JPS58220775A - Treating device for continuous form - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a continuous form treating device whereby a continuous form continuously discharged from a printer can be sorted by cutting for each predetermined unit number of forms. CONSTITUTION:The continuous form (a series of unit forms) F continuously discharged from the printer P is received by a feeding means 30 (32) through a feed buffer part 10 (11-20) where the form F is momentarily stocked. In this case, when it is detected by a sensor K2 that a specified mark is recorded on one of the unit forms, a cutting means 40 (33, 34, B) is operated to separate the unit form and the preceding unit form from each other, the feeding means 30 is stopped immediately before the unit form in concern reaches to a stacking table 54, and a sorting means 50 performs a sorting operation while momentarily stocking the continuous form F (discharged from the printer P) at the feed buffer part 10. After the sorting operation is completed, the feeding means 30 is started to stack up the momentarily stocked continuous form F on the stacking table 54.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a continuous form processing apparatus that cuts and divides continuous forms that are continuously printed out and discharged by a printer into a predetermined number of units.

Traditionally, printers, which are output devices for electronic computing devices,
While printing out all the town change information continuously on a continuous form, the continuous form is continuously folded at the output section, and then the folded continuous form is cut by a processing device different from the printer. However, when printing out a large amount of continuous 7 ohm data or when sorting into a predetermined number of units of form, folding and reprocessing the continuous form required time and effort, which was inconvenient. Attempts were made to connect a continuous format processing device dedicated to the printer to process all data at once.

However, conventional continuous form processing devices are designed specifically for that printer, so if you want to remove them and connect them to another printer, they are not easy to remove.
Moreover, with other printers, it is difficult to match the print speed characteristics and form processing speed, and even when used with a dedicated printer, the printing speed is limited by the continuous form processing method and the processing speed at that time. Therefore, in view of the conventional drawbacks, in this invention, the printer's original performance cannot be demonstrated, and it is inconvenient that the printer is not able to demonstrate its original performance. The present invention provides a complete continuous form processing device that can be connected to any printer without degrading its performance.

Next, the present invention will be explained based on drawings showing embodiments thereof.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional explanatory diagram of a continuous form processing apparatus according to the present invention.
Guide rollers R2 and R2' for discharging to the next stage, a continuous form Fi discharged from this guide roller R2, a temporarily stockable conveyance buffer section 1o, and the amount of continuous form F in this conveyance buffer section 1o. a control means 2o that outputs a conveyance speed signal for the continuous form in accordance with the control means 2o, a drive motor 31, a tractor 62, a roller 33, 34 that also serves as a cutting means, and a feed drum 65 that conveys the continuous form F in accordance with the control means 2o. , a conveying means 3o consisting of a feed belt '56, 67, a cutting means 4o consisting of a roller 33, 34 and a blade B which cut the continuous form F being conveyed into a predetermined number of units of form F', and a cutting means 4o consisting of a blade B; A rotating belt 51 divided into several units of form F', a moving stopper 52, and a fan 5
3 = Yes, the section for vertical adjustment movement and instantaneous movement from side to side is constituted by the accumulation table 54, and the section consisting of the drive mechanism S is constituted by means 5o.

In the above, the conveyance buffer section 1o includes a guide roller R2.
A form stripper 11, a rotary kfM roller 12, and a rotary support bar 1 are installed on the continuous form F discharged from and moved up and down according to the amount of the continuous form F.
3.14, a rotating belt 16 that contacts via the continuous form F when the buffer member 15 is lowered and pushes the continuous form F upward, and a form stopper/stock stand 177. There is.

Furthermore, the rotating contact roller 12 of the buffer member 15 is a brush roller, and the rotating contact roller 12 is rotated by a motor 18 attached to the buffer member 15. A weight 19 for adjusting the weight of the member 15 is attached via support bars 19a and 19b with a fulcrum O on the frame side and a point of action on the rotation support bar 14 side.

Further, a sensing device 1 is provided on the rotation support portion side of the rotation support bar 13 for sensing the rotation angle of the rotation support bar 13 and outputting signals indicating multi-stage rotation states to the control means 20.

The control means 20Vi receives the signal from 1 to the sensing device, for example, when the rotation angle signal indicates that the loosening surgical member 15 is located at the upper position and the slack of the continuous form is below a predetermined value, the control means 20Vi drives the When a stop signal is issued to the motor 51 and the buffer member 15 is in the middle position, and the continuous form is slack, the drive motor is activated to increase the standard conveyance speed of the continuous form ejected from the printer P from 1.0 times to 1.0 times. 5 times more cores).

- When the buffer member 15 is located at the lower position and is in contact with the rotating belt 16, and the continuous form is in the stock state, or when the continuous form is in the stock state, the standard conveyance speed of the continuous form is 1 .5 times to 2.
A control signal that is 5 times larger is issued to the drive motor 61,
The drive motor 31 is controlled, and other rotations of the conveying means 6o are controlled in accordance with the control of the drive motor 31.

Further, on the tractor 62 of the continuous form processing device, a division provided in the final unit form for every predetermined number of unit forms F' of the continuous form is conveyed to a sensor 2 for sensing the mark M, and to a sensor 2 for transporting the final unit form. A sensing means 69 having an encoder E (H) is provided to start checking the distance, and when this sensor senses the mark MTh of the division 2, a sensing signal is generated and the tractor 32 is conveyed as the tractor 32 rotates. Encoder E for checking the conveyance distance of continuous form F
starts checking the conveyance distance, and the conveyance distance set in advance, for example, the unit form with the mark M printed out passes through the feed belt 36.
When the calculated turning distance of the tractor 32 is confirmed, the sensing means 6o issues a stop signal to the drive motor 31, and the section is configured so that a drive signal is issued to the drive mechanism S of the means 5°. .

The continuous form processing apparatus of the present invention is constructed as described above, but the structure of the conveyance buffer section is as shown in FIG.
Continuous form j
It is preferable if the structure is temporarily stocked while processing llll() at a later stage. Also, in the signal generated from the sensing means 60 to the drive motor 31, the drive motor 31 can be continuously operated without stopping. A control system may be used to reduce the transport speed of the form F.

Next, the present invention will be explained in terms of the use of the continuous form processing apparatus in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 showing the planar state of FIG. 1. When printing out the continuous form F,
By pulling out the continuous form F from the printer P while printing it out or without printing it out, setting it on the tractor 62, and driving the printer P and the continuous form processing device, the printer P can print out the form F in a predetermined number of units.
Variable information is printed out every ', and the continuous form F, on which marks M are printed out for division into 71 unit forms, is discharged to the conveyance buffer section as the guide roller R2 rotates, and is loosened by the buffer member 15. It is pulled by the tractor 62 and conveyed to the cutting means 40 .

The cutting roller 34 that is applied to the cutting means 40 rotates at a faster circumferential speed than the cutting roller 33, and can be cut into unit forms by the difference in rotational force and the blade B. When the unit form F' on which the mark M is printed out passes, the form can be held and rotated and cut into sections.Explaining the cutting of each unit form F', the cut unit form F' passes between the feed belts 3 (S, 37), falls sequentially onto the stacking table 54, is pushed down toward the moving stopper 52 by the fan 53, and is stacked sequentially.

In the above, the division is made when the unit form F' with the mark M printed out passes below the sensor, the encoder E is activated, and the division is divided into the unit form F' with the mark M printed out.
When '' reaches the stacking table 54, the conveyance means 30 is stopped for a predetermined period of time, during which time the drive mechanism S is operated to sort a predetermined number of unit forms.

During this time, the continuous forms F printed out one after another are discharged from the printer P to the conveyance buffer section 10, the buffer member 15 falls together with the continuous forms F, and the rotating contact roller 1
2 comes into contact with the rotating belt 16 via the continuous form Fe, the continuous form F acts as a four stopper and stock stand 1.
7 is pushed up and strikes 5 on this platform. Due to the relationship between the bar surface, the weight of the continuous form F, and the perforated perforations 9 provided for each unit form F', it becomes bent.
As the continuous form F continues to be pushed up, there is more slack in the rotating contact roller 12 and the rotating belt 16, and when the slack comes into contact with the rotating belt 16, the rotation of the rotating belt 16 pushes it up against the stumper surface of the form stopper 11, It is bent at the perforation 9, and is in the folded state shown by the dashed line in FIG.

Particularly, when the mark M is printed out for each small unit form and the classification is frequently performed, the conveying means 30 repeats stopping and conveying at the highest speed, but the drive motor 1 is stopped and then driven. Since a soft start circuit is usually incorporated into the drive circuit, the buffer member 15 continues to fall, and the folded continuous form F is sequentially conveyed from the top to the tractor 62, and the next division is carried out at the distance from the mark M. When the continuous form F in the folded state becomes longer, the continuous form F in the folded state is transported, the buffer member 15 is raised to the middle position, and the rotation angle of the rotary support par 13 at this time is sensed by the sensing device 1, control 2
0 reduces the conveyance speed. In this state,
If the unit form F' with the mark M does not pass, the buffer member 15 is further raised, and when there is less slack, the rotation angle at this time is sensed by the sensing device, and the controller 20 drives the buffer member 15. Motor 31 temporarily stops.

-1- The continuous form processing device of the present invention constructed as described above can be used even when the speed of the printer, which is the output device of the electronic computing device, is high or low, or even when the speed of the same printer varies. In addition, even in cases where marks are provided for each small unit form and frequent separation is required, the transport buffer and the classification can be easily printed out by controlling the transport means using mark sensing means. It can be divided into a predetermined number of unit forms without affecting the printed output, and is very useful as an apparatus that processes continuous forms at the same time as printing out.

In the embodiment described above, when the unit form F' having the mark MTh is conveyed a predetermined distance, the division sensed by the sensing means 60 is configured such that the conveyance means 30 stops for a predetermined time and the division is driven by the means 50. However, in other embodiments, the front half of the conveying means consisting of the tractor 62 and the roller roller 6, the roller 34, and the feed drum 3 are
5, and the rear half of the conveying means consisting of feed belts 36 and 37, the sensor 2 detects the mark M in the section, and after emitting a sensing signal, the unit form F' having the mark M is transferred to the roller. 34, and before the next stage unit form F' is clamped by the row 234, the tractor 62 and roller 33'f in the front half of the conveying means are stopped.
It may also be configured such that the sensing means 60 issues a stop signal when the encoder E rotates a predetermined amount (8).

In the above, the drive motors for the first half and the second half of the d1 conveyance means are provided separately, or the same drive motor 31 is used and connected to the drive section of the first half of the conveyance means by an electromagnetic clutch, It is used as an activation signal for the electromagnetic clutch, and the stop signal can stop only the first half of the conveying means for a predetermined period of time, during which time the unit form F with the mark M is separated.
' is sent onto the stacking table 54 by the latter half of the conveying means, and after a predetermined time by a timer that works together with the generation of the stop signal ', the sorting is driven by the drive mechanism S of the means 50 and reset by a signal issued when the drive is completed. It may be configured such that the electromagnetic clutch is connected to the drive motor 31 and conveyance, cutting, and sorting can be performed again (8.

Further, in the means 50 for sorting, a drive mechanism of a chain structure that rotates left and right alternately to drive the stacking table 54, or a means for sorting the stacking table 54 without moving it may be used.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional explanatory diagram of a continuous foam processing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the continuous foam processing apparatus in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional explanatory diagram of a conveyance buffer according to the present invention. . 10 is a conveyance buffer section, 15 is a buffer member, 20 is a control means, 30 is a conveyance means, 40 is a cutting means, 50 is a division means, 60 is a sensing means, F is a continuous form, F' is a unit form, M is a unit form. The classification is a mark. Procedural Amendment (Ancient) 1. Display of case Patent Application No. 104806 of 1982 2 Title of invention Continuous form processing device 3 Person making the amendment Relationship to the case Patent applicant Postal code 101 Date of dispatch September 28, 1980 5 Application to be amended and Description 6 Contents of amendment

Claims (1)

[Claims] a conveyance buffer section capable of stocking continuous forms made up of unit forms printed out and discharged from the discharge section; a control means for outputting a full conveyance speed signal for the continuous forms according to the amount of continuous forms in the conveyance buffer section;
A conveying means for conveying the continuous form in accordance with the control means, a cutting means for cutting the continuous form into units of a predetermined number of units during conveyance, and a means for dividing the formed unit of the form into units of a predetermined number of units that have been cut, At times, the divisions provided in the predetermined unit form for each predetermined number of unit forms include a sensing means for sensing the mark, and an output signal outputted from the sensing means to control the conveying means at a predetermined conveying speed or lower. A continuous form processing apparatus characterized in that said section is fully driven by means.