# US 9,434,571 B2 · Booklet processing unit

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- Number: US 9,434,571 B2
- Document ID: US9434571B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/211,369
- Filed: 2014-03-14
- Published: 2014-09-25
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-03-21
- Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Inventors: Akihiro Yamazaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434571B2

## CPC

- B65H 43/04: detecting, or responding to, presence of faulty articles (B65H43/08 takes precedence; diverting faulty articles from main streams B65H29/62)
- B41F 17/02: for printing books or manifolding sets
- B41J 3/283: {on bank books or the like}
- B41J 3/50: Mechanisms producing characters by printing and also producing a record by other means {, e.g. printer combined with RFID writer}
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B41F: PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES (manifolding devices or office printing machines B41L)
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

## Abstract

According to one embodiment, a booklet processing unit is disclosed. It includes a conveyance means for conveying a booklet containing an IC chip along a conveyance way; a printing means for printing a first particular information in the booklet; a recording means for recording a second particular information on the IC chip; a distinguishing means for distinguishing the quality of the printing state of the booklet and a recording state of the IC chip; and a marking means which moves a marking component and marks the booklet when the booklet is identified as being in a poor state by the distinguishing means such that the IC chip is avoided by the marking.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A booklet processing unit comprising:
a conveyor for conveying a booklet containing an IC chip along a conveyance way;
a printer for printing a first particular information in the booklet;
a recorder for recording a second particular information on the IC chip;
a distinguisher for distinguishing the quality of the printing state of the booklet and a recording state of the IC chip; and
a marker which moves marking component and marks the booklet when the booklet is identified as being in a poor state by the distinguisher such that the IC chip is avoided by the marking by arranging the marker along a shaft in a position where the marking component avoids the IC chip when marking the booklet.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The booklet processing unit according to claim 1 wherein the marking component is set to move in the cross direction to the conveyance direction of the booklet.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2)

The booklet processing unit according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the marking components are edge type rollers.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The booklet processing unit according to claim 3 wherein the edge type rollers rotate on a shaft and move along the direction of the shaft.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3, 4)

The booklet processing unit according to claim 3 or 4 wherein the edge type rollers are set on the conveyance way.