JPH04367859A - Book type album manufacturing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To secure the adhesion of print photographs and make the device compact. CONSTITUTION:Print photographs which are put together are supported by a couple of vertical clamping plates 37 and 38 and inserted while standing on a photograph receiving table 31. When an opening/closing lever 53 is operated in this state, the print photographs are clamped by the couple of vertical clamping plates 37 and 38 in a vertical position from both the surface sides. When a grip 78 is moved, the photograph receiving table 31 moves away from the lower end of the print photographs and a stage 76 moves in instead. When a grip 78 is pressed down, the stage 76 is elevated doing circular motion and the adhesive layer of a splicing tape mounted thereupon is pressed against the lower end surface of the print photographs while curving it. The print photographs are taken out of the couple of vertical clamping plates 37 and 38 and both the end sides of the splicing tape are folded and joined with a front and a rear cover.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a book-type album in which a large number of printed photographs are bound in booklet form.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to facilitate the storage of printed photographs, apparatuses for producing book-type albums having a booklet-like structure have been known (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-29
5796). In the book-type album production device, two clamping plates are vertically provided, and a plurality of printed photographs are inserted between the clamping plates, and the lower end and front end of the clamping plates are supported by a receiving member. After inserting the printed photo, the motor of the photo edge alignment mechanism is rotated to give vibration to the printed photo, thereby aligning the lower end surface and the front end surface. Afterwards, the pair of clamping plates are moved to the joining position, and the lower end surface of the printed photograph is joined to the adhesive layer of the mount by the mount adhesive mechanism. This mount consists of a front cover, a spine cover, and a back cover, and is set on a wide stage. In the mount adhesive mechanism, a link mechanism moves a pressure roller while protruding from a notch in the stage, and presses an adhesive layer provided on the spine along the length of the edge of the printed photograph.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned book-type album production device, the printed photographs are held vertically and joined by pressing the joining tape horizontally against the lower end surface, so sufficient adhesion cannot be achieved. could not. Furthermore, the apparatus itself is large because it requires a wide stage on which a wide mount is set and a large space to house the photo edge alignment mechanism.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and its object is to provide a small-sized book-type album production device with reliable adhesion.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the book-type album production device according to the present invention is a book-type album in which a plurality of printed photographs are joined together along one end surface in the form of a booklet with joining tape. It is a device for creating albums,
This device includes a pair of vertical clamping members for vertically clamping a printed photograph from both sides, an opening/closing means for moving the pair of vertical clamping members close to each other or apart to set them in a closed state or an open state, and A photo receiving member that supports the lower end surface of a printed photo is inserted between a pair of vertical holding members, and after the pair of vertical holding members are set in a closed state, the photo receiving member is inserted from the lower end surface of the printed photo. A moving means for retracting the photograph, and a pressing means for pushing up the stage on which the joining tape is placed in a tilted state in the width direction of the printed photograph after the photograph receiving member has been retracted, and pressing the joining tape against the lower end surface of the printed photograph are provided. It is being

[0006]

Embodiment A book-type album 10 produced using the book-type album production apparatus of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. A book-type album 10 includes a laminate 11 and a bonding tape 1.
It is composed of 2. The laminate 11 is composed of a rectangular front cover 13 and a back cover 14, and a plurality of printed photographs 15 sandwiched between these covers 13 and 14. On the surfaces of the covers 13 and 14, fields for writing in the title, photographing date, photographing location, etc., illustrations, etc. are printed as necessary.

[0007] The joining tape 12 is attached to a belt-shaped support 17.
, an adhesive 18, and a release paper 20. As the support 17, paper or a plastic sheet thinner than the thickness of the covers 13 and 14 is used, and the release paper 2
It consists of a tab 22 that serves as a grip when peeling off the bonding tape 0 and when handling the bonding tape 12 afterwards, and an adhesive support part 23 coated with the adhesive 18, and a perforation 25 is formed between these.
is provided. Tab 22 is a book-type album 10
is cut out from the perforation 25 after the fabrication. Release paper 20
has the same size as the support 17, and is used to prevent the adhesive 18 from adhering to other objects.

The length of the adhesive supporting portion 23 is approximately the same as the back surface 11a of the laminate 11, and the width thereof is such that the folded portion is joined to the end portions on the front cover 13 and back cover 14 sides. It is large enough to allow In addition, adhesive 18
has adhesive force to the extent that individual printed photographs 15 can be pulled out from the album 10 after joining, and the layered area is designed to prevent excess adhesive 18 from leaking out from the joining tape 12 after joining. from its outline to about 1
The range is about 1 mm.

[0009] As the adhesive 18, an adhesive that is a mixture of rubber, resin, and elastomer is used. In addition, as this rubber, SBR (styrene, butadiene, rubber),
Natural rubber or the like is used, and water-added rosin glycerin ester or the like is used as the resin. Further, as the elastomer, styrene, butadiene copolymer, etc. are used. The adhesive with this composition is resistant to seawater, is harmless, and maintains its viscosity for a long time (10 years or more), making it easy to open book-shaped albums and convenient for removing and inserting printed photos. be.

Next, the procedure for producing the book-type album will be briefly explained. First, the release paper 20 is peeled off from the support 17 by pinching the tab 22 of the support 12 and the part of the release paper 20a facing the tab 22. In this case,
Since the adhesive 18 is not layered on the tab 22, the release paper 20a can be easily peeled off. Thereafter, the laminate 11 with its lower sides aligned is pressed against the center of the adhesive support section 23 from its back surface 11a. Thereafter, both ends of the joining tape 12 in the width direction are bent and pasted toward the front surfaces of the covers 13 and 14, and then the tabs 22 are cut out from the perforations 25. As a result, a book-type album 10 as shown in FIG. 3 is completed.

[0011] Since this book-type album 10 has only one end surface bonded to the adhesive 18, a desired printed photograph can be extracted from the book-type album 10. Print photo 15
At least one sheet of memo paper 16 is sandwiched on the front side. Note that the end surface to be joined with the joining tape 12 may be any of the four sides of the printed photograph 15. Furthermore, it is convenient to provide a transparent pocket on the cover to store negative pieces.

Next, the book-type album production apparatus of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1, 4 to 7. In this device, a pair of clamping parts 30 protruding upward are arranged along the vertical direction, and a photo holder 31 is positioned below the clamping parts 30 to support the back surface 11a of the laminate 11 almost horizontally. are doing.

The clamping section 30 is composed of a fixed clamping plate 37 fixed on a stay plate 35 installed on the right side plate 33 and the left side plate 34, and a movable clamping member 38 that approaches or moves away from the fixed clamping plate 37. ing. The movable clamping member 38 includes a fixed plate 40 and a pressing plate 41, and the pressing plate 41 is biased toward the fixed clamping plate 37 by a spring 42. Note that the fixed clamping plate 37 and the pressing plate 41 are provided with the laminate 1.
A rubber plate 44 is attached to prevent the laminate 11 from being scratched when the laminate 11 is held therebetween. This rubber plate 44
The length of the lower part extends beyond the lower part of the fixed clamping plate 37 and the pressing plate 41, so that when the laminate 11 bound with the joining tape 12 is taken out from the clamping part 30, the adhesive layer 18 of the joining tape 12 prevent it from adhering to the lower surface of the holding part 30.

The fixed plate 40 is fixed to an upper sliding plate 46 that moves horizontally.
moves along a U-shaped guide member 45 fixed to the right and left side plates 33, 34. As shown in FIG. 5, a rack 48 is fixed to the rear inner surface of the upper slide plate 46, and this rack 48 meshes with a gear 50. This gear 50 has
An opening/closing lever 53 is connected via a shaft 51, and by operating the opening/closing lever 53, the upper slide plate 46
slides.

A gear 55 meshes behind the gear 50, and a ratchet mechanism 58 is provided at the left end of a shaft 56 that rotates together with the gear 55. As shown in FIG. 5, the ratchet mechanism 58 only allows the opening/closing lever 53 to be pulled, and prevents the opening/closing lever 53 from returning. Note that a ratchet release lever 60 for releasing the ratchet mechanism 58 is provided on the rear outside of the left side plate 34. By pulling the ratchet release lever 60, the ratchet pawl 61 is disengaged from the ratchet gear 62, and the ratchet mechanism 58 is released.

Since the upper slide plate 46 is biased by a spring 68 in a direction to move the movable clamp plate 38 away from the fixed clamp plate 37, the upper slide plate 46 is automatically activated after the ratchet release lever 66 is pulled. The rear of the upper slide plate 46 comes into contact with the stopper 70 and stops. Due to this stop, the pair of clamping plates 37 and 38 are in an open state,
In this state, the laminate 11 can be inserted between them.

As shown in FIG. 4, the photo holder 31 is fixed to a lower slide plate 75 via two support plates 74 provided along the direction of the stay plate 35. As shown in FIG. This lower slide plate 75 is provided with a stage 76 on which the bonding tape 12 is placed, a push-up plate 77, a handle 78, etc., and stoppers 80 and 81 fixed to the base 79 by pushing and pulling the handle 78. move between.

When the lower slide plate 75 is in contact with the stopper 80, the photo holder 31 is positioned below the pair of clamping plates 37 and 38 as shown in FIG. Figure 6
As shown in FIG.
At the same time, the stage 76 is moved under the pair of holding plates 37 and 38.

The push-up plate 77 is L-shaped, and its long side ends are rotatably attached to both sides of the support plate 74, respectively. These push-up plates 77 have semicircular portions 77a at the ends of their short sides, and stay rods 83 extending laterally are installed at the intersections of these short sides and long sides. This stay rod 83 rests on the tip of a horseshoe-shaped handle 78 as shown in FIG.
Since the handle 78 is rotatably attached to the shaft, the push-up plate 77 is pushed up when the handle 78 is pushed down. The range in which the handle 78 is pressed is regulated by a regulating plate 88 . Note that when the handle 78 is released, the push-up plate 77 is returned to the initial position by the spring plate 89 that urges the stay rod 83 downward.

A stage 76, which is slightly larger in size than the joining tape 12, is mounted on the semicircular portion 77a of the push-up plate. This stage 76 has two arms 85 and 8 respectively installed between its both sides and the lower slide plate 75.
6, and is moved up and down in a circular motion by this link mechanism.

On the upper surface 76a of the stage 76, linear protrusions 76b protruding along the sliding direction are arranged in rows at a constant pitch. This linear protrusion 76b is adapted to obtain a large contact pressure by pressing the joining tape 12 in a linear direction. Note that the linear protrusion 76b may be a wire or the like.

The stage 76 is raised along a circle whose radius is the length between the shafts of the arms 85 and 86 by pushing up the push-up plate 77. At this time, since the length between the pivots of the arm 85 is formed to be slightly longer than the length between the pivots of the arm 86, the stage 76 rises in a circular motion while being inclined with respect to the horizontal as shown in FIG. .

Next, the operation of the book-type album production device according to the present invention will be explained. In the initial state, as shown in FIG. 4, the holding portion 30 is in an open state, and the lower slide plate 75 is in contact with the stopper 80. In this initial state, first, the joining tape 12 is placed on the linear protrusion 76b of the stage 76. Since this joining tape 12 is contained within the edges of the three sides of the stage 76, it will not fall off from the stage 76.

[0024] Thereafter, the laminate 11 is inserted between the clamping parts 30. By this insertion, the back surface 11a of the laminate 11 is supported in a substantially horizontal state on the photo holder 31, and since another end surface is in contact with the positioning plate 72, the two sides of the laminate 11 are aligned. There is. After that, open/close lever 5
3 in the direction of arrow A, the upper slide plate 46 slides to the right against the bias of the spring 68 due to the engagement between the gear 50 and the rack 48. The upper slide plate 46 is prevented from returning by a ratchet mechanism 58, and its movement causes the movable clamping plate 38 to move toward the reference clamping plate 37.
The laminate 11 is vertically held therebetween. Note that the difference in the thickness of the laminate 11 is due to the difference in the thickness of the laminate 11.
2, the pressure plate 41 is moved and absorbed.

After that, the lower slide plate 75 is moved to the stopper 8.
When the handle 78 is pushed in until it touches the photo holder 3
1 retreats along the width direction of the back surface 11a of the laminate 11,
Furthermore, the stage 76 enters below the back surface 11a of the laminate 11. Thereafter, when the handle 78 is pressed down until it hits the regulation plate 88, the stage 76 is pushed up while moving in a circular motion via the stay rod 83 and the push-up plate 77. At this time, since the stage 76 is supported by two arms 85 and 86 with different lengths between the shafts, the joint tape 12 is raised in an inclined position as shown in FIG.
It presses diagonally against the back surface 11a of 1. As a result, the lower part of the laminate 11 is slightly curved, so that the adhesive 18 enters between each printed photograph, and sufficient adhesion can be achieved. Moreover, since the adhesive 18 is pressed along the linear protrusions 76b, a large pressing force can be obtained in the width direction by the linear protrusions 76b.

Here, the inclination angle "θ" of the stage 76 is
is preferably 5° to 30°, more preferably 10° to 20° with respect to the horizontal line 92.

When the pressure on the handle 78 is stopped, the stage 76 is vertically lowered by the spring plate 89 and can be pulled out to its original position. When the ratchet release lever 60 is released, the ratchet mechanism 58 is released, the upper slide plate 46 is retracted to the left by the spring 68, and the clamping portion 30 is opened. As a result, the sandwiching of the laminate 11 is released, and the laminate 11 to which the bonding tape 12 is attached
can be taken out. Since the laminate 11 taken out from the holding part 30 has the joining tape 12 joined to its lower surface, it is bent and pasted so that the front cover 13 and the back cover 14 are exposed as shown in FIG. Finally, the tab 22 is separated from the perforation 25 to complete the book-type album 10.

When taking out the laminate 11 to which the bonding tape 12 is attached from the clamping section 30, the portion of the adhesive 18 attached to the front cover 13 or the back cover side 14 is removed from the reference clamping plate 3.
There is a risk that the rubber plate 44 attached to the rubber plate 7 will be rubbed downward, and a part of the adhesive 18 will adhere to the rubber plate 44. In order to prevent this, by using a rubber adhesive 18, the adhesive 18 adhering to the rubber plate 44 can be easily wiped off.
It is possible to prevent the front or back surface of the laminate 11 from adhering to the rubber plate 44.

In the embodiment described above, the stage 76 was horizontally movable together with the photo holder 31, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the stage 76 is previously arranged below the holding part 30, and the photo holder 31 may be moved up and down after it is retracted.

[0030]

As described above, according to the book-type album production apparatus of the present invention, since the stage rises in an inclined state, the joining tape is applied while slightly curving the lower end surface of the vertical stack. Since they are pressed together, the adhesive can enter between each printed photo and provide sufficient adhesion. The completed book-type album is easy to open, and it becomes easy to extract desired printed photographs and re-adhere them. Furthermore, since the size of the stage may be approximately the same as that of the bonding tape, it is much more compact than devices of the prior art, and the amount of movement of the stage may also be small. Furthermore, since no electric drive source such as a motor is required, the size can be further reduced. Further, in the present invention, since the printed photograph is inserted vertically into the pair of vertical clamping members, there is no fear that the printed photograph will shift when the photographic print is clamped.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a book-type album production device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the process of producing a book-type album.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a book-type album.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the holding portion in an open state.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the opening/closing mechanism of the holding part.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the clamping portion in a closed state.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the bonding tape placed on the stage is pressed against the lower end surface of the laminate.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Book-type album 12　Joining tape 15 Printed photos 30 Clamping part 31 Photo holder 53 Opening/closing lever 66 Ratchet release lever 76 Stage 78 Handle

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: In an apparatus for producing a book-type album in which a plurality of printed photographs are joined together along one end surface in the form of a booklet with a joining tape, a pair of vertical clamps that clamp the printed photographs from both sides in a perpendicular state. a member, an opening/closing means for moving the pair of vertical clamping members close to or apart to set them in a closed state or an open state, and a photograph that supports the lower end surface of a printed photograph inserted between the pair of vertical clamping members in the open state. a receiving member and a moving means for retracting the photo receiving member from the lower end surface of the printed photo after the pair of vertical clamping members are set in a closed state; and a stage on which the bonding tape is placed after the photo receiving member is retracted. 1. A book-type album production device comprising a pressing means for pushing up a printed photograph in an inclined state in the width direction of the printed photograph and pressing a joining tape against the lower end surface of the printed photograph. 2. The book-type album production apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the stage moves in a circular motion by a link mechanism.