JP2000301787A - Self-adhesive seal issuing apparatus with printing function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a feed speed of a self-adhesive seal in a self-adhesive seal issuing apparatus having printing function. SOLUTION: A self-adhesive seal issuing apparatus is equipped with a printing mechanism 12 for applying printing to each of the self-adhesive seals 11 temporatily bonded to strip-like mount sheet 10 so as to leave intervals, a peel mechanism 13 for peeling the self-adhesive seal 11 from the strip-like mount sheet accompanied by the feed of the strip-like pasteboard and a drive mechanism performing the feed and stop of the strip-like mount sheet 10. When the self-adhesive seal 11 is peeled up to its end part, it is separated from the strip- like mount sheet 10 while the strip-like pasteboard 10 is fed reversely to return the next self-adhesive seal to a printing position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for printing on a sealing seal such as a wrapping paper or a letter seal, or an adhesive seal such as a food quality indication seal, and then holding the adhesive seal in a peelable state. The present invention relates to an adhesive seal issuing device having a printing function as described above.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an adhesive seal issuing device having a printing function of this kind, for example, as shown in FIG. , A peeling mechanism 4 that peels off the adhesive seal 1 from the band-shaped backing sheet 2 as the band-shaped backing sheet 2 is conveyed, and a drive mechanism that conveys and stops the band-shaped backing sheet 2 ( (Not shown) are known. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 5 denotes an adhesive seal 1 in a state where it is projected from the peeling mechanism 4.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a print head constituting the printing mechanism 3, reference numeral 7 denotes a platen roller which is positioned to face the print head 6, and reference numeral 8 denotes This is a winding roll for winding the band-shaped backing sheet 2 after the adhesive seal 1 has been peeled off.

In such a sticker issuing apparatus, as shown in FIG. 7, a printing mechanism 3 transfers a band-shaped backing sheet 2 onto an adhesive sticker 1 temporarily attached to the band-shaped backing sheet 2 while transferring the same. While performing printing, the printed adhesive seal 1 is conveyed to the peeling mechanism 4, and the band-shaped backing sheet 2 is folded back in a direction away from the adhesive seal 1 in the peeling mechanism 4, so that the adhesive seal 1 is Peeled sequentially from the front side in the transport direction, as shown in FIG.
When the adhesive seal 1 is peeled to its end (the rear end in the transport direction), the transport of the band-shaped backing sheet 2 is stopped, so that the adhesive seal 1 is held in a standby state protruding from the band-shaped backing sheet 2. It is supposed to. Here, another adhesive seal 1 positioned behind the adhesive seal 1 conveyed to the standby position is passed through the printing mechanism 3, but at this time, printing on the adhesive seal 1 is not performed.

Then, when the worker removes the printed adhesive seal 1 in the standby state as shown in FIG. 9, the removal of the adhesive seal 1 is detected by the seal sensor 5, and the detection signal is output. The belt-shaped backing sheet 2 is conveyed in the reverse direction by the reverse drive of the driving mechanism based on the above, the next adhesive seal 1 is returned to the printing position as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, after printing on the adhesive seal 1, FIG.
The standby state shown in FIG.

[0005]

However, such a conventional sticker issuing apparatus having a printing function has the following problems to be improved. That is, the adhesive seal 1 after printing is once held in a standby state, and in this state, the next adhesive seal 1 is held in a state where a part thereof is passed through the printing mechanism 3. This is because the temporary attachment pitch of the adhesive seal 1 needs to be reduced as much as possible in order to increase the number of sheets of the adhesive seal 1 accommodated in the band-shaped backing paper 2. Then, after the printed adhesive seal 1 at the standby position is removed, printing on the next adhesive seal 1 is performed. For this purpose, the adhesive seal 1 is once returned to the printing position of the printing mechanism 3. As a result, there is a problem that the supply speed of the adhesive seal 1 is reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and has as its object to increase the supply speed of an adhesive seal in an adhesive seal issuing apparatus having a printing function.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an adhesive seal issuing apparatus having a printing function, wherein the adhesive seal is temporarily attached to a band-shaped backing at intervals to achieve the above-mentioned object. A printing mechanism that performs printing on the sheet, a peeling mechanism that peels off the adhesive seal from the band-shaped backing sheet along with the conveyance of the band-shaped backing sheet, and a drive mechanism that conveys and stops the band-shaped sheeting, When is peeled to its end, the adhesive seal is separated from the band-shaped backing sheet, and the band-shaped backing sheet is reversely conveyed, so that the next adhesive seal is returned to the printing position. . An adhesive seal issuing device having a printing function according to claim 2 of the present invention is provided with a holding mechanism for separating and holding the adhesive seal from the band-shaped mount near the peeling device according to claim 1. When the adhesive seal is separated from the band-shaped backing paper by the holding mechanism, the next adhesive seal is returned to the printing position. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an adhesive seal issuing device having a printing function, wherein the holding mechanism according to the second aspect is a vacuum suction machine. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an adhesive seal issuing device having a printing function, wherein the holding mechanism according to the second aspect is provided near the peeling mechanism, and the adhesive surface of the adhesive seal is in contact with the peeling mechanism. It is characterized by comprising a holding roller to be driven and an auxiliary driving mechanism for rotating the holding roller. Further, in the adhesive seal issuing device having a printing function according to claim 5 of the present invention, the holding mechanism according to claim 2 is provided near the peeling mechanism, and the adhesive surface of the adhesive seal is in contact with the adhesive mechanism. And a swinging member that swings between two positions, a position approaching the peeling mechanism, a position separated by a predetermined distance from the peeling mechanism, and an auxiliary drive mechanism that swings the swinging member. Characterized by the following.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The adhesive seal issuing device having a printing function according to the present embodiment includes a printing mechanism 12 that performs printing on an adhesive seal 11 temporarily attached at intervals on the band-shaped backing sheet 10, and with the conveyance of the band-shaped backing sheet 10,
A peeling mechanism 13 for peeling off the adhesive seal 11 from the band-shaped mount 10 and a drive mechanism (not shown) for transporting and stopping the band-shaped mount 10 are provided.
When the adhesive seal 11 has been peeled to its end, by stopping the conveyance of the band-shaped mount 10, the adhesive seal 11 is held in a standby state protruding from the band-shaped mount 10, and When the pressure-sensitive adhesive seal 11 is separated from the band-shaped backing sheet 10, the band-shaped backing sheet 10 is conveyed in the reverse direction to return the next pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 11 to a printing position. A holding mechanism 14 is provided in front of the adhesive seal 11 in the conveying direction to hold the adhesive seal 11 in the standby state by separating the adhesive seal 11 from the band-shaped backing sheet 10. The basic configuration is that the next adhesive seal 11 is returned to the print position when the adhesive seal 11 is separated from the print position.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, the holding mechanism 14 is constituted by a vacuum suction machine, and the suction surface thereof is spaced apart from the extension surface of the conveying surface of the adhesive seal 11 by a predetermined distance. And the holding mechanism 14 is provided with the adhesive seal 11.
Then, the adhesive seal 11 is swung so as to separate the rear end of the adhesive seal 11 from the band-shaped mount 10. In the vicinity of the holding mechanism 14, a seal sensor 15 for detecting the presence or absence of the printed adhesive seal 11 sucked by the holding mechanism 14 is provided.

Further, the printing mechanism 12 is disposed opposite to the printing head 16 such as a thermal head for performing printing, and the band-shaped backing sheet 10 and the adhesive seal 11 are sandwiched between the printing head 16 and the printing head 16. And a platen roller 17. The peeling mechanism 13 has a wedge-shaped cross-section, and turns the band-shaped backing paper 10 guided on the upper surface at the apex portion thereof to guide the strip-shaped backing paper 10 in the opposite direction. A take-up roll 18 is provided below the peeling mechanism 13 and at a position rearward in the transport direction of the band-shaped backing sheet 10 to take up the band-shaped backing sheet 10 from which the adhesive seal 11 has been peeled off by the peeling-off mechanism 13. .

Next, the operation of the pressure-sensitive adhesive seal issuing apparatus according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.
First, when the device is activated, as shown by the arrow in FIG.
The belt-shaped mount 10 is conveyed, and printing is performed on the surface of the adhesive seal 11 that has been passed through the print head 16. When the printing on the adhesive seal 11 is completed,
The printing mechanism 12 is kept in the printing stopped state, and the conveyance of the band-shaped backing paper 10 is continuously performed. With the conveyance of such a band-shaped backing sheet 10, the printed adhesive seal 11 is sent to the peeling mechanism 13, and the peeling mechanism 13
As a result, the adhesive seal 11 is sequentially peeled from the band-shaped backing sheet 10 from the front end thereof, and as shown in FIG. 2, when the adhesive seal 11 is peeled to the vicinity of the rear end, the conveyance of the band-shaped backing sheet 10 is performed. By being stopped, the adhesive seal 11 is attached to the band-shaped
In a state of being held by the holding mechanism 14.

As a result, when the holding mechanism 14 is activated, the opposing adhesive seal 11 is sucked by the holding mechanism 14 as shown in FIG. When the adhesive seal 11 is attracted to the holding mechanism 14 in this manner, the holding mechanism 14 is swung as shown by an arrow in FIG. 3, whereby the rear end of the adhesive seal 11 is pulled upward. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, it is completely peeled off from the band-shaped backing paper 10. Then, at the same time as the adhesive seal 11 is completely separated from the band-shaped backing sheet 10 by the holding mechanism 14, the driving mechanism is activated in the reverse direction, so that the band-shaped backing sheet 10 is conveyed in the conveying direction reverse direction. . As shown in FIG. 4, the conveyance of the band-shaped backing sheet 10 in the reverse direction is performed by the next adhesive seal 1.
1 is stopped when the printing position is reached, and the entire apparatus is put into a standby state.

When the adhesive seal 11 is taken out of the holding mechanism 14 by the worker from the state in which the printed adhesive seal 11 is held by the holding mechanism 14, the adhesive sensor 11 is used by the seal sensor 15. Is detected, and based on the detection signal,
When the printing mechanism 12 is activated and the drive mechanism is activated in the transport direction, printing on the adhesive seal 11 is started, and the operations shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 are repeated.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the printed adhesive seal 11 is peeled off by the peeling mechanism 13, the adhesive seal 11 is completely separated from the band-shaped backing paper 10 by the holding mechanism 14. At the same time, since the adhesive sticker 11 located at the subsequent stage is returned to the printing position, printing on the adhesive sticker 11 at the subsequent stage is started when the printed adhesive sticker 11 is removed. Therefore, compared to the operation in which the adhesive sticker after printing is removed and the subsequent adhesive seal is returned to the printing position and printing is conventionally performed, the time required for returning the printing seal to the printing position is longer than that of the operation in which the adhesive seal 11 is removed. Issuance time is shortened.

The various shapes, dimensions, and the like of the components shown in the above embodiment are merely examples, and can be variously changed based on design requirements and the like.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the holding mechanism 14 is constituted by a vacuum suction machine, and the vacuum suction machine is swung at a predetermined angle after sucking the adhesive seal 11, so that the adhesive seal 11 is rotated. Although the example shown in FIG. 4 was completely peeled off from the band-shaped backing material 10, substantially the same effect can be obtained by previously inclining the vacuum suction machine at an angle as shown in FIG. Obtainable. Further, the holding mechanism 14 may be configured as shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6 instead of the above-described vacuum suction machine. That is, the configuration shown in FIG. 5 includes a pair of holding rollers 19 in the vicinity of the peeling mechanism 13, the adhesive surfaces of the printed adhesive seal 11 peeled off from the band-shaped backing sheet 10, and these holding rollers 19. And a supplementary drive mechanism 20 that rotationally drives the drive mechanism. Then, the adhesive seal 11 peeled off by the peeling mechanism 13 hangs down due to its own weight, but since the holding roller 19 is located at that portion, the adhesive seal 11 comes into contact with the holding roller 19. In this state, the holding roller 19 is driven by the auxiliary drive mechanism 20 so that the adhesive seal 11
Is separated from the band-shaped backing sheet 10 and the auxiliary drive mechanism 20 is stopped at the time of the separation from the band-shaped backing sheet 10, as shown in FIG.
1 is held in a standby state, and the adhesive seal 11
Is returned to the printing position (in the illustrated example, the state immediately before the adhesive seal 11 is returned to the printing position is shown). FIG.
The configuration shown in FIG. 1 has two positions: a position where the adhesive surface of the adhesive seal 11 is brought into contact with the peeling mechanism 13 and approaches the peeling mechanism 13 and a position which is separated from the peeling mechanism 13 by a predetermined distance. A holding mechanism is constituted by a swinging member 21 which is swung between them and an auxiliary driving mechanism 22 which swings the swinging member 21. By the time the peeling of the printed adhesive seal 11 is started, the swinging member 21 is in the swinging position near the peeling mechanism 13, and the adhesive seal 11 peeled off by the peeling mechanism 13 is It hangs down due to its own weight,
Since the swing member 21 is located at that portion,
The adhesive seal 11 is supported by being in contact with the swinging member 21, and in this state, the swinging member 21 is swung by the auxiliary driving mechanism 22 so as to be separated from the peeling mechanism 13. When the adhesive seal 11 is separated from the band-shaped mount 10 and the adhesive seal 11 is separated from the band-shaped mount 10, the auxiliary driving mechanism 22
Is stopped, as shown in FIG. 6, the adhesive seal 11 is held in a standby state, and the subsequent adhesive seal 11 is returned to the printing position (in the illustrated example, the adhesive seal 11 is moved to the printing position). State just before it was returned).

[0017]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the printed adhesive seal is peeled off by the peeling mechanism and completely separated from the band-shaped backing paper.
The adhesive seal located at the subsequent stage can be returned to the printing position. Therefore, in comparison with the operation of returning the adhesive seal of the subsequent stage to the print position and starting printing after removing the adhesive sticker on which printing has been performed in the related art, the time required to return the print seal to the print position is shorter than that of the adhesive seal. The issue time can be shortened.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows one embodiment of the present invention, and is a schematic side view showing a state in which a printed adhesive seal is peeled off while leaving a part thereof.

FIG. 3 shows one embodiment of the present invention, and is a schematic side view showing a state in which a printed adhesive seal is separated from a band-shaped backing paper by a holding mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which a printed adhesive seal is peeled off leaving a part thereof, and a subsequent adhesive seal is returned to a printing position. is there.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view showing a conventional example.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view showing a conventional example, and showing a state in which a printed adhesive seal is peeled off while leaving a part thereof.

FIG. 9 is a schematic side view showing a conventional example, showing a state in which a printed adhesive seal is completely peeled off from a band-shaped backing paper.

FIG. 10 shows a conventional example, and is a schematic side view illustrating a state in which a pressure-sensitive adhesive seal after printing is completely peeled off from a band-shaped backing sheet, and then a subsequent-stage pressure-sensitive adhesive seal is returned to a printing position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Adhesive seal 2 Strip mount 3 Printing mechanism 4 Peeling mechanism 5 Seal sensor 6 Print head 7 Platen roller 8 Take-up roll 10 Strip mount 11 Adhesive seal 12 Printing mechanism 13 Peeling mechanism 14 Holding mechanism 15 Seal sensor 16 Print head 17 Platen roller 18 Take-up roll 19 Holding roller (holding mechanism) 20 Auxiliary drive mechanism (holding mechanism) 21 Swinging member (holding mechanism) 22 Auxiliary drive mechanism (holding mechanism)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A printing mechanism for printing on an adhesive sticker temporarily attached to a belt-shaped backing at an interval, a peeling mechanism for peeling off the adhesive seal from the band-backing accompanying the conveyance of the belt-backing, When the adhesive seal is peeled to its end, the adhesive seal is separated from the band-shaped backing sheet, and the belt-shaped backing sheet is conveyed in the reverse direction. An adhesive seal issuing device having a printing mechanism, wherein the adhesive seal is returned to a printing position. 2. A holding mechanism is provided in the vicinity of the peeling device to hold the adhesive seal apart from the band-shaped backing sheet, and when the adhesive seal is separated from the band-shaped backing sheet by the holding mechanism, a next adhesive seal is provided. 3. The adhesive seal issuing device having a printing function according to claim 1, wherein the device is returned to a printing position. 3. The adhesive seal issuing device having a printing function according to claim 2, wherein the holding mechanism is a vacuum suction machine. 4. The holding mechanism is provided in the vicinity of the peeling mechanism, and is configured by a holding roller to which an adhesive surface of the adhesive seal is brought into contact, and an auxiliary drive mechanism that rotationally drives the holding roller. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein
An adhesive seal issuing device provided with the printing function described in 1. 5. The holding mechanism is provided in the vicinity of the peeling mechanism, the adhesive surface of the adhesive seal is brought into contact with the holding mechanism, a position approaching the peeling mechanism, and a position separated by a predetermined distance from the peeling mechanism. 3. An adhesive seal having a printing function according to claim 2, comprising a swing member swingable between the two positions, and an auxiliary drive mechanism swinging the swing member. Issuing device.