JP3145141U - Cutting device for making business cards - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a cutting device capable of cutting a business card accurately by generating a position signal indicating the upper edge of the printed sheet of the business card using a position sensor.
A cutting apparatus includes a paper feeding unit for feeding a printing sheet, a position sensor, a straight blade unit having a reciprocating straight blade, and a slitter unit. The first paper feed roller 51 supplies the printing sheet fed from the paper feeding unit to the straight blade unit, and the position sensor detects the upper edge of the first row of business cards of the printing sheet supplied to the straight blade unit and detects the upper edge. A detection signal is output. The straight blade unit is controlled by the upper edge detection signal, and the straight blade cuts the printed sheet along the upper edge of the first row of business cards, and then the lower edge of the first row of business cards is cut by the straight blade. Thereafter, the upper and lower edges of the business cards in each row are sequentially cut, whereby each row is sequentially cut and separated. The second paper feed roller sequentially supplies each row of business cards cut and separated in the straight blade unit to the slitter unit. In the slitter unit 60, the side edges of the business cards are cut and the business cards are individually separated.
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Description

Technical field to which the device belongs

  The present invention relates to a cutting apparatus for creating a business card widely used for introducing people in business. In particular, the present invention can create a resource-saving business card with a reduced area (for example, about half the area) compared to a general business card size (for example, 55 mm × 91 mm). The present invention relates to a cutting device.

Conventional technology

Conventionally, in order to create business cards that are widely used to introduce people in the business field, a predetermined size of paper on which a plurality of business cards are printed is printed on the upper and lower edges and the left and right side edges of each printed business card. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a cutting apparatus that shears and separates each business card. Conventional business cards generally have a size of 55 mm × 91 mm, and a size somewhat larger than this size has been used. On the other hand, in recent years, interest in prevention of global warming has increased, and in general, development of energy-saving products that are eco-friendly and energy-saving products and energy-saving movements are preferred. The present invention is intended to make it possible to create an ecology-oriented resource-saving business card having an area reduced to, for example, about half compared to the size of a general business card.
JP 2001-198887 A.

  In the prior art, a general business card manufacturing method prints a plurality of business cards on a sheet of paper in a matrix, and then cuts the upper and lower edges and left and right side edges of each business card printed on the paper. , Separate and manufacture business cards. In such a conventional manufacturing method, the upper and lower edges of each business card are usually cut based on the upper edge of the paper. However, in the case of such a conventional manufacturing method, the distance between the upper edge of the paper and the upper edge of the business card description item is not constant for each printed sheet due to variations in the paper feed in the printing stage, etc. When there is, there is a problem that the description of the created business card is not arranged at the optimum position of each business card after cutting. In particular, when a business card having a small area is created, there is a problem that even a small deviation is noticeable. The purpose of the present invention is to minimize the deviation of the arrangement of written items even when cutting and separating a resource-saving business card with a small area, so that the written items on the business card are arranged at the correct position of each business card. It is to provide a cutting device for creating a business card.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a business card making cutting device suitable for creating a material-saving business card from the viewpoint of energy saving (material saving). The present invention further provides a business card capable of reading a position mark printed together with the business card by a position sensor even when the business card is misaligned when printing the business card on a predetermined sheet of paper, and performing accurate cutting based on a signal from the position sensor. An object is to provide a cutting apparatus for creation. A further object of the present invention is to provide a business card making cutting device suitable for making business cards of different sizes by exchanging slitter units. Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings and claims.

  The present invention resides in a cutting apparatus that arranges a plurality of business cards in rows and rows, cuts a printed sheet, and separates the business cards individually. The cutting device of the present invention includes a paper feed unit for feeding a print sheet, a first paper feed roller, a position sensor, a straight blade unit having a reciprocating straight blade, a second paper feed roller, and a slitter unit. In the cutting apparatus according to the present invention, the first paper feed roller supplies the printing sheet fed from the paper feeding unit to the straight blade unit, and the position sensor supplies the top edge of the first row of business cards of the printing sheet supplied to the straight blade unit. An edge is detected and an upper edge detection signal is output, and the straight blade unit is controlled by the upper edge detection signal, and the straight blade cuts the printed sheet along the upper edge of the first row of business cards. Cut the bottom edge of a row of business cards with a straight blade, then cut the top edge and bottom edge of each row sequentially, thereby cutting and separating each row of business cards sequentially, and the second paper feed roller is a straight blade Each row of business cards cut and separated in the unit is sequentially supplied to the slitter unit, and the slitter unit has a plurality of sets of circular upper blades and circular lower blades, and each of the business cards in each row supplied from the second paper feed roller. Cut the right and left edges of the business card Individual to separate.

  The cutting device of the present invention can have the following features. (1) The paper feeding unit includes a receiving plate on which a plurality of printing sheets can be placed, a pickup roller, a guide roller, and a separation roller. (2) The pickup roller and the guide roller are fed to the uppermost printing sheet of the printing sheet stacked on the support plate to the separation roller, and the separation roller removes another printing sheet from the uppermost printing sheet sent out by the guide roller. Only the uppermost printing sheet is fed to the first paper feed roller. (3) The horizontal dimension of the straight blade of the straight blade unit has a length exceeding the horizontal dimension of the printing sheet. (4) The slitter unit has a set of a plurality of cooperating circular upper blades and circular lower blades. (5) The circular upper blade and the circular lower blade of the slitter unit are adjacent to each other and arranged rotatably. (6) The slitter unit can be replaced with a slitter unit having a different number of sets of circular upper blades and circular lower blades. (7) The printed sheet is printed with a position mark that displays the upper edge of the first row of business cards. (8) The position sensor detects the position mark of the printing sheet supplied to the straight blade unit and outputs an upper edge detection signal. (9) The printing sheet is A4 size or A4W size, a plurality of business cards are arranged in five columns and two rows, and the position mark is arranged in a vertical margin between the two rows of the first column. . (10) The printing sheet is A4 size or A4W size, a plurality of business cards are arranged in five columns and four rows, and the position mark is arranged in the upper margin part. (11) The long side of the business card printed on the printing sheet is 60 mm or less and the short side is 53 mm or less. (12) The cutting device can create 20 or more business cards from one A4 sheet.

Embodiment of invention

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a cutting device 40 according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the cutting device 40 of the present invention includes side plates 41 and 42, and a sheet feeding unit 43 having a receiving plate 44 between both side plates is disposed. One or more printing sheets 10 to be cut are supplied onto the receiving plate 44 of the paper feeding unit 43.

  FIG. 2 is a first example of the printing sheet 10 that can be cut by the cutting apparatus of the present invention. 2 is a sheet of A4 size (width 210 mm × length 297 mm) or A4W size (width 235 mm × length 318 mm), and a plurality of business cards N, N. The fifth column L5) and two rows (first row M1 and second row M2) are arranged and printed. A vertical margin portion 16 is disposed between the first row M1 and the second row M2. Further, horizontal margin portions 121 to 124 are arranged between adjacent columns. The vertical margin portion 16 and the horizontal margin portions 121 to 124 are adjacent to the side edges 32 and 33 or the end edges 22 to 24 of each business card N, and on the business cards on which the letters, graphic printing inks, and coloring agents of each business card are adjacent. Prevent overhang. Further, the position mark 11 is disposed in the vertical margin portion 16 and is disposed so that the upper end edge of the position mark 11 is aligned with the upper end edge 21 of the business card in the first row L1. The shape dimension of the position mark is, for example, a 6 mm × 6 mm rectangle.

  In the printed sheet 10 of FIG. 2, each business card N has a standard business card size (short side 55 mm × long side 91 mm), and the upper margin 12 has a width of 6 mm from the upper edge 12 ′ of the paper. The left margin portion 14 has a width of 9 mm from the left side edge 14 ′ of the paper, and the right margin portion 15 has a width of 9 mm from the right side edge 15 ′ of the paper.

  FIG. 5 shows a second example of the printing sheet 10 that can be cut by the cutting apparatus of the present invention. 5 has a plurality of business cards N, N,... On five sheets (first column L1 to fifth column L5) and four rows (first row M1 to first row) on A4 size or A4W size paper. 4 lines M4) are arranged and printed. Each row L1 to L5 includes four business cards. The size of each business card N of the printed sheet 10 in FIG. 5 is a horizontal dimension a of 45.5 cm and a vertical dimension b of 55.0 mm, which is half the area (area) of a standard business card size (short side 55 mm × long side 91 mm). ). As a result, the paper consumption for manufacturing one business card can be halved. The print sheet 10 includes a position mark 11 for determining a cutting position in the cutting apparatus. In the printed sheet 10 of FIG. 5, the position mark 11 is a rectangle having a horizontal dimension of 6 mm and a vertical dimension of 5 mm, printed on the upper margin 12, and a dimension f from the upper edge 12 ′ of the paper to the upper edge of the position mark 11. Is 8 mm. The dimension from the lower end edge of the position mark to the upper end edge 21 of the business card in the first row L1 is 1 mm. In the printed sheet 10 of FIG. 5, there is no blank space between adjacent business cards N, N, the lower edge 22 of the first row L1 and the upper edge 23 of the second row L2 are coincident, and the second row The same applies to the L2 to the fifth row L5.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic vertical sectional view of the cutting device 40 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The cutting device 40 receives a printed sheet 10 in which a plurality of business cards are arranged and arranged in rows and lines, and feeds the printed sheet 10 toward a straight blade unit 52 having a straight blade capable of reciprocating motion, 1 paper feed roller 51, 2nd paper feed roller 58, slitter unit 60, paper feed sensor 82, position sensor 90, etc. are provided. The paper feed unit 43 includes a receiving plate (cork mat and a rubber mat continuous thereto) 44 for sequentially receiving the printing sheets 10 or receiving and placing a plurality of printing sheets at a time. Further, the paper feeding unit 43 engages with the uppermost printing sheet 10 and picks up the uppermost printing sheet 10 moved by the pickup roller 45 for moving toward the guide roller 47. A guide roller 47 that guides the roller 51, a separation roller 50, a pickup roller 45, and a transmission belt 46 that synchronously rotates the guide roller are included. The separation roller 50 separates another print sheet from the uppermost print sheet sent out by the guide roller 47, and sends only the uppermost print sheet to the first paper feed roller 51.

  The first paper feed roller 51 moves the print sheet 10 sent out from the paper feed unit 43 toward the straight blade unit 52. The position sensor 90 optically detects the upper edge 21 or the position mark 11 of the business card in the first row L1 of the printing sheet 10 moving toward the straight blade unit 52, and outputs an upper edge detection signal. The straight blade unit 52 is controlled by the upper edge detection signal output from the position sensor 90, operates the straight blade in synchronization with the moved printing sheet 10, and cuts the upper edge 21 of the first row of business cards, The upper margin 12 of the printing sheet 10 is separated, then the lower edge 22 of the first row of business cards is cut, and then the upper and lower edges 23-30 of the business cards in each row are cut sequentially, thereby The first row L1 to the fifth row L5 of the business cards are sequentially separated. The straight blade unit 52 includes an upper straight blade 53 and a lower straight blade 54. These horizontal dimensions have a length exceeding the horizontal dimension of the printing sheet 10 (210 mm when the printing sheet is A4). Cutting is possible by a single vertical movement over the entire lateral direction.

  The first row L1 to the fifth row L5 of the cut business cards are sequentially moved to the slitter unit 60 by the second paper feed roller 58 arranged adjacent to the straight blade unit 52, and each side edge in the slitter unit 60 is moved. Cut in parallel and separated into one business card. Each separated business card is discharged to the paper discharge tray 88 via the third paper feed roller 80 and the static elimination brush 86. The static elimination brush 86 performs the effect | action which removes the static electricity of each business card.

  FIG. 4 is a side view of a slitter unit 60 that can be used in the cutting apparatus of the present invention. The slitter unit 60 includes five circular upper blades 64, 66, 68, 70, 72 fixed to the upper shaft 62 and rotated, and five circular lower blades 65, 67, 69 that cooperate with the respective circular upper blades. , 71, 73. The circular lower blade is fixed to the lower shaft 63 and rotated by the lower shaft. The side edges 31-34 (FIG. 2) of a business card are cut | disconnected simultaneously and parallel by the circular upper blade and circular lower blade of each group which cooperate, and each business card is isolate | separated into 1 sheet. Since the printing sheet 10 of FIG. 5 has five side edges 31 to 35, a slitter unit 60 having five pairs of cooperating circular upper blades and circular lower blades is used. The slitter unit 60 is attached to the cutting device 40 in an exchangeable manner, and corresponds to the form of the printed sheet 10 to be cut (the dimensions of the paper, the dimensions of a plurality of business cards to be placed, the arrangement, etc.) Made possible.

The schematic perspective view of the cutting device of the Example of this invention. The 1st example of the printing sheet which can be cut | judged with the cutting apparatus of this invention. 1 is a schematic vertical sectional view of a cutting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The side view of the slitter unit which can be used for the cutting device of this invention. It is the 2nd example of the printing sheet which can be cut | judged with the cutting apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  10: Print sheet, 11: Position mark, 12: Upper margin, 12 ': Upper edge of paper, 13: Lower margin, 14: Left margin, 14': Left edge of paper, 15: Right margin, 15 ′: right edge of paper, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29: first row—upper edge of fifth row of business cards 22, 24, 26, 28, 30: first row—fifth row of business cards Lower end edge, 31-35: side edge of business card, 40: cutting device, 41, 42: side plate, 43: paper feeding unit, 44: receiving plate, 45: pickup roller, 47: guide roller, 46: transmission belt, 50: Separation roller, 51: First paper feed roller, 52: Straight blade unit, 53, 54: Straight blade, 58: Second paper feed roller, 60: Slitter unit, 62: Upper shaft, 63: Lower shaft, 64 : Upper left blade, 65: lower left blade, 72: upper right blade, 73: lower right blade, 66, 68, 70: middle upper blade, 67, 69, 71: middle lower blade, 80: second paper feed roller, 82: paper feed sensor, 86: static elimination brush, 88: paper discharge tray, 90: position sensor, L1-L5: first column to fifth column of business cards, M1-M4: first row to fourth row of business cards, N: business card.

Claims (10)

A cutting device that arranges a plurality of business cards in rows and rows and cuts printed sheets to separate the business cards individually,
A sheet feeding unit for feeding a print sheet, a first sheet feeding roller, a position sensor, a straight blade unit having a reciprocating straight blade, a second sheet feeding roller, and a slitter unit;
The first paper feed roller supplies the printing sheet fed from the paper feed unit to the straight blade unit,
The position sensor detects the upper edge of the first row of business cards in the first sheet of the printing sheet supplied to the straight blade unit and outputs an upper edge detection signal.
The straight blade unit is controlled by the upper edge detection signal, and cuts the printed sheet along the upper edge of the first row of business cards with the straight blade, and then cuts the lower edge of the first row of business cards with the straight blade. Then, sequentially cut the upper edge and the lower edge of the business cards of each row, thereby cutting and separating each row sequentially,
The second paper feed roller sequentially supplies each row cut and separated in the straight blade unit to the slitter unit,
The slitter unit has a plurality of sets of circular upper blades and circular lower blades, and cuts the right and left edges of each business card in each row supplied from the second paper feed roller to separate the business cards individually. Cutting device to do.   The paper feeding unit includes a receiving plate on which a plurality of printing sheets can be placed, a pickup roller, a guide roller, and a separation roller. The pickup roller and the guide roller are stacked on the support plate at the top of the printing sheet. The printing sheet is fed to a separation roller, the separation roller separates another printing sheet from the uppermost printing sheet fed by the guide roller, and only the uppermost printing sheet is fed to the first paper feed roller. Cutting device.   The cutting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a horizontal dimension of the straight blade of the straight blade unit has a length exceeding a horizontal dimension of the printing sheet.   The slitter unit has a plurality of pairs of cooperating circular upper blades and circular lower blades, and in each set, the circular upper blade and the circular lower blade are adjacent to each other and rotatably disposed. The cutting apparatus according to claim 1.   The cutting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the slitter unit is replaceable with a slitter unit having a different number of sets of circular upper blades and circular lower blades.   The printed sheet is a printed position mark displaying the upper edge of the first row of business cards, and the position sensor detects the position mark of the printed sheet supplied to the straight blade unit and outputs an upper edge detection signal. The cutting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein   The printing sheet is A4 size or A4W size, a plurality of business cards are arranged in five columns and two rows, and the position mark is arranged in a vertical margin between the two rows of the first column. The cutting device according to any one of 1 to 6.   The print sheet is A4 size or A4W size, a plurality of business cards are arranged in five columns and four rows, and the position mark is arranged in an upper margin part. Cutting device.   The cutting device according to claim 8, wherein the long side of the business card is 91 mm or less and the short side is 55 mm or less.   The cutting apparatus according to claim 8, wherein 20 or more business cards can be created from one A4 sheet.

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