JPH06190790A - Printing unit block aligniong device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To align a bunch of printing unit blocks effectively and economically and in a small space by furnishing the primary and secondary cutting means, an upper and a lower rail, a supporting means, and an aligning/transporting rail which receives fallen blocks, puts them in alignment. and carries out to the next processing stage. CONSTITUTION:A printing unit block aligning device includes a primary cutting means 2, which cuts a large-form sheet block 1' of a large-form sheet having undergone multi-face printing in longitudinal and transverse rows into row unit blocks 3, and a secondary cutting means 4 which cuts each row unit block 3 into printing unit blocks 5. A bunch of printing unit blocks 5 is opened and shut in the supported position and released position by an upper rail 8 for every row unit block 3, and the bunch of the printing unit blocks 5 dropped by movement to the released position is received by a lower rail 10 for each row unit block 3, and the bunch of printing unit blocks 5 carried out from the lower rail 10 is opened and shut in the supported position and released position by a supporting means 15, and the dropped printing unit blocks 5 are received, aligned, and carried out by an aligning/transporting rail 17 to the next processing stage.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing unit block in which 100 printing sheets such as banknotes and postcards are serially numbered, for example, 1 to 100 and 101 to 200. The present invention relates to a printing unit block alignment device for arranging in sequence of serial numbers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when unit blocks in which 100 banknotes are stacked are stacked in the order of 10 block serial numbers in the stacking process, a step of aligning the unit blocks in the numerical order is required as a pre-process. A conventional unit block aligning device of this type cuts a large-sized sheet block, in which large-sized sheets printed in multiple columns and rows are stacked, into row unit blocks, as typified by, for example, US Pat. No. 4,283,902. Multiple column unit blocks are arranged in a large number of rows, and all these columns are sequentially cut from the front end to form a large number of printing unit blocks, which are sent out on an aligning line and arranged in numerical order, and are supplied to a stacking process, The work of aligning the unit blocks was extremely inefficient, which hindered the efficiency from increasing in the integration process.

Further, a very large cutting machine for arranging a large number of row unit blocks and cutting them at a time is required.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a printing unit.
Blocks that can be aligned efficiently and economically
For providing a block alignment device
As a column unit block cut into the above column unit blocks.
To a print unit block, and
Position and release position to charge each column block
Open and close the upper rail, and move the upper rail to the release position.
The printing unit blocks that drop due to movement are received for each column unit block.
Lower rail to stop and printing carried out from this lower rail
Open and close the support position to receive the unit block and the release position
Support means and the support means moves to the release position to drop
Receiving printing unit blocks, aligning them and carrying them to the next process
A unit block alignment device is configured by
It was made.

Further, the present invention has a two-story structure in which the upper rail and the lower rail are orthogonal to each other, a conveyor for loading the printing unit block to the upper rail is provided above the upper rail, and the printing unit block is provided below the lower rail. The printing unit block aligning device is configured such that a conveyor for carrying out from the lower rail is provided, and the upper rail is configured to be openable and closable between a supporting position and a releasing position of the printing unit block.

[0006]

With the above structure, the printing unit blocks are charged to the upper rail for each serial number group, and the charged printing unit blocks are dropped to the lower rail for each serial number group by moving the upper rail to the release position. Then, the printing unit block groups dropped on the lower rail are collectively transported to the supporting means for each of the serial number groups, and the printing unit block groups are aligned for each of the serial number groups by moving the supporting means to the release position. The printing unit blocks are dropped onto the transport rails, and the printing unit blocks are aligned in the order of the serial numbers on the aligned transport rails and carried out to the stacking process. In this way, the printing unit blocks are processed and arranged in columns.

Further, the present invention has a two-story structure in which an upper rail and a lower rail are orthogonal to each other, a printing unit block group is charged to each upper group through the upper rail by a conveyor provided above the upper rail, and the upper rail is charged. When it is moved to the release position, it drops onto the lower rail and is arranged on the lower rail in a serial number group by serial number group and provided on the alignment line. As a result, the work of providing the printing unit block to the alignment line for each serial number group is properly performed in a limited space.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Drawings include bills, lottery tickets, postcards, eg 1
1 shows a unit block alignment device that aligns sheet blocks of 00 sheets in numerical order. In the present invention, the numerical order means a case where the numbers are stacked from the first rank to the final rank, and is not limited to those in which numbers and the like are specifically entered.

As an example, the large-sized sheet 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to NO. 40 multi-sided prints are made. 100 large-sized sheets 1 are stacked to form a large-sized sheet block 1 '. 1 to NO. Each printing surface of 40 is overlaid on the serial number in the stacking direction. For example, NO. 1 to 1 for 1
0, NO. 2 is 101 to 200, NO. 20 for 3
Serial numbers from 1 to 300 are given.

The large-sized sheet block 1'is first trimmed unnecessarily in a trimming process (not shown), and is then cut row by row from the front row to the last row by a cutting machine 2 which constitutes a primary cutting means. The column unit block 3 is formed.

A plurality of the cut row unit blocks 3 are arranged in parallel, for example, in rows A and B, and the row unit blocks 3 in rows A and B are vertically fed to form a secondary cutting means in order from the front end for each printing unit. The printing unit block 5 is cut by the cutting machine 4.

The cut printing unit blocks 5 of the A and B rows are bound together by a band 7 using a banding means 6 to form a large number of unit blocks 5 in the order of 100 serial numbers. The printing unit block 5 is “longitudinally fed” to the upper rail 8 and charged in the rail 8 for each column unit block 3 described above.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper rail 8 is openably and closably provided at a support position for supporting the printing unit blocks 5 and a position for releasing the support for each of the A and B rows. It has a bottom ruler 8b extending in parallel to allow the printing unit block 5 group to fall, and a side ruler 8c regulating the side surface of the printing unit block 5, and is endless in parallel with the rails 8 above the rails 8. Arrange the conveyor 9. As shown in FIG. 4, the endless conveyor 9 is mounted on pulleys 9a and 9b so as to be capable of running endlessly. The endless conveyor 9 presses the rear end surface of each printing unit block 5 to set a predetermined interval on the upper rail 8. It has a large number of pushers 9c arranged at regular intervals for holding and inserting.

As the endless conveyor 9 runs intermittently, the transport pushers 9c intermittently insert the printing unit blocks 5 one by one onto the bottom ruler 8b of the upper rail 8 as shown in FIG. When a corresponding number of printing unit blocks 5 are charged on each upper rail 8, the upper rail 8 opens as shown in FIG. 5B, that is, the bottom ruler 8b rotates downward about the axis 8a by about 90 degrees. The printing unit block 5 group of each column unit block 3 is dropped. This drop occurs in rows A and B almost at the same time. The upper rail 8 is opened and closed by, for example, an air cylinder 19 or a cam. In addition, the upper rail 8 includes a case where the upper rail 8 is moved back and forth horizontally to open and close the support position and the release position.

The group of printing unit blocks 5 dropped from the upper rail 8 is received by the lower rail 10 orthogonal to the upper rail 8. As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 5, the lower rails 10 are provided in the same number of columns C to J as the group of printing unit blocks 5 corresponding to the column unit block 3. Each lower rail 10 has a bottom ruler 10a extending parallel to each other and a side ruler 10b that regulates the side surface of the printing unit block 5, and an endless conveyor 11 is arranged along the lower part of each lower rail 10. The conveyor 11 and the conveyor 9 are arranged orthogonal to each other. The endless conveyor 11 is mounted between the pulleys 11a and 11b shown in FIG. 3 so as to be capable of running endlessly, and the endless conveyor 11 runs intermittently and receives printing unit blocks received from the upper rails 8 of rows A and B above. Each of the five groups has a transport pusher 11c that transports the five groups laterally along the lower rail 10 at a predetermined interval. That is, the endless conveyor 11 runs intermittently, so that the transport pusher 1
1c intermittently "laterally feeds" the group of printing unit blocks 5 existing in the C to J rows along the bottom ruler 10a of the lower rail 10 while maintaining the arrangement relationship of the A and B rows, and supporting means 15 to be described later. Carry to.

The group of printing unit blocks 5 of rows C to J carried out from the lower rail 10 by the carrying pusher 11c is pushed out to the block pedestal 15 at the end of the lower rail 10 while maintaining the arrangement relationship of the rows A and B. C ~ J
The useless pusher 12 provided for each of the lower rails 10 in the row protrudes from the standby position shown by the phantom line to the position shown by the solid line, and as a result, the unit blocks 5 group fed out from the end of the lower rail 10 onto the block pedestal 15 Is further pushed to support it at a fixed position on the pedestal 15. The group of unit blocks 5 pushed out to the cradle 15 is brought into contact with the front pad 16 to maintain a fixed position on the cradle 15. The block pedestal 15 is movably provided to the support position and the support release position of the unit block, and moves laterally from the support position to the release position shown by the phantom line in FIG. 3 or FIG. The upper group of printing unit blocks 5 is dropped onto the alignment conveyance rail 17.

That is, the group of printing unit blocks 5 of the rows C to J corresponding to the row unit blocks 3 dropped from the block pedestal 15 are aligned and transported under the support position of the block pedestal 15. It is received by the rail 17. The aligning / conveying rail 17 has a bottom ruler 17a for supporting the group of printing unit blocks 5 and a side ruler 17b for regulating the side surface of the printing unit block 5, and an endless conveyor 18 is arranged along the aligning / conveying rail 17. The endless conveyor 18 arranges the printing unit blocks 5 received from the block receiving base 15 from the drop position and aligns and conveys the rails 1 respectively.
7 has a pusher 18a which conveys it in the vertical direction. By the intermittent traveling of this endless conveyor 18,
The pusher 18a of the endless conveyor 18 arranges the printing unit blocks 5 in the order of numbers along the bottom ruler 17a of the conveying rail 17 and intermittently conveys them to the next process (accumulation process).

By repeating the above operation, the printing unit blocks 5 group cut from the large-sized sheet blocks 1'printed in multiple rows in columns and rows are conveyed to the next step (collecting step) while being arranged in the order of serial numbers. In the process, for example, in FIG. No. 1 in the print unit block 5 of No. 1 No. 2 printing unit blocks are stacked and NO. No. 2 in the block. The blocks of No. 3 are piled up and NO. 1
To NO. An integrated block of 10 blocks of 10 is formed one after another.

The present invention includes the case where a plurality of printing unit groups corresponding to a plurality of row unit blocks 3 are supported on one upper rail 8 and dropped onto the lower rail 10.

[0020]

According to the present invention, printing unit blocks cut from a large-sized sheet block can be aligned extremely efficiently, and the aligning device can be simply constructed with a limited occupied space. In particular, according to the present invention, the upper rail and the lower rail are configured as a two-story structure to perform the above-mentioned work, so that the work between the process of forming the printing unit block group and the aligning and conveying process of arranging them in order of number can be performed very smoothly and efficiently. I can perform well.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating a system for forming and aligning a printing unit block from a large-sized sheet block according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the system.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a unit block alignment device forming the system.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the unit block alignment device.

5A and 5B are views for explaining the dropping of the printing unit block from the upper rail to the lower rail forming the unit block aligning device, in which A is a front view showing the closed state of the upper rail;
[Fig. 3] is a front view showing an open state of the upper rail.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a lower rail group and an aligned transport rail forming the unit block alignment device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Large-sized sheet 1'Large-sized sheet block 2 Cutting device that constitutes primary cutting means 3 Row unit block 4 Cutting device that constitutes secondary cutting means 8 Upper rail 10 Lower rail 15 Block cradle 17 that constitutes supporting means 17 Aligned transfer rail

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A primary cutting unit that cuts a large-sized sheet block, in which large-sized sheets that are printed in multiple rows in columns and rows are stacked, into column unit blocks, and a column unit block cut by the primary cutting unit is a printing unit. Secondary cutting means for cutting into blocks, a supporting position for charging the printing unit block group cut by the secondary cutting means for each column unit block, and an upper rail for opening / closing at a releasing position, and a releasing position for the upper rail. Lower rail that receives the printing unit block group that falls by the movement of each row unit block, a support position that receives the printing unit block group that has been carried out from this lower rail and a support means that opens and closes to the release position, and the release of this support means The printing unit block is provided with an aligning / conveying rail that receives and aligns the printing unit block that falls when it moves to the position and carries it out to the next process. Alignment device. 2. The printing unit block group is vertically fed from the secondary cutting means to the upper rail, and the printing unit block group is horizontally fed from the lower rail to the supporting means. Printing unit block alignment device. 3. The printing unit block aligning device according to claim 1, further comprising banding means for banding the printing unit block between the secondary cutting means and the upper rail. 4. The printing unit block alignment device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of column unit blocks cut by the primary cutting means are supplied in parallel to the secondary cutting means. 5. An upper rail and a lower rail are orthogonal to each other, a conveyor for loading a printing unit block into the upper rail is provided above the upper rail, and a conveyor for loading the printing unit block is provided below the lower rail. A printing unit block aligning device, wherein an upper rail is provided so as to be openable and closable at a supporting position and a releasing position of a printing unit block, and the printing unit block is dropped to a lower rail when the upper rail is moved to the releasing position.