JP2018199221A - Bookbinding device and bookbinding method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact bookbinding device and a bookbinding method. SOLUTION: In a state where a hand unit 14 that grips a text B and a text B are gripped by the hand unit 14, a cover E is pasted on the text B by a cover pasting unit 16, and then the text with the cover is attached. Ascend from below, a predetermined surface is brought into contact with the back side of the text with cover to grip it, and after the hand unit 14 opens the text with cover, the text with cover is rotated so that the back side faces upward. It is provided with a hand unit 24 to be carried to the cutting unit 26. [Selection diagram] FIG. 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a bookbinding apparatus and a bookbinding method for bookbinding.

  Conventionally, a bookbinding apparatus including a wireless binding machine that binds paper sheets (hereinafter referred to as a text) together with a cover, and a cutting machine that trims the end face of a booklet in which the text and the cover are joined by the wireless binding machine is known. It has been. There are wireless binding machines and cutting machines that perform processing sequentially while holding the text and booklet with a hand unit, and as an example of accurately transferring a booklet between such a wireless binding machine and a cutting machine, for example, A booklet transport device described in Patent Document 1 is known.

  The booklet transport device disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a gripping unit that grips a predetermined surface in contact with the back of the booklet, a support unit that supports the gripping unit from above, and a support unit that can move in a two-dimensional direction. A support unit that supports and conveys the support unit to the small edge cutter, and a swing fixing unit that is provided between the grip unit and the support unit and supports the grip unit so that it can swing and move up and down and also fixes the grip unit. With. With this configuration, the booklet transport apparatus is configured so that the booklet is arranged below the gripping portion and the support portion is supported by the transporting portion so that the back of the booklet and the predetermined surface come into contact with each other in a state where the gripping portion can swing by the swing fixing portion. Is moved in the direction of the booklet, the booklet is gripped by the gripping part in a state where the back of the booklet is in contact with the predetermined surface, and in this gripping state, the gripping part is fixed by the swing fixing part, The support part is conveyed to the small edge cutter.

JP, 2006-124221, A

  However, since the booklet transport apparatus as described above needs to be provided between the wireless binding machine and the cutting machine, the total length of the bookbinding apparatus having these increases. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to install the bookbinding apparatus in a narrow space.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a compact bookbinding apparatus and bookbinding method.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a cover is pasted on a body by a cover pasting mechanism in a state where the body is gripped by the first gripper and the first gripper. After being lifted from below the cover-attached text, a predetermined surface is brought into contact with the back side of the cover-attached text and gripped, and after the first gripping part opens the cover-attached text, the back side A second gripping unit that rotates the body text with the cover so as to face upward and conveys it to the cutting mechanism.

  Further, according to one embodiment of the present invention, after the first gripping unit of the bookbinding apparatus grips the text and the text is gripped by the first gripping unit, the cover is pasted on the text by the cover pasting mechanism. The second grip part located below the cover-attached text is lifted, a predetermined surface is brought into contact with the back side of the cover-attached text and gripped, and the first grip part releases the cover-attached text. Later, the cover-attached text is rotated so that the back side is directed upward and conveyed to the cutting mechanism.

  According to the present invention, a compact bookbinding apparatus and bookbinding method can be realized. The other effects of the present invention will be described in the section of the embodiment for carrying out the invention below.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a bookbinding system according to a first embodiment. It is a schematic side view which shows the hand unit of the wireless binding machine which the bookbinding system which concerns on 1st Embodiment has. It is a block top view showing typically composition of a wireless binding machine concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a schematic side view which shows the hand unit of the three-way cutting machine which the bookbinding system which concerns on 1st Embodiment has. It is a figure for demonstrating the cutting unit of the three-way cutting machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment, (a) is a schematic side view of a principal part, (b) is a schematic rear view of a principal part. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of the bookbinding system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the bookbinding method of the bookbinding system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic side view of the principal part for demonstrating the cover sticking process by the wireless binding machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment, (a) The cutting of the text back by a cutting cutter unit, (b) The text by a gully cutter unit Back gully insertion, (c) shows gluing to the back of the text by the gluing unit, (d) shows cover to the text, and (e) shows cover pressing to the text by the cover crimping unit. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement which cancels | releases the holding | grip of the text by the hand unit of the wireless binding machine in the delivery process which concerns on 1st Embodiment, (a) is a schematic side view of a main part, (b) is a main part. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the upward movement of the hand unit of the wireless binding machine in the delivery process which concerns on 1st Embodiment, (a) is a schematic side view of a principal part, (b) is a schematic front view of a principal part. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement of the holding | grip of the text by the hand unit of the wireless binding machine, and the removal of a press board in the delivery process which concerns on 1st Embodiment, (a) is a schematic side view of a principal part, (b). FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of a main part. It is a figure for demonstrating the upward movement of the hand unit of the three-way cutting machine in the delivery process which concerns on 1st Embodiment, (a) is a schematic side view of a principal part, (b) is a schematic front view of a principal part. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement of the holding | grip cancellation | release of the text by the hand unit of the wireless binding machine in the delivery process which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and the holding | grip of the booklet by the hand unit of a three-way cutting machine, (a) A schematic side view, (b) is a schematic front view of the main part. It is a figure for demonstrating the state by which the booklet was hold | gripped by the hand unit of the three-way cutting machine in the delivery process which concerns on 1st Embodiment, (a) is a schematic side view of a main part, (b) is a main part. It is a schematic front view. It is a figure for demonstrating rotation operation | movement of the booklet by the hand unit of the three-way cutting machine in the delivery process which concerns on 1st Embodiment, (a) is a schematic side view of a main part, (b) is a schematic front view of a main part. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the state which positioned the hand unit above the cutting unit of the three-way cutting machine in the cutting process which concerns on 1st Embodiment, (a) is a schematic side view of a main part, (b) is a main part. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the state which has positioned the hand unit in the front edge cutting unit which the cutting unit of the three-way cutting machine in the cutting process which concerns on 1st Embodiment has, (a) is a schematic side view of the principal part, ( b) is a schematic rear view of the main part. It is a schematic side view of the principal part for demonstrating cutting of the front edge side edge part of a booklet by the front edge cutting unit in the cutting process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the state which has positioned the hand unit in the top and bottom cutting unit which the cutting unit of the three-way cutting machine in the cutting process which concerns on 1st Embodiment has, (a) is a schematic side view of a principal part, (b ) Is a schematic rear view of the main part. It is a schematic side view of the principal part for demonstrating the top-and-bottom side both ends of the booklet by the top and bottom cutting unit in the cutting process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the cutting unit of the three-way cutting machine which the bookbinding system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment has, (a) is a schematic side view of a principal part, (b) is a schematic rear view of a principal part. It is a schematic back view of the principal part for demonstrating the front edge side edge part of the booklet by the edge edge cutting unit in the cutting process which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each embodiment, a case where the bookbinding apparatus according to the embodiment is incorporated in the bookbinding system 1 having the wireless binding machine 10, the three-way cutting machine 20, and the control unit 30 that controls these as shown in FIG. 1. Let's take an example.

<First Embodiment>
(Device configuration)
The bookbinding system 1 includes signatures or paper sheets collated by a collating machine (paper sheet bundle), paper sheets produced by a printing machine or copying machine, and other existing paper sheets (for example, New Year's card bundles, A text with a cover (hereinafter referred to as a booklet) is produced by performing a bookbinding process on the text such as an album sheet bundle. As shown in FIG. 1, the bookbinding system 1 receives a booklet from the wireless binding machine 10 that performs a cover pasting process for attaching a cover to the text, and receives the booklet from the wireless binding machine 10, and displays the top side, the ground, and the front edge of the front edge side It has a three-way cutting machine 20 that performs a cutting process for trimming, and a control unit 30 that controls these devices. The wireless binding machine 10 is upstream in the conveyance direction A of the text, and the three-way cutting machine 20 is downstream. Has been placed.

(Wireless binding machine 10)
The wireless binding machine 10 performs a cover pasting process according to a control signal from the control unit 30. As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless binding machine 10 is roughly divided into a positioning actuator 12 and a hand attached to the moving unit 12a of the positioning actuator 12. Unit 14. The positioning actuator 12, the hand unit 14, and the control unit 30 constitute a part of the bookbinding apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  The positioning actuator 12 is an arbitrary actuator that is movable in at least a three-dimensional direction including the vertical direction. For example, a linear induction motor type actuator can be used. The positioning actuator 12 includes an X-axis stage 12x that moves the object along the X direction, a Y-axis stage 12y that moves the object along the Y direction, and a Z-axis stage that moves the object along the Z direction. 12z. In the present embodiment, the X axis and the Y axis are two orthogonal axes of the horizontal plane, and the Z axis is an axis along the vertical direction.

  More specifically, the Y-axis stage 12y is slidably mounted along the X direction with respect to the X-axis stage 12x, and the Z-axis stage 12z is slidably mounted along the Y direction with respect to the Y-axis stage 12y. The moving unit 12a is attached to the Z-axis stage 12z so as to be slidable along the Z direction. In addition, you may make it comprise the moving part 12a so that rotation around the X-axis is possible.

  The hand unit 14 includes a pair of clamp plates 142 that clamp the front surface of the main body B on the front cover side and the back surface of the back cover side, and a clamp actuator 144 that can adjust the clamp plate 142.

  The pair of clamp plates 142 can be biased so as to approach each other by an elastic member. However, in this embodiment, the distance between the pair of clamp plates 142 is such as an electric motor, a hydraulic / pneumatic cylinder, or the like. The actuator 144 can be adjusted using electric power, hydraulic pressure or the like. Each of the pair of clamp plates 142 is provided with a support plate 142a for supporting the body B at the approximate center of the upper end portion.

  In the present embodiment, the pair of clamp plates 142 grips the body B on which the hand unit 14 is placed (fixed in some cases) in a predetermined place and transports it to a cover sheet pasting unit 16 (see FIG. 3) described later. To do. At this time, it is preferable that the hand unit 14 grips the lower part of the text B. This lower portion is preferably set to a limit position that does not interfere with processing by a cover sheet pasting unit 16 described later. Such a position is, for example, a position about 10 mm away from the back end surface of the text B. Note that when the body B is gripped, the position of the hand unit 14 may be fixed, and the body B may be installed in the hand unit 14 so as to grip the lower part of the body B.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the X-axis stage 12x includes a cutting cutter unit 16a, a gutter cutter unit 16b, a gluing unit 16c, a cover pressing unit 16d (hereinafter referred to as a cover attaching unit 16 when these units are not distinguished). Are arranged in a row in the order of the bookbinding process along the transport direction A (here, corresponding to the Y-axis direction). As the moving unit 12a goes through these units in order, a cover pasting process is performed on the text B, and a booklet is produced. The cover pressure bonding unit 16d constitutes a part of the bookbinding apparatus according to this embodiment.

(3-way cutting machine 20)
The three-way cutting machine 20 performs a cutting process according to a control signal from the control unit 30, and is roughly divided into a positioning actuator 22 and a hand unit attached to a moving unit 22 a of the positioning actuator 22 as shown in FIG. 4. 24 and a cutting unit 26 (see FIG. 5), which will be described later, not shown here. The positioning actuator 22, the hand unit 24, the cutting unit 26, and the control unit 30 constitute a part of the bookbinding apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  The positioning actuator 22 is an arbitrary actuator that is movable in three dimensions including at least the vertical direction. For example, a linear induction motor type actuator can be used. In the present embodiment, the X, Y, and Z axes are provided in order to provide a high degree of freedom in a total of four axes in the three axes of X, Y, and Z and around one axis of θ. Stages 22x, 22y, and 22z and a rotation shaft 22θ are provided. The X, Y, and Z axis stages 22x, 22y, and 22z have the same configuration as the X, Y, and Z axis stages 12x, 12y, and 12z of the wireless binding machine 10 described above, respectively. Omitted. The rotary shaft 22θ is incorporated in the rotary unit 22a so as to extend from the moving unit 22a to the hand unit 24 in the X-axis direction. The hand unit 24 is rotated around the rotary shaft 22θ by a driving device (not shown). Then, it can be freely rotated around the X axis.

  The hand unit 24 is attached to the clamp actuator 244 through which a pair of clamp plates 242 that clamp the back end of the booklet C, a clamp actuator 244 that drives the clamp plate 242, and a clamp plate 242 are slidably inserted. The contact plate 246 is provided.

  The pair of clamp plates 242 can be urged so as to approach each other by an elastic member. In the present embodiment, the distance between the pair of clamp plates 242 is a clamp such as an electric motor or a hydraulic / pneumatic cylinder. The actuator 244 can be adjusted using electric power or hydraulic pressure.

  The contact plate 246 is formed with a contact surface 246 a that contacts the back of the booklet C on the lower surface thereof, and the contact surface 246 a is a flat surface that can uniformly contact the entire back of the booklet C. Preferably it is formed. The contact plate 246 and the clamp actuator 244 may be formed integrally.

  Since the position of the contact surface 246a is maintained at a predetermined position with respect to the moving part 22a, even if the size of the booklet C is changed, it does not change. Therefore, in the present embodiment, in a state where the booklet C is gripped, the booklet C is cut with high accuracy by matching the contact surface 246a with a reference surface that becomes a reference when cutting by the cutting unit 26 described later. Is possible. Specifically, since the position (reference position) of the contact surface 246a is invariable from the position of the moving portion 22a and can be grasped in advance, if the moving portion 22a is moved to any position, the contact surface 246a and the reference surface Can also be grasped in advance. Therefore, if the moving part 22a is moved to the position, the contact surface 246a can be arranged on the reference surface with high accuracy regardless of the size or type of the booklet C. The reference plane may be set in advance based on the contents of bookbinding information, which will be described in detail later, and the positions of the front edge of the cutting unit 26, the top, and the cutting blade for ground.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the cutting unit 26 includes a front edge cutting unit 26a for cutting the front edge of the booklet C, and a top of the booklet C arranged in parallel above the front edge cutting unit 26a. And a top-and-bottom cutting unit 26b that cuts both ends of the ground side as unit units. Below the cutting unit 26, a chip receiver (not shown) for receiving chips cut and dropped is arranged. 5B is a view seen from the back side of the cutting unit 26, in other words, from the contact surfaces 261 and 265 described later.

  The front edge cutting unit 26a includes a vertical contact surface 261 on which the back surface (or front surface) of the booklet C can come into contact, and a horizontal direction (front edge cutting unit 26a) of the cutting unit 26 provided below the contact surface 261. A blade receiving portion 262 that is a hole extending in the longitudinal direction), a fork cutting blade 263 extending in the left-right direction that can be reciprocated in the horizontal direction so as to be in contact with and away from the blade receiving portion 262, and a contact surface 261 A press plate 264 that can be reciprocated in the horizontal direction so as to come in contact with and away from the blade, and a drive unit (not shown) for reciprocating the small edge cutting blade 263 and the press plate 264 in the horizontal direction.

  The contact surface 261 and the press plate 264 of the front fore edge cutting unit 26a are notched in the upper center portion so that the hand unit 24 does not come into contact with the booklet C when the booklet C is positioned in the unit. ing.

  The top and bottom cutting unit 26b is spaced apart from each other so as to be arranged in parallel in the left-right direction, and two vertical contact surfaces 265 on which the back surface of the booklet C can come into contact, and one end portion in the left-right direction of each contact surface 265 Two blade receiving portions 266 that are holes provided in the vertical direction, and are vertically reciprocable in the horizontal direction so that each of the blade receiving portions 266 is individually in contact with and separated from each of the blade receiving portions 266. The two vertical cutting blades 267 that extend, the press plate 268 that can reciprocate in the horizontal direction so as to be in contact with and away from the contact surface 265, and the vertical cutting blade 267 and the press plate 268 are reciprocated in the horizontal direction, respectively. And a drive unit (not shown) that can detect the top or ground side end surface of the booklet C. As described above, since the contact surface 246a can be arranged on the reference surface, the front edge cutting unit 26a does not need this detection means.

  The two top and bottom cutting blades 267 may be configured separately and operate separately, and are connected to each other by a connecting body to operate integrally (at the same time, the top and bottom ends of the booklet C are cut simultaneously). You may do it. The distance between the two contact surfaces 265 indicated by the symbol D in FIG. 5B is preferably a length that allows the hand unit 24 to pass. In this embodiment, the clamp actuator 244 can pass. It is a length.

  Although the positions of the contact surfaces 261 and 265, the blade receiving portions 262 and 266, the cutting blades 263 and 267, and the press plates 264 and 268 described above can be adjusted, the position of the booklet C can be changed by the hand unit 24. Therefore, basically, adjustment can be made unnecessary, so that the booklet C is arranged at a fixed position regardless of the size. Therefore, these dimensions or shapes are dimensions and shapes that can correspond to all sizes of the booklet C that may be processed. When the two top and bottom cutting blades 267 simultaneously cut the top and bottom ends of the booklet C, the position (blade interval) of the top and bottom cutting blades 267 can be changed to correspond to the size of the booklet C. Is preferred. In this case, in order to cope with a change in the position of the top and bottom cutting blade 267, the length of the blade receiving portion 266 in the left-right direction may be formed to be several times the thickness of the top and bottom cutting blade 267.

  A reference surface corresponding to the size of the booklet C is set in each of the front edge cutting unit 26a and the top and bottom cutting unit 26b. The cutting unit 26 uses the above-described components included in the cutting unit 26 so that the moving unit 22a is predetermined. In other words, each end surface of the booklet C is cut with the contact surface 246a of the hand unit 24 positioned on the reference surface.

(Control unit 30)
The control unit 30 is electrically connected to the wireless binding machine 10 and the three-way cutting machine 20, and sends various control signals to each to control them. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, a positioning signal is sent to the positioning actuators 12 and 22 to control the positioning actuators 12 and 22, and the moving units 12a and 22a are moved along a predetermined moving path. Let By this movement, the text B or the booklet C is conveyed to the cover pasting unit 16 or the cutting unit 26, respectively. Further, the hand units 14 and 24 are fixed at predetermined positions on the cover cover unit 16 and the cutting unit 26 or at predetermined positions, or predetermined movements (position, speed, direction, etc.) 14 and 24 are controlled. At these positions, the control unit 30 sends a grip signal to control the hand units 14 and 24 so that the body B is gripped and released by the pair of clamp plates 142 and 242.

  Further, the control unit 30 controls the start and end of the operation of the operation elements such as the cutter and the roller by driving the drive elements such as the motor of the cover sticking unit 16 by the drive signal according to the current position of the moving unit 12a. .

  Similarly, the control unit 30 drives the driving elements such as the driving unit of the cutting unit 26 and the above-described detection means according to the current position of the moving unit 22a to drive the cutting blades 263 and 267 and the press plate 264. , 268, etc., to control the start and end of operation. The various operation elements of the cover sheet pasting unit 16 and the cutting unit 26 do not need to operate in synchronization, and can start and end independently according to a control signal from the control unit 30.

  In the present embodiment, bookbinding information is input to the control unit 30 in response to an external input from a user via an input unit such as a touch panel. As the bookbinding information to be input, the size (height, width, thickness, etc.) of the text B or booklet C to be bound, the paper quality, other bookbinding conditions, the top of the booklet C, the ground, and the front edge of the front edge are cut. Position and the like. The control unit 30 controls the position control of the positioning actuators 12 and 22 and the operation of each operating element in the cover sheet pasting unit 16 and the cutting unit 26 according to the bookbinding information.

  In addition, the cutting position included in the bookbinding information indicates a position from the reference plane. In this embodiment, the position of the top and bottom side end faces is detected by the detection means in the top and bottom side cutting. Therefore, the end surface becomes a reference surface.

  In addition, since the hand unit 14 grips the lower part of the text B, the control unit 30 determines the end face located below the text B when the text B is gripped by the hand unit 14 from the size of the text B included in the bookbinding information. Can be calculated as the back position. Therefore, the hand unit 14 can be accurately positioned with respect to the cover sheet pasting unit 16. That is, the control unit 30 can accurately grasp (calculate) the positions of the hand units 14 and 24 and the text B and booklet C based on the bookbinding information. As another form, a detecting means for detecting the front edge, the top, and the ground side end face of the text B may be provided, and the control unit 30 may calculate the back of the text B based on the detection result.

  The control unit 30 may be realized by an information processing apparatus such as a PC (Personal Computer) including hardware such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory. For example, the hardware may be incorporated in the bookbinding system 1 and various controls may be performed by inputting various information using a touch panel display or the like or receiving data from an external device.

(Device operation)
The bookbinding system 1 according to the present embodiment has the configuration described above and performs bookbinding processing. The bookbinding process will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the bookbinding process according to the present embodiment is performed between the cover pasting process (S101) by the wireless binding machine 10 and the cutting process (S103) by the three-sided cutting machine 20 performed after the process. A delivery process (S102) for delivering the booklet C directly from the hand unit 14 of the wireless binding machine 10 to the hand unit 24 of the three-way cutting machine 20 is incorporated.

  A cover pasting process by the wireless binding machine 10 will be described. First, the hand unit 14 grips the text B waiting at a predetermined position, and moves to a predetermined position on the cutting cutter unit 16a by the positioning actuator 12. The gripping of the text B is realized by calculating a lower part of the text B waiting at a predetermined position and controlling the hand unit 14 based on bookbinding information including the size of the text B input in advance. it can. When the hand unit 14 reaches a predetermined position on the cutting cutter unit 16a, as shown in FIG. 8A, the milling cutter 161 provided in the cutting cutter unit 16a rotates and moves back and forth around its axis. , The back of text B is cut.

  After the cutting, when the hand unit 14 reaches a predetermined position on the gutter cutter unit 16b, as shown in FIG. 8B, the gutter cutter 162 provided in the gutter cutter unit 16b rotates and moves back and forth around its axis. By doing so, a gutter groove is formed on the back of the text B.

  When the hand unit 14 reaches a predetermined position on the gluing unit 16c after forming the gutter groove, a predetermined amount of adhesive 164 is applied to the surface of the gluing unit 16c, as shown in FIG. 8C. The adhesive 164 is applied to the back of the text B as the roller 163 rotates and moves back and forth up and down.

  After the application, when the hand unit 14 reaches a predetermined position on the cover cover pressing unit 16d, the hand unit 14 is lowered as shown in FIG. 8D, and the back of the body B is placed on the cover E set in advance. Pressed.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 8E, both ends near the spine of the body B are pressed together with the cover E by a pair of press plates 165 provided in the cover crimping unit 16d and movable in a direction approaching each other. Thereby, the booklet C in which the cover E is fixed to the body B is obtained, and the cover pasting process is completed.

  Next, delivery processing by the wireless binding machine 10 and the three-way cutting machine 20 will be described. After the body B and the cover E are pressed by the pair of press plates 165, the hand unit 14 slightly separates the clamp plates 142 located on the surface side of the body B as shown in FIG. The holding of the body B is released, that is, the body B is released. In this state, the text B, that is, the booklet C to which the cover E is fixed is supported by the press plate 165. The body B may be opened by separating both of the pair of clamp plates 142 from each other. However, from the viewpoint of suppressing the bending of the booklet C, the pair of clamp plates 142 is relative to the booklet C. The clamping may be loosened so that the pair of clamp plates 142 is in contact with the booklet C so as to be movable, and this may be released from gripping.

  After releasing the gripping, the hand unit 14 moves upward as shown in FIG. 10 and is positioned at a predetermined position, and grips the booklet C again as shown in FIG. In response to the gripping, the pair of press plates 165 retreat in a direction away from each other. Here, the predetermined position is a front edge side end portion of the booklet C, and is a position that does not hinder the booklet C when it is gripped by the hand unit 24 of the three-way cutting machine 20 described later.

  After gripping, after the hand unit 14 moves above the hand unit 24 of the three-way cutting machine 20, the hand unit 24 is lifted as shown in FIG. 12, and the contact surface 246a and the booklet C are moved as shown in FIG. The booklet C is grasped by bringing the pair of clamp plates 242 closer to each other while contacting the back. At this time, it is preferable to position the hand unit 14 so that the hand unit 24 grips the center of the booklet C, but there is no problem even if a slight error occurs. This is because the top and bottom cutting unit 26b of the three-way cutting machine 20 has a detecting means.

  In response to the gripping of the hand unit 24, the gripping of the body B by the pair of clamp plates 142 of the hand unit 14 is released, and the hand unit 14 moves away, so that only the hand unit 24 as shown in FIG. C is gripped. Thereafter, the hand unit 24 is rotated so that the back of the booklet C faces upward, whereby the booklet C is rotated, and the back of the booklet C is positioned upward and the front edge is positioned downward as shown in FIG. And In this state, the hand unit 24 moves above the top and bottom cutting unit 26b as shown in FIG.

  After the movement, as shown in FIG. 17, the hand unit 24 descends, passes through the top and bottom cutting unit 26b, and is positioned at a predetermined position of the front edge cutting unit 26a. At this time, the contact surface 246a is flush with the reference surface of the front edge cutting unit 26a. In this state, the back surface C1 of the booklet C is brought into contact with the contact surface 261 of the front edge cutting unit 26a. Preferably, in a state where the vertical position of the hand unit 24 is adjusted, the hand unit 24 is moved in the horizontal direction to bring the back surface C1 into contact with the contact surface 261, whereby the back surface C1 slides with respect to the contact surface 261. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of scratches and the like.

  After the contact, as shown in FIG. 18, the press plate 264 is moved in the horizontal direction to press the booklet C toward the contact surface 261, and in this state, the fore edge cutting blade 263 is moved in the horizontal direction to perform cutting. I do. Since the cut chips can fall in the vertical direction and be received by the chip receiver, the chips can be easily treated. Thus, the correct position can be cut based on the reference plane.

  After cutting the front edge side end portion, as shown in FIG. 19, the hand unit 24 is raised and positioned at a predetermined position of the top and bottom cutting unit 26b. At this time, the contact surface 246a is flush with the reference surface of the top and bottom cutting unit 26b. In this state, the back surface C1 of the booklet C is brought into contact with the contact surface 265 of the top and bottom cutting unit 26b. Preferably, as in the case of the front edge cutting unit 26a, the back surface C1 may be brought into contact with the contact surface 265 by moving in the horizontal direction with the vertical position of the hand unit 24 adjusted.

  After contact, as shown in FIG. 20, the press plate 268 is moved in the horizontal direction to press the booklet C against the contact surface 265, and in this state, the top and bottom cutting blade 267 is moved in the horizontal direction for cutting. I do. Similarly to the case of the front edge cutting unit 26a, the cut chips can be dropped in the vertical direction and received by the chip receiver. Thus, the correct position can be cut based on the reference plane.

  According to the bookbinding system 1 according to the first embodiment described above, the hand unit 14 of the wireless binding machine 10 is directly connected without incorporating a dedicated device for handing over the booklet from the wireless binding machine to the three-way cutting machine. The booklet C can be delivered with high accuracy to the hand unit 24 of the three-way cutting machine 20. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a delivery device in the bookbinding system 1, and the bookbinding system can be realized in a very compact and low cost.

  Further, according to the bookbinding system 1 according to the first embodiment, the three-side cutting machine 20 includes the cutting unit 26 in which the front edge cutting unit 26a and the top and bottom cutting unit 26b are arranged vertically. Compared with a conventional three-way cutting machine in which a unit for cutting the edge and a unit for cutting the top and bottom are provided horizontally, a compact bookbinding system in the transport direction A can be realized. In addition, since the front edge cutting unit 26a and the top and bottom cutting unit 26b are arranged vertically, the chips can be received by one chip receiver, and the cost can be reduced.

  In the present embodiment, the top and bottom cutting unit 26b is disposed above the front edge cutting unit 26a. However, this may be reversed, and the cutting order may be either first.

<Second Embodiment>
In the first embodiment described above, it has been described that the cutting unit 26 of the three-way cutting machine 20 includes the two unit units, the front edge cutting unit 26a and the top and bottom cutting unit 26b, to cut the booklet C. . However, the booklet C may be cut by one unit by rotating the hand unit 24 by 90 ° around the rotation axis 22θ.

  In the present embodiment, the three-way cutting machine 20 includes a cutting unit 26 ′ shown in FIG. 21 instead of the cutting unit 26. Compared with the cutting unit 26, the cutting unit 26 ′ does not have the front edge cutting unit 26a, and corresponds to each component included in the top and bottom cutting unit 26b, the contact surface 265 ′, the blade receiving portion 266 ′, A cutting edge cutting unit 26c having a cutting blade 267 ′ and a press plate 268 ′ is provided. These components are formed longer in the vertical direction than the components included in the top and bottom cutting unit 26b in order to cut the front fore edge side end of the booklet C. Further, the press plate 268 is divided into two on the left and right sides so that they can be reciprocated separately so as not to contact the hand unit 24 at the time of cutting the front edge side end.

  By providing such a small edge top and bottom cutting unit 26c, when cutting the front edge side end, the hand unit 24 is rotated by 90 ° as shown in FIG. 22, and the cutting blade 267 ′ and the press located on the front edge side are pressed. If only the plate 268 ′ is operated, the front edge of the booklet C can be cut. Next, in order to cut the top and bottom ends, the cutting may be performed as described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20.

  According to the bookbinding system according to the second embodiment described above, by providing the cutting unit 26 'instead of the cutting unit 26, it is necessary to divide the unit by cutting the front edge and the top like the cutting unit 26. Therefore, further cost reduction can be realized.

  In order to cut both the top and bottom ends of the booklet C at the same time, the small edge top and bottom cutting unit 26c includes a contact surface 265 ′, a blade receiving portion 266 ′, a cutting blade 267 ′, and a press plate 268 ′ in the left-right direction. Although each group is provided separately, it is also possible that only one of them is provided and each end face of the booklet C is trimmed by moving the hand unit 24.

  In addition, the cutting unit 26 ′ does not have the top and bottom cutting unit 26b, but includes a unit having a contact surface, a blade receiving portion, a cutting blade, and a press plate corresponding to each component included in the front edge cutting unit 26a. You may make it prepare. In this case, when cutting the top and bottom ends of the booklet C, the hand unit 24 is rotated by 90 °.

  The present invention can be implemented in various other forms without departing from the gist or main features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are merely examples in all respects and should not be interpreted in a limited manner. The scope of the present invention is shown by the scope of claims, and is not restricted by the text of the specification. Moreover, all modifications, various improvements, substitutions and modifications belonging to the equivalent scope of the claims are all within the scope of the present invention.

1 Bookbinding system (bookbinding device)
10 wireless binding machine 14 hand unit (first gripping part)
16 Cover sticking unit (cover sticking mechanism)
165 Press plate (pressing part)
20 Three-way cutting machine 24 Hand unit (second grip)
26 Cutting unit (Cutting mechanism)
26a Front edge cutting unit 26b Top and bottom cutting unit 26c Front edge cutting unit 267 'Cutting blade B Text (paper)
C Booklet (text with cover)
E Cover

Claims (6)

A first gripping part for gripping the text;
In a state where the text is gripped by the first gripping unit, a cover is pasted on the text by a cover pasting mechanism, and then rises from below the text with the cover so that a predetermined surface is placed on the back side of the text with the cover. A second gripping part that rotates and moves the cover-attached text so that the back side faces upward after the first gripping part releases the cover-covered text; A bookbinding apparatus characterized by that. In a state where the text is gripped by the first gripping portion, after the cover is pasted on the text by the cover pasting mechanism, the text and the cover are pressed from the back cover side and the back cover side on the back side Further comprising
The first gripping portion grips the back end portion of the text, and in a state where the pressing of the back side of the text by the pressing portion is maintained, the text is opened and from the lower side of the text to the fore edge side A bookbinding device that moves and grips the text again. A wireless binding machine having the cover pasting mechanism, and a three-way cutting machine having the cutting mechanism,
The first gripping part is a hand unit of the wireless binding machine;
The bookbinding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second gripping unit is a hand unit of the three-way cutting machine. A front edge cutting section for cutting the front edge side of the cover-attached text with the back side facing upward;
A top and bottom cutting section that cuts the top and bottom edges of the cover-attached text that is positioned above the front edge cutting section and has a back side facing upward is provided as the cutting mechanism. The bookbinding apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-3. It has a cutting blade that extends substantially vertically or substantially horizontally, and includes a cutting portion that cuts the front edge, top, and ground side edge of the cover-attached text as the cutting mechanism,
The said 2nd holding | grip part rotates a text with a cover 90 degrees at the time of the cutting at the front edge side edge part and the top and the earth side edge part. The bookbinding apparatus according to item. The first gripping unit of the bookbinding apparatus grips the text,
In a state where the text is gripped by the first gripping portion, after the cover is pasted to the text by the cover pasting mechanism, the second gripping portion located below the text with the cover is raised, A predetermined surface is brought into contact with the back side and gripped, and after the first gripping part releases the text with cover, the text with cover is rotated so that the back side is directed upward and conveyed to the cutting mechanism. A bookbinding method characterized by that.

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