JP4397086B2 - Photo postcard production equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing postcards with photographs that collects strip-shaped photographs wound in a reel shape on a line and affixes these strip-shaped photographs and postcards as postcards with one cut photo. .
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a device to produce a single postcard with a photo by feeding the postcard one by one along the line and pasting the back side of the photo onto the line and gluing the back side of the photo onto the line. Various types have been conventionally used. Examples of such an apparatus include those described in JP-A-2-229909 and JP-A-3-72351.
[0003]
In the postcards with photographs described in these publications, the mechanism for pasting the belt-like photographs, the transporting mechanism for the postcards, and the like are complicated, and the apparatus becomes large and the maintenance inspection is troublesome. In addition, the postcard is pasted on a strip photo and then wound around a reel to cut it, so the final postcard with the photo is likely to have a curl and remains curled and warped It is easy to become.
[0004]
Accordingly, the applicant of the present application has proposed a photo postcard manufacturing apparatus for solving such a manufacturing problem, and has filed this as Japanese Patent Application No. 3-353545. This includes a reel that rolls a strip photo and supplies it to the line, a postcard feeding unit that feeds the postcard one by one, a glue application unit that applies glue to the back of the strip photo, and a crimping section that presses and attaches the postcard to the strip photo And a cutter and a slitter are provided downstream of the crimping portion. The cutter is composed of a front cut part that cuts one place in the feeding direction of a strip-like photo with a postcard attached thereto, and a rear cut part that cuts and aligns the part cut by the front cut part again. A slitter is disposed between the front and rear cut portions.
[0005]
According to such a configuration, the structure is simplified and the size can be reduced as compared with that described in the aforementioned publication. Then, since slitting is performed after the preceding cut by the slitter, the scraps in the width direction of the strip-like photograph to which the postcard is attached can be formed into a short strip shape, and the processing becomes easy. Further, since the strip-like photograph with the postcard attached is cut through the line as it is, the postcard with the photograph of the final product is not curled, and the work of packing a large number of postcards becomes easy.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the apparatus of the previous application, a rotary cutter is provided as the front-stage cut portion, and a guillotine cutter is provided as the rear-stage cut portion. The rotary cutter can continuously cut the strip-shaped photo with the postcard attached thereto without stopping if the peripheral speed is matched with the feeding speed of the strip-shaped photo with the postcard attached. On the other hand, the guillotine cutter is a mechanism that includes a fixed blade and a movable blade across a conveyance line for a strip-like photograph with a postcard attached thereto, and cuts the plate by moving the movable blade up and down. For this reason, in order to cut and align a postcard with a photo that is a single piece by a rotary cutter, the postcard with a photo must be stopped and then cut. In other words, even if the strip photo can be cut continuously, the postcard with a photo that has become a single piece becomes intermittent, and the time required to process the postcard with a photo of the final product is inevitably long. End up.
[0007]
In addition, since the slitter is arranged downstream of the front cutter, the edge in the width direction of the single postcard with a photo cut by the front cutter is slit. In this case, a postcard with a photo is slit while it passes through the roll-shaped slitter, but at this time, it is already unrelated to the strip photo, so there is bending or sag during slitting. Likely to happen. For this reason, the shearing by the slitter becomes poor, and the cut ends may be uneven.
[0008]
As described above, the conventional postcards with photographs have a problem that it takes a long time until the postcards with photographs are trimmed to the final form, and the product yield is inevitably lowered due to poor slitting.
[0009]
An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for producing postcards with photographs that can shorten the cutting and forming time of postcards with photographs and maintain good slitting, and can improve productivity and yield.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention continuously feeds a strip-like photograph on which a large number of images are printed at regular intervals to a line, applies an adhesive on the back surface thereof, and feeds the strips one by one from the postcard feeding unit toward the line. Is aligned with the image and pasted to the strip photo, and then cut and slitted to produce a postcard with a photo, one downstream of the postcard pasting position of the line And a pair of rotary cutters that are cut into the size of the postcard with the photo at the same time as the primary product by cutting the strip-like photo with the postcard attached thereto, and slitting the edge in the width direction of the primary product downstream thereof A slitter for forming a postcard is provided.
[0011]
In the present invention, since simultaneous cutting with a pair of rotary cutters and subsequent slitting are performed, it is possible to process continuously without stopping the strip-like photograph pasted with a postcard and the primary product after cutting. Productivity can be improved.
[0012]
Further, in the above configuration, the slitter includes a receiving roller, a cone-shaped blade that has a rotation axis downstream of the receiving roller and contacts an end surface in the axial direction of the receiving roller, and the cone-shaped blade And a pressure roller that is disposed upstream of the rotation axis of the first product and nips the primary product on the line together with the receiving roller.
[0013]
In such a configuration, since the primary product of the leaf, which is unrelated to the strip photo, can be slit while being nipped between the receiving roller and the pressure roller, the primary product can be processed without bending or sag, and the width direction can be improved. A postcard with a photo with good trimming at both ends can be obtained.
[0014]
Further, a pair of exclusion films for opening a course and allowing chips to be removed so as to allow the passage of the primary product immediately downstream of the rotary cutter disposed downstream of the pair of rotary cutters. In such a configuration, the lines may be arranged so as to cross each other up and down, and the cut chips can be quickly collected in a dust box or the like provided in the main body of the apparatus by removing the cut chips with a film for exclusion. Waste disposal becomes easy.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0016]
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing an entire apparatus for producing a postcard with photos according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a line for conveying a belt-like photograph and cutting and slitting a glued postcard together with its drive system. is there.
[0017]
In the figure, on the upper surface of the main body 1 of the postcard-with-photograph manufacturing apparatus, a reel 2 around which a sheet-like strip photo P developed from a photo at regular intervals is wound and a front side of a postcard L are mounted obliquely upward. A postcard feeding unit 3 for feeding one by one to the line is arranged. In addition, a paste tank 1a for storing liquid paste is provided at the upper end of the main body 1, a dust box 1b for collecting chips is provided inside, and a stocker 1c for collecting postcards with photographs is arranged at the right end. ing.
[0018]
The reel 2 is provided with a brake clutch mechanism and the like, and the belt-like photograph P is released at a constant speed and supplied to a line for sticking with the postcard L and for cutting and slitting. The belt-like photograph P from the reel 2 travels while being given back tension by a tension roller 2a that is rotated by a drive motor 2a-1 (see FIG. 2), and is sent downstream through the glue application unit 4a and the drying unit 4b. . The glue application unit 4a is provided with a nozzle that communicates with the glue tank 1a and applies liquid glue to the back surface of the belt-like photograph P, and the drying unit 4b sprays warm air to dry the liquid glue to an appropriate hardness. This is the same as that described in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-353545 filed earlier.
[0019]
The postcard feeding unit 3 is capable of feeding out the lowermost one of the postcards L stacked and mounted by a roller array 3a that is rotationally driven by a drive motor (not shown). This is also Japanese Patent Application No. 3-353545. It has the same configuration as that described in the issue. The cut-out direction of the postcard L is a direction entering obliquely from above with respect to the feeding direction of the belt-like photograph P conveyed downstream from the glue application unit 4a, and a pair of pressure bonding is performed at the junction between the belt-like photograph P and the postcard L. Rollers 5a and 5b are arranged. The pressure roller 5a is connected to a drive motor 5a-1 (see FIG. 2) and is driven to rotate, and the other pressure roller 5b is also rotated in conjunction therewith. A postcard L is supplied between the pressure-bonding rollers 5a and 5b so as to match the passage of the belt-shaped photo P to which glue is applied, and the back surface of the postcard L is applied to the back surface of the postcard L by the nip force of the pressure-bonding rollers 5a and 5b. Adhere to the back of the film with glue. The feeding of the belt-like photo P and the feeding of the postcard L can be matched by appropriately providing sensors (not shown) for detecting the respective positions, and the belt-like photo P continuously running has a certain interval. Postcard L can be pasted.
[0020]
Downstream of the pressure rollers 5a and 5b, first and second rotary cutters (described later) are provided, a feed roller pair 6a that is rotationally driven by a drive motor 5a-1, a freely rotating guide roller pair 6b, and a slitter ( A feed roller pair 6c and a two-stage discharge roller pair 6d, 6e that are rotationally driven in conjunction with a later-described are provided.
[0021]
The first rotary cutter 7 is a combination of a cutter blade 7a and a receiving roller 7b, and is rotationally driven by a drive motor 7c (see FIG. 2). 3A and 3B are detailed views of the first rotary cutter 7, wherein FIG. 3A is a longitudinal sectional view viewed in a direction orthogonal to the line direction, and FIG. 3B is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part viewed in the line direction. . As shown in FIG. 3, the cutter blade 7a and the receiving roller 7b are rotatably supported by a housing 7d through a bearing, and the receiving blade 7b is rotated from the cutter blade 7a rotated by the drive motor 7c through the gear train 7e. Communicated. When the cutter blade 7a-1 is attached to the peripheral surface of the cutter blade 7a and driven by the drive motor 7c, the cutter blade 7a and the receiving roller 7b rotate in the arrow direction shown in FIG. At this time, the peripheral speeds of the tip of the cutter blade 7a-1 and the peripheral surface of the receiving roller 7b are the same, and this peripheral speed is supplied from the pressure-bonding rollers 5a and 5b and is attached to the postcard L. Equal to the feed rate.
[0022]
The second rotary cutter 8 disposed downstream of the guide roller pair 6b is also a combination of a cutter blade 8a and a receiving roller 8b, and is rotationally driven by a drive motor 8c (see FIG. 2). The second rotary cutter 8 has the same configuration as the first rotary cutter 7. In FIG. 3, reference numerals 8 to 8e are shown in parentheses for common members. The second rotary cutter 8 is also driven by receiving the peripheral speed of a cutter blade (not shown) provided in the cutter blade 8a so as to coincide with the peripheral speed of the roller 8b. That is, the shear peripheral speeds of the first and second rotary cutters 7 and 8 are the same as the conveying speed of the belt-like photograph P. Then, the driving motors 7c and 8c are controlled to synchronize with high accuracy, and the cutter blades 7a-1 and 8a-1 simultaneously cut the belt-like photograph P.
[0023]
A slitter 9 for slitting the width of one leaf of the strip-like photograph P cut to a predetermined length by the first and second rotary cutters 7 and 8 is provided downstream of the feed roller pair 6c. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the slitter 9 as viewed from the downstream side of the line, and FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. The slitter 9 includes a receiving roller 9b that is rotationally driven by a drive motor 9a (see FIG. 2), a slitting roller 9c that rotates in conjunction with the receiving roller 9b via a gear train 9d, and a cut-out postcard with a photograph. It comprises a pressing roller 9e for stabilizing the feed. As shown in FIG. 4, the slitting roller 9c includes a pair of cone-shaped blades 9c-1 disposed so as to sandwich the end face of the receiving roller 9b. The cone-shaped blade 9c-1 and the receiving roller The edge in the width direction of the postcard with a photograph cut by the first and second rotary cutters 7 and 8 is slit and removed by the end face of 9b.
[0024]
Here, as apparent from FIG. 5, the rotation axis of the slitting roller 9c is slightly deviated to the downstream side with respect to the rotation axis of the receiving roller 9b, and the pressing roller 9e is directly above the rotation axis of the receiving roller 9b. The axis of rotation is located. The pressing roller 9e is supported by a pair of support arms 9e-1 that can be turned up and down on a frame (not shown) of the main body 1 and between the peripheral surface of the receiving roller 9b by the weight of the pressing roller 9e. The nip force at can be obtained.
[0025]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a pair of exclusion films 10a and 10b for removing chips to the dust box 1b are provided immediately downstream of the second rotary cutter 8. These exclusion films 10a and 10b are sheet materials having appropriate elasticity such as OHP film materials, and the upper and lower ends thereof are fixed to the apparatus side, and the first and second rotary members arranged on the upper side. The exclusion film 10a of the primary product (described later) cut by the cutters 7 and 8 has a length that intersects the pass line, and the upper end of the exclusion film 10b disposed on the lower side is slightly lower than the pass line. The exclusion films 10a and 10b are located directly above the dust box 1b, and the chips cut by the second rotary cutter 8 hit the exclusion films 10a and 10b and use the rebound to collect the chips in the dust box 1b. . Further, the cut primary product is allowed to advance toward the slitter 9 side by pushing it out by the elasticity of the exclusion film 10a.
[0026]
In the above configuration, the belt-like photograph P is supplied as a continuous flow from the reel 2 via the tension roller 2a by the operation of the drive motor 2a-1, and the liquid paste is applied to the back surface of the strip-like photograph P by the glue application unit 4a. Thereafter, the liquid paste is made to an appropriate hardness by the drying unit 4b. On the other hand, postcards L are cut out one by one from the postcard feeding unit 3 and are niped together with the belt-like photograph P to the pressure rollers 5a and 5b. By this nip, the back surface of the postcard L is bonded to the back surface of the belt-like photograph P. Then, the strip-like photograph P with the postcard L attached is conveyed downstream, whereby cutting and slitting are sequentially performed.
[0027]
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the process from pasting the postcard L on the strip-shaped photograph P to obtaining the final product. As shown in FIG. 6A, the postcard L is spaced at a constant interval by the pressure rollers 5a and 5b. And is conveyed in the direction of the arrow (downstream) while being affixed onto the strip-like photograph P. When the leading end of the belt-like photograph P reaches the first and second rotary cutters 7 and 8, the portion indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. That is, as described above, the drive motors 7c and 8c of the first and second rotary cutters 7 and 8 operate in synchronization, and the cutter blades 7a-1 and 8a-1 simultaneously cut the belt-like photograph P. . At this time, since the peripheral speeds at the tips of the cutter blades 7a-1 and 8a-1 are made to coincide with the conveyance speed of the belt-like photograph P, the belt-like photograph P is always fed at a constant speed without stopping.
[0028]
The cutting position by the first and second rotary cutters 7 and 8 is, as is clear from (b) of the figure, slightly cut the front end side and the rear end side in the feed direction of the postcard L, and the belt-like photograph P and the surface. Match. As a result, as shown in (c) of the figure, the cut primary product 51 and chips 52 are formed, and the chips 52 are dropped and collected in the dust box 1b. Then, the primary product 51 is continuously conveyed by the pair of feed rollers 6a and 6c in FIG. 2 toward the slitter 9, and is slit by a line indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. ) And is collected as a final product in the stocker 1c by feeding by the discharge roller pair 6d and 6e.
[0029]
Here, since the strip-like photograph to which the postcard L is pasted is simultaneously cut by the first and second rotary cutters 7 and 8, the length of the cut primary product 51 (the length in the left-right direction in FIG. 6) is increased. It can be a precision dimension. For example, if the cutting of the first rotary cutter 7 is performed at a timing faster than the cutting by the second rotary cutter 8, the rear end of the primary product 51 is repelled by the cutter blade 7a-1, so that the second rotary cutter The cut position by 8 shifts, and the length of the primary product 51 becomes shorter than a predetermined value. On the contrary, when the cutting by the second rotary cutter 8 is faster than the first rotary cutter 7, the belt-like photograph P is pulled by the cutter blade 8a-1 of the second rotary cutter 8. The cutting position by the rotary cutter 7 is shifted, and the length of the primary product 51 becomes longer than a predetermined dimension. On the other hand, by performing the cutting by the first and second rotary cutters 7 and 8 at the same time, the length of the primary product 51 can be cut with high accuracy, and a product free from dimensional errors can be obtained.
[0030]
Further, the primary product 51 of one leaf shown in FIG. 6D enters the slitter 9. Since the primary product 51 is already unrelated to the strip-shaped photograph P, the feeding stability may be lowered. On the other hand, in the present invention, since the slitter 9 includes the pressing roller 9e, the primary product 51 of one leaf is nipped between the pressing roller 9e and the receiving roller 9b, and the slitting roller 9c is slit in this nip state. To do. Accordingly, even if the primary product 51 itself is made of a material having a large amount of bending or sag, the nip is supported by the pressing roller 9e and the receiving roller 9b throughout the slitting period, so that the slitting is performed quickly. Therefore, the edge of the postcard 53 with a photo can be well aligned in the width direction, and a high-quality product can be obtained.
[0031]
Furthermore, by providing the films 10a and 10b for removing chips, the chips 52 after cutting can be reliably collected in the dust box 1b. This will be described with reference to FIG.
[0032]
The strip-like photograph P with the postcard L attached thereto is shear-cut by the cutter blade 8a-1 of the second rotary cutter 8 as shown in FIG. At this time, since the cutter blade 8a and the receiving roller 8b are rotating in the direction of the arrow in the drawing, the chips 52 after being sheared are blown off by the cutter blade 8a-1. On the other hand, since the exclusion films 10a and 10b are located immediately downstream of the second rotary cutter 8, the chips 52 bounce off the impact films 10a and 10b (see (b) of the figure). ) And quickly dropped into the dust box 1b housed in the main body 1. On the other hand, the cut primary product 51 is conveyed as it is, and its rigidity overcomes the elastic force of the exclusion films 10a and 10b, passes through these, and is sent to the slitter 9 side (see (c) in the figure).
[0033]
By providing the exclusion films 10a and 10b in this manner, the chips 52 can be collected in the dust box 1b without being scattered, and the processing of the chips 52 is simplified. Such exclusion films 10 a and 10 b can be provided not only downstream of the second rotary cutter 8 but also immediately downstream of the slitter 9. Although not shown as an example of arrangement downstream of the slitter 9 in the drawing, the chips after slitting can be quickly obtained by providing downstream of the slitter 9 with the same configuration as the exclusion films 10a and 10b. It can be recovered in the dust box 1b.
[0034]
Note that the upper end of the exclusion film 10b arranged at the lower side has such a length that it does not come into contact with the surface of the strip-like photograph P as shown in FIG. Thereby, the surface of the strip-shaped photograph P is not damaged. Even if the chips 52 adhere to the surface of the strip-shaped photograph P due to static electricity, the upper end of the exclusion film 10b can be engaged with the chips 52 and wiped off.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
In the present invention, since the front end and the rear end portion of the postcard feeding direction are simultaneously cut by the first and second rotary cutters, continuous processing can be performed without stopping the feeding of the belt-like photograph, and productivity can be improved. . In addition, by providing a pressing roller that forms a nip portion with the slitter receiving roller, the primary product of one leaf can be stably slitted, and a high-quality postcard with a photo with a good trim margin can be manufactured.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing the whole of a postcard-with-photograph manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a line for cutting and slitting a belt-shaped photo transport and glued postcard together with its drive system.
3A and 3B are details of the rotary cutter, where FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the line, and FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view as viewed in the line direction.
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part of slitting viewed from the downstream side of the line.
5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a main part taken along line AA in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a product forming process by cutting and slitting from conveying a belt-like photograph.
FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing in order the collection of chips and the passage of the primary product by the exclusion film.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Reel 2a Tension roller 3 Postcard feeding unit 4a Glue application unit 4b Drying unit 5a, 5b Pressure roller 5a-1 Drive motor 6a Feed roller pair 6b Guide roller pair 6c Feed roller pair 6d, 6e Discharge roller pair 7 1st Rotary cutter 8 Second rotary cutter 7a, 8a Cutter blade 7a-1, 8a-1 Cutter blade 7b, 8b Receiving roller 7c, 8c Drive motor 7d, 8d Housing 7e, 8e Gear train 9 Slitter 9a Drive motor 9b Receiving roller 9c Slitting roller 9c-1 Cone blade 9d Gear train 9e Pressing roller 9e-1 Support arms 10a, 10b Film for removal P Strip photo L Postcard

Claims (3)

A belt-like photograph on which a large number of images are printed at regular intervals is continuously fed to the line and supplied, and an adhesive is applied to the back surface thereof. An apparatus for aligning and pasting on a strip photo, and then cutting and slitting to produce a postcard with a single photo, wherein the postcard is placed downstream of the postcard attachment position of the line. It is equipped with a pair of rotary cutters that cut the pasted strip photo into the size of the postcard with photo at the same time as the primary product, and slit the edge in the width direction of the primary product downstream thereof to form a postcard with photo An apparatus for producing postcards with photographs, characterized by comprising a slitter. The slitter is disposed with a receiving roller, a cone-shaped blade having a rotation axis downstream of the receiving roller and contacting an end surface in the axial direction of the receiving roller, and an upstream of the rotation axis of the cone-shaped blade. The postcard with a photograph according to claim 1, further comprising a pressing roller that nips the primary product on the line together with the receiving roller. A pair of exclusion films for opening a path and allowing chips to be removed to allow passage of the primary product immediately downstream of the rotary cutter disposed downstream of the pair of rotary cutters. The apparatus for producing postcards with photographs according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the apparatus is arranged so as to intersect vertically.

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