JPH0560790B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention automatically prints numbers, symbols, etc. on the inner pages of booklets such as passports, bank passbooks, checkbooks, etc. while feeding them intermittently one after another. The present invention relates to a booklet inner page printing device.

Prior Art Conventionally, the work of printing serial numbers, symbols, etc. on the inner pages of passports, etc. was done by having a worker manually open the booklets bound one by one on a bookbinding line into two-page spreads.
This was an extremely inefficient method of manually loading the books into the printing machine, taking them out after printing, closing the books, and storing them.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention As a result, productivity in the bookbinding line is reduced or an increase in the number of workers is required, which is one of the causes of increased costs.

In addition, when manually printing, there is a risk of errors in page marking, the printing position of numbers, etc. may be incorrect, and excessive marking makes it difficult to properly restore (close the book) the cover. .

The present invention provides a booklet inner page printing device that solves the above problems, that is, a booklet inner page printing device that automatically performs the above series of operations and prints numbers, etc. appropriately and rationally.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides, as the above-mentioned means, a printing device provided on a conveyance path, a means for performing the blanking of the booklet on the loading path side of the printing device, and a means for blanking the booklet as the booklet is conveyed. A book-opening guide extending in the transport direction for pushing up the inner surface and opening the book into a double-page spread state is provided, and the above-mentioned opening means and the book-opening guide are connected by a separator that enters and exits the inner surface of the opening sheet, and
A book-closing guide extending in the conveying direction is provided on the output path side of the printing device to push down and close the outer surface of the double-page spread sheet of the printed booklet as the booklet is conveyed, and the book-closing guide A take-out means is provided between the printer and the printer to take out the printed booklet from the printing position and provide it to the book-closing guide, so that a series of operations such as opening, printing, and closing the booklet can be performed properly and automatically. This is what I did.

According to the present invention, the predetermined pages are opened into two-page spreads by the above-mentioned opening means, and the opened booklet is introduced into the book-opening guide while the opened state is accurately maintained by the separator. The printed booklet can be taken out from the printing position by the taking-out means in an open state and presented to the book-closing guide to close the book, such as a passport. While being transferred intermittently on the conveyor path,
A series of operations such as opening, printing, and closing the booklet can be performed smoothly, appropriately, and automatically. In addition, it is possible to effectively solve problems that occur when printing is done manually, such as misalignment of printing position due to individual differences, excessive opening of the book, and failure to close the book due to this.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a bird's-eye view of the inner page printing line of the booklet, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a side view thereof.

As shown in the figure, a printing device 1 is disposed on a conveyance path 7, and a book opening guide 2 is placed on the carry-in path side of the printing device 1.
A book-closing guide 3 is disposed on the same side of the carrying-out path, a book-closing device 4 is arranged on the carrying-in road side of the book-opening guide 2, and a book feeding device 12 is arranged above the book-opening device 4 on the carrying-in road side. A separator 5 is provided between the book-opening guide 2 as a means for communicating the two, and a take-out device 6 is provided between the printing device 1 and the book-closing guide 3 as a means for communicating the two.

The conveyance path 7 has a horizontal bottom ruler 7a extending in the conveyance direction, and side rulers 7b raised on the longitudinal side edges of the bottom ruler 7a, with the center part of the bottom ruler 7a extending in the conveyance direction. It has a conveyor pusher 7c that is intermittently driven toward the target.

Booklets 8 such as passports, bank passbooks, checkbooks, etc. are stored horizontally or vertically at the starting end of the conveyance path 7 fed from the bookbinding line, and are delivered one by one via an arbitrary booklet feeder 12. It is supplied onto the conveyance path 7. For example, as shown in Figure 3, hopper 1
The booklet 8 stacked vertically on the rack 12b from the bottom end
The gear 12 was taken out at
By engaging the rack 12d with the rack 12d and rotating it, the racker 12b and the booklet 8 are reversed and transferred to the conveyance path 7.
Drop the book on top.

In this way, the bottom ruler 7a horizontally supports the back cover or the outer surface of the front cover of the booklet 8 so that it is laid flat, and the side ruler 7b controls the position of the spine and front edge of the booklet 8. The above conveyance pusher 7c
The booklet 8 is kept in a flat state by intermittent driving and is fed to the blanking device 4, separator 5, opening guide 2, and printing device 1. Transport pusher 7
c is endlessly driven by a chain, and the printing device 1
After the booklet is fed to , the booklet returns and is taken over to the above-mentioned take-out device 6 .

The above-mentioned blanking device 4 is a means for blanking up to a predetermined page while automatically counting a fixed number of the cover or inner pages of the booklet 8 placed flat on the conveyance path 7,
For example, the constant number device described in Utility Model Publication No. 56-21704 can be applied.

The fixing device 4 illustrated in FIG. 4 has a parent horizontal shaft 4b and a child vertical shaft 4c inserted orthogonally through a common parent block 4a, and a feeder shaft 4d is inserted through one end of the child vertical shaft 4c. The insertable child block 4e is attached integrally, the parent horizontal shaft 4b is attached to the parent block 4a so as to rotate together around the parent horizontal shaft 4b, and the child vertical shaft 4c is rotated independently relative to the parent block 4a. furthermore, attach the child block 4e to the child vertical shaft 4c so that it can rotate integrally about the child vertical shaft 4c,
The suction rod 4 supported by the child block 4e
d is bent laterally into an L-shape, the end of the horizontally bent portion 4f is bent vertically, and the supporter 4h is attached downward to the end of the vertically bent portion 4g.
When the parent horizontal shaft 4b is rotated in the forward or reverse direction, the parent block 4a swings, and the child vertical shaft 4c and the child block 4e swing together.
Suzuka shaft rod 4d and sutsuka 4 supported by e
Move h up and down. Furthermore, when the child vertical shaft 4c is rotated in the forward or reverse direction, the child block 4e is swung in the same direction, and the succer shaft rod 4d and suction car 4h supported by the child block 4e are moved left and right, and the above-mentioned up and down movements are made. Perform the mekuri by movement, and move in and out of the mekuri page by moving left and right. The parent horizontal axis 4b,
For the above-mentioned operation of the child vertical shaft 4c, a circumferential cam or the like can be used as in the above-mentioned embodiments and other mechanisms to be described later.

In other words, the soccer car 4h lowers the soccer car by a box movement that is a combination of the above-mentioned vertical and horizontal movements →
Satsuka intervention on the outer surface of the cover corner → Suction → Satsuka rising (mekuri) → Suction release → Satsuka exit →
The following steps are repeated: lowering of the pick-up sheet → intervening on the inner side of the corner of the sheet (cover) → adsorption of the next sheet →... to count the cover or the cover and inner sheets until a predetermined page is reached. Of course, there are cases where only the cover is covered.

The separator 5 operates to intervene on the inner side of each cover and inner leaf each time the cover and inner sheets are cut by the folding device 4, and supports the folded cover or inner leaf in preparation for the next suction suction. When the backward movement in and out is repeated and the booklet 8 is opened up to a predetermined page, the conveyance pusher 7c inserts it into the starting end of the opening guide by intervening with the cover or inner sheet.

That is, after the blanking operation is completed, the conveying pusher 7c pushes the booklet 8 forward, and the cover or inner leaf that has been blanked at this time passes through the separator 5 and is introduced into the starting end of the book opening guide 2 while maintaining the blanking state. Then, the book opening guide 2 intervenes on the inner surface of the cover or inner leaf and gradually pushes it up to open the book into a two-page spread state.

By setting the trajectory of the guide surface of the book opening guide 2, the book is opened at an appropriate opening angle with the cover or inner leaf being approximately upright.

The book opening guide 2 is formed of a strip material, for example, and the strip material is made to have its starting end at a low position and is gradually raised in the conveying direction from the same point, and further printing is performed on the rear end side within the height range of the mekuri cover. It is extended towards the location.

The book opening guide 2 is arranged along the side ruler 7b that regulates the spine of the booklet in the transport path 7, and the separator 5 is attached to the lower starting end so as to go in and out of the cover or the inner surface of the inner sheet. The movement of the separator 5 in and out is achieved by a drive mechanism such as a cam, cylinder, or solenoid.

The booklet 8 that has been counted by the booklet device 4 is introduced into the book opening guide 2 by the separator 5, and as the booklet 8 is transported, the booklet 8 is opened in a substantially upright position and transferred to the lower part of the printing device 1. is served.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 indicates the back end of the booklet 8 placed on the platen 9 at the printing position, and 11 indicates the front end of the booklet 8. The front stopper 11 is rotated to a position where it does not interfere with the passing of the booklet, and when the booklet 8 is fed, it is rotated to the front position to regulate the front part of the booklet 8, and similarly, the rear stopper 10 is moved to a position where it does not interfere when the booklet 8 is passed. After passing, it moves forward (climbs up) to restrict the rear of the booklet 8. The front rest 11 and the butt rest 10 are the peripheral cams 11
a, 10a, trochanters 11b, 10b that roll following the peripheral cams 11a, 10a, and the trochanter 1.
It is actuated by a lever that transmits the movement of 1b, 10b. The butt rest 10 slides a slider 10d into a cam groove 10c bent in two stages with different heights, and is guided by the slider 10d to perform the above-mentioned upward movement and retreat. Further, the front cover 11 is formed by a swinging lever, and is operated to a non-interference position by rotating backward, and to a booklet regulating position by rotating forward.

As shown in FIG. 5 as an example of the printing apparatus 1, a support 1 that slides the printing head 1a up and down
The column 1b is supported on the conveyance path 7 by the support 1b, and is moved up and down using a circumferential cam 1c or a cylinder. A predetermined number, symbol, etc. is printed by pressing it onto the inner pages of the booklet in a double-page spread state. In the figure, reference numeral 1i denotes an inking roller that is arranged so as to be in contact with and separate from the print head 1a at different timings.

The printing head 1a is provided so as to be rotated intermittently by a ratchet mechanism, and a lever 1e provided at the shaft end of the printing head 1a is struck by a ring-operated hammer 1d operated by a circumferential cam 1j, etc.
The head 1a is intermittently fed through a ratchet mechanism provided at the a side end, thereby changing the printing plate.

The mechanism for transmitting motion to the slide column 1b by the circumferential cam 1c includes, for example, a link 1f attached to the lower end of the slide column 1b, and a rotating arm 1g having one end pivotally supported at the end of the link. The trochanter 1h provided on the pivot is pressed against the cam surface by a spring or the like, and the trochanter 1h moves according to the cam surface to obtain the vertical movement of the printing head 1a, thereby changing the printing position of the conveyance path 7. A booklet 8 spread out by the conveyor pusher 7c is placed on a platen 9 installed at
is sent out and receives printing pressure by the vertical movement of the printing head 1a.

The booklet 8, which has been printed at a predetermined position on the inner pages, is taken out from the printing position by the take-out device 6 in a double-page spread state, and is transferred to the book-closing guide 3 disposed on the delivery side of the printing device 1. The book is introduced into the book-closing guide 3 by a transport pusher 13 different from the above-mentioned one and runs from the take-out position, and the book is closed while moving forward along the guide. In this case, the booklet may be introduced into the starting end of the book-closing guide 3 at the position where the booklet is taken out by the take-out device, and then transferred by the pusher 13.

The extraction device 6 is formed by a gripper as shown in FIG. 6 on one side.

The take-out device 6 includes an upper gripper 6a and a lower gripper 6b, and has a vertical shift bar 6h horizontally installed parallel to the conveyance path 7 as a mechanism for moving the upper gripper 6a up and down to clamp and release the clamp, and both ends of the vertical shift bar 6h. the crank arm 6c
The bar 6h is shifted in parallel by the swing of the crank arm 6c.
A vertical shift bar 6h supports the trochanter 6e provided at the end of the swinging arm 6d of the upper gripper 6a at h.
It is possible to move along the When the bar 6h is shifted vertically in parallel as described above, the swing arm 6d swings up and down via the trochanter 6e, and together with this, the upper gripper 6a is moved up and down, and the booklet 8 is placed flat. The clamped parts are clamped and unclamped.

The vertical parallel shift movement of the bar 6h can be achieved, for example, by providing a circumferential cam 6f and rolling a rotor 6g provided at the end of one crank arm 6c so as not to form the circumferential cam 6f.

Furthermore, a sixth gripper 6a, 6b serves as a means for taking out the booklet 8 after it has been clamped.
As shown in the figure, upper and lower grippers 6a and 6b are attached to a slider 6i, and the slider 6i is supported in a horizontally movable manner on a rail 6j installed horizontally parallel to the conveyance path 7, and the slider 6i is pulled parallel to the rail 6j. The slider 6i and the grippers 6a, 6b are
is moved forward to the clamp start position to perform the clamping, and in a backward movement, the grippers 6a, 6b, etc. are moved backward to take out the booklet, and the booklet 8 in the spread state is moved to the book closing guide 3 by the pusher 13. will be introduced and migrated accordingly.

The book-closing guide 3 is formed of, for example, a strip material, preferably an elastic plate material, and the starting end of the book-closing guide 3 is set at a high position and gradually lowers from the same point toward the conveyance direction, and the rear end side is made of a blank material. It further extends in the conveying direction to a height that elastically presses the outer surface of the cover. The book-closing guide 3 is placed on the side ruler 7b that regulates the booklet spine of the transport path 7, and the take-out device 6 is placed at the starting end on the higher side. The booklet 8 thus taken out from the printing position by the take-out device 6 is introduced to the starting end of the book-closing guide 3, and the book-closing guide presses down the outer surface of the cover in the double-page spread state, and further presses it at the terminal end side. to form a closed state.

The rear end of the booklet guide 2 described above and the start end of the booklet guide 3 are installed at a distance within the width of the booklet 8 in the feeding direction, or the rear end and the start end are slightly crossed, so that the booklet 8 can be opened. When introducing the book from the closed book guide 2 to the open book guide 3 while maintaining the book state, or when introducing the book into the closed book guide 3, the book is not kept in the open state at the time of printing and the leaf is turned and released due to its own weight and may be incompletely closed. This includes cases where it is served in this state.

In addition to using the grippers 6a and 6b as a means for taking out the booklet 8 from the printing position, the forward movement start end of the conveying pusher 13 at the latter stage is set on the booklet introducing side of the printing position, and the printed booklet 8 is removed by intermittent driving of the pusher 13. may be taken out from the printing position. In this case, the pusher 13 is double-hung so as to push both ends of the booklet 8 away from the printed area. Similarly, this two-piece pusher 1
3 may be disposed from the book supply position toward the rear end of the book closing guide 3, and may be used both as a means for introducing the booklet 8 into the printing position and as a means for taking it out.

Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, the booklet placed flat on the conveyance path is opened with predetermined pages spread out by the above-mentioned folding means, and the opened booklet is opened by the above-mentioned separator. The booklet can be delivered to the printing device into which the book opening guide is introduced while accurately maintaining the open book state, and the printed booklet can be taken out from the printing position in the open book state by the taking out means and the booklet can be delivered to the closed book guide. The booklet can be opened and closed, and the printing work on the inner pages of the booklet can be appropriately automated. That is, while a booklet such as a passport is intermittently transferred one after another on a conveyance path, a series of operations such as opening, opening, printing, and closing the booklet can be performed smoothly, appropriately, and automatically.

In addition, the above-mentioned booklet printing, book opening, supply to printing equipment,
It is possible to effectively solve problems such as misalignment of printing position due to individual differences, excessive opening of the book, and failure to close the book due to this when taking out the book manually. Moreover, the above object can be achieved with a simple structure.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a bird's-eye view of the main parts of the device that forms the printing lines for the inside pages of the booklet, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3
The figure is the same side view, Figure 4 is a perspective view of the Mekuri device, and Figure 5 is a side view.
The figure is a perspective view of the printing device, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the take-out device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Printing device, 2... Book opening guide, 3... Book closing guide, 4... Mekuri device, 5... Separator, 6... Takeout device, 7... Conveyance path, 8... Booklet, 9... Press plate, 10...
Bottom pad, 11... Front pad, 12... Book feeding device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for placing a booklet flat on a conveyance path and performing a fixed number of pages, and a book opening guide extending in the conveyance direction that pushes up the inner surface of the booklet sheet and opens it into a double-page spread as the booklet is conveyed. , a separator that is movably provided on the starting end side of the book-opening guide and that moves forward and intervenes on the inner surface of the mekuri sheet to introduce it into the book-opening guide, and then retreats after introduction; A means for printing numbers, etc. on the inner pages of the sheets, and a closing book extending in the transport direction that presses down and closes the outer surface of the double-page spread sheet of the printed booklet as the booklet is transported. A booklet inner page printing device comprising a guide and a booklet take-out means for taking out the printed booklet from the printing position and introducing it into the book-closing guide.