JP3077972B2 - Glue coating device in postcard manufacturing equipment with photo - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a glue applying apparatus for applying glue for attaching a postcard to a band-shaped photograph in a manufacturing process of a postcard with a photograph.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an apparatus for attaching a postcard to a moving belt-shaped photograph one by one, there is an apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-229094. This device prints a large number of images at regular intervals and guides the band-shaped photograph having sensor sensing holes corresponding to each image position in a circular shape with a guide roller, applying liquid glue to the back of the band-shaped photograph and forming an image. A postcard sticking device for a band photo for pasting a postcard to a corresponding back surface position, a feeding device for the band photo, and a glue attaching device for applying liquid glue to the strip photo fed from the feeding device. A postcard sticking means for sequentially sending and attaching a postcard to the back surface corresponding to the image of the band photo, and attaching the postcard to the band photo.

[0003] The glue applying means in this device has a glue tank containing liquid glue therein, and a coating nozzle communicated with the glue tank and arranged near the running track of the belt-shaped photograph. The coating nozzle is disposed in a direction intersecting with the running direction of the band-shaped photograph, has a substantially width-wise length of the band-shaped photograph, and has a linear glue releasing groove having a narrow groove width, and the inside of the coating nozzle. The liquid glue is configured to be applied from the glue release groove to the back surface position corresponding to the image of the belt-shaped photograph while being released.

[0004]

Using the above-described apparatus, liquid glue is adhered to the back of a moving belt-shaped photograph, and a postcard is adhered one by one to produce a band-shaped photograph with a postcard. can do. However, in the glue application device in the above-described conventional apparatus, an application nozzle is employed as a member for applying glue by contacting the belt-shaped photograph, but the coating nozzle is located above the moving belt-shaped photograph. Since the adhesive is turned downward, there is a problem that the adhesive drips even when it is not necessary to apply the adhesive and contaminates the apparatus and the like. In order to prevent this, it is necessary to install a tray or the like for collecting glue dripping from the application nozzle.

In the case of the conventional apparatus, it is structurally difficult to perform operations such as inspection and cleaning of the application nozzle, and so-called maintenance property is not good.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a glue applying apparatus which does not cause the glue to drip from a coating nozzle or the like, does not require a glue collecting container, and is excellent in maintenance, in a postcard manufacturing apparatus with a photograph. To provide.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a glue applying apparatus for pasting a postcard on a belt-shaped photograph on which a large number of images are printed at regular intervals. A coating nozzle having a glue releasing groove formed therein, a rotating support table which is rotatably supported on a machine board and supports the coating nozzle, and a belt-shaped photograph is pushed up from below the coating nozzle below the coating nozzle to form a glue for the coating nozzle. It is characterized by comprising a contact roller for bringing the belt-shaped photograph into contact with the discharge groove, and an elevating mechanism for supporting and moving the contact roller in the vertical direction.

With this configuration, it is possible to apply the glue to the band-shaped photograph passing between the application nozzle and the contact roller, and when the paste is not applied, the contact roller is lowered. Then, the application nozzle is separated from the band-shaped photograph, and the rotating support is rotated to turn the application nozzle upward, so that the adhesive can be prevented from dripping from the application nozzle. Therefore, a glue collecting container or the like becomes unnecessary, and the maintainability is improved.

In the glue applying apparatus according to the present invention, as a glue supply mechanism, an electromagnetic valve communicated with the coating nozzle in a machine panel, a regulator for adjusting the amount of glue supplied by the electromagnetic valve, And a high-pressure glue tank connected to the solenoid valve via a hose. With such a structure, it is possible to supply the glue accommodated in the high-pressure glue tank to the coating nozzle intermittently and in an amount necessary for coating.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire postcard-with-photograph production apparatus incorporating a glue coating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows details of a main part of the apparatus of FIG. It is a front view.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a manufacturing apparatus 10 for a postcard with a photograph according to the present embodiment has a machine box 12 having a substantially box shape and an appropriate width. A take-up cassette 2 for accommodating a rolled belt-shaped photograph 15 is provided at an upper end of the machine board 12.
1 and a belt-shaped photograph feeding device 20 is installed together with rollers and a torque motor 22 located below. A glue coating device 3 is provided on the side of the feeding means 20.
0 is provided.

Further, a glue drying device 40 for semi-drying the attached glue is installed beside the glue applying device 30, and a postcard supply device 50 is installed above the glue drying device 40 and above the machine board 12. Have been. On the side of the glue drying device 40, a postcard pressing device 60, and on the side of the postcard pressing device 60, a first-stage cutting device 70 and a second-stage cutting device 80 are successively installed.

In addition, a high-pressure glue tank 35 is installed on the machine board 12, an operation panel 90 is also provided on the upper face of the machine board 12, and a product stocker 91 is provided on the side face of the machine board 12.
Inside 2 are accommodated various accessories, control devices, and a dust box 92 for accommodating chips generated from the first-stage cutting device 70 and the second-stage cutting device 80.

In the belt-shaped photograph, images are printed on the surface with a constant gap, and small holes for sensor detection corresponding to each image are formed in the space between the printed images. The holes are used for controlling postcard supply timing and determining the cutting position of the strip photograph.

A take-up cassette 21 detachably mounted on the machine board 12 accommodates a roll-shaped strip-shaped photograph 15 and
Unnecessary movement is braked by the band brake 21a.

The belt-shaped photograph 15 is unwound from the take-up cassette 21, guided by guide rollers 23a and 23b, is brought into circumferential contact with the tension roller 22a to control the tension, and is further conveyed to the glue applying device 30 via the guide roller 23c. .

The tension roller 22a makes the belt-shaped photograph 15 conveyed by the drive roller 62 of the postcard pressing device 60 described later widely contact the roller surface, and gives an appropriate tension to the belt-like photograph 15 by the torque motor 22. Band-shaped photograph 1 that has passed through the glue application device 30
In combination with the fact that 5 moves on a straight line, it is possible to prevent each finished photograph after the postcard is attached from warping significantly.

Here, the glue coating device 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIGS. 3 and 4 are front views showing the structure and operation of the glue application device 30 in the photocard production device of the present embodiment.

The glue applicator 30 conveys the liquid glue in the high-pressure glue tank 35 by an electromagnetic valve and a hose, and adjusts the amount of the glue supplied by the solenoid valve by a regulator 36 so that the glue releasing groove of the coating nozzle 31 is formed. The liquid paste is applied to the back surface of the belt-shaped photograph 15 which is released from the base 31a and moves in contact with the application nozzle 31.

The coating nozzle 31 is supported by a rotatable support table 32 which is rotatably supported by the machine panel 12. When the application nozzle 31 is used, as shown in FIG. 3, the rotation support base 32 is rotated so that the application nozzle 31 is located below the rotation support table 32. When the application nozzle 31 is not used, the application nozzle is used. The rotation support table 32 is rotated until the adhesive release groove 31a of 31 turns upward. As described above, when the application nozzle 31 is not used, the glue release groove 31a can be turned upward, so that the liquid glue can be prevented from dripping from the coating nozzle 31 when not in use, and a tray for the dripping glue can be received. Is unnecessary, and maintenance is convenient.

Below the rotating support table 32, the conveyed belt-like photograph 15 is lifted and the glue releasing groove 31 of the coating nozzle 31 is lifted.
a contact roller 33 for bringing the belt-shaped photograph 15 into contact with a
Are arranged, and the contact roller 33 is supported by a lifting mechanism 34 so as to be vertically movable. The contact roller 33 is lowered by the lifting mechanism 34 when the application nozzle 31 is not used, and is raised when the application nozzle 31 is used. In the present embodiment, two contact rollers 33 are arranged in front of and behind the application nozzle 31, and the main components of the lifting mechanism 34 are an air cylinder 34a and a slide guide.

The band-shaped photograph 15 to which the glue is applied by the glue applying device 30 is dried to a suitable state by the hot air dryer equipped with a temperature controller of the glue drying device 40. As a result, the drying can be performed more efficiently than the drying of the postcard after pasting the postcard on the belt-shaped photograph, the drying means itself has a compact design, and the warpage of the finished product is extremely small.

Next, referring to FIG.
Will be described. FIG. 5 is a front view showing a postcard supply device 50 in the postcard production device with photograph of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5, the postcard supply device 50
Is located on the upper surface of the machine board 12 above the glue drying device 40,
The postcards 53 stacked and housed in an inclined manner are supplied to the belt-shaped photograph 15 in synchronization with the feeding operation of the belt-shaped photograph 15. In the present embodiment, the postcard supply device 50 includes a postcard cassette 51 in which postcards 53 are stacked and stored, and a postcard cassette 5.
1 and a postcard supply device main body 52 having a postcard supply mechanism therein. The postcard supply device main body 52 is detachably mounted on the machine board 12 and has good maintainability.

The postcard cassette 51 has upper and lower surfaces open except for a postcard fall prevention stopper 51a on the lower surface, and the side surfaces are also largely opened, so that the postcard 53 can be easily stored. When the postcard cassette 51 in which the postcards 53 are stacked and stored is inserted into the postcard supply device main body 52, a state as shown in FIG. 5 is obtained.

In the main body 52 of the postcard supplying apparatus, a fixed roller 54 located immediately below the stacked postcards 53 in the postcard supplying direction and a driving roller 55 at a position facing the fixed roller 54 are arranged. 54
A slit is formed between the driving roller 55 and the driving roller 55. Postcard 53 stacked and housed above drive roller 55
Below, a swinging roller 56 having an eccentric shaft is provided in contact with the lowermost postcard 53a of the stacked and stored postcards 53.

The oscillating roller 56 oscillates and loosens the lower portion of the stacked postcards 53, and at the same time,
The postcards 53 are arranged along the cylindrical surface of No. 4 slightly shifted one by one. The distance shifted is larger for lower postcards, and the postcard 5 driven by the driving roller 55 is shifted.
3 is prevented from overlapping, and a margin is given to the operation of driving the lowermost postcard 53a. In addition,
In order to further enhance the above-described effect of the swing roller 56, a guide block 57 having a substantially circular arc surface is provided above the swing roller 56.

The driving roller 55 is shifted one by one by the swing roller 56 and the fixed roller 54, and one postcard 53 a is inserted into a slit formed between the fixed roller 54 and the driving roller 55. Is supplied to the strip photograph 15. In this case, the sensor sensing hole of the belt-shaped photograph 15 to be conveyed is attached to the postcard sticking sensor 58.
And a driving mechanism 59 based on the sensing signal.
Is operated, the postcard 53a is supplied toward a predetermined position of the band-shaped photograph 15. Supplied postcard 53
a is attached to the glue-coated surface of the belt-shaped photograph 15.

The fixed roller 54 has no special shape.
Since it has a simple cylindrical shape, no special spare parts are required. Therefore, even when worn out during use and the operation becomes unstable, replacement with another part or replenishment of the part is easy.

The strip-shaped photograph 15 to which the postcard 53a supplied by the postcard supply device 50 is attached is pressed by the next postcard pressing device 60 from above and below. The pressing device 60 includes a pressing roller 61 supported in the machine panel 12,
The driving roller 62 is driven by a driving motor 63. The driving roller 62 is urged to press the pressure roller 61. Drive motor 6
3 pulls out the belt-shaped photograph 15 from the winding cassette 21,
Then, the belt 15 is given an appropriate tension together with the torque motor 22 of the belt photograph feeding device 20.

Next, the cutting device will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a rotary cutter 71 in the former-stage cutting device 70, and FIG. 7 is a right side view showing a slitter 74.

Strip-shaped photograph 15 with postcard 53a crimped
Is transported toward the next pre-cutting device 70, and FIG.
The portion corresponding to the front end of the postcard with photo is cut by the rotary cutter 71 shown in FIG. Here, the rotary cutter 7
Reference numeral 1 denotes a rotary blade 72 which is supported in the machine panel 12 and has a linear blade 72a fixed to a cylindrical surface in the axial direction, and a receiving roller 73 provided below the rotary blade 72 so as to face the rotary blade 72. The rotating blade 72 has a urethane sponge 72b adhered to a key point on the cylindrical surface other than the straight blade 72a, and also drives each postcard with a photo, one by one to the next slitter 74. Send a postcard with a photo.

The slitter 74 cuts and aligns both side edges of each postcard with a photograph, and is supported in the machine board 12, and as shown in FIG. Blade 7
Lower rotary blade 75 to which 5a is fixed, and lower rotary blade 75
And an upper rotary blade 76 provided at both ends thereof with a substantially conical blade 76a engaging with the outer surface of the disk-shaped cutting blade 75a, and a drive mechanism for these. The lower rotary blade 75 is located slightly ahead of the upper rotary blade 76 and has a disc-shaped cutting edge 7.
The point where 5a and the substantially conical blade 76a intersect is set so as to be on a straight line where the belt-shaped photograph moves.

In the present embodiment, the pressure roller 61,
The rotary cutter 71 and the slitter 74 are formed as a single unit, and are detachable on the machine board 12 to facilitate maintenance and improve serviceability.

Each of the postcards with photographs, both ears of which have been cut off by the slitter 74, are sent to the subsequent cutting device 80. In the latter-stage cutting device 80, at a speed higher than the speed at which the belt-shaped photograph has been conveyed by the feed roller 81, each postcard with a photograph is conveyed until its tip reaches the position of the cutting sensor 82, and cut. It stops at the position of the sensor 82. Then, the fixed blade 83a and the fixed blade 8
A guillotine cutter 83 composed of an operating blade 83b that moves up and down with respect to 3a and a driving mechanism 83c that operates the operating blade 83b in response to a signal from the cutting sensor 82 forms a small hole for sensing a sensor of a postcard with a photograph. Unnecessary rear end portions are cut off.

The postcard with the photograph, the rear end of which has been cut by the guillotine cutter 83 and formed into a predetermined postcard size, is again conveyed by the feed roller 81 and stored in the product stocker 91.

In the apparatus according to the present embodiment, since the chips from the ears of the band-shaped photograph 15 formed by the rotary cutter 71 and the slitter 74 are strip-shaped, they take up less space than the slender endless ribbon-shaped chips. Can accommodate large amounts of swarf.

[0038]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) a coating nozzle having a glue releasing groove opened,
A rotating support table that is rotatably supported by the machine panel and supports the application nozzle; and a contact roller that pushes up the band-shaped photograph from below the application nozzle below the application nozzle and slides the band-shaped photograph into the glue release groove of the application nozzle. Equipped with an elevating mechanism that supports and moves the sliding roller up and down, it is possible to apply glue to the band-shaped photograph passing between the application nozzle and the contacting roller. By lowering the contact roller to separate the application nozzle from the belt-shaped photograph and rotating the rotary support so that the application nozzle faces upward, the adhesive can be prevented from dripping from the application nozzle.
Therefore, a glue collecting container or the like becomes unnecessary, and the maintainability is improved.

(2) As a glue supply mechanism, a solenoid valve communicated with the coating nozzle in the machine panel, a regulator for adjusting the amount of glue supplied by the solenoid valve, and a hose mounted on the solenoid valve installed in the base. With the structure provided with the high-pressure glue tank communicated with the high-pressure glue tank, the glue contained in the high-pressure glue tank can be supplied to the application nozzle intermittently and in a necessary amount for application.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire postcard-with-photograph manufacturing apparatus incorporating a glue coating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing details of a main part of the apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the structure and operation of the glue application device in the postcard-with-photograph production apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the structure and operation of the glue application device in the photocard manufacturing apparatus of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a postcard supply device in the postcard production device with photograph of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a rotary cutter of a pre-stage cutting device in the postcard production apparatus with photograph of the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a right side view showing a slitter of a pre-cutting device in the photocard manufacturing apparatus of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 postcard sticking device 12 machine board 15 belt-shaped photograph 20 feeding device 21 take-up cassette 21a band brake 22 torque motor 22a tension roller 23a, 23b, 23c guide rotor 30 glue coating device 31 coating nozzle 31a glue release groove 32 rotation support base 33 Contact roller 34 Elevating mechanism 35 High pressure glue tank 36 Regile letter 40 Glue drying device 50 Postcard supply device 51 Postcard cassette 51a Postcard fall prevention stopper 52 Postcard supply device main body 53 Postcard 53a Lowermost postcard 54 Fixed roller 55 Drive roller 56 Swing roller 57 Guide Block 58 Postcard Sticking Sensor 59 Drive Mechanism 60 Postcard Crimping Device 61 Crimping Roller 62 Driving Roller 63 Drive Motor 70 Front Cutting Device 71 Rotary Cutter 7 Rotary blade 72a Straight blade 72b Urethane sponge 73 Receiving roller 74 Slitter 75 Lower rotary blade 75a Disc-shaped cutting blade 76 Upper rotary blade 76a Substantially conical blade 80 Post-cutting device 81 Feed roller 82 Cutting center 83 Guillotine cutter 83a Fixed blade 83b Working blade 83c drive mechanism 90 operation panel 91 product stocker 92 dust box

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A glue applying device for attaching a postcard to a band-shaped photograph on which a large number of images are printed at regular intervals, comprising a coating nozzle having a glue releasing groove opened, and a shaft supported by a machine panel. A rotary support that rotates and supports the coating nozzle, a rubbing roller that pushes up the band-shaped photograph from below under the coating nozzle, and rubs the band-shaped photo into the glue release groove of the coating nozzle, A glue applying device in a postcard manufacturing apparatus with a photograph, comprising a lifting mechanism for supporting and moving up and down. 2. A solenoid valve connected to the coating nozzle in a machine panel, a regulator for adjusting the amount of glue supplied by the solenoid valve, and a hose connected to the solenoid valve installed in a base via a hose. 2. The glue applying device in the postcard production device with photograph according to claim 1, further comprising a high-pressure glue tank provided.