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EP-4741171-A1 - BOOKBINDING SYSTEM AND BOOKBINDING APPARATUS

EP4741171A1EP 4741171 A1EP4741171 A1EP 4741171A1EP-4741171-A1

Abstract

Provided is a bookbinding apparatus 100 having: a first transport unit configured to transport a book B along a first transport path; a gluing unit configured to glue the spine of the book B transported along the first transport path; a cover attaching unit configured to attach a cover to the spine of the glued book B; a second transport unit 20 configured to transport the book B along a second transport path F2, the cover being attached to the book, and discharge the book to the transport apparatus; a book supply unit configured to supply the book B from the first transport path to the second transport path F2, the cover being attached to the book; and a casing configured to accommodate the first transport unit, the gluing unit, the cover attaching unit, the second transport unit 20, and the book supply unit, and the second transport path F2 is longer than a straight-line distance L1 between a supply position Po1 at which the book B is supplied from the book supply unit to the second transport path F2 and a discharge position Po2 at which the book B is discharged from the second transport path F2 to the transport apparatus.

Inventors

  • YACHI, TOMONORI
  • FUKUDA, SHIGENOBU

Assignees

  • Horizon Inc.

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20251016

Claims (9)

  1. A bookbinding system (1) comprising: a bookbinding apparatus (100); a cutting apparatus (200) configured to perform a cutting process on a book bound by the bookbinding apparatus (100); and a transport apparatus (300) configured to transport, to the cutting apparatus (200), the book discharged from the bookbinding apparatus (100), wherein the bookbinding apparatus (100) has a first transport unit (10) configured to transport, along a first transport path (F1), the book including a plurality of sheets, a gluing unit (50) configured to glue a spine of the book transported along the first transport path (F1), an attaching unit (70) configured to attach an additional member to the spine of the book glued by the gluing unit (50), a second transport unit (20) configured to transport the book along a second transport path (F2), the additional member being attached to the book by the attaching unit (70), and discharge the book to the transport apparatus (300), a book supply unit (90) configured to supply the book from the first transport path (F1) to the second transport path (F2), the additional member being attached to the book, and a casing (95) configured to accommodate the first transport unit (10), the gluing unit (50), the attaching unit (70), the second transport unit (29), and the book supply unit (90), and wherein the second transport path (F2) is longer than a straight-line distance (L1) between a supply position (Po1) at which the book is supplied from the book supply unit (90) to the second transport path (F2) and a discharge position (Po2) at which the book is discharged from the second transport path (F2) to the transport apparatus (300).
  2. The bookbinding system (1) according to claim 1, wherein the first transport path (F1) is to turn a direction of transporting the book from a first direction (DR1) back to a second direction (DR2) for transportation, the second direction (DR2) being opposite to the first direction (DR1), and wherein the second transport path (F2) is to turn a direction of transporting the book from the second direction (DR2) back to the first direction (DR1) for transportation.
  3. The bookbinding system (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first transport path (F1) and the second transport path (F2) are arranged such that at least partial regions of the first transport path (F1) and the second transport path (F2) overlap each other when the casing is viewed in planar view.
  4. The bookbinding system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first transport path (F1) and the second transport path (F2) are arranged such that the second transport path (F2) surrounds the first transport path (F1) when the casing is viewed in planar view.
  5. The bookbinding system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the book supply unit (90) has a motion mechanism (92) configured to move the book in a height direction from the first transport path (F1) to the second transport path (F2).
  6. The bookbinding system (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bookbinding apparatus (100) has a cooling unit configured to cool the book transported along the second transport path (F2).
  7. The bookbinding system (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bookbinding apparatus (100) has a discharge unit (400), the book being discharged from the second transport unit (20) to the discharge unit (400), and wherein the second transport unit (20) discharges the book to either the transport apparatus (300) or the discharge unit (400).
  8. A bookbinding apparatus (1) comprising: a first transport unit (10) configured to transport, along a first transport path (F1), a book including a plurality of sheets; a gluing unit (50) configured to glue a spine of the book transported along the first transport path (F1); an attaching unit (70) configured to attach an additional member to the spine of the book glued by the gluing unit (50); a second transport unit (20) configured to transport the book along a second transport path (F2), the additional member being attached to the book by the attaching unit (70), and discharge the book; a book supply unit (90) configured to supply the book from the first transport path (F1) to the second transport path (F2), the additional member being attached to the book; and a casing (95) configured to accommodate the first transport unit (10), the gluing unit (50), the attaching unit (70), the second transport unit (20), and the book supply unit (90), and wherein the second transport path (F2) is longer than a straight-line distance (L1) between a supply position (Po1) at which the book is supplied from the book supply unit (90) to the second transport path (F2) and a discharge position (Po2) at which the book is discharged from the second transport path (F2).
  9. A bookbinding system (1) comprising: a bookbinding apparatus (100); a cutting apparatus (200) configured to perform a cutting process on a book bound by the bookbinding apparatus (100); and a transport apparatus (300) configured to transport, to the cutting apparatus (200), the book discharged from the bookbinding apparatus (100), wherein the cutting apparatus (200) has a first transport unit (210) configured to transport, along a first transport path (F3), the book supplied from the transport apparatus (300), a second transport unit (220) configured to transport the book along a second transport path (F4), a cutting unit (230, 240) configured to perform a cutting process on the book transported by the second transport unit (220), a book supply unit (290) configured to supply the book from the first transport path (F3) to the second transport path (F4), and a casing (295) configured to accommodate the first transport unit (210), the second transport unit (220), the cutting unit (230, 240), and the book supply unit (290), and wherein the first transport path (F3) is longer than a straight-line distance (L2) between a supply position (Po3) at which the book is supplied from the transport apparatus (300) to the first transport path (F3) and a handover position (PO4) at which the book is handed over from the first transport path (F1) to the book supply unit (290).

Description

BACKGROUND 1. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a bookbinding system and a bookbinding apparatus. 2. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART Bookbinding systems are conventionally known that use a perfect-binding bookbinding apparatus to apply a glue to the spine of a book to attach a cover thereto, use a conveyer to transport the book perfect-bound by the perfect-binding bookbinding apparatus, and use a cutting apparatus to perform a cutting process on the book transported by the conveyer (see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2021-30450). The bookbinding system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2021-30450 accumulates bound books transported from the bookbinding apparatus on an accumulating apparatus and transports the bound books to the cutting apparatus from the accumulating apparatus via a cooling conveyer apparatus. In the bookbinding system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2021-30450, it is required to ensure a sufficient length as a transport distance of a cooling conveyer apparatus in order to sufficiently cool a glue applied to the spine of the bound book being transported by the cooling conveyer apparatus that transports the bound book from the perfect-binding bookbinding apparatus to the cutting apparatus. However, a longer transport distance of the cooling conveyer apparatus needs a larger footprint for the entire bookbinding system, and this prevents a reduction in size of the bookbinding system. BRIEF SUMMARY The present invention has been made in view of the above problem and intends to provide a bookbinding system and a bookbinding apparatus that can sufficiently cool a glue applied to the spine of a book and achieve a reduction in size with a shortened transport distance of a transport apparatus configured to transport a book from the bookbinding apparatus to a cutting apparatus. The bookbinding system according to one aspect of the present invention is a bookbinding system including: a bookbinding apparatus; a cutting apparatus configured to perform a cutting process on a book bound by the bookbinding apparatus; and a transport apparatus configured to transport, to the cutting apparatus, the book discharged from the bookbinding apparatus. The bookbinding apparatus has a first transport unit configured to transport, along a first transport path, the book including a plurality of sheets, a gluing unit configured to glue a spine of the book transported along the first transport path, an attaching unit configured to attach an additional member to the spine of the book glued by the gluing unit, a second transport unit configured to transport the book along a second transport path, the additional member being attached to the book by the attaching unit, and discharge the book to the transport apparatus, a book supply unit configured to supply the book from the first transport path to the second transport path, the additional member being attached to the book, and a casing configured to accommodate the first transport unit, the gluing unit, the attaching unit, the second transport unit, and the book supply unit. The second transport path is longer than a straight-line distance between a supply position at which the book is supplied from the book supply unit to the second transport path and a discharge position at which the book is discharged from the second transport path to the transport apparatus. According to the bookbinding system of one aspect of the present invention, when the first transport unit transports a book along the first transport path, the spine of the book is glued by the gluing unit, and the additional member is attached to the spine of the book by the attaching unit. The book with the additional member attached is supplied from the first transport path to the second transport path by the book supply unit, transported along the second transport path by the second transport unit, and discharged to the transport apparatus. The first transport unit and the second transport unit are accommodated in a single casing together with the gluing unit, the attaching unit, and the book supply unit. Further, the second transport path is longer than the straight-line distance between the supply position and the discharge position. Thus, the transport distance of the second transport path is suitably ensured, and the glue on the spine of the book can be sufficiently cooled before the book is discharged from the casing to the transport apparatus. Accordingly, the transport distance of the transport apparatus configured to transport the book from the bookbinding apparatus to the cutting apparatus can be shortened to achieve a reduction in size of the bookbinding system. The bookbinding system according to one aspect of the present invention may be configured such that the first transport path is to turn a direction of transporting the book from a first direction back to a second direction for transportation, the second direction b