JPH0797035A - Conveying device for book material to be bound - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically and efficiently convey a book material to be bound by conveying the book material to be bound in a standing condition via an auxiliary guide by means of the preceding stage belt conveyor and pushing the book material to be bound by means of a lower part stacker so as to transfer it to the following stage belt conveyor. CONSTITUTION:For conveying an arranged book material 2 to be bound, plural auxiliary guides 3-5 are arranged within the height of the book material 2 to be bound along the upper face of the preceding stage belt conveyor 1. Then, the book material 2 to be bound is stood against the respective auxiliary guides 3-5 so as to be conveyed by the preceding stage conveyor 1. Proper number of stackers 6 are laterally arranged in the terminal part in the preceding stage belt conveyor 1, and these stackers 6 are respectively connected to a pressing device 7. Furthermore, the book material 2 to be bound is pushed down by thrusting the lower part of the book material 2 to be bound by means by the respective stackers 6 and is transferred to the following stage belt conveyor 8. In this way, the book material 2 to be bound is automatically and efficiently conveyed on a small scale at low costs.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for automatically transporting a material to be bound. In particular, the present invention relates to a transportation device for a bookbinding product and a method for transferring the bookbinding product from one belt conveyor to another belt conveyor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a bookbinding machine, when a book is automatically bound, it is carried by a belt conveyor, but it is only carried on a belt conveyor or a metal wire conveyor. When the bookbinding is automated, it is necessary to successfully transport the bookbinding object. At present, there is not provided a device for transporting the bookbinding object so as to be suitable for the automated bookbinding machine. You have to manually prepare heavy objects to be bound.

Alternatively, in the conventional bookbinding method, the product to be bound is made flat and conveyed by a belt conveyor. However, if the product to be bound is carried sideways, it is difficult to handle the product to be bound. For example, to transfer from a belt conveyor to a belt conveyor, it must be dropped from top to bottom. In addition, it is difficult to manually select the bound products on a belt conveyor that transports the bound products, because it is difficult to do manually because the target object is heavy, and it is very disadvantageous in the situation of the recent lack of manpower. Not only that, but there is a risk that the binding operator will be gone.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is an apparatus for transporting or selectively transporting a material to be bound for binding work on a small scale. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, and in an apparatus for transporting aligned bookbinding products, an auxiliary guide is used to increase the height of the bookbinding product. By arranging it along the belt conveyor within this range, stand the book to be bound so that it leans against it.
In a device for transporting a product to be transported by a belt conveyor, at the end of the belt conveyor, a desired number of stackers are provided on the lateral side, and the lower part of the product to be erected is pierced to the next belt conveyor, Or / and drop it like a standing material to be piled up, that is, to fall down and fly forward, to the accumulation place in the next stage,
(EN) Provided are a device for transporting a product to be bound and a method for moving the product to be bound.

[0006] According to the apparatus for transporting a bookbinding product of the present invention, first, as a means for transporting the bookbinding products aligned on the traveling path, the bookbinding products are erected on a belt conveyor and transported. I found it convenient. That is, the article to be bound can be stood upright and transported by using only the belt conveyor and the auxiliary guide, and the article to be bound can be handled well. First, it is more convenient to stand and carry the bookbinding machine,
It can be automatically introduced into the bookbinding machine with a simple mechanism.Also, even when the bookbinding machine takes out the booklet after binding, it is better to put it up on the belt conveyor and carry it out vertically. There is no need to lay things down, and the unloading configuration is simple.

Further, at the end of the belt conveyor,
According to the present invention, it is possible to easily provide a mechanism for automatically selecting the standing bookbinding object and mounting it on the next belt conveyor. Furthermore, in the transport apparatus for the bookbinding product of the present invention,
It is possible to simply and conveniently place a bookbinding object standing upright on the belt conveyor on the previous stage on the belt conveyor on the next stage, which allows a great degree of freedom to select the installation position.

In the belt transport device for transporting the aligned bookbinding products according to the present invention, the auxiliary guide is provided at a height within the height of the upright bookbinding product and capable of supporting the bookbinding product. It is installed at a certain fixed height along the belt conveyor, and even if only one guide is used, the material to be bound can be stood upright, but for the sake of safety, it is mostly left and right. The object to be bound is erected so as to be sandwiched by the two guides and transported on the belt conveyor. Then, near the end of the belt conveyor, one guide is eliminated and only one guide is leaned against, and the material to be bound stands up and is carried on the belt conveyor.

Next, at the end of the belt conveyor,
Providing a desired number of stackers on the lateral side and poking the lower part of the standing to-be-processed book, it looks as if the standing to-be-processed book was hung, that is, it fell down and flew forward to the desired position. To
It can be dropped in any desired form.

That is, at the terminal end of the belt conveyor, the stacker is used to remove the foot so that it can be placed on the belt conveyor of the next stage. Alternatively, by controlling the operation of the stacker that operates, only defective products can be removed or only acceptable products can be unloaded from the belt conveyor.

The material to be bound that has been carried upright on the belt conveyor is dropped onto the belt conveyor in the next stage or / and to a desired place where the material to be bound in the next stage is temporarily stored. As described above, in the bookbinding system using the apparatus for transporting the bookbinding product of the present invention, the bookbinding product is transported on the belt conveyor in the bookbinding process progression path, subjected to appropriate processing and selection processing, and then Is transferred to the bookbinding process.

Next, when the bookbinding system of the present invention is used, the degree of freedom in arranging the belt conveyor when arranging the bookbinding system can be significantly increased. That is, the traveling path of the bookbinding product can be arranged in any manner. Further, it is possible to arrange the binding machines according to the layout characteristics, spaces, etc. of each factory. For example, the belt conveyor can be easily arranged so that it comes from the end point of the bookbinding product to the position where the first bookbinding product is taken in, to the operator, and eventually a one-man binding factory or an unmanned binding factory is also possible. Become.

The transporting apparatus for the book-binding product of the present invention is most suitable for a book-binding product having a small size such as a notebook because it has a step of flying with a stacker. By arranging the belt conveyor, height, etc., it can be used to transport any size of product to be bound.

Next, the transporting apparatus of the present invention will be specifically described by way of examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0015]

1 is a front view showing an example of a bookbinding transport apparatus of the present invention. Then, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same as seen from above. That is, the bookbinding object 2 that has been bound or is in the process of binding is stood up as shown in the drawing and carried on the belt conveyor 1. As shown in the figure, guides 3 and 4 are provided so as to come into contact with a portion near the top of the upright bookbinding object, and the bookbinding object 2 stands up and is carried on the belt conveyor 1. Then, one of the guides 4 is cut at a certain point 14 (FIG. 2), and the bookbinding product 2 leans against the guide 3 and is carried.

Generally, when the article 2 to be processed comes to the end of the belt conveyor 1, it has to be transferred to the next belt conveyor 8. In the conventional system, however, the transfer from the belt conveyor to the belt conveyor is not performed. , It is necessary to drop from the top to the bottom to do the work to be laid sideways. On the other hand, in the present invention, the to-be-fabricated article 2 that has been carried upright is stacked on the lower portion of the to-be-fabricated article 2 by the stacker 6 and foot-washed, so that the article to be bounded is indicated by the dotted line in FIG. It falls like the bookbinding product 2 and is placed on the next belt conveyor 8.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the guides are provided along a certain height above the belt conveyor 1. Even if only one guide is used, the bookbinding product 2 can be carried upright. Although it can be done, normally, for safety, it is necessary to sandwich it between the left and right guides 3 and 4 as shown in the drawing so that
Is set up and transported on the belt conveyor 1. Alternatively,
If desired, an auxiliary guide 5 indicated by a dotted line may be further provided on the lower side so that the bookbinding product 2 can be reliably stood and carried. Then, near the end of the belt conveyor 1, one of the auxiliary guides 4 (and 5) is cut at a point 14, and only the guide 3 leans against it, and the bookbinding product 2 is stood up and carried.

Next, at the end of the belt conveyor 1, two stackers 6-1 and 6-2 are provided on the lateral side,
By poking the lower part of the standing to-be-processed material 2 onto the belt conveyor 8 of the next stage and / or to the desired place 10 of the next stage, the standing to-be-processed material 2 was foot-paid. Like, that is, like falling down and flying forward,
As shown by the dotted line in FIG. 1, it flies, is laid down, and falls at a predetermined location. Drop it on the next belt conveyor 8,
The stacker 6-1 and 6-
The two operations can be selectively performed by operating as follows.

Next, the usage method will be described by taking an example of a method of incorporating a system for transporting a bookbinding product using the transporting apparatus for the bookbinding product of the present invention. Stacker 6-1, 6
-2 is, for example, a pressure (air) cylinder 7-1, 7
If it is a defective product, it is pushed by the stacker 6-2 and dropped into the reservoir 10 with respect to the bookbinding product 2 that is driven by the -2 and is carried at the end of the belt conveyor 1. Then, only the accepted products are conveyed to the stacker 6-1 and the bookbinding product 2 is pushed sideways by the stacker 6-1 and placed on the belt conveyor 8.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory plan view for explaining the system for utilizing the transporting apparatus for the bookbinding product of the present invention. That is, the bookbinding product 2 that has been carried upright by the belt conveyor 1 has a plurality of stackers 6-provided near the end of the belt conveyor.
In 1 and 6-2, selected or not selected is transferred to the belt conveyor of the next stage. As the belt conveyor of the next stage, as shown in the figure, the belt conveyor 8
It can be provided in various arrangements such as -1, 8-2 or 8-3. Here, only the belt conveyor 8-2, that is, only the case of carrying the article to be processed in the original direction is shown by the solid line, but the belt conveyors 8-1 and 8 shown by the dotted line are shown.
The belt conveyor can also be assembled as in -3. Further, the system can be constructed so that the bookbinding product 2 is selected and carried by the belt conveyor of the next stage.

[0021]

The binding apparatus of the present invention has the following technical effects due to the structure shown in the drawing. That is,
First, it is a small-scale, low-cost, automatically and efficiently transportable bookbinding product or the like without manual work. Second
To provide a means of transportation that can automatically select the bookbinding products,
It is possible to configure a transportation method that can remove defective products that have been bound in the middle of transportation at low cost and with a simple structure. Thirdly, it is possible to remarkably improve the degree of freedom in designing an automatic press bookbinding system capable of bookbinding work without requiring manpower and not requiring much force.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view for explaining the structure of an example of a to-be-fabricated article transportation apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory plan view of the article-to-be-fabricated transporting apparatus of FIG. 1 seen from above.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory plan view for explaining a usage mode of the transporting apparatus for the bookbinding product of FIG. 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 8 Belt conveyer 2 Bookbinding product 3, 4, 5 Auxiliary guide 6 Stacker 7 Stacker pressing machine 10 Reservoir

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for transporting aligned bookbinding products, wherein an auxiliary guide is provided along a belt conveyor within the height of the bookbinding product so that the bookbinding product leans against it. Then, in a device for transporting a product to be transported by a belt conveyor, a desired number of stackers are provided on the lateral side at the end of the belt conveyor, and the lower part of the product to be erected is pierced so that the next belt conveyor Or / and, in the next stage, the place where the to-be-bound material is dropped, so that the to-be-fabric material is dropped, so that it will fall down and fly forward, the material to be bound can be advanced. A characteristic transporting device for real articles. 2. A method for transporting aligned printed products on a belt conveyor, wherein an auxiliary guide is provided along the belt conveyor within the height of the printed products.
A to-be-conveyed object transporting device that conveys the to-be-constituted object by leaning on it and transporting it with a belt conveyor.The to-be-constituted object is provided with a desired number of stackers on the lateral side at the end of the belt conveyor. By sticking the lower part of the, to the next belt conveyor, and / or to the collecting place of the next stage, it seems that the upright binding object is hung, that is, it falls behind and flies forward. , A method of transporting a product to be bound, which comprises dropping and advancing the product to be bound.