JP2000246967A - Jig for automatic plotter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a jig for an automatic plotter eliminating the necessity for inputting a position at every tag when a character or the like is drawn on a plurality of tags. SOLUTION: An automatic plotter main body 11 having a pen arm 22 movable in XY-directions with respect to a paper surface is provided with a tray 60 accessible in the Y-direction on the side of the pen arm 22 and capable of placing a plurality of tags along the Y-direction and attached to the plotter main body in a detachable manner and a character or the like is drawn on each tag 85 placed on the tray 60 by the movement of the pen arm 22 in the XY-directions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a jig for an automatic drawing machine used when drawing characters or the like on a tag by the automatic drawing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known an automatic drawing machine having a pen arm which protrudes from a main body and is movable in XY directions on a sheet of paper.

In such an automatic drawing machine, a pen is attached to a pen arm, the main body of the automatic drawing is placed on the paper, and characters are drawn on the paper by moving the pen arm in the XY directions. In some cases, characters and the like are drawn on a tag using this automatic drawing machine.

[0004]

In this case, the tag is fixed by hand or a cellophane tape or the like is attached.
Also, when drawing characters etc. on multiple tags,
For example, tags may be arranged in the X-direction movement range of the pen arm and characters or the like may be drawn in order, but the position must be input for each tag, which is very troublesome. There were many problems, such as having to secure the tag by hand or tape.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the invention is to eliminate the need to input a position for each tag when drawing characters or the like on a plurality of tags.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a jig for an automatic drawing machine which does not need to fix a tag with a hand or a tape.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an automatic drawing machine body having a pen arm movable in the X and Y directions with respect to the paper surface.
A table on which a plurality of tags can be placed and removed in the Y direction from the pen arm side and which can be placed along the Y direction, and which is detachably attached, and the XY directions of the pen arm on the tags placed on the table; Characters and the like are drawn by moving the character.

According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided an exchangeable template to be placed on the table, a hole having the same shape as the tag is formed in the template, and the tag is inserted into the hole.

The invention according to a third aspect is characterized in that an adhesive member for fixing the tag put in the hole to the base is provided.

The invention according to a fourth aspect is characterized in that the automatic drawing machine is provided with a guide member which is attached to a scale provided in the main body of the automatic drawing machine and which guides the loading and unloading of the table.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a jig for an automatic drawing machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3, reference numeral 11 denotes a main body of an automatic drawing machine. On the upper surface of the main body 11, an operation section 13 provided with a plurality of operation keys 12 for inputting drawing information and a display of the input drawing information are displayed. The display unit 14 is provided.

A rectangular opening 21 is formed in the front side surface 11A of the main body 11, and a pen arm 22 projects from the opening 21. A pen can be detachably attached to the tip of the pen arm 22. Pen arm 2
Numeral 2 is movable in the X direction along the opening 21 and is movable forward and backward so as to be movable in the Y direction.

In the main body 11, a stepping motor S1,
S2, a solenoid (not shown) for raising and lowering the tip side of the pen arm 22, an adjusting mechanism 25 for applying a constant pen pressure to the pen and preventing the wire W from being loosened, and stepping motors S1, S2, A control device (not shown) for controlling the solenoid 15 and displaying the drawing information on the display unit 14 is provided.

A scale 30 is provided on a front side surface 11A of the main body 11.
The scale 30 is provided with an opening 31 indicating a drawing range, and a memory (not shown) is provided around the opening 31.

A jig 40 is detachably attached to the main body 11. The jig 40 is a base member (guide member) 41 detachably attached to the scale 30.
And a tray (table) 60 placed on the base member 41
And an adhesive sheet (adhesive member) 70, 70 attached to the tray 60, a template 80 adhered to the adhesive sheet 70, 70, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, the base member 41 has a recess 42 on which the tray 60 is placed.
A guide wall 43 extending in the front-rear direction and having a predetermined height is formed on the right side of FIG. 4 (in FIG. 4), and a guide protrusion 4 extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the left side of the bottom 42A of the recess 42.
4 are formed. Further, upright walls 48, 49 having a predetermined height are formed at both ends of the base plate portions 46, 47 formed on both sides of the base member 41, and protrude inward from the upper ends of the upright walls 48, 49. Protrusions 50 and 51 are formed.

By inserting the end of the scale 30 between the projecting portions 50, 51 and the base plate portions 46, 47, the base member 41 can be detachably mounted on the scale 30. ing. Base member 41
When the is mounted on the scale 30, the upright walls 48, 49 abut on both ends of the scale 30, and the base member 41 can be positioned so as not to rattle in the left-right direction (X direction). .

At the front ends of the base plate portions 46, 47, stopper portions 52, 53 which are continuous with the upright walls 48, 49 and protrude upward are formed. When the base member 41 is mounted on the scale 30, the base member 41 is positioned in the Y direction with respect to the scale 30 by bringing the front end of the scale 30 into contact with the stoppers 52 and 53.

As shown in FIG. 5, the tray 60 has a flat mounting portion 61 and a bent portion 62 which is bent upward at the front end of the mounting portion 61. As shown in FIG. 6, when the mounting portion 61 of the tray 60 is mounted on the concave portion 42 of the base member 41, both ends of the mounting portion 61 respectively contact the guide wall surface 43 and the guide ridge portion 44 of the base member 41. Touch By this contact, the tray 60 is guided by the guide wall surface 43 and the guide ridge portion 44 so as to be movable only in the front-back direction.

On the mounting portion 61 of the tray 60, rectangular adhesive sheets 70, 70 made of, for example, adhesive urethane rubber are adhered, and a template 80 is adhered on the adhesive sheets 70, 70. Is what you do. By this attachment, the template 80 is fixed to the tray 60. The template 80 can be easily peeled off from the adhesive sheets 70, 70. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets 70, 70 can be re-used by washing with water, and can be used repeatedly.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the template 80 has a plurality of holes 81 for receiving tags.
The hole 81 has an oval-shaped hole 81A and a circular hole 81B.
Thus, either the oval tag 85 or the circular tag 86 shown in FIG. 8 can be set on the template 80. F is tag 85,86
Are attached to the holes 85H and 86H. 81a, 81
b denotes an escape groove for releasing the string F of the tags 85 and 86 set on the template 80. These escape grooves 81a, 8
1b, the tag 8 set in the template 80
5,86 becomes easy to take out.

A template 90 shown in FIG. 7B has a large oval hole 91 formed so that a large tag can be set. Reference numeral 91a denotes an escape groove for releasing a string attached to a hole (not shown) of a tag (not shown),
The escape groove 91a makes it easy to remove the tag from the template 90. The template 95 shown in FIG. 7 (C) is such that a large oval-shaped tag can be set by changing its orientation by 90 degrees, and the hole 96 is a state in which two oval-shaped holes are shifted by 90 degrees from each other and overlapped. Opened in shape. Reference numeral 96a is a relief groove similar to the above.

Next, the operation of the jig for an automatic drawing machine configured as described above will be described.

First, for example, a template 80 on which a desired tag is set is adhered to the adhesive sheets 70, 70 of the tray 60, and a tag 85 is set in the hole 81A of each hole 81 of the template 80. This tag 85 is the adhesive sheet 7
0, 70, and fixed to the tray 60. On the other hand, the end of the scale 30 is inserted between the projecting portions 50, 51 of the base member 41 and the base plate portions 46, 47, and as shown in FIG.
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Then, the tray 60 on which the template 80 is adhered is placed in the concave portion 42 of the base member 41, and the tag 8
The tray 60 is moved in the front-rear direction with respect to the base member 41 so that 5 is located in the opening 31 of the scale 30.
Thereafter, a position at which drawing is started is determined based on the memory of the scale 30, and this position, characters to be drawn, and the like are input using the operation keys 12.

When a drawing start key (not shown) is operated, the pen arm 22 is moved in the X and Y directions, and a tag 85 (not shown) attached to the pen arm 22 is used.
Characters are drawn on top.

When the drawing is completed, the tray 60 is moved forward and the second hole 81B of the template 80 is moved.
Is set at the same position as above. Then, the characters to be drawn are inputted by the operation keys 12, and the drawing start key is operated. Then, characters and the like are drawn on the second tag 85 in the same manner as described above. In this case, since the previously input position is used, there is no need to input the position again. Template 80
The tag 85 set in the third hole 81B may be similarly drawn.

If the tags 85 are inserted into the holes 81B of the template 80, the tags 85 are positioned by the template 80. Therefore, the positioning of each tag 85 can be easily performed by the template 80.

As described above, every time the drawing is completed, the tray 6
Since it is only necessary to move 0 to a predetermined position in the Y direction and input only the characters to be drawn, it is not necessary to input the position to draw for each tag 85. Therefore, a plurality of tags 8
When drawing characters on 5, the operation for drawing is very simple. Further, since the base member 41 is attached to the main body 11 via the scale 30, there is no need to improve the main body 11 to attach the base member 41.

Further, since the tag 85 is fixed to the tray 60 by the adhesive sheets 70, 70 and the template 80, it is not necessary to hold the tag 85 by hand or affix it to the paper surface with a tape, which is very convenient. It will be good.

In the above embodiment, the adhesive sheets 70, 70
Although the template 80 is fixed to the tray 60 by using, the template 80 may be fixed to the tray 60 by providing an engaging portion or the like without using the adhesive sheets 70, 70. Further, the tray 60 is placed so as to be able to be taken in and out of the concave portion 42 of the base member 41.
The tray 60 may be directly attached to the scale 30 or the main body 11 so that the tray 60 can be freely taken in and out without providing the tray.

When performing normal drawing, the base member 41 may be removed from the scale 30. That is, the jig 40 may be removed from the automatic drawing machine main body 11 and drawn on the drawing in the same manner as in the related art. When drawing on a tag, the jig 40 is attached to the main body 11 and used.

[0033]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an automatic drawing machine main body having a pen arm movable in the XY directions with respect to the paper surface can be moved in and out in the Y direction from the pen arm side. A platform on which a plurality of tags can be placed along the Y direction and which is detachably attached, and a character or the like is drawn on the tags placed on the platform by moving the pen arm in the XY directions. Therefore, it is only necessary to move the table to a predetermined position in the Y direction each time the drawing is completed and input only the characters to be drawn, so that it is not necessary to input the drawing position for each tag. . Therefore, when drawing characters on multiple tags,
The operation for drawing is very simple.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a replaceable template to be placed on the table, a hole having the same shape as the tag is formed in the template, and the tag is inserted into the hole. Since the tag inserted into the hole is fixed to the template, it is not necessary to fix the tag by hand or by tape.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the tag provided in the hole of the template is provided with an adhesive member for fixing the tag to the table, the tag inserted in the hole is securely fixed to the table. That is, there is no need to hold the tag by hand or apply tape to hold the tag.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the table is mounted on the scale provided in the automatic drawing machine main body, and is provided with a guide member for mounting the table and guiding the table in and out. Since it is attached to the automatic drawing machine main body via the scale, there is no need to improve the automatic drawing machine main body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a jig for an automatic drawing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the jig for the automatic drawing machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the jig for the automatic drawing machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 4A is a plan view showing a base member of a jig for an automatic drawing machine. (B) It is sectional drawing of a base member.

FIG. 5A is a side view showing a tray of a jig for an automatic drawing machine. (B) It is a top view of a tray.

FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view showing a configuration of a jig for an automatic drawing machine.

FIG. 7A is a plan view showing a template of a jig for an automatic drawing machine. (B) It is the top view which showed the template of other examples. (C) It is the top view which showed the template of another other example.

FIG. 8A is a plan view showing a tag. (B) It is a top view showing other tags.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Automatic drawing machine main body 22 Pen arm 30 Scale 41 Base member (guide member) 60 Tray (table) 80 Template 85 Tag

Claims (4)

[Claims] An automatic drawing machine having a pen arm movable in XY directions with respect to the plane of the drawing can place a plurality of tags along the Y direction so as to be able to be inserted and removed in the Y direction from the pen arm side. A jig for an automatic drawing machine, comprising a base detachably attached to the base, and drawing characters and the like by moving the pen arm in the X and Y directions on a tag placed on the base. 2. An automatic drawing machine according to claim 1, further comprising an exchangeable template mounted on said table, wherein said template has a hole having the same shape as said tag, and said tag is inserted into said hole. jig. 3. The jig for an automatic drawing machine according to claim 2, further comprising an adhesive member for fixing the tag inserted into said hole to a base. 4. The automatic drawing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a guide member mounted on a scale provided in said automatic drawing machine body, said guide member being placed on said scale to guide the table in and out. The jig for an automatic drawing machine according to any one of the above.