US20140035224A1 - Sheet guiding device and sheet processing apparatus including sheet guiding device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a guiding device for a sheet which is transported while being held by a sheet holding device provided to a transporting chain and to a sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device.
- Patent Literature 2 describes an apparatus in which a guiding device guides an inner surface of a sheet transported by a transporting chain along an arc shaped trajectory and a checking device checks an outer surface of the sheet.
- the transporting speed of the sheet in the arc-shaped transporting route portion of the sheet is faster than the travelling speed of the transporting chain.
- the leading end of the sheet is transported at the same speed as the transporting chain while the trailing end of the sheet is transported at a faster speed than the transporting chain.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a sheet guiding device capable of stably transporting a sheet at a shift position from an arc-shaped travelling route portion to a linear travelling route portion of the transporting chain, and to provide a sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device.
- the present invention provides a sheet guiding device including:
- the sheet guiding device is characterized in that the guide surface of the guide is formed in an arc shape and is a rotating body configured to rotate at a circumferential speed substantially equal to a transporting speed of the sheet transported by the holding portion in the sheet holding device travelling along the arc-shaped transporting route portion.
- the sheet guiding device is characterized in that the sheet contact means includes sucking means for sucking the sheet in a region of the arc-shaped guide surface downstream of the shift position in the sheet transporting direction.
- the sheet guiding device is characterized in that the sheet contact means includes air blowing means for blowing air to the sheet.
- the present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device, characterized in that
- a loose portion of the sheet is smoothly guided by the guiding means without fluttering, the loose portion formed due to the speed difference in sheet transporting at the shift position from the arc-shaped travelling route portion to the linear travelling route portion of the travelling route of the transport chain. Accordingly, the sheet can be stably transported.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of the present invention and is a plan cross-sectional view of a delivery cylinder portion.
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a main portion of a four-color offset perfector.
- FIG. 6B is another view for explaining the operation of the suction guide.
- a sheet guiding device of the present invention and a sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device are described below in detail by using an example and the drawings.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of the present invention and is a plan cross-sectional view of a delivery cylinder portion
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main portion of FIG. 1
- FIG. 3 is a view in the direction of the arrow III of FIG. 1
- FIG. 4 is a view in the direction of the arrow IV of FIG. 1
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a main portion of a four-color offset perfector
- FIG. 6A is a view for explaining an operation of a suction guide
- FIG. 6B is another view for explaining the operation of the suction guide.
- a blanket impression cylinder 2 including a paper-sheet gripping device (not illustrated) and a blanket cylinder 3 including no paper-sheet gripping device are substantially-horizontally supported, and circumferential surfaces of the cylinders come in contact with each other.
- the blanket cylinder 3 is in contact with the blanket impression cylinder 2 while being disposed lateral to the blanket impression cylinder 2 , and the blanket impression cylinder 2 and the blanket cylinder 3 are arranged respectively on a delivery unit (not illustrated) side and a feeding unit (not illustrated) side.
- a transfer cylinder 13 including a paper-sheet gripping device and configured to receive the paper sheet W from the blanket impression cylinder 2 and transfer the paper sheet W to delivery chains (transporting chain) 20 is provided below the blanket impression cylinder 2 , that is downstream of the printing position P 1 in the rotating direction of the blanket impression cylinder 2 .
- the paper sheet W is supplied from the feeding unit to the register 8 via a feeder board 14 . Moreover, the paper sheet W is transported from the transfer cylinder 13 onto a delivery pile (not illustrated) of the delivery unit via the delivery chains 20 including gripper bars (sheet holding device) 22 (see FIG. 2 and other drawings). Specifically, a delivery cylinder 21 on an upstream side of the delivery chains 20 in a paper-sheet transporting direction is in contact with a lower side of the transfer cylinder 13 , and receives the paper sheet W from the transfer cylinder 13 .
- the delivery chains 20 are arranged in the following way.
- the delivery cylinder 21 on the upstream side thereof is arranged below the blanket impression cylinder 2 and the delivery chains 20 extend along a floor to the delivery unit side of the delivery cylinder 21 , on the right side of the drawing, without traversing a space below the contact position between the blanket impression cylinder 2 and the blanket cylinder 3 .
- the blanket impression cylinder 2 and the blanket cylinder 3 are triple-size cylinders while the four transfer cylinders 9 to 12 , the four plate cylinders 4 , the four plate cylinders 5 , the transfer cylinder 13 , and the delivery cylinder 21 are single-size cylinders.
- a checking camera (processing device) 23 configured to detect a printing condition on one surface of the paper sheet W on the delivery cylinder 21 is located on the feeding unit side of the delivery cylinder 21 together with paired illuminators 24 and is arranged in an oblique downward direction in such a way that its axis is directed toward the delivery cylinder 21 , the paper sheet W transported by being transferred from the paper-sheet gripping device of the transfer cylinder 13 to the gripper bar 22 of the delivery chains 20 .
- an optical-electronic imaging device such as a CCD line camera and a CCD line sensor is used as the checking camera 23 .
- a first air blowing nozzle (air blowing means: sheet contact means: guiding means) 25 is disposed upstream of, and close to, the paired illuminators 24 in the paper-sheet transporting direction while a second air blowing nozzle (air blowing means: sheet contact means: guiding means) 26 is disposed downstream of and close to, the paired illuminators 24 in the paper-sheet transporting direction.
- Reference numeral 27 in FIG. 5 denotes a paper-sheet guide for guiding the paper sheet W which has just moved from a position on the delivery cylinder 21 to a position on the delivery chains 20 .
- the first air blowing nozzle 25 blows compressed air sent from a not-illustrated compressed air supply source such as a compressor, to a circumferential surface (guide surface) of the delivery cylinder 21 .
- the second air blowing nozzle 26 blows the compressed air sent from the not-illustrated compressed air supply source such as a compressor, along a linear travelling route portion C 1 a (see FIG. 3 ) in a travelling route (trajectory of the delivery chains: travelling route of the transporting chain) C 1 of the delivery chains 20 .
- sprockets 34 are fixedly provided in both end portions of the shaft 30 via keys 35 to be located in the main body frames 28 and the delivery chains 20 described above are wound around the sprockets 34 and paired left and right sprockets provided on a terminal end side of the not-illustrated delivery unit.
- Multiple gripper bars 22 described above are laid between the paired left and right delivery chains 20 at predetermined intervals in a chain longitudinal direction.
- Reference numeral 36 in FIG. 1 denotes a chain guide.
- a suction guide (sucking means: sheet contact means: guiding means) 40 is provided on a portion of the shaft 30 located between the paired left and right sprockets 34 .
- each of the paired left and right main unit frames 28 is implanted in an inner surface of each of the paired left and right main unit frames 28 and a base end portion 42 b of a supporting plate 42 is joined to the supporting legs 41 by bolts 43 with a half-circular arc portion 42 a surrounding substantially a half of a circumference of the shaft 30 with a gap therebetween.
- a base end portion 44 b of a suction duct 44 is joined to an inner surface of each of the supporting plates 42 by two reamer bolts 45 with a half-circular arc portion 44 a surrounding substantially the half of the circumference of the shaft 30 with a minor gap therebetween, Thereby the suction duct 44 is attached to be movable relative to the supporting plate 42 in a cylinder axial direction.
- a gap II (see FIG. 2 ) for play is set between a head of each reamer bolt 45 and a stepped surface of the suction duct 44 in which a shaft of the reamer bolt 45 is inserted.
- compression coil springs 46 are installed in four positions between opposed surfaces of each supporting plate 42 and the corresponding suction duct 44 through respective spring receiving holes 42 c, 44 c. Accordingly, the suction duct 44 is constantly biased in a direction away from the supporting plate 42 and a side surface of the suction duct 44 is pressed against a side surface of a corresponding one of ring-shaped end plates 51 in a suction cylinder (rotating body) 50 to be described later.
- a suction open groove 47 a is formed in the inner surface of the half-circular arc portion 44 a of each suction duct 44 to extend along the shape of the half-circular arc portion 44 a substantially over the entire length thereof.
- the suction open groove 47 a communicates with a communication hole 47 b formed inside the base end portion 44 b.
- the communication hole 47 b is connected to a suction hose 49 via a joint 48 to communicate with a not-illustrated negative pressure source such as a vacuum pump.
- the left and right end plates 51 forming the suction cylinder 50 are fixedly provided on the shaft 30 via keys 52 at positions adjacent to the suction ducts 44 .
- An arc-shaped guide plate (guide) 53 having a length of substantially 3 ⁇ 4 of the circumference of an imaginary circle in a side view, i.e. having a length long enough to place a maximum-length sheet to be transported, stretches between the left and right end plates 51 .
- the guide plate 53 has an arc-shaped guide surface 53 a extending along an arc-shaped transporting route portion C 2 b in a transporting route (transporting route of the sheet) C 2 of the paper sheet W (to be exact, a trajectory of a holding portion of the paper sheet W which includes a gripper 22 a and a gripper pad 22 b of each gripper bar 22 ), the arc-shaped transporting route portion C 2 b formed outside an arc-shaped travelling route portion C 1 b in the travelling route C 1 by the travelling of the aforementioned delivery chains 20 along the arc-shaped travelling route portion C 1 b (see FIG. 3 ).
- elongated negative pressure boxes 54 a to 54 g each having a length equal to the length of the guide plate 53 in the cylinder axial direction are arranged on a back surface of the guide plate 53 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.
- suction holes 56 are formed in the guide plate 53 in two rows in the circumferential direction and many in the cylinder axial direction to communicate with the corresponding negative pressure box.
- communication holes 57 a to 57 g are formed in each of the left and right end plates 51 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.
- Two, i.e., left-side and right-side portions of each of the negative pressure boxes 54 a to 54 g arc connected to corresponding two of suction hoses 59 a to 59 g.
- the negative pressure boxes 54 a to 54 g always communicate with inner-surface-side opening portions of the communication holes 57 a to 57 g through joints 58 a to 58 g and the suction hoses 59 a to 59 g.
- outer-surface-side opening portions of the communication holes 57 a to 57 g in each of the left and right end plates 51 are sequentially made to communicate with the aforementioned suction open groove 47 a of the corresponding suction duct 44 and are then sequentially isolated from the suction open groove 47 a at predetermined timings by the rotation of the left and right end plates 51 (i.e. the suction cylinder 50 ).
- each of the paper sheets W supplied from the feeding unit and positioned by the register 8 is transported along a route shown by the arrows in the drawings, specifically along the circumferential surfaces of the transfer cylinders 9 to 12 , the blanket impression cylinder 2 , the transfer cylinder 13 , and the delivery cylinder 21 in this order, and is subjected to printing simultaneously on both surfaces upon passing through the printing position P 1 between the blanket impression cylinder 2 and the blanket cylinder 3 from above to below.
- the paper sheets W having been subjected to printing are transported one by one to the delivery unit by the delivery chains 20 and are piled on a predetermined delivery pile in the delivery unit.
- the printing condition on one surface of the paper sheet W transferred from the paper-sheet gripping device of the transfer cylinder 13 to the gripper bar 22 of the delivery cylinder 21 at a sheet transferring position P 2 of the paper sheet W is detected by a checking camera 23 while the paper sheet W is transported on the delivery cylinder 21 , i.e. in the arc-shaped transporting route portion C 2 b in the transporting route C 2 of the paper sheet W.
- the paper sheet W is brought in contact with a guide surface 53 a of the guide plate 53 which extends along the arc-shaped transporting route portion C 2 b, by the air blow operation of the first air blowing nozzle 25 and the second air blowing nozzle 26 and by the suction operation of the suction cylinder 50 in the suction guide 40 to be described later. Accordingly, in a checking unit of the delivery cylinder 21 , the paper sheet W can be highly accurately checked while being stably transported.
- the travelling speed of the delivery chains 20 and the transporting speed of the paper sheet W are different from each other due to a difference between the curvature radius of the arc-shaped travelling route portion C 1 b of the delivery chains 20 and the curvature radius of the arc-shaped transporting route portion C 2 b in the transporting route C 2 of the paper sheet W.
- the transporting speed of the paper sheet W in the arc-shaped transporting route portion C 2 b of the paper sheet W is faster than the travelling speed of the delivery chains 20 .
- the speed of a leading end of the paper sheet W having passed a shift position S (see FIG. 3 ) from arc-shaped transporting route portion C 2 b to a linear transporting route portion C 2 a of the paper sheet W is equal to the speed of the delivery chains 20 , a trailing end of the paper sheet W is transported at a faster speed than the delivery chains 20 .
- the faster speed of the trailing end of the paper sheet P as described above makes the paper sheet W loose and fluttering of the paper sheet W occurs.
- the paper sheet W may be thereby damaged or rubbed.
- the fluttering of the paper sheet W also makes the paper sheet W on the guide plate 53 unstable and accurate check with the checking camera 23 may be hindered.
- a loose portion of the paper sheet W which is formed by the speed difference in paper-sheet transport as described above is smoothly guided without fluttering due to the suction operation of the suction cylinder 50 in the aforementioned suction guide 40 and the sheet can be stably transported.
- the first negative pressure box 54 a communicates with the negative pressure source via the suction hose 59 a, the joint 58 a, the communication hole 57 a, the suction open groove 47 a, the communication hole 47 b, the joint 48 , and the suction hose 49 , and suction is performed in the first negative pressure box 54 a.
- the second communication hole 57 b to the seventh communication hole 57 g sequentially reach (communicate with) the front end portion of the fixed suction open groove 47 a due to the further rotation of the suction cylinder 50 , and suction is performed sequentially in the second negative box 54 b to the seventh negative box 54 g. Accordingly, portions of the paper sheet W are sequentially brought in contact with the guide surface 53 a of the guide plate 53 from the leading end to the trailing end.
- the first communication hole 57 a passes a base end portion of the suction open groove 47 a (see suction end position (III) of the first communication hole 57 a in FIG. 6B ), the communication between the first communication hole 57 a and the suction open groove 47 a is blocked and the suction operation by the first communication hole 57 a is terminated.
- the second communication hole 57 b to the seventh communication hole 57 g sequentially pass the base end portion of the suction open groove 47 a, the communication between the suction open groove 47 a and each of the communication holes is blocked, and the suction operations by the second communication hole 57 h to the seventh communication hole 57 g are terminated.
- the suction guide 40 is configured to continuously perform sucking even after passing the shift position S where the transporting route C 2 of the paper sheet W shifts from the arc-shaped transporting route portion C 2 b to the linear transporting route portion C 2 a, according to the preset length of the suction open groove 47 a from the front end portion to the base end portion thereof and the preset circumferential length of the suction guide 40 including the number of the communication holes 57 a to 57 g and the number of negative pressure boxes 54 a to 54 g.
- the paper sheet W can be stably transported. Accordingly, there are no risk of the paper sheet W being damaged and rubbed and no risk of accurate checking by the checking camera 23 being hindered.
- each suction duct 44 is biased to be pushed against the side surface of the corresponding ring-shaped end plate 51 in the suction cylinder 50 .
- This configuration effectively absorbs an assembly error of the suction cylinder 50 , mechanical vibrations, and the like. Accordingly, the stable suction operation is achieved and the reliability is high.
- the present invention has such an advantage that a portion of the paper sheet W having passed the shift position S is guided to an inner side than the linear travelling route portion C 1 a by the air blown from the second air blowing nozzle 26 and the contact of the paper sheet W to the guide plate 53 is thereby assisted.
- the present invention is not limited to the example described above, and various changes can be made within the scope not departing from the sprit of the present invention as a matter of course.
- the structure of the suction guide including the suction cylinder can be changed and the processing device such as the checking camera can be changed.
- the description is given of the example using both of the suction guide 40 and the second air blowing nozzle 26 as the guiding means, only one of the suction guide 40 and the second air blowing nozzle 26 can be used. In a case where only the second air blowing nozzle 26 is used, the suction guide 40 may be simply an arc-shaped guide with no suction force acting thereon.
- the portion of the paper sheet W having passed the shift position S is guided to the inner side than the linear travelling route portion C 1 a by the air from the second air blowing nozzle 26 and is brought in contact with the guide surface 53 a of the guide plate 53 .
- the guide plate 53 is described as a single plate, multiple plates can be arranged in the circumferential direction.
- the suction holes 56 and the negative pressure box 54 are configured to be provided in each of the plates.
- the sheet guiding device of the present invention and the sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device can be effectively used in a printing press for printing bank notes, securities, and the like in which quality control is important.
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A sheet guiding device includes: gripper bars provided to delivery chains and each having a holding portion configured to hold an end portion of a paper sheet, the gripper bars configured to transport the paper sheet along a paper sheet transporting route spaced away from a travelling route of the delivery chains; a delivery cylinder having a guide surface and configured to guide the transported paper sheet, the guide surface extending along an arc-shaped transporting route portion in the paper sheet transporting route which is located outside an arc-shaped travelling route portion in the travelling route of the delivery chains and which is formed by the holding portion travelling along the arc-shaped travelling route portion; a linear travelling route portion formed downstream of the arc-shaped travelling route portion in a travelling direction of the delivery chains; and a suction guide for guiding the paper sheet to an inner side than the linear travelling route portion, the paper sheet located in a region downstream of a shift position from the arc-shaped travelling route portion to the linear travelling route portion in a sheet transporting direction.
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- The present invention relates to a guiding device for a sheet which is transported while being held by a sheet holding device provided to a transporting chain and to a sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device.
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Patent Literature 1, for example, discloses one of such guiding devices. In this guiding device, a sheet guide is provided to guide a sheet which is transported while being held by a gripper bar provided in a transporting chain. - However, the guiding device has the following defect. Since the sheet guide is provided outside a transporting route of the sheet, an outer surface of the sheet comes in contact with the sheet guide. Hence, it is impossible to perform processing on the sheet transported by the gripping bar, such as checking the outer surface of the sheet with a checking device and printing the outer surface of the sheet.
- Meanwhile,
Patent Literature 2 describes an apparatus in which a guiding device guides an inner surface of a sheet transported by a transporting chain along an arc shaped trajectory and a checking device checks an outer surface of the sheet. - {Patent Literature 1} Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 2576838
- {Patent Literature 2} Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2010-221410
- In a normal configuration, there is a certain distance (gap) between a travelling route of the transporting chain and the sheet transporting route by the gripper bar, as in
Patent Literature 1. In a linear travelling route portion of the travelling route of the transporting chain, the travelling speed of the transporting chain and the transporting speed of the sheet are the same. However, in an arc-shaped travelling route portion of the travelling route of the transporting chain, the travelling speed of the transporting chain and the transporting speed of the sheet are different from each other due to a difference between the curvature radius of the arc-shaped travelling route portion of the transporting chain and the curvature radius of an arc-shaped transporting route portion of the sheet. - Particularly, when the arc-shaped transporting route portion of the sheet is located outside the arc-shaped travelling route portion of the transporting chain as in
Patent Literature 1, the transporting speed of the sheet in the arc-shaped transporting route portion of the sheet is faster than the travelling speed of the transporting chain. Moreover, in a case where the linear transporting route portion follows the arc-shaped transporting route portion of the sheet, the leading end of the sheet is transported at the same speed as the transporting chain while the trailing end of the sheet is transported at a faster speed than the transporting chain. - The faster speed of the trailing end of the sheet as described above makes the sheet loose. In a case where the guiding device (sheet guide) is provided inside the transporting route of the sheet as in
Patent Literature 2, the looseness of the sheet causes the sheet to flutter, and thereby the sheet may be damaged or rubbed. Moreover, the fluttering of the sheet also makes the sheet on the sheet guide unstable and accurate check with the checking device (camera) may be hindered. - In view of this, an object of the present invention is to provide a sheet guiding device capable of stably transporting a sheet at a shift position from an arc-shaped travelling route portion to a linear travelling route portion of the transporting chain, and to provide a sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device.
- To achieve the object described above, the present invention provides a sheet guiding device including:
- a sheet holding device provided to a transporting chain, and having a holding portion configured to hold an end portion of a sheet, the sheet holding device configured to transport the sheet along a sheet transporting route formed by the holding portion and spaced away from a travelling route of the transporting chain; and
- a guide having a guide surface and configured to guide the transported sheet, the guide surface extending along an arc-shaped transporting route portion in the sheet transporting route which is located outside an arc-shaped travelling route portion in the travelling route of the transporting chain and which is formed by the holding portion travelling along the arc-shaped travelling route portion, characterized in that
- the sheet guiding device comprises:
- a linear travelling route portion formed downstream of the arc-shaped travelling route portion in a travelling direction of the transporting chain; and
- guiding means for guiding the sheet to an inner side than the linear travelling route portion, the sheet located in a region downstream of a shift position from the arc-shaped travelling route portion to the linear travelling route portion in a sheet transporting direction.
- Moreover, the sheet guiding device is characterized in that
- the guiding means includes sheet contact means which brings the sheet in contact with the guide surface of the guide which is located on an inner side than the linear travelling route portion, the sheet located in the region downstream of the shift position from the arc-shaped travelling route portion to the linear travelling route portion in the sheet transporting direction.
- Furthermore, the sheet guiding device is characterized in that the guide surface of the guide is formed in an arc shape and is a rotating body configured to rotate at a circumferential speed substantially equal to a transporting speed of the sheet transported by the holding portion in the sheet holding device travelling along the arc-shaped transporting route portion.
- Moreover, the sheet guiding device is characterized in that the sheet contact means includes sucking means for sucking the sheet in a region of the arc-shaped guide surface downstream of the shift position in the sheet transporting direction.
- Furthermore, the sheet guiding device is characterized in that the sucking means sucks the sheet also in a region upstream of the shift position in the paper-sheet transporting direction.
- Moreover, the sheet guiding device is characterized in that the sheet contact means includes air blowing means for blowing air to the sheet.
- To achieve the object described above, the present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device, characterized in that
- the sheet processing apparatus comprises a processing device configured to perform processing on the sheet on the guide surface of the guide extending along the arc-shaped transporting route portion.
- In the sheet guiding device of the present invention, a loose portion of the sheet is smoothly guided by the guiding means without fluttering, the loose portion formed due to the speed difference in sheet transporting at the shift position from the arc-shaped travelling route portion to the linear travelling route portion of the travelling route of the transport chain. Accordingly, the sheet can be stably transported.
- In the sheet processing apparatus of the present invention, the sheet can be highly accurately processed while being stably transported.
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FIG. 1 shows an example of the present invention and is a plan cross-sectional view of a delivery cylinder portion. -
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main portion ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is a view in the direction of the arrow III ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 4 is a view in the direction of the arrow IV ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a main portion of a four-color offset perfector. -
FIG. 6A is a view for explaining an operation of a suction guide. -
FIG. 6B is another view for explaining the operation of the suction guide. - A sheet guiding device of the present invention and a sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device are described below in detail by using an example and the drawings.
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FIG. 1 shows an example of the present invention and is a plan cross-sectional view of a delivery cylinder portion,FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main portion ofFIG. 1 ,FIG. 3 is a view in the direction of the arrow III ofFIG. 1 ,FIG. 4 is a view in the direction of the arrow IV ofFIG. 1 ,FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a main portion of a four-color offset perfector,FIG. 6A is a view for explaining an operation of a suction guide, andFIG. 6B is another view for explaining the operation of the suction guide. - As shown in
FIG. 5 , in aprinting unit 1 of the four-color offset perfector, ablanket impression cylinder 2 including a paper-sheet gripping device (not illustrated) and ablanket cylinder 3 including no paper-sheet gripping device are substantially-horizontally supported, and circumferential surfaces of the cylinders come in contact with each other. Moreover, theblanket cylinder 3 is in contact with theblanket impression cylinder 2 while being disposed lateral to theblanket impression cylinder 2, and theblanket impression cylinder 2 and theblanket cylinder 3 are arranged respectively on a delivery unit (not illustrated) side and a feeding unit (not illustrated) side. - Furthermore, four
plate cylinders 4 are disposed on the circumferential surface of theblanket impression cylinder 2 while fourplate cylinders 5 are disposed on the circumferential surface of theblanket cylinder 3. Inkingunits plate cylinders plate cylinders - Moreover, four
transfer cylinders 9 to 12 including paper-sheet gripping devices (not illustrated) and configured to receive the paper sheet (sheet) W (seeFIGS. 6A and 6B ) from aregister 8 and transfer the paper sheet W to theblanket impression cylinder 2 are arranged above theblanket impression cylinder 2, that is upstream of a printing position P1 in a rotating direction of theblanket impression cylinder 2, the printing position P1 being a contact position between theblanket impression cylinder 2 and theblanket cylinder 3. In addition, atransfer cylinder 13 including a paper-sheet gripping device and configured to receive the paper sheet W from theblanket impression cylinder 2 and transfer the paper sheet W to delivery chains (transporting chain) 20 is provided below theblanket impression cylinder 2, that is downstream of the printing position P1 in the rotating direction of theblanket impression cylinder 2. - The paper sheet W is supplied from the feeding unit to the
register 8 via afeeder board 14. Moreover, the paper sheet W is transported from thetransfer cylinder 13 onto a delivery pile (not illustrated) of the delivery unit via thedelivery chains 20 including gripper bars (sheet holding device) 22 (seeFIG. 2 and other drawings). Specifically, adelivery cylinder 21 on an upstream side of thedelivery chains 20 in a paper-sheet transporting direction is in contact with a lower side of thetransfer cylinder 13, and receives the paper sheet W from thetransfer cylinder 13. - The
delivery chains 20 are arranged in the following way. Thedelivery cylinder 21 on the upstream side thereof is arranged below theblanket impression cylinder 2 and thedelivery chains 20 extend along a floor to the delivery unit side of thedelivery cylinder 21, on the right side of the drawing, without traversing a space below the contact position between theblanket impression cylinder 2 and theblanket cylinder 3. - In the illustrated example, the
blanket impression cylinder 2 and theblanket cylinder 3 are triple-size cylinders while the fourtransfer cylinders 9 to 12, the fourplate cylinders 4, the fourplate cylinders 5, thetransfer cylinder 13, and thedelivery cylinder 21 are single-size cylinders. - Moreover, a checking camera (processing device) 23 configured to detect a printing condition on one surface of the paper sheet W on the
delivery cylinder 21 is located on the feeding unit side of thedelivery cylinder 21 together with pairedilluminators 24 and is arranged in an oblique downward direction in such a way that its axis is directed toward thedelivery cylinder 21, the paper sheet W transported by being transferred from the paper-sheet gripping device of thetransfer cylinder 13 to thegripper bar 22 of thedelivery chains 20. Note that an optical-electronic imaging device such as a CCD line camera and a CCD line sensor is used as the checkingcamera 23. - Furthermore, a first air blowing nozzle (air blowing means: sheet contact means: guiding means) 25 is disposed upstream of, and close to, the paired
illuminators 24 in the paper-sheet transporting direction while a second air blowing nozzle (air blowing means: sheet contact means: guiding means) 26 is disposed downstream of and close to, the pairedilluminators 24 in the paper-sheet transporting direction.Reference numeral 27 inFIG. 5 denotes a paper-sheet guide for guiding the paper sheet W which has just moved from a position on thedelivery cylinder 21 to a position on thedelivery chains 20. - The first
air blowing nozzle 25 blows compressed air sent from a not-illustrated compressed air supply source such as a compressor, to a circumferential surface (guide surface) of thedelivery cylinder 21. Meanwhile, the secondair blowing nozzle 26 blows the compressed air sent from the not-illustrated compressed air supply source such as a compressor, along a linear travelling route portion C1 a (seeFIG. 3 ) in a travelling route (trajectory of the delivery chains: travelling route of the transporting chain) C1 of thedelivery chains 20. - The checking
camera 23, the pairedilluminators 24, the firstair blowing nozzle 25, the secondair blowing nozzle 26, and the paper-sheet guide 27 are supported by paired left and right main unit frames 28 via a not-illustrated supporting bar. - As shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2 , in thedelivery cylinder 21, left and right end portions of ashaft 30 are rotatably supported respectively by the paired left and right main unit frames 28 viabearings 31 and a rotating force of a not-illustrated drive motor is transmitted, via a gear train, to agear 32 fixedly provided at a shaft end on the drive side, in such a way that theshaft 30 is rotationally driven. - Moreover,
sprockets 34 are fixedly provided in both end portions of theshaft 30 viakeys 35 to be located in the main body frames 28 and thedelivery chains 20 described above are wound around thesprockets 34 and paired left and right sprockets provided on a terminal end side of the not-illustrated delivery unit. Multiple gripper bars 22 described above are laid between the paired left andright delivery chains 20 at predetermined intervals in a chain longitudinal direction.Reference numeral 36 inFIG. 1 denotes a chain guide. - Furthermore, in the example, a suction guide (sucking means: sheet contact means: guiding means) 40 is provided on a portion of the
shaft 30 located between the paired left andright sprockets 34. - Specifically, as shown also in
FIGS. 3 and 4 , four supportinglegs 41 are implanted in an inner surface of each of the paired left and right main unit frames 28 and abase end portion 42 b of a supportingplate 42 is joined to the supportinglegs 41 bybolts 43 with a half-circular arc portion 42 a surrounding substantially a half of a circumference of theshaft 30 with a gap therebetween. - A
base end portion 44 b of asuction duct 44 is joined to an inner surface of each of the supportingplates 42 by tworeamer bolts 45 with a half-circular arc portion 44 a surrounding substantially the half of the circumference of theshaft 30 with a minor gap therebetween, Thereby thesuction duct 44 is attached to be movable relative to the supportingplate 42 in a cylinder axial direction. In other words, a gap II (seeFIG. 2 ) for play is set between a head of eachreamer bolt 45 and a stepped surface of thesuction duct 44 in which a shaft of thereamer bolt 45 is inserted. Moreover, compression coil springs 46 are installed in four positions between opposed surfaces of each supportingplate 42 and thecorresponding suction duct 44 through respectivespring receiving holes suction duct 44 is constantly biased in a direction away from the supportingplate 42 and a side surface of thesuction duct 44 is pressed against a side surface of a corresponding one of ring-shapedend plates 51 in a suction cylinder (rotating body) 50 to be described later. - A suction
open groove 47 a is formed in the inner surface of the half-circular arc portion 44 a of eachsuction duct 44 to extend along the shape of the half-circular arc portion 44 a substantially over the entire length thereof. The suctionopen groove 47 a communicates with acommunication hole 47 b formed inside thebase end portion 44 b. Thecommunication hole 47 b is connected to asuction hose 49 via a joint 48 to communicate with a not-illustrated negative pressure source such as a vacuum pump. - The left and
right end plates 51 forming thesuction cylinder 50 are fixedly provided on theshaft 30 viakeys 52 at positions adjacent to thesuction ducts 44. An arc-shaped guide plate (guide) 53 having a length of substantially ¾ of the circumference of an imaginary circle in a side view, i.e. having a length long enough to place a maximum-length sheet to be transported, stretches between the left andright end plates 51. Theguide plate 53 has an arc-shaped guide surface 53 a extending along an arc-shaped transporting route portion C2 b in a transporting route (transporting route of the sheet) C2 of the paper sheet W (to be exact, a trajectory of a holding portion of the paper sheet W which includes agripper 22 a and agripper pad 22 b of each gripper bar 22), the arc-shaped transporting route portion C2 b formed outside an arc-shaped travelling route portion C1 b in the travelling route C1 by the travelling of theaforementioned delivery chains 20 along the arc-shaped travelling route portion C1 b (seeFIG. 3 ). - Multiple (seven in the illustrated example) elongated
negative pressure boxes 54 a to 54 g each having a length equal to the length of theguide plate 53 in the cylinder axial direction are arranged on a back surface of theguide plate 53 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. In each of thenegative pressure boxes 54 a to 54 g, suction holes 56 are formed in theguide plate 53 in two rows in the circumferential direction and many in the cylinder axial direction to communicate with the corresponding negative pressure box. - Multiple (seven in the illustrated example to correspond to the number of the negative pressure boxes 54) communication holes 57 a to 57 g are formed in each of the left and
right end plates 51 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. Two, i.e., left-side and right-side portions of each of thenegative pressure boxes 54 a to 54 g arc connected to corresponding two ofsuction hoses 59 a to 59 g. Thus, thenegative pressure boxes 54 a to 54 g always communicate with inner-surface-side opening portions of the communication holes 57 a to 57 g throughjoints 58 a to 58 g and thesuction hoses 59 a to 59 g. - Meanwhile, outer-surface-side opening portions of the communication holes 57 a to 57 g in each of the left and
right end plates 51 are sequentially made to communicate with the aforementioned suctionopen groove 47 a of thecorresponding suction duct 44 and are then sequentially isolated from the suctionopen groove 47 a at predetermined timings by the rotation of the left and right end plates 51 (i.e. the suction cylinder 50). - Due to this configuration, each of the paper sheets W supplied from the feeding unit and positioned by the
register 8 is transported along a route shown by the arrows in the drawings, specifically along the circumferential surfaces of thetransfer cylinders 9 to 12, theblanket impression cylinder 2, thetransfer cylinder 13, and thedelivery cylinder 21 in this order, and is subjected to printing simultaneously on both surfaces upon passing through the printing position P1 between theblanket impression cylinder 2 and theblanket cylinder 3 from above to below. - The paper sheets W having been subjected to printing are transported one by one to the delivery unit by the
delivery chains 20 and are piled on a predetermined delivery pile in the delivery unit. - Moreover, in the example, the printing condition on one surface of the paper sheet W transferred from the paper-sheet gripping device of the
transfer cylinder 13 to thegripper bar 22 of thedelivery cylinder 21 at a sheet transferring position P2 of the paper sheet W is detected by a checkingcamera 23 while the paper sheet W is transported on thedelivery cylinder 21, i.e. in the arc-shaped transporting route portion C2 b in the transporting route C2 of the paper sheet W. - In this case, the paper sheet W is brought in contact with a
guide surface 53 a of theguide plate 53 which extends along the arc-shaped transporting route portion C2 b, by the air blow operation of the firstair blowing nozzle 25 and the secondair blowing nozzle 26 and by the suction operation of thesuction cylinder 50 in thesuction guide 40 to be described later. Accordingly, in a checking unit of thedelivery cylinder 21, the paper sheet W can be highly accurately checked while being stably transported. - Moreover, when the paper sheet W is transferred from the
transfer cylinder 13 and is transported by thedelivery chains 20 through the arc-shaped travelling route portion C1 b of the travelling route C1, the travelling speed of thedelivery chains 20 and the transporting speed of the paper sheet W are different from each other due to a difference between the curvature radius of the arc-shaped travelling route portion C1 b of thedelivery chains 20 and the curvature radius of the arc-shaped transporting route portion C2 b in the transporting route C2 of the paper sheet W. - Specifically, when the arc-shaped transporting route portion C2 b of the paper sheet W is located outside the arc-shaped travelling route portion C1 b of the
delivery chains 20, the transporting speed of the paper sheet W in the arc-shaped transporting route portion C2 b of the paper sheet W is faster than the travelling speed of thedelivery chains 20. Moreover, since the speed of a leading end of the paper sheet W having passed a shift position S (seeFIG. 3 ) from arc-shaped transporting route portion C2 b to a linear transporting route portion C2 a of the paper sheet W is equal to the speed of thedelivery chains 20, a trailing end of the paper sheet W is transported at a faster speed than thedelivery chains 20. - The faster speed of the trailing end of the paper sheet P as described above makes the paper sheet W loose and fluttering of the paper sheet W occurs. The paper sheet W may be thereby damaged or rubbed. Moreover, the fluttering of the paper sheet W also makes the paper sheet W on the
guide plate 53 unstable and accurate check with the checkingcamera 23 may be hindered. - In the example, a loose portion of the paper sheet W which is formed by the speed difference in paper-sheet transport as described above is smoothly guided without fluttering due to the suction operation of the
suction cylinder 50 in theaforementioned suction guide 40 and the sheet can be stably transported. - Specifically, as shown in
FIGS. 6A and 6B , when the paper sheet W is transferred from the paper-sheet gripping device of thetransfer cylinder 13 to thegripper bar 22 of thedelivery cylinder 21 at the transferring position P2 (see the transferring position (I) inFIG. 6A ) and thefirst communication hole 57 a formed in eachend plate 51 reaches (communicates with) a front end portion of the suctionopen groove 47 a formed in the correspondingsuction duct 44 due to the rotation of the suction cylinder 50 (see a suction start position (II) of thefirst communication hole 57 a inFIG. 6A ), the firstnegative pressure box 54 a communicates with the negative pressure source via thesuction hose 59 a, the joint 58 a, thecommunication hole 57 a, the suctionopen groove 47 a, thecommunication hole 47 b, the joint 48, and thesuction hose 49, and suction is performed in the firstnegative pressure box 54 a. - Due to this, a negative pressure acts on the paper sheet W transported along the arc-shaped transporting route portion C2 b in the transporting route C2 of the paper sheet W through the many suction holes 56. As a result, the paper sheet W is brought in contact with the
guide surface 53 a of theguide plate 53. - Thereafter, the
second communication hole 57 b to theseventh communication hole 57 g sequentially reach (communicate with) the front end portion of the fixed suctionopen groove 47 a due to the further rotation of thesuction cylinder 50, and suction is performed sequentially in the secondnegative box 54 b to the seventhnegative box 54 g. Accordingly, portions of the paper sheet W are sequentially brought in contact with theguide surface 53 a of theguide plate 53 from the leading end to the trailing end. - Then, when the
first communication hole 57 a passes a base end portion of the suctionopen groove 47 a (see suction end position (III) of thefirst communication hole 57 a inFIG. 6B ), the communication between thefirst communication hole 57 a and the suctionopen groove 47 a is blocked and the suction operation by thefirst communication hole 57 a is terminated. Thereafter, thesecond communication hole 57 b to theseventh communication hole 57 g sequentially pass the base end portion of the suctionopen groove 47 a, the communication between the suctionopen groove 47 a and each of the communication holes is blocked, and the suction operations by the second communication hole 57 h to theseventh communication hole 57 g are terminated. - In this state, the
suction guide 40 is configured to continuously perform sucking even after passing the shift position S where the transporting route C2 of the paper sheet W shifts from the arc-shaped transporting route portion C2 b to the linear transporting route portion C2 a, according to the preset length of the suctionopen groove 47 a from the front end portion to the base end portion thereof and the preset circumferential length of thesuction guide 40 including the number of the communication holes 57 a to 57 g and the number ofnegative pressure boxes 54 a to 54 g. Accordingly, even when a loose portion is formed in the paper sheet W at the shift position S due to the speed difference in paper-sheet transport described above, a rear half of the loose portion is sucked to theguide plate 53 by the suction operation of thesuction cylinder 50 and does not flutter. In this state, the loose portion is held not only when the sheet trailing end passes a check position K (see check end position (IV) of the checkingcamera 23 inFIG. 6B ) of the checkingcamera 23, but also after the sheet trailing end passes the shift position S. In other words, the loose portion is held until thecommunication hole 57 g passes the suctionopen groove 47 a. - As described above, in the example, since the loose portion of the paper sheet W formed by the speed difference in paper-sheet transport is smoothly guided with the fluttering prevented by the
suction cylinder 50, the paper sheet W can be stably transported. Accordingly, there are no risk of the paper sheet W being damaged and rubbed and no risk of accurate checking by the checkingcamera 23 being hindered. - Moreover, in the
suction guide 40, the side surface of eachsuction duct 44 is biased to be pushed against the side surface of the corresponding ring-shapedend plate 51 in thesuction cylinder 50. This configuration effectively absorbs an assembly error of thesuction cylinder 50, mechanical vibrations, and the like. Accordingly, the stable suction operation is achieved and the reliability is high. - Moreover, the present invention has such an advantage that a portion of the paper sheet W having passed the shift position S is guided to an inner side than the linear travelling route portion C1 a by the air blown from the second
air blowing nozzle 26 and the contact of the paper sheet W to theguide plate 53 is thereby assisted. - Note that the present invention is not limited to the example described above, and various changes can be made within the scope not departing from the sprit of the present invention as a matter of course. For example, the structure of the suction guide including the suction cylinder can be changed and the processing device such as the checking camera can be changed. Moreover, although the description is given of the example using both of the
suction guide 40 and the secondair blowing nozzle 26 as the guiding means, only one of thesuction guide 40 and the secondair blowing nozzle 26 can be used. In a case where only the secondair blowing nozzle 26 is used, thesuction guide 40 may be simply an arc-shaped guide with no suction force acting thereon. In this case also, the portion of the paper sheet W having passed the shift position S is guided to the inner side than the linear travelling route portion C1 a by the air from the secondair blowing nozzle 26 and is brought in contact with theguide surface 53 a of theguide plate 53. Moreover, although theguide plate 53 is described as a single plate, multiple plates can be arranged in the circumferential direction. In this case, the suction holes 56 and the negative pressure box 54 are configured to be provided in each of the plates. - The sheet guiding device of the present invention and the sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device can be effectively used in a printing press for printing bank notes, securities, and the like in which quality control is important.
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- 1 printing unit
- 2 blanket impression cylinder
- 3 blanket cylinder
- 4 plate cylinder
- 5 plate cylinder
- 6 inking unit
- 7 inking unit
- 8 register
- 9 to 12 transfer cylinder
- 13 transfer cylinder
- 14 feeder board
- 20 delivery chain (transporting chain)
- 21 delivery cylinder
- 22 gripper bar (sheet holding device)
- 22 a gripper
- 22 b gripper pad
- 23 checking camera (processing device)
- 24 paired illuminators
- 25 first air blowing nozzle (air blowing means: sheet contact means: guiding means)
- 26 second air blowing nozzle (air blowing means: sheet contact means: guiding means)
- 27 paper-sheet guide
- 28 main unit frame
- 30 shaft
- 31 bearing
- 32 gear
- 34 sprocket
- 35 key
- 36 chain guide
- 40 suction guide (sucking means: sheet contact means: guiding means)
- 41 supporting leg
- 42 supporting plate
- 42 a half-circular arc portion
- 42 b base end portion
- 42 c spring receiving hole
- 43 bolt
- 44 suction duct
- 44 a half-circular arc portion
- 44 b base end portion
- 44 c spring receiving hole
- 45 reamer bolt
- 46 compression coil spring
- 47 a suction open groove
- 47 b communication hole
- 48 joint
- 49 suction hose
- 50 suction cylinder (rotating body)
- 51 end plate
- 52 key
- 53 guide plate (guide)
- 53 a guide surface
- 54 a to 54 g negative pressure box
- 56 suction hole
- 57 a to 57 g communication hole
- 58 a to 58 g joint
- 59 a to 59 g suction hose
- W paper sheet (sheet)
- H gap
- P1 printing position
- P2 sheet transferring position
- S shift position from arc-shaped travelling (transporting) route, portion to linear travelling (transporting) route portion
- K checking position of checking camera
- C1 travelling route of delivery chains (trajectory of delivery chains: travelling route of transporting chain)
- C1 a linear travelling route portion
- C1 b arc-shaped travelling route portion
- C2 transporting route of paper sheet (trajectory of holding portion of paper sheet which includes gripper and gripper pad of each gripper bar: transporting route of sheet)
- C2 a linear transporting route portion
- C2 b arc-shaped transporting route portion
Claims (7)
1. A sheet guiding device comprising:
a sheet holding device provided to a transporting chain, and having a holding portion configured to hold an end portion of a sheet, the sheet holding device configured to transport the sheet along a sheet transporting route formed by the holding portion and spaced away from a travelling route of the transporting chain;
a guide having a guide surface and configured to guide the transported sheet, the guide surface extending along an arc-shaped transporting route portion in the sheet transporting route which is located outside an arc-shaped travelling route portion in the travelling route of the transporting chain and which is formed by the holding portion travelling along the arc-shaped travelling route portion;
a linear travelling route portion formed downstream of the arc-shaped travelling route portion in a travelling direction of the transporting chain; and
guiding means for guiding the sheet to an inner side than the linear travelling route portion, the sheet located in a region downstream of a shift position from the arc-shaped travelling route portion to the linear travelling route portion in a sheet transporting direction.
2. The sheet guiding device according to claim 1 , wherein
the guiding means includes sheet contact means which brings the sheet in contact with the guide surface of the guide which is located on an inner side than the linear travelling route portion, the sheet located in the region downstream of the shift position from the arc-shaped travelling route portion to the linear travelling route portion in the sheet transporting direction.
3. The sheet guiding device according to claim 2 , wherein the guide surface of the guide is formed in an arc shape and is a rotating body configured to rotate at a circumferential speed substantially equal to a transporting speed of the sheet transported by the holding portion in the sheet holding device travelling along the arc-shaped transporting route portion.
4. The sheet guiding device according to claim 3 , wherein the sheet contact means includes sucking means for sucking the sheet in a region of the arc-shaped guide surface downstream of the shift position in the sheet transporting direction.
5. The sheet guiding device according to claim 4 , wherein the sucking means sucks the sheet also in a region upstream of the shift position in the sheet transporting direction.
6. The sheet guiding device according to claim 2 , wherein the sheet contact means includes air blowing means for blowing air to the sheet.
7. A sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device according to claim 1 , comprising a processing device configured to perform processing on the sheet on the guide surface of the guide extending along the arc-shaped transporting route portion.
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