JPH09141209A - Account book processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute account book processing meeting practice without unnecessary automation by automatically supplying a large number of sheets of on account book to be supplied and supplying the small number of sheets of the account book to be supplied. SOLUTION: This form processor is provided with supplying stations 10, 20, 30 for stacking the account books for each customer and automatically supplying these books along a transporting conveyor 1. The processor is provided with a stage 3 for manually supplying the books along branch conveyors 2. The transporting conveyor 1 is connected via changeover means 70 to a first bypass conveyor 80 and the branch conveyors 2. The changeover means 70 are controlled in operation by a controller in accordance with the previously stored informations on the kinds and the number of sheets of the account book's classified in the customers and the informations of each customer to selectively feed cartons housing the books to the first bypass conveyor 80 and the branch conveyors 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form processing apparatus capable of collecting a required number of forms of a desired type and supplying the forms to a carton on a conveyor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a desired type of form (for example, insurance,
It is common practice to collect the necessary number of notices (overlay) and send them to a specific customer. For example, when sending 5 insurance application forms and 5 postcards to a customer and 10 insurance application forms, 10 postcards, and 10 guidebooks to other customers, the worker pre-installs the machine. The necessary sheets are extracted from the bundle of insurance application forms, the postcard bundle, and the guidebook piled up by the company, aligned in a bundle, packed in a mail bag, and addressed and sent.

[0003]

As described above, conventionally,
When collating and sending a required number of forms of a desired type to a specific customer, an operator extracts the required number of forms from each of the form bundles and mails them in a bundle.

However, the manual work by such an operator has problems in accuracy and processing speed. Further, when stacking the forms by a machine, in order to make it easy for an operator to extract, it is necessary to specially provide a mechanism such as a step or a sticky note for each extracted bundle.

Therefore, a form processing apparatus has been developed which automatically performs the operation of collating and aligning a required number of forms of a desired type while performing processing such as cutting the printed form into a required shape.

On the other hand, depending on the type of the form, since the number of sheets to be supplied is small, it may be considered that the worker manually collects and supplies the form. In this case, if the operator can manually supply the form together with automatically supplying the form, it is convenient because the operator can operate according to the actual situation without unnecessarily automating.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such a point, and it is possible to automatically collect and arrange a desired number of forms in the required number, and then to obtain a specific type of form with a small number of sheets thereafter. An object is to provide a form processing device that can be manually supplied by an operator.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A carton loading port for loading the carton, a conveyor that is connected to the carton loading port, and a supply station that is installed along this transportation conveyor and automatically supplies the cartons on the transportation conveyor by stacking the forms for each customer. A manual form processing unit having an automatic form processing unit having a branch conveyor, a branch conveyor, and a mounting table provided along the branch conveyor for mounting a form manually supplied to a carton on the branch conveyor; A bypass conveyor, a switching means for selectively feeding the carton from the transport conveyor to the branch conveyor or the first bypass conveyor, and a control device for controlling the switching means, the control device being a pre-stored form for each customer. Based on the information on the type and the number of sheets, and the customer-specific information, the switching means is activated to collect the form of the specified customer on the conveyor. Is a form processing apparatus characterized by selectively feeding a carton which is a branch conveyor or first bypass conveyor.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a carton input port for inputting a carton, a transfer conveyor connected to the carton input port, and a conveyor provided along the transfer conveyor are provided along the transfer conveyor, and the form is stored in the carton on the transfer conveyor for each customer. An automatic form processing unit having a supply station that stacks and automatically supplies the sheet, a branch conveyor provided on the downstream side of the transfer conveyor, and a branch conveyor provided along the branch conveyor, and manually placed on a carton on the branch conveyor. A manual form processing unit having a mounting table on which the supplied form is placed, a second bypass conveyor provided downstream of the carton input port and connected to the branch conveyor, and a conveyor for transporting the carton from the input port or A branching unit for selectively feeding to the second bypass conveyor and a controller for controlling the branching unit are provided, and the controller stores in advance. It is characterized in that the branching means is actuated based on the information on the type and the number of sheets for each customer and the information on the customer to selectively feed the carton from the inlet to the conveyor or the second bypass conveyor. It is a form processing device.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the control unit activates the switching means based on the pre-stored customer-specific form type and number of sheets and customer-specific information, and the automatic form processing unit The carton containing the supplied form of the specified customer is sent from the conveyer conveyor of the automatic form processing unit to the branch conveyor side of the manual form processing unit or to the first bypass conveyor side as it is.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the branching means is actuated by the control device on the basis of the pre-stored customer-specific form type and the number-of-sheets information and the customer-specific information, and is inserted from the insertion port. The carton is sent to the conveyor or the second bypass conveyor of the automatic form processing unit. The cartons on the transfer conveyor and the second bypass conveyor are then sent to the branch conveyor of the manual form processing unit.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION First Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 are views showing a first embodiment of a form processing apparatus according to the present invention. First, referring to FIG. 1, the entire form processing apparatus will be described.

In FIG. 1, there are provided a carton inlet 9 into which a carton (not shown) for storing forms and a conveyer 1 connected to the carton inlet 9 for conveying the carton are provided. There is. Two general form supply stations 10 for supplying the general form 11 (FIG. 2) to the carton on the conveyer 1 along the conveyer 1.
And a multi-part form supply station 20 for supplying the multi-part form 21 (FIG. 2) to the carton on the conveyor 1.
And two postcard form supply stations 30 for supplying the postcard form 31 (FIG. 2) to the carton on the conveyor 1.
And are arranged. Note that the transport conveyor 1 and the supply stations 10, 20, 30 constitute an automatic form processing unit.

The general form 11 and the multi-part form 21 and the postcard form 31 supplied to the carton on the conveyor 1 are:
They are stacked on each other for each customer, and go straight along the conveyor 1.

The transfer conveyor 1 is connected to the branch conveyor 2 and the first bypass conveyor 80 via the switching means 70. The branch conveyor 2 extends orthogonally to the transport conveyor 1, and a plurality of mounting tables 3 are arranged along the branch conveyor 2. The mounting table 3 is for mounting a relatively small number of sheets to be supplied, and for the operator to manually supply the sheets to the carton on the branch conveyor 2. In this case, the operator manually supplies the form corresponding to the customer on the supplied form in the carton which is supplied for each customer in advance and is conveyed by the branch conveyor 2.
Note that the branch conveyor 2 and the plurality of mounting tables 3 constitute a manual form processing unit.

On the other hand, the first bypass conveyor 80 extends in a straight line with respect to the conveyor 1, and the first bypass conveyor 80 discharges the carton containing the address input section 5 for charging the address into the carton and the defective form. Ejector 6
Is provided. Further, the first bypass conveyor 80 is branched, and an envelope enclosing device 50 and a boxing device 60 are provided in each branch.
Is provided. The envelope loading device 50 and the boxing device 60 constitute a packing device.

The operation of the switching means 70 is controlled by the control device 40 shown in FIG. The control device 40 pre-stores a list of form types and the number of sheets for each customer shown in the table below, operates the switching means 70 based on the information for each customer, and stores the forms on the conveyor 1. The carton is selectively fed to the branch conveyor 2 or the first bypass conveyor 80.

[0019]

[Table 1] That is, as shown in the table, the general form 11, the multi-part form 21, and the postcard form 31 are collected and supplied in large numbers, and are almost sent to the customers A, B, C, D, E .... It is a frequently used form. These forms 1
1, 21, 31 are supplied by the automatic form processing unit. on the other hand,
The in-form, second-form, and second-form forms are forms that supply a relatively small number of sheets, and are necessary forms only for some customers (for example, customers B and E). These in-form, second-form, and second-form forms are supplied by the manual form processing unit.

The control device 40, based on the information on the form type and the number of sheets, and the information for each customer, for example, in the case of the customer A, the switching means 70 causes the customer A stacked in the automatic form processing section.
1st bypass conveyor 8
Send it to the 0 side. Further, in the case of the customer B, the switching means 70 causes the carton in which the documents of the customer B stacked in the automatic form processing unit are stored from the conveyor 1 to the conveyor 2
Send to the side.

The customer-specific information is prewritten in the bar code 12 of the general form 11 described later, read by the reader 17 and input to the control device 40 (FIG. 2). Further, the control device 40 may store information on the form type and the number of sheets, and other customer-specific information in advance, and may collate and collate with the barcode of the form.

As for the carton in which the forms previously stacked in the automatic form processing unit and sent to the branch conveyor 2 are stored, the operator can use the mount 3 to form a predetermined type of form (form form). , Second form, and second form…) are selected and supplied manually. In this case, in the automatic form processing unit, the forms of the same customer are superposed on the forms in the carton which are supplied and laminated for each customer in advance, and the forms are manually supplied.

Addresses are then inserted into the form in the carton on the branch conveyor 2 from the address input section 7, and the carton containing the defective form is ejected by the ejector 8. Further, the branch conveyor 2 is branched, and an envelope loading device 50 and a box packing device 60 are provided in each branch. The envelope loading device 50 and the boxing device 60 constitute a packing device.

Next, each supply station 10, 20, 30
This will be described with reference to FIG.

The general form supply station 10 is assembled with a cutting unit 14 for cutting the general form 11 into a predetermined shape, and a gathering unit 15 for gathering (overlapping) a necessary number of the cut general bills 11. It has a supply unit 16 for supplying the general form 11 to the carton on the conveyor 1. Necessary information is written as a bar code 12 at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the general form 11, and the information written in the bar code 12 is read by a reader 17. The general form may be a guidebook or the like.

The multi-part form supply station 20
Are parts 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e
Are stacked one by one to create a multi-parts form 21, a multi-parts forming part 28, a cutting part 24 for cutting the multi-parts form 21 into a predetermined shape, and a necessary number of the cut multi-parts forms 21. The collating unit 25 and the supplying unit 2 that supplies the collated multi-parts form 21 to the carton on the conveyor 1.
6. Necessary information for creating the multi-parts form by superposing the bahts in the creating part 28 is written in a predetermined part of each of the parts 21a to 21e as a barcode, and the multi-parts form is automatically created based on this. To be done. In addition, necessary information is written as a bar code 22 at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the part 21a that constitutes the multi-part form 21, and the information written in the bar code 22 is read by the reader 27. As the multi-parts form 21,
For example, an insurance application form or the like composed of a plurality of parts can be considered.

Further, the postcard form supply station 30
Is a folding part 38 that folds a predetermined number of postcard webs 31a in layers, a cutting part 34 that cuts the folded postcard webs 31a into a predetermined shape, and presses the layered postcard webs 31a to bond them. The pressing unit 39 for creating the postcard form 31 and the collating unit 3 for collating the required number of postcard forms 31
5 and a supply unit 36 for supplying the collected postcard forms 31 to the carton on the conveyor. Note that the postcard web 31a is preliminarily provided with an adhesive portion, and when the postcard web 31a folded in layers is pressed by the pressing portion 39, the postcard webs 31a are adhered to each other by the adhesive portion, and the postcard form 31 is formed. Is created. In addition, the pressing portion 39 is a postcard web 31a.
When an adhesive other than the pressure-sensitive adhesive is used as the adhesive to be formed in step 1, for example, when a heat-sensitive adhesive or a rewetting adhesive is used, the heating part and the water application part may be appropriately changed.

Further, necessary information is stored in the bar code 3 at a predetermined position of the postcard web 31a which constitutes the postcard form 31.
The information written in 2 and written in the barcode 32 is read by the reader 37.

Next, the operation of the form processing apparatus having such a configuration will be described. First, carton inlet 9
Cartons are loaded into the uppermost stream of the conveyor 1 from the general form supply station 10 (first supply station), and then the required number of general forms 11 are supplied.
Supplied in the upper carton. In this case, the bar code 12 is provided at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the general form 11, and the information written in the bar code 12 is read by the reader 17.
The information read by the reader 17 is sent to the control device 40, and the control device 40 controls the entire form processing device including the plurality of supply stations 10, 20, 30.

The information written in the bar code 12 includes, for example, customer-specific information, the number of sheets to be collected by the general form supply station 10, the multi-part form supply station 20 (the second supply station) and subsequent supply stations. Among these, the supply station to be selectively operated, and in each supply station, when a new form is supplied and superposed on the form previously supplied to the conveyor from the upstream supply station, the matching of these two forms is performed. There is an ID code for taking, information supplied by the manual supply unit, and the like.

Information # 1 to # 1 are bar codes 12.
The information may be directly stored from the control device 40 other than the case of writing the information in.

Based on the command information from the controller 40,
The general form 11 is cut into a predetermined shape in the cutting unit 14 of the general form supply station 10, and subsequently, the necessary number of cut general forms 11 are collected in the collating unit 15. After that, the collected general form 11 is supplied from the supply unit 16 to the carton on the conveyor 1.

When the bar code 12 contains information for operating all the supply stations 20 and 30 after the multi-parts form supply station 20, the multi-parts form supply station 20 is operated based on command information from the control device 40. Works. First, in the multi-part form preparation unit 28 of the multi-part form supply station 20,
The information written in the barcode 22 of 1a is read by the reader 27, and the read information is sent to the control device 40. In the bar code 22, the number of multi-part forms 21 to be collated at the parts form supply station 20 is written. Next, the multi-part form 21 is created by superposing the parts 21a to 21f one by one. Subsequently, the multi-parts form 21 is sent to the cutting unit 24, the multi-parts form 21 is cut into a predetermined shape based on command information from the control device 40, and the cut multi-parts form 21 is then collated. As many as 25 are collated. Then, the collected multi-parts form 21 is supplied from the supply unit 26 to the carton on the conveyor 1 so as to be superposed on the pre-supplied general form 11 of the same customer.

Next, the postcard form supply station (third supply station) 30 operates based on the command signal from the control device 40. First, in the folding section 38 of the postcard form supply station 30, the postcard web 31
The information written in the bar code 32 of a is read by the reader 37, and the read information is sent to the control device 40. The number of postcard forms 31 collected by the postcard form supply device 30 is written in the barcode 32.

Next, at the folding portion 38, the postcard web 3
1a is folded in layers, and the postcard web 31a thus folded is cut into a predetermined shape at the cutting portion 34. Subsequently, the postcard webs 31a folded in the pressing portion 39 are pressed, and the postcard forms 31 are obtained by adhering each other by the adhering portion.

Next, based on the command information from the control device 40, the postcard form 31 is collated in the collating section 35 by the required number. Then, the collected postcard forms 31 are supplied from the supply unit 36 to the carton on the conveyor 1.
In this case, the postcard form 31 is overlaid on the multi-part form 21 of the same customer in the carton on the conveyor 1.

Further, each supply station 10, 20, 3
In No. 0, the information written in the bar code of each form 11, 21, 31 is read and the form 11, 21, 31 previously supplied to the transport conveyor 1 from the upstream supply stations 10, 20, 30 is read. And a new form 11,
Two forms for supplying and stacking 21, 31
Matching 1, 21, 31 is taken.

The general form 11, the multi-part form 21, and the postcard form 31, which are thus supplied to the carton on the conveyer 1 and overlapped with each other, go straight on the conveyer 1.

Next, the control device 40 operates the switching means 70 based on the information on the form type and the number of sheets and the customer-specific information written on the bar code 12 of the general form 11 and read by the reader 17. For example, with respect to the carton containing the form of the customer A, which is only automatically supplied, it is sent from the transfer conveyor 1 to the first bypass conveyer 80 by the switching means 70, and the form is immediately packed by the envelope enclosing device 50 or the boxing device 60.

The carton containing the form of the customer B, which is automatically and manually supplied, is sent from the transfer conveyor 1 to the branch conveyor 2 by the switching means 70. Next, the operator manually supplies the form placed on the placing table 3 onto the form in the carton sent onto the branch conveyor 2. After that, the form is packed by the envelope enclosing device 50 or the boxing device 60.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a form having a large number of sheets to be supplied can be automatically supplied by the automatic form processing section, and a form having a small number of sheets to be supplied can be supplied. It can be manually supplied in the manual form processing unit, and the form processing work according to the actual situation can be performed without unnecessary automation.
Further, when the manual form processing unit does not need to supply the manual form, the form can be immediately sent from the automatic form processing unit to the packing device side, and the processing speed can be increased.

Although an example in which the first bypass conveyor 80 is arranged orthogonal to the transfer conveyor 1 is shown in FIG. 1, the present invention is not limited to this, and the transfer conveyor 1 is provided to the transfer conveyor 1 via the switching means 70 as shown in FIG. The branch conveyor 2 and the first bypass conveyor 80 may be connected together, and the branch conveyor 2 and the first bypass conveyor 80 may be arranged substantially parallel to each other.

In FIG. 3, 2 along the conveyor 1.
One general form supply station 10, one multi-part form supply station 20, and one postcard form supply station 30 are provided. Branch conveyor 2
A packing area 90 is connected to the downstream end of the first bypass conveyor 80, and the address input unit 5, the ejector 6, the envelope enclosing device 50, and the box packing device 60 are arranged in the packing area 90.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the form processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4, the same parts as those of the form processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 4, a carton input port 9 is provided on the upstream side of the transfer conveyor 1, and the carton input port 9 is connected via the branching means 71 to the transfer conveyor 1.
And the second bypass conveyor 81. A carton reader 73 for reading customer-specific information from a carton bar code and outputting it to the control device 40 is provided near the exit of the carton inlet 9.

Further, one general form supply station 10, one multi-part form supply station 20 and one postcard form supply station 30 are provided along the transfer conveyer 1, and the transfer conveyer 1 and the second bypass conveyer 81 connect the connecting means 72. It is connected to the branch conveyor 2 via.

A packing area 90 is connected to the downstream end of the branch conveyor 2, and an address input section 5, an ejector 6, an envelope enclosing device 50 and a box packing device 60 are arranged in the packing area 90.

In FIG. 4, a carton is first loaded into the conveyor 1 from the carton loading port 9. Next, the carton reader 73 reads the customer-specific information from the bar code on the surface of the carton and outputs it to the control device 40. Next, the control device 4
0 activates the branching means 71 based on the information on the form type and the number of sheets and the information from the carton reader 73. For example, for the form of the customer (customer A in the table) that needs the automatic form supply in the automatic form section and the manual form supply in the manual form section, the carton is sent to the conveyor 1 side by the branching unit 71, and is automatically placed in the carton. Forms are supplied from the supply stations 10, 20, 30. On the other hand, for the form of the customer (customer F in the table) that does not need the automatic form supply and the manual form supply, the carton is sent to the second bypass conveyor 81 side by the branching unit 71.

The carton on the transfer conveyor 1 and the carton on the second bypass conveyor 81 are connected by the connecting means 72, respectively.
And is sent to the branch conveyor 2. Next, the form placed on the placing table 3 is manually supplied to the carton on the branch conveyor.

According to the present embodiment, when the automatic form supply in the automatic form unit is unnecessary, the carton can be immediately sent to the branch conveyor side without obtaining the automatic form processing unit, and the processing speed can be increased. Can be planned.

[0050]

As described above, according to the present invention, the form of a predetermined customer supplied by the automatic form processing unit is sent from the conveying conveyor of the automatic form processing unit to the branch conveyor side of the manual form processing unit, and further, The form can be manually supplied on the branch conveyor in the manual form processing unit. Therefore, it is possible to manually supply a form with a relatively small number of sheets to be supplied in the manual form processing unit, and it is possible to perform a form processing operation according to the actual situation without unnecessarily automating.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall layout diagram showing a first embodiment of a form processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of an automatic form processing unit.

FIG. 3 is an overall layout diagram showing a modified example of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an overall layout diagram showing a second embodiment of the form processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Transport Conveyor 2 Branch Conveyor 10 General Form Supply Station 11 General Form 12 Bar Code 14 Cutting Part 15 Collating Part 16 Supply Part 17 Reader 20 Multi-part Form Supply Station 21 Multi-part Form 22 Bar Code 24 Cutting Part 25 Collating Part 26 supply unit 27 reader 30 postcard form supply station 31 postcard form 32 bar code 34 cutting unit 35 collating unit 36 supply unit 37 reader 40 control unit 70 switching means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A carton loading slot for loading a carton, a transporting conveyor connected to the carton loading slot, and a conveyor provided along this transporting conveyor. The forms are automatically stacked on the cartons on the transporting conveyor for each customer. An automatic form processing unit having a supply station for supplying, a branch conveyor, and a branch conveyor provided along the branch conveyor,
A manual form processing unit having a mounting table on which a form manually supplied to the carton on the branch conveyor is placed; a first bypass conveyor;
A switching device for selectively feeding the bypass conveyor and a control device for controlling the switching device are provided, and the control device is based on the information of the form type and the number of sheets for each customer stored in advance and the information for each customer. A form processing apparatus, wherein a switching means is operated to selectively feed a carton containing a form of a predetermined customer on a transfer conveyor to a branching conveyor or a first bypass conveyor. 2. The form processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the automatic form processing section is provided with a form reader for reading customer-specific information from the bar code of the form and outputting it to the control device. 3. A packing device is provided downstream of each of the branch conveyor and the bypass conveyor.
Form processing device described. 4. A carton input port for inputting a carton, a transfer conveyor connected to the carton input port, and a conveyor provided along the transfer conveyor. The forms are automatically stacked by stacking them on the carton on the transfer conveyor for each customer. An automatic form processing unit having a supply station for supplying, a branch conveyor provided on the downstream side of the transfer conveyor, and a form provided along the branch conveyor and manually supplied to a carton on the branch conveyor. Manual form processing unit having a mounting table to be placed, a second bypass conveyor provided downstream of the carton input port and connected to the branch conveyor, and a carton from the input port is selected as a transfer conveyor or a second bypass conveyor. And a controller for controlling the branching means, wherein the controller is a pre-stored form for each customer. Form processing unit, wherein the kind and information of the number, the cartons from inlet to operate the branch unit on the basis of the customer-specific information to the conveyor or the second bypass conveyor selectively feeding it. 5. The form processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the carton input port is provided with a carton reader for reading the customer-specific information from the bar code of the carton and outputting it to the control device.