JP2002137596A - Cutting plotter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting plotter capable of automatically operating a series of works from outline cutting of a sheet for half-cutting to releasing of an unnecessary sheet part in a simple structure. SOLUTION: The cutting plotter comprises a sheet feeding passage 7 connected to a sheet exhaust port 24; a sheet feeding mechanism 12 for normally or reversely feeding the sheet A for half-cutting on the passage 7; a cutting plotter mechanism 13 for outline cutting a character in cooperation with the mechanism 12; a sheet releasing mechanism 14 for releasing the unnecessary sheet part AC from the released sheet Ab; and an apparatus case 4 formed with the port 24 to contain the passage 7, the mechanism 12, the mechanism 13 and the mechanism 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutting plotter for outline cutting a character such as a character or a figure to be cut out on a half-cut sheet and peeling off an unnecessary sheet portion while leaving a character portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of cutting plotter, for example, one described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-202582 is known. This cutting plotter includes a cutting plotter body that outline-cuts a character to be cut out on a half-cut sheet, a thermal printer that prints characters on the half-cut sheet empty, and a plotter / printer control device having an input unit. It is configured with cable connection. In this cutting plotter, a thermal printer is loaded with a heat-sensitive adhesive tape instead of an ink ribbon, and the heat-sensitive adhesive tape is fed out and overlaid on a half-cut sheet to perform a thermal transfer operation (blank printing). To take up. That is, after the outline of the character is cut by the cutting plotter body, the cut half-cut sheet is supplied to the thermal printer, and a thermal transfer operation is performed on the unnecessary sheet portions other than the character portion in the filling mode, and the unnecessary sheet portion is removed. It sticks to the heat-sensitive adhesive tape and winds it up.

[0003]

In such a conventional cutting plotter, it is necessary to newly introduce a half-cut sheet in which characters are outline-cut by the cutting plotter body into a thermal printer. There was a problem that it took time to handle. Further, since the half-cut sheet is relatively wide, there is a problem that the head and platen of the thermal printer become large.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cutting plotter which has a simple structure and can automatically perform a series of operations from outline cutting of a half-cut sheet to peeling of an unnecessary sheet portion.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A cutting plotter according to the present invention provides an outline cut of a character to be cut out of a sheet body of a half-cut sheet in which a sheet body is laminated on a release sheet, and a cut character portion. A cutting plotter for peeling off other unnecessary sheet portions from the release sheet to create cutout characters while leaving a sheet running path connected to the sheet discharge port and a sheet for feeding the half-cut sheet forward and backward on the sheet running path A feeding mechanism, a cutting plotter mechanism for outline cutting the character in cooperation with the sheet feeding mechanism, a sheet peeling mechanism for peeling an unnecessary sheet portion from the peeling sheet, a sheet discharge port, a sheet traveling path, a sheet Feed mechanism, cutting plotter mechanism and sheet A device case accommodating a peeling mechanism.

According to this configuration, when the half-cut sheet is supplied on the sheet traveling path, the sheet feeding mechanism and the cutting plotter mechanism are driven to cut the outline of the character. Subsequently, the sheet peeling mechanism is driven to peel off the unnecessary sheet portion from the release sheet. Thereafter, the half-cut sheet from which the unnecessary sheet portion has been peeled off is discharged from the sheet discharge port to the outside of the apparatus. In this manner, the outline cutting of the half-cut sheet and the peeling of the unnecessary sheet portion can be continuously performed by a single device (built in the device case). If the character has a hollow portion, it is preferable to leave the removal to the user.

In this case, it is preferable to drive the sheet peeling mechanism while moving the half-cut sheet in the direction opposite to the peeling direction by the sheet feeding mechanism.

According to this configuration, the unnecessary sheet portion can be peeled off by utilizing the sheet feeding mechanism, and the configuration of the apparatus can be simplified.

In these cases, the sheet peeling mechanism includes a winding roller having an outer peripheral portion having adhesiveness and winding the unnecessary sheet portion, a roller driving motor for driving the winding roller to rotate,
A roller moving mechanism for moving the take-up roller toward and away from the contact position and the separating position with respect to the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion; and the roller moving mechanism moves the take-up roller to the contact position. It is preferable that the take-up roller is moved to the separated position after the peeling end is adhered and held, and the roller drive motor rotates the take-up roller after the take-up roller is moved to the separated position.

According to this configuration, the take-up roller is brought into contact with the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion by the roller moving mechanism, and this is held in an adhesive state. Then, the take-up roller is rotated by the roller drive motor. The unnecessary sheet portion can be wound around a winding roller while being peeled off. Thus, the unnecessary sheet portion can be easily peeled off, and the unnecessary sheet portion can be compactly wound around the winding roller. In addition, by winding the unnecessary sheet portion with the adhesive, the winding roller can function as a roller having adhesiveness.

In this case, the power transmission system from the roller drive motor to the winding roller is provided with a constant torque mechanism for keeping the winding torque of the winding roller constant.
preferable.

According to this configuration, even if the diameter of the winding roller changes by winding the unnecessary sheet portion, the winding torque of the winding roller is kept constant, so that the unnecessary sheet portion is slackened. This can be appropriately and stably wound up without causing the winding.

In this case, it is preferable that the constant torque mechanism is a sliding friction clutch.

According to this structure, even if the diameter of the take-up roller changes by winding the unnecessary sheet portion, the take-up roller slides and rotates as appropriate, so that the unnecessary sheet portion becomes slack with a simple structure. This can be appropriately wound up without causing it to be wound.

[0015] In these cases, the cutting plotter mechanism forms one or several transverse cut lines at the portion of the half-cut sheet that becomes the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion. It is preferable to form an angled cross-cut line at the portion of the half-cut sheet that becomes the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion.

According to these configurations, even if the diameter of the take-up roller is changed by winding the unnecessary sheet portion, the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion can be securely held by the winding roller. it can.

In these cases, the take-up roller is housed in the cartridge, and preferably further includes a cartridge mounting portion for removably mounting the cartridge.

According to this configuration, the take-up roller can be easily and detachably attached to the mounting main body, and the handling of the take-up roller such as transportation, storage, and disposal can be easily performed. Further, even when a half-cut sheet having a different width is introduced, a winding roller corresponding to the width can be easily introduced by replacing the cartridge.

In this case, it is preferable that a part of the sheet traveling path is formed in the cartridge.

According to this configuration, the sheet traveling path on the apparatus body side can be shortened, and the apparatus can be made compact as a whole.

[0021]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cut-out character producing apparatus to which a cutting plotter according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. This cut-out character creation device forms a so-called cut-out character by outline-cutting a character (consisting of a single character or a character string) such as a character or a figure on an introduced half-cut sheet. The application sheet is attached to the unnecessary sheet portion after the unnecessary sheet portion is peeled off, and all of these series of operations are automatically performed.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a cutout character creating apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. As shown in both figures,
The cut-out character creation device 1 includes a rectangular device case 4 forming an external appearance, and an internal device 6 housed in the device case 4 while being supported by a device frame 5. The internal device 6 includes a sheet supply mechanism 11 that supplies the half-cut sheet A onto the sheet travel path 7, a sheet feed mechanism 12 that forwards and reverses the half-cut sheet A on the sheet travel path 7, and a sheet feed mechanism. A cutting plotter mechanism 13 for cooperating with the sheet cutting mechanism 13 to cut out an unnecessary portion of the half-cut sheet A in cooperation with the sheet feeding mechanism 12; And a controller 15 for controlling.

As will be described in detail later, the half-cut sheet A, the weakly-adhesive sheet B used for peeling off unnecessary portions of the half-cut sheet A, and a part of the internal device 6 are cartridge cases. 8 housed,
The sheet cartridge 3 is detachably mounted on a cartridge mounting section 9 formed on the apparatus main body 2. In this case, as the half-cut sheet A obtained by laminating the sheet body Aa and the release sheet Ab, two types having different widths (120 mm width / 210 mm width) are prepared. Are prepared (see FIGS. 3A and 3B).
reference).

The device case 4 includes a lower case 4a, an upper case 4b, and a case cover 4c provided above the upper case 4b, and the case cover 4c is opened by flipping up a front portion. Thus, the cartridge mounting portion 9 is opened, and the sheet cartridge 3 can be detached from above. An operation panel 21 inclined forward and downward is provided on the upper surface of the case lid 4c.
1, a keyboard 22 on which various keys 22a are arranged,
Also, a display 23 for displaying input / edit results from the keyboard 22 is provided. Further, inside the case cover 4c, a circuit block 2 which is located on the back side of the keyboard 22 and incorporates the controller 15 and the like is provided.
0 is provided.

A slit-shaped sheet discharge port 24 is formed on the front surface of the device case 4 so as to cut out a lower portion of the upper case 4b, and similarly, a slit-shaped sheet discharge port 24 is formed on the rear surface of the upper case 4b. A mouth 25 is formed. The sheet discharge port 24 and the sheet working port 25 are continuous with the above-described sheet traveling path 7, and a part of the half-cut sheet A, which is forward-reversely fed in a cutting operation or the like, is part of the sheet discharge port 24 and the sheet working port The half-cut sheet A which has been sent out of the apparatus from the outside 25 and has finally completed the creation of cutout characters is sent forward from the sheet discharge port 24 (discharge).

Further, the seat working port 24 is connected to the upper case 4b.
Is configured to be openable and closable by a rear lid 26 provided at the front end. That is, the rear cover 26 is opened so as to be tilted obliquely rearward through the hinge at the lower end, and the half-cut sheet A that is sent to the outside of the apparatus from the sheet working port 25 in the opened state is a sheet outside the apparatus. The traveling path 7 is configured. The rear cover 26 is closed so as to be flush with the rear surface of the device case 4. Reference numeral 27 in the figure denotes a color board storage box, and the color board storage box 27 has a drawer structure.
A plurality of color boards for attaching cutout characters are stored. The color board is a base plate used when the cutout characters cannot be directly attached to the object to be attached.

When the user inputs and edits a desired character by key operation while looking at the display 23, and presses a cutout character creation key, the sheet feeding mechanism 11 and the sheet feeding mechanism 12 are driven, and the half-cut sheet A is The sheet is fed out of the cartridge 3 and introduced into the sheet traveling path 7, and is cut into a predetermined size. Subsequently, the sheet feed mechanism 12 and the cutting plotter mechanism 13 are driven to perform an outline cut of the character.

The outline cut of the character is a so-called half cut in which only the sheet body Aa of the half cut sheet A is cut.
The cutting is performed by relatively cutting and moving a cutting tool 201 (described later) of the cutting plotter mechanism 13 in the X and Y directions. In the outline cut of the character, if the character has a hollow AA that is a hollow area or a reverse round AB that is a convex area in the peeling direction (details will be described later).
First, these are outline cut, and after the round portions AA and AB are peeled off, the outer shape portion of the character is cut. That is, the cutting operation is performed twice.

Specifically, the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the cutting plotter mechanism 13 are driven to cut the hollow AA and / or the reverse peel AB. Subsequently, the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet peeling mechanism 14 are driven to once stick the weak adhesive sheet B to the half-cut sheet A, and then peel off the round portions AA and AB together with the weak adhesive sheet B. . Then again,
Sheet feed mechanism 12 and cutting plotter mechanism 1
3 is driven to cut the outer portion of the character. Subsequently, the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet peeling mechanism 14 are driven, and the unnecessary sheet portion AC is left except for the character portion AD.
Peel off.

Thus, the half-cut sheet A
Only the character portion AD remains on the release sheet Ab. Here, the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet release mechanism 14 are driven again, and the weak adhesive sheet B which becomes the application sheet BB on the half-cut sheet A is used again. Affix. Then, the half-cut sheet A to which the application sheet BB is attached is sent out from the sheet discharge port 24, and a series of operations is completed.

Next, before describing the device frame 5 and the internal device 6, the sheet cartridge 3 will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, the sheet cartridge 3 is a cartridge case 8 having a vertically split two-part structure.
The cartridge case 8 includes a half-cut sheet A and a weakly-adhesive sheet B wound in a roll, a part of the sheet feeding mechanism 11 and a main part of the sheet peeling mechanism 14. Adhesive sheet sticking mechanism 3 comprising
1, a winding and peeling mechanism 32 and a peeling guide mechanism 33 are housed.

The cartridge case 8 is divided into two parts, a main case 8a located on the right side in front view and a sub case 8b located on the left side. As shown in FIG. 3, in two types of sheet cartridges 3a and 3b having different widths,
The main case 8a is commonly used, and the sub case 8b is formed to have different widths corresponding to the width of the cartridge case 8. That is, when a plurality of types of sheet cartridges 3a and 3b having different widths are formed, the main case 8a has the same width (the same shape), and the width is adjusted by the sub case 8b.

In each of the plurality of types of cartridge cases (sheet cartridges 3) 8 configured as described above, the center position in the width direction (left-right direction) is set to the left-right center of the apparatus body (cartridge mounting portion 9) 2. It is positioned so as to match the position and is mounted on the cartridge mounting section 9.

At the upper end of the front surface of the main case 8a, a latching projection 41a is formed at an intermediate position in the width direction, and a hook receiving projection 42a is formed at a joint end position in the width direction.
A vertical step portion 43a is formed at a lower portion of the rear surface of the main case 8a at an intermediate position in the width direction, and a horizontal step portion 44a connected to the vertical step portion 43a is formed near the joining end in the width direction ( (See FIG. 5).

Similarly, at the upper end of the front surface of the sub case 8b,
A latching projection 41b is formed at an intermediate position in the width direction,
A hook receiving projection 42b is formed at the joint end position in the width direction. A vertical step 43b is formed in the lower part of the rear surface of the sub case 8b at an intermediate position in the width direction, and further a horizontal step 44 is formed at the vertical step 43b near the joining end in the width direction.
b is formed. Then, in a state where the main case 8a and the sub case 8b are joined, the hook receiving protrusions 42a, 42
b are continuous in the width direction and the horizontal step portions 44a, 44
4b are continuous in the width direction.

When the main case 8a and the sub-case 8b are joined, the front hook of the cartridge case 8 is provided with an intermediate hook receiving projection 42 and hooking projections 41, 41 on the left and right across the hook receiving projection 42.
On the rear surface, an intermediate horizontal step portion 44 and left and right vertical step portions 43, 43 sandwiching the intermediate horizontal step portion 44 are formed. When the sheet cartridge 3 is mounted on the cartridge mounting portion 9 of the apparatus main body 2, the hook receiving projection 42 and the left and right latching projections 41, 41 form hooks 159 and left and right formed on the upper vertical frame 153 of the apparatus frame 5 described later. 6, the front portion of the sheet cartridge 3 is positioned (FIG. 6).
reference).

The horizontal step 4 of the sheet cartridge 3
4 and the left and right vertical steps 43, 43
Notch 16 formed in rear vertical frame 152
1 and the intermediate upper end 162, respectively, to position the rear of the sheet cartridge 3 (see FIG. 6). Thereby, two types of large and small sheet cartridges 3
Both a and 3b are positioned and mounted such that the center position in the left-right direction matches the center position in the left-right direction of the apparatus main body 2.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cartridge case 8 is divided into an upper accommodating section 52 and a lower accommodating section 53 by a partition plate (partition wall) 51 integrally formed at an upper and lower intermediate position. . The partition 51 extends horizontally, and constitutes the rear half of the seat travel path 7 having the main body 2 side as the front half on the upper surface thereof. In this case, the upper surface of the partition portion 51 constituting the sheet traveling path 7 has been subjected to non-adhesive treatment, and the running half-cut sheet A and the winding roller 35 around which the weak adhesive sheet B described later is wound are adhered. To prevent them from getting lost.

The front plate portion 54 and the rear plate portion 55 of the cartridge case 8 connected to the sheet running path 7 have front slit openings 56 and rear slit openings 57 for guiding the half-cut sheet A forward and backward, respectively. Are formed. The front slit opening 56 is connected to the sheet discharge port 24 of the apparatus case 4, and the rear slit opening 57 is connected to the sheet working port 25 of the apparatus case 4 (see FIG. 2).

The lower accommodating portion 53 includes a half-cut sheet A wound in a roll shape, a reverse feed preventing mechanism 61 for preventing the half-cut sheet A from being pulled in, and a sheet feeding roller of the sheet feeding mechanism 11 described later. The sheet holding member 62 facing from the upper side is accommodated in 171 (see FIG. 2). The half-cut sheet A has a cylindrical large-diameter shaft 63 formed integrally with the cartridge case 8 and extending in the width direction.
And is fed to the apparatus main body 2 side from a sheet supply port 58 formed in the front plate portion 54 located below the partition plate portion 51.

The reverse feed preventing mechanism 61 is provided with a sheet holding piece 65.
And the sheet holding piece 6 with the half-cut sheet A interposed therebetween.
The sheet holding member 66 has a round bar shape facing the sheet holding member 5 and a holding member receiver 67 for supporting the sheet holding member 66. The sheet pressing piece 65 is vertically attached to the partition 51 and formed in an inverted substantially “T” shape, and is in contact with the half-cut sheet A from above at a lower end surface thereof. The holding member receiver 67 has a substantially “V” -shaped groove 67 a on its upper surface, and the sheet holding member 66 is placed in the groove 67 a in a free state. The groove 67a has a gentle slope toward the rear, and when the half-cut sheet A runs backward so as to be drawn in, the half-cut sheet A
Due to the frictional resistance between the sheet holding member 66 and the sheet holding member 66, the sheet holding member 66 goes up the slope and holds the half-cut sheet A between the sheet holding member 65.

This prevents reverse feeding of the half-cut sheet A due to external force or the like, and prevents the feeding end portion A1 of the half-cut sheet A from coming off the sheet supply roller 171 and being drawn into the lower storage section 53. Can be prevented. Although the details will be described later, the half-cut sheet A supplied to the sheet traveling path 7 is cut into a predetermined size. Feeding end A of sheet A
1 is slightly reversed by the sheet supply roller 171. The slight reverse feed amount at that time is determined by the sheet holding member 6.
6 is absorbed by the amount of movement from the groove bottom of the groove 67a to the clamping position.

The sheet holding member 62 facing the sheet supply roller 171 is provided on both side plate portions 5 of the cartridge case 8.
Press member main body 68 rotatably supported by 9, 59
And a torsion coil spring 69 that urges the pressing member body 68 to rotate toward the sheet supply roller 171.
The holding piece 68 a of the holding member main body 68 extends from the sheet supply port 58 to the outside of the cartridge case 8,
Under the spring force of the torsion coil spring 69 wound around the shaft,
The half-cut sheet A is pressed between the sheet supply roller 171 and the sheet A. This allows
Sheet A for half-cut by sheet supply roller 171
(Feed) can be reliably performed.

In the upper accommodating portion, a weak adhesive sheet B wound in a roll and a sheet A for half-cutting the weak adhesive sheet B
, A take-up roller 35 that takes up the weak adhesive sheet B and the unnecessary sheet portion AC (see FIG. 21), and a roller gear train that transmits rotational power to the take-up roller 35 ( Roller driving mechanism) 36, a roller moving mechanism 37 for moving the winding roller 35 up and down, and a peeling guide mechanism 33 used for peeling off the unnecessary sheet portion AC.
And are housed. The take-up roller 35, the roller gear train 36, and the roller moving mechanism 37 constitute a take-up / peeling mechanism 32 that takes up the weak adhesive sheet B and the unnecessary sheet portion AC while peeling the sheet.

The weak adhesive sheet B is attached to the cartridge case 8
Are rotatably supported by a cylindrical small-diameter shaft 71 extending in the width direction and guided by a circular rib 72 formed inside the front plate portion 54 to be fed toward a pressure roller 73 described later. It has become. The weak adhesive sheet B is a transparent or translucent so-called laminate sheet with an adhesive, and is finally used as the application sheet BB as described above. For this reason, the weak adhesive sheet B of the embodiment has the same width as the half-cut sheet A and is almost twice as long.

The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet sticking mechanism 31 comprises a weak pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet B, a small-diameter shaft 71, and a vertical movement mechanism 70. The vertical movement mechanism 70 is a metal which is pressed against the surface of the half-cut sheet A. Roller 73 and pressure roller 7
The cam drive member 30 includes a roller holder 74 that rotatably holds the roller 3 and the cam drive member 30 that moves the pressure roller 73 up and down via the roller holder 74 (see FIG. 2). The roller holder 74 includes a holder main body 76, a roller supporting portion 77 facing the outside of the case from the holder main body 76 via the above-described front slit opening 56, and a cam portion 78 formed on the upper side of the roller supporting portion 77 and having a mountain shape in a front view. It is formed integrally.

The roller supporting portion 77 rotatably supports the pressure roller 73 at both ends thereof.
The above-described cam portion 78 is formed directly above the head. The cam portion 78 includes flat portions 78a, 78a disposed on the left and right outer sides.
And left and right slope portions 78b, 78b having gentle slopes disposed in the middle between the left and right sides, and a flat top portion 78c serving as the top thereof are connected to each other (see FIG. 3). When the cam drive member 30 moves up the slope portion 78 b of the cam portion 78, the pressure roller 73 moves down to the pressure position where the weak adhesive sheet B is pressed against the half-cut sheet A, and the slope portion 78 b of the cam portion 78 moves. , The pressure roller 73 moves up to the non-pressure position as it separates from the half-cut sheet A.

A front guide pin 80 and a rear guide groove 83 are formed at both ends of the holder body 76, respectively.
The front guide groove 82 and the rear guide pin 81 formed in the both side plate portions 59 of the cartridge case 8 are engaged. The front guide groove 82 is formed as an oblong groove that is inclined obliquely downward, and the rear guide groove 83 is formed as a substantially horizontal oval groove. Thus, the pressure roller 73 moves upward while slightly retracting from the pressure position to the non-pressure position. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the cut end of the weak adhesive sheet B, which has been moved to the non-pressing position along with the pressing roller 73, from coming into contact with a slide cutter 175 described later.

The both side plate portions 5 of the cartridge case 8
9 is provided with a torsion coil spring 84 at the positioning portion (not shown).
Accordingly, the roller holder 74 is urged in the upward movement direction. That is, the movement of the pressing roller 73 from the pressing position to the non-pressing position is performed by the spring force of the torsion coil spring 84.

As will be described in detail later, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the cam driving member 30 is provided on the apparatus main body 2 side, and reciprocates in the left-right direction by the reciprocating mechanism of the cutting plotter mechanism 13 (FIG. 7). Hereinafter, the movement to the left as viewed from the direction of the sheet discharge port 24 will be referred to as “forward movement”, and the movement to the right will be referred to as “return”.) Up and down movement and peeling guide mechanism 33
To move forward and backward.

A cam follower 86 that comes into contact with the cam portion 78 of the roller holder 74 is mounted below the rear end of the cam driving member 30 so as to be vertically movable. Cam follower 86
Is formed integrally with a contact portion 87 that comes into direct contact with the cam portion 78 and a shaft portion 88 movably attached to the lower rear end of the cam drive member 30, and is wound around the shaft portion 88 for pressurization. It is urged downward by a compression spring 89. Note that the upper end of the shaft portion 88 serves as a stopper for retaining the shaft 88 (see FIGS. 7 and 10).

In this manner, the weak adhesive sheet B has its sticking start portion (extending end portion) pressed against the half-cut sheet A by the pressure roller 73 which moves downward with its extending end portion, and subsequently, The half-cut sheet A is continuously adhered by traveling forward of the half-cut sheet A by the sheet feeding mechanism 12 (see FIG. 10). Then, after the attachment is completed, the weak adhesive sheet B is cut by the slide cutter 175. Although the details will be described later, the cutting of the weak adhesive sheet B is a cutting including the tail end portion A2 of the half-cut sheet A (see FIG. 26).

On the other hand, the take-up roller 35 is
1 and a roller shaft 92, and both ends are rotatably supported by a cover arm 111 of a roller moving mechanism 37 described later via the roller shaft 92. In this case, the roller main body 91 functions as an adhesive roller by winding up the weak adhesive sheet A and the unnecessary sheet portion AC by using these adhesives. For example, when the unnecessary sheet portion AC is peeled off, the unnecessary sheet portion AC comes into contact with the peeled end portion and is adhesively held before winding.

The roller gear train 36 is provided coaxially with the roller gear 101 fixed to the end of the roller shaft 92, the first intermediate gear 102 meshing with the roller gear 101, and the small diameter shaft 71 of the weak adhesive sheet B. It comprises a second intermediate gear 103 meshing with the first intermediate gear 102 and a cartridge input gear 104 meshing with the second intermediate gear 103. First
Each of the intermediate gear 102 and the second intermediate gear 103 is rotatably attached to one (left side) side plate 114 of the cover arm 111, and the cartridge input gear 10
Numeral 4 is rotatably attached to the left side plate portion 59 of the cartridge case 8 and protrudes out of the case from a gear cutout portion 105 formed in the front plate portion 54.

The cartridge output gear 104
Are engaged with a cartridge output gear 106 on the apparatus main body 2 side, and the cartridge output gear 106 is fixed to a cartridge output shaft 107 that transmits rotational power from a drive source into the sheet cartridge 3. The rotational power of the cartridge output shaft 107 is controlled by the cartridge output gear 10.
6 to the cartridge input gear 104 to reach the inside of the sheet cartridge 3, and further to the first intermediate gear 102,
The speed is reduced via the second intermediate gear 103 and the roller gear 101, and finally the winding roller 35 is rotated. Note that the cartridge output gear 106 is a two-piece type in order to correspond to two types of sheet cartridges 3a and 3b having different widths.
(See FIG. 7).

The roller moving mechanism 37 includes a cover arm 111 rotatably attached to the small diameter shaft 71 that supports the weak adhesive sheet B, a cover operating mechanism 112 for rotating the cover arm 111, and a cover operating mechanism. And the above-mentioned cam drive member 30 for operating the motor 112. The cover arm 111 is integrally formed by the side plates 114, 114 and the top plate 115, and is disposed so as to cover the weak adhesive sheet B and the winding roller 35 from above. The cover arm 111 is configured to be rotatable around the small-diameter shaft 71 of the weak adhesive sheet B, and moves the winding roller 35 upward from the contact position where the take-up roller 35 comes into contact with the half-cut sheet A. Is raised and lowered between a non-contact position and a non-contact position.

On both sides of the cover arm 111, a pair of return springs 116, 116 are provided.
Are biased toward the non-contact position. Each return spring 1
Reference numeral 16 denotes a torsion coil spring wound around a small-diameter shaft 71, one end of which is provided on both side plates 1 of the cover arm 111.
A pair of left and right arm guide pins 11 located outside
7 and 117, and the other end is a cartridge case 8
Are hooked on the inside of the side plate portion 59. Further, a pair of left and right operating pins 118, 118 for operating a peeling guide member 131 described later are provided on both side plates 114, 114 of the cover arm 111.

The cover operating mechanism 112 is provided with a cylindrical cam member 121 rotatably supported on the cartridge output shaft 107, and is engaged with the cylindrical cam member 121 and rotatably supported on the cartridge output shaft 107. And a rotating lever 122 that is provided. The rotating lever 122 includes a bearing portion 122a and a lever portion 122 formed in an “L” shape.
b, and rotates around the cartridge output shaft 107 by receiving the rotational force from the cylindrical cam member 121. When the rotation lever 122 rotates, the lever portion 122b enters the inside of the cartridge case 8 through the lever notch 123, pushes up the front end of the top plate 115 of the cover arm 111, and rotates the cover arm 111. Move (from the non-contact position to the contact position).

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the cylindrical cam member 121 is formed in an arc-shaped cross section and has a cam groove 125 on its surface.
Are formed integrally with a thick cam member main body 124 formed with a shaft support portion 126 extending from the back surface of the cam member main body 124 and supported by the cartridge output shaft 107. The shaft support portion 126 is composed of a pair of left and right shaft support portions 126a, 126a which are engaged with the rotary lever 122 so as to sandwich the rotary lever 122, and the both shaft support portions 126a, 126a rotate slightly with play in the circumferential direction. Bearing 122a of moving lever 122
Is engaged.

More specifically, both shaft support pieces 126a, 1
26a, the bearing 122a of the rotating lever 122 is
The two radially engaging steps engage with play at a predetermined rotation angle, and the two shaft support pieces 126a, 126a strongly pinch the bearing 122a of the rotating lever 122, thereby causing mutual friction. The turning lever 122 is turned by resistance. Reference numeral 127 in the figure denotes a lever stopper, and the rotating lever 122 always returns to a predetermined hanging posture by the lever stopper 127 regardless of play.

By the way, when the winding roller 35 winds up the weak adhesive sheet B or the unnecessary sheet portion AC, the winding roller 35 becomes thicker, and the moving distance between the contact position and the non-contact position becomes shorter. go. The change in the moving distance results in a change in the rotation angle of the cover arm 111, and the change in the rotation angle is absorbed by the play of the rotation lever 122. That is, as the rotation angle of the cover arm 111 decreases, the rotation lever 122 idles (slip rotates) relative to the shaft support 126 of the cylindrical cam member 121.
It should be noted that the shaft support 126 and the rotating lever 12 due to the idling are rotated.
The shift of the phase with the rotation stopper 2 is eliminated by the rotation lever 122 abutting against the lever stopper 127 at the time of return.

The pivot lever 122 and the shaft support 126 of the cylindrical cam member 121 which engages with the lever 122 are provided as a pair on the left and right sides of the sheet cartridge 3, and are provided for two types of sheet cartridges 3a and 3b having different widths. Two sets, four in total, are provided for correspondence (see FIG. 7).

The cam groove 12 formed in the cam member main body 124
Reference numeral 5 is formed by connecting a left long groove portion 125a and a right short groove portion 125b extending in the axial direction and an inclined groove portion 125c connecting them. A cam projection 129 formed on the upper end of the cam drive member 30 is engaged with the cam groove 125. That is, when the cam driving member 30 moves backward (moves to the right), the cam protrusion 1
29 moves from the long groove portion 125a to the short groove portion 125b via the inclined groove portion 125c, and rotates the cylindrical cam member 121 by the cam action. Thereby, the rotating lever 1
22 rotates the cover arm 111 in the sheet cartridge 3 to lower the winding roller 35 to the contact position.

Conversely, when the cam drive member 30 moves forward (moves to the left), the cam projection 129 moves from the short groove portion 125b to the long groove portion 125a via the inclined groove portion 125c, and the cam action acts on the cylindrical cam member 121. Is rotated in the opposite direction to the above. As a result, the rotating lever 122 returns to the original position, and the return spring 116 moves the cover arm 111
, The take-up roller 35 is raised to the non-contact position.

The cam portion (slope portion 78b and top portion 78c) 78 of the roller holder 74 and the cylindrical cam member 1
21 cam grooves (inclined groove portions 125c and short groove portions 12c).
5b) and 125 are mutually displaced in the left-right direction, and the vertical movement of the pressure roller 73 by the cam driving member 30 and the vertical movement of the winding roller 35 do not overlap.

The peeling guide mechanism 33 is provided with an unnecessary sheet portion AC.
When the sheet is peeled, the peeled portion is abutted against this so as to have a large curvature, and the peeling portion is configured to be able to advance and retreat in the front-rear direction along the upper surface of the partition portion (sheet running path 7) 51. Guide member 131 and peeling guide member 1
Pair of left and right rotating arms 132, 1 for moving the arm 31 forward and backward
32. And a pair of left and right rotating arms 1
Reference numerals 32 and 132 are engaged with the cover arm 111 and rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the cover arm 111 to move the peeling guide member 131 forward and backward. That is, the combination of the rotating arm 132 and the roller moving mechanism 37 causes the peeling guide moving mechanism 33 to move the peeling guide member 131 forward and backward.
Is configured.

Peeling guide member 131, unnecessary sheet portion AC
And a pair of left and right connection support portions 135 disposed on the left and right sides of the abutment portion 134 and connected to the rotating arm 132.
135 and is formed integrally. The butting portion 134 is
The lower part of the front end is formed at an acute angle as a tip part of the abutment. As a result, the peeled portion of the unnecessary sheet portion AC is bent to have a large curvature when pulled (see FIG. 12), and the unnecessary sheet portion AC and the character portion A are bent.
The separation of D is promoted. In the embodiment, the peeled portion is bent so as to have an acute angle, but may be an obtuse angle as long as the curvature of this portion is sufficiently large (the positional relationship between the peeling guide member 131 and the take-up roller 35). by).

Guide projections 136 are formed on both side ends of the connection support portion 135, respectively.
Is guided by the guide grooves 137 formed in the both side plate portions 59 of the cartridge case 8, so that the peeling guide members 131
On the sheet traveling path (segment 51) 7, the half-cut sheet A moves back and forth in parallel with a slight gap. A connection pin engagement portion 138 is provided upright on each connection support portion 135, and a connection pin 142 of a rotating arm 132, which will be described later, slides into an elongated hole 138 a formed in the connection pin engagement portion 138. Freely engaged.

Each pivot arm 132 is rotatably supported by a side plate portion 59 of the cartridge case 8 through a shaft hole 141 formed at an upper portion, and a peeling guide member 131 is provided at a lower end portion by a connecting pin 142 formed to project inward. It is connected to.
A torsion coil spring 143 is wound around the shaft hole 141, and the torsion coil spring 143 weakly urges the peeling guide member 131 in the forward direction via the rotating arm 132. I have. A curved guide groove 144 is formed on the inner side surface of the rotating arm 132 and extends from the upper end to the lower part bypassing the shaft hole 141, and the operating pin 118 formed on the cover arm 111 is engaged with the curved guide groove 144. I agree. Further, the upper end of the curved guide groove 144 is widened, and the peeling guide member 131 that has been advanced.
However, it is allowed to appropriately retreat against the torsion coil spring 143.

When the cover arm 111 rotates downward, the operating pin 118 slides downward in the curved guide groove 144, and the rotating arm 132 rotates backward. As a result, the peeling guide member 131 retreats at the same time as the winding roller 35 descends. Conversely, when the cover arm 111 rotates upward, the operating pin 1
18 slides upward in the curved guide groove 144, and the rotating arm 132 rotates forward. This allows
At the same time when the take-up roller 35 rises, the peeling guide member 1
31 moves forward. The groove shape of the curved guide groove 144 on the side remote from the shaft hole is formed in an arc shape centering on the small diameter shaft 71 on which the cover arm 111 is rotatably supported, and the peeling guide member 131 is retracted. It stays in place for a long time. Thereby, the winding roller 35 can wind the sheet up to a large diameter.

In the above configuration, when the take-up roller 35 descends to hold the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion AC by adhesive, the peeling guide member 131 is retracted so as not to interfere with the take-up roller 35. When the take-up roller 35 holding the unnecessary sheet portion AC is lifted, the peeling guide member 131 is abutted against the unnecessary sheet portion AC such that the peeled portion of the unnecessary sheet portion AC becomes an acute angle (has a large curvature) (FIGS. 11 and 11). 12). Then, with the take-up roller 35 and the peeling guide member 131 positioned vertically and the peeling guide member 131 positioned somewhat forward, the rotation of the take-up roller 35 and the forward direction of the half-cut sheet A are performed. At the same time, the peeling of the unnecessary sheet portion AC and the subsequent winding are performed at the same time.

Although the details will be described later, the unnecessary sheet portion A
The peeling start position of C, that is, the adhesive holding position by the take-up roller 35, is determined by the cross-cut angle cut line S8 or 1 formed by half-cutting at the front of the half-cut sheet A.
This is the position of one to a plurality of transverse cut lines S8 (see FIG. 20). In particular, the cross chevron cut line S8 is securely held from the top of the chevron.

The same operation as described above is also performed when the above-mentioned weak adhesive sheet B is peeled off without involvement of the peeling guide member 131. When the weak adhesive sheet B is to be peeled, the take-up roller 35 is lowered (the peel guide member 1).
31 is retracted) and the peeled end of the weak adhesive sheet B is adhesively held, and then the rotation of the take-up roller 35 and the forward feeding of the half-cut sheet A are simultaneously performed while maintaining the contact position. The peeling of the adhesive sheet B and the subsequent winding are performed simultaneously. That is, the weak adhesive sheet B is peeled off and wound up while the winding roller 35 relatively rolls on the half-cut sheet A (see FIG. 11).

As described above, the weak adhesive sheet B is peeled off by sticking the hollow AA or the reverse peeling AB. In this case, by taking up the weak adhesive sheet B by rolling the winding roller 35 relatively to the half-cut sheet A, the peeling is performed while holding down the entire sheet. For this reason, the round portions AA with a small adhesive area (small adhesive strength) to the release sheet Ab,
AB is preferentially peeled off, and the round portions AA and AB can be reliably peeled off.

Next, the device frame 5 and the internal device 6 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8 and FIGS. 9 to 12. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the device frame 5 includes left and right side frames 151,
151, a vertical frame 152 extending between the rear lower halves of both side frames 151, 151, and an upper vertical frame 15 extending between the front upper portions of both side frames 151, 151.
3 and a front horizontal frame 154 extending between the front portions of both side frames 151 and 151.

The side frames 151 and 151 and the rear vertical frame 152 are integrally formed by bending, and the upper vertical frame 153 and the front horizontal frame 154 formed separately from these are combined with the side frames 151 and 151.
151. The two side frames 151 and 151 support various internal devices 6 to constitute a device assembly.
2 and the upper vertical frame 153
Is part of.

The left and right latching projections 41 of the sheet cartridge 3 are locked to the upper vertical frame 153.
One latching opening 156, two gear notch openings 157 facing the cartridge output gear 106, and four lever notch openings 15 facing the rotating lever 122.
8 are formed. A hook 159 urged by a spring is provided on the left and right middle upper part of the upper vertical frame 153.
Is provided.

Of the three latching openings 156, the left and right latching projections 41 of the sheet cartridge 3a are locked in the two innermost latching openings 156, 156 located symmetrically. And the outer latching opening 156
The left and right latching projections 4 of the wide sheet cartridge 3b are provided in
1, 41 are locked. The hooks 159 are engaged with the hook receiving projections 42 of the sheet cartridges 3a and 3b from above, and press the sheet cartridge 3 against the cartridge mounting portion 9 to prevent the sheet cartridge 3 from floating.

The inner gear notch opening 157 and the inner pair of lever notch openings 158, 158 correspond to the sheet cartridge 3a formed narrow, and each of the gear notch openings 158, 158 formed in the cartridge case 8. Notch 10
5 and the notch 123 for the lever. Similarly, the outer gear notch opening 157 and the pair of outer lever notch openings 158, 158 correspond to the wide sheet cartridge 3b.

The rear vertical frame 152 is formed with four downward notches 161 to which the left and right vertical steps 43 of the sheet cartridge 3 are locked. Of the four downward notches 161, the left and right vertical steps 43, 43 of the narrowly formed sheet cartridge 3 a are locked in the two inner downward notches 161, 161, and the two outer notches 161. The downward notches 161 and 161 have left and right vertical steps 43 and 43 of the sheet cartridge 3b formed wide.
43 is locked. The horizontal step portion 44 of each of the sheet cartridges 3a and 3b is placed on the middle upper end portion 162 of the rear vertical frame 152. In this manner, two types of large and small sheet cartridges 3a and 3
b is mounted in such a manner that the center position in the left-right direction coincides with the left-right center position of the cartridge mounting portion 9.

Next, referring to FIG. 9 to FIG. 12, the sheet feeding mechanism 11 and the sheet feeding mechanism 1 which are the internal devices 6 will be described.
2. The cutting plotter mechanism 13 and the sheet peeling mechanism 14 will be described. In this case, the sheet feeding mechanism 1
1, the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet peeling mechanism 14
The motor is driven by a single drive motor 17 and a common power transmission unit 18 that transmits the rotational power of the drive motor 17 to the mechanisms 11, 12, and 14 by switching the clutch. Further, as described above, a part of the sheet feeding mechanism 11 and a main part of the sheet peeling mechanism 14 are incorporated therein as components of the sheet cartridge 3.

The sheet supply mechanism 11 includes a sheet supply roller 171 disposed near the sheet supply port 58 of the sheet cartridge 3, and a sheet pressing member 62 mounted on the sheet cartridge 3. Sheet supply roller 17
1 is rotatably supported at both ends by the device frame 5;
Sheet feed shaft 1 rotated by the drive motor 17
72, and a pair of left and right rubber rollers 173 and 173 mounted on the sheet supply shaft 172 (see FIG. 7). When the sheet cartridge 3 is mounted, the feeding portion A1 of the half-cut sheet A is pressed by the sheet pressing member 62 and comes into contact with the sheet supply roller 171 (see FIG. 5).

When the sheet supply roller 171 is rotated in this state, the sheet A for half-cut is
And is received by the sheet feeding mechanism 12. As will be described in detail later, a slide cutter 175 is provided on the upstream side of the sheet feeding mechanism 12 in the sheet feeding direction, and a sheet detection sensor 176 is provided on the downstream side. The front end of the half-cut sheet A sent out to the sheet traveling path 7 is detected by the sheet detection sensor 176, stopped after being sent by a predetermined number of steps, and cut off by the slide cutter 175. And slide cutter 1
When the cutting of the sheet 75 is completed, the sheet supply roller 171 rotates slightly backward, and the cut end of the half-cut sheet A is slightly pulled back from the sheet traveling path 7.

The sheet feed mechanism 12 holds the half-cut sheet A introduced into the sheet traveling path 7 and feeds the half-cut sheet A to the upper feed roller 182 and the lower feed roller 18 for rotating and feeding the same.
Sheet feed roller (grip roller) 181 comprising
It has. The upper feed roller 182 is a free rotation roller, and includes a free rotation shaft 185 and four resin rollers 186 distributed in the axial direction of the free rotation shaft 185 (see FIG. 7). The lower feed roller 183 is configured by a drive roller configured by a metal roller such as stainless steel. Four resin rollers 186 of the upper feed roller 182
Rolling contact portions 183 of the lower feed roller 183 where
In a, the outer peripheral surface is roughened by knurling or the like, so that the half-cut sheet A can be fed forward and backward without slipping (see FIG. 7).

Both ends of the lower feed roller 183 are rotatably supported by the apparatus frame 5, and the center of the half-cut sheet A of the sheet cartridge 8 in the width direction coincides with the center position of both support parts. The cartridge mounting section 9 is arranged so as to perform the above operation. Also, four resin rollers 1
The two sheets 86 are also arranged symmetrically with respect to the left and right centers of the lower feed roller 183, so that the skew of the half-cut sheet A is prevented. On the other hand, both ends of the upper feed roller 182 are rotatably supported by a pair of left and right lever arms 187,187. Each lever arm 187 is rotatably supported on the upper side by the side frame 151 of the apparatus frame 5, and a coil spring 188 extending from the side frame 151 is hooked on the lower side (see FIG. 7).

A free rotation shaft 185 of the upper feed roller 182 is supported between both ends of the lever arms 187, 187 by both ends. By pulling the lower ends of the lever arms 187, 187 forward, the coil is released. Both lever arms 187, 187 rotate against the spring 188, and the upper feed roller 1
82 is separated upward from the lower feed roller 183. vice versa,
When the lever arms 187, 187 are released, the coil spring 1
Both lever arms 187 and 187 rotate in the opposite direction by 88, and the upper feed roller 182 contacts the lower feed roller 183 from above. That is, the upper feed roller 182 is in contact with the lower feed roller 183 with a constant pressing force by the coil spring 188. The lever operation of the lever arm 187 in the embodiment is mainly performed in an emergency such as when jamming occurs in the half-cut sheet A.

The cutting plotter mechanism 13 includes a cutting tool 201, a reciprocating mechanism 202 for reciprocating the cutting tool 201 in a direction perpendicular to the sheet feeding direction, and a reciprocating motor capable of rotating the reciprocating mechanism 202. (Carriage motor) 203. The reciprocating mechanism 202 includes a bite carriage 205 for holding the cutting bite 201 and a carriage guide shaft 206 for guiding the bite carriage 205 to reciprocate.
, A timing belt 207 for reciprocating the bite carriage 205, and a driving pulley 208 and a driven pulley 209 wrapped around the timing belt 207 (see FIG. 7).

Further, the cutting plotter mechanism 13
The cutting tool 201 includes a cutting tool moving mechanism 210 that rotates the cutting tool 201 between a cutting operation position and a non-cutting operation position by rotating the cutting carriage 205 in a vertical direction. Further, the byte carriage 20 of the reciprocating mechanism 202
5, the slide cutter 175 is mounted, and the reciprocating bite carriage 205 switches the clutch of the power transmission unit 18. Further, the reciprocating motion of the cam driving member 30 is also performed by the reciprocating mechanism 202 (all will be described later in detail).

The reciprocating motor 203 is placed and fixed downward at the end of the front horizontal frame 154 of the apparatus frame 5, and on the lower surfaces of both outer ends of the front horizontal frame 154,
A drive pulley 208 integrated with a gear and a driven pulley 209 are rotatably mounted. An output gear 211 fixed to the main shaft of the reciprocating motor 203 is meshed with a gear 212 of a driving pulley 208. The forward and reverse rotation of the reciprocating motor 203 causes the driving pulley 208 and the driven pulley 20 to rotate.
The timing belt 207 stretched between nine runs forward and backward (see FIG. 7).

The bite carriage 205 has a substantially "T" -shaped cross section with a horizontal thick plate portion 214 and a vertical thick plate portion 215, and penetrates the center of the horizontal thick plate portion 214 from above. A cutting tool 201 is detachably mounted on the cutting tool 201. On the rear surface of the vertical thick plate portion 215, a slide cutter 175 is detachably and rotatably mounted. The bite carriage 205 is slidably attached to the carriage guide shaft 206 at the intersection of the horizontal thick plate portion 214 and the vertical thick plate portion 215, and has a protrusion on the upper surface of the horizontal thick plate portion 214 near the carriage guide shaft 206. At 216, it is fixed to a part of the timing belt 207. On the other hand, the carriage guide shaft 206 is a circular shaft, and both outer ends are supported by the side frame 151.

When the timing belt 207 travels in the forward and reverse directions, the bite carriage 205 moves to the carriage guide shaft 20.
6 to reciprocate left and right. By this reciprocating motion and the forward / reverse running of the half-cut sheet A synchronized with the reciprocating motion, the cutting tool 201 performs an outline cut of the character on the half-cut sheet A. In addition, the cutting of the half-cut sheet A by the slide cutter 175 is performed by reciprocating the bite carriage 205 while the feeding of the half-cut sheet A is stopped.

When the cutting tool 201 and the slide cutter 175 are individually cut by using the single reciprocating mechanism 202 as described above, when the cutting tool 201 is to be cut, the slide cutter 175 is half-cut. When the slide cutter 175 is to be cut off while the sheet (the sheet travel path 7) A is retracted, the cutting bit 201 needs to be retracted from the half-cut sheet (the sheet travel path 7) A. Therefore, the tool main body 2 is provided with a cutting tool moving mechanism 210 and a cutter moving mechanism 218 in association with the cutting plotter mechanism 13 (see FIGS. 14 to 16).

The carriage guide shaft 206 is formed in a circular cross section, and the bite carriage 205 can be tilted up and down about the carriage guide shaft 206 by the bite moving mechanism 210. That is,
As shown in FIG. 9 and FIG.
Tilts the bite carriage 205 to a horizontal position,
Non-cutting in which the cutting tool 201 is cut into the half-cut sheet A (half-cut), and the cutting carriage 201 is tilted to the front-up position to retreat the cutting tool 201 upward from the half-cut sheet A. The byte carriage 205 and the cutting bite 201 are moved between the operating positions.

The tool moving mechanism 210 includes a guide plate 221 disposed parallel to the carriage guide shaft 206,
Electromagnetic solenoid 22 for rotating guide plate 221
And 2. The guide plate 221 is rotatably supported by the apparatus frame (side frame 151) 5 on both sides of the front end, and has a bite carriage 2 at the rear end.
05 is slidably engaged. That is, the bite carriage 205 reciprocates with the front part guided by the guide plate 221 and the rear part guided by the carriage guide shaft 206.

The plunger 225 of the electromagnetic solenoid 222 is connected to the lower rear end of the guide plate 221 via a plate piece 224. Also, the plunger 225
Is wound with a return spring 226. When the electromagnetic solenoid 222 is excited from the state where the byte carriage 205 is in the non-cutting operation position, the cutting bit 20 is transmitted through the guide plate 221 and the bit carriage 205.
When 1 moves to the cutting operation position and is excited in reverse, the cutting tool 201 moves to the non-cutting operation position by the return spring 226. Accordingly, the cutting tool 201 during the non-cutting operation is separated from the half-cut sheet A, and the half-cut sheet A is not damaged even if the cutting tool 201 reciprocates in this state.

On the other hand, the slide cutter 175 is rotatably attached to the rear surface of the bite carriage 205, and the cutter moving mechanism 218
The slide cutter 175 is rotated by utilizing the reciprocating motion. That is, the cutter moving mechanism 218
At the end of the forward movement, the slide cutter 175 is rotated to the upright posture to set a cutting operation position at which cutting into the half-cut sheet A is possible, and at the end of the backward movement, the slide cutter 175 is tilted to the inclined posture for half-cut. A non-cutting operation position where the sheet A is retracted from the sheet A.

The slide cutter 175 has a cutter blade 231 and a cutter holder 232 for holding the cutter blade 231 as shown in FIGS. 9, 14 to 16.
The cutter blade 231 is formed by forming oblique blades vertically.
When the wear has progressed, it can be used upside down. The cutter holder 232 has a blade mounting portion 234 on which the cutter blade 231 can be mounted from above, a bearing hole 236 that rotatably engages with the shaft protrusion 235 of the bite carriage 205, and a click engagement formed above the bearing hole 236. The part 237 and the abutment receiving part 238 protruding from the upper end are integrally formed.

The abutment receiving portion 238 is provided with a cutter holder 232.
At a position closer to one side at the upper end, and is disposed almost directly above the center of rotation, and extends upward. The blade mounting portion 234 includes a pair of mounting pieces 240 and 240 having grooves formed therein corresponding to the thickness of the cutter blade 231.
1 is immovably held. In addition, the lower part of the mounting piece 240 on the side of the cutter blade 231 facing the blade edge has a slope that is similar to the blade edge by eliminating the groove, and the tip protrusion length of the cutter blade 231 is regulated at this portion. Has become.

The shaft projection 235 of the bite carriage 205
Has a fan-shaped portion 235b and a rectangular portion 235c that protrude in the radial direction at the tip of a shaft portion 235a formed in a circular cross section. On the other hand, the bearing hole 236 of the cutter holder 232 is provided with the shaft hole 236 corresponding to the shaft portion 235a.
In the radial direction of a, the sector 235b and the square part 235
sector portion 236b and square hole portion 23 corresponding to c
6c.

Then, the sector 235b and the square part 235c, and the sector hole 236b and the square hole 23
6c is matched only when the cutter holder 232 is in a posture of lying sideways with respect to the bite carriage 205. As a result, the cutter holder 232 is mounted on the bite carriage 205 in a sideways posture, and from this state, the cutter holder 232 is turned to the upright position or the oblique position, whereby the cutter carriage 232 is prevented from being pulled out of the bite carriage 205.

The click engaging portion 237 is a spring-like thin band-shaped portion defined by upper and lower slit holes 241 and 241, and a pair of square holes 242 formed in the bite carriage is formed on the back surface of the middle portion. , 242 are formed with small circular projections 243 which are click-engaged. The pair of square holes 242 and 242 of the bite carriage 205 are arranged such that the small circular protrusion 243 is engaged when the cutter holder 232 is in the upright posture and the oblique posture, respectively. That is, the click engagement portion 237 restricts the position of the cutter holder 232 in the cutting operation position and the non-cutting operation position, and prevents the cutter holder 232 from rotating due to vibration or the like. However, due to the relationship between the direction of the cutter blade 231 and the moving direction, even if the click engagement is insufficient, there is no problem in the cutting operation and the non-cutting operation.

Reference numeral 244 in the figure denotes the slide cutter 17.
5 is a rotation stopper for preventing rotation beyond the cutting operation position of No. 5; When the slide cutter 175 is cut in one direction (forward movement direction), cutting resistance acts on the cutter blade 231 to try to turn the cutter holder 232 counterclockwise in the figure. The upright posture (cutting posture) of the slide cutter 175 during the cutting operation is maintained. Note that the rotation stopper 244 of the embodiment is
One slide cutter 175 is disposed at a position obliquely above the rotation center of the slide cutter 175, but it is preferable that two slide cutters are disposed at diagonal positions with respect to the rotation center.

The cutter moving mechanism 218 includes the reciprocating mechanism 202 described above and the side frames 15 of the apparatus frame 5.
1, 151, a forward abutting piece (left side) 246 and a backward abutting piece (right side) 247. The forward abutting piece 246 and the backward abutting piece 247 are formed by cutting and raising a part of each side frame 151 in a rectangular shape and at a right angle toward the inside.

When the reciprocating mechanism 202 reaches the vicinity of the end of the forward movement of the byte carriage 205, the abutting receiving portion 238 of the slide cutter 175 causes the forward abutting piece 246 to move.
, The slide cutter 175 rotates to the cutting operation position (see FIG. 15). Conversely, when the returning byte carriage 205 reaches the vicinity of the end of the backward movement, the abutting receiving portion 238 of the slide cutter 175 moves the backward abutting piece 247.
, The slide cutter 175 rotates to the non-cutting operation position (see FIG. 16).

Although details will be described later, the slide cutter 175
The range of the forward movement and the backward movement of the byte carriage 205 for performing the cutting operation of the cutting tool 201 is set outside the reciprocating range of the byte carriage 205 when the cutting tool 201 performs the cutting operation. When the slide cutter 175 is reciprocating), the slide cutter 175 is moved forward and backward.
Never hit. That is, the slide cutter 1
75 does not rotate from the non-cutting operation position to the cutting operation position.

By the way, the cutting tool 201 and the slide cutter 17 are interposed via the half-cut sheet A.
5 faces the front half of the seat travel path 7, and the front half of the seat travel path 7 includes both side plates 151, 15.
(Upper surface) of base plate 251 provided to pass to
It is composed of The base plate 251 has a roller groove 252 for escaping the lower feed roller 183 and a bite groove 253 for escaping the cutting edge of the cutting bite 201.
And a cutter groove 254 provided corresponding to the movement (reciprocation) locus of the slide cutter 175 (FIG. 9).
reference).

The bite groove 253 is formed as a pair of left and right (two locations) sandwiching the positions corresponding to both width ends of the kerf-cut sheet A to be introduced, and short in the transverse direction (the direction perpendicular to the sheet A). Have been. Actually, a total of four places are formed on a straight line corresponding to the two kinds of calf-cut sheets A. Thereby, the transverse cut line S8 for starting peeling of the unnecessary sheet portion AC (see FIG. 20)
When the cutting tool 201 is formed, the cutting edge of the cutting tool 201 is not damaged even if the cutting tool 201 is cut into the half-cut sheet A from the outside.

However, the above-described four bite groove portions 2
53 may be a continuous one. That is, the cutting groove 253 may be a single groove corresponding to the movement locus of the cutting tool 201. In such a case, since the cut portion of the half-cut sheet A slightly bends into the bite groove 253 at the time of half-cutting by the cutting bite 201,
The upward reaction force to 1 is reduced, the cutting depth is stabilized, and the half-cut can be accurately performed.

Also, a slide cutter 1 for performing a full cut
In the case of 75, the cutting edge cuts and moves the cutter groove 254, so that stable cutting is possible and wear of the cutting edge is suppressed. The sheet detection sensor 176 that detects the position of the half-cut sheet A is disposed upward between the roller groove 252 and the bite groove 253.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 17, the cam driving member 30 is slidably attached to a cam driving member guide shaft 261 disposed above and in parallel with the carriage guide shaft 206. Carriage 20
5 with the vertical thick plate portion 215
Thereby, it is configured to be freely detachable from the byte carriage 205. The cam drive member guide shaft 261 is formed of a circular shaft similarly to the carriage guide shaft 206, and both ends are fixed to the left and right side frames 151, 151.

As described above, the cam driving member 30 includes:
A cam follower 8 that moves the pressure roller 73 downward in the rear part
6 is provided, and a cam projection 129 for lowering the winding roller 35 and advancing the peeling guide member 131 is formed at the upper end. Further, the front portion of the cam driving member 30 is bent in a downward “L” shape so that the front horizontal frame 15 is bent.
4 is in contact with the upper surface. That is, the cam driving member 30
Is guided by the cam drive member guide shaft 261 and the upper surface of the front horizontal frame 154 and reciprocates. The reaction force received by the cam follower 86 by the cam action and the cam projection 129
Is received by the front horizontal frame 154.

The engagement / disengagement mechanism 262 is provided for the byte carriage 20.
The hook arm 264 is swingably attached to the upper surface of the vertical thick plate portion 215 of FIG. 5 and a hook receiving portion 265 formed on the lower surface of the cam driving member 30 and engaging and disengaging the hook arm 264. The hook arm 264 has an upward cylindrical protrusion 266 that is engaged with and disengaged from the hook receiving portion 265 at the distal end.
And is rotatably attached to the vertical thick plate portion 215 at the base. A leaf spring 267 extending from the tail end of the hook arm 264 in the reciprocating direction is attached to the base of the hook arm 264. With the leaf spring 267, the swinging hook arm 264 is always in a posture parallel to the reciprocating direction. It returns (see FIGS. 15 and 16).

On the other hand, the hook receiving portion 2 of the cam driving member 30
Numeral 65 is a block-shaped downward projection that is inclined with respect to the direction in which the hook arm 264 extends. A pull-side locking portion 268 for locking the columnar projection 266 is formed at a distal end position of the hook receiving portion 265 in a plan view, and a pushing-side locking portion 269 is formed at a tail end position.

When the bite carriage 205 moves forward with respect to the cam drive member 30 at the standby position, the columnar projection 266 of the hook arm 264 abuts on the front side of the hook receiving portion 265 which is located at an angle, and contacts this side. Follow along. In this state, the hook arm 264 is
Swinging in one direction against Further, the columnar projection 26
6 reaches the pull-side latching portion 268, the columnar projection 266 is moved by the spring force of the leaf spring 267 to the pull-side latching portion 268.
And the hook arm 264 locks the cam driving member 30. In this state, when the bite carriage 205 reverses and moves back, the cam driving member 30 moves back as it is pulled by the bite carriage 205.

When the hook arm 264 advances beyond the state where the cam driving member 30 is hooked (forward movement), the hook arm 264 is disengaged from the pulling side hooking portion 268 and the hook receiving portion 265 is moved by the leaf spring 267. Instantly wrap around the side. Here, when the bite carriage 205 reverses and returns, the columnar protrusion 266 moves along the front side surface and enters the push-side hooking portion 269, but leaves the cam driving member 30 as it is.

Further, when the bite carriage 205 moves in the reverse direction in a state where the columnar projection 266 is inserted into the push-side engaging portion 269, the cam driving member 30 moves forward so as to be pushed by the bite carriage 205. . Since the spring force of the leaf spring 267 is extremely weak, the cam driving member 30 does not move to the extent that the columnar projection 266 hits the front side surface or the front side surface of the hook receiving portion 265.

As described above, the cam drive member 30 is selectively moved forward and backward by utilizing the reciprocating motion of the bite carriage 205 by the engagement / disengagement mechanism 262 formed between the bite carriage 205 and the cam drive member 30. The vertical movement of the pressure roller 73 and the vertical movement of the winding roller 35 are performed as appropriate.

The sheet peeling mechanism 14 includes a round peeling mechanism for peeling off the hollow AA and / or the reverse peeling round AB, and an unnecessary sheet part peeling mechanism for peeling off the unnecessary sheet AC other than the character portion AD. However, they also share some of the constituent devices. That is, as described above, the sheet peeling mechanism 14
Is composed of an adhesive sheet attaching mechanism 31, a take-up peeling mechanism 32 including a take-up roller 35, a roller gear train 36, and a roller moving mechanism 37, and a peeling guide mechanism 33.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 7, 13 and 18, a drive motor 17 serving as a common power source for each mechanism, and a power transmission for selectively transmitting the rotational power of drive motor 17 to each mechanism. The unit 18 will be described. Drive motor 17
Is constituted by a stepping motor capable of rotating forward and backward similarly to the reciprocating motor 203 described above.
Rotational power is applied to the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet peeling mechanism (the take-up peeling mechanism 32) 14. Power transmission unit 18
Has a clutch mechanism 19 for selectively transmitting the rotational power of the drive motor 17 to these mechanisms, and the clutch mechanism 19 is switched by a byte carriage 205 of the cutting plotter mechanism 13 that reciprocates. .

The switching of the power includes a sheet feeding position C1 for transmitting the rotational power of the driving motor 17 only to the sheet feeding mechanism 12, a sheet feeding position C2 for transmitting the sheet driving mechanism 12 and the sheet feeding mechanism 11, and This is performed by three-step switching movement between the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet winding position C3 transmitted to the winding and peeling mechanism 32 (see FIG. 18).

The drive motor 17 is fixed inside one side frame 151, and an output gear 271 is fixed to a main shaft penetrating the side frame 151 outside (see FIG. 7).

The power transmission unit 18 is provided with the side frame 1.
A sheet supply gear 281 that is provided outside the power supply 51 and that inputs power from the output gear 271 of the drive motor 17 to the sheet supply mechanism 11 via an intermediate gear 301 described later;
A clutch mechanism 19 for inputting power from the sheet feed gear 282, a sheet supply gear 281 for inputting power from the clutch mechanism 19 to the sheet supply mechanism 11, and a clutch mechanism 1
9 and a take-up power transmission mechanism 283 for inputting power to the take-up / separation mechanism 32.

The sheet supply gear 281 is fixed to the end of the sheet supply shaft 172 of the sheet supply roller 171, and supplies the rotational power of the driving motor 17 to the sheet supply roller 171.
1 and rotate it. Sheet feed gear 282
Is fixed to the end of the lower feed roller 183, and transmits the rotational power of the drive motor 17 to the sheet feed roller 181 to rotate it. In this case, the sheet feed gear 28
2 is an output gear 271 via an intermediate gear 301 described later.
, And always rotates with the rotation of the drive motor 17.

The sheet supply gear 281 is connected to a sheet feed gear 282 via a switching gear 302 to be described later, and is selectively rotated by switching a clutch. The reduction ratio between the sheet feed gear 282 and the sheet supply gear 281 is set so that the sheet supply amount is smaller than the sheet feed amount. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the half-cut sheet A from being loosened between the sheet supply roller 171 and the sheet feed roller 181 during sheet supply.

The take-up power transmitting mechanism 283 transmits power to the cartridge output shaft 107, and receives the power from the clutch mechanism 19.
85, a take-up output pulley 286 attached to the cartridge output shaft 107, two intermediate pulleys 287, 287 disposed between the take-in input / output pulleys for changing the path,
Take-up timing belt 28 stretched over these pulleys
And a friction clutch 289 attached to the take-up output pulley 286, and two intermediate pulleys 287, 2
And a tension mechanism 290 for holding the holding member 87 in one direction.

On one end surface of the take-up input pulley 285, a meshing connection portion 285a to which a switching gear 302 described later is connected is formed (see FIG. 18). Are configured to be freely connectable by a meshing clutch structure. Tension mechanism 290
Is composed of a support frame 292 that rotatably supports the two intermediate pulleys 297, 297, a tension spring 293 that pulls the support frame 292 in one direction, and a holder 294 that houses these. A predetermined tension is applied to the winding timing belt 288 via two intermediate pulleys 287 and 287.

The friction clutch 289 includes two friction clutch plates 295a and 295b that rub against each other, a friction plate 295c made of felt and the like sandwiched between the two friction clutch plates 295a and 295b, and a pressing spring 296. The clutch plate 295b is fixed to the cartridge output shaft 107, and the other friction clutch plate 295a is fixed to the take-up output pulley 286. The take-up output pulley 286 and the other friction clutch plate 295a are rotatably supported by the cartridge output shaft 107, and are urged toward one friction clutch plate 295b by a pressing spring 296. When a constant load (winding torque) is applied to the cartridge output shaft 107, the two friction clutch plates 295a and 295b slip and the winding output pulley 286 slips.

The unnecessary sheet portion AC is taken up by the take-up roller 35 which rotates in cooperation with the sheet feed roller 181. At this time, in order to prevent the unnecessary sheet portion AC from being loosened, the take-up power transmission is performed. The reduction ratio of the mechanism 283 is such that when the diameter of the take-up roller 35 is minimum, the unnecessary sheet portion AC that is taken up by the take-up roller 35 is larger than the feed amount of the half-cut sheet A by the sheet feed roller 181. It is set to increase the amount. Then, the difference between the feeding amount of the half-cut sheet A and the winding amount of the unnecessary sheet portion AC is absorbed by the friction clutch 289 slip-rotating. Further, the magnitude of the slip torque of the friction clutch 289 is set so that the half-cut sheet A is not loosened between the sheet feed roller 181 and the take-up roller 35 when the take-up roller 35 takes up the weak adhesive sheet B. In addition, the value is set to a value at which the unnecessary sheet portion AC is closely wound around the winding roller 35.

The clutch mechanism 19 includes a sheet feed gear 28
2, a switching gear 302 disposed coaxially with the winding input pulley 285, a switching lever 303 for switching the switching gear 302 in the axial direction, and a switching spring 304 for urging the switching lever 303 in the returning direction. Have. On the other hand, the bite carriage 205 for switching the clutch mechanism 19 is provided with two pushers 305, 305 integrally protruding from the side ends thereof (see FIG. 15).

The intermediate gear 301 includes a side plate 151
, And rotatably supported by an intermediate gear shaft 307 fixed thereto, and meshed with an output gear 271 and a sheet feed gear 282. The switching gear 302 is rotatably supported on a pulley support shaft 308 fixed to the side plate 151 together with the take-up input pulley 285. In this case, a take-up input pulley 285 is provided on the outside, and a switching gear 302 is provided on the inside, and the above-described switching spring 304 is provided between the take-in pulley 285 and the switching gear 302. ing. On the outer end face of the switching gear 302, there is formed a meshing connection portion 302a which is connected to the winding input pulley 285 by a meshing clutch structure.

The switching lever 303 is made of an "L" -shaped plate having an appropriate spring property. The switching lever 303 has a lever guide shaft 309 fixed to the side plate 151 at the upper end, and an intermediate gear shaft 307 and a pulley support shaft at the lower portion. 308 slidably supported. Two pushers 305, 305 of the bite carriage 205 contact the upper end of the switching lever 303, while the lower end of the switching lever 303 contacts the inner end surface of the switching gear 302.

Although details will be described later, the byte carriage 20
The clutch switching range by 5 is the cutting tool 20
1 is set outside the reciprocating range of the byte carriage 205 when the cutting operation of the byte carriage 205 is performed.
When 05 is out of the clutch switching range, the switching gear 302 urged by the switching spring 304 is at the sheet feeding position C1 (the hole position as a fixed position) and meshes only with the sheet feeding gear 282. I have. In this state, the power of the drive motor 17 is transmitted to the sheet feed gear 282 to rotate it. In addition, the switching gear 302
In response to the rotation of the sheet feed gear 282, the sheet feed gear 282 idles.

When the bite carriage 205 moves to a sheet feeding driving position (described later) P3 in the clutch switching range, the switching lever 303 is switched against the switching spring 304 and the switching gear 302 is moved.
To the sheet supply position C2 (see FIG. 19). As a result, the switching gear 302 meshes with the sheet feed gear 282 and the sheet supply gear 281 and the drive motor 17
Is transmitted in the order of the sheet feed gear 282, the switching gear 302, and the sheet supply gear 281. In this case, the switching gear 302 functions as an intermediate gear that rotates the sheet feed gear 282 and the sheet supply gear 281 in the same direction.

When the bite carriage 205 moves to a take-up driving position (described later) P2 in the clutch switching range, the switching lever 303 moves against the switching spring 304 and the switching gear 30 moves.
2 is moved to the sheet winding position C3 (see FIG. 19). As a result, the switching gear 302 meshes with the sheet feed gear 282 and meshes with the take-up input pulley 285. Thus, the power of the drive motor 17 is transmitted in the order of the sheet feed gear 282, the switching gear 302, and the winding input pulley 285. The rotation power of the winding input pulley 285 is controlled by the winding timing belt 28.
8 and the take-up output pulley 286, the cartridge output shaft 107 is rotated.

As described above, the reciprocating byte carriage 205 causes the clutch mechanism 19 to move the sheet feeding position C1.
When the sheet feed roller 181 rotates, the sheet feed roller 181 rotates to perform forward / reverse feeding of the half-cut sheet A. When the sheet feed position C2 is switched, the sheet feed roller 171 and the sheet feed roller 181 rotate to rotate the half-cut sheet A. A is supplied (introduced) to the seat travel path 7. Further, when the clutch mechanism 19 is switched to the sheet winding position C3, the sheet feed roller 181 and the winding roller 3
5, the winding of the weak adhesive sheet B and the unnecessary sheet portion AC is performed.

The reciprocating motion of the byte carriage 205 by the reciprocating mechanism 202 is a driving source for the following various operations. Specifically, the cutting movement of the cutting tool 201 in the outline cutting, the cutting movement of the slide cutter 175, the movement (rotation) of the slide cutter 175, the vertical movement of the pressure roller 73, and the vertical movement of the winding roller 35 (peeling) (Including the movement of the guide member 131) and the switching operation of the clutch mechanism 19. The reciprocating position and reciprocating range of the bite carriage 205 enabling these operations are designed in consideration of the respective positions of the half-cut sheet A, the sheet cartridge 3, the clutch mechanism 19, and the like.

FIG. 19 shows the positional relationship between the operations of "" to "" and the reciprocation of the byte carriage 205. In the figure, the center position of the bite carriage 205 in the left-right direction is denoted by reference numerals P0 to P12 in order from the right end to the left end, which is the forward movement direction. Numerical values in the drawing represent distances from the center position of the half-cut sheet A to each position. The width of the half-cut sheet A to be cut is 120 mm.
And 210 mm.

P0 is an initial position detection position, and the power is turned on.
Moves the byte carriage 205 to this position,
The operation of the byte carriage 205 is reset. The initial position of the bite carriage 205 is detected by a detection sensor or a detection switch (not shown) or by the reciprocating motor 203 stepping out when the bite carriage 205 hits the side frame 15. P1 is a cutter reset position, at which the slide cutter 175 rotates (completes rotation) to the non-cutting operation position. The slide cutter 175 starts rotating from a home position P4 described later, and completes the rotation to the non-cutting operation position at this position P1.

P2 is a winding drive position, which corresponds to the sheet winding position C3 of the switching positions of the clutch mechanism 19. The switching gear 302 is connected to the take-up input pulley 285 in a section before and after the position P2 as a center.
P3 is a sheet feeding drive position, which corresponds to the sheet supply position C2 among the switching positions of the clutch mechanism 19. Similarly to the above, the switching gear 302 meshes with the sheet supply gear 281 in a section before and after the position P3 as a center. In addition,
The sheet feed position C1 of the clutch mechanism 19 corresponds to a position outside the range of the positions P0 to P3.

P4 is a home position, and the byte carriage 205 waits at this position, and moves from this position to each position. Therefore, the byte carriage 205 moves to the position P0 when the power is turned on, and then moves to the position P4 and waits. Further, as described above, this position P4 is also a rotation start position at which the slide cutter 175 abuts against the backward abutting piece 247 (however, the bite carriage 205
Does not stop).

P5 is a winding position and the cam driving member 3
When the byte carriage 205 moves to this position in the state where 0 is pulled out, the winding roller 35 descends (completion of descending). Specifically, the cam protrusion 129 of the cam drive member 30
However, it stops almost at the left and right middle of the short groove portion 125b in the cam groove 125. P6 is a laminating position, and when the bite carriage 205 moves to this position with the cam driving member 30 pulled out, the pressure roller 73 moves down (completion of moving down). More specifically, the cam follower 86 of the cam drive member 30 stops at a position approximately at the left and right of the top portion 78c of the cam portion 78.

P7 is the center position of the sheet, and the supply and running of the half-cut sheet A are performed by matching the center position in the width direction to this position. P8 is a cam drive member storage position. When the cam drive member 30 is stored in the standby position at the left end, the bite carriage 205 is moved to this position and the cam drive member 30 is stored when the cam drive member 30 is pushed. . Similarly, P9 is a cam drive member take-out position, and when the cam drive member 30 is taken out from the standby position at the left end, the bite carriage 205 reaches this position and pulls out the cam drive member 30. Note that the center position of the cam driving member 30 that is waiting (stowed) with respect to these positions is P12 (cam driving member standby position). P8 and P9 are set outside the reciprocating range of the byte carriage 205 when the cutting tool 201 is to be cut.

Incidentally, the diagram of the portion surrounded by the two-dot chain line in the figure shows the movement when the bite carriage 205 is disengaged from the cam driving member 30. In the draw trajectory,
11 m after the hook arm 264 of the bite carriage 205 comes into contact with the hook receiving portion 265 of the cam driving member 30.
m, the column-shaped projection 266 is moved to the pull-side locking portion 26.
In order to further secure the hook, it is advanced by 1 mm and then turned over to be in a drawable state. In the pushing trajectory, the above-mentioned cylindrical projection 266 reaches the pull-side latching portion 268, further advances by 4 mm, completely crosses over the pull-side latching portion 268, and then reverses, reaches the push-side latching portion 269,
At this point, in order to secure the hook, it is further advanced by 1 mm and then turned over to be in a pushable state (see FIG. 17).

P10 to P11 are cutter setting positions, and are positions where the slide cutter 175 is rotated to the cutting operation position (rotation is completed). The slide cutter 175 starts rotating at the position P10, and completes the rotation to the cutting operation position at this position P11 (the slide cutter 175 stands up). That is, the position P10 is a rotation start position at which the slide cutter 175 abuts on the forward movement abutting piece 246 (however,
The byte carriage 205 does not stop).

Then, the byte carriage 205 in the cutting operation of the cutting bit 201 of the above ""
The width (1) of the half-cut sheet A around the position P7
(20 mm / 210 mm).
The byte carriage 205 in the series of cutting operations of the slide cutters 175 and 175 moves forward from the position P4 to the position P11, moves the slide cutter 175 to the cutting operation position, and then returns to the position P1. The cutting operation is performed, and then the cutting operation is moved to the non-cutting operation position to move the position P
Return to 4.

The bite carriage 205 in the vertical movement of the pressure roller 73 moves forward from the position P4 to the position P9, pulls out the cam driving member 30, moves to the position P6, and lowers the pressure roller 73 to the pressure position. Move. Also,
After the application of the weak adhesive sheet B, the cam drive member 30 is moved back to the position 8 from the position P6 to be returned to the original position. However, during this time, since the cutting operation of the slide cutter 175 is performed, the cam drive member 30 is once removed at the position P6, and the operations of “” and “” are performed.
Accordingly, the half-cut sheet A is sandwiched between the sheet feed roller 181 and the pressure roller 73, and the cutting locus of the slide cutter 175 is straight without being bent.

When the take-up roller 35 moves up and down, the bite carriage 205 moves forward from position P4 to position P9, pulls out the cam drive member 30, and then returns to position P5 to contact the take-up roller 35. Lower to position. When the weak adhesive tape (round portions AA, AB) B is peeled off, the cam driving member 30 is left and moved to the position P2 to move the clutch mechanism 19 in order to maintain the winding roller 35 at the contact position. To the sheet winding position C3. Also, when peeling off the unnecessary sheet part AC,
Sheet A for half-cut by sheet feed roller 181
And the leading end of the unnecessary sheet portion AC is taken up by the take-up roller 35.
After that, the cam driving member 30 is returned to the original position (position P5 to position P8), and then moved to the position P2.

Next, referring to the sheet map shown in FIG.
A description will be given of a positional relationship such as a cutting area for the entire half-cut sheet A and a sticking start position of the weak adhesive sheet B. The positional relationship in the sheet map of FIG. 7A is standard, and it is assumed that the constituent devices have the positional relationship of FIG. The front end of the half-cut sheet A is the sheet detection sensor 1 described above.
The position is the cueing position S1 detected by the position 76, and the trailing end is the sheet feeding cutting position S2.

The sticking start position S4 of the application sheet BB is set at a distance H (distance from the cueing position S1) which is slightly longer than the distance h (see FIG. 9B) between the sheet feed roller 181 and the start of winding. Is set. Cut line area S serving as a peeling start part when peeling off unnecessary sheet part AC, that is, an adhesive part by winding roller 35
7 is a sticking start position S4 of the application sheet BB
Is located behind. This is because at the time of application of the application sheet BB, the sheet body Aa behind the cut line area S7 has been wound up, and at least the adhesive portion following the feeding end portion (the non-adhesive portion B1) of the application sheet BB has a cut line. This is so that the sticking can be started before the area S7. When the adhesive portion of the application sheet BB starts to be adhered to the release sheet Ab that has been subjected to the non-adhesive treatment, there is a possibility that the application sheet BB cannot be pulled out properly due to slippage.

On the other hand, the sticking start position S1 of the weak adhesive sheet B
0 is set between the sticking start position S4 of the application sheet BB and the cutting area S3 because the sheet body Aa has not yet been wound up (peeled off) at the time of sticking. In addition, the weak adhesive sheet B
The first sheet cutting position S5 for cutting is a distance M slightly longer than the distance m between the slide cutter 175 and the pressure roller 73,
It is set ahead of the paper feed cutting position S2. That is, the weak adhesive sheet B on the separated side (roll side)
Is cut off with the tail end A2 of the half-cut sheet A (see FIG. 26). As a result, a non-adhesive portion B1 with a tail end portion A2 having the above-described size M is formed at the extended end portion of the weak adhesive sheet B to be subsequently attached.

Since the sticking of the weak adhesive sheet B is repeatedly performed, the actual weak adhesive sheet B is always attached with the non-adhesive portion B1 having the dimension M at the front. And this non-adhesive part B
Reference numeral 1 denotes an adhesive holding portion of the winding roller 35 at the time of peeling. Similarly, the cutting of the application sheet BB is performed at a second sheet cutting position S6 in front of the sheet cutting position S2 of the half-cut sheet A by a dimension M + M (at this time, a dimension M from the rear end). Application sheet BB
The non-adhesive part B1 in, when peeling the cutout characters from the release sheet Ab or after attaching the cutout characters to the sticking target,
It functions as a clue when peeling it off.

On the other hand, in the cut line area S7, there is formed one or more parallel transverse cut lines S8b, or one or more parallel cut lines S8b, which form a mountain shape toward the cue position S1. The cutting line area S7 is the unnecessary sheet portion AC.
Is the peeling start position when peeling off, that is, the adhesive holding portion by the winding roller 35. A transverse cut line S9 is also formed at substantially the same position as the second sheet cutting position S6, and this transverse cut line S9 is the end of the peeling of the unnecessary sheet portion AC.

The distance P between the rear end of the cutting area S3 and the first sheet cutting position S5 is set so as to correspond to the circumferential length when the winding roller 35 has the maximum diameter.
This is because, in the adhesive holding step in the peeling of the unnecessary sheet portion AC, the rounds and the reverse peeling rounds peeled off by the weak adhesive sheet B are always removed from the sheet body Aa side so as not to be peeled off. Take-up roller 35 at the portion of the weak adhesive sheet B to which no
This is because the outer peripheral surface is formed.

Next, the cutout round and the reverse peeling round will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Taking an example of a character indicated by oblique lines in FIG. 9A, an oval portion in the center is a hollow AA. The cutout round AA is a portion that is not connected to the unnecessary sheet portion AC located outside the character portion AD, and cannot be separated from the unnecessary sheet portion AC.

A plurality of triangular portions shown in the drawing, which are convex portions in the peeling direction, are reverse peeling rounds AB. The reverse peeling round AB is connected to the unnecessary sheet part AC, but when the unnecessary sheet part AC is peeled off in one direction (the direction of the arrow shown in the drawing), it is a part that is peeled off from the base in the opposite direction. is there. Since this reverse peeling is in an upward peeling form (peeled off at an obtuse angle), the sheet body Aa cannot be peeled off, and the sheet main body Aa may be broken, so that it may not be possible to wind the sheet well. For this reason, the reverse peeling round AB is unnecessary for the sheet portion AC.
Separately and precedently, it is peeled off. In addition, since two reverse peeling rounds AB and AB generated in the lower left part of the drawing partially overlap each other,
This portion cuts and peels off both AND regions integrally (see FIG. 3B).

Here, a method for specifying the shapes of both rounds AA and AB will be described with reference to a flowchart (FIG. 22). In this description, it is assumed that the target character has a hollow AA and a reverse round AB. The calculation of the shapes and positions of both rounds AA and AB is started by extracting the outward minimum point of the character part AD (S-1). The outward minimum point is an acute angle portion (black circle portion in the figure) of the character part AD in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure. In the illustrated example, five outward minimum points are extracted. Next, a reverse peeling round AB is extracted based on the five outward minimum points (S-2). Specifically, reverse stripping rounds AB are respectively extracted by perpendicular lines extending from the outward minimum points. At this time, in the lower left part of the figure, the reverse peeling rounds AB and AB partially overlap. Then, next, the extracted reverse stripping round A
B and AB are AND-processed (S-3: see FIG. 3B).

Next, the process shifts to the hierarchical investigation of the hollow AA (S-4). Here, it is determined whether or not the hierarchical value of the cutout round AA is 1 or less (S-5). If not, the extraction of the cutout round AA is canceled (S-6). For example, if the hierarchy value is “2”,
In the ellipse which is the hollow AA shown in the drawing, there is a part to be left, such as an ellipse, which is complicated in this case. Therefore, the peeling of this part is abandoned (rely on human power). . On the other hand, if the hierarchical value is 1 or less, a hollow AA is extracted (S-
7), finally, the round AA and the reverse peeling round AB are AND-processed, and the round A is actually peeled off.
A and AB are extracted (S-8).

Next, referring to FIG.
The configuration around five will be briefly described. As described above, the controller 15 is incorporated in the circuit block 20, and the controller 15 is connected to various keys 22a of a keyboard as input means. Further, the controller 15 has a display 2 as an output unit.
3 are connected, and the drive motor 17, the reciprocating motor 203, and the electromagnetic solenoid 2, which are main control objects of the embodiment,
22 and the sheet detection sensor 176 are connected.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 24 to 28, a cutout character creation method (control by the controller 15) by the cutout character creation device 1 of the embodiment will be described step by step. FIG. 24A shows an initial state.
The half-cut sheet A is in a state where its feeding end A1 is in contact with the sheet supply roller 171. Further, the pressure roller 73 has moved up to the non-pressure position, and the winding roller 35 has moved up to the non-contact position. Further, both the cutting tool 201 and the slide cutter 175 have been moved to the non-cutting operation position. The byte carriage 205 is at the home position P4, and the clutch mechanism 19 is at the sheet feed position C1.

In this state, when the cutout character creation key is pressed, the clutch mechanism 19 switches to the sheet supply position C2, and the sheet feed roller 181 and the sheet supply roller 171 start rotating. As a result, the half-cut sheet A is fed from the sheet cartridge 3 to the sheet traveling path 7. When the leading end of the half-cut sheet A exceeds the sheet feed roller 181, the leading end (start position S1) of the half-cut sheet A is detected by the sheet detection sensor 176, and the required number of steps (predetermined dimensions) is determined based on this. After being sent, both rollers 171, 1
81 stops (see FIG. 24B). Further, the peripheral speed of the sheet feed roller 181 is set to be higher than the peripheral speed of the sheet supply roller 171, and the space between the half-cut sheet A and the sheet supply roller 171 slides as appropriate. Is the sheet feed roller 18
1 and the sheet supply roller 171 are not loosened.

Here, the slide cutter 175 moves forward,
After turning to the cutting operation position, the sheet is reversed and moved back to separate the half-cut sheet A (see FIG. 24C). The slide cutter 175 obtained by cutting the half-cut sheet A is
Further, it returns and rotates to the non-cutting operation position, then reversely moves forward and returns to the home position P4. Next, the sheet feed roller 18
1 and the sheet supply roller 171 are slightly reversed, and the cut end of the half-cut sheet A is retracted from the sheet traveling path 7 (see FIG. 25A).

Next, at the same time when the clutch mechanism 19 is switched to the sheet feeding position C1 (bite carriage 205: home position P4), the sheet feeding roller 181 is rotated in the reverse direction and the half-cut sheet A is fed backward, and the leading end thereof is detected. (Cueing by the sheet detection sensor 176) is performed.
Subsequently, after feeding the half-cut sheet A to the start position of the outline cut, the electromagnetic solenoid 222 is excited to move the cutting tool 201 to the cutting operation position. Here, the forward / reverse feed of the half-cut sheet A by the sheet feed roller 181 and the reciprocating movement of the cutting tool 201 by the reciprocating mechanism 202 are synchronized,
An outline cut of a hollowing round and / or a reverse peeling round is performed (see FIG. 25B).

When the outline cutting is completed, the electromagnetic solenoid 222 is demagnetized to move the cutting bite 201 to the non-cutting operation position, and at the same time, the half-cut sheet A is fed backward. Subsequently, the pressure roller 73 is moved down to the pressure position (pressure start position S10), and the feeding end (non-adhesive portion B1) of the weak adhesive sheet B is pressed against the half-cut sheet A (see FIG. 25C). Here, the half-cut sheet A is sent forward, and the weak adhesive sheet B is continuously adhered on the half-cut sheet A (FIG. 2).
6 (a)). In addition, since the sheet main body Aa is located at the pressure bonding start position S10 and a sufficient frictional force is generated between the sheet main body Aa and the feeding end of the weak adhesive sheet B, it is possible to appropriately start adhesion (pulling out the weak adhesive sheet B). Become.

When the first sheet cutting position S5 reaches the position of the slide cutter 175, the feeding of the half-cut sheet A is stopped, and at the same time, the slide cutter 175 performs a cutting operation, and the attachment of the weak adhesive sheet B is completed. I do. At this time, the weak adhesive sheet B including the tail end portion A2 of the half-cut sheet A is cut by the slide cutter 175 (FIG. 26).
(B)). Next, the pressure roller 73 is moved upward to the non-pressure position with the cut end of the weak adhesive sheet B, and the half-cut sheet A is sent backward (see FIG. 26C).
When the slide cutter 175 cuts, the half-cut sheet A is fed to the sheet feed roller 181 and the pressure roller 7.
3, the half-cut sheet A is cut without bending.

Subsequently, the take-up roller 35 is lowered to the contact position, and is brought into contact with the pay-out end of the weak adhesive sheet B to hold it adhesively (see FIG. 27A). Here, the clutch mechanism 19 is switched to the sheet take-up position C3, the sheet feed roller 181 and the take-up roller 35 are rotated, and the half-cut sheet A is fed forward while the weak-cut sheet B is being fed.
Take up. At this time, the winding roller 3 at the contact position
5 relatively rolls on the half-cut sheet A, and the hollow AA / reverse peel AB is peeled off from the release sheet Ab together with the weak adhesive sheet B and wound up at the same time (FIG. 27 (b)). reference).

On the surface of the weak pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet B, a roll-shaped weak pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet B can be fed out with a low torque, and the winding roller 35 can exhibit a sufficient adhesive strength to be able to take up the pressure-sensitive adhesive. Is given. Further, while the take-up roller 35 is pressed against the half-cut sheet A, the weak adhesive sheet B is taken up, and the cutout round AA / reverse peeling round AB has a small peeling curvature, so that the material can be restored. Since the force is small, these rounds AA and AB are strongly adhered to the weak adhesive sheet B and peeled off without mistake. Further, a winding torque is applied to the winding roller 35 via a friction clutch 289, so that the weak adhesive sheet B can be closely wound. And
The diameter is set so that the half-cut sheet A between the sheet feed roller and the take-up roller does not loosen.

When the winding of the weak adhesive sheet B is completed, the take-up roller 35 is raised to the non-contact position, the half-cut sheet A is moved backward, the leading edge is detected, and the character cut is started. I do. In this manner, since the leading end position of the half-cut sheet A is detected again, no positional deviation occurs between the round cut and the outer shape cut even after the round peeling step. When the round portions AA and AB do not exist in the character, the process shifts from the state of FIG. Similar to the cutting of the round portions AA and AB, the outer shape of the character is synchronized with the forward / reverse feed of the half-cut sheet A and the reciprocating motion of the cutting tool 201 (see FIG. 27C). . In the outer shape cut of the character, half cuts of the above-described transverse cut lines S8 and S9 are performed first and last.

When the outer shape of the character has been cut, the sheet is sent to the contact position between the cut line area S7 of the half-cut sheet A and the take-up roller 35, and then the take-up roller 35 is lowered again to the contact position, and the unnecessary sheet is removed. The part AC is brought into contact with the peeling start end (cut line area S7) and is adhesively held (see FIG. 28A). Next, the unnecessary sheet part AC
Is raised to the non-contact position. At this time, the peeling guide member 131 moves forward and hits the unnecessary sheet portion AC.

Then, the unnecessary sheet portion AC is wound up while rotating the sheet feed roller 181 and the take-up roller 35 to feed the half-cut sheet A forward (FIG. 28).
(B)). At this time, the unnecessary sheet portion AC is peeled off at an acute angle from the peeling sheet Ab by the peeling guide member 131, and is wound up by the winding roller 35. in this case,
Depending on the waist strength of the character part AD, the character part AD
And the unnecessary sheet part AC are easily separated, and the character part A
D remains on the release sheet Ab. The winding roller 35
, A winding torque is applied via a friction clutch 289, and the weak adhesive sheet B is closely wound. When the winding of the unnecessary sheet portion AC is completed, the half-cut sheet A is sent backward so that the sticking start position S4 reaches the contact position of the pressure roller 73.

Here, the pressing roller 73 is again moved down to the pressing position, and the feeding end (non-adhesive portion B1) of the weak adhesive sheet B as the application sheet BB is pressed against the half-cut sheet A (FIG. 28 (c)). )reference). continue,
The half-cut sheet A is sent forward, and the weak adhesive sheet B is continuously adhered to the half-cut sheet A (see FIG. 29A). At this time, since the sticking start position S4 is on the sheet main body Aa, the feeding end of the weak adhesive sheet B starts adhesion from not on the release sheet Ab but on the sheet main body Aa. It will be stuck.

When the second sheet cutting position S6 reaches the position of the slide cutter 175, the attachment of the weak adhesive sheet B is completed, and the slide cutter 175 includes the weak adhesive sheet A including the tail end A2 of the half-cut sheet A. The sheet B is cut (see FIG. 29B). Also in this case, the half-cut sheet A is sandwiched between the sheet feed roller 181 and the pressure roller 73, and is cut without bending by the slide cutter 175. Finally, the pressing roller 73 is moved up to the non-cutting position, and the half-cut sheet A
Out of the apparatus through the sheet discharge port 24 (FIG. 29).
(C)).

Note that the cutout character creating apparatus of this embodiment automatically performs a series of operations from the outline cut of a character to the attachment of an application sheet as described above. It is also possible to cancel the attachment of the sheet. In addition, it is possible to perform only outline cutting of the character by switching the mode (used to create a negative cut character). In such a case, the half-cut sheet is discharged immediately after the outline cut is completed. Needless to say, it is also possible to create a mirror character as a cut-out character and select right-hand writing or left-hand writing. further,
The half-cut sheet according to the present embodiment is wound in a roll shape, but may be a sheet piece having a specific length. In such a case, the cut character creating device can be made thin.

On the other hand, the cut-out character producing apparatus of this embodiment includes a sheet feeding mechanism, a sheet feeding mechanism, a cutting plotter mechanism, and a sheet peeling mechanism. It is also possible to provide an apparatus having only the application sheet sticking mechanism. In such a case, the half-cut sheet is supplied from outside the apparatus (the half-cut sheet is not mounted on the sheet cartridge).
Then, an outline cut of the character is performed, the character is once discharged to the outside of the apparatus, the unnecessary sheet portion is peeled off by a human hand, and the sheet is re-entered into the apparatus to attach the application sheet.

Similarly, an apparatus having an unnecessary sheet peeling mechanism may be used in place of the application sheet sticking mechanism of the sheet peeling mechanism. In such a case, the unnecessary sheet portion of the half-cut sheet supplied from the outside of the apparatus is cut off after the outline cut, and is discharged outside the apparatus in this state.

Further, an apparatus without a sheet peeling mechanism may be used. That is, the half-cut sheet supplied from the sheet cartridge is discharged out of the apparatus after being subjected to outline cutting. In this case, since a sheet peeling mechanism, a weak adhesive sheet, and the like are not required, the device configuration can be simplified.

Further, it goes without saying that the sheet cutting apparatus provided with the slide cutter and the cutter moving mechanism can be applied to an electronic apparatus equipped with a reciprocating carriage such as an ink jet printer or a serial thermal printer.

[0177]

As described above, according to the cutting plotter of the present invention, the outline cutting of the half-cut sheet and the peeling of the unnecessary sheet portion can be automatically and continuously performed by a single apparatus. . Therefore,
The cutout character can be easily created with little user's hand.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a cutout character creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cut-out character creation device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of two types of sheet cartridges, large and small.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the sheet cartridge.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the sheet cartridge.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the inside of the apparatus main body with the sheet cartridge removed.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main mechanism on the apparatus main body side as viewed obliquely from behind.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a main mechanism on the apparatus main body side as viewed obliquely from the front.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a structure inside the apparatus main body (supply of a half-cut sheet) in the cutout character creating apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a structure inside the apparatus body (adhesion of a weak adhesive sheet) in the cutout character creating apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a structure (peeling of a weak adhesive sheet) inside the apparatus main body in the cutout character creating apparatus.

FIG. 12 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a structure (peeling of an unnecessary sheet portion) inside the apparatus main body in the cutout character creating apparatus.

FIG. 13 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure (power transmission unit, cutting tool moving mechanism) inside the apparatus main body in the cutout character creating apparatus.

FIG. 14 is an enlarged front view around the slide cutter.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged perspective view showing a relationship between a slide cutter and a forward abutting piece.

FIG. 16 is an enlarged perspective view showing a relationship between a slide cutter and a return abutment piece.

FIG. 17 is an enlarged plan view showing a structure for engaging and disengaging a bite carriage and a cam driving member.

FIG. 18 is a configuration diagram around a clutch mechanism.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a reciprocating position of the byte carriage and operations of various mechanisms.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing various cut positions of a half-cut sheet.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of a cutout round and a reverse peeling round in a character.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a method of specifying a round shape.

FIG. 23 is a configuration diagram around a controller.

FIG. 24 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cutout character creation procedure (1) by the cutout character creation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 25 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cutout character creation procedure (2) by the cutout character creation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 26 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cutout character creation procedure (3) by the cutout character creation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 27 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cutout character creation procedure (4) by the cutout character creation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 28 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cutout character creation procedure (5) by the cutout character creation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 29 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cutout character creation procedure (6) by the cutout character creation device of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cutout character creation device 2 Device main body 3 Sheet cartridge 4 Device case 5 Device frame 7 Sheet running path 8 Cartridge case 9 Cartridge mounting part 11 Sheet supply mechanism 12 Sheet feed mechanism 13 Cutting plotter mechanism 14 Sheet peeling mechanism 15 Controller 17 Drive motor 18 Power transmission unit 19 Clutch mechanism 20 Circuit block 21 Operation panel 24 Sheet discharge port 25 Sheet work port 30 Cam drive member 31 Adhesive sheet sticking mechanism 32 Winding-off peeling mechanism 33 Peeling-off guide mechanism 35 Winding roller 36 Roller gear train 37 Roller moving mechanism REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 51 partition plate part 52 upper storage part 53 lower storage part 56 front slit opening 57 rear slit opening 61 reverse feeding prevention mechanism 62 sheet pressing member 70 vertical movement mechanism 73 pressure roller 74 roller holder 78 cam part 86 Cam follower 106 Cartridge output gear 107 Cartridge output shaft 111 Cover arm 112 Cover operating mechanism 121 Cylindrical cam member 122 Rotating lever 125 Cam groove 129 Cam protrusion 131 Peeling guide member 132 Rotating arm 134 Projecting portion 151 Side frame 171 Sheet supply roller 175 Slide cutter 176 Sheet detection sensor 181 Sheet feed roller 182 Upper feed roller 183 Lower feed roller 201 Cutting bit 202 Reciprocating mechanism 203 Reciprocating motor 205 Byte carriage 206 Carriage guide shaft 207 Timing belt 210 Byte moving mechanism 218 Cutter moving mechanism 221 Guide Plate 222 Electromagnetic solenoid 231 Cutter blade 232 Cutter holder 235 Shaft protrusion 236 Bearing hole 2 7 Click engaging portion 246 Forward moving abutting piece 247 Return moving abutting piece 251 Base plate 262 Disengaging mechanism 264 Hook arm 265 Hook receiving section 281 Sheet supply gear 282 Sheet feed gear 283 Winding power transmission mechanism 285 Winding input pulley 289 Friction clutch 301 Intermediate gear 302 Switching gear 303 Switching lever 304 Switching spring A Half-cutting sheet Aa Sheet body Ab Peeling sheet AA Cutout round AB Reverse peeling round AC Unnecessary sheet part AD Character part A1 Feeding end part A2 Tail end part B Adhesive end Sheet BB Application sheet B1 Non-adhesive part

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshiyuki Yanagisawa 3-3-5 Yamato, Suwa-shi, Nagano F-term in Seiko Epson Corporation (reference) 2C070 AA05 AA10 AC10 AC18 BB27 DD09 3C024 AA07 AA08

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A character to be cut out is outline-cut with respect to a sheet body of a half-cut sheet in which a sheet body is laminated on a release sheet.
A cutting plotter for creating a cutout character by peeling off another unnecessary sheet portion from the release sheet while leaving a cut character portion, and a sheet travel path connected to a sheet discharge port, and the half cut on the sheet travel path. A sheet feeding mechanism for feeding a sheet forward and backward, a cutting plotter mechanism for outline cutting the character in cooperation with the sheet feeding mechanism, a sheet peeling mechanism for peeling off the unnecessary sheet portion from the release sheet, and a sheet discharging mechanism. A cutting plotter, wherein an exit is formed and an apparatus case accommodating the sheet traveling path, the sheet feeding mechanism, the cutting plotter mechanism, and the sheet peeling mechanism. 2. The sheet peeling mechanism is driven while moving the half-cut sheet in a direction opposite to a peeling direction by the sheet feeding mechanism.
The cutting plotter described in 1. 3. The sheet peeling mechanism includes a winding roller having an outer peripheral portion having an adhesive property and winding the unnecessary sheet portion, a roller driving motor for rotating the winding roller, and the winding roller. A roller moving mechanism for moving the take-up roller to the contact position, wherein the roller moving mechanism moves the take-up roller to the contact position with respect to the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion between the contact position and the separation position. After the peeled end is adhesively held, the take-up roller is moved to a separated position, and the roller drive motor rotates the take-up roller after the take-up roller is moved to the separated position. The cutting plotter according to claim 1. 4. A constant torque mechanism for maintaining a constant winding torque of the winding roller in a power transmission system from the roller drive motor to the winding roller. 3. The cutting plotter according to 3. 5. The cutting plotter according to claim 4, wherein the constant torque mechanism is a sliding friction clutch. 6. The cutting plotter mechanism according to claim 1, wherein one or several transverse cut lines are formed at a portion of the half-cut sheet which becomes a peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion. The cutting plotter according to 3, 4, or 5. 7. The cutting plotter mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the half-cut sheet forms a chevron-shaped cross-cut line at a portion of the half-cut sheet that is to be peeled off from the unnecessary sheet portion. 6. The cutting plotter according to 4 or 5. 8. The cartridge according to claim 3, wherein said winding roller is housed in a cartridge, and further comprising a cartridge mounting portion for removably mounting said cartridge. Cutting plotter. 9. The cutting plotter according to claim 8, wherein a part of the sheet traveling path is formed in the cartridge.