US20070045928A1 - Bookbinding apparatus and image forming system - Google Patents

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US20070045928A1
US20070045928A1 US11/487,409 US48740906A US2007045928A1 US 20070045928 A1 US20070045928 A1 US 20070045928A1 US 48740906 A US48740906 A US 48740906A US 2007045928 A1 US2007045928 A1 US 2007045928A1
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Kohji Yoshie
Saburo Shimizu
Riichi Hama
Masahiro Kaneko
Kiyoshi Hata
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C5/00—Preparing the edges or backs of leaves or signatures for binding
    • B42C5/04—Preparing the edges or backs of leaves or signatures for binding by notching or roughening
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C1/00—Collating or gathering sheets combined with processes for permanently attaching together sheets or signatures or for interposing inserts
    • B42C1/12—Machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together the sheets or signatures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C11/00—Casing-in
    • B42C11/04—Machines or equipment for casing-in or applying covers to books
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/65—Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material
    • G03G15/6538—Devices for collating sheet copy material, e.g. sorters, control, copies in staples form
    • G03G15/6541—Binding sets of sheets, e.g. by stapling, glueing
    • G03G15/6544—Details about the binding means or procedure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C9/00—Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding
    • B42C9/0006—Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets
    • B42C9/0012—Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets with a roller
    • B42C9/0018—Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets with a roller for binding stacks of sheets one at the time
    • B42C9/0025—Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding by applying adhesive to a stack of sheets with a roller for binding stacks of sheets one at the time and subsequently applying a cover
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
    • G03G2215/00919—Special copy medium handling apparatus
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  • the present invention relates to a bookbinding apparatus that makes a booklet by covering the spine portion, the from and the back of the bundle of sheets with a cover sheet, and in particular, to an image forming system equipped with a bookbinding apparatus which can be connected to an image forming apparatus body such as a copying machine, a facsimile machine or a printer to be applied.
  • Bookbinding is known as a method of binding a bundle of sheets as a collection of printed sheets by stapling or pasting.
  • Apparatuses known as a pasting and bookbinding apparatus include a device to jet paste on a sheet by using a paste jetting nozzle, a device wherein a paste roller is installed in a paste container, and paste adheres to an outer circumference of the rotating paste roller to be transferred onto a sheet when the outer circumference of the rotating paste roller touches the sheet, a hot-melt coating device that jets a mixture containing hot-melt agents (heat fusing agents) and heated and compressed air from a nozzle, and a tape sticking device that sticks a tape on which adhesive paste is coated in advance on the spine portion of a sheet bundle while the tape is heated.
  • a hot-melt coating device that jets a mixture containing hot-melt agents (heat fusing agents) and heated and compressed air from a nozzle
  • a tape sticking device that sticks a tape on which adhesive paste is coated in advance on the spine portion of a sheet bundle while the tape is heated.
  • a recent image forming apparatus based on electrophotographic technology is characterized by high speed, multi-function performance and network functions. Its applications as a printing apparatus are much increased when it is connected with a large-capacity sheet feeding apparatus and a large-capacity stacker.
  • Patent Document 1 Unexamined Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2004-209869
  • a bookbinding apparatus for bonding a cover sheet to an end portion of a bundle of sheets and for producing a booklet by wrapping the bundle of sheets with the cover sheet, the bookbinding apparatus includes a notch forming mechanism for forming notches, before each sheet is formed into the bundle of sheets, on an end side of the each sheet to be coated with adhesive.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram representing the overall configuration of an image forming system equipped with image forming apparatus, bookbinding apparatus and sheet ejecting apparatus.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the image forming system.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the sheet conveyance path of a bookbinding apparatus of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the bookbinding apparatus showing the process of applying adhesive to a sheet bundle.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a paste coating device and a holding device.
  • FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a cover-sheet trimming device and cover-sheet outfitting device.
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the upper limit position of the cover-sheet outfitting device.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a booklet binding process.
  • FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a notch-forming device.
  • FIG. 10 ( a ) is a plan view of a die and punch and FIG. 10 ( b ) is a perspective views of a die and punch.
  • FIG. 11 ( a ) is a perspective view wherein a plurality of notches are formed on a sheet and the notch scraps produced by notching are separated
  • FIG. 11 ( b ) is a perspective view of a sheet bundle made up of stacked sheets wherein each of the sheets has multiple notches.
  • FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a sheet bundle made up of stacked sheets wherein each of the sheets has multiple notches.
  • FIG. 13 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a sheet bundle made up of stacked sheets wherein each of the sheets has multiple notches.
  • FIG. 1 is an entire structure diagram of an image forming system equipped with image forming apparatus body A, bookbinding apparatus B and sheet ejection apparatus C and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an appearance of the image forming system.
  • Image forming apparatus body A has an image forming unit wherein charging unit 2 , image exposure unit 3 , developing unit 4 , transfer unit 5 A, neutralizing unit 5 B and cleaning unit 6 are arranged around rotary image carrier 1 .
  • image forming unit exposure scanning based on image data obtained from a document through reading by a laser beam of the image exposure unit 3 is conducted after a surface of the image carrier 1 is charged evenly by the charging unit 2 , to form a latent image, and the latent image is developed reversely by the developing unit 4 , and a toner image is formed on a surface of the image carrier 1 .
  • Sheet S fed from sheet storing section 7 A is transported to a transfer position.
  • the toner image stated above is transferred onto sheet S by the transfer unit 5 A.
  • charges on the reverse side of the sheet S is eliminated by the neutralizing unit 5 B and the sheet S is separated from the image carrier 1 to be transported by transportation section 7 B, and then, is heated and fixed by fixing unit 8 to be ejected from sheet ejection roller 7 C.
  • sheet S subjected to heating and fixing by fixing unit 8 is diverged from an ordinary sheet ejection path by transportation path changeover device 7 D, then, is reversed upside down through a movement in a form of a switchback in reversing transportation section 7 E, and passes through the image forming section again so that an image is formed on the back of sheet S, and is ejected out of the apparatus from sheet ejection roller 7 C through fixing unit 8 .
  • Sheet S ejected from the sheet ejection roller 7 C is fed into bookbinding apparatus B.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a sheet transportation path of bookbinding apparatus B relating to the invention.
  • Bookbinding apparatus B is composed of sheet introduction unit 10 , sheet ejection unit 20 , sheet bundle storage unit 30 , sheet bundle transportation unit 40 , paste coating unit 50 (refer to FIG. 4 ), cover-sheet supply unit 60 , cover-sheet trimming device 70 , cover-sheet outfitting device 80 (wrapping-bookbinding unit), alignment device 89 and booklet conveyance unit 100 .
  • the respective units are arranged nearly longitudinally and vertically in the main body of the bookbinding apparatus.
  • Sheet S that has been introduced into the sheet introduction unit 10 is interposed between inlet rollers 11 and 12 to be transported, and is diverged by transportation path changeover device 31 to either one of the sheet ejection unit 20 and the sheet bundle storage unit 30 .
  • Sheet S diverged to the left side in the drawing located at the downstream side in the sheet transportation direction by transportation path changeover device 31 is interposed by transporting rollers 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 and 36 to be housed at the prescribed position of sheet bundle storage unit 30 and to be stacked thereon in succession.
  • sheet bundle Sa formed by prescribed number of sheets S is formed.
  • the sheet bundle storage unit 30 is provided with sheet loading table 37 that is arranged obliquely, movable sheet trailing edge positioning member 38 and sheet width aligning member 39 that aligns sheets in the sheet width direction.
  • Movable body 54 of paste coating unit 50 is moved by an unillustrated driving unit in the direction that is in parallel with the longitudinal direction of a bottom surface of sheet bundle Sa held by holding unit 41 in the erected state.
  • the movable body 54 starts moving from the initial position, on the back side of bookbinding apparatus B, and is moved along guide member 55 to stop at a prescribed position on the front surface side of bookbinding apparatus B, and returns to the initial position after being driven to be reversed.
  • the cover-sheet trimming device 70 is integrally formed on the lateral upper portion of the illustrated cover-sheet supply device 60 and on the right of an illustrated cover-sheet outfitting device 80 to be described later.
  • the cover-sheet trimming device 70 is used to trim the length of a cover sheet K to a predetermined value in the direction of conveyance.
  • the cover-sheet trimming device 70 is a roller cutter unit made of a rotary knife 71 and stationary knife 72 .
  • the rotary knife 71 rotates by sliding along the stationary knife 72 , and cuts the cover sheet K in the width direction of the cover sheet.
  • the scrap of the cover sheet K having been cut drops and is stored in the chip box 73 .
  • the length of the cover sheet K having been trimmed corresponds to the value obtained by adding the length (thickness) of the spine portion of the bundle of sheets Sa to the length of two sheets S in the direction of conveyance.
  • the control unit sets a predetermined length of the cover sheet K having been trimmed. The length of the cover sheet K before trimming is determined in response to the maximum number of the sheets.
  • the cover sheet K stored in a sheet feed tray 61 of a cover-sheet supply device 60 is separated and fed by a sheet feed device 62 . Sandwiched by conveyance rollers 63 , 64 , and 65 , the cover sheet K is led into the cover-sheet outfitting device 80 , and is then conveyed in the opposite direction to enter a cover-sheet trimming device 70 . The cover sheet K having been cut into a predetermined length by the cover-sheet trimming device 70 is again fed to the cover-sheet outfitting device 80 .
  • the cover sheet K fed to the cover-sheet outfitting device 80 is conveyed by the conveyance rollers 65 along the guide plate 87 . Passing through the position where the cover sheet K is sandwiched between a driving roller 81 and a follower roller 881 , the cover sheet K further passes through the position where the cover sheet K is sandwiched between a driving conveyance roller 82 and follower roller 882 .
  • the Motor M 2 A of the second driving device drives and swings a cover-sheet holding member 88 A through the drive transmission system Z 1 including a belt and a gear train.
  • the motor M 2 B of the second driving device drives and swings a cover-sheet holding member 88 B through the drive transmission system Z 2 including a belt and a gear train.
  • the cover-sheet holding member 88 A includes a follower roller 881 rotatably supported by a lever which can be swung through connection with the final gear of drive transmission system Z 1 .
  • the cover-sheet holding member 88 B includes a follower roller 882 rotatably supported by a lever which can be swung through connection with the final gear of drive transmission system Z 2 .
  • the motor M 2 A starts to drive and swings the lever so that the follower roller 881 is pressed against the conveyance roller 81 being driven and rotated.
  • the motor M 2 B starts to drive and oscillates the lever so that the follower roller 882 is pressed against the conveyance roller 82 being driven and rotated.
  • the cover sheet K moving along the guide plate 87 is fed sandwiched between the conveyance roller 81 and follower roller 881 installed on the upstream side in the direction of conveyance. After that, the cover sheet K is fed sandwiched between the conveyance roller 82 and follower roller 882 installed on the downstream side in the direction of conveyance, until the cover sheet K stops at a predetermined position.
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the upper limit position of cover-sheet outfitting device 80 .
  • the cover-sheet holding members 88 A and 88 B are swung by the motors M 2 A and M 2 B of the second driving device so that the cover sheet K is pressed and held in position.
  • This arrangement prevents the cover sheet K from moving when the cover-sheet outfitting device 80 is moving.
  • the cover sheet K is pasted accurately onto the surface of the sheet bundle Sa coated with adhesive.
  • the motors M 2 A and M 2 B cause the cover-sheet holding members 88 A and 88 B to release the cover sheet K.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a booklet binding process.
  • FIG. 8 ( a ) is a perspective view of the cover sheet K placed on the moving casing 84 of the cover-sheet outfitting device 80 and the sheet bundle Sa pasted to the center of the cover sheet K.
  • FIG. 8 ( b ) is a perspective view representing the process wherein the bundle of sheets Sa having been pasted is subjected to wrapping-binding by the cover-sheet K folded by the first folding member 86 A, second folding member 86 B, and pressing member 83 for wrapping the bundle of sheets with the cover sheet K.
  • FIG. 8 ( c ) is a perspective view of a booklet Sb produced by wrapping-binding.
  • symbol U indicates the top side representing the upper surface of the sheet bundle Sa or booklet Sb positioned upright.
  • symbol L indicates the bottom side showing the lower position of the sheet bundle Sa or booklet Sb.
  • a descent of belt 85 shown in FIG. 1 makes cover-sheet outfitting device 80 to descend and to retreat, rotation of ejection belt 101 is started by unillustrated drive unit, and after sheet bundle Sb has descended, the lower end portion of it is moved toward the conveyance direction with ejection belt 101 due to the contact with the ejection belt 101 .
  • the booklet Sb is laid on turning ejection belt 101 , conveyed to be ejected from the apparatus and stored in the sheet ejection apparatus C.
  • the booklets Sb having been ejected from the ejection belt 101 are sequentially placed on the elevation type sheet ejection stand 103 of the sheet ejection apparatus C from an ejection opening 102 shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the elevation type sheet ejection stand 103 is lowered gradually by the rotating wire 104 .
  • the booklet Sb is transferred to the conveyance belt 105 and is ejected out of the apparatus by the drive of the conveyance belt 105 .
  • FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the notch-forming device 90 .
  • the notch-forming device 90 is equipped with a die 91 which is fastened to a part of the sheet conveyance path, a punch 92 fitted to the die 91 movably in the vertical direction, a drive unit to move the punch 92 up and down and a scrap collecting box 98 to accommodate paper scrap produced by notching.
  • the outer periphery of the punch 92 opposite to the die 91 is fitted to the inner surface of the guide member 93 movably in the vertical direction.
  • the driving device to move the punch 92 in the vertical direction is equipped with a motor M 4 , a small gear 94 connected to the motor M 4 , a large gear 95 engaged with the small gear 94 , an crank 96 engaged with one end of the large gears 95 and capable of being swung, and a linking member 97 for connecting the crank 96 with the top of the punch 92 .
  • the die 91 includes a plurality of notched blades 91 a.
  • the punch 92 includes a plurality of projected blades 92 a to be fitted to the die 91 .
  • FIG. 11 ( a ) is a perspective view wherein a plurality of notches are formed on a sheet of paper S and the paper scraps Sc produced by notching are separated.
  • a plurality of notches V or cuts can be formed for each sheet having been conveyed, or for each bundle of plural sheets having been stacked.
  • FIG. 11 ( b ) is a perspective view of a sheet bundle Sa made up of the stacked sheets S wherein each of the sheets S has multiple notches V.
  • Adhesive is applied to the spine portion of the sheet bundle Sa where notches V are formed.
  • the coated adhesive spreads over into the sides and notches V so that the cover sheet K is tightly bonded to the spine portion of the sheet bundle Sa.
  • the operator can specify whether or not notches are formed on the sheets. This arrangement allows the operator to specify according to the size and number of the sheets for the booklet to be formed.
  • the shape of the notch V to be formed need not be V-shaped shown in the figure.
  • An appropriate notch shape can be selected according to the type and number of the sheets, as well as the properties of the adhesive.
  • the notch V can be substituted by a linear cuts (slit) V′.
  • knife-like blades may be used instead of the aforementioned punch 92 movable in the vertical direction.
  • a plate-like receiving member may be used instead of the die 91 .
  • This configuration is characterized by simple structure and absence of paper scrap Sc. However, the depth of the adhesive spreading into the cut is small.
  • FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a bundle of sheets Sa made up of stacked sheets S wherein each of the sheets has multiple notches V′.
  • a notch includes the linear cut shown in FIG. 12 . It can be defined as a shape contributing to an increase in the adhesive area of paste.
  • FIG. 13 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a sheet bundle Sa made up of stacked sheets S wherein each of the sheets has multiple notches V.
  • a well-known shifting device (not illustrated) is provided on the conveyance rollers 33 on the downstream side of the notch forming device 90 in the direction of sheet conveyance.
  • the shifting device shifts the sheet S sandwiched between the conveyance rollers 33 by a predetermined distance in the direction across the sheet width perpendicular to the direction of sheet conveyance.
  • notches V are formed on multiple succeeding sheets S one after another, and these sheets are fed to the sheet-bundle storage device 30 , whereby a sheet bundle Sa is formed.
  • a sheet bundle Sa is formed.
  • multiple notch grooves V between laminar sheets are diagonally provided on the spine portion of the sheet bundle Sa, as shown in the figure.
  • Multiple notch grooves V are arranged at an approximately equally spaced interval on the spine portion of the sheet bundle Sa, thereby forming a surface to be bonded.
  • the aforementioned bookbinding apparatus can be downsized accompanied with downsizing of the notch forming mechanism. This eliminates the need of using a large-sized device such as a milling machine used in a conventional bookbinding, and reduces the apparatus installation space. Further, the aforementioned arrangement improves the binding strength and the quality of the bound booklet product since it ensures the bookbinding capability equivalent to that provided by the use of a conventional milling machine.
  • the notch forming mechanism is provided on the sheet conveyance path upstream from the sheet storage section in the direction of sheet conveyance, and the process of notching is applied to each sheet prior to being formed into a sheet bundle. This arrangement ensures a reduced size, reduced production cost and reduced noise of the notch forming mechanism.
  • the operator can specify whether or not notches are formed on the sheet. Proper choice can be made according to the size and number of the sheets of the bundle.
  • the notch forming mechanism is equipped with a die secured on the sheet conveyance path, a punch having projected cutter blades and performing vertical movement while fitted with the aforementioned die and a driving mechanism for the vertical punch movement. This arrangement ensures a reduced size, reduced production cost and reduced noise of the notch forming mechanism.
  • the image forming system including an image forming apparatus body and a bookbinding apparatus provides powerful bonding between the cover sheet and the sheet bundle made up of a plurality of sheets fed out from the image forming apparatus, and ensures automatic and continuous bookbinding operations.

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