JP3368919B2 - Collating device - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collating apparatus, and more particularly, to a method of transporting a plurality of collating transport means from a plurality of collating transport means.
The present invention relates to a collating apparatus for combining collated objects such as a form and a flyer to be supplied into a merging section provided at a position independent of a path, for each group at the merging section. 2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional collating apparatus in which collated objects are superimposed on each group and collated, each collated object is not damaged during collation. It is necessary to take the timing of the supply of the collated products, but conventionally, generally, the transfer speed of the collated object in each collating device is controlled to take the timing. [0003] Therefore, conventionally, the control is complicated, and accurate control requires high-precision control means, which must be expensive. There was an inconvenience. An object of the present invention is to provide a collating apparatus that solves such a disadvantage. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object , a collating apparatus according to the present invention preliminarily collates a desired number of collated objects supplied at a predetermined position on a conveying path. be cooperative with each other to have a conveying means for circulating movement for conveying and
A plurality of collating transport means operating without , and other collated articles to be collated with each other of the pre-collated collated articles transported by the respective transport means of these collating transport means , Each collation
When the conveyance means is not conveyed to the junction provided at a position independent of the conveyance path of the conveyance means, the conveyance means is stopped, and at the timing when the other objects to be collated are overlapped at the junction. In some cases, the apparatus comprises timing control means for controlling the release of the stop state, and unloading means for unloading the collated items that have been superimposed at the merging section and have finally been collated. The timing of the final collation is controlled by stopping the conveyance by the conveying means when the other objects to be collated are not superimposed at the junction. When the alignment is possible, it is performed by releasing the stopped state of the transporting means, so that it is not necessary to link and control each collating transporting means for performing preliminary collation, and the timing control is easy. Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing a collating device and a packaging device connected to the subsequent stage, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system, and FIG. 3 schematically shows a collating operation and a packaging operation. FIG. 4 is a perspective view, and FIG. 4 is an end view showing a supply guide of the conveying means. As shown in FIG. 1, the collating apparatus operates without connecting the first collating apparatus 1 and the second collating apparatus 2 to each other.
It is equipped with two collating and conveying means for performing preliminary collating . The first collating device 1 has five types of continuous forms 3a, 3
b, 3c, 3d, and 3e (see FIG. 3) are singulated to form unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e, and five cutting devices 5a, 5b, and 5 that discharge at predetermined timing.
5c, 5d, and 5e. Each of these cutting devices 5
Although not shown, the a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e are provided with an optical reading device such as an OCR, and form numbers displayed for each of the unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e. (Not shown), and each unit form 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e with the same form number is discharged as a set. In addition,
Although not shown, the address of the collated object is displayed on the surface of the unit form 4e, and the unit form 4e is collated so as to be at the highest position, and a set of addresses addressed to a specific person is set. It becomes a collation. Further, each of the cutting devices 5a, 5b, 5c, 5
A mounting section (not shown) sectioned and formed by transport claws (not shown, refer to the transport claws 22 of the transport belt 8 described later) along d and 5e, and the cutting device 5a to the cutting device A transport belt 6 serving as a transport unit that intermittently circulates at a predetermined timing in the direction 5e is disposed.
Above the conveyor belt 6, the cutting devices 5a, 5
b, 5c, 5d, 5e, each unit form 4a,
4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e, and performs a one-way reciprocating swing operation at a predetermined timing downward, and the received unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e are positioned immediately below. Supply units 7 a, 7 b, 7 c, 7 each having a pair of rocking plates to be dropped onto the mounting unit of the conveyor belt 6.
d, 7e are provided. Although not shown, each of the supply units 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e is provided with a sensor for detecting an operation of dropping the unit form 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e. In accordance with the intermittent movement of the conveyor belt 6, the supply units 7a, 7b, 7c, 7
From d and 7e, a predetermined number of each unit form 4a, 4b, 4c,
4d and 4e are configured to be dropped and supplied, sequentially superimposed, and preliminarily collated. Here, each supply unit 7
The number of unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e supplied from a, 7b, 7c, 7d, and 7e is based on data previously input to the control unit 21 shown in FIG. In some cases, it may be zero except for the unit form 4e. As shown in FIG. 1, the unit belts 4 a, 4 b, 4 c, 4 d, and 4 e with the conveyance direction set at a right angle to the discharge end of the conveyor belt 6 are slightly shifted from the discharge end. A pair of receiving plates 15 of the merging section 9 provided at a lower position
A transport belt 8 is disposed, which is a transport unit that is intermittently circulated and moved at a predetermined timing, and is transported onto the upper and lower portions 15a and 15b. On the conveying surface of the conveying belt 8, conveying claws 22 for partitioning and forming the mounting portion are protruded at equal intervals. Although not shown, the discharge ends of the conveyor belt 8 are provided with the unit sheets 4a, 4b, 4c, 4
A sensor for detecting the presence of d and 4e is provided. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the second collating device 2 comprises seven types of flyers 10a, 10b, 10c,
Seven supply devices 11a, 11b, 11 for supplying 10d, 10e, 10f, 10g downward at a predetermined timing.
c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g, and these supply devices 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11
f, 11g, below the leaflets 10a, 10b, 1
Transport claws (not shown) to receive 0c, 10d, 10e, 10f, and 10g (see transport claws 22 of transport belt 8)
A transport belt 12 is disposed, which is a transport unit that has a placement section (not shown) partitioned by a predetermined distance and intermittently circulates at a predetermined timing from the supply device 10a toward the supply device 10g. I have. In accordance with the intermittent movement of the conveyor belt 12, a predetermined number of flyers 10
a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, 10g
Are supplied from the supply device 11a side to the mounting portion in that order, and are overlapped and collated, and are conveyed onto the mounting belt 14 of the merging portion 9 provided at a position lower than the discharge end. ing. In addition, each supply device 11a, 11b,
Each leaflet 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, supplied from 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g,
The number of sheets 10f and 10g is based on data input to the control unit 21 in advance, and may be zero. The discharge end of the conveyor belt 12 is
4 and a slightly higher position with respect to the mounting belt 14 of the merging section 9 and, as is apparent from FIG. 4, a pair of guide plates 13a, 1 provided on both sides thereof.
3b is configured to be inclined so as to curve upward. By means of the inclined guide plates 13a, 13b, the collated flyers 10a,
10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, 10g are:
Both ends are curved upward, so that the merging section 9 can be discharged straight to the mounting belt 14 without swaying left and right. The merging section 9 is a unit form 4 that has been preliminarily collated by the first collating device 1 and the second collating device 2 respectively.
a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e and flyers 10a, 10b,
10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, and 10g are further overlapped to perform final collation, and intermittently circulate at predetermined timing in the same direction as the transport belt 12, as shown in FIG. The mounting belt 14 is provided. The leaflets 10a, 10
b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, and 10g are discharged from the conveyor belt 12, and above the mounting belt 14, the unit form 4 discharged from the conveyor belt 8 is disposed.
After receiving and aligning a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e, receiving plates 15a,
15b are provided. The receiving plates 15a and 15b have elasticity, and are housed in the housings 16a and 16b in a wound state so as to freely protrude, and are normally in a protruding state (the state shown in FIG. 1).
, While receiving the unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e, when it enters the entry state, the storage units 16a, 16
b, the unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e
Are arranged so that one end thereof is abutted and then dropped. Although not shown, the receiving plate 1
The unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4 on 5a, 15b
d, 4e, and the leaflets 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, 1 on the placement belt 14.
Sensors for detecting the presence of 0 g are provided. As is apparent from FIG. 1, a transfer belt 17 serving as a discharging means is provided following the placement belt 14, and the transfer belt 17 intermittently circulates in the same direction as the placement belt 14 at a predetermined timing. It is configured to move. The unit belts 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e and the leaflets 10a, 10
The b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, and 10g are led to a so-called L-shaped packaging device 18, inserted between two sheets of synthetic resin sheets each having an open side, and the openings are thermocompression-bonded. It is configured to be wrapped and discharged by the discharge roller 19. In addition, each belt 6 mentioned above
The control including the timing of the intermittent circulation movement of 8, 12, and 17 is all performed by the control unit 21 shown in FIG. Next, a collating operation by the above-described device will be described. Each cutting device 5a, 5b of the first collating device 1,
As shown in FIG. 3, 5c, 5d, 5e are continuous forms 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d,
3e, the unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d,
4e, and singulated into supply units 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d,
7e (see FIG. 1). Subsequently, the transport belt 6 is driven once, and each mounting unit is configured to supply each of the supply units 7a, 7b, 7c,
It moves by a predetermined distance so as to correspond directly below 7d and 7e. At this time, when unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d to be superimposed exist on each of the placement units that have been moved except for the supply unit 7a, the corresponding pair of swing plates are opened downward and the supply units 7b, Each unit form 4b, 4c, 4 on 7c, 7d, 7e
d and 4e fall on the mounting portion of the conveyor belt 6. Therefore, normally, at the start of the operation, the unit form 4a is supplied to the mounting portion of the conveyor belt 6 only from the supply section 7a, and then the supply section 7a and the supply section 7 are supplied.
b, the supply units 7a and 7 performing the supply operation sequentially.
b, 7c, 7d, 7e increase one by one. When the drop supply operation of each unit form 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e is detected from the movement of each of the supply units 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e, each of the cutting devices 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e.
Is divided into the unit sheets 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e to be the next set in the continuous forms 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, and 3e, and is sent to the supply units 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, and 7e. I do. The carry-out belt 6 is driven once again, and the unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d to be superimposed are moved immediately below the supply units 7b, 7c, 7d and 7e except for the supply unit 7a. And the supply units 7a, 7
b, 7c, 7d, 7e, each unit form 4a, 4b, 4
c, 4d, and 4e fall on the mounting portion of the conveyor belt 6. By repeating the above operation, unit form 4
a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e are overlapped by a predetermined number, preliminarily collated, sent to the conveyor belt 8, and intermittently toward the junction 9 in accordance with the transfer operation of the conveyor belt 6. Be transported. Then, when reaching the discharge end of the conveyor belt 8, the unit sheets 4a, 4
b, 4c, 4d, flyer 10a to be overlaid with 4e,
10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, 10g
Until the control unit 21 confirms that the second collating device 2 is also preliminarily collated and positioned on the placing belt 14, each operation of the first collating device 1 is stopped and enters a standby state. . On the other hand, in parallel with the operation of the first collating device 1 described above, and without being linked to each other, the second collating device 2
Is performed. That is, the flyers 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10e, and 10e to be superimposed on each of the mounting portions where the carry-out belt 12 has been driven once and moved immediately below.
When 10f exists, each of the supply devices 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, and 11g except the supply device 11a is provided.
Is a predetermined number of leaflets 10b, 10
c, 10d, 10e, 10f, and 10g are supplied to the mounting portion of the transport belt 12. Therefore, normally, at the start of the operation, the flyer 10a is supplied to the mounting portion of the transport belt 12 only from the supply device 11a, and then the supply device 11a and the supply device 11b that perform the supply operation sequentially. 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 1
1e, 11f, and 11g increase one by one. In this manner, each of the flyers 10a, 10a
The b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, and 10g are intermittently transported toward the confluence section 9 in accordance with the transport operation of the transport belt 12, and are superimposed and preliminarily collated by a predetermined number. When reaching the discharge end of the conveyor belt 12, a pair of guide plates 13a, 13
b is inclined so as to be curved upward (see FIG. 4), so that the leaflets 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e,
10f and 10g are in a state where both end portions are curved upward, are discharged straight onto the mounting belt 14 of the merging section 9 without swaying right and left, and are located immediately below the receiving plates 15a and 15b. When this operation is confirmed by the control section 21, the standby state of the first collating device 1 is released, and the collated unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e on the conveyor belt 8 are removed. It is discharged onto receiving plates 15a and 15b. Subsequently, the receiving plates 15a, 15b are in a rush state, and the unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e are aligned, and the leaflets 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10
f, 10g and the unit form 4e are overlapped in a state where they are positioned at the top, and a final collation state is obtained. Further, the collated unit forms 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e and the leaflets 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e,
10f and 10g are transfer belts 17 from the mounting belt 14.
And is guided by the transfer belt 17 to a so-called L-type packaging device 18 where the resin sheet bag 20 (see FIG. 3)
And is discharged by the discharge roller 19.
In this way, each unit form 4 to be paired is
a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e and each leaflet 10a, 10
The resin sheet bag 20 in which b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, and 10g are collated and sealed is produced. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the L-shaped packaging device 18 and the discharge roller 19 may not be provided. Further, the cutting devices 5a, 5b, 5c, 5
d, 5e and supply devices 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d,
The numbers of 11e, 11f, and 11g are not limited to 5 and 7, respectively. For example, the cutting devices 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5
e may be one, and in this case, the supply units 7a, 7b, 7
c, 7d, and 7e are also one. Further, the first collating device 1
Of course, the configuration of the second collating device 2 and the second collating device 2 are not limited to those described above. In addition, the second collating device 2 may be configured to be in a standby state with respect to the first collating device 1. it can. And the position where the transport means is stopped and waits is
It may be the junction 9 or the discharge end of each of the transporting means 8 and 12. Further, the configuration of the merging section 9 is not limited to the combination of the mounting belt 14 and the protruding receiving plates 15a and 15b. As apparent from the above description,
According to the present invention, the operations of a plurality of collating devices are performed in parallel with each other without linking each other, and in the final collating operation of these devices, the collated material from the corresponding device is merged at the junction. When it is not time to superimpose, the other transport means is controlled to be in a stopped state, so that the corresponding collation is superimposed, so that the control system is simplified and reliable operation can be performed at low cost. This has the effect that it can be realized with.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing a collating device and a packaging device connected to a subsequent stage. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system. FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing a collating operation and a packaging operation. FIG. 4 is an end view showing a supply guide of a conveying unit. [Description of Signs] 1 First collating device 2 Second collating device 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e Continuous report 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e Unit report 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e Cutting device 6 Conveyor belts 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e Supply unit 8 Conveyor belt 9 Merging units 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, 1
0g Flyers 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 1
1g Supply device 12 Conveyor belt 14 Mounting belts 15a, 15b Receiving plate 17 Transfer belt 18 L-shaped packaging device 19 Discharge roller 21 Control unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] Collating and transporting these from a plurality of collating transport means
It merging portion which is provided in a separate position from the conveying path means
A collating device for collating with the Hihinotogobutsu which respectively supplied superimposed in the joint portion, preliminarily collated to be collated of the desired number of sheets are supplied at a predetermined position of the transport path It has a conveying means for circulating movement for transporting Te ne be cooperative with each other
A plurality of collating transport means which operate properly and other collated articles to be collated with each other of the pre-collated collated articles transported by the respective transport means of the collating transport means. When the transport means is not transported to the junction, the transport unit is stopped, and when the other objects to be collated are overlapped at the junction, the timing for controlling to release the stop state is provided. A collating apparatus comprising: a control means; and a discharge means for discharging a collated product that has been superimposed at the merging section and has finally been collated.