JPH08310153A - Laminating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To automatically laminate a saddle binding in a text in the step of bookbinding the saddle binding even in a flat article which cannot be bent. CONSTITUTION: The laminating apparatus comprises a press-bonding drum 13 disposed adjacent to the side of a gathering chain 11, a feeder 14 for feeding flat articles H one by one via a lower delivery belt 15, a conveyor 16 for feeding the flat article H from the feeder 14 between a fold section S and the drum 13 on the chain 11, and a pasting unit 17 for previously coating the section S on the chain 11 with paste. The upper surface of the belt 15 and the conveying route of the conveyer 16 are so disposed substantially on the same surface directed between the section S and the drum 13 on the chain 11. The article H is straightly conveyed to the laminating position to be able to automatically laminate it to the predetermined page of the saddle binding.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is intended to attach flat shaped flat articles such as compact discs (CD) and floppy discs (FD) to a predetermined page of a saddle stitch book during the bookbinding process. The present invention relates to a sticking device used for.

[0002]

Saddle stitch books such as magazines are bound by a so-called saddle stitch binding machine. That is, set the feeders of signatures in multiple boxes on the gathering chain and saddle the signatures from each feeder in front of the transporter (commonly known as red lug) attached to the traveling gathering chain. The book is bound by sequentially dropping it, transporting it while collating it, binding the back part with a stitcher, and then cutting off the makeup with a three-way cutting machine. When a printed material such as a postcard or a booklet is stuck in the body of a saddle stitch book such as a magazine in the saddle stitch binding process, a pasting device as shown in FIG. 1 is used.

This sticking device is set in the next box in which the feeder of the signature for sticking the printed matter P is set, and although not shown, the main drive unit in the base of the box allows a chain, a sprocket and the like to be attached. Driven through. Then, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of signatures S are gathered in front of each transporter 2 attached to the gathering chain 1, and the signature S to which the printed matter P should be stuck is placed on the top. The gathering chain 1 moves in the direction of the arrow (from left to right), and at the time of this movement, the sticking device sticks the printed matter P by the operation shown in (a) to (c) of FIG. ing.

In FIG. 1, 3 is a gathering chain 1.
Are arranged adjacent to each other and rotate at the same speed as the gathering chain 1. The conveying / pressing drum 4 is a stock section for setting the printed matter P, and 5 is the printed matter P set in a stacked state from the bottom one by one. It is a vacuum football that is turned over. Reference numeral 6 denotes a stopper that supports the end of the printed matter P, and performs an avoiding operation (rotates counterclockwise to release the end of the printed matter P) when the sucked printed matter P is sucked by the sucker 5. 7 is a gripper incorporated in the drum 3,
Grab the edge of the printed material P that was turned over by the soccer 5,
The printed matter P is pulled out from the stock section 4 as the drum 3 rotates, and the signature S and the drum 3 on the gathering chain 1 are pulled out.
Send between and. Reference numeral 8 denotes a gluing portion, and before the printed matter P on the drum 3 is nipped between the signature S on the gathering chain 1, the glue G is placed at a predetermined position on the back surface of the printed matter P.
Apply. When the glued printed matter P comes into contact with the signature S on the gathering chain 1, the gripper 7 opens without any time to cut off the edge of the printed matter P, and then the printed matter P is folded on the peripheral surface of the drum 3 to the signature S. Bonding is done by pressing on.

[0005]

The pasting device described in the prior art is a device for sticking a bendable printed matter such as a postcard or a booklet in the saddle stitch bookbinding process due to its mechanism.
Flat articles that cannot be bent cannot be attached. Therefore, when trying to paste samples such as CDs and FDs and sample samples of hard packages into the body of a saddle stitch book, this pasting device cannot be used, and other appropriate pasting is not possible. Since there is no device, it is the current situation that there is only a method of manually attaching it to a predetermined page of a finished book in a later step.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to automatically set a predetermined page of a saddle stitch book in a saddle stitch bookbinding process even in a flat article that cannot be bent. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pasting device that can be pasted in a desired manner.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the pasting device according to the present invention is set in a predetermined box among a plurality of boxes arranged on a gathering chain of a saddle stitch binding machine. Which is a pasting device to be used as, a crimping drum arranged adjacent to a side of a gathering chain, a feeder unit for feeding flat articles set in a stacked state one by one by a lower unloading belt,
A pair of conveyors for feeding the flat article from the feeder section between the signature on the gathering chain and the pressure drum, and the signature on the signature before the signature on the gathering chain reaches the pressure drum. A glue application section for applying glue at a predetermined position, and the upper surface of the carry-out belt of the feeder section and the transport path of the transport conveyor are on substantially the same plane between the signature on the gathering chain and the crimping drum. It is characterized by being arranged as in.

[0008]

In the pasting device of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the flat article of the feeder portion is sent out without being bent by the carry-out belt, and is straightly conveyed by the conveyer conveyor as it is, and the signature on the gathering chain and the crimping drum. The flat article thus supplied without being bent is pressed against the signature-coated signature by a pressure-bonding drum to be stuck.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of the pasting device according to the present invention together with its pasting operation.

This pasting device is set in a predetermined box among a plurality of boxes arranged on the gathering chain of the saddle stitch binding machine, that is, the next box in which the feeder of the signature to be pasted is set. . And FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of signatures S are gathered in front of the transporter 12 attached to the gathering chain 11, and the signature S to which the flat article H should be stuck is placed on the top. Moves in the direction of the arrow (from left to right), and during this movement, the sticking device sticks the flat article H by the operation shown in (a) to (c) of FIG.

In the figure, 13 is arranged adjacent to the lateral side of the gathering chain 11 and rotates at the same speed as the gathering chain 11, and 14 is a flat belt H below the flat articles H set in a stacked state. By 1
Feeder unit for feeding sheets one by one, 16 is a feeder unit 14
A pair of conveyors for feeding the flat article H from No. 1 between the signature S on the gathering chain 11 and the crimping drum 13, and 17 before the signature S on the gathering chain 11 reaches the crimping drum 13. It is a gluing portion that applies glue G to a predetermined position of S. The upper surface of the carry-out belt 15 of the feeder unit 14 and the carrying path of the carrying conveyor 16 are arranged so as to be substantially on the same plane between the signature S on the gathering chain 11 and the crimping drum 13.

In this embodiment, as flat articles H, CDs in a bag are set in the feeder section 14 in a stacked state, and the carry-out belt 15 is driven at a predetermined timing to straighten the bottom CD straight. Supply to 16.
On the other hand, glue is applied to the uppermost signature S at a predetermined position on the gathering chain 11 by the gluing portion 17. The position of the signature S on the gathering chain 11 is detected by a sensor (not shown), and the carry-out belt 15 and the conveyor 16 are activated based on the signal for the alignment between the bag CD and the signature S. Then, the CD in the bag is supplied to the position where the CD of the signature S is attached. In this way, when the bag-containing CD is supplied to the predetermined position of the signature S, the bag-containing CD is attached to the signature S by the pressure bonding drum 13.

The flat article may be a CD in a bag or a thin package, or an FD having a similar packaging form. Further, the present invention can be applied to a case where a flat-shaped sample product, for example, a sample product in which a concave part formed on a cardboard is filled with a cosmetic product such as lipstick and a lid is covered with a film is attached to an advertisement page. Also, it can be applied to various flat samples, thick cards, and the like.

[0015]

As described above, according to the pasting device of the present invention, the flat article set in the feeder portion is taken out without being bent by the carry-out belt and is conveyed straight to the pasting position by the conveyer conveyor. Since the flat article that cannot be bent is attached to the signature, the flat article that cannot be bent can be automatically attached to a predetermined page of the saddle stitch book.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a conventional sticking device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a sticking device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Gathering Chain 12 Transporter 13 Crimping Drum 14 Feeder Part 15 Unloading Belt 16 Conveyor Conveyor 17 Gluing Part S Signature H Flat article G Glue

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pasting device which is used by being set in a predetermined box of a plurality of boxes arranged on a gathering chain of a saddle stitch binding machine, and which is arranged adjacent to a side of the gathering chain. A pressing drum, a feeder unit for feeding flat objects set in a stacked state one by one by a lower unloading belt, a flat article from the feeder unit on the gathering chain, and the pressing drum. A pair of conveyors for feeding between the two, and a gluing section for applying gluing to a predetermined position of the signature before the signature on the gathering chain reaches the crimping drum. Arranged so that the upper surface and the transport path of the transport conveyor are substantially on the same plane facing between the signature on the gathering chain and the crimping drum. The pasting device characterized by having.