JPH0912131A - Document handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evenly pile the bundles of document inside of a carton so as to previously prevent the load shifting and the mixture of the bundle of document inside of the carton. CONSTITUTION: This document handling device is provided with a carrying conveyor 1 for carrying cartons 41, a general document supplying station 10 and a multiple parts document supplying station 20, which are arranged in the side of the carrying conveyor 1 and which supply each bundle 11, 21 at an area smaller in relation to the area of the bottom surface of the carton 41. The supplying positions 41a, 41b of the general document supplying station 10 and the multiple parts document supplying station 20 in relation to the carton 41 are displaced from each other. The bundle of the general document 11 and the bundle of the multiple parts document 21 are thereby piled inside of the carton 41 without overlapping with each other.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form processing apparatus capable of averaging a desired type of form bundle into a carton on a conveyor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it has been practiced to collect (overlap) a required number of forms of a desired type and send them to a specific destination. For example, when 5 A-forms and 5 B-forms are sent to a destination and 10 A-forms, 10 B-forms, and 10 C-forms are sent to another destination, the worker The necessary number of sheets are extracted from the stack of A forms, the stack of B forms, and the stack of C forms that have been piled up in advance by a machine, packed in a bundle, packed in a mail bag, and addressed and sent.

[0003]

As described above, conventionally,
When collating and sending the required number of forms to a specific destination, the worker extracts the required number from the bundle of each form and mails them in a bundle.

However, the manual work by such an operator has problems in accuracy and processing speed. Further, when stacking the forms by a machine, in order to make it easy for an operator to extract, it is necessary to specially provide a mechanism such as a step or a sticky note for each extracted bundle.

Therefore, while the printed forms are cut into a required shape at a plurality of supply stations, the desired types of forms are collated and arranged in a required number, and the bundles of the forms thus arranged are respectively arranged. It is considered to supply the cartons on the conveyor from the supply station.

However, when the sheet bundles are randomly supplied from each supply station to the carton, the sheet bundles are piled up without being arranged in the carton, which causes the sheet bundles to be overwhelmed or different sheets in the carton. Comrades may mix.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a form processing apparatus in which a bundle of forms inserted in a carton does not become unbalanced or mixed. And

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a conveyor for conveying a carton, and a stack of documents arranged continuously on the side of the conveyor and having a smaller area than the area of the bottom surface of the carton. A plurality of supply stations for supplying, wherein the supply positions of the at least two supply stations with respect to the carton are offset from each other, and the stacks of documents from the two supply stations are independently stacked without overlapping each other. Is a form processing device.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the stacks of documents from at least two supply stations are independently stacked without overlapping each other, so that the stacks of documents can be averaged and stacked in the carton.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a form processing apparatus according to the present invention. First, the entire form processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 3, a first conveyor 1 for conveying a carton 41 (see FIG. 1) in which forms are stored.
Are arranged. In FIG. 3, the carton 41 is omitted for convenience. A carton loading line 5 for automatically box-forming blank sheets into the first transport conveyor 1 along the first transport conveyor 1 as a carton 41,
One general form supply station 10 for supplying the general form 11 (FIG. 4) to the carton 41 on the first conveyor 1.
, A multi-parts form supply station 20 for supplying the multi-parts form 21 (FIG. 4) to the carton 41 on the first conveyor 1 and the postcard form 31 (FIG. 4) on the first cartoner 1. Two postcard form supply stations 30 for supplying 41 are arranged.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the first transfer conveyor 1 is connected to the second transfer conveyor 2 via the switching means 1a. The second conveyor 2 is the first conveyor 1
A plurality of mounting bases 3 are arranged along the second transfer conveyor 2 and extend orthogonally to. This mounting table 3 is for mounting a form that is to be supplied in a small number, and for an operator to manually supply the form to the carton 41 on the second conveyor 2. In this case, the operator manually supplies the form corresponding to the destination to the carton 41 that has been previously transported by the second transport conveyor 3 for each destination. Further, downstream of the second conveyor 2, there are provided an address input port 7 and an ejector 8 for inputting a destination address. Furthermore, the discharge conveyor 70 is connected to the second transfer conveyor 2.

Next, each supply station 10, 20, 3
0 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The general form supply station 10 is connected to a cutting unit 14 for cutting the general form 11 into a predetermined shape, and a collating unit 15 for collating (overlapping) a necessary number of the cut general forms 11. It has a supply unit 16 that supplies a bundle of general forms 11 to a carton 41 on the first conveyor 1. Necessary information is written as a bar code 12 at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the general form 11.
The information written in is read by the reader 17. The general form may be a guidebook or the like.

The multi-part form supply station 20
Are parts 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e
Are stacked one by one to create a multi-parts form 21, a multi-parts forming part 28, a cutting part 24 for cutting the multi-parts form 21 into a predetermined shape, and a necessary number of the cut multi-parts forms 21. It has a collating unit 25 and a supply unit 26 that supplies the bundle of collated multi-part forms 21 to the carton 41 on the first conveyor 1. Each part 21a-21
Necessary information for creating the multi-part form by superposing the parts by the creating unit 28 is written in a predetermined part of e as a barcode, and the multi-part form is automatically created based on this. In addition, necessary information is stored in the bar code 2 at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the part 21a that constitutes the multi-part form 21.
The information written as 2, and the information written in the barcode 22 is read by the reader 27. Multi-part form 2
An example of the item 1 is an insurance application form including a plurality of parts.

The postcard form supply station 30
Is a folding part 38 that folds a predetermined number of postcard webs 31a in layers, a cutting part 34 that cuts the folded postcard webs 31a into a predetermined shape, and presses the layered postcard webs 31a to bond them. The pressing unit 39 for creating the postcard form 31 and the collating unit 3 for collating the required number of postcard forms 31
5 and a supply unit 36 for supplying a bundle of the collected postcard forms 31 to the carton 41 on the first conveyor 1. Note that the postcard web 31a is preliminarily provided with an adhesive portion, and when the postcard web 31a folded in layers is pressed by the pressing portion 39, the postcard webs 31a are adhered to each other by the adhesive portion, and the postcard form 31 is formed. Is created.

Further, necessary information is stored in the bar code 3 at a predetermined position of the postcard web 31a constituting the postcard form 31.
The information written in 2 and written in the barcode 32 is read by the reader 37.

Next, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the supply position of the general form supply station 10 and the supply position of the multi-part form supply station 20 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the first conveyor 1 conveys the carton 41 intermittently by one pitch, and a bundle of documents is supplied from each of the supply stations 10, 20, 30. After that, it moves one pitch at a time. In addition, each supply station 10, 20, 3
The form is supplied from 0 to the corresponding carton 41 at the same time.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
The areas of the bundle of general forms 11 and the bundle of multi-part forms 21 are much smaller than the area of the bottom of the carton 4 (1 /
2 or less). In addition, general form supply station 1
The supply position 41a for the carton 41 of 0 and the supply position 41b for the carton 41 of the multi-parts form supply station 20 are displaced from each other. Because of this carton 41
Inside, the bundle of general forms 11 and the bundle of multi-part forms 21 are stacked without overlapping each other.

Two postcard form supply stations 3
The supply position for the carton 41 of 0 corresponds to the supply position of the general form supply station 10 and the supply position of the multi-part form supply station 20, respectively. For this reason, the bundle of postcard forms 31 is stacked on the bundle of general forms 11 and the bundle of multi-part forms 21.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described. First, blank sheets are automatically box-formed in the carton loading line 5 and loaded into the first conveyor 1 as a box-shaped carton. Next, a bundle of general forms 11 from the general form supply station 10 (first supply station) is transferred to the carton 4 on the first conveyor 1.
1 is supplied. In this case, the bar code 12 is provided at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the general form 11, and the bar code 12
The information written in is read by the reader 17. Reader 1
The information read by 7 is sent to the control device 40,
The control device 40 collates with the input data that is registered in advance. Further, the control device 40 controls the entire form processing device including the plurality of supply stations 10, 20, 30.

The information to be written in the bar code 12 is, for example, customer-specific information, the number of sheets to be collected by the general form supply station 10, the form previously supplied to the conveyor from the upstream supply station at each supply station. On top of this, there is an ID code and the like for matching the two forms when supplying and overlaying new forms.

A bar code similar to the bar code 12 is also written on the multi-parts form 21 and the postcard form 31.

Based on the command information from the controller 40,
The general form 11 is cut into a predetermined shape in the cutting unit 14 of the general form supply station 10, and subsequently, the necessary number of cut general forms 11 are collected in the collating unit 15. Thereafter, the bundle of the collected general forms 11 is supplied from the supply unit 16 into the carton 41 on the first conveyor 1. In this case, the bundle of general forms 11 is supplied into the carton 41 from the supply position 41a.

On the other hand, the multi-part form supply station 20
In the multi-parts form creating unit 28, the information written in the barcode 22 of the part 21a is read by the reader 27, and the read information is sent to the control device 40. Next, the multi-part form 21 is created by superposing the parts 21a to 21f one by one. Subsequently, the multi-parts form 21 is sent to the cutting unit 24, the multi-parts form 21 is cut into a predetermined shape based on command information from the control device 40, and the cut multi-parts form 21 is then collated. As many as 25 are collated. After that, the bundle of the multi-part forms 21 collected together is fed from the supply unit 26 to the carton 4 on the first conveyor 1.
1 is supplied from the supply position 41b. Supply position 41
Since a and 41b are displaced from each other, in the carton 41, the bundle of general forms 11 and the bundle of multi-part forms 21 are
Can be stacked without overlapping each other.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the general form supply station 10 and the multi-part form supply station 2
When the supply positions 41a and 41b of 0 are substantially coincident with each other, the bundle of the general form 11 and the bundle of the multi-part form 12 may overlap with each other and the load may be lost in the carton 41 (FIG. 2 (b)). . However, according to the present invention, since the supply positions 41a and 41b are displaced from each other, the bundle of general forms 11 and the bundle of multi-part forms 12 do not overlap each other in the carton 41. Because of this carton 41
It is possible to prevent the load from falling inside or being mixed with each other in advance (FIG. 2 (a)).

Next, each postcard form supply station (third supply station) 30 operates based on a command signal from the control device 40. First, in the folding section 38 of the postcard form supply station 30, the postcard web 3
The information written on the barcode 32 of 1a is read by the reader 37, and the read information is sent to the control device 40.

Next, at the folding portion 38, the postcard web 3
1a is folded in layers, and the postcard web 31a thus folded is cut into a predetermined shape at the cutting portion 34. Subsequently, the postcard webs 31a folded in the pressing portion 39 are pressed, and the postcard forms 31 are obtained by adhering each other by the adhering portion.

Next, based on the command information from the control device 40, the postcard forms 31 are collected in the collating section 35 by the required number. After that, the bundle of collected postcard forms 31
Each postcard form supply station 30 supplies the postcards to the carton 41 on the first conveyor 1. In this case, the postcard form 31 is the general form 11 in the carton 41.
And the multi-part form 21 are superposed on each other.

In this way, the general form 11, the multi-part form 21, which are supplied to the carton 41 on the first conveyor 1,
The postcard form 31 goes straight on the first conveyor 1.

Next, the carton 41 is transferred from the first conveyor 2 to the second conveyor 2 via the switching means 1a. Next, the bundle of documents on the mounting table 3 is manually put into the carton 41 on the second conveyor 2 from the supply table 60. In this case, the bundle of forms is averaged and input manually.

When the work of inputting all the forms of the same destination is completed, the address is input from the address input 7 into the carton 41. Further, the carton 41 that is determined to be abnormal is discharged to the outside by the ejector 8. On the other hand, the normal carton 41 is sent to the discharge conveyor 70 side and packed.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the supply position 41a from the general form supply station 10 and the supply position 41b from the multi-part form supply station 20 are deviated from each other, so that in the carton 41. The bundle of general forms 11 and the bundle of multi-part forms 21 do not overlap. Further, since the bundle of postcard forms 31 is supplied on the bundle of general forms 11 and the bundle of multi-part forms 21 respectively, the forms can be averaged and stacked in the carton 41, and the load in the carton 41 can be increased. It is possible to prevent collapse and mixing.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, the stack of forms can be averaged and stacked in the carton 41, so that the stack of forms is misaligned in the carton.
Alternatively, mixing can be prevented in advance. Moreover, the packing work of the carton 41 can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the supply positions of a general form supply station and a multi-part form supply station for a carton.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a stack of documents in a carton.

FIG. 3 is an overall layout diagram showing an embodiment of a form processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation flow chart of a supply station.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 First Conveyor 2 Second Conveyor 3 Placing Table 10 General Form Supply Station 20 Multi-part Form Supply Station 30 Postcard Form Station 41 Cartons 41a, 41b Supply Position

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A conveyer conveys a carton, and a plurality of supply stations which are continuously arranged on the side of the conveyer and which feed a bundle of documents having a small area with respect to the area of the bottom of the carton. A form processing apparatus, comprising: at least two supply stations, wherein the supply positions of the supply cartons are displaced from each other, and the stacks of forms from the two supply stations are stacked independently of each other without overlapping.