JP2004059310A - Stacker device for adhesive label without mount - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To preferably store adhesive labels without a mount that are cut and separated into piece by piece. <P>SOLUTION: This device includes a cutter portion 8 for cutting an adhesive label 4 without a mount having an adhesive layer on one side and a release agent layer on the other side into pieces of a label piece 12. The device also includes a conveyance means 9 for conveying/ejecting the label piece 12 cut at the cutter portion 8 and a label receiving stand portion 3 having a disk-like rotation member 19 that is placed rotatably and substantially in a horizontal condition on the downstream side of the conveyance means 9 and that rotates while making the label piece 12 ejected from the conveyance means 8 stick temporarily on the surface to which a non-adhesive process is subjected. The device also includes a control component 11 for controlling each portions such as the cutter portion 8, the conveyance means 9 and the label receiving stand unit 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a stacker device for an adhesive label without a backing sheet, and is particularly suitable for storing a label piece that has been cut and separated into individual pieces when using an adhesive label without a backing sheet (backing sheet). The present invention relates to a stacker device for an adhesive label without a mount.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, adhesive labels without mounts (hereinafter, simply referred to as “mountless labels”) have begun to be used for the purpose of resource saving and waste reduction.
[0003]
A label without a backing is a label consisting of a series of substrates with a release agent layer such as silicone on the front side and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the back side. Even if the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the outer substrate overlaps with the release agent layer of the outer substrate, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer does not stick to the release agent layer. Therefore, there is an advantage that dust on the mount is not generated after using the label.
[0004]
Labels without backing paper for printing with a printer include those that use thermal paper (thermosensitive coloring paper) as the base material and those that enable thermal transfer printing on the surface of the release agent layer using a special thermal transfer ribbon. is there.
[0005]
Since these labels without a backing sheet are a continuous body in the form of a long band, they are used after being cut into label pieces one by one by a cutter provided in a printer upon use.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, according to the above-described conventional technology, the labels cut and issued one by one have an adhesive layer on the back surface. It is difficult to handle because it sticks to clothes and clothes.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a backing-less adhesive label stacker device suitable for storing a mounting-less adhesive label cut and separated into pieces. To provide.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A stacker device for an adhesive label without a mount according to the present invention, a cutter unit that cuts an adhesive label without a mount having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one surface and a release agent layer on the other surface into one label piece, and the cutter Transport means for transporting / discharging the label pieces cut by the section, and provided on the downstream side of the transport means so as to be rotatable in a substantially horizontal state, and allowing the label pieces discharged from the transport means to the surface which has been subjected to the non-adhesive treatment. It is characterized by including a label receiving section provided with a disk-shaped rotating member that rotates while being temporarily attached, and a control section that controls each section such as the cutter section, the conveying means, and the label receiving section.
Further, the label receiving base portion is a rotation drive source that rotates at a desired rotation angle according to a signal from the control unit, the rotation member, and the rotation drive source and the rotation member are interposed between the rotation member and the rotation member. And a rotation transmitting unit that is detachably supported.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
[0010]
First, FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a label printer using the stacker device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic side view thereof.
[0011]
As shown, the label printer 1 includes a printer main body 2 and a label receiving section 3 as a stacker device.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 2, the printer main body 2 mainly includes a paper supply unit 5 on which a roll-shaped non-mounting label 4 is mounted, a thermal head 6 and a platen roller 7 constituting a printing unit, and a cutter unit 8. This is a printer that includes a feed roller 9 as a transport unit, a sensor 10, and a control unit 11 and performs thermal printing on the label 4 without a mount.
[0013]
At least the surface of the platen roller 7 is formed or coated with a material such as a fluororesin or a silicone resin, and is treated so that the adhesive of the label 4 without a backing sheet is hard to be stuck and easily peeled off. By rotating in the reverse direction, the label 4 without the backing sheet once printed is advanced to the cutter unit 8 described below and cut, and the leading end of the label 4 without the backing sheet is fed back to the position of the thermal head 6 in preparation for the next printing. It has become.
[0014]
The cutter unit 8 includes a fixed blade 13 for cutting the label 6 without a backing sheet printed by the printing unit into label pieces 12 one by one. And a movable blade 14 for cutting with the label 4 interposed therebetween.
[0015]
Like the platen roller 7, the feed roller 9 is processed so that the surface is hard to be caught, and is cut by the cutter unit 8 by placing the label piece 12 and rotating the feed roller 9. It has a role as a conveying means for discharging the one label piece 12 from the issuing port 30 to the outside of the printer main body 2.
[0016]
The sensor 10 is disposed between a paper supply unit 5 on which a roll-shaped label 4 without a mount is mounted, and a printing unit including a thermal head 6 and a platen roller 7. Is a sensor for monitoring the label 4 without the backing paper so that the label 4 can be positioned at a predetermined position on the printing unit or the cutter unit 8 by reading the timing mark.
[0017]
The control unit 11 is connected to the printing unit including the thermal head 6 and the platen roller 7, the cutter unit 8, the feed roller 9, the sensor 10, and the like. The roller 7 is rotated a predetermined number of times to position the label 4 without the backing sheet at a desired position of the printing unit. The label 4 without the backing sheet that has been printed and conveyed to the cutter unit 8 is cut at the desired position. The control section 11 controls the rotation of the feed roller 9 so as to discharge one label piece 12 obtained as described above to the outside of the printer main body 2. It is connected by a signal cable 15 so that an electrical signal can be transmitted to the label receiving section 3 via the signal cable 15.
[0018]
On the other hand, the label receiving base 3 is disposed downstream of the printer main body 2 and mainly includes a fixed base 16, a motor 17 as a rotation driving source, a rotation shaft 18 as a rotation transmitting unit, And a disc-shaped rotating member 19.
[0019]
The fixing base 16 is positioned and fixed between the printer main body 2 and a “fixing tool” (not shown), and further has a motor 17 fixed therein.
[0020]
The motor 17 is connected to the control unit 11 of the printer main body 2 via the signal cable 15, and is rotatable at a desired angle by a signal from the control unit 11.
[0021]
The rotating shaft 18 has one end standing on the motor 17 and the other end protruding from the fixed base 16, and is configured to rotate according to the rotation of the motor 17.
[0022]
The rotating member 19 is a disk-shaped member that is rotatably supported in the substantially horizontal state and is rotatably supported by the rotating shaft 18, and has a surface side (upper side in FIGS. 1 and 2) such as a fluororesin or a silicone resin. It is formed or covered with a suitable material, and is processed so that the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the label piece 12 does not stick firmly. The rotating member 19 is rotated by a desired angle by a motor 17 that rotates based on a signal from the control unit 11 of the printer main body 2.
[0023]
The printer main body 2 and the label receiving portion 3 are configured as described above, and the operation will be described next.
[0024]
First, in order to perform printing on the label 4 without the mount, the platen roller 7 is rotated to convey the label 4 without the mount, while applying heat energy from the thermal head 6 to transfer characters, figures, and the like. A desired image is printed by being colored on the surface of the label 4 without the backing paper. Further, the platen roller 7 is rotated to convey the label 4 without the backing sheet to the cutter section 8, and when the printed label 4 without the backing sheet is positioned at a desired position sufficient for cutting, the cutting section 8 cuts the label.
One label piece 12 obtained by being cut by the cutter unit 8 is discharged from the issuing port 30 to the outside of the printer main body 2 by rotation of a feed roller 9 provided immediately downstream of the cutter unit 8. .
On the other hand, when one label piece 12 is obtained by the operation of the cutter unit 8, the platen roller 7 is rotated in the reverse direction to perform the next printing, that is, the label 4 without the backing paper is moved from the cutter unit 8 to the printing unit. To the side, the so-called "back feed" direction. The operation of the back feed and the conveyance from the paper supply unit 5 side toward the issuing port 30 is repeated to execute printing / cutting.
[0025]
The label piece 12 discharged from the issuing port 30 is placed on the rotating member 19 of the label receiving base 3. At this time, since the surface of the rotating member 19 is a layer to which a non-adhesive has been applied, it does not stick firmly, but is easily peeled off when it is picked up with a finger or the like, which is a so-called “temporary attachment” state. Things.
[0026]
When the label piece 12 is issued from the issuing port 30, the control unit 11 transmits a signal for rotating the motor 17 of the label receiving base 3 to a desired angle via the signal cable 15. The motor 17 is operated by this signal, and the rotating member 19 rotates by a desired angle, so that the subsequent label pieces 12 discharged from the issuing port 30 of the label body 2 are shifted by a desired angle and overlap in a fan shape. Go. The adjacent label pieces 12 are compactly integrated with a certain “overlap”. Therefore, the label pieces 12 can be easily peeled off from the rotating member 19 when the label pieces 12 are attached to an article without being overlapped with the entire surface of the label pieces 12.
Note that the rotation angle can be set arbitrarily. Therefore, when the number of issued sheets is small, the rotation angle of the rotating member 19 can be adjusted by automatically calculating “rotation angle / number of issued sheets” by the control unit 11, and control can be performed so that they do not overlap at all.
[0027]
The rotating member 19 is detachable from the rotating shaft 18 and can be detached from the label receiving section 3 with the label piece 12 temporarily attached thereto. It is also possible to paste it on. It is more convenient if a plurality of rotating members 19 are prepared and used while replacing them.
[0028]
Further, since the issued label pieces 12 are arranged while being shifted, the next label piece 12 can be continuously peeled off by peeling off the label piece 12 at one end, and the labels to be used are collectively printed and issued. It is convenient to affix to a target article in a lump. In this case, the label piece 12 may be temporarily attached to the rotating member 19 only once, or may be temporarily attached spirally over a plurality of layers.
[0029]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the stacker device of the present invention is applied to the label printer that prints on the label 4 without the backing paper using the thermal paper is exemplified. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the thermal transfer type This is also effective when a label without a backing sheet is used.
[0030]
Although the rotating member 19 in the above embodiment has been described with an example in which the surface is covered with a material such as a fluorine resin or a silicone resin, a modified example is shown in FIG.
3 includes a first member layer 21a formed of a non-adhesive material such as a fluororesin or a silicone resin, and a second member layer formed of a general-purpose material such as a metal or a synthetic resin. 21b.
The rotating member 21 is supported by the rotating shaft 18 and is rotatable in a substantially horizontal state.
Then, the first member layer 21a and the second member layer 21b can be separated from each other while the second member layer 21b is supported by the rotation shaft 18. Therefore, only the first member layer 21a is removable.
Other configurations, operations, and effects are substantially the same as those of the above-described embodiment, and detailed description is omitted.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the stacker device for an adhesive label without a backing sheet according to the present invention is provided on the downstream side of the transporting means, and is provided with a disk-shaped rotating member rotatable in a substantially horizontal state. As the rotating member rotates the desired angle and temporarily attaches the labels, the labels are overlapped in a fan shape with a desired angle shift, so that adjacent label pieces can be compactly stacked with a certain overlapping portion. Since the entire surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer does not overlap and be laminated, there is an effect that the handling is easy.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a label printer provided with an adhesive labelless stacker stacker according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing the operation of the printer body and the stacker device according to the embodiment.
3 is a schematic side view corresponding to FIG. 2 of a label printer provided with a stacker device for an adhesive label without a backing sheet according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 label printer 2 printer body 3 label receiving part (stacker device)
4 Label without backing paper 5 Paper supply section 6 Thermal head 7 Platen roller 8 Cutter section 9 Conveying means (feed roller)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Sensor 11 Control part 12 Label piece 13 Fixed blade 14 Movable blade 15 Signal cable 16 Fixed base 17 Rotation drive source (motor)
18 Rotation transmission part (rotation axis)
19 rotating member 21 rotating member 21a first member layer 22a second member layer

Claims (2)

A cutter unit that forms an adhesive layer on one surface and cuts the adhesive label without a backing on which the release agent layer is formed on the other surface into label pieces one by one,
Conveying means for conveying and discharging the label pieces cut by the cutter unit,
A label receiver provided with a disk-shaped rotating member that is rotatably provided in a substantially horizontal state downstream of the transport means and rotates while temporarily attaching a label piece discharged from the transport means to a non-adhesive treated surface. Pedestal,
A control unit that controls each unit such as the cutter unit, the conveyance unit, and the label receiving unit;
A stacker device for an adhesive label without a backing sheet, comprising: The label receiving base portion is interposed between the rotation drive source and the rotation drive source, the rotation drive source rotating at a desired rotation angle by a signal from the control unit, and the rotation member is detachable. 2. A stacker device for an adhesive label without a backing sheet according to claim 1, further comprising: a rotation transmitting section supported on the stacker.

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