JPH0891592A - Section feed device for gathering machine and the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reasonably prevent fall of sections loaded in lateral piling, simplify replenishment of sections, and save labor, by providing a push plate which comes in contact with the back of the backmost end section on a stock line and following an endless chain. CONSTITUTION: A push plate, 26 is mounted on the backmost face of sections loaded on a carrier 2 constituting a stock line A so as to prevent fall of the sections. The push plate 26 is operated at the same speed as a section feed belt by an endless chain 20 coaxially mounted to the endless belt 2a. A projection 27 entering in the gap of the link rollers of the endless chain 20 is provided on the lower part of the push plate 26, and the push plate 26 slidably held with a guide rod 22 is moved at the same speed as the endless belt 2a. Bound sections to be replenished are loaded on the rear part of the push plate 26, and after the push plate 26 rotatably held with the guide rod 22 is avoided upward and they are moved and set to the rear part of the sections, a section binding string is cut off so as to quickly replenish the sections, a large quantity of sections can be held and loaded in correct state, and labor saving can be attained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a device for feeding a signature to a collator or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a device for supplying this type of signature to a collator or the like, which is generally used in the past, on the upper side of the machine frame,
A horizontally oriented carrier is mounted between two top and bottom guide plates whose spacing can be adjusted in the vertical direction of the signature, and many of the signatures are stacked sideways on the carrier with the back side facing upward. A stock line is formed, and a supply line for the signatures is continuously provided on the lower side of the carrier via a separation line for the signatures.
Further, a folding hopper connected to the folding feeder is arranged on the lower side of the supply line, and the folding hopper having a substantially vertical posture with the back side facing upward is sequentially fed to the folding hopper while changing to a horizontal posture. It has been known. (For example, JP-A-6
(See JP 2-70124).

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the conventional signature feeding device described above, when the signature group is mounted on the carrier forming the stock line in a substantially vertical posture with its back side facing upward, There is a problem in that the bent parts of the section are unstable and easily fall down, and extra labor and time are required such as loading the bent down function each time. In addition, there is a means to mount the sashimi-like signatures on the stock line, but it is not possible to mount them in large quantities, and the purpose of labor saving is halved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a signature feeder which can reasonably prevent collapse of signatures that can be mounted in a stack on a stock line, simplifying supplementation of signatures and saving labor.

[0005]

The structure of the present invention which solves the problems of the prior art is such that, between the two top and bottom guide plates, it is possible to adjust the gap in the top-bottom direction of the folding plate on the upper side of the machine frame. A horizontally oriented transporter is mounted on a shaft, and a stock line of multiple signatures is formed on the transporter so that the back side faces upward, and a stacking line of the signature is provided on the lower side of the transporter. The feeder lines for the signatures are connected in series, and the signature hoppers connected to the signature feeders are arranged on the lower side of the supply lines, and the signatures in a substantially vertical posture with the back side facing upward are sequentially changed to horizontal postures. However, in the folding feeder for a collator etc., which is configured to feed the folding hopper, the transport body is composed of an endless belt and an endless chain, and one side of the machine frame corresponding to the transport body has a substantially entire length. Horizontal posture parallel to the transport direction of the signature A guide rod is provided, and on the other hand, there is a protrusion that engages between the chain link rollers of the endless chain on the lower side, and it also comes into contact with the rear face of the last end folding tab on the stock line and prevents the folding from colliding with the endless chain. A push plate is provided, and the other end of the arm, one end of which is attached to the upper part of the push plate, is connected to the guide rod so as to be slidable and pivotally retractable upward, and the push plate is mounted at a folding angle. It can be changed according to.

[0006]

[Operation] A pushing plate is provided on the final surface of the signatures mounted on the carrier forming the stock line to prevent the signatures from collapsing. The push plate is operated at the same speed as the folding feed belt by an endless chain mounted coaxially with the endless belt. At the bottom of the push plate, there is a protrusion that goes into the gap of the chain link roller of the endless chain, and the push plate slidably held by the guide rod moves at the same speed as the endless belt. The push plate can loosen the set screw and freely change the mounting angle according to the thickness of the signature. The bundled folds to be replenished are mounted on the rear part of the push plate, the push plate rotatably held by the guide rod is evaded to the upper part, moved to the rear part of the fold and set, then the fold cord is cut and deleted. By doing so, you can quickly replenish the signatures and hold and mount a large number of signatures in an accurate state.
And labor saving can be achieved.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, details of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing the outline of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a carrier forming a stock line, FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view of the carrier, and FIG. 4 is an engagement relationship between a push plate and an endless chain. It is sectional drawing of the principal part shown.

The outline of the apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1. Reference numeral 1 denotes a machine frame (shown in FIG. 2) that is long in the lateral direction, and is located behind the substantially central portion of the machine frame 1, more specifically, the machine frame 1 On the upper hand side, a carrier 2 on which an endless belt 2a having a horizontal posture is suspended is suspended. The conveyor 2 conveys, in the downward direction, a stack of a plurality of signatures 3 in a substantially vertical posture with the back side facing upward. Therefore, the endless belt 2a has a flat belt structure. The endless belts 2a are provided parallel to each other and are arranged on a guide table 4 stretched around the machine frame 1. Further, the carrier 2 composed of the endless belt 2a has a structure that is stopped by a detection signal of excessive pressure of the signature. In addition, on the guide table 4, two top and bottom guide plates 5 whose intervals can be adjusted according to the top and bottom width of the signature 3 are provided.
2 (shown in FIG. 2) is provided so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the transport body 2. With such a structure, the folded stock line A is configured.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a frame body having a fan-shaped side surface, which is rotatably supported at both ends of the shaft of the lower pulley 2b constituting the carrier 2 and has an arcuate guide surface 6a formed on the lower side. Then, on the lower side of the upper side of the frame body 6, a grooved pulley 7a having the same diameter as that of the pulley 2b is axially attached, and a plurality of strips forming an inclined conveyance body are formed between the grooved pulley 7a and the pulley 2b. Suspend the round belt 7. The side shape of the frame body 6 is a fan shape in which the lower side of the frame body 6 is widened toward the end. By holding the bottom side of the frame body 6 in a substantially horizontal state, the upper side of the frame body 6 is tilted upward on the lower side. Folded by 3
As shown in the figure, the group is also conveyed in an obliquely upward direction by the frame body 6, more specifically, the round belt 7, in a substantially vertical state. Further, as is apparent from the above-mentioned structure, since the round belt 7 has the same drive source as that of the transport body 2, it goes without saying that both perform the same driving and stopping action.

A guide table 8 is stretched on the upper side of the frame body 6, and the round belt 7b is provided on the guide table 8.
On board. A hole 8a for inserting a jig such as a bolt is formed in the guide table 8.
An adjusting bolt 9 along the direction of the central axis of a is provided below the guide table 8, and the adjusting bolt 9 is screwed to a mounting rod 10 which is horizontally mounted on the frame body 6. The lower end of the adjusting bolt 9 is locked on a receiving rod 11 which is horizontally mounted on the machine frame 1. As described above, the frame body 6 having a mechanism such as the round belt 7 always has a downward habit of turning downward by its own weight with the pulley 2b of the carrier 2 as a fulcrum. Adjustment bolt 9 locked on top
Is blocked by the adjustment belt 9
By rotating the pulley 2b upward and downward with the shaft of the pulley 2b as a fulcrum, the inclination angle of the round belt 7 with respect to the horizontal carrier 2 can be adjusted. The purpose of the angle adjustment of the round belt 7 is to change the angle according to the weight of the signature 3, that is, when the signature 3 is thick, the angle is increased, and when the signature 3 is thin, the angle is adjusted small. It is a thing. With the above configuration, the folding line B is formed.

The upper end of the frame 12 is provided close to the lower side of the frame 6 which constitutes the folding line B of the signature, and a large number of ventilation holes (not shown) are formed. This is an inclined feed carrier composed of a supply belt 12a. The supply belt 12a is supported by a large number of guide rolls 13 and has at least two belt structures. The upper flow path of the supply belt 12a is formed so that it is inclined upward from the upper side and the lower side is horizontal. A guide table 14 is stretched over the entire lower surface of the upper flow path of the supply belt 12a. 1
5 is on the upper side of the upper flow path of the supply belt 12a, and
An intake box provided so as to be in sliding contact with the inner surface of the supply belt 12a. When the supply belt 12a passes over the upper surface of the intake box 15, the folding box is provided through a ventilation hole (not shown) provided in the supply belt 12a. 3 is sucked, and the signature 3 is made to follow the conveying action of the supply belt 12a. Reference numeral 16 is a driven belt which is adapted to the upper flow path of the supply belt 12a and is in contact with the upper surface of the signature 3 which is conveyed and supplied. Further, on the lower side of the supply belt 12a and the driven belt 16, a supply roller 17 having a conveying peripheral speed higher than the conveying speed of these is arranged, and the folds 3 sent in a sashimi-like state are arranged next. It is forcibly separated from the container so that it can be fed and housed in the folding hopper 18 in an orderly manner. With the above structure, the feeder line C of the foldable room
Is configured.

A sprocket 19 having a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the pulley 2b is provided on the shaft 2c between the pulleys 2b of the endless belt 2a constituting the carrier 2 of the stock line A, and the endless chain 20 is provided between the sprockets 19. Suspend the suspension. On the other hand, stays 2 are provided on one side of the machine frame 1 before and after.
1, a guide rod 22 is horizontally bridged between the stays 21 in parallel with the conveying direction of the front and rear endless belts 2 and having substantially the same length as the front endless belt 2. The rest bar 23 is horizontally bridged between the stays 21 via the. A lower end of a holder 24, which is longer than the distance between the guide rod 22 and the rest bar 23, is slidably supported on the guide rod 22, and the holder 24 has an axis line orthogonal to the conveying direction of the endless belt 2, Also, a rectangular pushing plate that detachably fastens the outer end of the arm 25 in a horizontal position facing above the endless belt 2 and abuts the inner end of the arm 25 on the rear surface of the rearmost folding plate 3. 26 is attached so that the angle can be adjusted and detached, and the push plate 2
As shown in FIG. 4, a roller 2 for connecting a chain link that constitutes the endless chain 20 to the lower side of the central portion of the rear surface of the roller 6.
The protrusions 27 are fitted between 0a and are fitted and engaged from above. In the figure, 28 and 29 are set screws, and by loosening them, attachment / detachment of the arm 25 and angle adjustment of the push plate 26 can be arbitrarily set.

As is apparent from FIG. 3, the outer front and rear portions of the two upside-down guide plates 5 are attached to a support plate 30, the lower end of the support plate 30 is laid across the front and rear of the machine frame 1, and in the feeding direction. Screw parts 31a, 31
The front and rear screw rods 31 are connected by a shaft 34 provided with worms 32 in the middle of the front and rear screw rods 31, respectively, and worms 33 meshing with the worms 32, respectively. The upper and lower guide plates 5 are simultaneously moved in the left and right directions by the rotation of the adjusting handle 35 provided on the upper part, so that the upper and lower guide plates 5 can be adapted to the upper and lower width of the mounted signature 3. Reference numeral 36 in the drawing denotes a motor for driving the endless belt 2, the endless chain 20 and the round belt 7b.

Incidentally, in the apparatus of the present invention, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-62
Similar to the device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.-70124, when the hopper 18 of the signature 3 connected to the feeder section (not shown) is full of signatures, a photoelectric sensor (not shown) detects the level of the signature. It is configured to do. Then, when the photoelectric sensor detects the level over of Futaba 3,
The movement of the supply belt 12a, that is, the supply line C is stopped. At this time, the stock line A and the sorting line B continue to be driven. When the sensor on the lower side of the sorting line B, that is, the supply line base turns on or off the proximity switch (not shown) by the folding pressure, the stock line A and the sorting line B are stopped, and the folding hopper 18 is folded. The supply line C moves again when the amount of the tablet 3 is fed and the amount thereof decreases, and the stock line A and the separating line B start to move again when the folding pressure is released.

[0015]

[Description of operation] Folding sheets 3 stacked on the stock line A
Are sequentially handled on the sorting line B from the leading side,
It is sequentially guided from the supply line C to the folding hopper 18 and further continuously and sequentially supplied to the collator by a feeder.
A group of signatures conveyed in a horizontal state is conveyed in an obliquely upward direction while maintaining a vertical posture on the separating line B, and is fed to the lower side of the supply line C in an inclined posture with a step,
Since the number of tilted-fed signatures supplied to the upper side of the supply line C is suppressed to a small amount, the pressure of the signatures on the supply line C is negligible, and the pressure of the subsequent signature groups is shut off. The signatures on the supply line C can be smoothly separated, and misalignment and damage of the signatures can be completely eliminated. The upper end of the round belt 7 forming the sorting line B is rotatably connected to the lower end of the carrier 2 of the stock line A, and the round belt 7 is provided with an arcuate guide surface 6a on the lower side. By being installed on the fan-shaped frame body 6 having a round shape, the inclination angle of the round belt 7 is adjusted according to the thickness of the signature, that is, the angle is increased when the signature is thick and heavy, and the signature is also increased. When the thickness is thin and light, the angle of the folded plates can be made uniform by making the angle small so that the folded lines can be fed to the supply line C at a constant pressure. In addition, the arcuate guide surface 6a can rationally prevent the signature that has moved to the upper hand side of the inclined supply carrier 12 from intervening on the lower surface of the round belt 7. On the other hand, a push plate 26 is provided on the final surface of the signature 3 mounted on the carrier 2 that constitutes the stock line A, and the signature 3 is attached.
To prevent falling. The push plate 26 is operated at the same speed as the folding feed belt by the endless chain 20 mounted coaxially with the endless belt 2a. The endless chain 20 is provided below the push plate 26.
Projection 27 that goes into the gap of chain link roller 20a
The push plate 26 slidably held by the guide rod 22 moves at the same speed as the endless belt 2a. The pushing plate 26 can loosen the set screw 29 and freely change the mounting angle according to the thickness of the folding plate 3. Further, the bundled folded tabs to be replenished are mounted on the rear portion of the push plate 26 so that the push plate 26 rotatably held by the guide rod 22 can be avoided at the upper part, and the holder 24 can be attached to the rest bar 23 as shown in FIG. After being set in the rear part of the signature 3 while being locked in the lock, the signature 3 can be quickly replenished by cutting and removing the signature binding string, and a large number of signatures can be held and mounted accurately. It will be possible.

[0016]

As described above, according to the structure of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (A) A pushing plate can be provided on the final surface of the signature installed on the carrier forming the stock line to prevent the signature from collapsing, and the pressing plate is mounted coaxially with the endless belt. Is operated at the same speed as the folding feed belt, and there is a protrusion at the bottom of the push plate that goes into the chain link roller gap of the endless chain, and the push plate slidably held by the guide rod moves at the same speed as the endless belt. However, the folded sheet can be smoothly supplied to the separating line. (B) It is possible to loosen the set screw and freely change the mounting angle of the push plate according to the thickness of the signature. In addition, the bundled folds to be replenished are mounted on the rear part of the push plate, the push plate rotatably held by the guide rod is evaded to the upper part, and it is moved and set to the rear part of the fold, and then the fold cord is attached. By cutting and deleting, the signatures can be quickly replenished, a large number of signatures can be held and mounted in an accurate state, and great labor saving can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an outline of a device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a carrier forming a stock line.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view of a carrier.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing an engagement relationship between a push plate and an endless chain.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A stock line B handling line C supply line 1 machine frame 2 carrier 2a endless belt 2b pulley 2c shaft 3 folding table 4 guide table 5 top and bottom guide plate 6 frame body 7 round belt 7a groove pulley 8 guide table 9 adjusting bolt 10 mounting rod 11 receiving rod 12 inclined feeding carrier 12a feeding belt 13 guiding roll 14 guiding table 15 intake box 16 driven belt 17 feeding roller 18 folding hopper 19 sprocket 20 endless chain 20a roller 21 stay 22 guiding rod 23 rest bar 24 holder 25 arm 26 Plate 27 Protrusion 28 Set screw 29 Set screw 30 Support plate 31 Screw rod 31a Screw portion 31b Screw portion 32 Worm 33 Worm 34 Shaft 35 Adjustment handle 36 Motor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A horizontal carrier is mounted on the upper side of the machine frame between two top and bottom guide plates whose spacing can be adjusted in the vertical direction of the signature, and the back side is mounted on the carrier. Forming a stock line of a number of signatures that are stacked side by side in an upward direction, and connecting a supply line of signatures to the lower side of the carrier via a separation line of signatures, and further lowering the supply line. Arrange a folding hopper that connects to the folding feeder on the side,
In a folded sheet feeder for a collating machine or the like, which is configured to feed the folded sheets in a substantially vertical posture with the back side facing upward to a horizontal posture one by one, in which the carrier is an endless belt and an endless chain. And a guide rod in a horizontal position parallel to the transport direction of the signature is provided on substantially one side of the machine frame corresponding to the transport body.
On the other hand, there is a push plate for preventing the folding-down of the folding chain, which has a protrusion engaging between the chain link rollers of the endless chain on the lower side, and which comes into contact with the back surface of the last end folding tab on the stock line and accompanies the endless chain. A folding feeder for a collator or the like, characterized in that the other end of an arm having one end attached to an upper portion of the push plate is connected to the guide rod so as to be slidable and rotatable upward and retracted. 2. The folding tray supply device for a collator or the like according to claim 1, wherein the pushing plate can be changed according to a mounting angle of the folding tray.