JPH06336363A - Sheet form binding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily form a booklet consisting of a plurality of sheet forms recorded with individual information or the like. CONSTITUTION:In this constitution, a gathering unit 22 for sorting a sheet form, discharged one after another from a sheet recorder 5, accumulated, binding unit 55 for binding a plurality of the gathered sheet forms and a stacker 60 for accumulating a completed booklet 1 are arranged in the downstream of the sheet recorder 5 capable of recording individual information in the sheet form 2, to automatically perform recording to the sheet form, gathering, bending and stacking in a series of processes.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for collating and binding a plurality of sheets in which individual information such as personal information is recorded, and more particularly to a single-wafer form binding apparatus using a single-sheet form as a sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, banks, securities companies, insurance companies,
BACKGROUND ART In department stores and the like, a booklet made up of a plurality of forms in which individual information for each customer and general information such as explanations and advertisements are recorded or printed is mailed to the customer. To make such a booklet, a continuous form with marginal punches on both sides is passed through a printer to record individual information for a large number of individuals, and then the recorded continuous form is set on a collating device, With the collating device, the marginal punch portions on both sides of the continuous form were deleted, and then separated into individual forms, and the individual forms were sorted and collected, that is, bound and bound.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional method, it is necessary to use a continuous form having marginal punches on both sides, which is costly, and the predetermined form is passed through a printer to perform predetermined recording. After the operation, it had to be set in a collating device provided separately from the printer, and there was a problem that workability was poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and a plurality of sheets in which individual information or general information is recorded or printed by using a sheet form without using a continuous form. It is an object of the present invention to provide a single-wafer foam bookbinding device capable of producing a booklet made of a foam.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 of the present application is a sheet-fed recording apparatus for recording information on a sheet-fed form and sending it in a predetermined order, and from this sheet-fed recording apparatus. Based on the information from the single-wafer recording apparatus, the collating device that sorts and stacks the discharged single-wafer form and the sheet-form foam that is discharged while being sorted and stacked from this collating device is bound. Binding device as a booklet
A gist of a sheet-foam bookbinding apparatus having a stacker for accumulating booklets discharged from the binding device.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, a sheet-fed recording apparatus for recording information including collating information on the sheet-fed form and sending it in a predetermined order, and a sheet-fed form discharged from the sheet-fed recording apparatus. A booklet that binds the collating device that reads the information for collation and sorts and accumulates the sheet-forms according to the information, and the sheet-forms that are discharged from the gathering device in the state of being sorted and accumulated. The present invention is directed to a single-wafer form bookbinding apparatus having a binding device and a stacker for accumulating booklets discharged from the binding device.

Here, as the above-mentioned single-wafer recording apparatus,
It is preferable to use a double-sided recording device capable of recording on both sides of the sheet-form. Further, it is preferable that the above-mentioned sheet-by-sheet recording apparatus is provided with a sheet feeding device for selecting a different sheet-for-sheet form and feeding it to a recording position.

[0008]

According to the above-mentioned invention of claim 1, the single-wafer recording apparatus continuously records information such as individual information for the customer on the single-wafer form in a predetermined order, and the single-wafer form is transferred in a predetermined order. The collating device sorts the sheet-fed forms sent from the sheet-fed recording device into individual booklets and accumulates them, and the binding device binds the sheet-fed forms that have been separated and accumulated. Booklet, and the stacker collects the booklets one after another. Therefore, by simply setting the single-wafer form in the paper feeding device of the single-wafer recording device, information recording, sorting and stacking (collating), binding, stacking, etc. can be continuously performed in a series of steps. It is possible to reduce the amount of work due to, and it is possible to prevent mistakes that often occur when collating and binding operations are performed manually, and it is possible to perform high-speed processing.

Also in the invention of claim 2, as in the case of claim 1, information recording, collation, binding, stacking and the like can be performed only by setting the sheet form on the sheet feeding device of the sheet recording apparatus. It can be carried out continuously in a series of steps. At this time, in the invention of claim 2, the sheet-fed recording device records the collation information for collating the sheet-forms, the collation device reads the information for collation, and the sheet-fed according to the information. Forms can be divided and collected. Therefore, it is not necessary to control the collating device by the signal from the single-wafer recording device, in other words,
It is not necessary to associate a control system for the sheet-fed recording apparatus and the collating apparatus, and therefore, there is an advantage that a commercially available recording apparatus can be easily used as the sheet-fed recording apparatus.

If a double-sided recording device is used as the sheet-fed recording device as described above, information can be recorded on both sides of the sheet-fed form, and the amount of information contained in the bound booklet can be increased. it can.

Further, if the sheet-fed recording apparatus is provided with a sheet feeding device for selecting different sheet-fed forms and feeding them to the recording position, by feeding the desired sheet-fed forms in a desired order, The desired type of sheet-fed foam can be included in the bound booklet.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below. 1 is a side view schematically showing a sheet-foam bookbinding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a part thereof, and FIG. 3A is a booklet bound by the sheet-foam bookbinding apparatus. FIG. 3 (b) is a schematic perspective view showing a plurality of single-wafer foams forming the booklet. In FIG. 3, a booklet indicated by reference numeral 1 as a whole is formed by stacking a plurality of sheet forms 2 and binding them with staples 3. The plurality of single-wafer foams 2 forming the booklet 1 are different types of single-wafer foams 2a, 2b, 2c.
... 2n. In this specification, reference numeral 2 is used to indicate a single-wafer form in general,
Reference numeral 2 when distinguishing and showing each type of single-wafer form
Symbols such as a, 2b, 2c ... Individual information, general information and the like are recorded or printed on the sheet form 2 bound to the booklet 1.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 5 denotes a sheet-fed recording apparatus for recording on a sheet-fed form. In this embodiment,
A laser printer capable of double-sided recording is used. Reference numeral 6 denotes an electrophotographic recording unit for recording predetermined information on the sheet form, and although not shown in the figure, the photoconductor for forming a toner image and the surface thereof are uniformly charged. A charging device, a laser scanner that scans the photosensitive body with a laser beam so as to form an electrostatic latent image of information to be recorded on the photosensitive body, and a developing device that applies toner to the electrostatic latent image and develops the electrostatic latent image. , A transfer device for transferring the toner image to the sheet-formed foam sent so as to come in contact with the photoconductor, a fixing device for fixing the toner image on the sheet-formed foam, a cleaner for removing the residual toner on the surface of the photoconductor, etc. Is equipped with. Therefore, by supplying a single-wafer foam so as to contact this photoconductor, and by transferring and fixing the toner image formed on the photoconductor surface,
Information can be recorded on a single-wafer form. Reference numeral 7 denotes a sheet-foam conveying path for supplying the sheet-foam 2 to a position in contact with the photoconductor of the recording unit 6 and discharging the recorded sheet-foam, a roller for conveying the sheet-foam, It is provided with a conveyor such as a belt. Reference numeral 8 denotes a single-wafer foam circulation path for returning the single-wafer foam 2 discharged from the recording unit 6 to the recording unit 6 again, and a reversing unit 9 for reversing the traveling direction of the single-wafer foam is provided in a part thereof. . This single-wafer foam circulation path 8 is also provided with means (not shown) for conveying the single-wafer foam. Thus, the single-wafer foam 2 on the surface of which information has been recorded is passed through the single-wafer foam circulation path 8, inverted by the reversing unit 9, returned to the single-wafer foam conveying path 7 again, and supplied to the recording unit 6. This time, information can be recorded on the back surface of the sheet form 2.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a sheet feeding device for supplying the sheet-form to the sheet-form transport path 7. This paper feeding device 10
Multiple paper feed trays 11 each containing a sheet-form
a, 11b, ... 11n, and paper feed rollers 12a, 12b, ... 12n for feeding the sheet-forms from the respective paper feed trays.
And a conveying device 13 for sending the sheet-form foam fed out by each sheet feed roller to the sheet-form foam conveying path 7, and by selecting and operating each sheet feed roller 12a, 12b ... 12n, It is possible to select and feed the single-wafer foam stored in a desired paper feed tray.

Reference numeral 15 is a system controller for controlling the sheet recording apparatus 1, 16 is an external storage device for setting a magnetic tape or the like containing individual information to be recorded and outputting the recorded information, and 17 is an operation panel.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a sheet-fed recording device 1 to a sheet-fed form 2.
Is a discharge roller, 22 is a discharge roller, and 22 is a collating device that sorts and collects the recorded sheet-forms 2 that are sequentially discharged from the discharge roller 21. The collating device 22 provided in this embodiment is of a spiral type and collates by intermittent rotation of a pair of left and right spiral plates 23. More specifically, the collating device 22 is configured as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). That is, the collating device 22 includes a support plate 26 attached to the left and right frames 25 and a holder 27 whose attachment position is adjustable, and the holder 27 rotates a rotary shaft 28 of the spiral plate 23. It is held as possible. Further, a spline shaft 29 is provided in parallel with the support plate 26, and the spline shaft 29 is provided with a pair of gears 30 corresponding to the rotary shafts 28 of the pair of spiral plates 23 and the gear 30 is provided on the rotary shaft 28. Each spiral plate 23 is rotationally driven by meshing with the gear 31 and rotation of the spline shaft 29. Here, the directions of the gears 30 and 31 are determined so that the left and right spiral plates 23 and 23 synchronously rotate in mutually opposite directions as indicated by arrows. A collating motor 36 is connected to the spline shaft 29 via a pulley 33, a belt 34, and a pulley 35. A stopper 38 for stopping the single-wafer foam 2 discharged onto the spline plate 23 is provided between the pair of spline plates 23 and at the front position, and below the spline plate 23 is a stopper 38. A conveyor 40 for conveying the collected single-wafer foam is provided.

Next, the collating operation by the collating device 22 will be described. Prior to use, the interval between the pair of left and right holders 27 is adjusted according to the width of the single-wafer foam 2. Figure 5
As shown in (a), the pair of spiral plates 23 is stopped in a state in which the leading edge 23a is outside the fed sheet 2 and the number of sheets to be gathered in that state is set. 2 is discharged onto the pair of spiral plates 23 and accumulated. Next, when the single-wafer foams to be collated are completely discharged onto the pair of spiral plates 23, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the spiral plate 23 is rotated once. As a result, the single-wafer foam 2 that has been gathered earlier is
It is fed one pitch downward along the spiral of the spiral plate 23 and held at an intermediate position in the axial direction of the spiral plate 23. In this state, the sheet form 2 to be collated next is fed onto the spiral plate 23 and a new collation is performed. When a predetermined number of collations are completed, the spiral plate 23 is rotated once again. As a result, the gathered single-wafer foam 2 is sent to the intermediate position in the axial direction of the spiral plate 23, is gathered earlier, and the single-wafer foam 2 held in the middle position of the spiral plate 23 is The sheet is discharged onto the conveyor 40. By repeating this operation, the sheet-forms 2 discharged from the sheet-recording device 5 are sorted by a desired number,
The stacked sheets are discharged onto the discharge conveyor 40.

The collating motor 36 of the collating device 22 described above.
1 is configured to be controlled by a signal from the system controller 15 of the sheet-fed recording apparatus 5, as shown in FIG. 1, and has a desired number of sheets recorded and ejected in a predetermined order by the sheet-fed recording apparatus 5. Leaf form 2 can be collated. In the description of the above embodiment, the spiral plate 23 of the collating device 22 is used.
It was explained that the sheet feeding foam is stopped and the number of sheets to be collected is fed onto the spiral plate 23 in the meantime.
Instead, the spiral plate 23 is slowly rotated, and after the number of sheet-forms to be collected is fed onto the spiral plate 23, the leading edge 23a of the spiral plate 23 is rotated onto the sheet-form. However, the gathered single-wafer foam may be controlled so as to be drawn into the spiral plate 23.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a first protrusion aligning section 42 is provided on the conveying path of the single-wafer foam by the conveying conveyor 40.
And a second butt alignment portion 43 is formed. A front pad 45 and an upside-down aligning pusher 46 are provided in the first butt alignment section 42. By pressing the plurality of single-wafer foams 2 sent in a stacked state onto the front upright 45 with the upside-down aligning pusher 46. , It is designed to be aligned in the vertical direction. At that position, the pusher 47 for left and right alignment and the horizontal pad 4
8 is provided, and the plurality of single-wafer foams 2 are pressed against the horizontal pad 48 by the pushers 47 for left-right alignment so that they are aligned in the left-right direction. Similarly, the second bump aligning portion 43 is also provided with a front pad 50, a vertical aligning pusher 51, a horizontal aligning pusher 52, and a horizontal aligning pad (not shown), so that the single-wafer foam 2 can be aligned vertically and horizontally. It is supposed to be aligned. The front pads 45, 50 and the vertical aligning pushers 46, 51 are configured to be retracted downward so as not to hinder the traveling of the single-wafer foam 2 when the single-wafer foam 2 is conveyed.

The second butt alignment section 43 is further provided with a wire stitcher or binding device 55 for binding the butt aligned sheet forms 2 with staples 3 (see FIG. 3).
Further, a stacker 60 for stacking booklets 1 formed by binding the sheet-forms 2 is provided downstream of the second butt alignment section 43.
Is provided.

Next, the operation of the single-wafer foam bookbinding apparatus having the above construction will be described. The sheet feeding forms 11a, 11b, ... 11n of the sheet feeding device 10 of the sheet-fed recording device 5 respectively form the sheet-fed forms 2a, 2b.
..Set 2n. In addition, this sheet form 2
Desired information is printed in advance on a, 2b ... 2n as required. If necessary, the sheet-form 2 may be pre-processed so that it can be copied.

First, the sheet recording apparatus 5 records desired information on the sheet form 2. At this time, the system controller 15 controls the sheet feeding device 10 in accordance with the recording information from the external storage device 16 to let out the sheet form from the sheet feeding tray in which a predetermined sheet form is accommodated.
As a result, the predetermined information is recorded on the predetermined single-wafer form. Further, the sheet-forms to be recorded on both sides pass through the sheet-form foam circulation path 8 and are recorded on both sides. The recorded single-wafer foams 2 are discharged one after another 20
Will be discharged to. Here, the sheet recording apparatus 5 is controlled by the system controller 15 to form the sheet forms 2a, 2b, ... 2n forming one booklet 1 shown in FIG.
Are discharged one after another to the discharge path 20 in this order or vice versa, and then the single-wafer foam forming the next booklet 1 is discharged in the same order. Note that the number of the sheet-forms 2 constituting the booklet 1 does not necessarily have to be constant, and may be changed appropriately.

The sheet-forms 2 which are successively discharged to the discharge path 20 are discharged by the discharge rollers 21 to the collating device 22, which collects each sheet-form forming one booklet. The sheets are collected and discharged to the conveyor 40. Here, the collating motor 36 of the collating device 22 is controlled by the system controller 15 that controls the sheet recording device 5, so that even if the number of sheet-forms to be collated is different for each booklet, each booklet is The corresponding sheet-fed forms can be collated.

The gathered single-wafer foams 2 are then aligned in the vertical direction and the left-right direction by the first projecting and aligning section 42, and then sent to the second projecting and aligning section 43, where they are again in the vertical and horizontal directions. And then the binding device 5
5, bound into booklet 1, then stacker 60
Accumulated by. As described above, it is automatically recorded,
Collation, binding and stacking are performed.

FIG. 6 is a side view schematically showing a single-wafer foam bookbinding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. The same or like parts as those of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. ing. In the embodiment of FIG. 6, the single-wafer recording device 5
As in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the external storage device 16 for supplying the information to be recorded to the single-wafer form 2 and the predetermined information to the predetermined type of the single-wafer form 2 are recorded. A system controller 15 for controlling is provided, and the system controller 15 further has a function of recording information for collation on each sheet form. Here, the collating information includes, for example, the same identification mark indicating that the booklet is collated into one booklet, a mark indicating the order in the booklet, an end mark indicating the last page, and the like. Specifically, it consists of a bar code, a character code, and the like.

A reading device 65 for reading the information for collation recorded on the recorded single-wafer foam passing therethrough is provided in the single-wafer foam discharge path 20 from the single-wafer recording device 5. On the other hand, the collating device 22 has a control device 66 for controlling the collating motor 36, and the signal from the reading device 65 is input to the control device 66. Thus, the collating device 22 can read the information for collating the fed sheet-like forms 2 by the reading device 65 and sort and accumulate the sheet-forming forms according to the information. Other configurations are similar to those of the embodiment shown in FIG.

In the embodiment of FIG. 6 as well, similar to the embodiment of FIG. 1, the sheet recording apparatus 5 records predetermined information on a predetermined sheet form 2 and discharges it in a predetermined order. On this occasion,
At the same time, information for collation is also recorded on each sheet form 2. The collating device 22 collates the sheet forms 2 sequentially ejected from the sheet recording device 5 in accordance with the information for collation recorded therein, and ejects them onto the transport conveyor 40. After that, the collected plural sheet-shaped foams 2 are aligned by the first butt alignment section 42 and the second butt alignment section 43, and the binding device 5
At 5, the booklet 1 is bound and stacked by the stacker 60. As described above, recording, collation, binding and stacking are automatically performed.

In the above embodiment, the spiral type collating device is used as the sheet-fed collating device. However, the collating device used in the present invention is not limited to this type, and the sheets are fed one after another. Anything that can compartmentalize and accumulate leaf foam can be used. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, by accommodating the single-wafer foam 2 in a state of being superposed on one blade 70a of an impeller 70 having radial blades 70a and rotating the impeller 70 intermittently, You may use the structure which discharges the accumulated single-wafer foam 2. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a pair of impellers 72, 7
3 are arranged side by side, and the single-wafer foam is accumulated on the upper surfaces of the blades 72a, 73a that are butted against each other in the horizontal state of both impellers 72, 73, and then discharged by the rotation of the impellers 72, 73. Good.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the wire stitcher is used as the binding device 55 for binding the collected single-wafer foam, but the binding device used in the present invention is not limited to the wire stitcher, and may be a normal stitch. You may use the other system used for a binding process etc. For example, a gluing method (top glue method), a paper crimping method, a heat-sealing method, a pressure bonding method, or the like can be adopted. When the heat fusion method or the pressure bonding method is used, it is necessary to apply a heat-sensitive or pressure-sensitive adhesive to the sheet-form foam set in the sheet-recording apparatus.

[0030]

As described above, the invention of claim 1 of the present application is provided with the sheet-fed recording device, the collating device, the binding device, and the stacker. Automatically record the necessary information on the sheet-forms, collate the recorded sheet-forms, bind the collated sheet-forms, and collect the finished booklets simply by setting them on the device. As a result, it is not necessary to use a continuous foam as in the conventional case, the cost can be reduced, and the work amount of the worker can be reduced.

Further, the invention of claim 2 is provided with a function of recording the collating information for collating the sheet form in the sheet recording device, and the collating device reads the collating information,
Since the function of gathering and accumulating sheet-by-sheet forms according to the information is provided, it is not necessary to control the collating apparatus by a signal from the sheet-fed recording apparatus, in other words, the sheet-fed recording apparatus and the sheet-fed recording apparatus can be gathered. Since there is no need to associate a control system with the apparatus, it is possible to easily use a commercially available recording apparatus as a single-wafer recording apparatus.

According to the third aspect of the invention, since the double-sided recording device is used as the sheet-fed recording device, information can be recorded on both sides of the sheet-fed form, and the amount of information contained in the bound booklet is increased. It has the effect of being able to.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a single-wafer recording apparatus,
Since a sheet-feeding device that selects different sheet-forms and feeds them to the recording position is used, by feeding the desired sheet-forms in a desired order, the desired sheet-forms can be printed in the booklet. It has the effect that different types of single-wafer foam can be included.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view schematically showing a sheet-foam bookbinding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a part thereof.

FIG. 3A is a schematic perspective view showing a booklet bound by the sheet-foam bookbinding apparatus. FIG. 3B is a schematic perspective view showing a plurality of sheet-foam forms constituting the booklet.

FIG. 4 (a) is a schematic plan view of the main part of the collating device used in the above-described embodiment. (B) is a schematic front view of the main part of the collating device.

FIG. 5 (a) is a schematic plan view showing a state in which a single-wafer foam is fed into the collating device (b) is a schematic plan view showing a state after the spiral plate is rotated once in the collating device.

FIG. 6 is a side view schematically showing a sheet-foam bookbinding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view showing another example of the collating device.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view showing still another example of the collating device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Booklet 2, 2a, 2b ... 2n Sheet-fed form 3 Staple 5 Sheet-fed recording device 6 Recording section 7 Sheet-fed foam transport path 8 Sheet-fed foam circulation path 10 Paper feed device 11a, 11b ... 11n Paper feed tray 20 Ejection Path 22 Collating Device 23 Spiral Plate 40 Conveyor Conveyor 42 First Butt Alignment Section 43 Second Butt Alignment Section 55 Wire Stitcher 60 Stacker

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A sheet-fed recording device for recording information on a sheet-fed form and sending it in a predetermined order, and a sheet-fed form discharged from this sheet-fed recording device are classified based on the information from the sheet-fed recording device. And a stacking device for stacking the booklets discharged from the binding device, a binding device for binding the sheet-forms discharged in a state of being stacked separately from the collating device into a booklet, and a stacker for stacking the booklets discharged from the binding device. A single-wafer foam bookbinding apparatus having: 2. A sheet-fed recording device for recording information including collation information on a sheet-fed form and sending it in a predetermined order, and reading the sheet-fed form collation information discharged from this sheet-fed recording device, A collating device that sorts and accumulates the sheet-forms according to the information, a binding device that binds the sheet-forms that are sorted and accumulated from the gathering device and is discharged into a booklet, and the binding device. A sheet-fed bookbinding apparatus having a stacker for accumulating booklets discharged from the apparatus. 3. The sheet-fed bookbinding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sheet-fed recording apparatus is a double-sided recording apparatus capable of recording on both sides of a sheet-fed form. 4. The sheet-fed recording apparatus is provided with a sheet feeding device for selecting different sheet-fed forms and feeding them to a recording position. Single sheet foam binding device.