US20040212137A1 - Print bonding apparatus, automatic bookbinding apparatus and image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Print bonding apparatus, automatic bookbinding apparatus and image forming apparatus Download PDF

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US20040212137A1
US20040212137A1 US10/827,251 US82725104A US2004212137A1 US 20040212137 A1 US20040212137 A1 US 20040212137A1 US 82725104 A US82725104 A US 82725104A US 2004212137 A1 US2004212137 A1 US 2004212137A1
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Naoyuki Morita
Tsuyoshi Tanabe
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Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H37/00—Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations
    • B65H37/04—Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/17—Nature of material
    • B65H2701/171—Physical features of handled article or web
    • B65H2701/1719—Photosensitive, e.g. exposure, photographic or phosphor

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  • an electrophotography-type copier or printer is not only has lower sensitivity than silver salt photographs but is also inferior in terms of brightness of color and reproduction of color, and in terms of fineness of quality.
  • images produced by copying the type of print described above by the means of an electrophotography-type copier are inevitably inferior to the original image in terms of quality.
  • a negative image formed on a negative film can be directly printed on the photographic paper.
  • the negative image is read by a scanner and digitalized to form image data, and that on the basis of this image data the photographic paper is scanned by laser lights of the three colors of red, green, and blue in a direction orthogonal to a transfer direction, thus exposing the photographic paper to laser lights.
  • image data capable of being used for exposure in an exposure section include not only data obtained by digitalizing negative images but also image data acquired by means of a scanner reading various kinds of printed materials, image data acquired by taking images with a digital camera, and image data sent through the Internet.
  • a second aspect of the invention is to provide a bonding device including: a print transfer unit that transfers two distributed photographic prints with the bottom surfaces of the two photographic prints opposed to each other; a glue applying unit that applies glue to the bottom surface of at least one of the two photographic prints transferred by the print transfer unit; a bonding unit that makes end edges of the two photographic prints respectively transferred by the print transfer unit abut against each other, and bonds them together; and a side edge aligning unit that before the two photographic prints are bonded together aligns the side edges of the two photographic prints which have been made to abut against each other by the bonding unit.
  • a third aspect of the invention is to provide a print bonding apparatus, wherein the distributing device distributes the photographic prints in left and right directions orthogonal to a direction in which the photographic prints have been delivered by the image forming apparatus; the print transfer unit is vertical transfer belts for transferring the two photographic prints distributed by the distributing device in a condition in which the two photographic prints are in a vertical state and in which the bottom surfaces of the photographic prints are opposed to each other; and the bonding unit is bonding rollers that make the end edges of the two photographic prints, which have been transferred by the vertical transfer belt, abut against each other, sandwich the two photographic prints and transfer the two photographic prints to bond them together.
  • the photographic prints delivered by the image forming apparatus are distributed by the distributing device in left and right directions, and the photographic prints distributed in left and right directions are transferred by the vertical transfer belt in a vertical state in which the back surfaces of the photographic prints are opposed to each other. Then, the end edges of the photographic prints are made to abut against each other in the bonding rollers and are aligned with each other. The photographic prints are then bonded together with glue.
  • the print bonding apparatus of this aspect can handle photographic prints with ease and in consequence breakdowns rarely occur.
  • a fourth aspect of the invention is to provide an automatic bookbinding apparatus including: the print bonding apparatus according to the first to third aspects; a photographic print stacking portion that stacks double-sided photographic prints produced by the print bonding apparatus by means of bonding together the photographic prints in a condition in which one side of each of the photographic prints is aligned with one side of another photographic print; a side aligning unit that aligns three sides of a stack of double-sided photographic prints stacked by the photographic print stacking portion; and a belt mounting unit that binds the backs of the stack of double-sided photographic prints whose three sides have been aligned by the side aligning unit.
  • the double-sided photographic prints produced by the print bonding apparatus as a result of bonding the photographic prints are stacked in the photographic print stacking portion in a condition in which one side of each photographic print is aligned with one side of another photographic print. Then, the three sides of the stack of double-sided photographic prints are aligned with one another by the side aligning unit.
  • the side aligning unit includes not only a side aligning device that regularly makes a mechanical impact on the stack of double-sided photographic prints, and aligns both the end edges and the side edges of the double-sided photographic prints constituting the stack, but also a cutting unit that cuts the ear portions of the three sides to align the end edges and the side edges.
  • an integrated process is performed, which process includes first forming photographic prints by exposing, developing, drying and cutting the photographic paper, bonding the photographic prints together to form the double-sided sheets, stacking the double-sided sheets and bookbinding the double-sided sheets to produce a photograph collection. Accordingly, a photograph collection of excellent image quality can easily be produced by on-demand bookbinding.
  • the delivery rollers 40 B are a pair of rollers arranged along a horizontal direction parallel to the horizontal conveyor 40 A, and the delivery rollers 40 B have a function of putting on the horizontal conveyor 40 A print sheets produced by the image forming apparatus 2 .
  • Each of the vertical conveyors 40 C and 40 D is arranged with the surface of the belt for transferring the prints in a vertical state, and each is a vertical conveyor on which the prints are disposed to be held on the surface of the belt.
  • a guide roller 40 E is provided at the end on the vertical conveyor 40 C side of the horizontal conveyor 40 A and guides the prints, which have been transferred on the horizontal conveyor 40 A in the direction of the vertical conveyor 40 C, as far as the vertical conveyor 40 C.
  • a guide roller 40 F is provided at the end on the vertical conveyor 40 D side of the horizontal conveyor 40 A and guides the prints, which have been transferred on the horizontal conveyor 40 A in the direction of the vertical conveyor 40 D, as far as the vertical conveyor 40 D.
  • the first photographic print Pr 1 produced by the image forming apparatus 2 is delivered to the horizontal conveyor 40 A by the delivery roller 40 B with the image facing up.
  • the press plate 62 A in the cutting section 62 is moved down to press down from above the stack of double-sided sheets PrW, so as to prevent the stack of double-sided sheets PrW from being shifted when they are cut by the cutter 62 B. Then, the cutter 62 B is moved down to cut along a vertical direction the three end surfaces of the stack of double-sided sheets PrW which end surfaces are not in contact with the stacking platform 48 , thus rearranging the three end surfaces (three sides).
  • invention provides a print bonding apparatus and an automatic bookbinding apparatus capable of easily book-binding ondemand a photograph collection such as a commemorative album, which needs to be of high quality, and an image forming apparatus appropriately used for supplying photographic prints to the print bonding apparatus.

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US5230501A (en) * 1992-01-16 1993-07-27 Quad/Tech, Inc. Apparatus and method for integrating an insert assembly on a printing press
US5307105A (en) * 1991-10-08 1994-04-26 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Photosensitive material drying device
US5378588A (en) * 1992-07-25 1995-01-03 Konica Corporation Method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials which conserves and reuses overflow processing solutions
US6048152A (en) * 1998-09-03 2000-04-11 Kabushiki Kaisha Aichi Business Form Binding apparatus
US20030221568A1 (en) * 2000-05-16 2003-12-04 Josef Schneider Combined printing machine

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US5307105A (en) * 1991-10-08 1994-04-26 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Photosensitive material drying device
US5230501A (en) * 1992-01-16 1993-07-27 Quad/Tech, Inc. Apparatus and method for integrating an insert assembly on a printing press
US5378588A (en) * 1992-07-25 1995-01-03 Konica Corporation Method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials which conserves and reuses overflow processing solutions
US6048152A (en) * 1998-09-03 2000-04-11 Kabushiki Kaisha Aichi Business Form Binding apparatus
US20030221568A1 (en) * 2000-05-16 2003-12-04 Josef Schneider Combined printing machine

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