JP5199749B2 - Guide bar and sheet feeder - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a guide bar that is used by attaching to a sheet feeder that sequentially feeds the sheets one by one in order to collate the sheets in a subsequent process, and the sheet feeder.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sheet feeder has been used that sequentially feeds sheets one by one in order to collate the sheets in a subsequent process. Further, a device for taking out single sheets one by one has been devised (for example, see Patent Document 1). As an example of the sheet feeder, a sheet feeder 1 is shown in FIG. The sheet feeder 1 includes a first belt conveyor 3 that sends out the sheets 2 to a conveyance path 8 for putting the sheets 2 into a bag, and a stack of sheets 1 one by one. And a second belt conveyor 5 that feeds the belt conveyor 3 toward the rear end 4 in the feeding direction. By arranging a plurality of such sheet feeders 1 along the conveyance path 8, various sheets 2 can be collated on the conveyance path 8.

  However, according to the sheet feeder 1, the sheet 2 to be sent to the first belt conveyor 3 is rotated by the rotation of the second belt conveyor 5 with the rear end 4 in the sending direction of the first belt conveyor 3. In some cases, the second belt conveyor 5 was caught in the gap 7 with the leading end 6 in the feeding direction. In particular, when the sheet 2 is made of a soft material, the single sheet 2 is very easy to bend, and thus the sheet 2 is often caught.

JP 2007-31157 A

  Therefore, the inventor of the present invention has come to the present invention as a result of intensive studies to investigate the cause of such a problem and solve such a problem.

  That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a guide bar and a single-piece feeder in which the single-piece is not caught while the single-piece is sent out one by one.

The guide bar of the present invention includes a first belt conveyor that sends the sheet to a conveyance path for putting the sheet into a bag in a subsequent process, and a rear end side in the sending direction of the first belt conveyor. second belt conveyor and, used in removably attached to the sheet material feeder comprising, delivery direction of the delivery direction trailing end and said second belt conveyor of the first belt conveyor delivering該枚leafy a guide bar to prevent the gap between the tip of the leaf object is caught,
It has a front end in the guide direction and a rear end in the guide direction, and when attached to the single-piece feeder , the rear side in the guide direction is parallel to the second belt conveyor from the side of the second belt conveyor. extending from end to the guide direction tip, the guide direction tip close to the feed direction rear end of the first belt conveyor,
A first engagement groove that opens in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction , engages with a first rod-like member fixed to the second belt conveyor , and opens toward the rear end in the guide direction; A second engagement groove engaged with a second bar-shaped member fixed to the second belt conveyor , and the guide of the contour of the first engagement groove parallel to the longitudinal direction A cut surface that cuts off the front end in the direction is provided,
When attached to the single-piece feeder, the second rod-shaped member and the second engagement groove are separated in the longitudinal direction, and the second rod-shaped member and the second engagement groove are separated. It is characterized by having a shape in which a gap is formed between the two.
As a result, when the sheet feeder is removed, the first engagement groove is separated from the first rod-shaped member by being rotated upward around the second rod-shaped member, and the longitudinal And the second rod-shaped member is slid in the direction of entering the gap and is rotated further upward around the second rod-shaped member, whereby the first engagement groove is After being separated from the rod-shaped member, the second engaging groove is separated from the second rod-shaped member by being pulled out in the longitudinal direction.

The guide bar of the present invention is characterized in that the guide bar is provided with a slope that continues from the first engagement groove to the rear end side in the guide direction .

  Further, the guide bar of the present invention is located near the center line of the first belt conveyor parallel to the feeding direction of the first belt conveyor when the guide bar is attached to the single-piece feeder in the guide bar. It is characterized by doing.

The sheet feeder of the present invention includes a first belt conveyor that sends the sheet to a conveyance path for putting the sheet into a bag in a subsequent process, and a rear end in the feeding direction of the first belt conveyor. a second belt conveyor for delivering the sheet material to the side, characterized in that it comprises a said guide bar.

Further, the sheet feeder of the present invention is the sheet feeder, wherein a third belt conveyor for feeding the sheet to the conveyance path while sandwiching the sheet between the first belt conveyor and the first belt conveyor. It is provided on one belt conveyor .

  According to the guide bar and the single-piece feeder of the present invention, when the guide bar is attached to the single-piece feeder, the guide bar extends in parallel to the second belt conveyor from the side of the second belt conveyor. Since the tip is close to the rear end of the first belt conveyor in the feeding direction, it prevents the sheet from being caught in the gap between the first belt conveyor in the feeding direction and the second belt conveyor in the feeding direction. Can be prevented. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the sheets from being caught while sending the sheets one by one.

  Next, a guide bar and a sheet feeder according to the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings. 1-4, the code | symbol 10 shows the guide bar of this invention, and the code | symbol 12 shows the sheet feeder of this invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the guide bar 10 according to the present invention includes a first belt conveyor 18 that sends a sheet 14 to a conveyance path 16 for putting the sheet 14 into a bag body in a post-process. A guide bar that is detachably attached to the sheet feeder 12 and includes a second belt conveyor 22 that sends the sheet 14 to the rear end 20 side in the delivery direction of the first belt conveyor 18. When the guide bar 10 is attached to the single-piece feeder 12, from the side of the second belt conveyor 22 to the second belt conveyor 22 in the longitudinal direction from the rear end 27 in the guide direction to the front end 24 in the guide direction. The guide direction tip 24 is close to the feed direction rear end 20 of the first belt conveyor 18, and the gap 30 between the feed direction rear end 20 of the first belt conveyor 18 and the feed direction tip 28 of the second belt conveyor 18. It is configured to prevent the sheet 14 from being caught. Since forming the inclined surface 25 shown in FIG. 1 on the back surface in the vicinity of the guide direction tip 24 can be as close as possible to the guide direction leading end 24 in the feed direction rear end 20 of the first belt conveyor 18.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the guide bar 10 according to the present invention includes a first belt conveyor 18 and a second belt conveyor 22 that is located behind the first belt conveyor 18 in the sheet feeding direction. Are parallel to each other, and the sheet feeding feeder 12 in which the rear end 20 in the feeding direction of the first belt conveyor 18 and the leading end 28 in the feeding direction of the second belt conveyor 22 are close to each other is provided. When the conveyor 18 and the second belt conveyor 22 are detachably attached to the so-called staggered sheet feeders 12 and are attached to the sheet feeders 12, the guide direction tip 24 of the guide bar 10 is the first one. The first belt conveyor 18 is configured to be positioned in the vicinity of the center line C of the first belt conveyor 18 parallel to the feeding direction of the first belt conveyor 18.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the guide bar 10 of the present invention includes a first engagement groove 34 that is engaged with a first rod-like member 32 that is fixed to the sheet feeder 12, and a sheet. A second engagement groove 38 that is engaged with a second rod-like member 36 fixed to the leaf feeder 12 is provided. As a result, the first engagement groove 34 is detached from the first rod-like member 32 while rotating the guide bar 10 around the second engagement groove 38, and then the second engagement groove 38 is moved to the second engagement groove 38. By detaching from the second rod-shaped member 36, it can be removed from the sheet feeder 12. A hole 46 is provided for fixing the second engagement groove 38 to the second rod-shaped member 36 by screwing the screw.

Therefore, the single-piece feeder 12 of the present invention includes the first belt conveyor 18, the second belt conveyor 22, and the guide bar 10. Further, the first belt conveyor 18 and the second belt conveyor 22 located behind the first belt conveyor 18 in the feeding direction of the sheet 14 are parallel to each other. A rear end 20 in the feed direction and a feed direction tip 28 of the second belt conveyor 22 are close to each other, and a guide direction tip 24 of the attached guide bar 10 is parallel to the feed direction of the first belt conveyor 18. The belt conveyor 18 is configured to be located near the center line C. That is, since the first belt conveyor 18 and the second belt conveyor 22 are arranged as described above, the guide bar 10 can be attached using the gap between the second belt conveyors 22. There is no need to change the configuration of the sheet feeder 12 for attachment.

  The sheet 14 is, for example, advertising paper to be put into an envelope (bag) of direct mail. The conveyance path 16 is constituted by a belt conveyor, and by arranging a plurality of sheet feeders 10 along the conveyance path 16, various sheets 14 can be collated on the conveyance path 16. . As shown in FIG. 1, the first belt conveyor 18 rotates the sheet 14 delivered from the second belt conveyor 22 together with the third belt conveyor 40, so that the sheet 14 is moved to the first belt. It is configured so as to be sent out to the conveying path 16 while being sandwiched between the conveyor 18 and the third belt conveyor 40. The second belt conveyor 22 is configured to send the sheet 14 placed thereon between the first belt conveyor 18 and the third belt conveyor 40 by rotating. The rotational speed of the second belt conveyor 22 is set to be lower than the rotational speeds of the first belt conveyor 18 and the third belt conveyor 40.

When the sheet 14 is sequentially sent to the transport path 16 one by one using the guide bar 10 and the sheet feeder 12 as described above, first, as shown in FIG. It is placed on the second belt conveyor 22. When the sheet feeder 12 is operated, the second belt conveyor 22 is rotated, and one sheet 14 is fed toward the first belt conveyor 18. At this time, even if the single sheet 14 to be sent loosens, the single sheet 14 does not get caught in the gap 30 by sliding on the guide bar 10. For this reason, the action of the guide bar 10 and the action of the roller 42 are combined, and the single piece 14 that is easily bent is caught in the gap 30 while the single pieces 14 are sent out one by one reliably. Can be prevented. In particular, since the guide-direction tip 24 of the guide bar 10 is located in the vicinity of the center line C of the first belt conveyor 18, the single sheet 14 is reliably and reliably moved from the guide bar 10 to the first belt. It can be delivered to the conveyor 18.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the sheet 14 delivered to the first belt conveyor 18 in this manner is rotated on the conveying path 16 as the first belt conveyor 18 and the third belt conveyor 40 rotate. Is sent to. The sheet 14 sent to the transport path 16 is transported to the subsequent process by the transport path 16 in order to be put in the bag body in the subsequent process. While the sheet 14 is being conveyed, the other sheets 14 are stacked by the other sheet feeder 12, and a plurality of types of sheets 14 are collated.

  Here, when the width of the sheet 14 delivered by the sheet feeder 12 changes, the distance W between the two side guides 48 shown in FIG. 2 is changed in accordance with the width of the sheet 14. At the same time, it is necessary to change the position of the guide bar 10 by changing the quantity or by sliding the guide bar 10 in the width direction of the sheet 14. At this time, the position of the second belt conveyor 22 and the like can also be changed by sliding in the width direction corresponding to the width of the sheet 14.

  An operation of removing the guide bar 10 attached to the single-piece feeder 12 as shown in FIG. When the guide bar 10 is attached to the single-piece feeder 12, a crescent-shaped gap 37 is formed between the second rod-shaped member 36 and the second engagement groove 38, as shown in FIG. Has occurred. In order to remove the guide bar 10, first, the screw in the hole 46 is loosened, and the guide bar 10 is rotated by a slight rotation angle clockwise around the second rod-shaped member 36 as shown in FIG. The first engaging groove 34 is detached from the first rod-shaped member 32 by rotating. Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, the guide bar 10 is slid in the direction from the first rod-shaped member 32 toward the second rod-shaped member 36. Here, since the gap 37 shown in FIG. 1 is generated, the guide bar 10 can be slid without interfering with the second rod-shaped member 36. Further, since the cut surface 35 that cuts the contour of the first engagement groove 34 is formed on the guide bar 10, the guide bar 10 can slide without interfering with the first bar-shaped member 32. It can be performed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4C, the guide bar 10 is further rotated around the second bar-shaped member 36 to separate the first engagement groove 34 from the first bar-shaped member 32. Here, since the guide bar 10 is slid in the direction from the first bar-shaped member 32 to the second bar-shaped member 36, the guide direction tip 24 of the guide bar 10 may interfere with the third belt conveyor 40. Absent. Next, the guide bar 10 is pulled obliquely upward, and the second engagement groove 38 is separated from the second rod-shaped member 36 and separated. Here, since the slope 39 is formed in the vicinity of the first engagement groove 34 of the guide bar 10, the guide bar 10 does not interfere with the first rod-shaped member 32 . In this way, the guide bar 10 can be easily and quickly removed from the sheet feeder 12.

  As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described based on drawing, this invention can be implemented also in another aspect. For example, the sheet that is sent out using the guide bar and the sheet feeder of the present invention is not limited to advertising paper, but may be a booklet, a seal, a business card, or the like. In addition, the technical scope of the present invention includes embodiments in which various improvements, modifications, and variations are added based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Moreover, you may implement with the form which substituted any invention specific matter to the other technique within the range which the same effect | action or effect produces.

  According to the guide bar and the single-piece feeder of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the single-piece from being caught while sending the single-piece one by one. For this reason, it can be widely used to send single sheets one by one to the subsequent process.

It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the guide bar and sheet feeder of this invention. It is a top view which shows the guide bar and the sheet feeder of FIG. It is a figure which shows the guide bar of FIG. 1, the figure (a) is a top view, The figure (b) is a side view. It is a figure which shows the state which removes the guide bar of FIG. 1 from a single-piece feeder, The figure (a) is a side view which shows the state which makes the 1st engaging groove remove | separate from a 1st rod-shaped member, (B) is a side view showing a state in which the second engagement groove is detached from the second rod-shaped member. It is a side view which shows the conventional sheet feeder.

10: Guide bar 12: Sheet feeder 14: Sheet 16: Transport path 18: First belt conveyor 20: Rear end 22 in the feeding direction: Second belt conveyor
24: Tip in the guide direction
27: guide direction rear end 28: delivery direction front end 30: gap 32: first rod-shaped member 34: first engagement groove 36: second rod-shaped member 38: second engagement groove 40: third belt Conveyor 42: Roller

Claims (5)

A first belt conveyor for sending the sheet to a conveying path for putting the sheet into a bag in a subsequent process, and the sheet to the rear end in the sending direction of the first belt conveyor a second conveyor belt, removably attached to the sheet material feeder comprising using, the sheets into the gap between the delivery direction leading end of the delivery rearward end and said second belt conveyor of the first belt conveyor It is a guide bar that prevents the leaves from being caught,
It has a front end in the guide direction and a rear end in the guide direction, and when attached to the single-piece feeder , the rear side in the guide direction is parallel to the second belt conveyor from the side of the second belt conveyor. extending from end to the guide direction tip, the guide direction tip close to the feed direction rear end of the first belt conveyor,
A first engagement groove that opens in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction , engages with a first rod-like member fixed to the second belt conveyor , and opens toward the rear end in the guide direction; A second engagement groove engaged with a second bar-shaped member fixed to the second belt conveyor , and the guide of the contour of the first engagement groove parallel to the longitudinal direction A cut surface that cuts off the front end in the direction is provided,
When attached to the single-piece feeder, the second rod-shaped member and the second engagement groove are separated in the longitudinal direction, and the second rod-shaped member and the second engagement groove are separated. Guide bar configured to create a gap between the two . When removed from the single-piece feeder, the first engagement groove is separated from the first rod-shaped member by being rotated upward around the second rod-shaped member, and is in the longitudinal direction. The first engagement groove is moved from the first rod-shaped member by being slid in the direction in which the second rod-shaped member enters the gap and further rotated upward around the second rod-shaped member. 2. The guide bar according to claim 1, wherein, after being separated, the second engagement groove is separated from the second rod-shaped member by being pulled out in the longitudinal direction . The guide bar according to claim 1, wherein a slope that is continuous from the first engagement groove toward the rear end side in the guide direction is provided . A first belt conveyor for sending the sheet to a conveyance path for putting the sheet into a bag in a subsequent process;
A second belt conveyor for feeding the sheet to the rear end side in the feeding direction of the first belt conveyor;
The guide bar according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
Single wafer feeder including. The single wafer according to claim 4 , further comprising a third belt conveyor on the first belt conveyor for feeding the single wafer to the conveying path while sandwiching the single wafer between the first belt conveyor and the first belt conveyor . Feeder.

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