JPH1159904A - Bucket discharge device of gathering packaged document - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably store packaged documents by arranging a bucket diagonal to a discharge port, and lowering the bucket according to the discharge quantity of the documents to be discharged from the discharge port to arrange the bucket in a rear stage of a paper sheet feed device. SOLUTION: Two buckets feed parts 80a, 80b are arranged in a forward stage of a bucket discharge device, and a diverter 71 to alternately sort packaged bodies 11 so as to be thrown into a bucket in the preset group unit is arranged. The bucket discharge device is provided with a diagonal transfer roller surface in which the bucket is arranged diagonal to the discharge port when the packaged bodies are packed in a box-shaped bucket one side of which is open, and discharged, and also provided with a bucket lowering servo motor to lower the bucket according to the discharge quantity of the packaged bodies 11 to be discharged from the discharge port of the diverter 71. The bucket in which the packaged bodies 11 of the preset group unit is thrown in the bucket, is moved sidewise toward 81a side and discharged because the following bucket is lowered.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transport table having a plurality of sorting pockets, and a collating wrapping document which supplies a random number of unit papers into the sorting pockets, sorts them and stores them in a desired bucket or the like. A bucket discharge device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an example of a conveying apparatus for collecting information sheets on which delivery destination information such as a form to be delivered to a delivery destination is printed is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-8-231115. A collating apparatus for supplying a random number of classified forms from a form supply terminal provided along a collating conveyor has been proposed.

[0003] The above collating apparatus supplies a random number of unit forms in the sorting pocket and supplies them to the collating conveyor in order to perform sorting. To supply it to the collating conveyor. In particular, the above-mentioned collating apparatus precisely controls the collating conveyor transfer speed in order to perform the cutting work independently of the collating conveyor transfer operation, collates, wraps, and then packs the desired bucket. They were stored and processed for shipping.

[0004]

After the cutting and packaging operations in the above-mentioned collating apparatus, when the package is stored in a bucket or the like, the thickness of the package document is random, and the packaged package is stored in the bucket. In this case, the packaging documents fell down in the bucket, and the smooth storage operation could not be performed. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to improve these drawbacks, and to provide a collation package document bucket discharging device which is arranged at a subsequent stage of a paper supply device and can stably store package documents.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to attain the above object, a bucket discharging device for collated packaged documents according to the present invention is designed so that different documents are sequentially loaded into predetermined pockets of a transport table and packaged at a subsequent stage. In the combined packaging system, when packing and discharging a desired packaged document into a box-shaped bucket that is sequentially arranged at a discharge port of a packaged document and is open on one side, the bucket is disposed obliquely to the discharge port. And a bucket lowering means for lowering the bucket in accordance with a discharge amount of the document discharged from the discharge port.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a paper sorting / collating system 1 incorporating a paper feeding device 51a of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a portion of the paper feeding device 51 in the paper sorting / collating system 1. FIGS. 3A and 3B show a sheet sorting collating system 1 in the same manner.
FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing the sheet supply units 7 and 10 in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing the form supply units 61 and 62 in the sheet sorting / collating system 1, and FIG. Similarly, FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional explanatory view showing the buffer unit 18 in the paper sorting / collating system 1, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is an enlarged explanatory view showing the buffer unit 18 of FIG.
FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional explanatory view of the sheet supply device 51a of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is an enlarged plan view of the sheet supply device 51a of FIG.

The paper sorting / collating system 1 includes a transport line including a main transport line 2 and a sub transport line 3. The main transport line 2 has a plurality of sorting pockets 4 that move sequentially in an aligned state, and the paper feeding device 5 of the present invention is located at a position orthogonal to the moving direction of the sorting pockets 4.
1, 52, 53 are arranged, and in each division pocket 4,
A main delivery 6 composed of a random number of sheets is supplied, and a delivery 7 from the sub-transport line 3 is received and collated.

Now, the paper supply device 51a will be described with reference to FIG.
The pocket 4 of the main transport line 2 which is a part of the paper supply device 51 shown in FIGS.
A sheet supply device 51a for supplying a random number of unit papers 101 while cutting continuous papers and collating them, wherein the random number of unit papers 101 are cut between the cutting unit 102 and the main transport line 2. In order to receive 101 and supply it to the main transport line 2 at a desired timing, a transport buffer unit 106 having transport belts 104 and 105 arranged at intervals up and down is provided, and the transport belts 104 and 105 of the transport buffer unit 106 are provided. The paper cutting receiving speed of 105 is within the transfer cycle of each pocket 4 of the main transport line 2,
The speed is set so that the maximum set number of sheets cut by the cutting unit 102 can be received and cut, and
When the specified discharge timing is reached,
A control unit 107 for switching (low speed) to a predetermined discharge speed is provided. Unit paper 10 in the transport buffer unit 106
The switching between the discharge and the accumulation of the transport belts 104, 1
This is performed by opening and closing the stopper 112 provided on the subsequent stage of 05.
Drive control is performed by the control unit 107.

As a specific example, within the transfer cycle of each pocket 4 of the main transport line 2, as the detailed information to each delivery destination person, the cutting unit 102 is in a continuous state in a range of one to four sheets. Is cut into unit paper 101 at high speed. on the other hand,
In the transport buffer unit 106, the sheet cutting receiving / receiving speed by the transport belts 104 and 105 is set slightly higher than the cutting / discharging speed of the cutting unit 102. And the main transfer line 2
During the transfer cycle of each pocket 4, the unit paper 101 stored in the transport buffer unit 106 is discharged after waiting for the discharge timing to the pocket 4, and the discharge speed is synchronized with the transfer speed of the main transport line 2. That is ideal.

That is, the transfer speed of the main transfer line 2 is:
It may be transferred at a high speed other than the reference speed,
This is because the unit paper 101 can be discharged to the pocket 4 at the same timing by synchronizing the discharge speed of the transfer buffer unit 106 with the transfer speed of the main transfer line 2. When the transfer speed of the main transfer line 2 is switched to a high speed,
The maximum set number of sheets cut by the cutting unit 102 is two.

The cutting control in the cutting section 102 is as follows.
The cutting control is performed based on the information from the main computer, and the detailed information of one delivery destination may rarely reach 5 to 15 sheets. In this case, the main transport line 2 is temporarily stopped based on the instruction of the main computer. Stop and cut 10
2 is performed. Then, the transport buffer unit 1
When the paper is ejected from 06, the main transport line 2 is also driven. Similarly, the drive speed of the transport buffer unit 106 is controlled in synchronization with the transport speed of the main transport line 2.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the structure of the cutting section 102 is such that the continuous paper 101 is
4, the low-speed roller 115, the high-speed roller 116, and the blade 11 located between the rollers 115 and 116.
7, the paper is torn by the difference in the transport speed between the low-speed roller 115 and the high-speed roller 116. Reference numeral 103 denotes a placing plate which is temporarily placed when the unit paper 101 is placed at the point 4 of the main transport line 2. The unit paper 101 placed on the placing plate 132 is It is transported by passing between the transfer grooves 109. The aforementioned pocket 4 is provided with
It is not necessary to have a physical partition wall.

The paper supply device 51 includes 51b, 51c,
Reference numerals 51d and 51e denote sheet supply units different from those of the present invention. One sheet is supplied to each section of the sorting pocket 4 of the main transport line 2 or not. The sheet is cut and supplied in synchronization with the transport speed of the main transport line 2.

The paper supply device 52 (52a, 52b... 52)
f) and 53 (53a, 53b... 53k) are selectively supplied to the pocket 4 for each destination in various flyers, catalogs and the like. In the main transport line 2, after the delivery 8 from the sub-transport line 3 is placed on the main transport 6 in each sorting pocket, it enters the sorting pocket 4 in the pillow-wrapping packaging section 9 of A4 size. The main transported goods 6 and the delivered goods 8 are packaged together and packaged 1
1 and a reject unit 24 (24a) for extracting a collated packaged document such as a form attachment unit 23 for sending out the form 12 to each of the package bodies 11 and a collation of a collation object with each pocket 4 described later, or a packaging error such as a packaging error. , 24b) to the bucket discharge device 80 (80a, 80b) on the end side.

The sub-conveying line 3 is provided with a supply unit 10 for separating a card 45 or a bag-like sheet 46, which is an order postcard sent out from a supply source in a continuous state, and supplying the card in a predetermined unit.
7 and a supply unit 16 (16) for sequentially supplying booklets and the like.
a, 16b... 16j), and the supply unit 10,
The size of each set of delivery items sent from 16 is A
There is provided a packaging unit 17 for pillow packaging in six shapes.

Each of the deliveries sent from the supply units 10 and 16 may have the same type or number of the deliveries 8 or may differ from each other. Is associated with the main conveyed article 6 conveyed in the sorting pocket 4 of the main conveying line 2 based on information of the main computer 131 set in advance.

In the sub-transport line 3, the individually packed deliveries 8 are sent out to the buffer unit 18 (18 a, 18 b), and sent out to the buffer unit 18 and the main transfer line 2. In the illustrated example, the sub-transport lines 3 are provided in two rows, and the deliveries 8 are placed in two rows on the left and right as required on the main transport article 6 in one sorting pocket 4. (For example, the buffer part 18a side can be placed on the left side in the figure and the buffer part 18b side can be placed on the right side in the figure). It is good to supply deliveries from 3.

When sending out the deliveries 8 from the end side of the sub-transport line 3 to the sorting pockets 4 of the main transport line 2, each of the deliveries is associated with the main deliverable as described above. , One or a plurality of sets of deliveries 8 are sent out in an accumulated state. This is performed by a random number of supply buffer units 18a and 18b corresponding to the delivery 8.

FIG. 5 shows a buffer section 18a (18b), an annular band 15 in which a large number of receiving sections for holding the delivery 8 are connected, a driving source for moving the annular band 15 in one direction, and the above-mentioned driving source. The supply table 21 feeds out the delivery 8 held by the receiving portion 14 of the annular band 15 toward the end of the line by moving forward and backward.

The delivery 8 is sent to the receiving portion 14 of the annular band 15 which rotates in one direction on the receiving side of the delivery 8, and the delivery portion 8 reaches the supply table 21. It is a part that accumulates objects 8. On the side of the supply table 21, when the annular band 15 moves downward, the receiving unit 14 holding the set of deliverables 8 corresponding to the main transported object 6 with respect to the supply table 21. When the supply table 21 is moved out, the delivery 8 of the set number is locked on the supply table 21 and stands by so as to fall out of the receiving portion 14.

In this way, a required number of sets of deliveries 8 are sent out from the storage end while a certain amount of storage is secured (see FIGS. 6A and 6B). The supply tempo is substantially constant from the end side of the sub-transport line 3. Further, in the buffer section 18a (18b), the annular band 15 is provided with a plurality of rollers 22 for supporting the same.
Are provided so as to be able to move up and down, and the number of the receiving portions 14 for receiving the delivery 8 sent up at regular intervals by the rollers 22 moving up and down is changed, that is, the accumulation amount of the delivery 8 is variable. It is assumed.

In the main transport line 2, a buffer amount detecting section 31 for detecting two types of storage stages, that is, a large storage amount or a small storage amount, based on a reference storage amount, in the buffer portion 18a (18b). Is provided,
The main transport drive unit 33 that moves the divided pockets at two types of transport speeds, a high-speed transport speed and a standard transport speed slower than the high-speed transport speed, and the main transport drive unit 33 based on the detection signal of the buffer amount detection unit 31 A control unit 32 for controlling is provided.

In this way, based on the information conveyed from the buffer amount detecting section 31 in accordance with the accumulation amount in the buffer section 18a (18b), the main conveying drive section 33 moves the main conveying line 2 at a high conveying speed and a standard conveying speed. The main transport drive unit 33 is operated at any one of the speeds, and is controlled under the control of the control unit 32 that receives a detection signal of the buffer amount detection unit 31. What is controlled is that the main transport line is temporarily stopped when the accumulation amount in the buffer unit 18 reaches the limit point.

After the main transport line 2 and the sub-transport line 3 join and the main delivery 6 and the delivery 8 are collated, the packaging section 9
Pillow packaging, and an invoice or the like is attached thereon by the form attachment unit 23. As shown in FIG. 4, two types of paper supply units 61 and 62 are arranged in the form attachment unit 23.
When one or two invoices are supplied and two sheets are supplied, a form is attached to the package 11 which is bound by the gluing device 64 and further pillow-packed by 66 gluing devices.

Thereafter, the articles are transported to the bucket discharge device 80 side. The collated articles collated on the main transport line 2 and the sub-transport line 3 are provided with an identification code (printed with a bar code) for collation collation in advance. What has been done is the main points such as the main transfer line 2 and the sub transfer line 3, which are checked for collation at the time of collation, and the package 11 is rejected by the reject units 24a and 24b.
It is extracted when it reaches. Reject part 24a,
Among the 24b, those that are transported in a state where the pillow wrapping is connected, those that have just been bent, are discharged to the reject unit 24a, and those that are not matched correctly are discharged to the reject unit 24b. .

The collation verification is good, and the reject units 24a,
The package 11 having passed through 24b is further transported to the bucket discharge device 80 side. Bucket discharge device 8
In the preceding stage of 0, a bucket discharge device 80 is provided with two bucket supply units 80a and 80b, and a diverter 71 for alternately sorting the packages 11 so as to be put into buckets in a predetermined group unit. ing.

The bucket discharge device 80 for collated packaged documents according to the present invention is configured such that the bucket is obliquely disposed at the discharge port when the package is discharged into a box-shaped bucket having an open surface. A bucket lowering servomotor is provided, which has a transfer roller surface which is inclined so as to be arranged in a position, and which lowers the bucket according to the discharge amount of the package 11 discharged from the discharge port of the diverter 71. I have.
The bucket into which the package 11 of the group unit set in the bucket is put is moved sideways because the next bucket descends, and is moved to the 81a (81b) side to be discharged.

The bucket transfer line 91 is rejected and discharged by the reject part 24b, and the package 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a line from which a bucket to be inserted is transferred, and also a line in which the rejected and repaired package unit 11 in the group unit is inserted into the bucket and sent back again.

[0029]

According to the collating package document bucket discharging device of the present invention, when the collating package is cut and packed, and then stored in a bucket or the like, the thickness of the packaging document is random and the packaging is bag. Even when the packed items are stored in the bucket, the packaging documents can be smoothly stored without falling down inside the bucket, and the packaging documents can be stably stored in the rear stage of the paper supply device. It works.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall plan explanatory view showing a paper sorting / collating system 1 incorporating a paper supply device 51a of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective explanatory view showing a portion of a paper supply device 51 in the paper sorting / collating system 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective explanatory view showing the sheet supply units 7 and 10 in the sheet sorting / collating system 1 in the same manner.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective explanatory view showing the form supply units 61 and 62 in the sheet sorting / collating system 1 in the same manner.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory side sectional view showing a buffer unit 18 in the sheet sorting / collating system 1 in the same manner.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged explanatory view in which the buffer unit 18 of FIG. 5 is further enlarged.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged side cross-sectional explanatory view of the colleted package document bucket discharging device of the present invention.

8 is an enlarged plan explanatory view of the bucket discharge device for the collated packaged documents of FIG. 7 in the same manner.

[Description of Signs] 1 Paper sorting / collating system 1 2 Main transport line 4 Pocket 80a Bucket device 80b Bucket device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A collating and packaging system in which different documents are sequentially placed in predetermined pockets of a transport table and packaged in a later stage. When stuffing and discharging in a box-shaped bucket, the bucket is arranged obliquely to the discharge port, and the bucket is disposed obliquely according to a discharge amount of documents discharged from the discharge port. And a bucket lowering means for lowering the bucket.