JP3077973B2 - Postcard supply device in postcard production equipment with photos - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a postcard supply apparatus for supplying postcards to be attached to a belt-shaped photograph in a manufacturing process of postcards with photographs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an apparatus for attaching postcards one by one to a moving belt-shaped photograph, there is an apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-229094 (Japanese Patent Application No. 1-511198). 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 attaching device for a band-shaped photograph for attaching a postcard to a corresponding back surface position,
Feeding means for the band-shaped photograph, glue attaching means for attaching liquid glue to the band-shaped photograph fed from the feeding means, and postcard sticking means for sending and pasting the postcard sequentially to the back surface corresponding to the image of the band-shaped photograph, It is a postcard sticking apparatus for a band-shaped photograph, having:

A postcard supply device in this apparatus includes a postcard storage mechanism for stacking and storing postcards and reciprocating in a direction parallel to the moving direction of the strip photo while synchronizing with the feeding operation of the strip photo, and a postcard storage mechanism parallel to the postcard storage mechanism. It is provided at a position facing the postcard storage mechanism so as to sandwich the belt-shaped photo to be moved, and is pressed against the postcard storage mechanism while moving in synchronism with the feeding operation of the strip-shaped photo on the glue-coated surface of the belt-shaped photo. It has a pressing plate mechanism provided with a pressing plate for adhering a postcard, and a synchronous interlocking mechanism for synchronizing and interlocking the postcard accommodation board mechanism and the pressing plate mechanism.

[0004]

By using such an apparatus as described above, a postcard is sequentially supplied to a moving band-shaped photograph, and a postcard is attached to the band-shaped photograph to produce a band-shaped photograph with a postcard. Can be. However, the postcard supply device in the above-described conventional device is configured as a part of a postcard sticking unit that sticks a postcard to a belt-shaped photograph, and pushes the postcard in the postcard storage cylinder upward. Since it is a structure in which a band photo is pressed by a pressing plate and the uppermost postcard is adhesively peeled off, the structure is complicated, and it takes time to attach each postcard to the band photo, In addition, there was a problem of lack of certainty.

According to the present invention, in a postcard manufacturing apparatus with a photograph, the postcard supply and the postcard attachment to the belt-shaped photograph are separated, and the postcard supply apparatus is simplified, and the supply and adhesion of the postcard are ensured. An object of the present invention is to provide a postcard supply device.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing a postcard with a photograph, which sequentially supplies postcards to a band-like photograph on which a large number of images are printed at regular intervals. , A postcard storage unit that stores stacked postcards, a fixed roller that is located below the front surface of the stacked postcards, and is located immediately before the postcard supply direction, and is positioned opposite to and below the fixed rollers to drive and drive the postcards. It is characterized by comprising a roller, a swinging roller having an eccentric shaft positioned below the stacked and stored postcard and in contact with the lowermost postcard of the stacked and stored postcard, and a drive mechanism for these.

[0007] With this configuration, the lower portions of the postcards stacked and stored in the postcard storage portion are loosened by rocking, and the postcards located at the lowermost portion are sent out one by one in order, and they are fed toward the belt-shaped photograph. Since it is possible to supply the postcards at regular intervals, it is possible to supply the postcards one by one to the belt-shaped photograph reliably and efficiently, the device structure is simplified, and the production cost is reduced.

Further, a structure can be provided that has a guide block that comes into contact with the rear end portion of the postcards stacked and stored in the postcard storage portion and guides the lowermost postcard in the supply direction. With this structure, the lowermost postcard comes into contact with the oscillating roller while being guided in the supply direction, so that the postcard sending function of the oscillating roller can be further improved.

Further, the postcard supply apparatus of the present invention may have a structure provided with a synchronizing means for driving a driving roller by detecting a sensor detecting hole formed in a belt-shaped photograph. With such a structure, it is possible to accurately supply the postcard to a predetermined position on the moving belt-shaped photograph, so that the work accuracy is improved and the work efficiency is improved.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire postcard-equipped postcard manufacturing apparatus incorporating a postcard supply 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, the postcard supply device will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the postcard supply device according to the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5, the postcard supply device 50
Is provided on the upper surface of the machine board 12 located above the glue drying means 40, and supplies the stacked and stored postcards 53 to the belt-shaped photograph 15. In this case, the postcard 5
3 are supplied to the belt-like photograph 15 one by one in synchronization with the feeding operation of the belt-like photograph 15.

In this embodiment, the postcard supply device 50
Is a postcard cassette 51 in which postcards 53 are stacked and accommodated,
It comprises a postcard supply device main body 52 and the like that accommodates the postcard cassette 51 and has a postcard supply mechanism inside. The postcard supply device main body 52 is mounted on the machine board 12.
Since it is installed detachably with respect to, maintenance is also good.

The postcard cassette 51 has an upper and lower surface and a large side surface, excluding a postcard fall prevention stopper 51a on the lower surface.
Is easy to accommodate. 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.

Further, inside the postcard supply device main body 52,
By disposing a fixed roller 54 located immediately below the stacked postcard 53 immediately before the postcard supply direction and a driving roller 55 at a position facing the fixed roller 54, the fixed roller 54 and the driving roller 55 are located between the fixed roller 54 and the driving roller 55. A slit for sending a postcard is formed.

Further, a swinging roller 56 having an eccentric shaft is provided below the stacked and stored postcards 53, and this swinging roller 56 rotates in contact with the lowermost postcard 53 a of the postcard 53. The rocking roller 56 rocks and loosens the lower part of the stacked postcard 53,
The postcards 53 are arranged along the cylindrical surface of the fixed roller 54 in such a manner that they are slightly shifted one by one.

In this case, the shift distance becomes larger as the lower postcard is increased, so that the postcard 53 driven by the driving roller 55, which will be described later, is prevented from overlapping, and the lowermost postcard 53a is driven. Gives room. In order to further enhance the above-described effect of the swing roller 56, a guide block 57 having a substantially arc surface is provided upstream of the swing roller 56. The lowermost postcard is guided by the guide block 57 in the supply direction and comes into contact with the oscillating roller 56.
6, the postcard sending function can be further improved.

The driving roller 55 is shifted one by one by a swing roller 56 and a fixed roller 54, and a single postcard 53a inserted into a slit formed between the fixed roller 54 and the driving roller 55 is formed into a belt-like photograph. The postcard 53a sent out toward the printer 15 is adhered to the glue application surface of the belt-shaped photograph 15. In this case, the sensor sensing hole of the belt-shaped photograph 15 to be transported is attached to the postcard sticking sensor 5.
8, the driving mechanism 59 is operated based on the detection signal of the postcard sticking sensor 58, so that the postcard 53 can be accurately moved to a predetermined position on the moving strip photograph 15.
a can be supplied and work efficiency is high.

In the present embodiment, the fixed roller 54 has a simple cylindrical shape, not a special shape, and does not require a special spare part. Therefore,
Even if the operation is unstable due to wear due to prolonged use or the like, replacement with another part or replenishment of the part is easy. As shown in FIG. 5, the postcard supply device 50 includes:
Compared with the conventional device, it has a simplified structure, so that difficulties in manufacturing and use can be solved.

The strip-shaped photograph 15 to which the postcard 53a supplied by the postcard supply device 50 is adhered 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.

A strip-shaped photograph 15 on which a postcard 53a is 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 arranges both ears of each postcard with a photograph, and is supported in the machine board 12 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 this 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 postcard with a photograph, both ears of which have been cut off by the slitter 74, is 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 portion of which is 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, the swarf of the ear of the strip-shaped photograph 15 by the rotary cutter 71 and the slitter 74 is formed in a strip shape, so that it takes up less space than the slender endless ribbon-shaped swarf. Can accommodate large amounts of swarf.

[0040]

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

(1) A postcard accommodating portion for accommodating a stack of postcards, a fixed roller which is located below the front surface of the stacked postcards and is located immediately before the postcard supply direction, and is positioned opposite to and below the fixed rollers. By providing a drive roller for driving and supplying, a swing roller having an eccentric axis, and a drive mechanism for these, which are located below the stacked and stored lower postcards and are in contact with the lowermost postcards of the stacked and stored postcards, the postcard storage The lower part of the postcard stacked and housed in the part is loosened by swinging, sending out one by one from the postcard located at the bottom, one by one, and supplying them at regular intervals toward the band photo, The supply of postcards to each photo is reliably and efficiently performed, the device structure is simplified, and production costs are reduced.

(2) By providing a guide block for guiding the lowermost postcard in the supply direction by contacting the rear end portion of the postcard stacked and stored in the postcard storage section, the lowermost postcard is guided in the supply direction. In this state, the roller comes into contact with the swinging roller, so that the function of sending out the postcard of the swinging roller is further improved.

(3) By adopting a structure provided with a synchronizing means for driving the driving roller by detecting the sensor sensing hole formed in the belt-shaped photograph, a postcard can be accurately directed to a predetermined position on the moving belt-like photograph. Since it becomes possible to supply, work accuracy is improved and work efficiency is also improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire postcard-with-photograph manufacturing apparatus incorporating a postcard supply 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 Regulator 40 Glue drying device 50 Postcard supply device 51 Postcard cassette 51a Postcard drop 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 Drive Roller 63 Drive Motor 70 Front Cut Device 71 Rotary Cutter 2 Rotating blade 72a Straight blade 72b Urethane sponge 73 Receiving roller 74 Slitter 75 Lower rotating blade 75a Disk-shaped cutting blade 76 Upper rotating blade 76a Substantially conical blade 80 Rear-stage cutting device 81 Feed roller 82 Cutting center 83 Guillotine cutter 83a Fixed blade 83b Operation Blade 83c Drive mechanism 90 Operation panel 91 Product stocker 92 Dust box

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A postcard-with-photograph manufacturing apparatus for sequentially supplying postcards to a plurality of band-shaped photographs on which a large number of images are printed at regular intervals, comprising: a postcard storage section for storing and storing the postcards; A fixed roller located just below the front surface of the postcard in the postcard supply direction, a driving roller positioned opposite the fixed roller to drive the postcard, and a stacked roller located below the stacked postcard A postcard supplying apparatus for a postcard with photographing device, comprising: a swinging roller having an eccentric shaft and a drive mechanism for contacting the lowermost postcard of the postcard. 2. The postcard manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a guide block that contacts a rear end portion of the postcards stacked and stored in the postcard storage portion and guides the lowermost postcard in a supply direction. Postcard supply device. 3. The postcard supplying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a synchronizing means for detecting a sensor sensing hole formed in the strip-shaped photograph and driving the driving roller.