feeder. The cover attaching machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: