Additional material attaching device and binding system with the device

Abstract

An attachment device and a binding system incorporating the device include: a roll receiving unit 3 for receiving a roll 2 of continuous sheet-like attachments Q; an unwinding unit 5 for rolling the attachments from the roll receiving unit to a cutting station 4; a cutting unit 8 disposed at the cutting station for cutting the attachments according to the size of the booklet B to form a strip-shaped attachment; a gripper device 12 for supporting and holding the strip-shaped attachments below it and moving between a retracted position inside a housing 52 and an advanced position outside the housing 52, and moving between the advanced position and an elevated position above the advanced position; and a delivery unit 23 for delivering the strip-shaped attachments from the cutting station to the gripper device located in the retracted position.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an attachment device for attaching paste-coated spines of book pages that are independently set up and supplied from outside the binding machine, and which attaches the attachment to the attachment position of the book pages that are standing upright inside the binding machine, and to a binding system having the device. Background Technology

[0002] A type of wireless perfect binding machine with a cold-weave fabric supply device is known in the prior art (for example, see Patent Document 1). This wireless perfect binding machine includes a clamping device that holds the book signatures in an upright position and is movable along a specified path; a series of processing units (milling unit, glue application unit, and cover application unit) arranged along the path and performing wireless perfect binding processing; and a book signature supply unit that supplies the book signatures to the clamping device at a book signature supply position closer to the upstream side than the series of processing units along the path.

[0003] The upper cover unit has a top pressure plate and a pair of clamping plates disposed above the top pressure plate. The cover supply unit has a cover holder for placing covers and a cover delivery mechanism on the top pressure plate and the pair of clamping plates for delivering covers from the cover holder to the upper cover unit.

[0004] When the binding process begins, the cover is delivered from the cover holder to the top pressure plate and a pair of clamping plates of the upper cover unit via a cover delivery mechanism. Then, the book signature held by the clamping device reaches a predetermined position above the top pressure plate and the pair of clamping plates. When stopped, the top pressure plate and the pair of clamping plates rise to the clamping position, and the cover is pressed against the spine of the book signature by the top pressure plate. Then, the pair of clamping plates clamp the sides of the spine of the book signature, thereby pressing the cover against the sides of the spine of the book signature, and pasting the cover onto the book signature to complete the binding.

[0005] Thus, paperback binding can be achieved using this binding machine. On the other hand, when using this binding machine to bind fine books (forming fine book sheets), a cover supply unit will no longer be used, but a cold gauze cloth supply device will be used instead.

[0006] The cold gauze mounting supply device includes a cold gauze forming unit that forms a strip of cold gauze mounting according to the shape of the book block; and a delivery unit that delivers the strip of cold gauze mounting from the cold gauze forming unit to the top cover unit of the binding machine, while passing over these clamping plates.

[0007] The cold yarn mounting unit includes a continuous sheet of cold yarn mounting roll; a drive unit that rotates the roll and feeds the continuous sheet of cold yarn mounting fabric to a platform; and first and second cutters that cut the continuous sheet of cold yarn mounting fabric delivered by the drive unit in the length and width directions.

[0008] The first cutter can move along the width of the continuous sheet of cold gauze backing cloth and cut the cold gauze backing cloth along the length according to the thickness of the book copy. In addition, the second cutter cuts the cold gauze backing cloth cut by the first cutter and positioned on the mounting table along the width according to the length of the book copy in the vertical direction.

[0009] The delivery unit has an adsorption clamp for adsorbing the strip of cold-weave fabric on the mounting platform and a track extending from the mounting platform to the upper cover unit. The track extends from above the mounting platform above the top pressure plate and a pair of clamping plates of the upper cover unit and clamps the book copy on the clamping device. The adsorption clamp is movably mounted relative to the track along the track.

[0010] When creating a fine book copy on this binding machine, a strip of cold yarn fabric corresponding to the size of the book copy is first formed on the cold yarn fabric forming unit of the cold yarn fabric supply device. Then, the strip of cold yarn fabric is provided to a pair of clamping plates of the top cover unit of the perfect binding machine via the delivery unit of the cold yarn fabric supply device, while passing over these clamping plates.

[0011] Then, at the book signature supply position of the wireless perfect binding machine, the book signature is provided to the clamping device. The clamping device holding the book signature passes through the milling unit and the glue application unit, and stops at a predetermined position above the top pressure plate and a pair of clamping plates of the top cover unit.

[0012] Then, the top pressure plate and a pair of clamping plates rise, and the strip of cold-weather gauze is pressed onto the spine of the book by the top pressure plate. Then, the pair of clamping plates clamp the two sides of the spine of the book, thereby pressing the strip of cold-weather gauze onto the two sides of the spine of the book and pasting the strip of cold-weather gauze onto the spine of the book.

[0013] In this way, a wireless perfect binding machine equipped with the cold gauze mounting cloth supply device can form a strip of cold gauze mounting cloth corresponding to the size of the book block. Since it can be pasted onto the spine of the book block, it can quickly handle the situation of binding multiple book blocks of different sizes into a fine edition.

[0014] Existing technical documents

[0015] Patent documents

[0016] Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2014-198394 Summary of the Invention

[0017] The problem that the invention aims to solve

[0018] However, according to this structure, users of wireless perfect binding machines without a cold-weave fabric supply device would have to purchase a new wireless perfect binding machine in order to bind fine books and calligraphic works, resulting in a huge cost burden.

[0019] Furthermore, the cold-weave fabric supply device has a large structure, which makes the wireless perfect binding machine larger and requires more installation space.

[0020] Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide an attachment device and a binding system incorporating the device. This attachment device can be easily attached to a binding machine for paperback binding to provide and attach attachments such as cold-weave backing fabric. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to achieve a compact design for both the attachment device and the binding system incorporating the attachment device for providing and attaching cold-weave backing fabric.

[0021] Methods for solving problems

[0022] To address the aforementioned issues, according to one aspect of the present invention, an attachment device is provided, which is connected to a binding machine and supplies and attaches attachment materials from outside the binding machine to the glued spine of a standing book piece at an attachment position within the binding machine. The device includes a holding unit that supports the lower part of the attachment material and holds the attachment material; a first holding unit drive mechanism that moves the holding unit between a retracted position inside the housing and a forward position outside the housing; and a second holding unit drive mechanism that moves the holding unit between the forward position and an upward position above the forward position. The forward position is directly below the spine of the book piece at the attachment position within the binding machine, and the upward position is a position where the attachment material presses against the spine of the book piece.

[0023] According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, an appender applicator is provided, comprising: a roll receiving unit rotatable about an axis for receiving a roll of continuous sheet-like appender; an unwinding unit for rolling the continuous sheet-like appender from the roll receiving unit to a cutting station; a cutting unit disposed at the cutting station for cutting the continuous sheet-like appender rolled out by the unwinding unit according to the size of the booklet, and forming a strip-like appender; and a delivery unit for delivering the strip-like appender from the cutting station to the holding unit located in the retracted position.

[0024] According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the additional material application device includes a control unit that controls the first holding unit drive mechanism and the second holding unit drive mechanism, and inputs the forward position and the upward position to the control unit.

[0025] According to a preferred aspect of the invention, the holding unit, the first and second holding unit drive mechanisms, and the cutting unit are arranged in two layers, with the cutting unit positioned above.

[0026] According to another preferred aspect of the invention, the delivery unit has an adsorption head capable of adsorbing the strip-shaped additional material; and an adsorption head drive mechanism for moving the adsorption head between the cutting station and the retracted position of the holding unit.

[0027] According to another preferred aspect of the invention, the first holding unit drive mechanism has at least one sliding guide rail; a slider mounted on the sliding guide rail; an arm extending parallel to the sliding guide rail and mounted on the slider, oscillating at its rear end about a horizontal axis traversing the sliding direction of the slider, and having the holding unit mounted at its front end; and a slider drive mechanism for moving the slider between a retracted position where the holding unit is positioned in the retracted position and a protruding position where the holding unit is positioned in the forward position. The second holding unit drive mechanism comprises an arm drive mechanism that oscillates the arm between a horizontal position and an inclined position tilted downwards from the horizontal position, wherein when the slider is in the protruding position and the arm occupies the horizontal position, the holding unit occupies the raised position.

[0028] According to another preferred aspect of the invention, the adsorption head driving mechanism of the delivery unit has a first adsorption head driving mechanism for moving the adsorption head in the horizontal direction along the sliding guide rail of the first holding unit driving mechanism; a second adsorption head driving mechanism for moving the adsorption head in the vertical direction; and a third adsorption head driving mechanism for moving the adsorption head in the horizontal direction at a right angle relative to the sliding guide rail.

[0029] According to another preferred aspect of the invention, the holding unit includes a gripper device.

[0030] According to one aspect of the present invention, a binding system includes an additional material applicator as described in any of the preceding claims and a binding machine connected to the additional material applicator.

[0031] The effects of the invention

[0032] The holding unit is positioned so that it is directly below the spine of the book piece at the attachment position within the binding machine. It is connected to the binding machine in a configuration where the holding unit, in its raised position, presses the attachment against the spine of the book piece. Furthermore, the holding unit holds the delivered strip of attachment in its retracted position, moves from the retracted position to the forward position, rises from the forward position to the raised position, releases its holding in the raised position, and then descends from the raised position back to the forward position, attaching the strip of attachment to the spine of the book piece.

[0033] Thus, a holding unit, which supports and holds the strip-shaped attachment below and moves between a retracted position inside the housing and an advanced position outside the housing, and moves in the vertical direction between the advanced position and an ascending position above the advanced position, then delivers the strip-shaped attachment, formed according to the size of the bookplate, from outside the binding machine to the bookplate at the attachment pasting position inside the machine via the holding unit, and pastes it to the spine of the bookplate.

[0034] Therefore, the attachment device for providing and pasting attachments can be configured independently of the binding machine. By simply providing an opening on the binding machine for external access to the attachment position of the attachments inside the machine, the attachment device of the present invention can be easily connected to the binding machine and provide and paste strip-shaped attachments formed according to the size of the book piece to the spine of the book piece at the attachment position inside the machine.

[0035] Moreover, users do not need to purchase a new binding machine with the function of forming exquisite book templates. They can produce exquisite book templates by simply adding the additional material pasting device of the present invention to an existing paperback binding machine.

[0036] In addition, by configuring the cutting unit, holding unit and the first and second holding unit drive mechanisms (attachment mechanisms that deliver the additional materials to the spine of the bookplate in the binding machine) into two layers, the space is effectively utilized, thereby achieving a compact additional material attaching device. Attached Figure Description

[0037] Figure 1 A schematic side view of the internal structure of a binding system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is an attachment device for attaching supplementary materials, is shown.

[0038] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 A top view of the gripper device of the additional material application device, and the first and second gripper device drive mechanisms.

[0039] Figure 3A It shows Figure 2 The gripper device, and the first and second gripper device drive mechanisms, are such that the gripper device is in the retracted position along... Figure 2 A cross-sectional view of the YY line.

[0040] Figure 3B It is relative to Figure 3A A cross-sectional view of the gripper in the forward position.

[0041] Figure 4A It shows Figure 2 The gripper device, and the first and second gripper device drive mechanisms, are such that the gripper device 12 is in the rising position along... Figure 2A cross-sectional view of the YY line.

[0042] Figure 4B It is relative to Figure 4A A cross-sectional view of the gripper device in the rising position with the clamping part released.

[0043] Figure 5 yes Figure 1 Front view of the delivery unit of the additional material application device. Detailed Implementation

[0044] The structure of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings and according to preferred embodiments. Figure 1 This is a schematic side view of the internal structure of an attachment device for providing and attaching attachments to the spine of a booklet, according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0045] Figure 1 A binding system with a binding machine M and an auxiliary material attaching device 1 is shown, wherein the auxiliary material attaching device 1 is connected to the binding machine M. Furthermore, for clarity, Figure 1 Only the adsorption head of the delivery unit is shown in the figure, representing the delivery unit (its structure will be described in detail later).

[0046] The auxiliary material application device 1 includes a roll receiving unit 3 within its housing 52, which can rotatably accommodate a roll 2 of continuous sheet-shaped auxiliary material Q; and an unwinding unit 5, which rolls the continuous sheet-shaped auxiliary material Q from the roll receiving unit 3 to the cutting station 4. The control unit 50 controls the operation of the unwinding unit 5.

[0047] Here, the so-called "additional materials" refer to the sheet-like materials that are pasted onto the spine of the book during the finishing process, such as gauze and paper.

[0048] The unwinding unit 5 consists of a pair of unwinding rollers 5a and 5b, each rotatable about a horizontal axis. Furthermore, guide rollers 6a and 6b and 6c, each rotatable about a horizontal axis, are arranged between the pair of unwinding rollers 5a and 5b and the roll receiving unit 3. A driving force can also be applied to the pair of guide rollers 6b and 6c to apply a reverse torque in the opposite direction to the feed direction of the pair of unwinding rollers 5a and 5b. This allows tension to be applied to the auxiliary material Q. When the auxiliary material Q is unwound, the pair of guide rollers 6b and 6c, while applying the reverse torque, convey it along the delivery direction using friction with the auxiliary material Q. However, when the unwinding of the auxiliary material Q is stopped, the reverse torque of the pair of guide rollers 6b and 6c is also stopped.

[0049] Furthermore, the continuous sheet-like auxiliary material Q, unwound from roll 2, is guided between a portion of the circumferential surface of guide roller 6a and a pair of guide rollers 6b and 6c, and then between a pair of unwinding rollers 5a and 5b. Then, according to the instructions of control unit 50, each time the pair of unwinding rollers 5a and 5b are rotated, the continuous sheet-like auxiliary material Q of a specified length is wound out from roll 2 to cutting station 4. Cutting station 4 is located inside housing 52.

[0050] In addition, a curl corrector 7 is provided between a pair of guide rollers 6b, 6c and a pair of unwinding rollers 5a, 5b to correct the curling of the continuous sheet-like auxiliary material Q.

[0051] The additional material application device 1 also includes a cutting unit 8 disposed on the cutting station 4, which cuts the continuous sheet-shaped additional material Q rolled out by the unwinding unit 5 according to the size of the booklet B, and forms a strip-shaped additional material S.

[0052] The cutting unit 8 includes a first cutter 9, a delivery mechanism 10, and a second cutter 11. The first cutter 9 is located at the entrance of the cutting station 4 and cuts a continuous sheet-like auxiliary material Q, whose length corresponds to the thickness of the booklet B, which is wound out by the unwinding unit 5, along the transverse winding direction (in the direction indicated by arrow X). The delivery mechanism 10 delivers the cut auxiliary material from the first cutter 9 along the winding direction (arrow X). The second cutter 11 is located on the delivery path of the delivery mechanism 10 and cuts the cut auxiliary material delivered along the delivery path along the winding direction (arrow X). The control unit 50 controls the operation of the first cutter 9, the delivery mechanism 10, and the second cutter 11.

[0053] The first cutting blade 9 has a straight blade 9a extending transversely through the curling direction (arrow X), and the second cutting blade 11 has a pair of rotating blades 11a and 11b extending transversely through the curling direction (arrow X) and rotatable about an axis. Moreover, the position of the pair of rotating blades 11a and 11b of the second cutting blade 11 is adjustable in the direction transversely through the curling direction (arrow X) according to the length of the vertical direction of the book piece B.

[0054] The cutting unit 8 also has a stop 10a that extends transversely across the delivery path at the downstream end of the delivery path of the delivery mechanism 10 and blocks the strip-shaped supplementary material S by abutting against the front end of the strip-shaped supplementary material S delivered from the second cutter 11.

[0055] The attachment device 1 also includes a gripper (holding unit) 12 capable of supporting the lower part of the strip-shaped attachment S and simultaneously clamping the strip-shaped attachment S. The attachment device 1 includes a first gripper drive mechanism (first holding unit drive mechanism) 13 that moves the gripper 12 between a retracted position inside the housing 52 and a forward position outside the housing 52; and a second gripper drive mechanism (second holding unit drive structure) 14 that moves the gripper 12 between a forward position and a raised position above the forward position. The control unit 50 controls the operation of the first gripper drive mechanism 13 and the second gripper drive mechanism 14.

[0056] Furthermore, the gripper device 12, the first and second gripper device drive mechanisms 13 and 14, and the cutting unit 8 are arranged in two layers, with the cutting unit 8 positioned above. When the gripper device 12 is in the retracted position, it is located inside the housing 50; when it is in the forward position, it extends outside the housing 52. The main part of the first gripper device drive mechanism 13 is located inside the housing 52; when it is in the forward position, its front part protrudes outside the housing 52. The second gripper device drive mechanism 14 is located near the outside of the housing 52. Therefore, as... Figure 1 As shown, when the attachment device 1 is connected relative to the binding machine M, the second gripper drive mechanism 14 is located inside the binding machine M. However, the second gripper drive mechanism 14 may also be located inside the housing 52.

[0057] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 A top view of the gripper device 12 of the additional material application device 1, and the first and second gripper device drive mechanisms 13 and 14. Furthermore, Figure 3A B and Figure 4A B is an explanation Figure 2 The operation of the gripper device 12 and the first and second gripper device drive mechanisms 13 and 14, along Figure 2 A cross-sectional view of the YY line.

[0058] The gripper device 12 includes a gripping part 12g for clamping a strip-shaped auxiliary material S. The distance between the gripping part 12g and the mounting surface of the gripper device 12 on which the strip-shaped auxiliary material S is mounted can be increased or decreased. By clamping the auxiliary material S between the mounting surfaces, the auxiliary material S can be temporarily fixed. The control unit 50 controls the operation of the gripping part 12g.

[0059] Reference Figures 2 to 4BThe first gripper drive mechanism 13 has at least one (two in this embodiment) sliding guide rail 15 extending downwardly and outwardly from the inside of the housing 52; a slider 16 mounted on the sliding guide rail 15; a flat arm 17 extending parallel to the sliding guide rail 15, mounted on the slider 16 and swaying about the rear end edge 17b as a pivot, with a gripper device 12 mounted at the front end; and a retracted position (see reference) that positions the slider 16 in the retracted position when the gripper device 12 is in the retracted position. Figure 1 , Figure 3A The gripper device 12 is positioned in the protruding position of the forward position (see reference). Figure 3B The slider drive mechanism 18 moves between the two sides.

[0060] The mounting arm 17 of the slider 16 has a pair of through holes spaced apart on both sides along the front-rear direction. Specifically, this is achieved by a pair of flanged pins 16a and 16b fixed to the slider 16, a compression spring 16c positioned between the flange of the front flanged pin 16a and the arm 17, and a compression spring 16d positioned between the flange of the rear flanged pin 16b and the arm 17. The front compression spring 16c has a lower elastic coefficient than the rear compression spring 16d.

[0061] The slider drive mechanism 18 has a ball screw 19 extending parallel to the sliding guide rail 15 and configured to rotate about an axis in a fixed position; a ball screw nut 20 provided on the slider 16 and fitted with the ball screw 19; and a ball screw drive mechanism 21 for rotating the ball screw 19 about an axis.

[0062] The ball screw drive mechanism 21 consists of a motor 21a arranged on the rear end side of the ball screw 19 with the drive shaft parallel to the ball screw 19, a pulley 21b fixed on the drive shaft of the motor 21a, a pulley 21c fixed on the rear end of the ball screw 19, and an endless transmission belt 21d suspended between the pulley 21b and the pulley 21c.

[0063] Then, the ball screw 19 is rotated in both directions by the ball screw drive mechanism 21 (motor 21a), and the slider 16 will slide along the sliding guide rail 15.

[0064] The second gripper drive mechanism 14 is composed of an arm drive mechanism, which enables the arm 17 to be in a horizontal position around the rear end edge 17b (support shaft) of the arm 17 (see reference). Figure 4A ) and the tilted position from the horizontal position downwards (extending parallel to the sliding guide 15) (reference) Figure 3B It swings between ).

[0065] The arm drive mechanism consists of a cylinder 22 that is positioned further forward than the protruding position of the slider 16 and below the arm 17, extending in the vertical direction. A horizontal support shaft 22b is mounted at the front end of the piston rod 22a of the cylinder 22 and extends in the direction of traversing the delivery path. Rollers 22c that can rotate freely around the support shaft 22b are mounted at both ends of the support shaft 22b.

[0066] Then, the piston rod 22a of cylinder 22 reciprocates between a first position where the roller 22c is retracted below the inclined position of arm 17 and a second position where the roller 22c protrudes upward from the inclined position of arm 17.

[0067] Thus, the piston rod 22a of cylinder 22 is always in the first position. When the slider 16 occupies the protruding position, the piston rod 22a moves from the first position to the second position, thereby causing the arm 17 to swing from the tilted position to the horizontal position. Then, the piston rod 22a returns from the second position to the first position, thereby causing the arm 17 to swing from the horizontal position to the tilted position.

[0068] The additional material application device 1 also includes a delivery unit 23 that delivers the strip-shaped additional material S from the cutting station 4 to the gripper device 12 located in the retracted position. The control unit 50 controls the operation of the delivery unit 23.

[0069] Figure 5 This is the main view of the delivery unit (alongside) Figure 1 (See the diagram where the arrow points in the X direction).

[0070] like Figure 5 As shown, the delivery unit 23 has an adsorption head 24 capable of adsorbing strip-shaped additional material S and an adsorption head drive mechanism 25 that moves the adsorption head 24 between the cutting station 4 and the retracted position of the gripper device 12.

[0071] The adsorption head 24 has multiple adsorption cups 24a and a negative pressure generating part 24b that generates adsorption force in each adsorption cup 24a.

[0072] The adsorption head drive mechanism 25 has a first sliding guide rail 25a extending horizontally along the sliding guide rail 15 of the first gripper device drive mechanism 13; a first slider 25b mounted on the first sliding guide rail 25a; a first ball screw 25c extending parallel to the first sliding guide rail 25a and configured to rotate about an axis at a fixed position; a first ball screw nut 25d mounted on the first slider 25b and engaging with the first ball screw 25c; and a first rotation drive mechanism 25e that rotates the first ball screw 25c.

[0073] The adsorption head drive mechanism 25 also includes a second sliding guide rail 25f mounted on the first slider 25b and extending in the vertical direction; a second slider 25g mounted on the second sliding guide rail 25f; a second ball screw 25h mounted on the first slider 25b and extending parallel to the second sliding guide rail 25f, which can rotate about an axis in a fixed position; a second ball screw nut 25i mounted on the second slider 25g and engaging with the second ball screw 25h; and a second rotation drive mechanism 25j mounted on the first slider 25b to rotate the second ball screw 25h.

[0074] The adsorption head drive mechanism 25 also includes a third sliding guide rail 25k mounted on the second slider 25g, extending horizontally and perpendicular to the first sliding guide rail 25a; a third slider 25m mounted on the third sliding guide rail 25k; a motor 25n mounted on the second slider 25g, with its drive shaft (not shown) extending parallel to the first sliding guide rail 25a; a pulley 25p mounted on the second slider 25g, rotatable about an axis parallel to the drive shaft of the motor 25n; and an endless transmission belt 25q suspended between the pulley (not shown) and the pulley 25p mounted on the drive shaft of the motor 25n, fixing the third slider 25m.

[0075] Then, the adsorption head 24 is installed on the third slider 25m with multiple adsorption cups 24a facing downwards, arranged in a straight line along the third sliding guide rail 25k.

[0076] Thus, the first ball screw 25c is rotated in both directions by the first rotation drive mechanism 25e, and the suction head 24 moves toward or away from the cutting station 4 or the gripper device 12 in the retracted position. In addition, the second ball screw 25h is rotated in both directions by the second rotation drive mechanism 25j, and the suction head 24 rises and falls. Furthermore, the endless transmission belt 25q is rotated in both directions by the motor 25n, and the suction head 24 moves along the length of the strip-shaped auxiliary material S.

[0077] The control unit 50 may consist of, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), RAM (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), and a computer-readable storage medium. Furthermore, a series of processes for implementing various functions, for example, are stored in the storage medium as programs. The CPU reads the program into RAM and performs information processing and arithmetic to achieve the various functions. Alternatively, the program may be pre-installed in ROM or other storage media, provided in a state stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or distributed via wired or wireless communication units. Computer-readable storage media include magnetic disks, magneto-optical disks, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, semiconductor memories, etc.

[0078] Next, the operation of the additional material application device 1 will be described.

[0079] Refer to again Figure 1 The attachment device 1 is positioned with the gripper 12 in the forward position directly below the spine of the attachment point P in the binding machine M, and is connected to the binding machine M in a configuration where the gripper 1 presses the strip-shaped attachment S against the spine of the attachment point B in the upward position.

[0080] At this time, adjust the reference position preset on the side of the additional material pasting device 1 (e.g., the position of the end of the additional material R cut by the second cutter 11 on one side and the opposite side) and the reference position preset on the side of the binding machine M (e.g., the position of the end of the book piece B on the front end side of the travel direction clamped on the clamping device K that is stopped at the additional material pasting position P) so that the two are aligned.

[0081] In addition, the position of the stop 10a of the cutting unit 8 is adjusted so that the strip-shaped auxiliary material S stopped by the stop 10a is configured to be approximately parallel to the spine of the book piece B that is stopped at the auxiliary material pasting position P of the binding machine M.

[0082] In addition, in this embodiment, the binding machine M is composed of a wireless perfect binding mechanism, and the attachment position P of the additional material is composed of the upper cover position of the wireless perfect binding machine (the position directly above the top pressure plate f1 of the upper cover unit F and a pair of clamping plates f2 and f3), and the clamping device K that clamps the book block B in an upright state is stopped at this position.

[0083] Before the auxiliary material application device 1 is operated, the vertical length and thickness of the booklet B are input to the control unit 50 of the auxiliary material application device 1 via the control panel (not shown), and the auxiliary material application device 1 is initially set according to the input value, and then the operation of the auxiliary material application device 1 begins.

[0084] Then, when the unwinding unit 5 rolls out a continuous sheet of supplementary material Q with a length corresponding only to the thickness of the book piece B to the cutting station 4, the first cutter 9 operates and cuts the continuous sheet of supplementary material Q in its width direction.

[0085] The additional material cut by the first cutter 9 is delivered by the delivery mechanism 10 while being cut by the second cutter 11 into a length corresponding to the vertical length of the booklet B, forming a strip-shaped additional material S. Then, the strip-shaped additional material S is delivered to the downstream side of the second cutter 11 and stops on the delivery path by abutting the stop 10a.

[0086] Then, the strip-shaped additional material S is delivered from the cutting station 4 (the downstream end of the delivery path of the delivery mechanism 10) via the suction head 24 (delivery unit 23) to the gripper device 12 located in the retracted position, and delivered to the gripper device 12 (see reference). Figure 3A ).

[0087] During delivery, the adsorption head 24 moves in the vertical direction of the book piece B according to the length of the book piece B in the vertical direction and the length of the strip-shaped additional material S, which are pre-input into the control unit 50 of the additional material application device 1, so that the strip-shaped additional material S is aligned with the length direction of the spine of the book piece B.

[0088] In this way, the strip-shaped additional material S is delivered to the gripper device 12 through the suction head 24 in a posture aligned with the spine of the book piece B along its length.

[0089] Next, with arm 17 maintained in the tilted position, slider 16 slides toward binding machine M, and gripper device 12 occupies the forward position while holding the strip-shaped auxiliary material S (see reference). Figure 3B ).

[0090] At this time, based on the thickness of the bookplate B and the thickness of the strip-shaped additional material S pre-input into the control unit 50 of the additional material application device 1, the forward distance of the gripper device 12 is adjusted from the retracted position so that the strip-shaped additional material S is aligned with the thickness direction of the spine of the bookplate B.

[0091] Therefore, when the gripper 12 is in the forward position, the strip-shaped auxiliary material S (gripper 12) will be located directly below the spine of the book cover B, which is coated with glue and is stopped at the auxiliary material pasting position P.

[0092] Next, arm 17 swings from the tilted position to the horizontal position, thereby moving gripper device 12 from the forward position to the upward position (see reference). Figure 4A In this way, the strip-shaped additional material S is attached to the spine of the booklet B. Then, the gripper device 12 releases the gripping of the strip-shaped additional material S by the action of the clamping part 12g (see reference). Figure 4BArm 17 swings from a horizontal position to an inclined position, completing the application of the additional material. Then, slider 16 moves towards the additional material application device 1, gripper 12 occupies the retracted position, and the next strip of additional material S is delivered by suction head 24 to gripper 12 (see reference). Figure 3A After the gripper device 12 occupies the retracted position, the top pressure plate f1 and a pair of clamping plates f2 and f3 of the upper cover unit F of the binding machine M press down on the additional material S and firmly fix it to the spine of the book block B.

[0093] Thus, according to this embodiment, an attachment device is provided, comprising a gripper device 12 that supports and holds a strip-shaped attachment S below it, moves between a retracted position inside the housing 52 and a forward position outside the housing 52, and moves between the forward position and an upward position above the forward position. Then, the strip-shaped attachment S, formed according to the size of the bookplate B, is delivered from outside the binding machine M to the bookplate B at the attachment attachment position P inside the machine via the gripper device 12, and is attached to the spine of the bookplate B.

[0094] Therefore, the attachment device 1 can be configured independently of the binding machine M. By simply providing an opening on the binding machine M for external access to the attachment position P of the attachment inside the machine, the attachment device 1 can be easily connected to the binding machine M and the strip-shaped attachment S formed according to the size of the book piece B can be provided from the outside and attached to the spine of the book piece B at the attachment position P inside the machine.

[0095] Moreover, users do not need to purchase a new binding machine M with the function of creating exquisite book templates. They can create exquisite book templates by adding the additional material pasting device 1 to an existing paperback binding machine.

[0096] In addition, according to this embodiment, the cutting unit 8, the gripper device 12 and the first and second gripper device drive mechanisms 13 and 14 (attachment mechanisms that deliver the additional material to the spine of the booklet in the binding machine) are arranged in two layers, which realizes the effective use of space and thereby achieves the compactness of the additional material attaching device 1.

[0097] The structure of the present invention has been described above according to preferred embodiments, but this does not constitute a limitation on the structure of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and alterations can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0098] For example, although the gripper device 12 is provided in the above embodiment to hold the strip-shaped auxiliary material S, any known unit (such as a unit with adsorption function) that can support the bottom of the strip-shaped auxiliary material S and hold the strip-shaped auxiliary material S at the same time can be used instead of the gripper device 12.

Claims

1. An attachment device for attaching supplementary materials, which is connected to a binding machine and supplies and attaches supplementary materials from outside the binding machine to the glued spine of a book piece that is standing upright at the supplementary material attachment position inside the binding machine; The device includes: A holding unit that supports the lower part of the additional component and holds the additional component in place; A first holding unit drive mechanism that moves the holding unit between a retracted position inside the housing and a forward position outside the housing; as well as A second holding unit drive mechanism that moves the holding unit between the forward position and an upward position above the forward position; The forward position is directly below the spine of the bookplate at the attachment position of the additional material inside the binding machine; The rising position is the position where the additional material contacts the spine of the booklet.

2. The additional material application device as claimed in claim 1, comprising a control unit that controls the first holding unit drive mechanism and the second holding unit drive mechanism, and inputting the forward position and the upward position to the control unit.

3. The additional material application device as described in claim 1 or 2, comprising: A roll receiving unit that can rotatably accommodate a roll of the continuous sheet-like additional material; The continuous sheet-like auxiliary material is wound from the roll receiving unit to the unwinding unit at the cutting station; A cutting unit configured at the cutting station cuts the continuous sheet-like auxiliary material rolled out by the unwinding unit according to the size of the booklet, and forms a strip-shaped auxiliary material; The strip of additional material is delivered from the cutting station to the delivery unit of the holding unit located in the retracted position.

4. The additional material application device as described in claim 3, wherein, The holding unit, the first and second holding unit drive mechanisms, and the cutting unit are arranged in two layers, with the cutting unit positioned on top.

5. The additional material application device as described in claim 4, wherein, The delivery unit has: An adsorption head that adsorbs the strip-shaped additional material; and An adsorption head drive mechanism that moves the adsorption head between the cutting station and the retracted position of the holding unit.

6. The additional material application device as described in claim 5, wherein, The first holding unit drive mechanism has: At least one sliding guide rail; A slider mounted on the sliding guide rail; Extending parallel to the sliding guide and mounted on the slider, the arm of the retaining unit is pivotable at its rear end about a horizontal axis traversing the sliding direction of the slider, and mounted at its front end; and A slider drive mechanism that moves the slider between a retracted position where the retaining unit is configured in the retracted position and a protruding position where the retaining unit is configured in the forward position; The second holding unit drive mechanism is composed of an arm drive mechanism that causes the arm to swing between a horizontal position and an inclined position tilted downward from the horizontal position. When the slider is in the protruding position and the arm occupies the horizontal position, the holding unit occupies the rising position.

7. The additional material application device as described in claim 6, wherein, The adsorption head driving mechanism of the delivery unit has: A first adsorption head drive mechanism that moves the adsorption head in the horizontal direction along the sliding guide rail of the first holding unit drive mechanism; A second adsorption head drive mechanism that moves the adsorption head in the vertical direction; and A third adsorption head drive mechanism that moves the adsorption head horizontally and at a right angle relative to the sliding guide rail.

8. The additional material application device as claimed in claims 1, 2 and any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein, The holding unit includes a gripper device.

9. A binding system comprising an attachment device for attaching additional materials as described in any one of claims 1 to 8 and a binding machine connected to the attachment device for attaching additional materials.

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