JP5075935B2 - Booklet issuing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a booklet issuing device.

In a financial institution or the like, an automatic banknote deposit machine is installed so that booklet such as a passbook can be automatically recorded.

Further, the booklet entry section is provided with a page turning device for turning the page, and the page turning device is used to turn out a page to be printed on the booklet.

By the way, the booklet is not only put in a normal state with its cover side up, but may be put in various states, for example, in a state where the front and back sides are reversed.

In this case, with the conventional method,
(1) The booklet is once returned and conveyed to the booklet input section, and the operator puts it again with the cover facing up.

(2) Repeat the turning operation of the middle paper until the page near the predetermined cover page.

Etc. work was necessary.

However, the method (1) is troublesome for the operator, and the method (2) has a problem that the processing time becomes enormous as the number of pages of the booklet increases.

In order to solve these problems, the opened page is folded and closed once, the booklet is reversed with the booklet reversing device connected to the turning device, that is, the cover is turned up, and then the cover (or the back side) is turned again with the page turning device. It is only necessary to perform the turning operation from the front cover.

The reversing device includes, for example, a booklet holding plate that holds the booklet being conveyed, and the booklet is reversed by rotating the booklet holding plate by 180 degrees using a rotation mechanism.

However, this method requires a special reversing device for reversing the folded booklet, which has the disadvantage of increasing the size of the device.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, a page that can be printed on the cover page without using a reversing device has been developed by closing all pages on the opposite side of the opened page together with the cover. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

By the way, recently, a booklet having a page with high bending rigidity has been appearing as part of high added value. For example, the booklet has an ID page provided with a security protection layer so as not to falsify personal information, and a plastic sheet-like page containing an IC chip capable of high-density recording. Furthermore, the IC chip is a wireless type, reading information without contact,
Some booklets can be written. Some booklets have a radio wave shielding function on their front and back covers to protect the recorded information from unauthorized reading and writing. In this type of booklet, reading and writing are accepted only when the cover is turned.

Japanese Patent No. 3367662

However, in the above-described known example, the middle part of the booklet page is pushed up in a state of being sandwiched by the pair of conveying rollers. However, when the bending rigidity is high and hard, it cannot be pushed up, and if it is pushed up forcibly, it may be damaged, so that it is not always convenient.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a convenient booklet issuing device.

In order to achieve the above object, the booklet issuing apparatus according to claim 1 includes a take-in means for taking in a closed booklet, a carrying means for carrying the booklet taken in by the take-in means at a first speed, A page turning means for turning a page on one side of the booklet conveyed by the conveying means around its binding, and a push-up cam provided to contact a page on the other side different from the page on the one side A push-up means for pushing up the page on the other side around the binding by rotating, a first support means for supporting the page on the other side pushed up by the push-up means from one side; Supporting the page on the other side from one side by controlling the supporting means of 1;
Control means for conveying the page on the one side at a second speed by controlling the conveyance means, and supporting the page on the other side of the booklet removed from the support means by the control by the control means. The second supporting means, the urging means for urging the page on the other side of the booklet supported by the second supporting means in the same direction as the conveying direction by the conveying means, and the control means, The first support means and the transport means are controlled, and the page on the other side of the booklet is folded by urging the page on the other side of the booklet, and the page on the other side is folded. Printing means for printing a predetermined page around the binding by the page turning means, and stacking means for collecting booklets printed by the printing means.

  According to the present invention, a convenient booklet issuing apparatus can be provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The conceptual diagram which shows the structure of the whole booklet issuing apparatus which is Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the page turning part of the booklet which is Embodiment 1 of this invention. The perspective view which shows the pinch roller and impeller of the page turning part of FIG. 2, and its drive system. The perspective view which shows the vacuum pad of the page turning part of FIG. 2, and its drive system. The figure which shows the movement locus | trajectory of the vacuum pad of FIG. The block diagram which shows the drive control system of the page turning part of FIG. The figure which shows the state by which the booklet was conveyed to the page turning position of the page turning part of FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a state where the uppermost page of the booklet conveyed to the page turning position in FIG. 7 is lifted by a vacuum pad. The figure which shows the state which the pinch roller approached into the lower part side of the uppermost page lifted by the vacuum pad of FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a booklet is conveyed from a state in which a pinch roller has entered the lower side of the uppermost page in FIG. 9. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the uppermost page comes into contact with a pinch roller and is turned over by conveying the booklet of FIG. 10. The figure which shows the state by which the top page of FIG. FIG. 13 is a view showing a state in which the top page that has been completely turned over in FIG. 12 is lifted in a reverse turning direction by a vacuum pad. The figure which shows the state which the pinch roller approached into the lower part side of the uppermost page lifted in FIG. The figure which shows the state which the uppermost page contact | abuts to the pinch roller which approached the lower part side of the uppermost page in FIG. The figure which shows the state which the uppermost page contact | abutted to the pinch roller in FIG. 15 rotated large in the reverse turning direction. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a booklet that is paged by a page turning unit in FIG. 2. The figure which shows the page turning operation | movement of the booklet inserted normally. The figure which shows the turning operation | movement of the back cover of the booklet into which the front / back inversion was carried out. The figure which shows the operation | movement which pushes up the page of the cover side of the booklet in which the back cover was turned in FIG. 19 collectively. The figure which shows the operation | movement which pushes up the page of the cover side of the booklet in which the back cover was turned in FIG. 19 collectively. The flowchart which shows the processing operation | movement of the booklet inserted into the front and back inversion. The flowchart which shows the flowchart St6 shown in FIG. 22 in detail.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the overall configuration of a booklet issuing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The booklet issuing device 100 includes a booklet take-in unit 104, and a plurality of bills are stacked and set in the booklet take-in unit 104 in a state where the booklet T is closed. The taken booklet T is transported along the transport path 1 by a plurality of transport roller pairs 2. In the conveyance path 1, along the conveyance direction of the booklet T, the OCR reading unit 105, the page turning unit 106, the direct printing unit 107, the intermediate transfer printing unit 108, the OCR reading unit 109, the folding unit 111, and the wireless I
A CR / W unit 110 is provided.

Further, a discharge gate 11 for switching the discharge direction of the booklet T between the first direction and the second direction is provided on the discharge end side of the conveyance path 1, and a normal booklet in which normal booklets T are stacked in the first direction. The stacking unit 112 is provided with a defective booklet stacking unit 113 that stacks defective booklets T in the second direction.

  FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the page turning unit 106 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a transport path for transporting the booklet T. The transport path 1 is provided with a plurality of transport rollers 2a to 2d (provided at the page turning section 106) at a predetermined interval along the transport direction of the booklet T. These conveyance rollers 2a to 2d are collectively referred to as conveyance roller 2.), and detection sensors 4a to 4d for optically detecting booklet T are provided. Pinch rollers 2 a ′ and 2 d ′ are brought into rolling contact with upper surface portions of the transport rollers 2 a and 2 d, and the transport rollers 2 b and 2 c are arranged at the page turning position 5. The transport rollers 2a to 2d are rotationally driven by a transport roller drive motor 26 shown in FIG.

Abutment feed mechanisms 20A and 20B are disposed on the upper side of the transport rollers 2b and 2c, respectively. A page lift detection sensor 19 (shown in FIG. 7) for optically detecting a page attracted and lifted by a vacuum pad 10a described later is provided on the upper side of the page turning position 5. Further, a page number detection sensor 24 for detecting the page number of the turned page is provided. The detection sensors 4a to 4d, the page lift detection sensor 19 and the page number detection sensor 24 described above are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 40 is connected via a signal circuit.

On the other hand, the contact feed mechanism 20A includes a pinch roller 21a. Pinch roller 21a
Is attached to a shaft 6 as shown in FIG.
An impeller 22a is attached in the vicinity of a. In this impeller 22a, a plurality of flexible hitting plates are radially arranged on the peripheral surface portion, and the hitting plate is brought into contact with the booklet T when rotating, so that the page on the lower side of the page to be beaten is knocked down. It has become.

FIG. 3 shows a drive system for the pinch roller 21a and the impeller 22a according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The shaft 6 is rotatably supported by a support bracket 7, and one end side of the shaft 6 protrudes outward from the support bracket 7. The projecting portion of the shaft 6 is connected to a pinch roller drive motor 9 shown in FIG. 6 via a drive belt 8, and the pinch roller 21 a and the impeller 22 a are rotated in the forward and reverse directions by the drive of the pinch roller drive motor 9. It is designed to be driven.

A guide body 20 a for guiding the conveyance of the booklet T is integrally attached to the support bracket 7. The support bracket 7 is supported by a parallel link mechanism 23a, and the parallel link mechanism 23a is rotated in the forward and reverse directions by a parallel link drive motor 25 shown in FIG. With the rotation of the parallel link mechanism 23a, the guide body 20a is moved together with the pinch roller 21a and the impeller 22a between a transport position close to the transport roller 2b and a standby position obliquely above and to the left of the transport position. It has become.

The contact feed mechanism 20B is configured in the same manner as the contact feed mechanism 20A described above.
In other words, the guide body 20b, the pinch roller 21b, the impeller 22b, and the parallel link mechanism 23b are provided, and the guide body 20b, the pinch roller 21b, and the impeller 22b are located near the transport roller 2c and obliquely above and to the right of the transport position. It is designed to move between the standby positions.

  Further, a turning suction mechanism 10 is provided at the page turning position 5 described above.

  Hereinafter, the winding suction mechanism 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

The winding suction mechanism 10 includes upper and lower vacuum pads 10 a and 10 b that are arranged up and down via the transport path 1. The vacuum pad 10b on the lower side is attached with the suction port facing upward, and is opposed to the lower surface side of the booklet T that has been conveyed immediately above. The upper vacuum pad 10 a is attached to the support carriage 15. Vacuum pad 10
A pump 12 is connected to a and 10b via a negative pressure supply circuit 11. In the negative pressure supply circuit 11, a filter 14 for separating dust in the air sucked in by the negative pressure, an operation valve 13 for switching the negative pressure, and branch pipes 31a to 31c are arranged.

When the operation valve 13 is opened, negative pressure is generated in the vacuum pads 10a and 10b, and when the booklet T is opposed, the vacuum pads 10a and 10b are sucked. The suction force W [N] of the vacuum pads 10a and 10b is obtained by the following equation.

W = 0.1 × P × A / S
P: Vacuum pressure (gauge pressure) [-kPa]
A: Vacuum pad area [cm ² ]
S: Safety factor On the other hand, guide wheels 15a and 15b are provided on the front and rear surface portions of the support carriage 15 so as to be positioned vertically. Guide plates 16 are disposed in the front-rear direction of the support carriage 15, and the guide wheels 15 a and 15 b of the support carriage 15 are fitted in the cam grooves 16 a and 16 b of the guide plate 16.

The lower guide wheel 15 a is also fitted in the groove portion 17 a of the drive link plate 17. The drive link plate 17 is connected to a drive shaft 17c (rotary shaft), and the drive shaft 17c.
Is spanned between the guide plates 16. A hand turning knob 2 is provided at one end of the drive shaft 17c.
A drive link plate drive motor 29 is connected to the other end side via a drive pulley 27 and a drive belt 28.

The shaft of the upper guide wheel 15b is connected to the hook portion 18a via a spring 18, and the support carriage 15 is elastically biased upward.

When the drive link plate drive motor 29 is driven, the drive shaft 17c is rotated via the drive belt 28 and the drive pulley 27, and the drive link plate 17 is rotated in the forward and reverse directions (left and right directions). By this rotation, the guide wheels 15 a and 15 b are moved to the two cam grooves 16 a and 16 of the guide plate 16.
Guided along b, the support carriage 15 is moved.

The drive link plate 17 points in the 12 o'clock direction in the initial state before the support carriage 15 is moved, and the vacuum pad 10a supported by the support carriage 15 is on standby at the upper standby position.

FIG. 5 shows the page turning position 5 of the booklet T and the cam groove 1 of the guide plate 16 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
6 shows the trajectory of the pad support carriage 15 moving along 6a and 16b.

M1 is the binding position of the booklet T at the page turning start position, and M2 is the binding position of the booklet T at the reverse page turning start position. Pn is the center position of the guide wheel 15a, and Qn is the center position of the guide wheel 15b.

The position and direction of the support carriage 15 are determined at two points of the center positions Pn and Qn of the guide wheels 15 a and 15 b, and the vacuum pad 10 a moves in conjunction with the support carriage 15. That is, between P1 and P2 and between Q1 and Q2 in the cam grooves 16a and 16b of the guide plate 16 is an arc centered on M1, during that time, the vacuum pad 10a is bound on the uppermost page of the booklet T around M1. It will move in line with the lifting motion around the center of rotation.

In reverse page turning, the shape of the cam grooves 16a and 16b of the guide plate 16 and the movement of the vacuum pad 10a are also symmetric with respect to M2.

Further, between P0 and P2, a circular arc that smoothly connects the curves symmetrically developing P1 and P2 is formed, while between Q0 and Q2, the cam groove 16b of the guide plate 16 recedes linearly in the target axis direction. It is formed to do.

Therefore, the support carriage 15 reduces the inclination until then, and when the center positions of the guide wheels 15a and 15b become P0 and Q0, the support carriage 15 returns to the vertical position, and the upper standby position (initial position) of the vacuum pad 10a.
It becomes.

The drive link plate 17 for moving the guide wheel 15a around the drive shaft (rotation center) 17c is
At this time, the support carriage 15 can be moved symmetrically in the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction in the 12 o'clock direction. As a result, the maximum retraction position in the page turning operation of the vacuum pad 10a corresponds to the turning start position in the reverse page turning operation, so that the page turning and the reverse page turning can be performed in a compact range.

The actual binding position of the booklet T, M1 and M depending on the thickness of the booklet T, the binding method of the booklet T, the placement of high-rigidity pages in the booklet T, or the variation in the page turning start position due to the conveying operation.
Two positions may be off. In the operation of lifting the top page of the booklet T, the vacuum pad 10a
The trajectory is not as ideal and will shift, but because the lift angle is less than 45 degrees and there is play that can move to balance between the booklet T and the vacuum pads 10a and 10b, it is not much. It doesn't matter. This play is due to elastic deformation of the vacuum pad 10 and elastic deformation in the vicinity of the booklet 1st stitch.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a drive control system of the page turning unit 106 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

As described above, the detection sensors 4a to 4d, the page lift detection sensor 19, and the page number detection sensor 24 are connected to the control unit 40 via the signal circuit. The control unit 40 is connected to the drive motors 9, 25, 26, 29, and the operation valve 13 for the pinch roller, the parallel link, the transport roller, and the drive link plate, via the control circuit. , Pinch roller 21
a, 21b, impellers 22a, 22b, parallel link mechanisms 23a, 23b, transport rollers 2a-
The drive of 2d, the drive link board 17, and the vacuum pads 10a and 10b is controlled based on the detection signal.

  Next, the page turning operation of the booklet T will be described with reference to FIGS.

The booklet T is transported in the right direction in the figure along the transport path 1 by the rotation of the transport roller 2a in the arrow direction. When the booklet T is conveyed to the detection sensor 4b and detected by this conveyance, the control unit 40 rotates the pinch roller 21a and the impeller 22a in the direction of the arrow and operates the parallel link mechanism 23a. As shown in FIG. 7, the movable guide 20a is moved from the standby position to the transport position together with the pinch roller 21a and the impeller 22a by the operation of the parallel link mechanism 23a, and the booklet T is further illustrated by the transport roller 2b and the pinch roller 21a. It is nipped and conveyed in the middle right direction. When the booklet T is detected by the detection by the detection sensor 4c, the conveyance roller 2b and the pinch roller 21a are reversed by a predetermined number of pulses, and the booklet T is reversely fed and stopped at a predetermined page turning start position 5. After that, as shown in FIG. 8, the parallel link mechanism 23a is operated in the direction opposite to the booklet conveyance direction, and the movable guide 20a is moved from the conveyance position to the standby position together with the pinch roller 21a and the impeller 22a.

On the other hand, at this time, the operation valve 13 is operated to generate a negative pressure in the vacuum pads 10a and 10b, and the lower surface side of the booklet T is sucked and held by the lower vacuum pad 10b. Further, at this time, the drive link plate drive motor 29 is operated and, as shown in FIG.
7 rotates clockwise, and the upper-side vacuum pad 10a is brought into contact with the uppermost page (cover) Ta of the booklet T to attract the uppermost page Ta. Thereafter, the drive arm plate 17 is rotated in the reverse direction (counterclockwise), and the vacuum pad 10a moves upward along the locus of the cam groove 16a of the guide plate 16 while adsorbing the uppermost page Ta. Thereby, the uppermost page Ta of the booklet T is lifted around the binding Tb of the booklet T without changing the suction state with the vacuum pad 10a. Since the top page Ta of the booklet T is lifted around the binding Tb of the booklet T and is not given any bending deformation force, the page can be turned regardless of the rigidity of the page.

Thus, when the uppermost page Ta of the booklet T is lifted and lifted to a predetermined position, the page lift detection sensor 19 detects it. Based on this detection, as shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 40 moves the movable guide 20b from the standby position to the transport position together with the rotating pinch roller 21b and the impeller 22b. At this time, a plurality of lower pages lifted by lifting the uppermost page Ta of the booklet T are knocked down by the hitting plate of the impeller 22b.
The pinch roller 21b enters on the page immediately below.

Thereafter, the operation valve 13 is closed by the control unit 40, and the suction of the vacuum pad 10a is stopped. Next, as shown in FIG. 10, the drive link plate 17 is returned to the initial clock 12 o'clock direction to return the vacuum pad 10a to the upper standby position. After that, the booklet T is nipped and conveyed in the right direction by the rotation of the conveying roller 2c and the pinch roller 21b, and stopped when detected by the booklet detection sensor 4d. Thereby, the uppermost page Ta of the booklet T is brought into contact with the pinch roller 21b.

At this time, the drive link plate 17 is rotated counterclockwise from the initial state, and the vacuum pad 10 is retracted from the range of the tilting operation of the uppermost page Ta of the booklet T rolled up as shown in FIG.
Move a. At this time, the right end of the booklet T is already nipped by the conveyance roller 2d and the pinch roller 2d ′ and can be conveyed, and the movable guide 20b is returned to the standby state. The transport roller 2d is rotated from this state, and the uppermost page Ta of the booklet T that has been turned up is completely turned over as shown in FIG. Therefore, the page turning operation can also be completed here without depending on the rigidity of the page at all, as described above.

During this conveyance, the page number recorded on the opened page Ta of the booklet T is scanned by the page number detection sensor 24. The scan information is transmitted to the control unit 40, and the control unit 40 determines whether or not the turning operation is performed according to the program based on the transmitted scan information, and determines that the turning operation is not performed according to the program. If so, repeat the beat operation.

If it is determined that the page turning operation has been performed, the booklet T is sent to the subsequent process for processing, and after this processing, the booklet T is sent back to the page turning position 5 again as shown in FIG. . From this state, as shown in FIG. 13, the vacuum pad 10a attracts and lifts the page Ta, and when the lifted page Ta is detected by the page lifting sensor 19, the movable guide 20a is moved to the pinch roller as shown in FIG. It moves rightward together with 21a and impeller 22a and enters the lower side of page Ta.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 15, each of the transport rollers 2b, 2c, and 2d rotates in the direction of the arrow, so that the booklet T is transported in the left direction in the figure, and the page Ta rotates in a direction to contact and close the pinch roller 21a. Is done. Further, the booklet T is conveyed leftward as shown in FIG.
a is rotated in the closing direction to be closed, and the page closing operation is completed. During this page closing operation,
The vacuum pad 10a is retracted to the lower right from the standby position so that the page Ta that rotates significantly in the closing direction does not contact.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 17, for example, the booklet T is composed of a front cover Ta, a middle paper Tc, and a back cover Td, and is opened and closed around the binding Tb. A bar code is recorded on the back cover Td.

The page turning unit 106 is provided with a push-up mechanism 41 as shown in FIG. As will be described in detail later, the push-up mechanism 41 folds one page of the opened booklet T upward by pushing it upward from the pinch roller 21a. Thereby, for example, the booklet T is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, even when the paper is turned upside down and transported to the page turning position 5, the front and back of the booklet T can be turned over and the page turned from the front side without requiring a special turning mechanism. It is possible.

The push-up mechanism 41 includes a push-up cam 42, and the base end side of the push-up cam 42 is connected to a drive motor 43 (shown in FIG. 6) that is a pulse motor through a drive shaft 43a. Push-up cam 42
As for the surface of the material, a material such as metal or resin that reduces the contact resistance with little friction is adopted, and it is devised so as not to damage the page of the booklet T.

The push-up cam 42 can push up the booklet T that has come into contact with the push-up cam 42 at the standby position via the drive shaft 43 a by the rotation of the drive motor 43.

The initial position of the push-up cam 42 is detected by position detection sensors 45a and 45b. The position detection sensors 45a and 45b are connected to the control unit 40 as shown in FIG. The amount of rotation of the push-up cam 42 can be arbitrarily changed by pulse control of the drive motor 43.

Further, the contact feed mechanism 20A is provided with a guide plate 46a as a guide portion for receiving the cover-side page of the booklet T pushed up by the push-up cam 42 as will be described later. The guide plate 46a is formed of a metal or a resin material so as not to damage the pages of the booklet T.

By the way, the booklet T is loaded in various states and conveyed to the page turning position 5. For example, as shown in FIG. 18A, the left side is the binding Tb and the upper surface side is the cover Ta (regular insertion), or the right side is the binding Td as shown in FIG. The cover sheet Td is inserted in a state (inverted insertion). The page turning unit 5 needs to perform a page turning operation according to the input state of the booklet T.

FIG. 18 shows processing when the booklet T is inserted in a normal state. When the booklet T is loaded as shown in FIG. 18A and reaches the page turning position 5 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 18 (c), the left turn operation is performed by the vacuum pad 10a at the page turning position 5.
As shown in FIG. 18D, the cover Ta is opened. Thereafter, in the same manner, the printing surface Tc (predetermined page)
Open to print and eject.

19 to 21 show processing when the booklet T is inserted with the front and back reversed.
Is a flowchart thereof.

Hereinafter, processing when the booklet T is inserted with the front and back reversed will be described with reference to FIG.

A plurality of booklets T are stacked and set in the closed state as shown in FIG. 19 (a) in the booklet take-in section 104 shown in FIG. 1, and are taken in one by one (take-in means) (St1).

The booklet T taken in St1 is conveyed at a first speed to the page turning position 5 along the conveyance path 3 by a plurality of conveyance roller pairs 2 (conveying means) (St2), as shown in FIG. Thus, when the page turning position 5 is reached, as shown in FIG. 19 (c), the left side is turned by the vacuum pad 10a as in the case of regular insertion, but the binding Tb side is attracted and lifted. Therefore, the upper vacuum pad 10a and the lower vacuum pad 10b are pulled together. here,
The plurality of vacuum pads 10a and 10b have the following relationship.

Σspfp <ΣSqFq
s and S: distance between the rotation fulcrum of the lifting operation and each vacuum pad f and F: suction force of the vacuum pad Note that the lower case letters indicate the upper suction vacuum pads and the upper case letters indicate the lower suction vacuum pads. Upper suction vacuum pad exists from 1 to p, and lower suction vacuum pad exists from 1 to q. If this relationship exists, the upper side vacuum pad 10a and the lower side vacuum pad 10b are pulled together, so that the upper side vacuum pad must be The pad 10a is detached from the booklet T.

In this case, the control unit 40 determines that the closing Td of the inserted booklet T is on the right side, performs a right-handed operation as shown in FIG. 19 (d), and as shown in FIG. 19 (e). The back cover Td (one side) is turned over (page turning means) (St3). Thereafter, the booklet T is conveyed to the OCR reading unit 105 (shown in FIG. 1) (St4), and the barcode recorded on the back cover Td is read (St4).

After reading the barcode at St4, the booklet T is printed on the cover Ta as shown in FIG.
The page is conveyed so that the page on the side is located at the page turning position 5 (St5), and the push-up cam 42 (push-up means) is brought into contact with the cover Ta (St6-1).

After bringing the push-up cam 42 into contact with the cover Ta, the drive motor 43 is driven to move in the direction of the arrow (FIG. 2).
When the push-up cam 42 is rotated at 0 (b) (St6-2), the other end of the binding Tb of the cover Ta is rotated upward as shown in FIG. Push up the cover Ta side. The rotation of the push-up cam 42 is detected by the position detection sensors 45a and 45b and stopped at a predetermined height (St6-3).

At this time, the guide plate 46a (first support means) is caused to enter under the page on the cover Ta side of the booklet T (St6-4). The page on the cover Ta side of the booklet T is supported (from one side) and held by the guide plate 46a that has entered as shown in FIG. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 21A, the push-up cam 42 is reversed in the direction of the arrow (shown in FIG. 21A) (St6-5),
The booklet T is transported at the second speed in the direction of the arrow (to the left in the figure) by the transport rollers 2c and 2d (St6-6). Further, based on the detection of the booklet T by the detection sensor 4d, the vacuum pad 10a is retracted to the position shown in FIG. By this conveyance, the pages on the cover Ta side of the booklet T are pushed up collectively around the binding Tb.

Thereafter, the booklet T is further conveyed in the arrow direction (left direction in the figure) as shown in FIG. 21B, and the pinch roller 21a is moved to the standby position based on the detection of the booklet T by the detection sensor 4b. Is sent between the transport roller 2b and the pinch roller 21a, and the cover T
The page on the a side is folded (St6). Further, at the time of this folding, as shown in FIG. 21 (c), the page on the cover Ta side is supported by the drive shaft 17c (from the other side) (second support means). The driving shaft 17c that is supported is controlled to rotate in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 21C, and the cover Ta is pressed by the vacuum pad 10a as shown in FIG. 21C. Energize the page on the Ta side and promote folding.

For this reason, a material with high friction such as rubber is used on the surface of the drive shaft 17c so that the contact resistance with the booklet T is increased. Further, the material of the tip portion of the vacuum pad 10a, which is a contact portion with the page of the vacuum pad 10a, is a material that reduces contact resistance such as metal or resin and reduces the contact resistance, and does not damage the page of the booklet T. It has been devised.

The drive shaft 17c constitutes a part of the drive mechanism of the page turning means as described above. Since the drive shaft 17c, which is a part of the drive mechanism of the page turning means, is used to urge the page on the cover Ta side, folding can be promoted without providing a separate urging mechanism. Similarly,
The vacuum pad 10a constitutes a part of the winding suction mechanism 10 as described above. Since the page on the cover Ta side is pressed using the vacuum pad 10a constituting a part of the turning suction mechanism 10, folding can be promoted without providing an urging mechanism separately.

The booklet T folded at St6 is in the same state as the regular insertion state shown in FIG. Therefore, after folding in the same manner as described with reference to FIG.
) To the page turning position 5, as shown in FIG. 18 (c), the left side turning operation is performed by the vacuum pad 10a at the page turning position 5, and the cover Ta is turned up as shown in FIG. 18 (d). (St7
). Thereafter, the printing surface Tc is turned (St8), and the direct printing unit 107 (or intermediate transfer printing unit 108) shown in FIG. 1 performs printing processing on the printing surface Tc (printing means) (St9).

The printing surface Tc subjected to the printing process in St9 is read by the OCR reading unit 109, and whether or not printing has been normally performed is verified (St10). As a result of the verification in St10, the booklet T determined to have been printed normally is conveyed to the normal booklet stacking unit 112 and stacked. on the other hand,
As a result of the verification in St10, the booklet T determined to be abnormal in printing is conveyed to the abnormal booklet stacking unit 113, folded in the folding unit 111, and stacked (stacking means) (
St11).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the booklet T is turned upside down and conveyed to the page turning position 5, the back cover Td of the booklet T is opened and then the push-up cam is opened. 42, the pages on the cover Ta side are collectively pushed up and folded around the binding Tb.

Therefore, a booklet having a page with high bending rigidity, for example, an ID page provided with a security protection layer so as not to falsify personal information, or a plastic sheet page containing an IC chip capable of high-density recording. Furthermore, even if the IC chip is a wireless type and a booklet that can read and write information without contact, the page can be pushed up and folded at the same time, which is convenient.

Compared to a mechanism that sandwiches and lifts a page, the cam mechanism is a mechanism that sandwiches a booklet,
It is compact because it does not require a mechanism such as an arm that lifts the sandwiched booklet. This is particularly effective when the size of the booklet issuing apparatus is limited, and has the advantage that the control of the mechanism can be simplified.

Further, by adopting the cam mechanism as the push-up means, it is possible to take advantage of the high speed and stable operation that is an advantage of the cam mechanism, and the operation of folding the booklet can be performed at high speed and stably. By adopting a cam mechanism that can perform stable operations as described above, the entire booklet issuance process, including the operation of fetching the booklet, which is the process before and after folding the booklet, the page turning operation, the printing process, etc. It can be performed stably. This is particularly advantageous for booklet issuing devices that issue highly secure booklets that need to prevent counterfeiting, because the stability of the booklet issuing process is indispensable in terms of ensuring security. Yes.

Further, the booklet transport speed when folding the booklet is preferably slower than the booklet transport speed to the page turning position 5. This is because it is necessary to accurately stop the booklet on the cam mechanism 42 provided at the page turning position 5 in order to reliably fold the booklet.

In addition, operators who handle this issuing device often open and issue the printing surface because they take a booklet that is stacked and set in a closed state one by one, fold the booklet, turn the printing surface, and print. It is possible to save the trouble of setting the device. Furthermore, when issuing a booklet that needs to prevent counterfeiting, it is very effective from the viewpoint of ensuring security that it can be done without relying on the operator between the time the booklet is imported and issued. I can say that.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above-described embodiments. For example, some constituent elements may be deleted from all the constituent elements shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

T Booklet Ta Front cover Td Back cover Tb Binding stitches 2a to 2d Conveying roller 5 Page turning position 10 Turning suction mechanism 21a, 21b Pinch roller 40 Control unit 46a, 46b Guide plate 100 Booklet issuing device 104 Booklet taking unit 105 OCR reading unit 106 Page turning part 107 Direct printing part 108 Intermediate transfer printing part 109 OCR reading part 110 Wireless ICR / W part 111 Folding part 112 Normal booklet accumulating part 113 Defective booklet accumulating part

Claims (3)

Capture means for capturing a closed booklet;
Conveying means for conveying the booklet taken in by the taking-in means at a first speed;
Page turning means for turning the back cover of the booklet conveyed by the conveying means around the binding;
A push-up means that pushes up the cover with its binding center as a center by rotating a push-up cam provided to contact the cover of the booklet;
First support means for supporting the cover pushed up by the push-up means from one side;
Control means for supporting the cover from one side by controlling the first support means, and conveying the back cover at a second speed by controlling the conveying means;
A second cover that supports the cover that has been removed from the support means from the other side under the control of the control means;
Support means,
Urging means for urging the cover supported by the second supporting means in the same direction as the conveying direction by the conveying means;
The control means controls the first support means and the transport means, folds the cover by urging the cover by the urging means, and binds the folded cover by the page turning means. A printing means for printing on a predetermined page with the eyes as the center;
Stacking means for stacking booklets printed by the printing means;
A booklet issuing device comprising: The biasing means is
2. The booklet issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the booklet issuing device is urged by pressing the page on the other surface side by a front end portion of a page turning suction mechanism constituting the page turning means. The tip of the squeezing adsorption mechanism
The booklet issuing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the surface material is metal or resin.