JPH07246789A - Gathering device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To send a sticking sheet matter which is stuck by a sticking machine to a gathering machine directly. CONSTITUTION:In a gathering device equipped with a gathering material feed machine A for feeding gathering materials Ra1 and Rb1 of a printing book and a gathering machine C for gathering the gathering materials fed from the gathering material feed machine, a sticking machine D for sticking the gathering material Rb1 to the gathering material Ra1 is provided in between the gathering material feed machine and the gathering machine so as to gather, in one process step, a plurality of gathering materials including a sticking gathering material which is stuck.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collating device, and more particularly to a collating device adapted to efficiently collate pasted sheet-like objects pasted by a pasting machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, among weekly magazines and magazines,
There is a case where a second sheet-shaped material (pasted material) such as a postcard is attached between the sheet-shaped materials (signs). The step of performing this pasting is called a pasting step, and the device that executes the pasting step is a pasting machine. After the pasting step is completed, the step proceeds to the collating step by the collating machine. To go.

[0003]

However, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 7, a pasting process performed by the pasting machine 100 and a collating process performed by the collator 200 are conventionally performed. Had no continuity (offline) and was a completely different process. That is, a pasted sheet-like article (for example, a postcard glued on a signature) pasted by the pasting machine 100 is
After being once taken out from the sticking machine 100, it is carried to the collating machine 200 by “manual”, and the pasting sheet-like material is put into the collating machine 20.
After being placed on the No. 0 feeder (not shown), it was collated.

Therefore, the pasting machine 100 and the collating machine 20 are conventionally used.
Since it was offline between 0 and 0, the physical distribution cost between processes (manual movement of the pasted sheet) was increased,
There was a problem that the lead time (time until completion of collation) was increased.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a collating device capable of continuously collating after finishing the laminating process with a laminating machine. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a collating material feeder for supplying collating material such as a printing book, and a collating material supplied from the collating material feeder. In a collating device equipped with a collating machine for collating, the pasting material is automatically pasted onto one collating material between the collating material feeder and the collating machine. This pasting machine receives one collating material from the collating material supply and receives the first collating material from the collating material supply and the other collating material from the collating material supply machine. And a second conveying unit for adhering another collating material to the gluing location of the one collating material conveyed by the first conveying unit.

The collating material feeder is the first of the pasting machines.
The transport unit and the second transport unit may be provided with a switching conveyor as a collating material selecting and supplying unit that pre-selects and supplies the one collating material or another collating material.

Further, the collating device may include a bypass device for directly connecting the collating material feeder and the collating machine to directly feed the collating material to the collating machine.

[0009]

[Function] One collating material (one sheet-like material) and another collating material (other sheet-like material) sent from the collating material feeder
And are automatically supplied to the applicator. The other collating material is pasted to the one collating material by the pasting machine,
A pasted sheet-like material (one sheet-like material pasted with another sheet-like material) is created. The pasted sheet-like material is directly conveyed from the pasting machine to the collating machine, and the pasting sheet-like article and the sheet-like article are collated in the collating machine. That is, until the collating material feeder supplies the collating material to the collating machine through the pasting machine, all is automatically processed without human intervention.

Further, between the plurality of collating machines arranged in parallel and the plural collating material feeders arranged in parallel corresponding to each of the plural collating machines, a sticking machine moving device ( rail)
Is provided. A pasting machine is placed on the pasting machine moving device, and by moving the pasting machine, an arbitrary collating machine and a collating material supply machine can be connected via the pasting machine. . Generally, in the case of collating, the number of pasting sheets is small, so it is uneconomical to interpose the pasting machine between all collating material feeders and collating machines. is there. Therefore, if the pasting machine is movable as in the present invention, the collating device (collating system) can be economically constructed.

In the pasting machine, a first conveying unit for conveying one collating material glued to a predetermined place and a first conveying unit are joined at a predetermined place and are conveyed by the first conveying unit. And a second conveying unit for adhering another collating material to the gluing location of the one collating material, wherein the collating material feeder is the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit of the pasting machine. To the department
A collating material selection and supply unit is provided which selects and supplies the one collating material or another collating material in advance. Therefore, the first
One collating material is supplied to the conveying section through the collating material selecting and supplying section to be glued, another collating material is supplied to the second conveying section, and another collating material is supplied onto the one collating material. By pasting the collating material, one collating material can be "head-attached" to another collating material. On the contrary, another collating material is supplied to the first conveying section through the collating material selecting and supplying section to be glued, and one collating material is supplied to the second conveying section to supply the other collating material. By sticking one collating material on top, you can "butt stick" another collating material to one collating material.

The collating device further comprises a bypass device directly connecting the collating material feeder and the collating machine, and the collating material is directly supplied from the collating material feeder to the collating machine. I am trying to do it. Therefore, the first route in which the collating material (sheet-like material) is directly sent from the collating material feeder to the collating machine,
A second route is formed in which the pasting material (pasting sheet material) is sent from the collating material supply machine to the collating machine through the pasting machine, and the sheet machine and the pasting sheet material are formed by the collating machine. It is possible to perform collation in which objects are mixed.

[0013]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 shows a plan view of the overall configuration of a collating device (collating system) S of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows a side view of the collating device S, and FIG. Indicates.

First, the overall structure of the collating device S of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the collating device S is a "collating material feeder (collating automation device)" for supplying collating material (sheet-like objects) arranged in parallel in the lateral direction, and 20 windings. The take-up stands A _{1 to} A ₂₀ and the “sheet-like materials” and “one sheet-like material in which the other sheet-like materials are stuck in parallel are arranged corresponding to the take-up stands A _{1 to} A ₂₀ respectively. Collator feeder F for temporarily stocking "pasted sheets"
_{1 to} F ₂₀ , the winding stands A _{1 to} A ₂₀ and the collating machine feeders F _{1 to} F ₂₀ are directly connected to each other, and the bypass devices B _{1 to} B ₂₀ for directly feeding the unwound sheet-like material; winding stand a ₁ to a ₂₀ and the collator pasting machine moving rail 1 is disposed between the feeder F ₁ to F ₂₀ "pasting machine moving device"
9 and one sticker D, etc. for sticking "another sheet-like object" to "one sheet-like object", which is placed on the sticker moving rail 19 and can be moved left and right. It is equipped with.

Each of the winding stands A _{1 to} A ₂₀ holds a winding formed by shifting the sheet-like material onto the winding core while stacking it and pressing it with a tape. First Embodiment Next, a detailed configuration of the collating device S will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

The collating material feeder A is equipped with a winding stand 1 for mounting a winding in which a printed sheet-like material (a signature) is sandwiched by supporting members (tapes), and unwinding and unwinding the winding. A print roll unwinding device 2 including a conveyor V,
It is composed of a switching conveyor 3 which is a "collating material selection and supply section" for switching the signature unwound from the unwinding device 2 up and down and supplying it to the subsequent applicator D. Then, in the first collating material feeder A ₁ on the front side, the first winding Ra ₁ which is a first sheet-like material such as a signature is attached to the winding stand 1 and the second collating material on the rear side is attached. In the material feeder A ₂ , a second winding Rb ₁ that is a second sheet-shaped material such as a postcard is attached to the winding stand 1 (FIG. 3). Therefore, the winding operation unwound from the unwinding device 2 is a sheet-like material (sheet piece,
The signatures and postcards are placed on the switching conveyor 3. The reference numeral Ra ₂ is the preliminary first winding, and the reference numeral Rb _{2 is}
Is the second preliminary winding.

In the pasting machine D, the switching conveyor 3 is located on the lower side.
Conveys the sheet material supplied when it is switched
Lower transport section D₁And the switching conveyor 3 is switched to the upper side.
Upper transport unit that transports the sheet material that is supplied when
D₂And the second sheet Rb ₁The lower transport section D₁Or
Upper transport section D₂Two-tiered vans that are transported to each
It is composed of a pattern conveyor 20 and the like. That
The lower and upper transport sections D ₁, D₂And bump turn combe
A pasting machine D consisting of 20 etc. has three rails 19a-1
It is arranged so as to be movable in the arrow Y direction on 9c.

As shown in FIG. 3, one switching conveyor 3 is provided for each of the main winding and the auxiliary winding of each winding stand (3a ₁ , 3a ₂ ), and the sheet-like material is wound for each winding. Is conveyed obliquely without changing its posture and sent to the sticking machine D.

The lower transfer section D ₁ is first
Sheet-like material from the winding stand 1 (first sheet-like material R
a ₁ ), a lower sheet-shaped article conveyor 4 a, two upper and lower belt rows 100 adjacent to the lower sheet-shaped article conveyor 4 a, and a first sheet-like article Ra ₁ conveyed by this conveyor at a constant interval. First claw transporting section 6a in which claws for sewage are planted at a constant interval on the belt, and a first suction belt for vacuum suctioning and transporting the first sheet-like material Ra ₁ transported by the claw transporting section 6a 11 and a reject flap 13 that eliminates defective products of a pasting sheet-like product described below.
And a rising part 15 and the like that raises the non-defective pasted sheet-like material that has passed through the reject flap 13 to the height of the subsequent collating machine C. A first sensor 5a for detecting the presence or absence of the first sheet-like material Ra ₁ is provided on the upper side of the belt row 100, and an object to which glue is applied is provided on the upper left side of the first claw conveying section 6a. 1 sheet material Ra ₁
Adhesive application detection sensor 7 for detecting the presence or absence of the first sheet-shaped material Ra on the upper right side of the first suction belt 11.
Glue applying gun 8 for applying the glue are disposed respectively to _one.

The sheet-like material is supplied to the conveyor 3 (sashimi-like) in a state of being offset from the winding Ra ₁ (sashimi-like shape) and conveyed from the conveyor 3 to the conveyor 4a. The conveyor belt row 100 has a faster conveying speed than the conveyor 4a, and the sheet-shaped objects that have reached the conveyor belt row 100 are accelerated and separated from the overlapping state, and become separated sheet-shaped objects. .

Further, the upper transfer section D₂Is from right to left
The sheet-like material from the second winding stand 1 (second sheet
Form Rb₁) Receiving the upper sheet-shaped material conveyor 4b
, The belt row 101, and the upper sheet-shaped material conveyor 4b
Second sheet-like material Rb received by₁At regular intervals
The second pawl for transporting is installed on the belt at regular intervals.
It is conveyed by the claw conveying section 6b and the second claw conveying section 6b.
Kita second sheet material Rb ₁For vacuum suction and transfer
The suction belt 10 and the like are used.

Then, on the first suction belt 11
On the other hand, the second suction belt 10 is inclined and merges.
And the first sheet-like material Ra₁And the second sheet
Rb ₁And match the timing at the junction G and paste
And the pasting part is crimped by the crimp roll 12.
As a pasted sheet-like material (see FIGS. 4A and 4B).
It

The collating machine C is a rising part 1 of the pasting machine D.
5, a butt aligning section 16 for aligning the pasted sheet-like objects in the width direction raised by 5, and a collator feeder 18 for temporarily stocking the pasted sheet-like objects supplied from the butt aligning section 16.
It has and.

The bypass device B includes the upper transfer section D.
_It is arranged at a position higher than _2, and has a function of directly conveying the sheet-like material from the collating material feeder A to the collating machine feeder 18. Then, the bypass device B connects the bypass conveyor 9 that conveys the sheet-like material and the sticking machine D to the rail 1.
The bypass device B and the rising portion 15 are configured to expand and contract in order to avoid collision when moving in the Y direction on the upper and lower sides 9. As shown in FIG. 3, the first bypass device B ₁ is disposed above the pasting machine D which is stopped corresponding to the first collating material feeder A ₁ , and the second collating material feeder A ₁ is provided. A _second bypass device B ₂ is provided corresponding to the feeder A ₂ .

Next, the operation will be described. Operation of Collating Device in the Case of Sticking on the Butt Here, “sticking on the buttocks” means the first as shown in FIG. 4 (A).
The case where the second sheet-shaped material (for example, postcard) Rb ₁ is attached to the lower surface of the sheet-shaped material (for example, signature) Ra ₁ .

Further, the sticking machine D is shown in FIG.
The first bypass device B is moved on the machine moving rail 19.
₁It is located below. 1st collation material feeder A₁Winding
The first sheet-like object Ra attached to the taking stand 1 ₁Is
It is supplied onto the switching conveyor 3 via the unwinding device 2. This
Here, the first collating material feeder A₁Switching conveyor 3 of
Switched to the upper sheet feeder 4b side,
Second collation material feeder A₂The switching conveyor 3 of the
It has been switched to the instrument turn conveyor 20 side.

Then, the second sheet material Rb ₁ mounted on the winding stand 1 of the second collating material feeder A ₂ is supplied onto the switching conveyor 3 by the unwinding device 2 and the lower bump turn conveyor 20. Is conveyed to the lower sheet-shaped material conveyor 4a of the sticking machine D. At this time, the telescopic conveyor 14 (not shown) of the bypass device B ₁ corresponding to the first gathering machine feeder 18a is in a contracted state in order to avoid collision with the rising portion 15 of the sticking machine D ( (See FIG. 2).

As described above, the lower and upper sheet-like objects
The second sheet-like material conveyed to the conveyors 4a and 4b, respectively.
Rb₁And the first sheet material Ra₁And are respectively the first and the first
It is possible to feed between the claws of the two-claw conveyors 6a and 6b.
When the imming feed is performed, the first and second claw transport units 6a,
The second sheet-like object Rb with respect to the conveying direction by the claw 6b ₁
And the first sheet material Ra₁Are positioned relative to each other.
In addition, in the claw transport units 6a and 6b, a known mechanism is used.
The positioning in the width direction is performed by. The second sea
Toothed object Rb₁And the first sheet material Ra₁Or both
If the sheet is not fed, the sensor for detecting the presence of sheet
5a, 5b, without applying glue,
Under the control of the control unit (not shown), the reject reject downstream
The pop 13 is operated and excluded to the outside. And the above
Second sheet-like material Rb positioned like₁And the first sea
Ra Ra₁Keeps the relative position constant and lower
The belt 11 and the upper suction belt 10 receive
To be handed over. Then, the flap is placed on the lower suction belt 11.
Feeded second sheet Rb₁Is the glue application sensor
The glue application timing is detected by the server 7, and the glue application gun
Second sheet material Rb by 8₁Glue is applied to the designated areas of
Be done. After this application, the second sheet Rb₁
And the first sheet material Ra₁It is pasted with
Completely one sticky sheet-like object (Fig. 4).
(See (A)) is created. Reject flap 13 straight
The rear conveyor belt is used to convey the suction belt 11
The feeding speed is slow and it is lower than level 11. That
The seat thrown onto the belt immediately after the flap 13.
The object hits the kicker K on the belt and is transported.
The sheet is conveyed by the belt, and the tip of the sheet is
Crawl down. The next sheet is on top of the previous sheet.
It was thrown out to Kicker K and stopped. And the previous
The sheet-like objects are shifted over and overlapped and transported under Kicker K.
Be done. In this way, to the transport section after the reject flap 13
In addition, the sheet-like object shifts in the same form as when unwound.
They are stacked and transported (sashimi-like).

Then, in order to adjust the level to be fed into the collating machine feeder 18, the above-mentioned pasted sheet-like material is raised 1
It is lifted up at 5, and is further aligned in the width direction at the projecting and aligning section 16 to be fed into the collator feeder 18a.

Then, the sheet material directly fed from the other collating material feeder A to the collating machine C and the pasting sheet material are collated. Operation of the collating device in the case of head- adhesion Here, "head-adhesion" means, as shown in FIG.
The case where the second sheet-like material Rb ₁ is attached to the upper surface of the sheet-like material Ra ₁ .

In this case, the first collating material feeder A ₁
Switching conveyor 3 is switched to the lower sheet material conveyor 4a side, and the switching conveyor 3 of the second collating material feeder A ₂
Is switched to the upper sheet-shaped material conveyor 4b side.

And, the other operation is the case of the above-mentioned pasting.
The operation is the same as that of the collating device S of FIG.
The pasted sheet-like material in the ready state is supplied to the collator feeder 18a.
It Parallel movement of pasting machine D By the way, generally, the pasted sheet material is
It depends on which collator feeder 18 is used for feeding.
In addition, the pasting machine is not attached to all collator feeders 18.
No sheet is fed. Therefore, all
One-to-one correspondence of the pasting machine D to the collator feeder 18.
It is uneconomical.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, a pasting machine moving rail 19 is arranged between the collating machine feeders F _{1 to} F ₂₀ and the collating material feeders A _{1 to} A _20. The sticking machine D is placed on the rail 19 so that the sticking machine D can be moved in parallel.

According to this structure, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, when pasting is performed at the collating machine feeder F ₂ , the pasting machine D is set at the position indicated by the symbol H and pasted. The sheet material may be supplied to the collator feeder F ₂ . Further, for example, when performing pasting at the collator feeder F _6, moves the pasting machine D on pasting machine moving rail 19 a - 19 c, is set to the position indicated by reference numeral I. In this case, in order to prevent the collision between the rising portion 15 and the telescopic conveyor 14, the telescopic conveyors 14 of the collating machine feeders F _{2 to} F ₆ are contracted to move the pasting machine D, and the collating machine feeder F is moved. After setting the sticking machine D at the position of ₆ , the expansion conveyor 14 of the collating machine feeders F _{2 to} F ₅ is extended to set the collating material feeders A _{2 to} A ₅ to the collating machine feeders F ₂ to F ₅ , respectively. _Five
Connect directly to. Second Embodiment FIG. 6 shows a side view of the collating device S ₁ of the second embodiment. In this embodiment, only the bypass device BB is different from the first embodiment, and the other parts are the same as in the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 6, the flip-up type first and second flip-up conveyors 3 are provided at both ends of the bypass conveyor 9.
1, 32 are provided. Flip-up conveyor 31,3
2 is flipped up when it corresponds to a passage when moving the sticking machine D on the sticking machine moving rail 19 and when it corresponds to the bypass device BB in which the sticking machine D is set, Collision with the rising portion 15 of D and the upper sheet feeder 4a is avoided. Also, in cases other than the case of the above-mentioned set, the flip-up conveyors 31 and 32 are in an extended state as shown by the dotted line, and the collating material feeder A
And the collator feeder 18 are directly connected.

In the above embodiment, the case where the sheet-like material sandwiched between the supporting members is wound in a roll and mounted on the collating material feeder is described, but it is wound in a roll. It is also possible to unwind a printed book or the like from the collating material feeder and then cut it into a sheet shape to supply the sheet material to the sticking machine.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the laminating process and the collating process can be performed in the same process, the distribution cost associated with the movement of the sheet-shaped product between the processes can be reduced. It is possible to reduce lead time. Further, the collating material feeder for the collating machine can also be used for the pasting machine, which can reduce the number of personnel of the collating machine as well as the number of personnel of the collating machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view showing a butt stick, and FIG. 4B is a perspective view showing a head stick.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram when the pasting machine is moved in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a relationship between a conventional sticking machine and a collating device.

[Explanation of symbols]

A ... Collating material feeder B ... Bypass device C ... Collating machine D ... Lapping machine G ... Merging part Ra ₁ ... 1st print roll (1st sheet-like material) Rb ₁ ... 2nd print roll (2nd sheet) Material ... S ... Collation device 2 ... Print roll unwinding device 3 ... Switching conveyor (collation material selection and supply unit) 4a, 4b ... Sheet material feeder 5a, 5b ... Sheet material presence / absence detection sensor 6a, 6b ... Claw Conveying unit 8 ... Adhesive coating gun 10, 11 ... Suction belt 13 ... Reject flap 14 ... Telescopic conveyor 15 ... Vertical part 16 ... Collapsing part 18 ... Collator feeder

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A collating apparatus including a collating material feeder for feeding collating material such as a printed book and a collating machine for collating collating material supplied from the collating material feeder. , Between the collating material feeder and the collating machine, an interposing machine for automatically pasting another collating material on one collating material is interposed,
This pasting machine receives one collating material from the collating material supply and pastes it at a predetermined position, and receives the other collating material from the collating material supply machine to carry out the first conveying. Join the department,
A collating apparatus comprising: a second conveying unit that attaches another collating material to the gluing location of the one collating material conveyed by the first conveying unit. 2. The pasting machine is movable in a direction intersecting with the feeding direction of the collating material so that a signature to be pasted can be selected, and a space between the collating material feeder and the collating machine is selected. 2. The collating device according to claim 1, further comprising a bypass conveyor that directly connects the collating material feeder and a switching device that switches a conveying path between the collating material feeder and the pasting machine. 3. The collating material feeder has two winding devices for winding collating material, and the switching device corresponding to each winding device comprises two types of switching conveyors, and each switching conveyor is a bypass. The collating device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conveyor, the first transport unit, and the second transport unit are switched.