JPH0250894A - Sheet binder loading device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically load a binder on a binding part on an end part of a sheet by mounting a binder pressing means provided with a binder release action part and a binder pressing part and a binder supply means supplying the binder to a guide part of the pressing means. CONSTITUTION:A binder B is loaded and supplied in a guide 5 on the side of a binder supply means 8, an end of the binder B is pressed out by the progressing action of a pressing part 6 and, meanwhile, a release claw of a release action part 7 is inserted into a close part B1 on the other end of the binder B, and the close part B1 is released to form a binder open part B2. Next, a sheet A is loaded on a positioning mount 2 of a positioning means 1, the side of the sheet A is positioned by abutting the side end of the sheet A against a side abutting board 10 and, succeedingly, the front end of the sheet A is positioned by inserting the front end of the sheet A on the side of the side abutting board 10 into the open part B2 of the binder B and abutting it against the bottom. A fastening pressure board 3a of a fastening pressure part 3 is lowered from above the sheet A, thereby fastening and fixing the inner front end of the sheet A. Thereafter, the pressing part 6 is progressed to the position of the side end of the sheet A, thereby pressing out the binder B on the side of the positioning means 1 to load the binder B on a binding part on the front end of the sheet A. Then, the fastening pressure board 3a is raised to release the fastening action.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a binding device attachment device for attaching a binding device to the end binding portion of stacked paper sheets such as calendars and booklets.

(Prior Art) Conventional calendars and other devices that automatically attach a binding device for the end binding portion of a sheet of paper to the end binding portion of the sheet are equipped with a metal Binding (a device for attaching and fixing to the edge of a paper leaf by folding the attached metal fitting and paper sheet together and tightening them together after attaching the q metal fitting, and the binding metal fitting used in this case) is a thin metal plate that is bent into a 0-shape, V-shape, etc. along the longitudinal folds, and after the end of the sheet is inserted into the 0-shape groove of the binding fitting and fixed in place. ,
There is a metal fitting mounting and tightening device that performs an operation of tightening the metal fitting and the paper sheet while folding the metal fitting and the paper sheet together in a direction parallel to the end of the paper sheet.

However, when pre-molded resin binding devices are used, they are attached to paper sheets using the scissors method, slide attachment method, etc. that utilize the rigidity, flexibility, and restorability of the resin; It is impossible to attach the device with the
There has been a demand for an efficient device for attaching resin binding devices using the scissors attachment method or slide attachment method.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention provides a suitable mounting device for automatically mounting a binding device on the end binding portion of a paper sheet using a scissors attachment method or a slide attachment method.

(Structure of the Invention) The present invention provides a sheet positioning means including a positioning table for positioning a sheet and a clamping unit capable of compressing the sheet; A slide guide part for linearly sliding and pushing out a binding tool from an extension direction of the end part to be bound, a binding opening operation part provided to protrude inward of the kite part, and a binding part. This paper binding implement mounting device is characterized in that it is provided with a binding implement extrusion means having an extrusion part for extruding implements, and a binding implement supplying means for supplying a binding implement to a kite part of the extrusion means.

(Function of the Invention) The device of the present invention binds a resin binding tool such as a 0-shape or a V-shape that has been molded in advance into a closed mold at the end of the paper sheet (from the direction of extension of the 9 parts to the end of the paper sheet). Then, by the extrusion operation, the O-shaped and V-shaped closing parts of the resin binding tool are opened by the opening operation part, and the end binding part of the paper sheet is inserted into the opening part of the binding tool. After that, by releasing the opening operation of the binding device, the original closed state of the closed type binding device is restored and the binding device is attached to the paper leaf binding section, and the binding device can be slid linearly in one direction. By the operation, the closing type binding device can be moved from opening to closing and from closing to opening, and the binding device can be easily attached to the sheet end binding portion.

(Example) The apparatus of the present invention will be explained in detail according to examples.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention. A paper sheet positioning means 1 for positioning paper sheets A such as sheets for calendars, catalogs, booklets, etc. is a positioning table 2.
and a clamping pressure part 3 on the front end side of the positioning table. A side abutment plate 10 is provided on the side of the positioning table 2. On the side of the positioning part 1, adjacent to the corresponding plate 10, there is a 0-shaped, V-shaped
Binding device supply means 8 for supplying a closed molded binding device B such as a character shape
Set up. At the front ends of the positioning means 1 and the supply means 8, respectively, there are provided a concave groove-shaped slide guide 5 and a pushing part 6 for pushing out the binding implement B supplied from the supply means 8 in the direction of the positioning table 2. It is equipped with a pushing means 4, and pushes out the binding tool B toward the positioning part 1 along the slide guide 5 while pushing one end of the binding tool B by the pushing part 6.

The slide guide 5 at the boundary between the supply means 8 and the positioning means 1 is provided with a pick-shaped opening operation part 7 that protrudes horizontally from the inner edge of the guide 5 inwardly toward the outside of the device. The binding tool B enters the closing part of the binding tool B and opens the binding tool. Due to the extrusion operation of the extrusion section 6, the binding tool B is
The opening operation part 7 enters the closing part B1 of the binding part B1, and the binding tool B opened thereby can move toward the positioning means 1 along the inside of the slide guide 5. - The groove-shaped guide 5 in the embodiment is a straight line formed across the supply means 8 and the positioning means 1, and 15 and 16 are kite plates forming the outer edge of the kite 5.

Next, the positioning means 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.A concave groove-shaped kite 5 is provided on the outside of the front end of the positioning table 2 and is positioned at a position higher than the plane height of the positioning table 2. and a kite plate 1 on the outer edge of the kite 5.
5, and also includes a side abutment plate 10 on the positioning table 2. Is there a positioning table above the front end of the positioning table 2? It is equipped with a clamping unit 3 that moves up and down, and brings the side edge of the sheet A into contact with the side abutment plate 10, and the front end of the sheet A on the binding side is placed on the guide 5 by the binding tool B. The sheet of paper A positioned on the positioning table 2 is fixed by clamping so as to protrude by the width of the mouth held by the sheet A. Then, in the tightened state, the binding tool B is linearly pushed out from the supplying means 8 side in the direction of the front end of the sheet A positioned on the positioning table 2 by the extrusion section 6, and the binding tool B is pushed out by the opening operation section 7. The U-shaped closing part B1 of B is opened, and the front end of the paper sheet A is inserted into the open part B2 to attach the binding device B to the paper sheet A.

Next, the binding tool supplying means 8 in the embodiment of the device of the present invention will be described in detail.The binding tool supply means 8 in the embodiment of the present invention device will be described in detail. No # to send to? It is equipped with l1fffl feed belt 9, and feed table 11 is provided with a desired amount (
For example, it is located at a higher position (more than twice the thickness of binding tool B),
A horizontal or inclined sliding plate 12 is provided between the guide 5 and the front end of the belt 9.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the supply means 8. Transport bell 1-9
A lower conveyor belt 9a is provided on the lower side of the feed table 11, and the belt 9a runs on the upper surface of the supply table 11. belt 9
A boot 19 is provided at the rear end, and the pulley 19 is pivotally supported by an arm 18, and the pulley 19 is moved up and down in the vertical direction by a driving means 17 such as an air cylinder via the arm 18. There is. A pulley 21 is provided at the front end of the belt 9, and an intermediate kite roller 20 is mounted between the pulleys 19 and 21 while the belt 9 is running horizontally. And pulley 19.
A tension roller 22 is provided above the bell 1.
A predetermined tension is applied to the belts 9 to 9 to prevent them from loosening, and the belt circle is urged outward by springs 24. A drive motor 30a is connected to the pulley 21 via a shaft by a transmission belt 21a. The lower conveyor belt 9a is provided with pulleys 31a and 31b at its front 1 end, and the pulley 31a rotates in conjunction with the pulley 21 of the upper conveyor belt 9 via a gear, or is rotated by a motor 30 by a transmission belt 3IC.
It is connected to b and can be rotated. The binding tool B is taught between the belts 9 and 98 and conveyed on the supply table 11. The front end of the belt 9 is provided with, for example, an inclined sliding plate 12, and a sliding passage 12b for the binding tool B is formed with the upper kite plate 12a. In the middle of the sliding path 12b, non-contact type or contact type sensors 32, 33 such as reflection type or transmission type photoelectric sensors are installed to detect the passage of the binding tool B or to detect the passage of the binding tool B by the guide 5. Automatically confirms and detects whether two or more items are loaded and supplied within the container. A concave groove-shaped kite 5 is located at the end of the passage 12b, and the binding tools B, which are pinched and intermittently supplied from the direction of the supply table 11 by the intermittent rotating belt 99a, are usually stored in the kite 5 in one to two or two pieces. Supplied with more than one load. Then, while one end side of the binding tool B is pushed by the lowermost binding tool B of the supplied binding tools B or the extrusion part 6 that protrudes and runs inside the guide 5, the binding tool B is pushed in the direction from the back side to the front side in FIG. 2 of the drawing. 1, and is supplied to the front end on the positioning means 1 side in FIG. The extrusion unit 6 of the extrusion means 4 attaches an extrusion pin or the like to a reciprocating chino or [I Radres air cylinder, and moves the die or cylinder up and down as necessary to move the binding tool B to the positioning base 2 side. It is extruded and supplied to In FIG. 2, the conveyor belt 9 has one end wound around a pulley 19 that can move up and down, and when the pulley 19 is moved upwardly by an air cylinder 17, it is passed from the roller 19 through a kite roller 20. The belt 9 at the end is the supply stand 11
It is easier to replenish the binding tools B by opening them further apart.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the positioning means 1 and the supplying means 8 for the binding tool B in the apparatus of the present invention, and the clamping part 3 is connected to the clamping plate 3.
a, a holder 3b that supports the plate 3a, an air cylinder 30 that moves the clamping plate 3a up and down via the holder 3b, and a slide guide part 3d that guides both ends of the clamping plate 3a. The sheet A positioned on the sheet A is compressed by the pressing plate 3a and temporarily fixed. In the extrusion section 6 on the side of the supply means 8, the positioning means 1 and the supply means 8
The sharp tip of the opening operation part 7 provided at the boundary part of the binding tool B is inserted into the one end closing part B1 of the binding tool B, and the opening part B of the binding tool B is opened.
2. The shape of the opening claw of the opening operation part 7 is such that one end on the supply means 8 side and one end parallel to the extrusion direction are formed at an acute angle.

Next, the basic operation of attaching a binding device in an embodiment of the device of the present invention will be explained in detail. FIG. 4 (a) Loading and supplying the binding tools B into the guide 5 on the side of the binding tool supplying means 8, and while pushing out one end of the binding tool B by the advancing operation of the extrusion part 6, (b) the other end of the binding tool B While inserting the opening claw of the opening operation part 7 into the closing part B1 of the section, the closing part B1 is opened to form a binding opening part B2. Next, (c) a sheet of paper A such as a calendar (the binding side may be glued and stiffened) is placed in the positioning means 1.
Place the paper sheet on the positioning table 2, and place the side edge of the paper sheet on the side contact plate 1.
0 for lateral positioning, and then the paper sheet A
The side abutment plate side of the front end of is inserted into the open part B2 of the binding tool B to position the abutting front end. Next, (d) paper leaf A
The clamping plate 3a of the clamping unit 3 is lowered from above, and the inside of the front end of the sheet A is clamped and fixed, and (e) the extrusion unit 6 is advanced to the side edge position of the sheet A. The binding tool B is pushed out toward the positioning means 1 side, and the binding tool B is attached to the binding part at the front end of the sheet A. After the clamping plate 3a is lifted to release the clamping operation, the loaded sheet A is discharged to a predetermined position.

Figure 5 shows various closed binding tools B used in the device of the present invention.
It is possible to change the shape of the opening claw of the opening operation part 7 in various ways depending on the shape of the binding device B without departing from the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the binding device B attached to a sheet of paper.

Figure 6 (a) shows the binding side end of sheet A placed in front with adhesive C and then installed in binding tool B, and Figure 6 (b) shows sheet A After the binding end (back part) of the binding end (back part) is set in the front with a front part i7D such as molded resin or metal fittings, the binding tool B is attached to the outside of the front part i7D.

As another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, the guide plate 15 on the outside of the kite 5 on the positioning means 1 side is made movable by attaching it to a driving part 14 such as an air cinder or an electromagnetic solenoid. , the kite board 15 is made parallel movable from the inside direction of the kite 5 to the outside direction, and the paper sheet A
It can also be used as a front abutment plate for positioning the front end of the binding. Then, the guide plate 15 is moved in parallel within the guide 5 by a predetermined distance only when positioning the paper sheet A on the positioning table 2, and the front end of the paper sheet A is brought into contact with the guide plate 15, and the paper sheet side After positioning the paper sheet A by abutting it against the side abutting plate 14, the clamping plate 3a is lowered and the paper sheet A
is fixed, the kite board 15 is retreated back to its original position, and then the binding tool B in the guide 5 on the supplying means 8 side is moved to the extrusion part 6
The sheet A is pushed out along the kite 5, and the binding device B is attached to the binding portion at the front end of the sheet A.

Further, in another embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention, as shown in FIG. A presser foot opening 35 is provided. Roll the rear end of sheet A with roller 3.
5, it is necessary to align it with the front abutting plate 15 in front rather than pressing it. Then, conveyor bells 1 to 36 are installed in the lateral direction of the positioning table 2, and above them are presser rollers 37 that move up and down intermittently. The side end portions are aligned with the side abutment plate 10.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, one end of a pre-molded closed binding device made of resin is opened, and after inserting the end binding portion of the paper sheets to be bound into the open portion, the It is possible to release the opening operation of the tool and return it to the original closed state using the restoring force of the resin binding tool to bind the paper sheets, and it can be used as an end binding section for paper sheets such as calendars, catalogs, booklets, etc. It is possible to accurately and quickly attach a steel frame type or slide attachment type binding tool to a paper without manual work, and it is effective in improving the efficiency of binding work.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the binding tool supply means of the device of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a front view of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, and FIG. A plan view showing the basic operation of the device of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a plan view and a side view of binding tools of various shapes used in the device of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a side view of paper sheets bound by the device of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a plan view of another embodiment of the device of the present invention. 1...Positioning means 2...Positioning stand 3...
・Tightening pressure part 4...Extrusion means 5...Guide
6... Extrusion part 7... Opening operation part 8.
... Binding tool supply means 9 ... Conveyor belt 10 ...
Side contact plate 11...supply table 12...sliding plate 1
3a, 13b... Kite board 14... Drive section 15.
... Guide plate 16 ... Kite board 17 ... Air cylinder 18 ... Arm 19 ... Pulley
20...Fixed roller 21...Pulley 22...Tension roller 23...Arm 24...
・Spring 25...Tap 26...Adjustment shirt 1-27...Adjustment screws 28, 29...Body frame 30a, 30b...Motor 31a, 31
b ... Lower conveyance bell 1 to 32.33 ... Detection sensor 34 ... 1 To general feed bell 1 35 ... Presser roller
36...Transportation bell 1-37...Press roller

Claims (1)

[Claims] A paper sheet positioning means comprising a positioning stand for positioning the paper sheet and a clamping part capable of compressing the paper sheet; It is equipped with a slide guide part for linearly sliding and pushing out the binding tool from the extension direction of the end part, a binding opening operation part provided to protrude inward from the guide part, and a pushing part for pushing out the binding tool. A paper binding implement mounting device comprising: a binding implement extrusion means; and a binding implement supplying means for supplying a binding implement to a guide portion of the extrusion means.