JPH1133992A - Device and method for working card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the generation of ruggedness and wrinkles in a surface by previously providing holes in a chip area of a card board sheet and a film sheet at the same positions so as to be passed through both the sheets, and providing an air escape groove at a position for pushing member in contact with the hole. SOLUTION: A card board sheet 11 and a film sheet 21 have a dimension for a plurality of numbers of cards, for example, 24 pieces or 50 pieces of cards, and both the sheets are stuck to each other so as to form a card area part A and a chip area part B. The chip area B is previously formed with long holes 13A, 23A and round holes 13B, 23B. A pushing mold part as a pushing member for pushing the chip area part B is provided with an air escape groove, which is arranged so as to be continued to the long holes and the round holes, and other air escape groove continued to the described air escape groove. A little air, which exists between both the sheets or in an adhesive layer, is discharged from the escape holes of the long holes and the round holes or the air escape groove and the air escape holes provided in the pushing member, and the excellent adhesion is performed without generating wrinkles.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a processing apparatus and a processing method for manufacturing a card such as an IC card, and to improve the flatness and durability of a bonding surface when bonding a sheet to a card base. To improve the quality of card processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Lamination of a protective sheet or a sheet on which characters or frames have been printed on a card base is performed by applying heat or pressure, and a predetermined tension is applied as a measure to prevent wrinkles. The laminating operation is performed while evacuating the air under vacuum.

[0003]

As described above, the laminating process of the card base and the sheet is performed by applying heat or pressure to both, or in a vacuum state.

[0004] However, when the size of the card base or the sheet becomes large, the air escape in the center becomes insufficient, and a minute space is generated between the card base and the sheet. The air inside the card shrinks or expands, causing irregularities on the surface of the card to be processed, etc., thereby reducing the yield rate.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a card processing apparatus and a card processing method capable of solving such a problem and obtaining a high-quality card having no irregularities or wrinkles on the surface.

[0006]

This object is achieved by any one of the following technical means (1) to (6).

(1) Card processing having a laminating means for laminating a film sheet on a card base sheet and sandwiching the film sheet with a pair of pressing members, and a means for cutting out the card base sheet on which the film sheet is bonded into a predetermined card size shape In the apparatus, in the chip area of the card base sheet and the film sheet, a hole which penetrates the two sheets at substantially the same position is provided in advance, and an air escape groove is provided at a position of the pressing member in contact with the hole. A card processing device.

(2) A card processing having a laminating means for laminating a film sheet on a card substrate sheet and sandwiching the film sheet with a pair of pressing members, and a means for cutting out the card substrate sheet on which the film sheet is laminated into a predetermined card size and shape. An apparatus, wherein in the chip area of the card base sheet and the film sheet, a hole is provided in advance at substantially the same position through the two sheets, and an air escape groove and a subsequent escape groove are provided at a position of the pressing member in contact with the hole. A card processing apparatus, wherein a hole is provided and a suction means is connected to the hole.

(3) The card processing according to the above (1) or (2), wherein the bonding surface of the card base sheet and / or the film sheet is subjected to roughening processing or streaking processing. apparatus.

(4) A card in which a film sheet is superimposed on a card base sheet, the two are evenly sandwiched by a pair of pressing members, pressed and bonded, and the card base sheet on which the film sheet is bonded is cut into a predetermined card size shape. In a processing method, a hole is formed in the chip area of the card base sheet and the film sheet in advance at a position substantially penetrating the two sheets at substantially the same position, and an air escape groove is provided at a position of the pressing member in contact with the hole. A card processing method characterized in that lamination is performed while allowing air to escape.

(5) A card in which a film sheet is superimposed on a card base sheet and both are evenly sandwiched and pressed by a pair of pressing members to be pressed and bonded, and the card base sheet on which the film sheet is bonded is cut into a predetermined card size shape. In the processing method, in the chip area of the card base sheet and the film sheet, a hole is formed in advance at substantially the same position to penetrate both sheets, and an air escape groove and an air escape groove are provided at the position of the pressing member that contacts the hole. A card processing method comprising: providing a continuous relief hole; and adhering the two sheets while sucking air from the clearance hole to forcibly remove air in a bonding surface.

(6) The card processing as described in (4) or (5), wherein the bonding surface of the card base sheet and / or the film sheet is subjected to roughening processing or streaking processing. Method.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A card before data writing, which is shipped and supplied for making an IC card, is formed by laminating a film sheet coated with a writing layer on a card base sheet via an adhesive layer. The card is officially issued by copying or writing the necessary information on this card.

The present invention relates to a card processing apparatus and a card processing method for producing a large amount of high-quality cards (hereinafter simply referred to as cards) before data writing, and an embodiment thereof is shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b). 4), which is a plan view and a front view of the entire schematic diagram of FIG. 4A, and a plan view showing the card base sheet, the film sheet, and the pressing mold thereof as viewed from the line XX, and FIG. Will be explained.

A wide card base sheet 11 and a film sheet 21 having substantially the same size as the card base sheet 11 are supplied from respective supply sections 11B, 21B to a bonding section 4 as bonding means.
0, and the adhesive layer 22 is applied to either of the two sheets. If the adhesive layer 22 is not applied to any of the two sheets, the two sheets are directly connected to each other. The upper and lower pressing members 31 and 41 serving as pressing members are overlapped, sandwiched, pressed and bonded.

The card base sheet 11 and the film sheet 21 have a size of a plurality of pieces such as 24 pieces and 50 pieces, and when they are pasted together, a card area portion A and a chip area portion B are formed. Slot 13 in the waste area portion B
A, 23A, round holes 13B, 23B, and the like are formed in advance, and the pressing dies 31, 41 as pressing members for the chip area portion B are arranged so as to follow the long holes and the round holes. Air escape grooves 33, 43 or subsequent air escape holes 34, 44 are provided.

In such a state, when the card base sheet 11 and the film sheet 21 are overlapped and the pressing dies 31, 41 as the pressing members press them from both sides, the adhesive layers 22 provided on either of the two sheets are used. Alternatively, in the case where the adhesive layer is not required, when the two sheets are directly bonded to each other, a small amount of fine air interposed between the two sheets or in the adhesive layer is formed by the escape holes such as the long holes and the round holes and the pressing member 31. , 4
1 can be removed from the air escape groove or the air escape hole provided in 1 and a good bonding without wrinkles can be performed.

Further, when fine roughening or streaking is performed on one or both of the bonding surfaces of the two sheets, the same effect as the above-described hole processing of the two sheets can be obtained.

Further, it is desirable to use both hole processing and roughening processing or streaking processing for both sheets to obtain good bonding.

It is desirable that the holes, roughening, and streaks for both sheets are formed in advance in the previous step, or processed at a position upstream of the bonding step.

In the above embodiments, the suction dies 31 and 41 as the pressing members on both sides are not provided with a suction mechanism, but in addition to this embodiment, suction blowers are provided in the air escape holes 34 and 44. Is connected, the escape of air is further stabilized, and high-quality lamination becomes possible.

The bonded card base sheet 11 and film sheet 21 are transferred to the next punching step as shown in FIG. 1 and are punched by a punching cutter unit 50 comprising a lower die 51 and an upper die 61 as card cutting means. The card area portion A is all cut off and collected as a product card in the collection box 55, and the chip area portion B is pulled out from the punching cutter while being connected, and the chip collection portion 2
9 to be excluded.

As another embodiment, as shown in the overall schematic diagram of FIG. 2, a card base sheet and a film sheet can be handled as long and wide rolls 11A and 21A.

In this case, the card base sheet 11 and the film sheet 21 are long and connected without being cut into sheets, each of the predetermined unit of card length,
The sheet is sent intermittently in a lump, enters the laminating section 40 as laminating means composed of the upper and lower pressing members 31 and 41, and after the lamination is completed as described above, moves to the next punching cutter section 50 as it is. The card is punched by the lower die 51 and the upper die 61.

These cards are stored in the collection box 5
5 and stored in a cartridge (not shown) and shipped to an IC card production department. Then, the chip area B is taken up as a chip winding 28.

Although the pressing members 31 and 41 of the flat plate type have been used as the pressing members in the above, the pressing members are not limited to these, and as the pressing members, as shown in FIG. The nip drum 141 is provided, and the portion of the card base sheet 11 and the portion of the film sheet 21 continuously fed from the long and wide rolls 11A and 21A are wound around the pressing drum 131 while being connected without being cut. Hold the nip drum 14
The bonding is carried out by pressing at 1, and the bonding is performed. The product cards are sequentially punched by the same punching cutter unit 50 as described above, which includes a lower die 51 and an upper die 61 provided on the downstream side via an accumulator 71. You can also do so.

Card base sheet 11, film sheet 2
1 is provided with long holes 13A and 23A or round holes 13B and 23B, and a pressing drum 131 is provided with an air escape groove 33 and an air escape hole 34 in the same manner as the flat plate type pressing die 31.

The air escape hole 34 can be connected to a suction blower to further enhance the air venting effect.

[0029]

According to the present invention, a card used for producing an IC card or the like can be produced smoothly, stably and efficiently with high quality without air or air bubbles left on the surface to be bonded. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram including an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a plan view and (b) is a front view.

FIG. 2 is an overall schematic diagram including another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall schematic diagram including another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a card base sheet, a film sheet, and a pressing mold thereof in the XX view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Card base sheet 13A, 23A Slot 13B, 23B Round hole 21 Film sheet 28 Scrap winding 31, 41 Pressing type 33, 43 Relief groove 34, 44 Relief hole 40 Laminating part 50 Punching cutter part 131 Pressing drum

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A card processing apparatus comprising: a laminating means for laminating a film sheet on a card base sheet and sandwiching the film sheet with a pair of pressing members, and a means for cutting out the card base sheet on which the film sheet is laminated into a predetermined card size and shape. In the chip area of the card base sheet and the film sheet, a hole is provided in advance through both the sheets at substantially the same position, and an air escape groove is provided at a position of the pressing member in contact with the hole. Characteristic card processing equipment. 2. A card processing apparatus comprising: a laminating means for laminating a film sheet on a card base sheet and laminating the film sheet between a pair of pressing members, and a means for cutting out the card base sheet on which the film sheet is laminated to a predetermined card size and shape. A hole for penetrating both sheets at substantially the same position is provided in advance in a chip area of the card base sheet and the film sheet, and an air escape groove and a subsequent escape hole are provided at a position of the pressing member in contact with the hole. And a suction means connected to the hole. 3. The card processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a bonding surface of the card base sheet and / or the film sheet is subjected to roughening processing or streaking processing. 4. A card processing in which a film sheet is superimposed on a card base sheet, the two are evenly sandwiched and pressed by a pair of pressing members, and the card base sheet on which the film sheet is bonded is cut into a predetermined card size shape. In the method, in the chip area of the card base sheet and the film sheet, a hole is formed in advance at substantially the same position to penetrate both sheets, and an air escape groove is provided at a position of the pressing member in contact with the hole. A card processing method characterized by laminating while releasing air. 5. A card processing in which a film sheet is superimposed on a card base sheet, the two are uniformly sandwiched and pressed by a pair of pressing members, and the card base sheet on which the film sheet is bonded is cut into a predetermined card size shape. In the method, a hole which penetrates both the sheets at substantially the same position is provided in advance in a chip area of the card base sheet and the film sheet, and an air escape groove and an air escape groove are provided at a position of the pressing member contacting the hole. A card processing method comprising: providing an escape hole; and adhering the two sheets while sucking air from the escape hole to forcibly evacuate the air within a bonding surface. 6. The card processing method according to claim 4, wherein a bonding surface of the card base sheet and / or the film sheet is subjected to roughening processing or streaking processing.