JP2004233489A - Pasting sheet and image processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pasting sheet which is cleanly peeled off without damaging the printing on the pasted side and to provide an image processor to which the sheet is pasted. <P>SOLUTION: The sheet is to be pasted on an operating section 48, on which prescribed characters or the like are printed, by adhesive 103 and 104 formed on the back surface of the sheet. The adhesive 103 and 104 are arranged on the places, where no printed character exists, so as not to damage the characters when the sheet is positioned and pasted on the section 48 and covers the printed characters. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a sticking sheet to be attached so as to cover a printed portion of a member to be attached, and an image processing apparatus to which the sheet is attached.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Image processing devices such as recording devices are exported to various countries, but the languages used in those countries are various. On the other hand, in the case of manufacturing a recording apparatus, changing the printing of the operation unit of the recording apparatus for each language is complicated and costly to manage, and causes an increase in product price, which is disadvantageous to the user.
[0003]
Therefore, at present, as shown in FIG. 9, a paste sheet 602 is formed on the operation unit 601 of the recording device, excluding keys and a display unit, and a description of each language is printed and pasted thereon. I have.
[0004]
As described above, the use of the sticking sheet 602 has an advantage that it is possible to quickly cope with a case where a language is added without adding cost.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
An adhesive material is applied to the display back surface of the adhesive sheet 602 and is attached to the operation unit 601. However, since the adhesive material is applied to the entire back surface of the adhesive sheet 602, the adhesive sheet is attached. Becomes unnecessary, and when the sheet is to be peeled off, there is a problem that the adhesive on the sheet 602 of the pasting sheet is peeled off the characters or images originally printed on the operation unit 601.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pasting sheet that can be peeled off cleanly without giving any trouble to printing on the pasting side when the pasting sheet is peeled off. An image processing device is provided.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A typical configuration according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a bonding sheet to be bonded to a bonding member having a printing portion on which a predetermined printing is performed by an adhesive portion formed on a back surface, The adhesive portion is arranged at a position avoiding the printing portion when the positioning portion is attached to the printing member so as to cover the printing portion.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, with respect to the sticking sheet according to one embodiment of the present invention, a recording device will be exemplified as an image processing device to which the sticking sheet has been stuck, and will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0009]
全体 Overall configuration of recording device｝
First, the overall configuration of the recording apparatus will be described. FIG. 5 is an explanatory perspective view of the inside of the recording apparatus, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory sectional view of the recording section.
[0010]
In FIGS. 5 and 6, the carrier 2 detachably holds the recording head 1. The carrier 2 has a guide shaft 4 and a guide rail 7, both ends of which are fixed to a frame 25 and arranged in parallel with each other. The recording sheet 18 is slidably supported in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction and parallel to the surface of the recording sheet 18. The carrier 2 is coupled to a portion of the belt 5 looped between a drive pulley 30 that is driven to rotate by a carrier motor 6 by a gear train (not shown) and an idle pulley 15 that is rotatably supported. By driving the carrier motor 6, the belt 5 is driven, and the carrier 2 reciprocates in the above direction.
[0011]
The recording head 1 operates the latch member 30Y of the carrier 2 with the arm 30Ya and presses the latch member 30Y against the carrier 2 so that the recording head 1 is fixed and an electric signal from the recording apparatus receives a carrier-side terminal portion (not shown) and a recording-head-side terminal portion. (Not shown).
[0012]
A home position sensor 16 detects the position of the carrier 2 by detecting the passage of the carrier 2. Reference numeral 3 denotes a flexible cable for transmitting an electric signal to the recording head 1 from a control board (not shown).
[0013]
The recording sheet 18 is conveyed by a plurality of recording sheets 18 separated and fed one by one by an automatic feeding unit 19, and further conveyed by a conveying roller 14. A gear 31 is fixed to the transport roller 14 rotatably supported by the frame 25, and is driven to rotate by a transport motor 20 by a gear train (not shown).
[0014]
A pinch roller 21 is pressed against the conveyance roller 14 from below by a pinch roller spring 23 via a pinch roller holder 22, and the recording sheet 18 sandwiched between the conveyance roller 14 and the pinch roller 21 drives the conveyance motor 20. Transported by The transported recording sheet 18 is supported by the platen 9.
[0015]
Reference numeral 11 denotes a discharge roller for discharging the recording sheet 18 after recording. The driving force is transmitted from the conveyance roller 14 by an idle gear train 29, and is rotated in synchronization with the conveyance roller 14. The discharge roller 11 is urged upward by a discharge roller spring 24 and is in pressure contact with the spur 8. The discharge roller 11 sandwiches and conveys the recording sheet 18 with the discharge roller 11. Here, the spur is a rotating body that has a small contact area with the recording sheet and does not disturb the ink image even when the ink image contacts the sheet surface side on which the ink image is recorded.
[0016]
A sheet sensor 17 detects the presence or absence of a recording sheet 18 immediately before the conveyance roller 14. A discharge sensor 10 detects the presence or absence of the recording sheet 18 near the discharge roller 11.
[0017]
The recording head 1 includes a fine liquid discharge port (orifice), a liquid path, an energy action section provided in a part of the liquid path, and an energy generating means for generating droplet forming energy to act on the liquid in the action section. And
[0018]
In the present embodiment, as an ink ejection configuration, an electric current is supplied to the electrothermal converter according to a recording signal, and the ink is ejected by the growth and shrinkage of bubbles generated in the ink by utilizing film boiling generated in the ink by the thermal energy. And printing is performed. In this manner, by ejecting ink by growing and shrinking bubbles by thermal energy, it is possible to achieve ejection of liquid with particularly excellent responsiveness.
[0019]
When one line is recorded by moving the recording head 1, the recording sheet 18 is conveyed by a conveying motor 20 for one line in the direction of the arrow of the conveying direction shown on the recording sheet 18 in FIG. Configuration.
[0020]
At one end of the moving range of the carrier 2, there is a cap 13 for protecting the liquid ejection port of the recording head 1 from drying. When the carrier 1 is located in the home position, the cap 13 is moved by a power transmission mechanism (not shown) by the transport motor 20. Press against recording head 1. Further, an ink suction operation for cleaning the liquid ejection port is also performed here. A blade 12 for cleaning the surface of the recording head 1 having the liquid ejection port is provided on the cap 13 side, and the operation of the carrier 2 squeezes the liquid ejection port surface by a link mechanism (not shown). This operation removes foreign matter such as dust adhering to the vicinity of the nozzle on the discharge port surface, and always performs normal recording (wiping operation).
[0021]
FIG. 7 is an external view of the recording apparatus according to the present embodiment. The recording mechanism shown in FIG. 5 is housed inside the apparatus main body 41. Reference numeral 42 denotes a discharge port of the recording sheet 18. Reference numerals 43a and 43b denote a first discharge support member and a second discharge support member, which support the discharged recording sheet.
[0022]
Reference numeral 44 denotes a cover for opening and removing the recording head. Reference numeral 45 denotes a power switch for turning the apparatus on and off, reference numeral 46 denotes a display unit for displaying the status of the apparatus, and reference numeral 47 denotes a key cover for collecting various operation keys.
[0023]
An insertion port 49a for an external storage device and a connector insertion port 49b for an external interface are provided on the side surface of the recording apparatus main body.
[0024]
The recording sheet 18 is supported and guided by a sheet support mechanism including a first feeding support member 51 and a second feeding support member 52, and is guided to the automatic feeding unit 19. The second feeding support member 52 is fixed to the recording apparatus main body 41.
[0025]
When the recording apparatus is not used, as shown in FIG. 7B, the first discharge support member 43a is stored in the second discharge support member 43b, and is folded and stored in the cover 44. Also, the first feeding support member 51 is configured to be folded and compact to cover the upper part of the insertion port 19a of the automatic feeding unit 19 and to prevent dust from dropping.
[0026]
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the operation unit 48 as viewed from the front. As will be understood from the above, characters for explanation are printed on the operation unit 48 near each key and the display unit 46. This description is printed on an attachment sheet 101, and the sheet 101 is attached to the operation unit 48.
[0027]
｛Paste sheet｝
Next, the sticking sheet will be described. 1A and 1B show a pasting sheet, wherein FIG. 1A is a front view of the pasting sheet 101, and FIG. 1B is an explanatory view of the back side of the pasting sheet 101 seen from the front side.
[0028]
As shown in the figure, the sticking sheet 101 is a flexible, thin, thin sheet, and has holes (102, 106) for avoiding the keys of the operating unit 48 and the display unit 46 in FIG. , 107, 108, 109, 110, 111). Among them, a positioning slot 102 as a positioning portion is formed at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction, and this is combined with the key cover 47 of the operation section 48 on the sticking side to determine the position of the sticking sheet 101.
[0029]
Characters corresponding to each key and display are printed on the front side of the sheet. On the other hand, on the back side of the sheet, adhesives 103 and 104 as adhesives for fixing to the sticking side are thinly printed as shown by hatched portions in the figure. The adhesives 103 and 104 are formed so as to be separated from each other with a width substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the positioning slot 102.
[0030]
In order to protect the adhesives 103 and 104 on the back surface of the adhesive sheet 101, a release paper having substantially the same size as the adhesive sheet 101 is attached when not in use. Since there is no adhesive at the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the sheet 101, it can be easily peeled off by pulling the central portion of the release paper 120 in the arrow direction as shown in FIG.
[0031]
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing how to attach the attaching sheet 101. As shown in FIG. 3A, the adhesive sheet 101 has both ends A and B in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive sheet 101, and is bent so as to be convex downward as shown in the figure.
[0032]
Next, using the key cover 47 of the operation unit 48 and the positioning long hole 102 of the sticking sheet 101 as a guide, while maintaining the convex shape of the sticking sheet 101, move the center of the sticking sheet 101 in the longitudinal direction in the direction of arrow C. The operation unit 48 is grounded.
[0033]
At this time, as shown in FIG. 1B, the grounded part on the side of the adhesive sheet 101 is a part without the adhesives 103 and 104, so that the adhesive sheet 101 can move freely with respect to the operation unit 48. In this state, the positioning slot 102 is moved in the direction of arrow D with reference to the key cover 47 to determine the left and right positions.
[0034]
After the positioning, as shown in FIG. 3B, when both ends A and B in the sheet longitudinal direction are gently overlapped on the operation unit 48, the adhesives 103 and 104 adhere to the operation unit 48, and the adhesive sheet 101 is fixed. Is done.
[0035]
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the operation unit 48 of the sticking unit and the position of the adhesive on the sticking sheet 101.
[0036]
When the key cover 47 of the operation unit 48 and the positioning slot 102 of the attachment sheet 101 are attached as a reference, the adhesives 103 and 104 of the attachment sheet 101 are formed so as to be hatched in FIG. As can be seen from the above, the sticking sheet 101 is stuck so as to cover the printing portion (printed characters and the like) printed on the operation portion 48, but the adhesives 103 and 104 are located at positions avoiding the printing portion. It is arranged to become. Therefore, as long as the adhesive is positioned and pasted as described above, the adhesives 103 and 104 do not touch the characters printed on the operation unit 48, and the printed characters are also peeled off when the adhesive sheet 101 is peeled off. There is no.
[0037]
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the pasting sheet is used for the recording apparatus has been described, but a reading device such as a scanner that supports a plurality of original sheets as an image processing apparatus and sequentially sends out the original information to read the original information, Alternatively, the pasting sheet described above can be suitably used even with other image processing apparatuses.
[0038]
(Embodiment)
Next, preferred embodiments to which the present invention can be applied are listed below.
[0039]
[Embodiment 1] A bonding sheet to be bonded to a member to be bonded having a printed portion on which a predetermined printing is performed by an adhesive portion formed on a back surface,
An adhesive sheet, wherein the adhesive portion is arranged at a position avoiding the printing portion when the positioning portion is attached to the member to be attached so as to cover the printing portion.
[0040]
[Embodiment 2] In an image processing apparatus that conveys a sheet and processes an image,
An image processing apparatus having a printing unit on which a predetermined printing is performed on the operation unit, and affixing a sticking sheet having an adhesive portion on the back surface to cover the printing unit,
An image processing apparatus, wherein an adhesive portion of the pasting sheet is arranged at a position avoiding the printing portion.
[0041]
[Embodiment 3] The image processing apparatus according to Embodiment 2, wherein the image processing apparatus is a recording apparatus that conveys a sheet and performs recording.
[0042]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the present invention, the sheet to be attached to the member to be adhered by the adhesive portion on the back surface, the printed portion formed on the member to be adhered by avoiding the adhesive portion of the adhered sheet, the later attached Even when the sheet is peeled off, the sheet can be peeled off cleanly without giving any trouble to the printing portion of the adhered member.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 shows a pasting sheet, wherein (a) is a front side of the pasting sheet, and (b) is an explanatory view of the back side of the pasting sheet as seen through from the front side.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which a release paper is peeled from an adhesive sheet.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing how to attach a sticking sheet.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a relationship between an operation unit of a pasting unit and an adhesive position of a pasting sheet.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory perspective view of the inside of the recording apparatus.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory sectional view of a recording unit.
FIG. 7 is an external explanatory view of the recording apparatus according to the embodiment.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the operation unit as viewed from the front.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of a pasting sheet according to the related art.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Recording head 2 ... Carrier 3 ... Flexible cable 4 ... Guide shaft 5 ... Belt 6 ... Carrier motor 7 ... Guide rail 8 ... Spur 9 ... Platen 10 ... Discharge sensor 11 ... Discharge roller 12 ... Blade 13 ... Cap 14 ... Conveyance roller 15 ... idle pulley 16 ... home position sensor 17 ... sheet sensor 18 ... recording sheet 19 ... automatic feeding unit 20 ... transport motor 21 ... pinch roller 22 ... pinch roller holder 23 ... pinch roller spring 24 ... discharge roller spring 25 ... frame 29 ... Idle gear train 30 Drive pulley 30Y Latch member 30Ya Arm 31 Gear 41 Device body 42 Discharge port 43a First discharge support member 43b Second discharge support member 44 Cover 45 Power switch 46 Display unit 47… Key cover 8 Operating part 49a Insertion port 49b Connector insertion port 51 First feeding support member 52 Second feeding support member 101 Adhering sheet 102 Positioning slots 103 and 104 Adhesives 106, 107 and 108 , 109, 110, 111 ... holes 120 ... release paper

Claims (2)

In a pasting sheet to be adhered to an adhered member having a printing portion on which predetermined printing has been performed by an adhesive portion formed on the back surface,
An adhesive sheet, wherein the adhesive portion is arranged at a position avoiding the printing portion when the positioning portion is attached to the member to be attached so as to cover the printing portion. In an image processing apparatus that conveys a sheet and processes an image,
An image processing apparatus having a printing unit on which a predetermined printing is performed on the operation unit, and affixing a sticking sheet having an adhesive portion on the back surface to cover the printing unit,
An image processing apparatus, wherein an adhesive portion of the pasting sheet is arranged at a position avoiding the printing portion.

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