JP5477584B2 - Booklet supply apparatus and booklet supply method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a booklet supply apparatus and a booklet supply method for opening a booklet such as a bank deposit book, a passport, etc., and supplying the booklet to a booklet printing apparatus for printing or printing on the opened page.

  Booklets such as bank deposit books and passports are required to be used repeatedly for a long time and cannot be easily forged. For this reason, these booklets are booklets that are firmly bound using strong, heavy-weight paper that has been specially crafted for both the text and cover.

These booklets need to be opened and printed or printed on the back side of the cover or on the body text. However, because of the strong closing creases, simply opening the page will not level it, and the opened page will not be level. It is difficult to keep it fully open. In particular, since the cover is thicker and more durable than the main text, when the cover is opened and printing is to be performed on the inner surface of the opened cover, the cover's closing crease or curvature has hindered printing.
The passbook cover turning method described in Patent Document 1 relates to a method of turning the passbook cover with a page turning roller in a passbook issuing device or the like. When correcting the closing cover of the passbook cover, the cover is turned with the page turn roller. This is a method for preventing the material from being caught and folded.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-193594

  The passbook cover turning method described in Patent Document 1 is the same as the bank deposit passbook, in which the passbook transport direction and the page turn direction coincide with each other, and the printing operation is horizontal with respect to the vertically spread pages. This method is intended for printing one line at a time. For this reason, the flatness of the printing surface is not required very strictly.

  On the other hand, in a booklet that needs to print a facial photograph or the like, such as a passport booklet, it is necessary to perform precise printing with accurate positioning, and therefore the degree of flatness of the printing surface is high. . In particular, when the open booklet transport direction and the page turning direction are at right angles, the degree of flatness in the state in which the booklet is open is further increased.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to propose a booklet supply apparatus and a booklet supply method capable of increasing the flatness of the entire open booklet surface in a booklet printing machine.

As a means for solving the above problems, the invention described in claim 1 is a booklet supply device for supplying a booklet to a booklet printing device, and a booklet feeder for sending out the booklets stored in the hopper one by one; A page turning device for turning a page of the booklet sent out and displaying a predetermined printing surface, the page turning device for turning a page up to a predetermined page and opening the booklet; and an open booklet A closed wrinkle correction unit that corrects the closed wrinkle of the booklet, and the closed wrinkle correction unit moves the booklet with the floor plate on which the open booklet is placed and the fixed end of the booklet sandwiched between the floor plate, A binding roller that positions and fixes the binding line portion to the leading edge of the floor plate, and a folding roller that rotates around the leading edge position of the floor plate, and the binding roller portion of the booklet is brought to the leading edge of the floor plate by the pressing roller. After positioning, before Turn the folding roller to fold the free end of the booklet back in the direction of the back of the floorboard, and then clamp the folded binding line part with a pair of pinch blocks to correct the booklet closing wrinkles. It is a booklet supply apparatus characterized by being made.

  The invention described in claim 2 is a method for supplying a booklet to a booklet printing apparatus, wherein the booklet is sent out from a hopper by a booklet feeder, and a predetermined printing surface is displayed by turning over the page of the sent out booklet. The free end of the booklet by the step of taking out, the step of positioning the binding line portion of the open booklet at the front end of the floor plate, fixing the fixed end of the booklet, and the folding roller rotating around the front end position of the floor plate. The process of folding back to the back of the floorboard, the process of correcting the booklet closing wrinkles by clamping the folded binding line part with a pair of pinch blocks, and returning the folding roller to its original position, the booklet was opened horizontally. It is a booklet supply method characterized by having a process of making a state and a process of conveying a horizontally opened booklet to a printing device.

  According to the booklet supply device and the booklet supply method according to the present invention, the booklet supply device includes a closed wrinkle correction unit that corrects a closed wrinkle of an open booklet. After the positioning, the folding roller is rotated to forcibly fold the free end of the open booklet in the direction of the back surface of the floorboard, and the folded binding line is sandwiched between a pair of pinch blocks and pressed. Therefore, it is possible to reliably correct strong closing wrinkles in a highly rigid booklet using thick paper.

  Therefore, for example, as in a passport printing apparatus that prints a facial photograph, accurate alignment and precise printing are required. For this reason, a booklet for a printing apparatus in which the flatness of the open booklet is particularly required. It can use suitably as a supply apparatus or a booklet supply method.

  Further, according to the booklet supply method according to the present invention, since the flatness of the open booklet is high, it is also possible to send the booklet in a direction perpendicular to the page turning direction of the booklet. Will increase.

It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram which showed the structure and operation | movement of the closed wrinkle correction unit in the booklet supply apparatus which concerns on this invention, and shows the state in the stage in which a booklet is positioned by the pressing roller and a folding | turning roller starts operation | movement. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram which showed the operation | movement of the folding | turning roller in a closed wrinkle correction | amendment unit, and shows the state by which the free end of the booklet positioned by the pressing roller is folded downward by the folding roller. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram which showed the operation | movement of the folding | turning roller in a closed wrinkle correction unit, and shows the state by which the free end of the booklet positioned by the pressing roller is further folded | folded by the folding | turning roller in the back surface direction of a flooring board. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram which showed the operation | movement of the folding | turning roller in a closed wrinkle correction unit, and shows the state by which the free end of the booklet positioned by the pressing roller is folded by the folding | turning roller on the back surface of a flooring board. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram showing the operation of the pinch block in the closed wrinkle correction unit, showing the state where the free end of the booklet is folded back by the folding roller toward the back surface of the floorboard, and the pinch block is moved to the binding line portion of the exposed booklet . It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram showing the operation of the pinch block in the closed wrinkle correction unit, the free end of the booklet is folded back toward the back surface of the floor plate by the folding roller, and the binding line portion of the exposed booklet is pinched by the pinch block and pressed. Indicates the state. It is the schematic diagram which showed an example of the flow of the booklet in the booklet printing machine using the booklet supply apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic diagram which showed the structure of the booklet printing machine using the booklet supply apparatus which concerns on this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a right view, (d ) Shows left side views.

A booklet supply apparatus and a booklet supply method according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a booklet flow in a booklet printing machine using the booklet supply apparatus according to the present invention.
A booklet supply apparatus 10 according to the present invention includes a booklet feeder 11 that sends out the booklets 1 stored in the hopper 12 one by one, and a page turning apparatus 20 that displays a predetermined printing surface by turning over the pages of the sent out booklet 1. Have. The page turning apparatus 20 includes a page turning unit 21 that opens a booklet by turning a page up to a predetermined page, and a closing wrinkle correction unit 22 that corrects closing wrinkles of the opened booklet.

  The hopper 12 is a cassette-like box containing a blank booklet to be printed, and a plurality of hoppers 12 are usually prepared. When the booklet stored in the hopper 12 is consumed and the hopper becomes empty, the booklet is replaced with a hopper containing the booklet. The hopper 12 generally stores booklets in a closed state side by side.

  The booklet 1 taken out from the hopper 12 one by one is sent to the page turning device 20. The page turning apparatus 20 includes a page turning unit 21 that opens a booklet by turning a page up to a predetermined page, and a closing wrinkle correction unit 22 that corrects a closing flaw of the opened booklet.

In the page turning unit 21, pages to be printed are turned as follows.
Using a vacuum pump, first suck one side of the booklet 1 with a vacuum pad, open the cover on the opposite side while sucking it with another vacuum pad, press the cover with the pressing member when it opens, and then press the next sheet with this vacuum pad. Open up. The booklet 1 having a predetermined page opened in this way is sent to the closed wrinkle correction unit 22.

  The booklet 1 whose closing wrinkles have been corrected by the closing wrinkle correction unit 22 is supplied to the booklet printing apparatus 30 in a state of being opened horizontally with the printing surface 5 facing up. In the booklet printing apparatus 30, the face photograph 6 is printed on the printing surface 5.

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure and operation of a closed wrinkle correction unit 22 in a booklet supply apparatus according to the present invention.
In the closed wrinkle correction unit 22, a floor plate 27, a pressing roller 23, and a folding roller 24 are arranged.

  The floor plate 27 is a table on which the opened booklet 1 is placed, and the booklet 1 opened on the top is slid and moved. Therefore, the floor plate 27 is preferably made of a material having a smooth and durable surface. It is possible to use a chrome-plated steel material, stainless steel, or a material having good slipperiness such as a high-density polyethylene plate, a phenol resin laminated plate, or a fluororesin plate.

  The tip of the floor plate 27 may be tapered on the back surface so that the tip has a smooth sword shape. In addition, in order to add strength to the floor plate 27, ribs may be provided in portions that do not interfere with the back surface.

  The pressing roller 23 serves to move the booklet 1 with the fixed end 3 of the booklet 1 interposed between the booklet 1 and the floor plate 27, and to position and fix the binding line portion 4 of the booklet 1 to the tip of the floor plate 27. Since the pressing roller 23 functions to move and fix the booklet, it is preferable that the pressing roller 23 is made of a material that does not slip easily on the surface, is movable in the vertical direction, and has a structure that can change the pressing force on the booklet 1. . As a material of the surface of the pressing roller 23, urethane rubber, silicon rubber, other various synthetic rubbers, natural rubber, or the like is used.

  As a method of positioning the binding line portion 4 of the booklet 1 at the tip of the floor plate 27, a method of positioning the head of the booklet 1 using a stopper (not shown), a method of controlling the rotation speed of the pressing roller 23, or not shown. Although there is a method of pushing the bottom of the booklet 1 with a push rod, the method of pushing the bottom of the booklet 1 with a push rod is most preferable in that it does not damage the roller conveyance on the booklet surface.

  The folding roller 24 is configured to rotate about a folding roller rotation shaft 25 installed so that the center is located at the tip of the floor plate 27, and the arm and the rotation shaft for rotation do not interfere with the booklet 1. Are provided outside the booklet 1.

  2 to 4 are schematic sectional views showing the operation of the folding roller 24 in the closed wrinkle correction unit 22, and the free end 2 of the booklet 1 positioned by the pressing roller 23 is moved by the folding roller 24 toward the back surface of the floor plate 27. It shows a folded state.

  In FIG. 2, the folding roller 24 rotates about the folding roller rotating shaft 25 in the direction of the rotation direction 26, pushes the free end 2 of the booklet 1 downward, and opens the page horizontally. The free end 2 of the booklet may be only the cover of the booklet, or may be the cover and the body of the text.

  In FIG. 3, the folding roller 24 is further rotated to fold the booklet free end 2 beyond 180 °. In FIG. 4, the folding roller 24 further rotates, and the free end 2 of the booklet is about to reach the back surface of the floor plate 27. The extent to which the free end 2 of the booklet is folded can be arbitrarily set depending on the degree of the closing flaw of the booklet 1. However, in the next operation, 360 is clamped by pinching the folded binding line portion with a pinch block. It is preferable to be as close as possible. That is, it is desirable to bend the folding roller 24 until it reaches the back surface of the floor plate 27.

  5 and 6 are schematic cross-sectional views showing the operation of the pinch block 28 in the closed wrinkle correction unit 22. The free end 2 of the booklet is folded back by the folding roller 24 toward the back surface of the floor plate 27, and the exposed booklet A state in which the binding line portion 4 is pinched by the pinch block 28 and pressed is shown.

  In FIG. 5, the set of pinch blocks 28 that have been retracted advances to a predetermined position, and in FIG. 6, the upper and lower pinch blocks 28 move in the pressing direction 29, and the binding line portion 4 of the booklet 1 is pressed. To do. As a result, the closing flaw of the booklet 1 is almost completely eliminated.

Next, although not shown in the figure, after the pinch block 28 is opened, it returns to the retracted position, and the folding roller 24 returns to the original position, thereby completing the operation of the closing wrinkle correction unit. At this time, the free end 2 of the booklet is spring-backed by the original closing hook and becomes almost horizontal. Since the degree of the initial closing wrinkles varies depending on the type of booklet, the pressing force of the pinch block 28 is adjusted accordingly, so that a just good pressing force is set. When the booklet closing wrinkle is not so strong, the pinch block 28 may not be required to be pressed.

  The surface material of the pinch block is preferably a semi-rigid rubber material having a smooth surface so that the surface of the booklet is not damaged or pressed.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the structure of a booklet printing machine 100 using the booklet supply apparatus 10 according to the present invention, where (a) is a plan view, (b) is a front view, and (c) is a right side. (D) shows a left side view.

  The booklets 1 stored in the hopper 12 of the booklet feeder 11 are arranged in a closed state. The booklet 1 is sucked one by one by a suction cup 13 using the vacuum pump 14 as a vacuum source and sent to the page turning device 20. In this example, the booklet feeder 11 also serves as a table for the booklet printing apparatus 30.

  The page turning apparatus 20 opens the booklet in a page turning unit (not shown), turns the page up to a predetermined page and exposes the printing surface, and then performs the correction operation in the closing wrinkle correction unit (not shown) to close the booklet. Correct wrinkles.

  The booklet 1 that has been corrected for closing wrinkles and flattened with the printing surface facing upward is supplied to the booklet printing apparatus 30, and predetermined information including a face photograph is printed on the printing surface. The printed booklet is checked for quality by the quality assurance unit 40 and sent to the stacker unit 50.

  In the stacker unit 50, the page is closed by the closed / labeler 51, and after labeling is performed, the page is loaded on the non-defective product stacker 52. The defective product is loaded on the defective product stacker 53.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Booklet 2 ... Free end 3 ... Fixed end 4 ... Binding line part 5 ... Printing surface 6 ... Face photograph 10 ... Booklet supply apparatus 11 ... Booklet feeder 12 ... Hopper 13 ... Suction cup 14 ... Vacuum pump 20 ... Page turning device 21 ... Page turning unit 22 ... Closed wrinkle correction unit 23 ... Pressing roller 24 ... Folding roller 25 ... Folding roller rotating shaft 26 ... Rotating direction 27 ... Laying plate 28 ... Pinch block 29 ... Pressing direction 30 ... Booklet printing device 40 ... Quality assurance unit 50 ... Stacker 51 ... Closed / Labeler 52 ... Good product stacker 53 ... Defective product stacker

Claims (2)

  A booklet supply device for supplying a booklet to a booklet printing device, a booklet feeder for sending out the booklet stored in the hopper one by one, and a page turning method for displaying a predetermined printing surface by turning over the pages of the booklet sent out. The page turning apparatus includes a page turning unit that opens a booklet by turning a page up to a predetermined page, and a closing wrinkle correction unit that corrects a closing wrinkle of the opened booklet. A booklet for placing the open booklet; a booklet that moves the booklet with the fixed end of the booklet sandwiched between the bookboard; and a pressing roller that positions and fixes the binding line portion of the booklet to the tip of the bookboard; A folding roller that rotates around the position of the leading edge of the floorboard; after the binding line portion of the booklet is positioned at the leading edge of the floorboard by the pressing roller, the folding roller is rotated to open the free end of the booklet Back side A folded, further this folded the binding wire portion to pressing by sandwiching a set of pinch blocks, the booklet feed device, characterized in that is obtained so as to correct the closing habit of the booklet.   A method of supplying a booklet to a booklet printing apparatus, which includes a step of sending out a booklet from a hopper by a booklet feeder, a step of turning a page of the sent booklet and displaying a predetermined printing surface, and an open booklet binding line Positioning the portion at the front end of the floor plate, fixing the fixed end of the booklet, turning back the free end of the booklet in the direction of the back surface of the floor plate by a folding roller that rotates around the front end of the floor plate, and folded binding The line part is clamped with a pair of pinch blocks and pressed to correct booklet closing wrinkles, the folding roller is returned to its original position, the booklet is opened horizontally, and the horizontally opened booklet is printed. A booklet supply method comprising a step of conveying the apparatus to an apparatus.

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