JP3263042B2 - Booklet transfer device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a booklet transfer apparatus for transferring a plurality of booklets at an interval while positioning them.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a booklet transfer apparatus in a bookbinding line or the like, a rear end face of a booklet is pressed by a pusher moving along the transfer table while supporting the lower surface of the booklet on the transfer table, and transferred forward on the transfer table. Is adopted.

[0003] However, these booklet transfer devices tend to cause abnormal conveyance postures such as tilting of the booklet and separation from the pusher, which has a problem of hindering the work.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a booklet transferring apparatus which can transfer a booklet while maintaining a proper posture and a proper interval.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A booklet transfer device according to the present invention includes a belt for transferring a booklet, and a left and right outer side of the belt.
Hang a pair of timing belts that can run along the side,
A plurality of bar pushers are provided between the timing belts . The bar pushers extend in a direction perpendicular to the booklet transfer direction and are arranged side by side at intervals in the booklet transfer direction.

The bar pushers are placed on the belt so that a front edge of each bar pusher presses a lower portion of a rear end face of the booklet.

That is, the bar pusher has a flat shape which presses the rear end face of the booklet at a level not exceeding the thickness of the booklet and regulates the front end face of the booklet.

Each of the bar pushers has a recess at the front edge thereof for receiving the rear end of the booklet to regulate the rear end of the booklet and prevent the booklet from being inclined, and receives the front end of the booklet at the rear edge of the pusher to receive the front end of the booklet. It has a recess that regulates and prevents inclination .

[0009]

[0010]

The booklet is interposed between the adjacent front and rear bar pushers, and the front end face and the rear end face of the booklet can be transported in an appropriate posture and at an appropriate interval while their positions are regulated by the front and rear bar pushers. it can.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The heat press apparatus A includes a heat press plate 12 and a pressure receiving plate 13 which are disposed vertically facing each other, and an upper belt 14 extending between the facing surfaces of the heat press plate 12 and the pressure receiving plate 13. And a lower belt 15.

Further, there is provided a booklet transfer means for intermittently transferring the booklet for identification in the closed state while intervening between the opposing surfaces of the upper and lower belts 14, 15.

A booklet for identification, for example, a passport, has a data sheet 1, a visa sheet 2, a cover 3 and the like collated and bound by a sewing machine 4 at the center folding line, and personal data is recorded on the surface of the data sheet 1. The personal data recording surface 5 is covered with a protective film 6 made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin, and the personal data recording surface 5 is closed to prevent forgery. After the personal data is recorded on the data sheet 1, the protective film 6 is overlaid on the personal data recording surface 5 and thermally bonded.

When the transfer of the identification booklet 11 by the booklet transfer means is stopped, the upper and lower belts 14 and 15 and the identification booklet 11 interposed between the upper and lower belts 14 and 15 are provided.
Is heated while being pressed and sandwiched between the opposing surfaces of the heat press plate 12 and the pressure receiving plate 13 so that the identification booklet 11
Is bonded to the personal data recording surface 5 of the identification booklet 11 by heat. This protective film 6 is made of a thermoplastic resin film.

As described above, the identification booklet 11 is provided with a heat press in the closed state, and the protective film 6 is provided with the heat conduction from the heat press plate 12 via the upper belt 14 and the back cover 19 or the cover 18. And heat-bonded to the personal data recording surface 5 to conceal the same recording surface 5. The personal data is seen through the transparent or translucent protective film 6.

The upper and lower belts 14 and 15 retain the heat of conduction from the heat press plate 12 and apply the retained heat to the protective film 6 from the outer surface of the back cover 19 and the front cover 18 of the identification booklet 11.

The heat press plate 12 and the pressure receiving plate 13 are made of metal, and their opposing surfaces, that is, the pressing surface 20 of the heat press plate 12 and the pressure receiving surface 21 of the pressure receiving plate 13 are flat surfaces.
The pressure surface 20 and the pressure receiving surface 21 face each other in parallel.

The heat press plate 12 and the pressure receiving plate 13 have such a length that a plurality of identification booklets 11 can be hot-pressed at one time, and the heat press plate 12 has a plurality of plates in its longitudinal direction (feed direction). A bar heater 22 is provided. The bar heater 22 can be inserted and removed from the side of the heat press board 12.

The heat press board 12 is suspended from a lower surface of an upper base 23 via a cushion spring 24. For example, a cushion spring 24 is interposed between the heat press plate 12 and the upper base 23, and a suspension rod 25 provided on the heat press plate 12 is inserted from the lower surface side of the upper base 23 to the upper surface side, and the upper surface side of the upper base 23 is The cushion spring 24 is compressed and suspended by screwing and tightening a nut 26 to an external thread formed at the end of a suspension rod 25 protruding from the same. The repulsive force of the spring 24 is constantly applied to the heat press plate 12. The applied state is formed. This makes the heat press machine 1
2 can move up and down elastically.

The upper base 23 is suspended from an air cylinder 28 via a link 27, and the heat press plate 12 is moved up and down together with the upper base 23 by the expansion and contraction of the air cylinder 28.

On the other hand, the pressure receiving plate 13 is fixedly mounted on a lower base 29, and the upper belt 14 and the lower belt 15 extend between the opposing surfaces of the heat press plate 12 and the pressure receiving plate 13.

The upper and lower belts 14 and 15 are endless belts or endless belts as shown. The upper belt 14 composed of the endless belt is suspended between the upper rolls 30 disposed at the inlet end and the outlet end of the heat press plate 12, and surrounds the heat press plate 12.

Similarly, the lower belt 15 comprising an endless belt
Is mounted between the lower roll 31 disposed at the inlet end and the outlet end of the pressure receiving plate 13 to surround the pressure receiving plate 13.

The upper belt 14 and the lower belt 15 are extended in parallel between the opposing surfaces of the heat press plate 12 and the pressure receiving plate 13 between the upper and lower rolls 30, 31. That is, the upper belt 14
Is extended along the pressing surface 20 of the heat press board 12,
The lower belt 15 extends along the pressure receiving surface 21 of the pressure receiving plate 13.

Preferably, the upper belt 14 and the lower belt 1
5 is made of a thick cloth woven with Teflon fiber, and gives strength, heat resistance and heat storage.

On the inner side of the ears of the upper belt 14 and the lower belt 15, annular belt guide ribs 32, 33 are provided, and the annular ribs 32, 33 are provided on the rolls 30, 31. 35 and upper and lower belts 14,1
5 is prevented.

The upper and lower belts 14 and 15 are
And one of the lower rolls 31 is used as a drive roll for intermittent feeding. The upper and lower belts 14, 15 and a bar pusher 36, which is an intermittent transfer means of the identification booklet 11 described later, are operated intermittently substantially in synchronization with each other.

Between the facing surfaces of the upper and lower belts 14, 15,
A booklet transfer means for intermittently transferring the booklet for identification while intervening is provided.

The heat press board 12 is connected to the back cover 19 or the cover 18 of the identification booklet 11 via the upper belt 14.
Is a heating plate for heating the entire surface of the front cover 18, while the pressure receiving plate 13 has a binding margin for heating the surface portion of the front cover 18 or the back cover 19 adjacent to the back 40 of the identification booklet 11 via the lower belt 15. A heating platen 37 is provided. That is, the sewing machine binding section 4
A binding margin heating platen 37 for heating the binding margin 8 of the protective film 6 from the side opposite to the heat press plate 12 is provided in the region along.

Therefore, the binding allowance heating platen 37 is opposed to a part of the heat press platen 12 and the region along the sewing machine binding portion 4 of the identification booklet 11, that is, the extending region of the binding margin 8 is used as the identification booklet. 11 is pressed from above and below and hot-pressed.
Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the protective film 6 is thermally bonded to the entire surface of the data recording surface 5 of the data sheet 1, and at the same time, the binding margin 8 of the film 6 is a throat of the data sheet 1 including the sewing machine binding portion 4. It is thermally bonded over the part area.

Accordingly, the bar pusher 36 described below moves while pressing the small opening 38 or the small opening 39 of the identification booklet 11. That is, the identification booklet has a top edge 39 and a ground edge 38 extending in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction of the identification booklet 11, and the back 40 and the front edge 41 extend in the feed direction. It is pressed and pushed intermittently by the pusher 36, and is heated and pressed by the heat press device A.

The booklet transfer means includes a plurality of bar pushers 36 extending in a direction perpendicular to the booklet transfer direction and arranged in parallel at intervals in the booklet transfer direction. Each bar pusher 36 is interposed between the upper and lower belts 14 and 15, and is arranged so as to intermittently transfer while pressing the rear end face of the identification booklet 11, that is, the ground opening 38 or the top opening 39 of the identification booklet 11. I have.

The bar pusher 36 has a flat shape that presses the rear end face of the identification booklet 11, for example, the ground opening 38, at a level not exceeding the thickness of the identification booklet 11.

A recess 42 is provided at the front edge of the bar pusher 36 for pressing the rear end face of the identification booklet 11 to receive the rear end (ground opening 38) of the identification booklet 11.

Preferably, the front and rear adjacent bar pushers 36 press the rear end face of the booklet 11 for identification so that the rear bar pusher 36 regulates the front end face of the booklet 11 for identification. They are arranged with an appropriate interval.

As a suitable example, the above-mentioned bar pusher 3
6 is provided with a recess 42 for receiving the rear end of the identification booklet 11 and a bar pusher 36 at the front stage.
The front edge of the identification booklet 11 (Tenkoguchi 3)
A recess 43 for receiving 9) is provided.

Accordingly, each bar pusher 36 has a recess 42 extending from one end to the other end at the front edge of the pusher 36.
And a recess 43 extending from one end to the other end at the rear edge of the pusher 36. Each recess 42, 4
Reference numeral 3 accepts the rear end (ground opening 38) and front end (top opening 39) of the identification booklet 11, and regulates the position by its inner wall surface. This effectively prevents the identification booklet 11 from being tilted during transfer.

It is desirable that the bar pusher 36 has a flat shape that presses the rear end face of the identification booklet 11 at a level not exceeding the thickness of the identification booklet 11. As a suitable example, the bar pusher 36 is formed by punching a sheet material thinner than the identification booklet 11, and the upper and lower belts 14 and 15 are overlapped on the plate surface, and the thicker surface is directed to the transfer direction of the identification booklet 11. , Booklet 1 for identification on this thick side
1 is configured to press the lower part of the rear end face.

That is, the front edge (plate thickness surface) of the bar pusher 36
The lower part of the rear end face of the preceding identification booklet 11 is pressed, and the succeeding identification booklet 11 is pressed at the same rear edge (thick surface).
Of the lower end of the front end face of the vehicle.

With the above configuration, a step is formed between the bar pusher 36 and the identification booklet 11 such that the former is lower and the latter is higher, so that the sandwich state of the identification booklet 11 by the upper and lower belts 14 and 15 can be properly adjusted. Pressing and heating by the heat press device A through the upper and lower belts 14 and 15 can be performed, and the identification booklet 1 can be formed.
1 is definitely given.

As means for intermittently driving the bar pusher 36, a pair of timing belts 44 running along the left and right outer sides of the lower belt 15 are suspended, and both ends of the bar pusher 36 are fixed between the timing belts 44. Then lay it down.

The timing belt 44 is suspended between pulleys 45 disposed at the inlet side end and the outlet side end of the pressure receiving plate 13 and is sent endlessly.

Preferably, the pulleys 45 are provided coaxially at both ends of the lower roll 31, and the timing belt 4
4 is suspended so as to be fed along the same locus as the lower belt 15.

The identification booklet 1 is provided on the discharge end side of the heat press device A comprising the heat press plate 12 and the pressure receiving plate 13.
A cooling press B for cooling the protective film 6 and the bonding surface thereof by pressing and holding the protective film 6 is disposed.

The cooling press B has the same basic structure as the heat press A except that the heat press plate 12 of the heat press A is replaced with a hot plate.

The cooling press device B includes a cooling press plate 46 and a pressure receiving plate 47 which are arranged vertically facing each other, and an upper belt 48 extending between the facing surfaces of the cooling press plate 46 and the pressure receiving plate 47. And a lower belt 49.

Further, there is provided a booklet transfer means for intermittently transferring the booklet 11 for identification in the closed state while intervening between the opposing surfaces of the upper and lower belts 48, 49.

When the transfer of the identification booklet 11 is stopped by the booklet transfer means, the upper and lower belts 48 and 49 and the identification booklet 11 interposed between the upper and lower belts 48 and 49 are stopped.
And the protective film 6 and the binding margin 8 thereof, which are thermally bonded to the personal data recording surface 5 of the identification booklet 11 while pressurizing and sandwiching together between the opposing surfaces of the cooling press plate 46 and the pressure receiving plate 47. The adhesive surface is cooled.

As described above, the identification booklet 11 is provided with a cooling press in the closed state, and the protective film 6 is provided with the cooling press plate 46 via the upper belt 48 and the back cover 19.
Cooled by conduction heat from

The upper and lower belts 48, 49 are provided on the cooling press platen 4.
6, and transfers the retained heat to the protective film 6 from the outer surface side of the back cover 19 and the front cover 18 of the identification booklet 11.

The cooling press plate 46 and the pressure receiving plate 47 are made of metal, and their opposing surfaces, that is, the pressing surface 50 of the cooling press plate 46 and the pressure receiving surface 51 of the pressure receiving plate 47 are flat surfaces. The pressure receiving surfaces 51 face each other in parallel.

The cooling press plate 46 and the pressure receiving plate 47 have such a length that a plurality of identification booklets 11 can be cooled and pressed at one time, and the cooling press plate 46 has a meandering pipe in its longitudinal direction (feeding direction). A cooling pipe 52 is provided. The cooling pipe 52 can be inserted and removed from the side of the cooling press board 46.

The cooling press board 46 is suspended from the lower surface of the upper base 53 via a cushion spring 54. For example, the cushion spring 5 is provided between the cooling press plate 46 and the upper base 53.
4 is inserted, and a hanging rod 55 provided on the cooling press board 46 is inserted from the lower surface side of the upper base 53 to the upper surface side, and a male screw formed at an end of the hanging rod 55 protruding toward the upper surface side of the upper base 53. By screwing and tightening the nut 56
The cushion spring 54 is suspended while being compressed.
4 is applied to the cooling press board 46 at all times. Thereby, the cooling press board 46 can move up and down elastically.

The upper base 53 is suspended from an air cylinder 58 via a link 57, and the cooling press board 46 is moved up and down together with the upper base 53 by the expansion and contraction of the air cylinder 58.

On the other hand, the pressure receiving plate 47 is fixedly mounted on a lower base 59, and the upper belt 48 and the lower belt 49 are extended between the opposing surfaces of the cooling press plate 46 and the pressure receiving plate 47.

As the upper and lower belts 48 and 49, an endless belt or an endless belt as shown in the figure is used. The upper belt 48 made of the endless belt is suspended between the upper rolls 60 disposed at the inlet side end and the outlet side end of the cooling press board 46 and surrounds the cooling press board 46. Similarly, a lower belt 49 composed of an endless belt is suspended between lower rolls 61 disposed at the inlet end and the outlet end of the pressure receiving plate 47 and surrounds the pressure receiving plate 47.

The upper belt 48 and the lower belt 49 are connected between the upper and lower rolls 60 and 61 by the cooling press plate 46 and the pressure receiving plate 4.
7 extend in parallel between the opposing surfaces. That is, the upper belt 48 extends along the pressing surface 50 of the cooling press plate 46, and the lower belt 49 extends along the pressure receiving surface 51 of the pressure receiving plate 47.

Preferably, the upper belt 48 and the lower belt 4
9 is made of a thick cloth woven with Teflon fiber to impart strength, heat resistance and heat storage.

On the inner side of the ears of the upper belt 48 and the lower belt 49, annular belt guide ribs 62, 63 are provided, and the annular ribs 62, 63 are provided on the rolls 60, 61. 65 and upper and lower belts 48, 4
9 is prevented from rolling.

The upper and lower belts 48, 49 are
By using one of the lower roll 61 and one of the lower rolls 61 as a drive roll, the sheet is intermittently fed. The upper and lower belts 48 and 49 and the bar pusher 66 as the intermittent transfer means of the identification booklet 11 are operated intermittently substantially in synchronization with each other.

Between the facing surfaces of the upper and lower belts 48, 49,
A booklet transfer means for intermittently transferring the booklet for identification while intervening is provided.

Although not shown, the back cover 1 of the identification booklet 11 is moved by the cooling press board 46 through the upper belt 48.
9, the surface of the cover 18 adjacent to the spine 40 of the identification booklet 11 via the lower belt 49, that is, the area along the sewing machine binding portion 4 is cooled by the pressure receiving plate 47 through the lower belt 49. A binding margin cooling plate for cooling the binding margin 8 of the protective film 6 from the side opposite to the board 46 can be provided.

Accordingly, the binding margin cooling plate is a cooling press plate 4
6, a region along the sewing machine binding portion 4 of the identification booklet 11, that is, an extended region of the binding margin 8 is sandwiched from above and below the identification booklet 11 and subjected to a cooling press.

In order to perform this cooling press, the bar pusher 66 is connected to the land entrance 38 or the sky entrance 3 of the identification booklet 11.
9 is transferred while being pressed.

That is, in the identification booklet, the top edge 39 and the ground edge 38 extend in the direction orthogonal to the feed direction of the identification booklet 11, and the back 40 and the front edge 41 extend in the feed direction. The bar is pushed by the bar pusher 66 in the posture and is intermittently transported, and is pressurized and cooled by the cooling press device B.

The structure of the bar pusher 66 and its suspension structure are the same as those of the heat press A described above.
Therefore, the configuration of the bar pusher 66 in the cooling press device B is described in paragraph 0047 in the description of the heat press device A.
The description from to 0059 is cited. In this case, the pulley 45 is read as 67, the timing belt 44 as 68, the recesses 42 and 43 as 69 and 70, the lower roll 31 as 61, and the lower belt 15 as 49.

When the identification booklet 11 is pressed by the bar pusher 36 in the closed state, the upper and lower belts 1 are pressed.
Intermittently transported while intervening between 4, 15
When the bar pushers 36 and 4 and 15 are stopped, the heat press platen 12 is lowered to perform heat press with the pressure receiving plate 13.

The heat press plate 12 and the pressure receiving plate 13 are long enough to press a plurality of identification booklets 11 at a time, and each identification booklet 11 passes between the heat press plate 12 and the pressure receiving plate 13. Meanwhile, hot pressing and opening are repeatedly applied.

As a result, the protective film is firmly stuck to the personal data recording surface 5, and at the same time, the binding margin 8 is provided between the heat press plate 12 and the binding margin heating plate 37 in the area along the throat of the data sheet 1. Heat bonded.

The binding margin heating hot platen 37 is for ensuring the adhesion of the binding margin 8 reliably, and without the heating platen 37 provided, the heat of the heat press platen 12 alone is used to bond the binding margin 8. Is included.

A plurality of units of the heat press device A are connected in series, and the cooling press device B is provided at the unloading end side of the heat press device A at the subsequent stage.

The identification booklet 11 carried out from the carry-out end of the heat press apparatus A is pressed by the bar pusher 66 while maintaining the closed state, and the upper and lower belts 4 are pressed.
It is intermittently transported while intervening between 8, 49, and the upper and lower belts 4
The cooling press board 46 is lowered when the bar pushers 66 are stopped at positions 8 and 49, and the cooling press is applied to the pressure receiving board 47.

The cooling press plate 46 and the pressure receiving plate 47 have a length capable of pressing a plurality of identification booklets 11 at one time.
Each identification booklet 11 includes a cooling press plate 46 and a pressure receiving plate 47.
During the passage, the cooling press and opening are repeatedly applied.

As a result, the protective film 6 thermally bonded to the personal data recording surface 5 and the bonded surface are cooled and solidified in the pressed state, and at the same time, the throat of the data sheet 1 is placed between the cooling press plate 46 and the pressure receiving plate 47. The binding margin 8 and the bonding surface that are thermally bonded to the region along the line are encouraged to cool and solidify in the pressed state.

As a result, the entire identification booklet 11 can be flattened, and sound bonding of the protective film 6 can be performed.

[0078]

According to the present invention, there is provided a belt for transferring a booklet, a pair of timing belts running in parallel along the left and right outer sides of the belt is suspended, and a plurality of bar pushers are suspended between the two timing belts. By punching and forming from a sheet material thinner than the booklet, the punched plate surface is overlapped with the belt, and the bar thicker at the front edge of each bar pusher is arranged so as to press the lower part of the rear end surface of the booklet,
Each booklet can be transported between the bar pushers while maintaining an appropriate posture and spacing, and interference of the bar pushers in the thickness direction of the booklet can be prevented. Recesses provided at the rear edge and the front edge of the bar pusher receive the rear end (ground edge) and the front end (top edge) of the booklet and regulate the position by the inner wall surface. This effectively prevents tilting during transfer of the booklet.

Further, by accepting the rear end of the booklet in the recess provided on the plate thickness surface at the front edge of each bar pusher and regulating the position by the inner wall surface, the inclination and side slip during the transfer of the booklet are more effectively achieved. Can be prevented.

[0080]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing an identification booklet, which is a booklet transferred by a transfer device according to the present invention, partially cut away;
B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a part S viewed from an arrow A in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a side view of an apparatus for attaching a protective film to a personal data recording surface of an identification booklet.

FIG. 3A is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a heat press device that constitutes the above device, as viewed from the side, and FIG.

FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view of a heat press device that constitutes the above-described device as viewed from the front, and FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the booklet transfer device.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the heat press board in a plan view.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the cooling press board in a plan view.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the booklet transfer device, showing a state in which a booklet is transferred between adjacent bar pushers at the front and rear stages.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Data sheet 2 Visa sheet 3 Cover 4 Sewing machine binding part 5 Personal data recording surface 6 Protective film 7 Overhanging part 8 Binding margin 11 Identification booklet 12 Heat press board 13, 47 Pressure receiving board 14, 48 Upper belt 15, 49 Lower belt 18 Front cover 19 Back cover 20,50 Pressing surface 21,51 Pressure receiving surface 22 Bar heater 23,53 Upper base 24,54 Cushion spring 25,55 Hanging rod 26,56 Nut 27,57 Link 28,58 Air cylinder 29,59 Lower Base 30, 60 Upper roll 31, 61 Lower roll 32, 33 Rib 62, 63 Rib 34, 35 Annular groove 64, 65 Annular groove 36, 66 Bar pusher 37 Heating plate for binding allowance 38 Ground edge 39 Top edge 40 Back 41 Front foreground 42,43 recess 69,70 recess 44,68 timing bell G 45, 67 Pulley 46 Cooling press board

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A belt for transferring a booklet, a pair of timing belts running in parallel along the left and right outer sides of the belt, and a pair of timing belts extending between the timing belts in a direction perpendicular to the booklet transfer direction; A plurality of bar pushers arranged side by side at intervals in the transfer direction are bridged, the respective bar pushers are overlapped on the belt, and the front edge of each bar pusher is arranged so as to press the lower portion of the rear end face of the booklet. the same booklet rear accept the trailing end of the booklet to the leading edge above each bar pusher
The pusher has a recess to prevent it from tilting, and accepts the front end of the booklet at the rear edge of the pusher to regulate the front end of the booklet.
A booklet transfer device having a recess for preventing inclination .