JPH03205228A - Method and apparatus for storing sheet material in cassette - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of a transport work by compressing and clamping sheet materials accumulated on an accumulating portion in the form of a large sheaf by a pair of clamping arms, and carrying the same as it is to a cassette storing position to be stored in a cassette. CONSTITUTION:A large sheaf (T) of printed sheets discharged from a printing process is clamped between a lifting table 1 and a pressing plate 2 to be taken as an accumulating portion 3. A pair of clamping arms 13a, 13b of a press portion 11 are moved in the direction of compression by a press cylinder 12. The press portion 11 is pushed out by a moving cylinder 15, and both clamping arms 13a, 13b are inserted in a groove between the lifting table 1 and the pressing plate 2 of the accumulating portion 3. The large sheaf (T) is compressed and clamped with both arms 13a, 13b by the operation of the cylinder 12. Then, the sheaf is moved backward in such a condition to be placed on a cassette (C), and turned in a 90-degree arc by a rotary cylinder 14 to be faced downward, and the cassette (C) is lifted up by a cylinder 17 to store the large sheaf (T) therein. Subsequently, the clamping arms 13, 13b are pulled out by the lowering of the cylinder 17.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an apparatus for storing sheet-like objects in a cassette for storing a predetermined number of sheet-like objects in a transport cassette, and a sheet using the same. The present invention relates to a method for storing objects in a cassette.

[Prior Art] Printed materials such as magazines and catalogs are printed in the printing process by printing the cover, table of contents, frontispiece, main text, etc., and then forming a printed book.
They are produced by transporting them to a bookbinding process and combining them into a single printed book using a bookbinding machine such as a saddle stitcher or perfect stitcher. Here, the printed books must be transported from the printing process to the bookbinding process, but conventionally, a predetermined number of printed books are stacked on a stacker, a padding paper or plate is placed on both ends, and a band is placed around the edges. These are manually stacked on wooden pallets and transported to the binding machine using a forklift or self-propelled transporter.

Additionally, when transporting multiple sheets of paper, plastic sheets, cartons, glass plates, etc. at once, it is common to place them on a stand little by little by hand or place them in a cardboard box or the like. By placing them in a container, they can be transported in bulk.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional method of transporting printed books, since the transport work is carried out with the eastern periphery of the printed books tied with a band, it is difficult to handle the printed books located near both ends of the eastern side. There were problems with the inside being damaged and the east being twisted. In addition, when applying a patch plate to both ends and tying it with a band, although there is no damage to both ends, it is inevitable that twisting will occur during handling.

In addition, it is generally very troublesome for the operator to manually place the sheet-like object little by little on a stand or place it in a cardboard box, etc., and the sheet-like object may be damaged during the work.

Therefore, it is conceivable to transport a predetermined number of sheet-like materials such as printed books in a case, but as sheet-like materials are difficult to handle, no concrete means have yet been considered. be.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to store and transport a plurality of sheet-like objects accumulated in a storage section in a cassette. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device and method for automatically storing objects in a cassette.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the storage device for sheet-like objects in a cassette according to the present invention stores a large bundle of sheet-like objects accumulated in a storage section in a uniform manner. a pair of clamping arms that clamp the large bundle of sheet-like materials in a maintained state; a mechanism that compresses and clamps the large bundle of sheet materials inwardly and brings them to a cassette storage position; The present invention is characterized by comprising a mechanism for storing the large bundle of sheet-like materials in the cassette.

In addition, the method for storing sheet-like objects in a cassette according to the present invention involves holding a large bundle of sheet-like objects accumulated in a storage section with a pair of holding arms in a state in which they are kept aligned; After compressing the large bundle of sheet-like materials inward, and then moving the large bundle of sheet-like materials while being compressed and held to a cassette at a predetermined position,
It is characterized in that a large bundle of the sheet-like materials is stored in the cassette.

[Operation] In the apparatus and method for storing sheet-like objects in a cassette constructed as described above, the sheet-like objects accumulated in the storage section are automatically held in a large bundle by the holding arms. The sheet-like material is then inserted into the cassette, and then only the gripping arms are pulled out from the cassette, thereby storing the sheet-like material into the cassette.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking as an example a large bundle of printed books discharged from a printing process and accumulated in a storage section.

As shown in FIG. 1(a), a large bundle of printed books T, which is a sheet-like material continuously discharged from the printing process and accumulated, is placed between a lifting table 1 and a suppressing plate 2 with their backs facing in the same direction. The storage section 3 is constructed in such a manner that it is sandwiched between.

In FIG. 1(a), reference numeral 11 denotes a press section, and one clamping arm 13 is moved by the press cylinder 12.
a and the other fixed clamping arm 13b, and the clamping arm 13a. 13b each has a skewer-like claw portion. Therefore, the lifting table 1 and the pressing plate 2 are connected to the pair of clamping arms 13a. It is necessary that each of the grooves has a groove so that the groove 13b can enter therein. Note that 14 is a cylinder for rotating the press section, and 15 is a cylinder for moving the press section.

Fig. 1(a) - (To explain the process of storing a printed book, which is a sheet-like material, into a cassette using marks, first, Fig. 1(a)
The press part 11 in the predetermined position shown in FIG. 1(b) is pushed out by the action of the press part moving cylinder 15.
A pair of clamping arms 13a, 1 having skewer-like claws as shown in FIG.
3b enter the grooves of the pressing plate 2 and the lifting table 1, respectively, and the press cylinder 12 operates to compress and clamp the large bundle T. Next, as shown in FIG. 1(C), the storage section 3
The pressing plate 2 and the lifting platform 1 move upward and downward to accumulate the next large bundle T, and the press section 11 rotates by the action of the press section moving cylinder 15 while still holding the large bundle T. retreat to position. The press section 11, which has come to the rotational position, is rotated 90 degrees by the action of the press section rotation cylinder 14, as shown in FIG. 1(A), to the downward cassette storage position. And Figure 1 (
As shown in e), the empty cassette C already placed on the cassette support stand 16 is raised by the action of the cassette lifting cylinder 17, and as shown in FIG. A large bundle of T-shirts is stored inside. Cassette C
As shown in Figure 2 (a) and (b), on both side walls of
Since grooves 19 are provided for receiving the skewer-like claws 18 of the clamping arms 13a and 13b, when the large bundle T is stored in the cassette C, the clamping arms 13a and 13b open and the claws 18 of the clamping arms 13a and 13b are opened. Entering the groove 19 in the side wall of the cassette C, the large bundle T spreads until it touches the surface of the side wall of the cassette C. Then, the first
As shown in the figure, the holding arms 13a and 13b are removed to complete the storage of the large bundle T into the cassette C.Then, the cassette C containing the large bundle T is placed on the cassette support stand 1.
6 and the next empty cassette C is placed on the cassette support stand 16. By repeating this series of operations, the large bundles T are stored in the cassette C one after another.

A cassette C in which a large bundle of printed books T is stored as described above
are accumulated on a pallet, and when a predetermined number of books have been piled up, they are transported to a location adjacent to the bookbinding machine by a transport means such as a forklift or a self-propelled transport machine. Then, the cassettes C are set one by one from the pallet to the book take-out position using a palletizer or the like. When taking out a printed book from the cassette C, it may be taken out manually, but the gripping arm 13a. Preferably, a device with clamping arms similar to 13b is used.

In the above embodiment, the large bundle T accumulated in the accumulation section 3 is moved between the lifting table 1 and the pressing plate 2 with the back bag portion thereof in the same direction.
As explained above, even if the large bundle T is naturally accumulated on the lifting platform 1,
Alternatively, a predetermined number of copies may be stacked in alternating directions. That is, the clamping arms 13a, 13b
As long as the storage portion 3 is in a state where it is successively pinched by
In any state in which the large bundle T is accumulated, it is irrelevant to the essence of the present invention.

In the above embodiments, the case where the sheet-like material is a printed book has been explained, but the present invention is not limited to the field of bookbinding in which printed material is conveyed, and is applicable to general sheet-like materials (sheets, plastic sheets, etc.).
Needless to say, the present invention can also be applied to the process of storing cassettes (cartons, glass plates, etc.).

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention allows the sheet-like materials to be stored in the cassette in a uniform state while being accumulated in the storage section. Since there is no need to carry the sheet by hand, the efficiency of the conveyance work is improved and the sheet-like article can be conveyed to the next process without being damaged.

Further, since the sheet-like material is stored in the cassette, the sheet-like material can be moved to the next process by simply moving the cassette, so that the conveying operation itself is easy to carry out.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 (a) to () are process diagrams showing the process of storing large bundles in transport cassettes, Figure 2 (a) is a partial plan view of the cassette, and Figures 21!I (b) are Figure 2 ( A-A cross-sectional view of a) is torn.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A pair of clamping arms that clamp a large bundle of sheet-like materials accumulated in an accumulation section while maintaining their alignment; and a pair of clamping arms that clamp and compress the large bundle of sheet-like materials inwardly with the clamping arms sandwiching the large bundle of sheet-like materials. and a mechanism for storing the large bundle of sheet-like materials into the cassette set at the storage position. Storage device. (2) pinching a large bundle of sheet-like materials accumulated in an accumulation section while maintaining alignment between a pair of clamping arms, and further compressing the large bundle of sheet-like materials inwardly by the clamping arms;
Next, the large bundle of sheet-like materials is moved to a cassette at a predetermined position while being compressed and held, and then the large bundle of sheet-like materials is stored in the cassette. How to store it in a cassette.