JP5326241B2 - Image recording device manufacturing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image recording body manufacturing apparatus.

  In recent years, along with the development of image forming technology, means for forming images of the same quality in large quantities and at low cost by various printing methods such as intaglio printing, relief printing, planographic printing, gravure printing, and screen printing are known. Yes. This printing method is also often used for surface printing of information media that can store predetermined information, such as IC cards, magnetic cards, optical cards, or a combination of these, and can communicate with or without contact with external devices. It is used.

  For example, the screen printing requires a large number of printing plates corresponding to the number of images to be printed, and in the case of color printing, printing plates corresponding to the number of colors are further required. Therefore, since these printing methods can individually correspond to personal identification information (face photo, name, address, date of birth, various licenses, etc.), the most main image forming means at present are ink ribbons, etc. Is an image forming method using a printer or the like employing a sublimation type or melting type thermal transfer system using the above.

  By the way, in the image formation (printing) by electrophotography, the surface of the image carrier is charged and exposed in accordance with an image signal to form an electrostatic latent image due to a potential difference between an exposed portion and a non-exposed portion. This is performed by a method of forming a visible image (toner image) on the surface of the image carrier by electrostatically developing a color powder (image forming material) called toner having a polarity opposite (or the same) as that of charging. In the case of a color image, this process is repeated a plurality of times, or a plurality of image forming devices are arranged in parallel to form a visible color image, and these are transferred and fixed (fixed: mainly by heat) to the image recording medium. This is performed by a method of obtaining a color image by melting and solidifying the color powder by cooling.

  On the other hand, in the electrophotographic method, an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the image carrier is electrically formed by an image signal, so that not only the same image can be formed any number of times, but also different images can be easily handled. It is possible to form an image. Further, the toner image on the surface of the image holding member can be completely transferred to the surface of the image recording member, and the toner image slightly remaining on the surface of the image holding member can be easily removed with a resin blade or a brush. Therefore, it is possible to easily produce printed materials for multi-product small-volume production.

  The toner is usually formed by melting and mixing a heat-meltable resin and a pigment, and optionally additives such as a charge control agent, and pulverizing and granulating the kneaded product. Furthermore, the electrostatic latent image in the electrophotographic method has a considerably higher resolution than the above-mentioned particle toner, and a sufficient resolution is expected even when compared with the resolution of the screen printing or thermal transfer method of the ink ribbon. it can.

  For color images, the four primary colors of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black are used as color toners, and these can be mixed to theoretically reproduce the same color as in printing. In the above color toner, since the toner resin and the pigment can be blended relatively freely, it is easy to increase the image concealment by the toner.

Several proposals have already been made for producing various cards using the above-described electrophotographic apparatus (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 5).
JP 11-338997 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-195973 JP 2005-028865 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-014633 JP 2007-025553 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for producing an image recording body from which an image recording body in which mixing of dust and dust is suppressed can be obtained.

The above problem is solved by the following means. That is,
The invention according to claim 1
Image forming means for forming an image by electrophotography on at least one side of the light transmissive film;
Laminating means for laminating the core sheet and the light transmissive film so that the image surface of the light transmissive film faces the surface of the core sheet;
Laminating means for laminating the surface of the core sheet with the light transmissive film by heating and pressing the laminate of the core sheet and the light transmissive film;
With
The laminating means comprises:
By laminating the laminated body, a laminate part that laminates the surface of the core sheet with the light transmissive film,
A first housing having an insertion port into which the laminate is inserted and a discharge port through which the laminate is discharged, and having the laminate disposed therein;
A second housing having an insertion port into which the stacked body is inserted and a discharge port through which the stacked body is discharged; and covering the first housing;
Discharging means for discharging air from the gap between the second casing and the first casing to the outside of the second casing;
Equipped with a,
The first housing has an intake port for taking air outside the second housing into the first housing;
The insertion port and the discharge port in the first housing function as a discharge port for discharging the air inside the first housing,
In addition, the insertion port and the discharge port in the second housing function as an intake port that takes in air outside the second housing into the gap between the first housing and the second housing. This is a recording device manufacturing apparatus.

The invention according to claim 2
The heating and pressing unit in the laminating means is
A pair of belt members;
A heating and pressing member disposed in each of the pair of belt members;
An air flow generating member disposed inside each of the pair of belt members and downstream of the heating and pressing member in the transport direction of the laminate, and generating an air flow to cool the laminate;
A blocking member that blocks the air flow reaching the heating and pressing member;
The apparatus for producing an image recording body according to claim 1, comprising:

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the preparation apparatus of the image recording body from which the image recording body in which mixing of dust and dust was suppressed can be provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is provided to the member which has the substantially the same function and effect | action through all the drawings, and the overlapping description may be abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an image recording body manufactured by the image recording body manufacturing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an image recording body manufacturing apparatus according to the embodiment. 3 and 4 are schematic configuration diagrams showing a laminating apparatus according to the embodiment. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

  First, an image recording body manufactured by the image recording body manufacturing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. The image recording body is composed of, for example, a plastic sheet, and as shown in FIG. 1, a core sheet 1 and a surface film 3 and a back film 5 (both light transmissive films) on which images 2 and 4 are formed, The surfaces on which the images 2 and 4 are formed are overlapped and laminated so as to face each other with the core sheet 1. In this embodiment, a mode in which a light transmissive film having images formed on both sides of the core sheet is laminated will be described. Of course, a mode in which a light transmissive film having images formed on one side of the core sheet is laminated. It may be. Here, “light transmittance” indicates that the light transmittance in the visible light region (400 nm to 700 nm) is 80% or more, and preferably 90% or more.

  The apparatus for manufacturing the image recording body is the apparatus for manufacturing the image recording body according to the embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image recording body manufacturing apparatus according to the embodiment includes an image forming apparatus (image forming means) 10, a collating apparatus 20 (laminating means), a cleaning apparatus 50, and a laminating apparatus (laminating means). 30).

  The image forming apparatus 10 includes, for example, a film storage unit 11, an image forming unit 12, a transport path 13 for transporting a light transmissive film from the film storage unit 11 to the image forming unit 12, and an outlet 14 from the image forming unit 12. And a conveyance path 15 for conveying the light transmissive film after image formation. Other configurations are omitted.

  Although not shown, the image forming unit 12 is, for example, a latent image holding body that forms a latent image, a developing device that develops the latent image using a developer containing at least toner, and obtains a toner image, and the developed image Consists of a known electrophotographic color image forming apparatus, including a transfer device that transfers a toner image to a light transmissive film, and a fixing device that heats and presses the toner image transferred to the light transmissive film. Yes.

  The conveyance paths 13 and 15 are composed of, for example, a plurality of roller pairs including drive roller pairs and guides (not shown). The conveyance path 15 is provided with an inversion path 16 that reverses the conveyance direction of the light transmissive film by 180 °. A cam 17 for changing the guide direction of the light transmissive film is provided at a branch portion between the conveyance path 15 and the reverse path 16. When the light transmissive film is reciprocated on the reversing path 16 and returned to the transport path 15 again, the transport direction of the light transmissive film is reversed by 180 ° and the front and back surfaces of the light transmissive film are reversed and transported.

  The collating apparatus 20 includes, for example, a core sheet storage unit 22, a collation receiver (positioning unit) 25, a conveyance path 24 that supplies the core sheet 1 from the core sheet storage unit 22 to the collation receiver 25, and the image forming apparatus 10. The conveyance path 21 is configured to supply the light transmissive film discharged from the discharge port 14 to the collation receiver 25.

  The discharge part of the conveyance path 24 that supplies the core sheet 1 to the collation receiver 25 and the discharge part of the conveyance path 21 that supplies the light transmissive film to the collation receiver 25 are provided in parallel in the height direction. .

  The transport path 21 may be, for example, a plate-shaped member and a structure provided with a transport roll for transporting the light-transmitting film on the surface of the transport path 21, and is configured by a rotating belt-shaped transport body. It may be. Then, at the timing when the light transmissive film is discharged from the image forming apparatus 10, the transport roll and the belt are rotated and transported to the light transmissive film collation receiver 25.

  The core sheet storage unit 22 includes, for example, a pick-up roll and a paper supply roll provided in a normal paper supply device, and the collation receiver 25 has moved to the position of the discharge port of the core sheet storage unit 22. The paper feed roll or the like rotates at the timing immediately after that, and conveys the core sheet to the collation receiver 25.

  The collation receiver 25 is installed, for example, at a position where the core sheet and the light transmissive film (surface film, back film) are respectively supplied from the discharge portion of the conveyance path 24 and the discharge portion of the conveyance path 21. A means (not shown) for aligning and positioning the ends of the core sheet and the light transmissive film (surface film, back film) is provided.

  Further, the collating receptacle 25 is provided with a temporary fixing device 26 for temporarily fixing a laminated body in which two light-transmitting films are laminated via a core sheet. The temporary fixing device 26 includes a pair of protruding pieces made of metal so as to be heated by, for example, a heater, and the laminated body is sandwiched between the heated pair of protruding pieces. The end of each is heat welded and temporarily fixed.

  When the temporary fixing device 26 is provided on the transport path of the laminated body from the collating receiver 25 to the laminating device, the temporary fixing device 26 is disposed at the end of the collating receiver 25 only during temporary fixing. In other cases, a mechanism capable of retracting from the conveyance path is provided.

  The laminate cleaning device 50 includes, for example, a static elimination device 51 and a cleaning roll 52, and after removing dust, dust, and the like on the surface of the laminate that has passed through the collating device 20, a laminate device for the next process The laminate is conveyed to 30.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the laminating apparatus 30 is provided with a laminating unit 40 for laminating the surface of the core sheet with a light-transmitting film and a laminating unit 40 by heating and pressing the laminate. A first housing 41 and a second housing 42 covering the first housing.

  The laminating unit 40 employs a belt nip method composed of a pair of belts 31 and is configured to easily produce an image recording body on-line. In the pair of belts 31, tension rolls 32 and inlet rolls 35 are arranged in this order in the laminate conveyance direction inside (inner peripheral side). The pair of belts 31 are configured so as not to be distorted when the tension roll 32 is pulled by the tension spring 36 while being stretched by the tension roll 32 and the inlet roll 35. The pair of tension rolls 32 and the pair of inlet rolls 35 are installed so as not to nip each other. Thereby, even if the belt 31 meanders by continuous operation, the belt can be returned to a predetermined position while being operated.

  Here, it is desirable to use a metal material having a small amount of thermal deformation as the material of the belt 31, but a plastic material may be used which has a small thermal deformation by prescription such as mixing glass. The inlet roll 35 and tension roll 32 that return to a predetermined position when the belt 31 meanders are low friction materials having a friction coefficient of 0.3 or less (both metal and plastic materials are acceptable). It is desirable to use

   Although not shown as a method for returning the belt 31 to a predetermined position when the belt 31 meanders, a stopper may be installed so that the belt 31 does not deviate from the predetermined position, or the spring force of the tension spring 36 installed on the left and right. May be controlled to prevent the belt 31 from meandering.

  Further, inside each of the pair of belts 31 (inner peripheral side), a heating and pressing roll 34, a cooling plate 39, and a cooling roll 33 are provided between the inlet roll 35 and the tension roll 32 in the laminate transport direction. Arranged in order. These form a nip portion via a pair of belts 31.

  In the laminating unit 40, the laminate is heated and pressurized by the heating and pressing roll 34 disposed behind the inlet roll 35. Through this process, the laminate is heat-sealed. Here, since the pair of inlet rolls 35 is not nipped, the laminated body is preheated from the nip force of the pair of belts 31 and the heating and pressing roll 34 before entering the nip portion by the pair of heating and pressing rolls 34. Is conveyed to the nip portion by the heat and pressure roll 34 while being temporarily laminated.

  The nip portion formed by the heating and pressing roll 34 is a laminate bonding process, and the laminated body that has passed through the nip portion enters the nip portion formed by the cooling plate 39. Thereby, the laminated body is cooled by the nip portion formed by the cooling plate 39 while maintaining the flatness. The cooling plate 39 is made of a material having high thermal conductivity such as aluminum, and a Teflon (registered trademark) tape or the like is stuck on the surface in contact with the belt 31 in order to improve friction. The pair of cooling plates 39 are pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the belt 31 with a desired load by an elastic member such as a spring (not shown) to form a nip portion.

  Here, a cooling fan 37 (air flow generating means) that generates an air flow for cooling the cooling plate 39 is installed on the cooling plate 39 in order to cool the heat transmitted from the belt 31. The cooling fan 37 is disposed inside each of the pair of belts 31 and on the downstream side of the heating and pressing roll 34 in the stack conveyance direction, that is, between the heating and pressing roll 34 and the cooling roll 33. The cooling plate 39 is cooled by blowing the air flow generated by the cooling fan 37 onto the cooling plate 39.

  The cooling fan 37 is surrounded by a box-shaped member 46 (blocking member) together with the cooling plate 39. Thereby, the air flow generated from the cooling fan 37 does not reach other than the cooling plate 39, that is, does not reach the heating and pressing roll 34. The box-shaped member 46 that surrounds the cooling fan 37 is connected to a duct 46A that leads to the outside (between the first casing 41 and the second casing 42), and is configured to take in air from the outside. It has become.

  The laminated body that has passed through the cooling plate 39 enters the cooling roll 33. The nip force by the pair of cooling rolls 33 is set to be higher than the nip pressure by the cooling plate 39, and the temperature of the laminated body is equal to or lower than the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the light transmissive film when passing through the cooling roll 33. Thus, since the temperature profile of the laminate part 40 is designed, the laminate passes through the nip formed by the pair of cooling rolls 33 while maintaining the flatness. A cleaning device (not shown) is installed to remove dirt and the like on the belt 31 due to continuous operation.

  The laminate section 40 having the above configuration has a double frame structure covered with the first casing 41 and the second casing 42. The first housing 41 is provided with an insertion port 41A into which the laminate is inserted, a discharge port 41B through which the laminate is discharged, and two intake ports 41C and 41D for taking in external air. Similarly to the first housing 41, the second housing 42 has an insertion port 42 </ b> A through which the stacked body is inserted, a discharge port 42 </ b> B through which the stacked body is discharged, and two intake ports for taking in external air. 42C and 42D are provided.

  Note that the insertion port 41 </ b> A and the discharge port 41 </ b> B in the first housing 41 also function as a discharge port for discharging the air inside the first housing 41. Further, the insertion port 42 </ b> A and the discharge port 42 </ b> B in the second housing 42 also function as an intake port that takes air into the gap between the first housing 41 and the second housing 42.

  In the first housing 41 and the second housing 42, the insertion port 41A and the insertion port 42A are provided to face each other, and the discharge port 41B and the discharge port 42B are also provided to face each other. These openings are provided in a slit shape so that only the laminated body can pass through. The opening widths of the insertion port 42A and the discharge port 42B in the second housing 42 are larger than the opening widths of the insertion port 41A and the discharge port 41B in the first housing 41 (width in the stack thickness direction: slit width). Each opening is provided so that it may become. Thereby, mixing of dust and dust into the first housing 41 is further suppressed.

  If the second casing 42 is configured to cover a part of the first casing 41, that is, configured to cover other than the intake ports 41 </ b> C and 41 </ b> D of the first casing 41, the second casing 42 is captured by the second casing 42. It is not necessary to provide the ports 42C and 42D.

  In the first housing 41 and the second housing 42, the intake ports 41C and 41D and the intake ports 42C and 42D are provided to face each other. Filters 44A and 44B are respectively disposed in the intake ports 41C and 41D in the first housing 41, and dust and dust contained in the air taken in from the intake ports 41C and 41D are excluded by the filters 44A and 44B. As a result, clean air is taken into the first housing 41.

  In addition, the gap between the first casing 41 and the second casing 42 is partitioned so that the insertion ports 41A, 42A and the discharge ports 41B, 42B and the intake ports 41C, 41D, 42C, 42D are not connected through the gap. A plate 45 is provided. Thereby, the air taken in from the intake ports 42C and 42D in the second housing 42 does not flow into the insertion ports 41A and 42A and the discharge ports 41B and 42B through the gap.

  The first housing 41 is provided with a fan 43 for discharging air from the gap between the first housing 41 and the second housing 42 to the outside. When the fan 43 is rotated so as to discharge air, air flows indicated by arrows A1 to A4 and B1 to B4 are generated in the laminating apparatus 30. That is, as indicated by arrows A1 and B1, external air is taken into the first housing 41 from the intake ports 41C and 41D of the first housing 41 through the intake ports 42C and 42D of the second housing 42.

  As shown by arrows A2 and B2, the air inside the first housing 41 is exhausted from the insertion port 41A and the discharge port 41B, and the first housing 41 and the second housing 42 are connected to each other as shown by A3. The air is discharged by the fan 43 as shown by an arrow A4 through the gap. In addition, air flows from the outside into the gap between the first housing 41 and the second housing 42 from the insertion port 42A and the discharge port 42B of the second housing 42 as indicated by arrows A2 ′ and B2 ′. After that, the air is discharged by the fan 43 as shown by the arrow A4 through the gap between the first housing 41 and the second housing 42 as shown by A3.

  Here, both from the insertion port 41A and the discharge port 41B in the first housing 41 and from the insertion port 42A and the discharge port 42B in the second housing 42 to the gap between the first housing 41 and the second housing 42. An inflowing air flow (arrows A2, A2 ′, B2, B2 ′) is generated. The insertion port 41A and the discharge port 41B in the first housing 41 are provided so that the opening width (width in the laminate thickness direction: slit width) is larger than the insertion port 42A and the discharge port 42B in the second housing 42. Therefore, the air flow (arrows A2 and B2) generated at the insertion port 41A and the discharge port 41B in the first housing 41 is the air flow generated at the insertion port 42A and the discharge port 42B in the second housing 42. (Arrows A2 ′, B2 ′). For this reason, external air taken in from the insertion port 42A and the discharge port 42B in the second housing 42 (that is, air containing dust or dust) passes through the insertion port 41A and the discharge port 41B in the first housing 41. Intake into the first housing 41 is suppressed.

  The laminated body that has passed through the laminating apparatus 30 having the above-described configuration (through the bonding process and the cooling process) is laminated while maintaining the flatness, and is discharged to the discharge receiver 61 to obtain an image recording body. Here, when a plurality of individual images are formed on the image recording body, each image is cut to obtain an image recording body of a predetermined size. For example, in the case of a pattern of several cards, the card is cut one by one and laminated on the front and back with a light transmissive film.

  In the image recording body manufacturing apparatus according to the present embodiment described above, since the laminating apparatus 30 has two structures including the first casing 41 and the second casing 42, dust and dust are present inside the laminating apparatus 30. Mixing of is suppressed. Therefore, mixing of dust and dust is suppressed and laminating is performed. As a result, an image recording body in which dust and dust are prevented from being mixed is obtained.

  In the laminating apparatus 30, the cooling fan 37 discharges air from the gap between the first casing 41 and the second casing 42 to the outside, so that the air inside the first casing 41 is discharged to the outside through the gap. An exhaust air flow is generated. For this reason, mixing of dust and dust is further suppressed, and lamination is performed.

  In the present embodiment, the cooling fan 37 that generates an air flow is surrounded by a box-shaped member 46 (blocking member) on the downstream side of the heating / pressurizing roll 34 in the stack conveyance direction. Does not reach the heating and pressing roll 34. For this reason, the temperature fall of the heating and pressing roll 34 is suppressed. In addition, when a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the heating and pressing roll 34 is provided in the vicinity of the heating and pressing roll 34 in order to control the temperature of the heating and pressing roll 34, the temperature sensor is also generated from the cooling fan 37. Airflow does not reach. For this reason, erroneous detection of the temperature sensor due to the air flow is suppressed, and accurate detection is performed. As a result, poor lamination is also suppressed. The blocking member for blocking the air flow reaching the heating and pressing roll 34 is not limited to the box-shaped member 46 and is not limited as long as the air flow is blocked. For example, the heating and pressing roll 34 is not limited. And a partition plate provided so as to be interposed between the cooling fan 37 and the cooling fan 37.

  In the above embodiment, a mode in which a light transmissive film having an image formed on a single core sheet is laminated and cut as necessary is described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, using a core sheet holding holder having one or more window holes, a core sheet prepared in advance with a predetermined size (for example, card size) is inserted and held in the window hole of the core sheet holder Thus, a laminate in which the core sheet holder (core sheet held by the core sheet holder) and a light transmissive film on which an image is formed is laminated may be used.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5A, first, the back film 5 is supplied onto the collation receiver 25, and the double-sided tape 6 is attached to, for example, four places by a double-sided tape applicator (not shown). Next, as shown in FIG. 5B, the core sheet holding holder 7 in which the core sheet 1 is inserted (set) into the window hole 7 </ b> A is supplied to the collation receiver 25 and laminated on the back film 5. At this time, the double-sided tape 6 is attached to the core sheet holding holder 7 at predetermined four positions by a double-sided tape applicator (not shown). The image 4 on the back film 5 is positioned to coincide with the window hole 7 </ b> A (core sheet 1) of the core sheet holding holder 7. Next, as shown in FIG. 5B, the surface film 3 is supplied to the collation receiver 25 and laminated on the core sheet holding holder 7. At this time, the image 2 of the surface film 3 is positioned so as to coincide with the window hole (core sheet 1) of the core sheet holding holder 7. In this way, a laminated body is formed on the collation receiver 25. The laminated body is temporarily fixed by the double-sided tape 6, but the double-sided tape 6 may be a mechanism for affixing each member in a conveying path supplied to the collation receiver 25, or each member may be collated. A mechanism for pasting after being supplied onto the receiver 25 may be used.

  Here, the laminate will be described. First, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 7, the core sheet holding holder 7 includes, for example, a stainless steel base material 7B and a release layer 7C (for example, a Teflon (registered trademark) sheet) formed on both surfaces of the base material 7B. It consists of The base material 7B has one or more penetrating window holes 7A, and the core sheet 1 is inserted into the window holes 7A. The shape of the window hole 7A is in accordance with the shape of the core sheet 1, but the wall surface constituting the window hole 7A may be tapered so that the core sheet 1 does not fall off the core sheet holding holder 7. The dimensional relationship between the window hole 7A and the core sheet 1 may be an interference fit. The core sheet holding holder 7 has, for example, six window holes 7A, the longitudinal direction of the core sheet holding holder 7 is parallel to the short direction of the core sheet 1, in other words, the short direction of the core sheet holding holder 7 is 2 × 3 are arranged so as to be parallel to the longitudinal direction of the core sheet 1. However, the window holes 7A arranged in the direction along the longitudinal direction of the core sheet holding holder 7 are arranged so as to ensure a temporary fixing region (a region where the double-sided tape 6 is attached).

  And the double-sided tape 6 is affixed to the area | region to temporarily fix, and this is positioned and laminated | stacked, and the back film 5, the core sheet holding holder 7, and the surface film 3 are temporarily fixed.

  The area to be temporarily fixed, that is, the area where the double-sided tape 6 is attached may be an area in which the core sheet 1 inserted into the core sheet holding holder 7 is not detached from the core sheet holding holder 7. It is preferable to provide the sheet holding holder 7 so as to sandwich the window hole 7A. Moreover, since it is good from a viewpoint of productivity to affix the double-sided tape 6 during conveyance of each member, it is good to provide the double-sided tape 6 along the conveyance direction of a laminated body.

  As shown in FIG. 6 to FIG. 7, for example, a region for temporarily fixing the window hole 7 </ b> A so as to sandwich the window hole 7 </ b> A is provided along the longitudinal direction of the window holes 7 </ b> A arranged in 2 × 3. 6 is pasted. However, the shortest distance R1 from the edge of the double-sided tape 6 to the edge of the window hole 7A is within 5 mm, and the length R2 of the double-sided tape 6 along the edge of the window hole 7A is more than half of the edge of the window hole. It is preferable to affix the double-sided tape 6 so as to have a length. By sticking the double-sided tape 6 and temporarily fixing it in this way, it is possible to prevent the core sheet from coming off from the window hole 7A of the core sheet holding holder 7 during manufacturing, and to suppress the positional deviation of the image portion. A light transmissive film is coated (laminated) on the surface of the core sheet.

  Here, the double-sided tape 6 includes, for example, a base material and a pair of adhesive layers formed on both surfaces of the base material. Of the pair of pressure-sensitive adhesive layers, the side that adheres to the light-transmitting film (the front film 3 and the back film 5) is the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and the side that adheres to the core sheet holding holder 7 (the release layer 7C) is the second. When it is set as an adhesive layer, it is good for a 1st adhesive layer to have the adhesive force 10 times or more with respect to a 2nd adhesive layer. With this configuration, the double-sided tape 6 is easily removed from the core sheet holding holder 7 when a light-transmitting film described later is peeled and removed, and the core sheet holding holder 7 can be used repeatedly. As a result, workability and productivity are improved.

  Moreover, the base material of the double-sided tape 6 is preferably thicker than the adhesive layer. Thereby, handling of double-sided tape 6 becomes easy.

  In this way, as a specific configuration of the double-sided tape 6, for example, a first adhesive layer having an adhesive force of 2.0 N / cm or less, a holding force of 0.3 mm or less, and a thickness of 20 μm is provided on one surface of a base material having a thickness of 15 μm. And a configuration in which a second adhesive layer having an adhesive strength of 0.15 N / cm or less, a holding force of 0.3 mm or less, and a thickness of 15 μm is provided on the other surface. The adhesive strength and holding strength are measured according to JIS Z0237 (2000).

  In the image recording body manufacturing apparatus according to the present embodiment, the mode in which the light transmissive film is laminated on both surfaces of the core sheet has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and depending on the use of the obtained image recording body, The form which laminates a permeable film on the single side | surface of a core sheet may be sufficient.

  The image recording body (plastic sheet) obtained by the image recording body manufacturing apparatus according to this embodiment is a cash card with a face photo, employee ID card, student ID card, personal ID card, residence card, various driving licenses, various qualifications. It is used for non-contact or contact-type personal information image information-containing information media such as an acquisition certificate, as well as a personal verification image sheet, an image display board, a display label, etc. used in medical practice. Depending on the application, an IC chip, an antenna, a magnetic stripe, an external terminal, or the like may be embedded in the core sheet, a magnetic stripe, a hologram, or the like may be printed, or necessary character information may be embossed. A necessary image is formed on the light transmissive film.

It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the image recording body produced with the production apparatus of the image recording body which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the production apparatus of the image recording body which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic structure figure showing the laminating device concerning an embodiment. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is process drawing which shows the lamination | stacking process in the collation apparatus (collation receptacle) which concerns on other embodiment. It is a top view which shows the laminated body which concerns on other embodiment. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Core sheet 2 Image 3 Surface film 5 Back surface film 6 Double-sided tape 7 Core sheet holding holder 7A Window hole 7B Base material 7C Release layer 10 Image forming apparatus 11 Film storage part 12 Image forming part 13 Conveyance path 14 Outlet 15 Conveyance path 16 Reversing path 17 Cam 20 Collating device 21 Conveying path 22 Core sheet storage unit 24 Conveying path 26 Temporary fixing apparatus 30 Laminating apparatus 31 Belt 32 Tension roll 33 Cooling roll 34 Heating and pressing roll 35 Inlet roll 36 Tension spring 37 Cooling fan 39 Cooling plate 40 Laminating part 41 1st housing | casing 41A-41D-> opening part (insertion port, discharge port, intake port)
42 2nd housing | casing 42A-42D-> opening part (insertion port, discharge port, intake port)
43 Fan 44A, 44B filter 45 Partition plate 46 Box-shaped member 46A Duct 50 Cleaning device 51 Static elimination device 52 Cleaning roll

Claims (2)

Image forming means for forming an image by electrophotography on at least one side of the light transmissive film;
Laminating means for laminating the core sheet and the light transmissive film so that the image surface of the light transmissive film faces the surface of the core sheet;
Laminating means for laminating the surface of the core sheet with the light transmissive film by heating and pressing the laminate of the core sheet and the light transmissive film,
With
The laminating means comprises:
By laminating the laminated body, a laminate part that laminates the surface of the core sheet with the light transmissive film,
A first housing having an insertion port into which the laminate is inserted and a discharge port through which the laminate is discharged, and having the laminate disposed therein;
A second housing having an insertion port into which the stacked body is inserted and a discharge port through which the stacked body is discharged; and covering the first housing;
Discharging means for discharging air from the gap between the second casing and the first casing to the outside of the second casing;
Equipped with a,
The first housing has an intake port for taking air outside the second housing into the first housing;
The insertion port and the discharge port in the first housing function as a discharge port for discharging the air inside the first housing,
In addition, the insertion port and the discharge port in the second housing function as an intake port that takes in air outside the second housing into the gap between the first housing and the second housing. Recording device manufacturing apparatus. The laminating part in the laminating means is
A pair of belt members;
A heating and pressing member disposed in each of the pair of belt members;
An air flow generating member disposed inside each of the pair of belt members and downstream of the heating and pressing member in the transport direction of the laminate, and generating an air flow to cool the laminate;
A blocking member that blocks the air flow reaching the heating and pressing member;
The apparatus for producing an image recording body according to claim 1, comprising:

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