EP1071628A1 - Appareil pour transferer un film d'une bande support sur un substrat - Google Patents

Appareil pour transferer un film d'une bande support sur un substrat

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EP1071628A1
EP1071628A1 EP99904788A EP99904788A EP1071628A1 EP 1071628 A1 EP1071628 A1 EP 1071628A1 EP 99904788 A EP99904788 A EP 99904788A EP 99904788 A EP99904788 A EP 99904788A EP 1071628 A1 EP1071628 A1 EP 1071628A1
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Prior art keywords
application device
carrier tape
housing
film
spool
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EP99904788A
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EP1071628B1 (fr
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Johannes Hubertus Jozef Maria Kelders
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Henkel AG and Co KGaA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H37/00—Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations
    • B65H37/002—Web delivery apparatus, the web serving as support for articles, material or another web
    • B65H37/005—Hand-held apparatus
    • B65H37/007—Applicators for applying coatings, e.g. correction, colour or adhesive coatings

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  • the invention relates to a device for transferring a film from a carrier tape to a substrate, having a housing in which a supply spool for a carrier tape coated with the film, a take-up spool for receiving the carrier tape separated from the film and an application device deflecting the carrier tape are arranged. wherein the application device projects with its one end deflecting the carrier tape out of the housing and is pivotable about the longitudinal direction of the carrier tape led out of the housing.
  • Handheld devices for transferring a film from a carrier tape to a substrate are known in a wide variety of designs.
  • the film applied to the film-like carrier tape can be an adhesive film or a masking compound for covering faulty characters applied to paper.
  • a device of the type mentioned at the outset is known from EP 0 656 308 B1.
  • Two coils which rotate in opposite directions during operation are arranged in a housing, one of which forms the supply reel and the other the winding reel.
  • the carrier tape coated with the film is wound on the supply reel, the film being attached to the outside of the carrier tape.
  • the carrier tape runs over a pin-like tape guide to the application device and is deflected there via a wedge-shaped tapered application bar. If the application bar on a substrate, for. B. paper, pressed and simultaneously moved in the plane of the substrate, the film detaches from the carrier tape and remains adhering to the substrate. After the deflection of the carrier tape on the application bar, the tape is guided back into the housing and runs over another pin-like tape guide on the spool core of the take-up spool, which is arranged in the front area of the housing.
  • the first-mentioned tape guide for the fresh, not yet used carrier tape is necessary because, on the one hand, the supply spool is in the rear area of the housing and the take-up spool is in the front area of the housing, and on the other hand, both spools and the application device are arranged approximately in a straight line one behind the other . If, after a certain period of operation, a larger amount of used carrier film has accumulated on the take-up reel and the proportion of carrier tape still present on the supply reel has become considerably lower, the tape guide mentioned avoids that the unused carrier tape on the returning used carrier tape and on the winding the take-up spool rubs and in this way damage to the film on the carrier tape and premature detachment of the film from the tape occurs. This is particularly important in the case of the so-called correction rollers, since there it is necessary for a correct operation that the film covering the faulty characters is placed on the substrate completely without cracks or gaps in order to completely cover the surface to be corrected.
  • a disadvantage of the known adhesive roller is the need to provide tape guides in the area between the unwinding point of the supply reel and the application device. In the area of the tape guides, the carrier tape is bent relatively strongly, whereby part of the film can detach from the carrier film.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object, in a device of the type mentioned, to largely rule out the risk that the film applied to the carrier tape will be damaged or detached prematurely from the carrier tape.
  • the supply spool and the take-up spool are arranged one behind the other, it is further proposed that the supply spool be closer to the application device than the take-up spool. In this way there is a multitude possible arrangements in which the carrier tape extends cantilevered from the supply reel to the application device, since it is not possible for the unused carrier tape to come into contact with the winding of the take-up reel.
  • the invention is not limited to devices with coils arranged one behind the other.
  • Devices with coils lying next to one another that is to say with coaxially or almost coaxially arranged coils, are also within the scope of the invention.
  • a particularly slim and handy design of the device according to the invention is achieved if the two spools and the application device lie essentially in one line and the supply spool is arranged between the take-up spool and the application device.
  • the film be arranged on the inside of the carrier tape wound on the supply spool and that both spools are in contact turn in opposite directions during operation. In this way, it is completely impossible for the film of the unused carrier tape to come into contact with the used carrier tape which runs back into the housing.
  • the opposite rotation of the coils during operation can be found in many common designs of such handheld devices, in which the coils are directly coupled to one another, e.g. B. by means of gears or a friction clutch.
  • both coils rotate in the same direction.
  • both coils rotate in the same direction during operation.
  • a further protection of the film applied to the carrier tape is achieved when the unwinding point of the carrier tape from the supply reel lies essentially on the pivot axis of the application device.
  • the unused carrier tape is only stressed by the indispensable twisting when the application device is pivoted, but not additionally by the change in direction from the cantilever area to the area within the application device.
  • the device according to the invention can be designed as a disposable device or as a refillable device.
  • a gearwheel be assigned to each coil, that the gearwheels for driving connection of the coils are in engagement with one another and are arranged within the housing, and that an interchangeable cassette which can be inserted into the housing is provided and which contains the two coils and the application device contains.
  • Such a removable cassette is particularly environmentally friendly because the amount of consumables is kept low. It is also possible to use carrier tapes of different widths and with different film material with the same housing.
  • the device according to the invention allows the application device to be pivoted through very large angles without damaging the film applied to the carrier tape, extremely large pivoting angles should be avoided since the correspondingly strong twisting of the carrier tape could lead to damage to the film. It is therefore proposed that the application device have at least one with a corresponding stop part cooperating stop part to limit the pivot angle.
  • the swivel angle should be limited to a value of at least 90 °, in particular 135 ° and very particularly preferably 180 °.
  • a movable part is provided in at least two positions, which covers the outermost end of the application device in the first position and releases this outermost end in the second position.
  • the movable part can be brought into the first position. The second position is intended for using the device.
  • the movable part preferably has a further function.
  • it is designed as an operating element and is in rotary connection with the application device for pivoting it about the pivot axis.
  • the movable part is tubular and at least partially surrounds the application device.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device according to the invention in
  • FIG. 2 shows the view according to FIG. 1 from a different angle
  • FIG. 3A shows a perspective view of the application device and the operating element of the device according to FIGS. 1 and 2, the control element covering the outermost end of the application device,
  • FIG. 3B shows a view corresponding to FIG. 3A in the operating position of the device, in which the outermost end of the application device protrudes from the operating element
  • Figure 4 is a detailed perspective view of the application device and the
  • FIG. 5A shows the device in a perspective view and in the rest position
  • FIG. 5B shows a view corresponding to FIG. 5A from a different perspective
  • FIG. 6A shows a perspective view of the device during use with the right hand of the user, the application bar located at the extreme end of the application device being at right angles to the coil axes.
  • FIG. 6B shows a view corresponding to FIG. 6A, the application bar being aligned parallel to the coil axes and
  • FIG. 6C shows a view corresponding to FIG. 6A, but the application bar is pivoted through 180 ° with respect to FIG. 6A and the device is operated with the left hand.
  • the device 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 the parts of which in this example consist of plastic, has a housing 33 with a first housing half 22, a second housing half 23, and an application device 6 which partially protrudes from the housing, the outstanding part of the order - Device 6 is partially arranged within an operating element 26 in the assembled state.
  • a supply spool 2 and a take-up spool 3 for a carrier tape 5 are arranged within the two housing halves 22, 23.
  • the not yet used carrier tape 5 is wound on the supply reel and the used carrier tape 5 is wound on the take-up reel 3.
  • the carrier tape 5 is coated, for example, with a correction film and is deflected by the supply reel 2 out of the housing around the application device 6, the film 4 being dispensed onto a substrate 32 (FIGS. 6A to 6C) and finally back into the housing to the take-up reel 3 led.
  • the supply spool 2 consists of an annular coil core 13 with a side wall 12.
  • the annular coil core 13 is placed on a hub 16 consisting of elastically flexible pins 17 and is held by the pins 17 by friction.
  • the pins 17 form the part of a gearwheel 18 which is rotatably mounted with its hub 16 on a ring 20 which projects from the inner wall of the first housing half 22 into the interior of the housing 33 and is integrally connected to the first housing half 22.
  • the take-up spool 3 also consists of an annular spool core 15 with a side wall 14 which, in contrast to the side wall 12 of the supply spool 2, is designed as a toothed wheel 19.
  • the coil core 15 of the take-up reel 3 is rotatably arranged on a ring 21, which is also connected in one piece to the first housing half 22 and protrudes from the inner wall inwards into the housing 33.
  • the gears 18, 19 are arranged such that their teeth mesh with one another. Therefore, when the gear 18 rotates due to the unwinding of the carrier tape 5 from the supply reel 2, the take-up reel 3 is also rotated, so that the used carrier tape 5 is wound onto the take-up reel 3 with a corresponding tape guide.
  • a slip clutch known per se is attached between the coils 2 and 3.
  • it consists of the clamping connection between the inside of the annular coil core 13 and the elastically flexible pins 17 of the hub 16.
  • the application device 6 protrudes from the housing 33 through an opening 34 and consists of a flat intermediate piece 7 with a tape guide, which ends on an application bar 8 with a sharp edge.
  • the intermediate piece 7 is arranged within a half hollow cylinder 9 and firmly connected thereto.
  • annular, projecting webs 10 are arranged, which lie in the assembled state of the device 1 in grooves 11 on the inside of the opening 34 and are freely movable relative to these grooves 11. In this way, the application device 6 can be pivoted relative to the housing 33 about the pivot axis AA (FIGS. 1 and 2).
  • the axis AA runs essentially in the direction of movement of the carrier tape 5 in the area between the supply reel and the application bar 8 and in the area between the application bar 8 and the take-up reel 3.
  • the pivoting movement of the application device 6 about the axis AA is in both directions by stop parts 39 (FIGS. 2 and 4) on the inside of the two housing halves 22, 23 and a projection 40 (corresponding to the stop parts 39) on the outside of the half hollow cylinder 9 ( Figures 2, 3A and 3B) limited.
  • the angular distance between the two stop parts 39 is chosen so large that the swivel angle for the application device 6 can be more than 90 °.
  • the stop parts 39 are diametrically opposite, so that the application device 6 can even be pivoted through an angle of 180 ° and the film 4 attached to the carrier tape 5 can be transferred to the substrate 32 in opposite directions.
  • the application device 6 is mounted freely rotatably within the opening 34 of the housing 33.
  • the application bar 8 of the application device 6 then always adapts automatically to the position of the substrate 32.
  • an operating element 26 which interacts with the application device 6.
  • the control element 26 has at one end a half hollow cylinder 27, which forms a solid cylinder with the half hollow cylinder 9 of the application device 6 in the assembled state and in this way establishes the drive connection between the control element 26 and the application device 6, as shown in particular in the figures 3A and 3B.
  • the operating element 26 is hollow and has an opening 28 on the other side, through which the application bar 8 of the application device 6 can protrude in the assembled state. With the help of the annular, ribbed handle part 29 attached to the outside, the operating element 26 and thus
  • the application device 6 can be rotated into the desired position in a simple manner.
  • the half hollow cylinder 27 of the operating element 26 has on its axially extending cut surfaces 41 recesses 42, in which engage in the assembled state bevelled projections 43 which protrude from the axially extending cut surfaces 44 of the half hollow cylinder 9 of the application device 6.
  • the cut surfaces 41 of the operating element 26 are chamfered at the ends, so that the operating element 26 can be easily pushed into the opening 34 of the housing 33, the chamfered ends of the cutting surfaces 41 sliding over the chamfered projections 43 of the application device 6 until the projections 43 snap into the recesses 42. Since the cutouts 42 are longer in the axial direction than the projections 43, the operating element 26 can be displaced axially relative to the application device 6.
  • the operating element 26 can be moved out of the operating position, in which it is pushed into the housing 33 (FIGS. 3B and 4) and the application bar 8 of the application device 6 projects out of the opening 28, in the direction of the arrow symbol 38 (FIG. 3B) axially shift the rest position (FIGS. 3A, 5A and 5B), in which the application bar 8 is located completely within the operating element 26.
  • the operating element 26 serves as a protective cap for the application bar 8 of the application device 6 when the device 1 is not being used. This prevents the adhesive or correction film 4 from being unintentionally transferred from the carrier tape 5 onto an undesired substrate, e.g. B. the clothing of the user is transferred.
  • the supply spool 2 is placed on the gear 18 and clamped with the hub 16.
  • the carrier tape 5 is guided around the application device 6.
  • the supply spool 2 together with the gear 18 and the take-up spool 3 are on their
  • respective rings 20, 21 forming the axes of rotation are plugged into the first housing half 22, and the application device 6 is placed in the opening 34.
  • the carrier tape 5 is cantilevered between the unwinding point of the supply reel 2 and the intermediate piece 7 of the application device 6, while the carrier tape 5 is guided between the application device 6 and the take-up reel 3 via a tape guide pin 35.
  • the second housing half 23 equipped with projecting pins 24 on the inside is placed on the first housing half 22 and thereby clamped in that the pins 24 are inserted into corresponding openings 25 and clamped.
  • the operating element 26 is pushed into the opening 34 of the housing 33 via the application device 6.
  • Both housing halves 22, 23 each have a recess 31 for the thumb 36 of the (left- or right-handed) user.
  • the second housing half 23 additionally has a continuous opening 30 through which the user can see the amount of coated carrier tape 5 that is still present on the supply reel 2.
  • the point at which the carrier tape 5 is unwound from the supply reel (the "unwinding point") is essentially colinear with the pivot axis AA of the application device 6.
  • a tape guide is dispensed with between the supply reel 2 and the application device 6, so that the application device 6 is pivotable over a large angle.
  • the application device 6 can be pivoted about 180 ° without difficulty, so that the device 1 can be used in two opposite directions, namely to the right (FIG. 6A) and to the left (FIG. 6C) and therefore for both the right-handed and is also suitable for left-handed use.
  • the device 1 can also be used in any position between these two layers, as z. B. is shown in Figure 6B.
  • the carrier tape 5 is coated with a correction film 4, with which handwritten or printed characters 37 can be covered.
  • the two coils 2, 3 and the application device 6 can be parts of a cassette which is inserted into the housing 33 and can be replaced.
  • the gears 18, 19 can be fixedly mounted in one of the housing halves of the housing 33.
  • the two coils 2, 3 can not be mounted one behind the other - as in the exemplary embodiment - but next to one another.

Landscapes

  • Adhesive Tape Dispensing Devices (AREA)
  • Replacement Of Web Rolls (AREA)
  • Advancing Webs (AREA)
  • Decoration Of Textiles (AREA)
  • Non-Metallic Protective Coatings For Printed Circuits (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)

Abstract

Selon l'invention, un appareil (1) présente un boîtier (33) dans lequel sont placées une bobine d'alimentation (2) pour une bande support (5) revêtue d'un film (4), une bobine d'enroulement (3) pour recevoir la bande support (5) séparée du film (4), et une unité d'application (6) déviant la bande support (5). L'unité d'application (6) fait saillie par rapport au boîtier (33), par son extrémité (8) déviant la bande support (5) et peut pivoter par rapport à la direction longitudinale de la bande support (5) guidée hors du boîtier (33). La bande support (5) s'étend, de façon non soutenue, entre la bobine d'alimentation (2) et l'unité d'application (6). Bien que l'unité d'application puisse pivoter, il n'existe pratiquement aucun risque que le film appliqué sur la bande support soit endommagé ou se détache de la bande support de façon prématurée.
EP99904788A 1998-01-27 1999-01-16 Appareil pour transferer un film d'une bande support sur un substrat Expired - Lifetime EP1071628B1 (fr)

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NL1008130 1998-01-27
NL1008130A NL1008130C2 (nl) 1998-01-27 1998-01-27 Materiaaloverdrachtsinrichting met zwenkbaar overdrachtsorgaan.
PCT/EP1999/000241 WO1999037569A1 (fr) 1998-01-27 1999-01-16 Appareil pour transferer un film d'une bande support sur un substrat

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EP1071628A1 true EP1071628A1 (fr) 2001-01-31
EP1071628B1 EP1071628B1 (fr) 2002-11-27

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EP (1) EP1071628B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2002500998A (fr)
AR (1) AR014495A1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE228475T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU2518099A (fr)
BR (1) BR9907268A (fr)
CA (1) CA2318824A1 (fr)
DE (1) DE59903544D1 (fr)
DK (1) DK1071628T3 (fr)
ES (1) ES2188132T3 (fr)
NL (1) NL1008130C2 (fr)
NO (1) NO20003820D0 (fr)
PL (1) PL189489B1 (fr)
PT (1) PT1071628E (fr)
RU (1) RU2204522C2 (fr)
TR (1) TR200001851T2 (fr)
WO (1) WO1999037569A1 (fr)
ZA (1) ZA99565B (fr)

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NO20003820L (no) 2000-07-26
DE59903544D1 (de) 2003-01-09
RU2204522C2 (ru) 2003-05-20
TR200001851T2 (tr) 2000-11-21
NL1008130C2 (nl) 1999-07-28
JP2002500998A (ja) 2002-01-15
PL341817A1 (en) 2001-05-07
NO20003820D0 (no) 2000-07-26
CA2318824A1 (fr) 1999-07-29
EP1071628B1 (fr) 2002-11-27
ZA99565B (en) 1999-07-27
AR014495A1 (es) 2001-02-28
PL189489B1 (pl) 2005-08-31
DK1071628T3 (da) 2003-03-24
ES2188132T3 (es) 2003-06-16
AU2518099A (en) 1999-08-09
WO1999037569A1 (fr) 1999-07-29
BR9907268A (pt) 2000-11-14
PT1071628E (pt) 2003-03-31

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