JP3299301B2 - Page turning device for booklets - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a page turning apparatus for turning pages of a booklet, which is used in an apparatus for performing printing, magnetic writing and the like on a booklet such as a passbook issued by a bank or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A page turning operation by a machine is usually performed as follows. First, the booklet is bent in an inverted U shape.
Next, the page turning roller is pressed and rotated on the warped booklet, and sheets to be turned are flipped up one by one onto the page turning roller. Thereafter, the booklet or the page turning roller is moved to move the flipped-up sheet to the opposite page. The page turning is performed in this manner. At this time, in order to perform a reliable page turning operation, the position where the page turning roller is pressed against the booklet and the degree of the booklet warpage are very important. JP-A-62-2159
FIG. 10 shows a prior-art page turning apparatus described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-1995. In this prior art, a push-up lever 102 for pushing up and warping a booklet and a page turning roller 104 are provided integrally.
4 is rotated so that the paper sheet is wound.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, the supporting member of the swinging page turning roller and the turning fulcrum of the push-up swing lever for bending the booklet are common. The swinging lever pushes up and warps the passbook less than the swinging amount of. On the other hand, in the case of a booklet made of strongly stiff paper, it may not be possible to turn up well unless it is warped more strongly than a normal booklet.
Therefore, in order to turn a sheet with a strong stiffness, it is necessary to increase the amount of pushing up the booklet in order to strongly warp the sheet. In order to increase the push-up amount of the booklet in the above prior art, it is necessary to increase the shoulder length of the swing lever or to increase the rotation angle of the swing lever using a solenoid having a large stroke. The use of such a swing lever having a long shoulder width or a solenoid having a large stroke, and an increase in the rotation angle of the swing lever have a problem in that the miniaturization of the apparatus is hindered. In addition, the size of the passbook and the number of pages are different for each bank, and the paper quality of the cover and the inner paper of the passbook is different.
There has been a demand for a page turning apparatus that can easily set page turning conditions in accordance with the characteristics of passbooks and paper sheets. Further, a high-speed page turning apparatus capable of continuous page turning has been desired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and has as its object to provide a small-sized page turning apparatus which can strongly warp a strongly stiff paper sheet and has few turning defects. I do. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a page turning apparatus capable of turning pages of paper having slightly different stiffness, easily setting page turning conditions in accordance with the characteristics of the paper, and further capable of continuously turning inside sheets. Aim.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a control shaft rotated within a certain angle by a stepping motor, and a turning roller rotatably supported at one end, and the other end fixed to the control shaft. A turning roller supporting member that swings by rotation of the control shaft, a cam member fixed to the control shaft and rotating with the control shaft, and a guide cam member that moves horizontally, and the cam that engages with the cam member and A booklet lifting member that is driven vertically according to the rotation angle of the member, and a guide member that rotates in contact with the guide cam member are provided. The swing angle of the page turning roller and the amount of vertical movement of the booklet lifting member according to the rotation angle of the control shaft. The above object is achieved by controlling the amount of rotation of the guide member.

[0006]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4. FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a page turning mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 and 4 are schematic side views of one embodiment of the present invention for sequentially explaining the turning operation of the inner sheet of the passbook.

[0007] A support mechanism and a rotation mechanism of the page turning roller 20 will be described. 1 and 2, reference numeral 20 denotes a turning roller which is fixed to the rotating shaft 16. The shaft 16 penetrates a bearing 31 at one end of the turning roller support member 30, and a pulley 17 is screwed to a tip of the shaft. A belt 18 is hung on the pulley 17, and the belt 18 further
9 is hung on a small gear (not shown) provided integrally with the gear 9. The gear 19 is rotatably mounted on the control shaft 40, and is rotated by a turning roller rotating stepping motor (not shown). Accordingly, the rotation of the motor is transmitted to the turning roller 20 via the gear 19, the pulley 17, and the shaft 16. The bearing portion 32 at the other end of the support member 30 is screwed to the control shaft 40, and the support member 30
Rotates integrally with the control shaft 40. The control shaft 40 is rotatably supported by bearings 34 and 36 fixed to the side plates 33 and 35, and a turn control gear 81 is screwed to the other end of the shaft 40. The gear 81 meshes with a gear 85 of the stepping motor 80, and the control shaft 40 is rotated within a certain angle by the stepping motor 80.
The driving of the motor 80 is controlled by the page turning control means 2 (FIG. 1).

A mechanism for pushing up the push-up bar 60 will be described.
The passbook push-up bar 60 is inserted into a gap 54 between the cam side plates 52a and 52b of the cam 50 and the connection shafts 53a and 53b.
A hub 55 is fixed to the cam side plate 52b. Hub 5
5, the hole 56 of the cam side plate 52a and the long hole 6 of the push-up rod 60
3, the control shaft 40 penetrates, the hub 55 is screwed to the control shaft 40, and the cam 50 rotates with the rotation of the control shaft 40. The rotation of the cam 50 causes the flange 64 of the push-up bar 60 to move.
3B is engaged with the outer peripheral portion of the connection shaft 53, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the push-up bar 60 moves up and down. Push-up bar 6
A guide hole 65 is provided on the opposite side of the flange 64 with respect to the long hole 63, and the guide shaft 22 that rotatably connects the guide plates 24 and 25 passes through the hole 65. Therefore, the push-up bar 60
Indicates that the control shaft 40 and the guide shaft 22
The guidebook 24, 25 is moved up and down between the gaps 28 of the guide plates 24, 25, and the passbook is pushed and bent.

The rotation mechanism of the guide plates 24 and 25 will be described. Guide cam 70 for controlling rotation of guide plates 24 and 25
The shaft 78 passed through the cut and bent portions 43 and 44 raised from the base plate 42 is inserted into the round hole 72, and the control shaft 40 is inserted into the guide hole 71 of the guide cam 70. The cam 70 is slidably supported vertically and horizontally with respect to the base 42. The arm plate 57 fixed to the hub 55 of the cam 50 is provided with a column 58. The column 58 is inserted into the elongated guide hole 73 of the guide cam 70 with play. The rotation of the cam 50 causes the column 58 to rotate, and the rotation of the column 58 is controlled by the guide holes 73 through the guide cam 7.
0, and the guide cam 70 reciprocates the shaft 78 in the horizontal direction. The upper surface 74 of the guide cam 70 is composed of a horizontal portion 77 and inclined portions 75 and 76.
Are projections 26, 27 provided on the bottom surfaces of the guide plates 24, 25.
And as shown in FIG. 3 (A), are slidably provided in contact with each other. The guide cam 70 moves in the horizontal direction via the cam 50 by the rotation of the control shaft 40, and the protrusion 26 or 27
Of the upper surface 74 of the guide cam 70
When the number reaches 5, the tips of the projections 26 and 27 move along the inclined surfaces 76 and 75 due to the weight of the guide plate 25 or 24, and the guide plate 25 or the guide plate 24 rotates.

Next, the forward turning operation of the inner sheet of the passbook will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, 4 and 7 and 8. FIG. 7 and 8
7 is a flowchart of one embodiment of the present invention for sequentially explaining the operation of turning the inner sheet of the passbook.

When a passbook is inserted from an insertion slot in a state where the passbook is opened in order to print a usage statement of a deposit or cash withdrawal on the passbook or the like, the passbook is conveyed and the account number is obtained from a magnetic stripe printed on the back of the passbook. , A printed page (L) and a printed line are read (S1). The letter S and the number in parentheses indicate the number of steps. Further, the page mark printed on the inner sheet is read, and the number of opened pages (M) is detected (S2). When page turning control means 2 inputs page turning instruction information and page data,
The number of turned pages (m) is calculated and stored in the data page turning data storage unit 3 (S3). The passbook 1 in the opened state is conveyed by the conveying means on the conveying path 4. When the passbook 1 traverses the optical path of the passbook detection sensor 51 of the passbook detecting means 5, the conveying roller driving means 6 is driven. And is set at the inside-paper-turning position as shown in FIG. 3A (S4). In the case of turning the inner paper, the end of the passbook on the side to be turned is on the lower guide plate 9. The transport distance is determined by the number of steps of a stepping motor (not shown) linked to the passbook detecting means 5.

When the passbook 1 is set at the turning position of the inner sheet, the stepping motor 8 of the turning support member driving means 7 is turned on.
0 is driven, and the page turning roller supporting member 30 rotates counterclockwise from the vertical position by an initial setting angle A1 (for example, 25 °) (S5). When the support member 30 rotates, as shown in FIG. 3B, the connection shaft 53a of the cam 50
The push-up rod 60 rotates while hitting the bottom surface 66 of 4
Moves up and pushes and bends the passbook 1. When the support member 30 rotates, the support column 58 of the cam 50 also rotates, the guide cam 70 moves horizontally in the direction of arrow R, and the protrusion 27 of the left guide plate 25 moves from the horizontal portion 77 to the inclined portion 75. Rotate down. In turning the inner sheet, the passbook 1 is set so that the end of the passbook rides on the lower guide plate 9 and the rotation angle of the support member 30 is reduced so that the passbook 1 and the left guide plate 25 are separated from each other. This prevents an extra turning force from being applied and prevents a plurality of sheets from being turned up. When the support member 30 is tilted by a predetermined angle and the passbook 1 is warped by the push-up bar 60, the page turning roller driving means 8 is activated, and the page turning roller 20 starts rotating counterclockwise (S6).

When the turning roller 20 starts rotating counterclockwise (S6), the turning time control means 12 turns the turning time (ta).
) Is started (S7). At the same time, the page turning time control means 12 compares the page turning time (ta) with the page turning time limit (T1) stored in the page turning data storage unit 3 (S8). As a result of the comparison, if the inner sheet 100 is not wound up to a position where the inner sheet 100 interrupts the optical path of the sensor 11 and the measurement time (ta) exceeds the time limit (T1), the turning roller 2
0 is stopped (S9), and the support member 30 is rotated clockwise to return to the initial vertical position (S10). at the same time,
The number n of winding failures is updated (S11). If the number n of winding failures is 5 or less (S12), the rotation angle of the page turning roller support member 30 is corrected to a predetermined angle An according to the number n of failures (S13), and the inner paper turning is repeated (S13). S
6-S13). If the number of winding failures exceeds 5, the passbook is ejected from the outlet of the apparatus as an abnormal passbook (S14).

When the leading end of the wound inner sheet 100 of the first page interrupts the optical path of the sensor 11 of the winding detecting means 10 (S
15) The page turning time (t1) is measured (S7) and stored in the page turning data storage unit 3 (S16). The winding time (t1) is used as basic data for turning a plurality of pages.
At the same time as the wound leading end of the inner sheet 100 blocks the optical path of the sensor 11, the winding detection unit 10 stops the rotation of the page turning roller 20 (S17). When the rotation of the page turning roller 20 stops, the support member 30 is rotated clockwise and returns to the initial vertical position (S18). When the inner sheet 100 is wound up to the height of the optical path of the sensor 11 and the support member 30 is rotated clockwise to return to the initial vertical position, as shown in FIG. Fig. 3
As shown in (C), it is further raised and becomes more easily turned. When the page turning roller 20 makes one rotation (S19), as shown in FIG. 4D, the inner sheet 100 is flipped up, and the page turning over the page turning roller 20 is completed. The value N of the number of pages turned is updated and stored (S20).

The page turning control means 2 compares the number of pages to be turned m with the number of pages to be turned N (S21), and if the required number of pages has not been turned, a plurality of continuous pages are turned. The rotation angle of the support member 30 is corrected to the rotation angle (CN) of the support member 30 corresponding to the number N of turns, and the support member 30 is rotated counterclockwise as shown in FIG. Rotation angle (CN
) Indicates that when winding without defective winding, CN = A1 = (2
5 °), CN = An in the case of winding with n times of poor winding. These rotation angles include a rotation angle corresponding to the increase in the number of pages N (a degree every several pages, for example, one every three pages).
°) is added.

Stepping of the turning support member driving means 7
The motor 80 is driven, and the page turning roller support member 30 rotates counterclockwise from the vertical position by an angle (CN) (S22).
When the support member 30 is inclined at a predetermined angle (CN) and the passbook 1 is warped by the push-up bar 60, the page turning drive unit 8 is activated, and the page turning roller 20 is turned counterclockwise at the page turning time (t1) of the first page. It rotates counterclockwise for the corresponding time (S23). When the rotation of the page turning roller 20 is completed, the support member 30 reversely rotates in the vertical axis direction and returns to an angle (about 12 °) that is a half of the rotated angle (the vertical position and the current angle of the support member 30) (S).
24). When the support member 30 rotates clockwise and reaches a predetermined position indicated by the two-dot left line (see FIG. 4E), the inner paper 1
01 is further wound up. The page turning roller 20 rotates 3/4 clockwise (S25), the inner sheet 101 is flipped up, and the turning of the second page over the page turning roller 20 is completed. When the turning of the second page is completed, the value N of the number of turned pages is updated and stored (S26). The same procedure is repeated until a predetermined number m is turned (S21-S26).

When the winding of the required number of pages m is completed, FIG.
As shown in (F), the support member 30 rotates clockwise and returns to the vertical position. The passbook 1 is sent out from the page turning section while the transport rollers 61 and 62 rotate and open the turned inner sheet. Data such as the number of turns m, the number of times of turning failure n and the turning time (t1) of the first page in the turning data storage unit 3 are cleared (S27).

The page mark of the opened passbook is read by a mark reader (not shown) arranged in the transport path (S).
28) The number of pages read (Q) is compared with the specified number of pages (L) (S29). If the page is correctly turned, the passbook 1 is transferred to the next printing process or the like (S30). .
If the page has been turned too much, it is returned to the page turning section for reverse page turning processing (S31). Also, in the case of insufficient page turning, the page is returned to the page turning section, and a new normal page turning process is performed (S3).
2).

The reverse turning operation of the inner sheet of the passbook will be described. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a schematic side view for explaining the reverse turning operation of the inner sheet of the passbook. As is apparent from FIG. 5, in the reverse turning operation, in the forward turning operation, the rollers for holding the passbook 1 in the opened state are the conveying roller 61 and the turning roller supporting member 30 are rotated clockwise (rotation angles are substantially the same). The operation is the same as the normal turning operation except that the rotation of the turning roller 20 is clockwise, and the right guide plate 24 is rotated because the guide cam 70 moves horizontally in the direction of the arrow L. Therefore, a detailed description of the operation is omitted.

Next, the normal turning operation of the cover of the passbook will be described. FIG. 6 is a schematic side view for explaining the normal turning operation of the front cover of the passbook. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for sequentially explaining the normal turning operation of the front cover of the passbook.

The new passbook is printed with a name and an account number on the surface of the passbook stored in a closed state in a passbook storage box of a passbook issuing machine or the like, and after turning over the cover, the date and time are printed on the detail line.
The deposit, payment, balance, etc. are printed and issued. When the new passbook issuance instruction command is received, the transport means transports the passbook from the storage box to the page turning section with the passbook closed. The passbook 1 in the closed state is conveyed in the conveyance path 4 by the conveyance means. When the passbook 1 crosses the optical path of the passbook detection sensor 51 of the passbook detection means 5, the conveyance roller driving means 6 is driven. The sheet is conveyed by a predetermined distance, and is set at the cover-turning position as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
1). In the turning of the cover, the leading end of the passbook does not catch on the lower guide plate 9 unlike the turning of the inner sheet. The transport distance is determined by the number of steps of a stepping motor (not shown) linked to the passbook detecting means 5.

When the passbook 1 is set at the cover turning position,
The stepping motor 80 of the page turning support member driving means 7 is driven, and the page turning roller supporting member 30 rotates counterclockwise from the vertical position by an initial setting angle B1 (for example, 35 °) (S).
42). For the cover of the passbook, a stiff paper that is harder to bend than the middle paper is used. Therefore, in the case of turning the cover, it is necessary to bend and turn the passbook stronger than the inner sheet, and the rotation angle of the support member 30 is set to an angle B1 larger than the angle A1 of the inner sheet. When the support member 30 rotates, the connection shaft 53a of the cam 50 pushes up the bottom surface 66 of the flange 64 of the push-up bar 60, and the push-up bar 60 moves upward to bend the bankbook 1, as in the case of turning the inner sheet. In addition, by the rotation of the support member 30,
The guide cam 70 moves horizontally in the direction of arrow R, and the left guide plate 2
The left guide plate 25 rotates downward because the projection 27 of 5 moves from the horizontal portion 77 to the inclined portion 75. Since the front end of the passbook 1 is set so as not to hang on the lower guide plate 9, the passbook 1
Are turned by guide rollers 20, guide plates 9, 25, 2
4 and pushed up by a push-up bar 60 that protrudes higher in proportion to the rotation angle of the support member 30, and as shown in FIG. 6A, the passbook 1 is greatly bent. The cover 90 comes into contact with the page turning roller 20 by its repulsive force, and since the direction of winding up by the page turning roller 20 and the bending direction of the passbook 1 are almost the same, the cover 90 is easily rolled up.

When the passbook is pushed and bent in a predetermined state and the page turning roller 20 starts to rotate counterclockwise (S43), the page turning time control means 12 starts measuring the cover page turning time (tb) (Tb). S44). At the same time, turning time control means 12
Compares the turning time (tb) with the cover turning time (T2) stored in the page turning data storage unit 3 (S4).
5). The turning time control unit 12 determines the comparison result (S4
5) If the cover 90 is not wound up to the position where it interrupts the optical path of the sensor 11 and the turn-over time (tb) exceeds the time limit (T2), the rotation of the turn-up roller 20 is stopped (S46) and the support member 30 is removed. Rotate clockwise to return to the initial vertical position (S47). At the same time, the number p of defective windings is updated (S48). If the number p of cover cover failures is 5 or less (S49), the rotation angle of the page turning roller support member 30 is corrected to an angle Bp predetermined according to the number p of failures (S49).
50). The page turning control means 2 repeats page turning at the correction angle (S43-S50). If the number of winding failures exceeds 5, the passbook is ejected from the outlet of the apparatus as a passbook error (S51).

When the front end of the wound cover 90 blocks the optical path of the sensor 11 of the winding detecting means 10 (S52), the winding detecting means 10 simultaneously stops the rotation of the turning roller 20 (S53). When the rotation of the page turning roller 20 stops,
The support member 30 rotates clockwise and returns to the initial vertical position (S54). When the cover 90 is wound up to the height of the optical path of the sensor 11 and the support member 30 rotates clockwise and returns to the initial vertical position, the wound end of the cover 90 is further raised and turned up. It will be easier. When the page turning roller 20 makes one clockwise rotation (S55), FIG.
As shown in (B), the cover 90 is flipped up and goes over the page turning roller 20. When the cover 90 passes over the page turning roller 20, the transport rollers 61 and 62 rotate, and the passbook 1 is sent out from the page turning section while opening the turned cover. The data such as the number p of page cover failures in the page data storage means 3 is cleared (S56). In order to confirm whether the cover has been turned, the length of the opened passbook is measured by a length measuring means (not shown) arranged in the transport path (S57).
If the measured length is equal to the correctly turned length (S58), when it is determined that the cover turning has been completed,
The passbook 1 is transferred to the next printing process or the like (S59). If they are not equal, it is determined that the cover is not turned up or abnormal, and the passbook is discharged from the outlet of the apparatus (S6).
0). If the inner sheet is turned together with the cover, the page mark printed on the inner sheet is taken by a page mark reader (not shown), and the passbook is turned by the page turning unit for the reverse turning operation of the inner sheet. Is returned to.

As described above, in the present invention,
The support member for supporting the page turning roller and the lifting means for pressing and bending the booklet have different motion systems of rotational movement and linear (up and down) movement. Because it was configured to bend greatly,
It is now possible to turn the cover of a strong passbook. In addition, by using different motion systems for the supporting member and the lifting means, the size of the apparatus can be reduced. In addition, the passbook guide plate is rotatable, and the end of the bent part of the passbook can be lowered below the top surface of the passbook guide plate when winding up the strong cover, so that the cover of the strong passbook is stabilized. It is possible to turn over. Further, when a passbook cover or a middle sheet is detected to be wound up, the rotation angle of the support means is automatically changed to a predetermined rotation angle and re-turned several times, so that a slight difference due to a lot difference or the like is caused. It is possible to turn over different paper qualities. In the case of passbooks with considerably different strengths, it is now possible to easily cope with them only by changing the initial setting conditions for turning pages. When turning a plurality of inner sheets, the strength of the inner sheet is related to the turning time of the sheet of the first page to a certain height, and is determined for each number of sheets based on the obtained turning time. By performing the winding in a short time, a stable high-speed continuous turning of the middle paper can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a book page turning apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a page turning mechanism of the page turning apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view for sequentially explaining the normal turning operation of the inner sheet of the passbook.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view for sequentially explaining the normal turning operation of the inner sheet of the passbook.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view for explaining the reverse turning operation of the inner sheet of the passbook.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view for explaining the normal turning operation of the front cover of the passbook.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for sequentially explaining the normal turning operation of the inner sheet of the passbook.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for sequentially explaining the normal turning operation of the inner sheet of the passbook.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for sequentially explaining the normal turning operation of the front cover of the passbook.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a main part of a booklet warpage mechanism of a conventional booklet page turning apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 passbook 2 page turning control means 3 page turning data storage unit 4 transport path 5 passbook detecting means 6 transport roller driving means 7 page turning support member driving means 8 page turning driving means 9 lower guide plate 10 winding detecting means 11 sensor 12 page turning time Control means 20 page turning roller 30 page turning roller support member 40 page turning control shaft 50 cam 51 passbook detection sensor 53 connection shaft 60 passbook push-up bar 61 transfer roller 62 transfer roller 66 bottom surface 70 guide cam 75 inclined portion 77 horizontal portion 90 cover 100 inner sheet

Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Takeshi Haraguchi 1-10-1 Koiso, Oiso-cho, Naka-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture NRC Japan Ltd. Oiso Development & Manufacturing Division (56) References JP-A-60-79998 ( JP, A) JP-A 1-125675 (JP, U) JP 6-98855 (JP, B2) JP 7-12039 (JP, Y2) (58) Fields surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , (DB name) B42D 9/04

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A control shaft rotated within a certain angle by a stepping motor, and a turning roller is rotatably supported at one end, and the other end is fixed to the control shaft and swings by rotation of the control shaft. A pager roller supporting member, a cam member fixed to the control shaft and rotating with the control shaft, a booklet lifting member engaged with the cam member and driven vertically according to the rotation angle of the cam member. A book turning device for controlling a swing angle of a page turning roller and a vertical movement amount of a book book lifting member according to a rotation angle of a control shaft.