JP2885931B2 - Sheet handling equipment - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet handling apparatus for transporting a predetermined number of sheets by a cassette.

[Prior art] Printed materials such as magazines and catalogs are formed by printing a cover, a table of contents, a pictorial image, a body of text, etc. in a printing process, and then transporting these to a bookbinding process, where the saddle stitcher or a wireless stapling machine is used. It is produced by being bundled as one printed matter by a bookbinding machine such as a machine. Here, the printing book must be transported from the printing process to the bookbinding process.However, conventionally, a predetermined number of printing books are accumulated on a stacker, and a sheet or a plate is applied to both ends, and the periphery thereof is bundled with a band, These are piled up on wooden pallets by hand or the like, and are transported to a bookbinding machine by a forklift or a self-propelled transporter.

Also, in general, when a plurality of sheets such as sheets, plastic sheets, carton black, and glass plates are conveyed at once, they are placed on a table little by little by hand or placed in a cardboard box or the like. In this way, the sheets are conveyed as a lump.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional book transfer method, the transfer operation is performed in a state where the periphery of the book bundle is bound by a band,
There has been a problem that the printing books located near both ends of the bundle are damaged during handling or the bundle is twisted. Further, in the case where the backing plate is applied to both ends and tied with a band, there is no damage at both ends, but there is a problem that twisting occurs during handling.

In addition, it is very troublesome for an operator to manually put a sheet-like material on a table or put it in a cardboard box little by little, and the sheet-like material is damaged during work. was there.

Therefore, it is conceivable to transport the sheet-like material in a case such as a cassette of a predetermined number of copies. However, at present, no specific means has been considered because the handling of the sheet-like material is difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems and circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to store sheets in a cassette and to store sheets in the cassette. An object of the present invention is to provide a sheet handling apparatus for automatically performing a take-out operation.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a first type of a sheet-like material handling apparatus according to the present invention is a box-like material, in which a plurality of partition plates are provided between opposing side plates. A sheet handling apparatus using a cassette having a notch in each of the partition plate and each side plate, wherein a predetermined number of sheets are collectively stored in the cassette in a state parallel to the side plate. And means for taking out a bundle of sheet-like materials stored in the cassette using the notch.

Further, in order to achieve the same object, a second type of a sheet-like material handling apparatus according to the present invention is a sheet-like material using a cassette having a box-like shape and provided with a groove in an opposite side plate. Means for storing a predetermined number of sheets together in a state parallel to the side plate in the cassette, and taking out a bundle of sheets stored in the cassette using the groove. Means.

In order to achieve the same object, a third type of the sheet-like material handling apparatus according to the present invention is a box-like type having a plurality of partition plates between its opposed side plates. And a notch provided on one side plate, and a sheet-like material handling apparatus using a cassette having cutouts continuous with these notches provided on a bottom plate, wherein a predetermined number of sheets are collectively collected and a side plate is provided in the cassette. It is characterized by comprising means for storing in a parallel state, and means for taking out a bundle of sheet-like materials stored in the cassette using the notch.

[Operation] In the sheet-like material handling apparatus configured as described above, a predetermined number of sheet-like materials are automatically inserted into the cassette, and are automatically taken out of the cassette after being transported.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on each example shown in the drawings, taking a printed book discharged from a printing process as an example.

First, a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
Here, in this embodiment, the cassette 1 shown in FIG. 1 is used. As shown in FIG. 1, the cassette 1 is of a type provided with a plurality of partition plates 2 for accommodating printing books in small bundles, and cutouts 3 in these partition plates 2 and upper and lower side plates.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a process of forming a small bundle by stacking a predetermined number of printing books coming out of the printing process, and sequentially storing the small bundle in the cassette 1 described above. In the same figure, reference numeral s denotes a book that comes out of the rotary press in a folded state, or that is printed by a sheet-fed printing press and then goes out through the folding machine. Are continuously discharged in a sashimi form or partly on a belt conveyor 4 of a rotary press or a folding machine, and are accumulated on an elevator 5 at an accumulation position. Here, since the printed book s is a signature and has a back bag on one side, if a large number of copies are accumulated, the back bag portions are likely to overlap and collapse, so the time when the appropriate number of copies are accumulated To be a small bundle t. The height of the small bundle t is set so as to just enter each space partitioned by the partition plate 2 of the cassette 1. Reference numeral 6 denotes a cut-off plate, which is lowered when a predetermined number of copies s pass, and stops the flow of the print s for a short time. The elevating table 5 on which the small bundle t of the predetermined number of prints s is placed descends in this short time, and when the skewer blade 7 is extended instead of this, the cutting plate 6 rises. The printing book s flows out again and starts to accumulate on the skewer blade 7. On the other hand, when the elevator 5 descends to the pushing position, the small bundle t on the elevator 5 is pushed out by the pushing cylinder 8.
The cassette is pushed in the right direction in the figure by the small bundle storage plate 9 which is operated by the, and is stored in the cassette 1 on the cassette moving table 11 which descends step by step by the cassette moving chain 10. Here, when the small bundle t is stored in the cassette 1, the upper surface of the partition plate 2 of the cassette 1 is positioned so as to match the upper surface of the small bundle introduction plate 12, so that the small bundle t can be stored smoothly. . Thereafter, the elevator 5 returns to the stacking position, and at the same time, the skewer 7 is retracted, and the printing books s accumulated on the skewer 7 are replaced on the elevator 5 and printing is performed from there on until the predetermined number of copies are reached. The book s is accumulated. By repeating this series of operations, small bundles t that are not collapsed during movement and are accumulated at a height that can be smoothly stored in the cassette 1 are sequentially formed and sequentially stored in the cassette 1.

The cassette 1 in which the small bundle t of the printing book s is stored is sent to the next bookbinding process or the like. At this time, the cassette 1 may be transported in an upright state, but since the vibration at the time of transport induces collapse of the printed book s, the transport is usually performed in a horizontal state as shown in FIG. Is done.

4 and 5 show the cassette 1 in the bookbinding process and the like.
2 shows a process of taking out a small bundle t of the printing book from the printer. Reference numeral 13 denotes a small bundle holding portion, which includes a pair of small bundle holding plates 14 that can be inserted into the cutouts 3 of the cassette 1. The pair of small bundle holding plates 14 are inserted so as to fit into the cutouts 3 as shown in FIG. 4, and are driven by a press cylinder 15 to hold the small bundle t. When the holding operation is completed in this way, the small bundle holding unit 13 is lifted up by the lifting cylinder 16 as shown in FIG. 5, and the work of removing the small bundle t is completed. This series of operations is sequentially repeated, and the small bundle t in the cassette 1 is sequentially taken out.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a method for sequentially supplying small bundles t of printing books s taken out of the cassette 1 to the bookbinding machine by the above method. In the figure, the small bundle t taken out by the small bundle holding unit 13 is sequentially moved leftward by the holding unit moving chain 17 and is supplied onto the book supply conveyor 18. The supplied small bundles t are sequentially packed to the left, conveyed while forming a sashimi state partly by the vacuum 19 and the conveyors 20, 21 and 22, and supplied to the feeder unit 24 of the bookbinding machine 23.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In this embodiment, the cassette 31 shown in FIG. 7 is used. This cassette 31 is the cassette 1 used in the previous embodiment.
Unlike the type in which a partition plate is not provided, a notch 32 and a groove 33 are provided in upper and lower side plates. Also, notch 32
A groove 34 is also provided on an extension of the line.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a state in which a predetermined number of printing books coming out of the printing process are accumulated to form a small bundle t, and the small bundle t is sequentially transferred to the cassette
31 shows an example of a process of accommodating them in 31. The basic operation of this step is the same as that shown in FIG. 2, but since there is no partition plate in the cassette 31, the small bundles t cannot be sequentially stored as they are. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the first small bundle t is placed in the cassette 31 on the cassette moving table 11 that is stepped down by the cassette moving chain 10,
After being stored through the upper portion 35, when storing the subsequent small bundle t, as shown in FIG. 9, the small bundle introduction claw 36 is extended by the moving cylinder 37, and the upper surface of the already stored printing book s is removed. The next small bundle t is introduced while being pressed by the small bundle introduction claw 36. Then, after storing the small bundle t, the small bundle introduction claw 36
In order to prevent the printing book s from collapsing at the time of pulling out, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the printing book holding claw 38 is extended upward through the notch 32 of the cassette 31 by the ascending cylinder 39 to print the printing book s. The small bundle introduction claw 36 is pulled out with the side of s held down. 9 and FIG.
Although the small bundle introduction plate 35 is not shown in FIG. 10 so that the operation state of the small bundle introduction claw 36 and the printing book holding claw 38 can be clearly understood, the small bundle introduction plate 35 has a groove into which the small bundle introduction claw 36 can enter. Needless to say, it is provided.

The cassette in which the small bundle t of the book s is stored in this manner.
Although 31 is sent to the next bookbinding step and the like, it is usually conveyed in a horizontal state as shown in FIG. 11, as in the previous embodiment.

FIGS. 12 (a) to 12 (c) show a process of taking out the printing book s from the cassette 31 in the bookbinding process or the like. In this case, since there is no partition plate in the cassette 31, it is possible to take out the prints s in the cassette 31 in a large bundle at a time,
In the present embodiment, a large bundle holding portion 40 having a pair of large bundle holding plates 41 for holding the large bundle T and a press cylinder 42 for driving the large bundle T is used. Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the cassette 31 is provided with a groove 33 in a side plate portion thereof, and a groove 34 is provided on an extension of the notch 32, as shown in FIG. As shown in (b), the large bundle holding plate 41 has
It has a shape that fits well with 33,34. Therefore, the large bundle holding plate 41 can be inserted into the cassette 31 without damaging the book s in the cassette 31. Then, as shown in FIG. 12 (a), the cassette 31 set on the cassette elevating table 43 is raised by the elevating cylinder 44, and the large bundle holding plate is placed in the cassette 31 as shown in FIG. 12 (b).
41 is inserted and the cassette 31 is
After the large bundle T is held, the cassette lift 43 is lowered as shown in FIG. 12C, and the large bundle T of the book s is taken out from the cassette 31.

FIG. 14 shows an example of a method for sequentially supplying a large bundle T of the printing books s taken out of the cassette 31 to the bookbinding machine by the above method. In the figure, the large bundle T taken out by the large bundle holding section 40 moves to the left by the holding section moving chain 45 and is supplied onto the booklet supply conveyor 46. The supplied large bundles T are sequentially packed to the left, transported while forming a sashimi state by the vacuum 19 and the transporting conveyors 20, 21, 22 one by one, and supplied to the feeder unit 24 of the bookbinding machine 23. This is the same as in the previous embodiment.

The third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In each of the above embodiments, the prints s are stored in the cassette in a small bundle state. In this embodiment, the prints s which are conveyed in a sashimi shape or separated from each other by a conveyor. Is stored directly in the cassette.

First, in this embodiment, a cassette 51 to which a partition plate 52 as shown in FIG. 15 is detachable is used. This cassette 51
The cassette 1 with a partition plate shown in FIG. 1 has a plurality of partition plates 52 which make the internal partition plate 2 detachable, and each of the partition plates 52 is a slide rail formed on the inner surface of the cassette 51.
It is now possible to remove it according to 53. A notch 54 is formed in each partition plate 52 and a lower side plate of the cassette 51.

FIG. 16 shows an operation of storing the printing book s discharged from the printing process in the cassette 51 described above. As shown in the figure, the sashimi sheets s or sashimi conveyed one by one on the belt conveyer 55 are transferred to the cassette 51 on the cassette moving table 57 which descends step by step by the cassette moving chain 56.
Integrated directly within. Then, at the time when the book s becomes a small bundle of a predetermined number, the cutting plate 58 descends and the flow of the book s on the belt conveyor 55 is stopped for a short time, and the accumulated book s During this short time, the partition plate 52 is fitted and inserted into the slide rail 53 adjacent to the upper surface of the bundle. Incidentally, the partition plate 52 is sequentially clamped by the detachable claws 60 driven by the detachable
It is designed to be inserted into a slide rail 53 of 51.
After the insertion of the partition plate 52 is completed, the cut-off plate 58 rises, and the printed book s is dropped into the cassette 51 again, and is stacked on the partition plate 52 just inserted. Then, at the same time when the number of prints s on the partition plate 52 reaches a predetermined number and forms a small bundle, the cassette 51 is lowered by the cassette moving table 57 and positioned so that the next partition plate 52 can be inserted, and the above operation is repeated. Done. In this case, as shown in FIG. 17, the print guide 61 extending from below is positioned in the notch 54 in accordance with the size of the print s, and the alignment of the print books directly accumulated in the cassette 51 is maintained. The above operation is performed while doing so. The book s
Has a back bag on one side, and if it is stacked as it is, the top surface of the bundle of printing books s is inclined and very unstable, so it is also possible to take measures such as always pressing the top surface, but in this embodiment, In this case, a small bundle state that can maintain a relatively stable state is formed.

The handling after the printing books s are stored in the cassette 51 in the cassette 51 in a small bundle state in this manner is the same as that of the first embodiment.

The fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In this embodiment, a cassette 71 shown in FIG. 18 is used. The cassette 71 is of a type having a partition plate 72, and a notch 73 is provided in each of the partition plates 72 and the lower side plate, and a notch 74 continuous with the notch 73 is provided in the bottom plate. The process of storing the print books s in a small bundle state in the cassette 71 is the same as that of the first embodiment,
The method of taking out the stored book s is different.

FIG. 19 and FIG. 20 show this extracting method.
As shown in the figure, the small bundle pushing arm 75 is moved leftward by the pushing cylinder 76, and is inserted into the notch 73 in the cassette 71 through the notch 74 at the bottom of the cassette 71, so that the inside of the cassette 71 is Conveyor 77 for transferring small bundles t
It pushes up. Then, the cassette 71 is sequentially raised by the height of the partition plate 72 by the cassette moving table 79 which is raised by the cassette moving chain 78, and the pushing operation of the small bundle t is repeated.

As described above, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the sheet material is a printing book has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the field of bookbinding for transporting a printing book, but may be a general sheet material (sheet paper, plastic sheet, carton It can be applied even when handling blanks, glass plates, etc.).

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, since a sheet-like material is automatically stored in a cassette and automatically taken out from the cassette, the sheet-like material is bundled with a band or hand-set by a small number of copies. Since it is not necessary to carry the sheet, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the carrying operation and to prevent the sheet-like material from being damaged during the carrying.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cassette used in the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a process of storing a print book in the cassette of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 and 5 are perspective views showing a state in which a book is taken out from the cassette shown in FIG. 3, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a process of supplying a booklet taken out of the cassette shown in the drawing to a bookbinding machine, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the cassette used in the second embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are schematic views showing the storing process, FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are perspective views showing, in an enlarged manner, a main part of a state in which a printing book is stored in the cassette shown in FIG. 7, and FIG. 12 (a) to 12 (c) are process diagrams showing a procedure for removing a print book from the cassette shown in FIG. 11, and FIG. 13 (a) is a perspective view showing the cassette shown in FIG. 13 (b) is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 13 (a), and FIG. 14 is a bookbinding machine that takes out a printing book taken out of the cassette shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a schematic view showing a supply step, FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a cassette used in the third embodiment, and FIG. 16 shows a step of storing a printing book in the cassette of FIG. Schematic, FIG. 17 is a 15
FIG. 18 is an enlarged perspective view showing a main part of a state in which a printing book is stored in the cassette shown in FIG. 18, FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the cassette used in the fourth embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing a state in which a printing book is removed from the cassette shown in FIG. 1 ... cassette, 2 ... partition plate, 3 ... notch, 4 ... belt conveyor, 5 ... lift table, 6 ... cut-off plate, 7 ...
Skewer blade, 8 ... Cylinder for pushing out, 9 ... Small bundle storage plate, 10 ... Chain for moving cassette, 11 ... Cassette moving table, 12 ... Small bundle introduction plate, 13 ... Small bundle holding section, 14 …… Small bundle holding plate, 15 …… Cylinder for press, 16 …… Cylinder for lifting and lowering, 17 …… Chain for moving holding section, 18 …… Conveyor for printing book, 19 …… Vacuum, 20,21,22 …… Conveyor for transfer, 23… Bookbinding machine, 24… Feeder section, 31… Cassette, 32… Notch, 33, 34… Groove, 35… Small bundle introduction plate, 36… Small bundle introduction claw, 37 …… Transfer cylinder, 38…
… Printer holding claw, 39… Cylinder for lifting, 40… Large bundle holding part, 41 …… Large bundle holding plate, 42 …… Cylinder for press,
43… Cassette carriage, 44… Cylinder for lifting, 45…
… Chain for moving the holding part, 46 …… Conveyor for supplying booklets, 51
…… Cassette, 52 …… Partition plate, 53 …… Slide rail,
54 ... notch, 55 ... belt conveyor, 56 ... cassette moving chain, 57 ... cassette moving table, 58 ... cutout plate, 59 ... detachable cylinder, 60 ... detachable claw, 61 ... printing This guide, 71 …… Cassette, 72 …… Partition plate, 73, 74 ……
Notch, 75: Small bundle pushing arm, 76: Cylinder for pushing, 77: Conveyor, 78: Chain for moving cassette, 79: Cassette moving table, s: Printed book, t ...
… Small bundle, T …… Large bundle

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masayoshi Watanabe 1-1-1, Ichigaya-Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Inside Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Akihiko Shibata 1-1-1, Ichigaga-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo No. 1 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masaaki Takahashi 1-1-1, Ichigaya Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-1-317920 (JP, A JP-A-3-205228 (JP, A) JP-A-63-147768 (JP, A) JP-A-59-158755 (JP, A) Fully open 1980-55,585 (JP, U) Fully open 96070 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B65H 31/30 B65H 1/30 320

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sheet-like material handling apparatus using a cassette having a box shape, a plurality of partition plates provided between opposing side plates, and a notch provided in each of the partition plates and each side plate. A means for storing a predetermined number of sheets in a state parallel to the side plate in the cassette; and a means for taking out a bundle of sheets stored in the cassette using the notch. Sheet handling equipment. 2. A sheet-handling apparatus using a cassette having a box-like shape and a groove provided on a side plate facing the box-like material, wherein a predetermined number of the sheet-like materials are grouped in parallel to the side plate in the cassette. An apparatus for handling a sheet-like material, comprising: means for storing the sheet-like material in a state; and means for taking out a bundle of sheet-like materials stored in a cassette using the groove. 3. A cassette having a box-like shape, comprising a plurality of partition plates between its opposing side plates, providing notches in the partition plates and one of the side plates, and providing a notch continuous with these notches in a bottom plate. Means for storing a predetermined number of sheets together in a state parallel to a side plate in the cassette, and sheets stored in the cassette using the cutouts. And a means for taking out a bundle of sheet-like objects.