JP2804058B2 - Booklet handling device and booklet page changing method - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a booklet printer in a bank terminal device and a booklet handling device suitable for the booklet printer.

[Conventional technology]

In a passbook printer mounted on an automatic teller machine or a passbook printer used by a staff member, the machine automatically turns pages as necessary and prints at necessary places.

The passbooks handled by this passbook printer are roughly classified into two types of passbooks: a binding part has a left-right opening which is perpendicular to the printing direction, that is, a vertical opening passbook and a horizontal opening-and-down opening, ie, a horizontal opening passbook. .

Therefore, some of the passbook printers have a mechanism capable of turning pages of these two types of passbooks.

That is, for example, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-9564, the transport means for transporting booklets in an open state is inclined approximately 45 ° with respect to the transport direction of the booklets transported by the transport means. The page is swelled by rotating the page in contact with the page of the booklet, and then moving in the direction of approximately 45 ° to open the page. The pages of the booklet are slightly skewed by a push-up plate provided on the rolled-up body side so as not to be turned up in two layers.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned prior art, the turning roller for opening the page of the booklet performs two operations of the rotational movement and the translational movement in the direction of approximately 45 ° with respect to the conveying direction of the booklet. In addition, there is a problem that the processing time is not considered, and the cost is high and the processing is slow.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is a handling apparatus and a page turning method usable for a booklet printer or the like, which can handle both vertical and horizontal type booklets, and which has a simple mechanism and a simple booklet handling apparatus. It is to provide a page turning method.

[Means for solving the problem]

The object is to provide a first guide for guiding a booklet, a page changing means for contacting the booklet and changing the page, and forming a transport path with the first guide, the end face of which is inclined to the booklet. A second guide for turning the pages of the booklet and a conveying means for conveying the booklet, wherein the page changing means is arranged obliquely in the conveying direction of the booklet, and the second guide is This can be achieved by arranging the end face in the vicinity of the page changing means so as to be skewed in the conveying direction of the booklet.

[Action]

When changing pages of a booklet, a hollow page changing roller provided obliquely in the transport direction rotates and turns up while touching the top page of the booklet. When the pages are turned up to some extent, the booklet is conveyed so that the turned pages collide with a paper guide that is provided obliquely to the conveyance direction. As a result, the page collides obliquely with the guide and receives a reaction force. The direction of the reaction force is a direction at an angle α ゜ (α ゜ = 360 ゜ −θ ゜) from the paper guide surface, where θ is the angle between the transport direction and the direction of the guide surface. Accordingly, the turned pages of the booklet are moved in the direction of the angle α ゜ from the paper guide surface. The movement means, in other words, a rotational movement of the page about the binding portion as a center line. As described above, the paper guide provided obliquely with respect to the transport direction brings the action of turning the pages of the booklet in combination with the transport force.

Also, the booklet inserted from the booklet insertion slot of the printer is
The type of booklet is detected from the position of the magnetic stripe affixed to the cover of the booklet and the information recorded on the magnetic stripe, and based on this detection signal, the booklet is positioned and the necessary page is opened. Is printed by the printing unit.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional plan view showing a main part of an embodiment of a booklet handling apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show a booklet to be handled. FIG. 3 shows a booklet 1 which is opened left and right, that is, a vertically opened booklet, and FIG. In the booklet 1 shown in FIG. 3 which is opened left and right, the pages are turned in the turning direction B around the binding section 2. The direction of the binding portion 2 and the direction of the print 3 are orthogonal to each other. Normally, the left-right opening booklet 1 is inserted into a printer (not shown) in the insertion direction A.

The booklet 4 that opens up and down as shown in FIG.
The page is turned in the turning direction B. In this booklet 4, the direction of the binding portion 2 and the direction of the print 3 are parallel to each other, unlike the above-described left-right opening booklet 1. Also, usually, the booklet 4 that opens up and down is
It is inserted into the printer in the insertion direction A. In FIGS. 1 and 2, a paper pan 5 serving as a first guide is opposed to the paper pan 5.

The paper guide 6 as the third guide and the paper guide 7 as the second guide are provided with an arbitrary gap in a direction out of the plane of the drawing, and form a transport path for transporting the booklet. The paper pan 5 and the paper guide 7 are mounted between frames 12 and 13. Paper Guide 6
Is mounted on the frame 12 on the opposite side of the booklet transport direction from the side where the page change roller 10 described later is disposed. Span L of the frame 12 and 13 ₅ must be longer than the width L ₁ and L ₄ in the printing direction of the booklet shown in at least FIGS. 3 and 4. A line 14 represents a trajectory when the binding unit 2 of the booklet 1 opening left and right in FIG.
Span L ₆ of the paper guide 6 is set to be shorter than at least the span L _5. Page change roller
Reference numeral 10 is provided on the paper pan 5 on one side with respect to the center of the booklet in the transport direction. The paper guide 7 and the rotating shaft 21 of the page changing roller 10 are oblique to the transport direction A as shown in FIG. The page changing roller 10 is driven by a motor 11 via a belt 20. Note that the driving method of the page changing roller 10 may be another method. The transport roller 8 is rotatably disposed at a position where the paper guide 6 is disposed so as to be in contact with the transport roller 27. Further, the transport roller 9 is rotatably disposed on the attachment 24 so as to be in contact with the transport roller 26 at the location where the paper guide 7 is disposed. Also,
The transport roller 22 is also provided with a mounting member in the portion where the paper guide 7 is provided.
It is arranged rotatably in 25. Distance L ₇ and the conveying roller 8 transport roller 9, the distance L ₈ of the conveying roller 9 and the transport roller 22, at least, in the conveying direction of the booklet 1 or 4 must be shorter than the length. However, the distance L ₉ between the conveying rollers 8 transport roller 22 must be longer than the length in the conveying direction of the at least booklet. This is because when the page of the booklet 1 or 4 turned up by the page changing roller 10 is rotated about the binding section 2 by the paper guide 7, the page is initially shifted in the transport direction. This is because it is necessary to temporarily free the turned pages of the booklet in order to eliminate the deviation due to the physical properties of the paper and the restoring force generated by the binding part of the booklet. The sensor 15 is provided for determining the stop position of the booklet 1 or 4.

FIG. 5 shows a specific example of the page changing roller 10 in this embodiment. The page changing roller 10 includes a core part 111 and a friction contact part 112. The friction contact portion 112 has a hollow portion 113 as a structure capable of absorbing a change in booklet thickness by elastic deformation,
It is a hollow elastic structure made of high friction members such as chloroprene and natural rubber. The shape of the friction contact portion 112 is determined by a first curved surface portion 114 having a first outline curve and a second curved surface portion 115 having a second outline curve.
The first and second curved surface portions 114 and 115 may be straight lines instead of curved lines. Further, the metal core 111 is made of a sintered alloy such as iron, and has a concave portion 116 in which the rotating shaft 21 is fitted at the center. The core bar 111 and the friction contact portion 112 are joined by a rubber lining. After the joining, the cored bar 111 and the friction contact portion 112 have a step, and a picker portion 117 is formed in this portion.

The picker portion 117 engages the tip of the turned paper surface, and if this portion is covered with a friction member such as rubber, there is an effect that the stopping force after engaging the paper surface is increased.

Next, referring to FIG. 6 to FIG.
Will be described. 6 to 11, FIGS. 6 to 11 are side views for explaining the operation, and FIGS. 12 to 16 are plan views.

First, the booklet 4 is conveyed while being nipped by the conveying rollers 8 and 27, enters the page change section, and stops at the page change position according to a command from the sensor 15 (FIG. 6). At this time, the page 4a with the mark 28 is located on the page changing roller 10 side with the binding section 2 of the booklet 4 as the center line (FIG. 12). Then motor 11
Is driven to rotate the page changing roller 10 in the turning direction C to turn the page 4a on the surface of the booklet 4 to the binding section 2 (FIG. 7). Then, the page changing roller 10 rotates about one turn and stops at the stop position (FIGS. 8 and 13). Next, the transport rollers 8 and 27 and the transport rollers 9 and 26 are rotated in the rotation direction d, and the booklet 4 is transported in the transport direction D, and the turned-up page 4a is further turned up (FIG. 9).

At this time, as shown in FIG. 14, the page 1a collides with the paper guide 7 and gives a collision force f to the paper guide 7.
As described above, since the paper guide 7 is oblique to the transport direction of the booklet 4, the force f is a force f _n of a vertical component.
And the tangential component force f _t . At this time, the force f _t of該接line direction component, the page 1a of the booklet 4, the force applied to rotational movement about line the binding section 2. Subsequently, the transport rollers 8 and 27 and the transport rollers 9 and 26 are rotated in the rotation direction d,
When the booklet 4 is sent in the transport direction D, the page 1a is largely repelled by the physical properties of the paper and the paper guide 7 (FIG. 10). When the booklet 4 is further transported in this state, the page 1a is turned to the opposite side with the binding portion 2 as the center line as shown in FIG. Therefore, the mark 28 is also turned over. When the booklet 4 is further fed in the transport direction D, the page 1a is completely changed. After this page change operation is completed, the booklet 4 is further sent in the transport direction D, so that the booklet 4 is sent to a place other than the page change section (for example, a printing section) in a form in which the page change is completed, and a series of pages is changed. The replacement operation ends. (Fig. 11 and 16
Figure).

Next, the page changing operation of the left-right opening booklet 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the booklet 1 is conveyed while being nipped by the conveying rollers 8 and 27, and enters the page change section, where the sensor 15 detects the booklet 1 and stops at a predetermined stop position, that is, a page change position (the first page change position).
17). Next, the page changing roller 10 rotates in the turning direction C and starts to contact the page 1a on the surface of the booklet 1 (the 18th page).
Figure). In this figure, the reason why the page 1a hides the transport roller 8 is that the transport roller 8 and the paper guide 6 do not cross the paper pan 5 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the page 1a of the booklet 1 can be moved in the out-of-plane direction in FIG. When the page change roller 10 rotates about one turn and stops at a predetermined position, the page 1a
Turns over (Fig. 19). Next, the transport rollers 9 and 26 and the transport rollers 8 and 27 rotate in the rotation direction e, and transport the booklet 1 in the transport direction E. As a result, the page 1a collides with the paper guide 7, and the force in the direction of the rotational movement about the binding portion 2 of the booklet 1 as a center line, that is, the force of the component in the direction parallel to the end face in the transport direction of the paper guide 7 is used. Occurs (No.
20). With this force, the page 1a starts to rotate. When the booklet 1 is subsequently transported, the page 1a on the page change roller 10 side of the booklet 1 is rotated around the binding section 2 of the booklet 1 to the opposite side (FIG. 21). When the booklet 1 is further transported in this state, the page 1a is completely changed. When the booklet 1 is further conveyed after the completion of the page change operation, the booklet 1 is conveyed to a place other than the page change portion (for example, a printing unit) in a form where the page change is completed, and a series of operations is completed. Yes (No. 22
Figure).

In the page turning of the booklet 1 or 4 described above, the thickness of the booklet differs depending on the page to be turned, and the rigidity and frictional resistance of the cover and the inner sheet differ. However, since the page changing roller 10 has a hollow structure in which the friction contact portion 112 has the hollow portion 113, the page turning is performed with an optimum turning force.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a mechanical relationship of the page turning mechanism. In this drawing, a mechanical model of the middle sheet 50X, the middle sheet 50Y, and the cover 50Z, which frequently turn over once every two sheets, is shown. The property of forming a mechanical boundary at the leading end of the paper guide 6 can be approximated to a fixed condition. Turning force and F, the frictional force f ₁ between trying Mekuro inner sheets 50X and next in paper 50Y, between the seat屈抵drag P ₁ in said paper 50X is, F> f
₁ + there is a need for the relationship of P _1. The turning force F is a product F = μ ₀ × g _{0 of a} coefficient of friction μ ₀ between the paper surface and the friction contact portion 112 of the page changing roller 10 and a reaction force g ₀ to the compression of the friction contact portion 112. Can be expressed by The following in paper 50Y, and the friction coefficient mu ₁ between trying Mekuro inner sheets 50X and next in paper 50Y,
The frictional force f ₁ = μ ₁ × g ₀ determined by the reaction force g ₀ and the next middle paper 50Y
And force acts between the friction force f ₂ = _{μ 2} × g ₀ and the seat屈抵drag P ₂ that the friction coefficient mu ₂ and the determined reaction force g ₀ between the cover 50Z, these forces, f ₁ -f The relationship of ₂ ≦ P ₂ must be satisfied.
If you do not satisfy the above relationship,
At the same time as 50X, there is a mistake that the next middle paper 50Y is also turned. In the above relationship, the frictional force difference f ₁ −f ₂ =
(Μ ₁ −μ ₂ ) × g ₀ is, of course, the difference in the coefficient of friction.

FIG. 24 shows the reaction force (g) -compression amount (x) when the friction contact portion 112 of the page changing roller 10 shown in FIG. 5 is compressed.
This shows the relationship. A curve 201 is a reaction force-compression amount curve of a conventional solid page changing roller. If a structure having a hollow portion 113 in the frictional contact portion 112 like the page changing roller 10 is used, the reaction force-compression amount curve 202 becomes a curve having a non-linear inflection point as shown in FIG. And the curve 202
Has a region 210 that is very insensitive to the compression amount x. The compression amount x is obtained by subtracting the center height of the rotating shaft holding the page changing roller 10 and the thickness of the booklet (a value determined by the number of pages) from the maximum outer diameter of the page changing roller 10 in FIG. Things. g ₁ is the force that one roller needs to generate to flip the booklet's middle sheet, and g ₂ indicates the force that one roller needs to generate to flip the book cover . The friction coefficient mu ₀ between the frictional contact portion 112 and the paper surface reaction force g ₀ by integrating is the first conversion curve 203. Further, the conversion curve 204 is obtained by integrating the variation of the friction coefficient between papers with the curve 202. If area where the curve 203 exceeds the reaction force g _1, it is possible to generate a reaction force to turn over the paper surface. Further, the curve 204 is as long as the region beyond the pressure g _1, miss occurs. In other words, if the area of the optimal compression amount is wide, that is, the margin for assembling and the like is wide. In this figure, the margin 211 is wide in the curve 210 in the area 210 insensitive to the compression amount. This is because there is.

It is apparent from the reaction force-compression amount curve 201 of the conventional page changing roller that the margin is smaller than that of the present embodiment even if the margin is set.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing another example of the page changing roller in the present invention. In this example, the outer curved surface of the friction contact portion 112 is formed by one outer curve. By configuring the friction contact portion 112 of the page changing roller 10 in this manner, it is easy to make a mold, and it is possible to easily manufacture the roller.

FIG. 26 is a view showing still another example of the page changing roller in the present invention. The feature of this page change roller lies in the picker section 117. In other words, the page changing roller 10 is
11, a friction contact portion 112 having a hollow portion 113, and a picker portion 117 for catching an end of the paper surface. In the picker portion 117, a step is provided in a mating surface between the core portion 111 and the friction contact portion 112, and the picker portion 1 of the core portion 111 is provided.
21 maximum outer diameter r ₂ is greater than the maximum outer diameter r ₃ of Pitsuka portion 122 of the frictional contact portion 112 of the although summer and form the shoulder portion of the connexion the cored bar 111 protrudes. By adopting such a dimensional relationship, it is possible to prevent a plurality of sheets from being turned at the same time and a conveyance jam from occurring when turning over the paper.

As described above, according to this embodiment, without using complicated mechanisms such as the oblique moving means and the pressing means of the page changing roller, it is possible to reliably change the pages of the vertically opened booklet and the left and right opened booklet with a simple structure. It is possible to provide a page changing device that can be performed.

FIG. 27 is a view for explaining an embodiment of the booklet printer of the present invention. The printer of the present invention basically has an insertion slot
A transport path including a paper pan 5 and a transport drive motor 42
Rollers 8, 27, 9, 26, 22, 29, 30, 31,
A transport system composed of 32, 33, 34, 35, sensors 15, 37, 40 for recognizing the presence or absence of the booklet 1 and the like, a printing unit 41, and an optical character recognition sensor 39 for reading information such as a bar code; An optical character recognition unit 45, a magnetic information recognition sensor 38 such as a magnetic head for reading information such as a magnetic stripe, and a magnetic information recognition unit 44;
A page changing unit including a page changing roller 10 and a paper guide 7 driven by a page changing motor 11 for changing pages, an interface unit 47, a calculating unit 48, an information operating unit 49, Although not shown, it comprises an information input / output control unit for exchanging information with a power supply unit and an external computer.

FIGS. 28 and 29 show a booklet 57 in which a magnetic stripe 54 is stuck in a direction substantially parallel to the transport direction A of the booklet and the booklet 57 is opened up and down.
And a vertically opened booklet 58 having a magnetic stripe 55 attached thereto in a direction substantially orthogonal to the booklet transport direction A.

Hereinafter, the reading of the magnetic information and the like of the vertically opened booklet will be described with reference to FIGS. 27, 28, and 29.

First, a method of reading magnetic information on a vertically opened booklet 57 having a magnetic stripe 54 attached thereto in a direction substantially parallel to the transport direction A will be described with reference to FIGS. 27 and 28.

In this case, with the booklet 57 stopped at a predetermined position, the magnetic information recognition sensor 38 shown in FIG. 27 moves in the arrow direction 56 in FIG. The direction of the information is recognized, and the sensor 38 is stopped at the position. By moving the booklet 57 in the direction A in this state, the magnetic information written on the magnetic stripe 54 is read.

Also, a vertically opened booklet on which a magnetic stripe 55 is attached in a direction substantially perpendicular to the transport direction as shown in FIG. 29
When reading the magnetic information in 58, first, with the booklet 58 stopped at a predetermined position, the sensor 38 is scanned in the direction of the arrow 56 in FIG.
Read the magnetic information written in 55.

Next, a method for reading magnetic information in a left-right opening booklet will be described with reference to FIGS. 27, 30, and 31. FIG.

FIG. 30 shows a left-right opening booklet 59 to which the magnetic stripe 60 is attached in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction B. In this case, with the booklet 59 stopped at a predetermined position, the magnetic sensor 38 is scanned in the arrow direction 56,
Read magnetic information.

FIG. 31 shows a left-right opening booklet 61 to which a magnetic stripe 62 is attached in a direction substantially parallel to the transport direction B. In this case, with the booklet 61 stopped at a predetermined position, the magnetic sensor 38 is scanned in the arrow direction 56,
Recognize the position of the magnetic stripe 62, the direction of the magnetic information, etc., determine the position of the magnetic sensor 38 from the result, position the magnetic sensor 38 at the position, and move the booklet 61 in the transport direction B. While reading, the magnetic information written on the magnetic stripe 62 is read.

FIG. 32 shows a flow of handling a booklet to be changed in the printer shown in FIG. By controlling the rotation of each roller of the transport system, the booklet is stopped at a predetermined position (6
3) Scanning is performed by the magnetic information recognition sensor 38 to determine the type of booklet, the reading direction and the reading method of the magnetic information (64), and the magnetic information is read (65). From the above information,
The stop position and printing method of the booklet in the printing unit 41 are calculated by the central processing unit (66), and based on the above result, the booklet is stopped at a predetermined position and printed by the printing unit 41 (67). Next, it is determined whether or not a page change is necessary (68). If so, the booklet is positioned at a predetermined stop position by the page change section of the booklet based on the information of the booklet type and the like already determined (69). . Note that the stop position is a position where the booklet can be recognized by the sensor 15, and the length in a direction perpendicular to the booklet conveyance direction is:
Since it differs depending on the booklet, it is necessary to change the amount of shift toward the frame 13 shown in FIG. Subsequently, the page changing roller 10 is operated to perform a page changing operation (70), and after the necessary pages of the book are opened, the book is conveyed to the printing unit. When it is not necessary to change the page, predetermined information is written on the magnetic stripe of the booklet and then discharged (71).

In the above-described page change method, the page change roller 10 is used.
Is fixed, the booklet is shifted in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction, and the booklet is arranged at the appropriate page turning position.Instead, the page changing roller 10 is moved in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the booklet. It may be configured to be movable and not to shift the booklet.

FIG. 33 shows an automatic cash handling apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. Basically, the automatic cash handling apparatus 72 is a bill / coin handling apparatus 73, an operation unit 74 including a display and a keyboard, and a card inserted from an insertion / ejection port 75,
After performing predetermined processing, a card / slip handling mechanism 76 for discharging a slip and a card, and a booklet such as a passbook are inserted into an insertion slot 77.
And a passbook handling device 78 for performing predetermined processing.

As described with reference to FIGS. 25 to 32, the passbook inhaled from the insertion slot 77 is a type of passbook that is opened up and down or left and right, the position where the magnetic stripe is attached, the lead /
The method of writing and the like are detected, and the printing method and the page changing method of the passbook are selected using this information.

In such an automatic cash handling apparatus, predetermined processing such as a passbook can be performed even when a user inserts a passbook or a passbook that opens left and right through a booklet insertion port 77 such as a passbook.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to change the pages of both the booklet that opens vertically and the booklet that opens horizontally by using a simple structure.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional plan view showing an essential part of an embodiment of a booklet handling apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional side view of FIG. 1, and FIGS. FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of a booklet handled by the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of a page changing roller in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 6 to 11 are partial cross-sectional side views, FIGS. 12 to 16 are partial cross-sectional plan views, and FIGS. 17 to 22 are devices shown in FIG. 23 is a partial cross-sectional side view illustrating the page turning operation of the left-right opening booklet, FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating the mechanical relationship between the turning force and the buckling force at the time of page turning of the booklet, and FIG. A diagram showing the relationship between the amount of booklet compression and the reaction force,
25 and 26 are diagrams showing another example of the page changing roller in FIG. 1, FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a booklet printer of the present invention, and FIGS. FIG. 27 shows an example of a booklet handled by the printer of FIG. 27, FIG. 32 is a flowchart of handling a booklet in the printer of FIG. 27, and FIG. 33 is an example of an automatic cash handling apparatus equipped with the printer shown in FIG. It is a schematic perspective view shown. 1 ... left and right opening booklet, 4 ... top and bottom opening booklet, 5 ... paper pan, 6, 7 ... paper guide, 10 ... page change roller, 3
8 ... magnetic information recognition sensor, 39 ... optical character recognition sensor, 41 ... printing unit, 44 ... magnetic information recognition unit, 48 ... arithmetic unit, 49 ... information operation unit. 111: Core part, 112: Friction contact part.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kazuhiro Otake 4-6 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Hitachi, Ltd. (56) References JP-A-57-51493 (JP, A) (58) Investigated Field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B42D 9/04 G07D 9/00 436

Claims (10)

(57) [Claims] 1. A conveying means for conveying a booklet on a first guide, a page changing means for turning a page in contact with the booklet, and a conveying means for conveying the booklet in the vicinity of the page changing means. A second guide which forms a path and has an end face portion obliquely arranged on the booklet to turn the page, and a second guide which forms a transport path with the first guide, and A booklet handling device comprising: a third guide disposed on the upstream side. 2. A conveying means for conveying a booklet on a first guide, a page changing means having a contact portion for absorbing a change in thickness of the booklet, and forming a conveying path with the first guide. A second guide whose end face is located in the vicinity of the page changing means; and a third guide which forms a conveyance path with the first guide and faces the page changing means at a predetermined distance. The page changing means and the second guide are disposed so as to skew in the booklet conveyance direction, and the third guide is provided with respect to a center of the conveyance path in the booklet conveyance direction. A booklet handling device provided on the opposite side of the page changing means. 3. The booklet handling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the contact portion has a characteristic having at least one inflection point in a compression amount-reaction force curve. 4. The booklet handling device according to claim 2, wherein the contact portion is a hollow elastic body. 5. The contact portion is attached to a rotatable metal core having a low coefficient of friction, and a step is formed at a boundary between the metal core and the contact portion so as to be engageable with a front end of a paper surface to be turned. The picker unit is constituted by this.
The booklet handling device according to any one of the above. 6. A first guide for guiding a booklet, and a conveying path is formed with the first guide in opposition to the first guide, and an end face portion of the booklet is obliquely disposed. A second guide for turning the pages of the booklet, a page changing means for changing the page by contacting the booklet, and a conveying means for conveying the booklet in the conveying path, wherein the page changing means is The booklets are disposed obliquely in the transport direction of the booklets, and the second
The booklet handling device according to claim 1, wherein the guide is disposed in the vicinity of the page changing means so that an end face thereof is obliquely oblique to the booklet conveying direction. 7. A first guide for guiding a booklet, a second guide facing the first guide and forming a transport path with the first guide, and contacting a predetermined page of the booklet. And a transport unit for transporting the booklet in the transport path, wherein the contact portion absorbs a change in thickness of the booklet by elastic deformation. A booklet handling apparatus wherein the page changing means and the end face of the second guide are disposed obliquely in the direction of transport of the booklets. 8. The booklet handling device according to claim 7, wherein said contact portion is a hollow elastic body. 9. The contact portion is attached to a rotatable metal core having a low coefficient of friction, and a step is formed at a boundary between the metal core and the contact portion so as to be engageable with a front end of a paper surface to be turned. The picker unit is constituted by this.
The booklet handling device described in 1. 10. The booklet in a conveyance path formed by a first guide for guiding the booklet and a second guide having an end surface obliquely intersecting the conveying direction of the booklet and obliquely intersecting the conveying direction. In the method for changing the page number of a booklet to a required page by the provided page changing means, first, the page changing means is brought into contact with a corner of the page to be changed, and the page changing means is rotated to turn the page. , And transports the booklets in the second guide direction, and generates a tangential component force against the end face of the second guide on the turned-up page, and the page is turned by this force. How to change the pages of booklets.