JP2003182930A - Sheet bonding device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely bond an adhesive tape to a sheet to be bonded on an article without performing precise control in a sheet bonding device for bonding the sheet on the article using the adhesive tape. <P>SOLUTION: A paper card 1 to be bonded on a mail 4 is supplied on a conveyor 10a as a single piece from a feeder 30. Furthermore, the adhesive tape 2 wound around a roller 41 is cut to be shorter than a length in the direction of conveyance of the paper card 1 by a rotary cutter 43 and is bonded on the paper card 1 as a single piece. This paper card 1 is bonded on the mail 4 using the adhesive tape 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet sticking apparatus for sticking a predetermined sheet to an article, and more particularly to a sheet sticking apparatus for sticking a sheet to an article using an adhesive tape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when payment using a credit card or account transfer such as utility bill is used, the usage statement is sent to the user by mail. The number of such payments is increasing year by year with the spread of account transfer such as payment and public utility charges.

Therefore, a company that issues a usage statement or a company that issues a usage statement must send a huge number of usage statements.

Further, in direct mail sent to a specific customer, a company issuing the direct mail or a company acting on behalf of the direct mail will send a huge number of direct mails.

When a huge number of mail items are to be shipped from one shipping source in this manner, in order to simplify the sorting work of the mail items at the post office, the shipping source bundles the mail items for each postal code, The bundled mail is attached with a piece of paper, which is called a paper bill, in which a mailing area is described, and is shipped. Therefore, the sender can receive a reduction in the postage.

At the post office that receives the mail with the paper label attached, the mail is sorted according to the paper label, and after the sorting work is completed, the paper label is peeled from the mail.

As a method of pasting a paper tag on a mail piece as described above, for example, there is a method of applying glue on one surface of the paper note and pasting the paper note on the mail article with this glue. In the method of sticking a paper card to a mail item by using, there is a risk that the glue may remain on the mail item when the paper card is peeled from the mail item after sorting the mail item, and the glue may dry. It is necessary to manage not to do it.

Therefore, a method of sticking a paper label on a postal matter using an adhesive tape is used.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional sheet sticking device, which is a device for sticking paper tags to mail.

In this conventional example, as shown in FIG.
4, the roller 130 around which the paper bill 101 attached to the sheet 4 is wound continuously, the conveyors 110a to 110d that convey the paper bill 101, and the release paper that is attached to the paper bill 101 conveyed on the conveyor 110a. The adhesive tape 102 to which 103 is attached is supplied, and the rollers 141, 142a to 142d for attaching the adhesive tape 102 to the paper bill 101 on the conveyor 110a, and the conveyor 11
0b, a roller 161 for peeling the release paper 103 from the adhesive tape 102 attached to the paper label 101, and winding the release paper 103 around the roller 162; and a conveyor 110b.
The release tape 103 is conveyed from above and released from the adhesive tape 102.
It is composed of a cutting unit 170 for cutting the paper bill 101 peeled off into a predetermined size, and a conveyor 120 for conveying the postal matter 104 to a sorting area (not shown).

The operation when the paper label 101 is attached to the postal matter 104 in the sheet attaching device configured as described above will be described below.

The paper label 101 attached to the postal matter 104 is
It is continuously wound around the roller 130, and is supplied onto the conveyor 110a by the roller 150,
It is conveyed on the conveyor 110a. Also, paper bill 1
In some cases, 01 is folded and stored in a zigzag shape.

The adhesive tape 102 attached to the paper label 101 is continuously wound around the roller 141 in a state where the release paper 103 is attached to one surface of the adhesive tape 102, and the conveyors 110a are wound by the rollers 142a to 142d. The paper bills 101, which are supplied above and conveyed on the conveyor 110a, are stuck in a continuous form.

Paper tag 101 to which adhesive tape 102 is attached
Are continuously conveyed along the conveyors 110a and 110b.

In the paper bill 101 conveyed on the conveyor 110b, the release paper 103 attached to the adhesive tape 102 is removed by the roller 161, and the release paper 103 released from the adhesive tape 102 is transferred to the roller 16.
Wrapped around 2.

Thereafter, in the cutting section 170, the paper bill 101 from which the release paper 103 has been peeled from the adhesive tape 102 is cut into a predetermined size, whereby the paper bill 101 becomes a single piece on the conveyor 110c. It will be transported.

FIG. 5 is a view showing the paper bill 101 cut by the cutting unit 170 shown in FIG. 4, and shows a surface attached to the postal matter 104.

The release paper 103 is peeled from the adhesive tape 102, and the paper bill 10 is conveyed on the conveyor 110b.
In No. 1, since the adhesive tape 102 is continuously attached in parallel with the conveyance direction of the paper bill 101, the cutting unit 170
When cut into a predetermined size with, as shown in Fig. 5,
The adhesive tape 10 extends from the front end to the rear end in the transport direction.
2 is attached.

The paper bill 101 conveyed on the conveyor 110c is then transferred to the conveyor 110d and conveyed on the conveyor 120.
Will be affixed to.

The postal matter 104 to which the paper bill 101 is attached is
It is conveyed to the sorting area by the conveyor 120.

[0021]

However, in the conventional sheet sticking apparatus as described above, the continuous adhesive tape is stuck to the paper sheets conveyed in a continuous shape. Therefore, if the sticking angle of the adhesive tape deviates from the paper bill transport direction, the amount of deviation accumulates and gradually increases, causing the adhesive tape to come off the paper bill or the paper bill or adhesive tape to be distorted. There is a risk that the paper bill will be cut or the paper bill will be cut diagonally.To avoid this, the transport speed and transport angle of the paper bill,
In addition, there is a problem that the sticking angle of the adhesive tape with respect to the paper label must be precisely controlled.

Further, since the paper label is cut into a predetermined size after the release paper is peeled from the adhesive tape, the adhesive tape adheres to the cutting portion, and the adhesive tape is peeled from the paper label or cut. There is a risk that the parts may become dirty.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, and fine control is performed in a sheet sticking apparatus for sticking a sheet to an article using an adhesive tape. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet sticking device capable of surely sticking an adhesive tape to a sheet stuck to an article.

[0024]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a sheet sticking apparatus for sticking a single-piece sheet to an article by using an adhesive tape, and a conveying method for conveying the sheet. Means, a sheet supply means for supplying a single-piece sheet onto the conveying means, and a length in the conveying direction of the sheet with respect to each of the single-piece sheet conveyed on the conveying means. A tape attaching means for attaching an adhesive tape having a release paper attached to one surface, a release means for releasing the release paper from the adhesive tape attached to the sheet, and the sheet Is attached to the article via the adhesive tape.

Further, the tape applying means is characterized in that the continuous adhesive tape is cut into a length shorter than the length of the sheet in the conveying direction and applied to the sheet.

Further, the peeling means peels the release paper from the adhesive tape by curving the single-piece sheet to which the adhesive tape is attached to the surface side where the adhesive tape is not attached. Characterize.

Further, the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape is characterized in that the adhesive force of the surface adhered to the sheet is stronger than the adhesive force of the opposite surface.

(Operation) In the present invention configured as described above, the single-piece sheet is supplied from the sheet supply means onto the conveying means, and the single-piece sheet is cut into single pieces. Adhesive tape was attached by tape attaching means,
Then, in the sheet attaching means, the sheet to which the adhesive tape is attached is attached to the article by the adhesive tape.

As described above, the sheet to be attached to the article is supplied in the form of a single piece, and the adhesive tape cut in the single piece is attached to the single piece of sheet, so that the sheet is conveyed. Even if the sticking angle of the adhesive tape deviates with respect to the direction, the amount of deviation does not accumulate, so that the adhesive tape can be reliably attached to the sheet to be attached to the article without performing fine control. Can be attached.

If the length of the single-piece adhesive tape attached to the sheet is set shorter than the length of the sheet in the conveying direction, the amount of the adhesive tape used can be reduced.

If the adhesive tape to be attached to the sheet is such that the adhesive strength of the surface adhered to the sheet is stronger than the adhesive strength of the opposite surface, the sheet is temporarily adhered to the article. In some cases, the sheet is easily peeled from the article when the sheet is peeled from the article after being attached to the article. In addition, if an adhesive tape whose side to be adhered to a sheet is a paste having removability is used, when the sheet is peeled from the article after the sheet is attached to the article, the adhesive tape remains on the article and becomes soiled. Disappears.

[0032]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a sheet sticking apparatus of the present invention, showing an apparatus for sticking paper tags to mail.

As shown in FIG. 1, this embodiment is a sheet feeding means for storing the single-piece paper bills 1 attached to the postal matter 4 and sequentially supplying the stored single-piece paper bills 1. The feeder 30, the conveyors 10a to 10c that are conveying means for conveying the paper bill 1, and the adhesive tape 2 to which the release paper 3 is attached, which is affixed to the paper bill 1 conveyed on the conveyor 10a, are continuous. The roller 41 and the adhesive tape 2 wound around the roller 41 are cut and supplied shorter than the length of the paper bill 1 in the conveying direction, and the adhesive tape 2 is applied to the paper bill 1 on the conveyor 10a. The rollers 42a to 42c and 44 and the rotary cutter 43 which are tape sticking means for sticking, and the paper bill 1 conveyed on the conveyor 10a are guided to the conveyor 10b to convey the paper bill 1 to the conveyor 10b. Conveys across at between,
A conveyor 10d which is a peeling means for peeling the release paper 3 from the adhesive tape 2 attached to the paper label 1, and the mail 4
And a conveyor 20 for transporting the sheets to a sorting area (not shown).

The operation when the paper label 1 is attached to the postal matter 4 in the sheet attaching device configured as described above will be described below.

The paper bill 1 attached to the postal matter 4 is stored in the feeder 30 in the form of a single piece.
0a is sequentially supplied and is conveyed on the conveyor 10a.

The adhesive tape 2 attached to the paper bill 1
Is continuously wound around the roller 41 with the release paper 3 attached to one surface thereof.
42c, and then, while being pressed against the paper bill 1 by the roller 44, the rotary cutter 4
The paper bills 1 that are cut on a length shorter than the length of the paper bills 1 in the conveyance direction by 3 and are conveyed on the conveyor 10a.
Affixed as a single piece. Here, the rollers 42a-
The operation timings of the 42c and the rotary cutter 43 are controlled based on the transport timing of the paper bill 1 on the conveyor 10a, and the timing when the paper bill 1 stored in the feeder 30 is supplied to the conveyor 10a and the conveyor 10a. It is conceivable to perform control based on the passage timing of the paper bill 1 at the predetermined position.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a paper sheet 1 to which the adhesive tape 2 is attached in the sheet attaching apparatus shown in FIG.
(A) is a figure which shows the surface to which the adhesive tape 2 was stuck, (b)
Is a sectional view.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the adhesive tape 2 wound around the roller 41 in a continuous manner.
Is cut into a length shorter than the length of the paper bill 1 in the conveyance direction by the rotary cutter 43, and is attached as a single piece to the paper bill 1 conveyed on the conveyor 10a.
In addition, the length of the adhesive tape 2 is not less than the minimum length required to attach the paper label 1 to the postal matter 4.

The paper label 1 to which the adhesive tape 2 is attached is conveyed on the conveyor 10a and is transferred onto the conveyor 10b by the conveyor 10d.
It is conveyed while being sandwiched between b and the conveyor 10d. At this time, the release paper 3 is peeled from the adhesive tape 2 attached to the paper label 1.

Here, the adhesive tape 2 attached to the paper bill 1
The operation when the release paper 3 is peeled from will be described in detail.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation when the release paper 3 is peeled off from the adhesive tape 2 attached to the paper label 1 in the sheet attaching apparatus shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the paper bill 1 conveyed on the conveyor 10a is bent between the conveyor 10a and the conveyor 10d, so that the paper tape 1 is curved to the side where the adhesive tape 2 is not attached. And is transferred onto the conveyor 10b. At this time, in the paper bill 1, only the area where the adhesive tape 2 is not attached is the conveyor 10a and the conveyor 1a.
Since it is guided between the conveyor 10b and the conveyor 10d by being sandwiched between 0d and 0d, in the area where the adhesive tape 2 is attached, it does not bend in the direction of the conveyor 10b and goes straight in the conveying direction of the conveyor 10a. The force works in the direction you do. Here, in the area where the adhesive tape 2 is attached, the adhesive force between the adhesive tape 2 and the paper label 1 is stronger than the force to further advance straight in the conveying direction of the conveyor 10a, and Since it has the flexibility to follow the curve of the paper sheet 1, the paper sheet 1 is curved without being peeled off and guided toward the conveyor 10b.
Is stronger than the adhesive force between the adhesive tape 2 and the conveyor 10a in the conveying direction, and when the force is trying to move further in the conveying direction of the conveyor 10a. Since the paper sheet 1 does not have sufficient flexibility to follow the curve of the paper sheet 1, it is peeled off from the adhesive tape 2 as it goes straight in the conveying direction of the conveyor 10a. Regarding the material and thickness of the release paper 3, the paper bill 1 conveyed on the conveyor 10a is conveyed by the conveyor 10d to the conveyor 10b.
Even when the adhesive tape 2 is bent in the direction of, it is necessary to peel the adhesive tape 2 from the adhesive tape 2 without curving so as to go straight in the conveying direction of the conveyor 10a.

The paper bill 1 conveyed while being sandwiched between the conveyor 10b and the conveyor 10d is then
The postal matter is transferred onto the conveyor 10c that also serves as a sheet pasting means and is pasted onto the postal matter 4 conveyed on the conveyor 20.

The postal matter 4 to which the paper bill 1 is attached is conveyed to the sorting area by the conveyor 20.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the single-piece paper bill 1 is supplied from the feeder 30 and is shorter than the length of the single paper bill 1 in the carrying direction. Since the single-piece adhesive tape 2 having a length is attached, even if the attachment angle of the adhesive tape 2 is deviated from the conveyance direction of the paper bill 1, the deviation amount may be accumulated. Therefore, the adhesive tape 2 can be reliably attached to the paper label 1 attached to the postal matter 4 without performing fine control.

Further, since the length of the adhesive tape 2 can be set to an arbitrary length which is equal to or longer than the minimum length required to attach the paper label 1 to the mail item 4, The amount used can be reduced.

The adhesive tape 2 attached to the paper bill 1
Is cut to a length shorter than the length of the paper label 1 in the transport direction before being attached to the paper label 1, and therefore the paper label 1 is separated from the adhesive tape 2 by cutting the adhesive tape 2. There is no end.

In the case where the adhesive tape 2 attached to the paper bill 1 is such that the adhesive strength of the surface adhered to the paper tag 1 is stronger than the adhesive strength of the opposite surface. Is easy to peel the paper bill 1 from the postal matter 4 when the paper bill 1 is attached to the postal matter 4 and then peeled off from the postal matter 4, whereby the adhesive tape 2 remains on the postal matter 4. It is possible to reduce the possibility of doing so.

In the present embodiment, an example is given of a device in which the adhesive tape 2 is attached to the paper bill 1 used for sorting the postal matter 4, and the paper label 1 is attached to the postal matter 4 using the adhesive tape 2. However, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to any device as long as it is a device for sticking a predetermined single-piece sheet to an article using an adhesive tape. For example, it is suitable when the sheet to which the adhesive tape is attached is temporarily attached to the article.

[0051]

As described above, in the present invention,
Since the sheet to be attached to the article is supplied in the form of a single piece, and the adhesive tape cut into the single piece is attached to the single piece of the sheet, the sheet is adhered in the conveying direction. Even when the tape sticking angle is shifted, the shift amount is not accumulated, so that the adhesive tape can be surely stuck to the sheet stuck to the article without performing fine control. .

Further, when the length of the single-piece pressure-sensitive adhesive tape attached to the sheet is shorter than the length of the sheet in the conveying direction, the amount of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used can be reduced.

Further, in the case where an adhesive tape to be attached to a sheet is used in which the adhesive force on the surface to be adhered to the sheet is stronger than the adhesive force on the opposite surface, the sheet is temporarily attached to an article. When the sheet is attached to the article, the sheet can be easily removed from the article when the sheet is released from the article after the sheet is attached to the article.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a sheet sticking apparatus of the present invention.

2A and 2B are diagrams showing a paper tag to which an adhesive tape is attached in the sheet attaching apparatus shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a surface to which the adhesive tape is attached, and FIG. .

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an operation when the release paper is peeled off from the adhesive tape stuck on the paper label in the sheet sticking apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional sheet pasting device, which is a device for pasting paper tags on mail.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a paper sheet cut by a cutting unit shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 paper bill 2 Adhesive tape 3 Release paper 4 Mail 10a-10d, 20 conveyors 30 feeder 41, 42a to 42c, 44 rollers 43 rotary cutter

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A sheet sticking device for sticking a single-piece sheet to an article using an adhesive tape, comprising: a conveying unit for conveying the sheet; and supplying the single-piece sheet on the conveying unit. The sheet feeding means for performing the sheet feeding, and the sheet-shaped sheet conveyed on the conveying means has a length shorter than the length of the sheet in the conveying direction, and the release paper is provided on one surface. Tape sticking means for sticking the adhesive tape to which is stuck, peeling means for peeling the release paper from the adhesive tape stuck to the sheet, and sheet sticking means for sticking the sheet to the article via the adhesive tape And a sheet sticking device. 2. The sheet sticking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tape sticking unit cuts the continuous adhesive tape into a length shorter than a length of the sheet in the conveying direction and sticks the cut tape to the sheet. A sheet pasting device. 3. The sheet sticking apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the peeling means bends a single-piece sheet to which the adhesive tape is attached to a surface side where the adhesive tape is not attached. A sheet sticking device, wherein the release paper is peeled off from the adhesive tape by the above. 4. The sheet adhering device according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive tape has a surface on the side to be adhered to the sheet that has an adhesive force lower than that on the opposite surface. A sheet pasting device characterized by being strong.