JP2005103724A - Article attaching apparatus and article attaching needle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article attaching device and an article attaching needle which continuously attach a fine three-dimensional article such as an IC tag and a miniature to an object for receiving it. <P>SOLUTION: The article attaching apparatus has: an aperture 115 for allowing the article attaching needle 32 to pass through at one of ends of a frame 11 having a space for storing a cassette 21 filled with the needle 32; and a cover 13 rotatably fixed to the frame 11 at the end opposite to the aperture 115 of the frame 11. The frame 11 has a movable needle press 114 in the cassette 21, and the frame 11 and the cover 13 are rotatably fixed to a base 14. When the cover 13 is rotated toward the frame 11, a pushing edge 15 pushes out the article attaching needle 32 at the aperture 115. In the pushed-out needle 32, a needle 322 pinches the article to be attached in a recess 141 of the base 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an article mounting apparatus for mounting a minute three-dimensional article such as an IC tag or a miniature on paper or cloth, and an article mounting needle used therefor.

Conventionally, when a flat article such as a barcode or sticker such as a barcode is attached to paper or cloth, the article and an article to be attached such as paper or cloth are fixed with a staple, and the article is pasted with glue. A method of attaching or fixing an article and an object to be attached with a thread is performed.
Staplers usually use needles in which a large number of needles are bonded in series. The needle and the object are spatially sandwiched between the needle tip and the base, and the individual needles are separated one by one with a push blade. The tip of the needle is bent and fixed.
Staple needles with a large number of needles bonded together are very weak in adhesion so that the individual needles can be easily separated. When attaching to the stapler body, it is easy to separate and handle with care. is required. In order to eliminate this inconvenience, there has been proposed one in which a staple is filled in a cassette and this cassette is loaded into a stapler body (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3).
When gluing a sticker or price tag, the sticker or price tag glued on one side is operated by a sticking cover of the price tag mounting device, and the price tags are separated one by one and bonded to the product (for example, see Patent Document 4). ).
A method of fixing an article and an object to be attached with a thread is widely implemented in department stores, supermarket clothing, and the like.
JP-A-7-96475 (Claim 1 and FIG. 16) JP-A-5-185376 (Claim 3 and FIG. 1) Utility Model Registration No. 3031193 (Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration and FIG. 1) JP 2003-84669 A ((0048) and FIG. 3)

However, in the method using the stapler as in Patent Documents 1 to 3, it is not possible to directly attach a minute three-dimensional article such as an IC tag or a miniature to an attachment object such as paper or cloth with a stapler. That is, if the staple is passed through the IC tag, the IC tag may malfunction. Moreover, although it is very small, it is difficult to penetrate the stapler if it is a three-dimensional article. Therefore, it is said that the work efficiency is low because it is necessary to separately form attachment pieces through which staples can be penetrated in IC tags and miniatures and to fix them with staples while placing them one by one at the needle outlet of the stapler body. There are challenges.
In addition, in the price tag mounting apparatus as in Patent Document 4, a minute three-dimensional article such as an IC tag or a miniature cannot be mounted on a mounted object.
Furthermore, in a method of fixing a minute three-dimensional article such as an IC tag or a miniature to an attached object with a thread, it is necessary to separately form a fixing attachment piece and fix it through a thread one by one. There is still a problem that work efficiency is poor.

  The present invention solves such a problem, and an article mounting apparatus and an article mounting capable of continuously mounting a micro three-dimensional article such as an IC tag or a miniature on an article to be mounted with high work efficiency. The purpose is to provide a needle.

The article mounting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is an article mounting apparatus in which a cassette filled with an article mounting needle is detachably formed on the stapler body, and has an opening through which the article mounting needle passes. A frame having a space in which the cassette can be stored; a cover fixed to the end of the frame opposite to the opening; and a cover fixed to the inner wall of the cover. When rotated to the frame side, a push blade that moves toward the opening and pushes the article mounting needle and an article to be mounted can be placed, and the needle of the article mounting needle is at one end. It has a recess for intrusion, and has the frame and a base on which the cover is rotatably fixed at the other end, the frame is movable in the longitudinal direction thereof, and moves in the cassette Has possible needle push And wherein the Rukoto.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to the first aspect, the frame has a guide extending in a longitudinal direction thereof, and the needle push is slid along the guide by a spring force. Features.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to the first aspect, the cassette has an opening through which the article mounting needle passes at one end, and the cassette is stored when the cassette is stored in the frame. The opening of the frame and the opening of the frame face each other.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to the third aspect, at least two places around the opening of the cassette are provided with a stop portion having a spring property.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to any one of the first, third, and fourth aspects, the cassette is formed of a synthetic resin.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to the fourth aspect, an elastic force of a synthetic resin is used as the spring property of the stopper.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to the first aspect, the article mounting needle extends in one direction from a box body portion for storing the article and two opposing side walls of the box body portion. And a pair of needles.
The present invention according to claim 8 is the article mounting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the article is an IC tag, and the box portion storing the IC tag has a through hole for transmitting and receiving radio waves. Features.
The present invention according to claim 9 is the article mounting apparatus according to claim 1 or 7, wherein the article mounting needle is made of metal.
According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article mounting needle according to the present invention, comprising: a box body portion for storing an article; and a pair of needles extending in one direction from two opposing side walls of the box body portion.
According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the article mounting needle according to the tenth aspect, the article is an IC tag, and the box portion storing the IC tag has a through hole for transmitting and receiving radio waves. Features.

According to the present invention, a minute three-dimensional article such as an IC tag or a miniature can be continuously and efficiently mounted on an object to be mounted with the same configuration and operation as a cassette type stapler.
In addition, the IC tag can be continuously attached to the attachment object with high work efficiency, and signal transmission / reception from the outside to the IC tag can be reliably performed.
Further, when the cassette is discarded, it is not necessary to separate the metal and the resin, and maintenance management becomes very simple.

The article mounting apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention is an article mounting apparatus in which a cassette filled with an article mounting needle is detachably formed on a stapler body, and the stapler body has an article mounting needle at one end. A frame having an opening to allow passage of the cassette, a cover fixed to the frame at an end opposite to the opening of the frame, and a cover fixed to the frame; A pressing blade that moves toward the opening when it is rotated, and a base that has a recess into which the needle of the article mounting needle enters at one end, and a frame and a cover that is rotatably fixed at the other end. And the frame has a needle pusher movable within the cassette. According to the present embodiment, a small three-dimensional article such as an IC tag or a miniature can be continuously and efficiently mounted on an object to be mounted by a simple operation of a stapler by pressing a cover against the frame. .
According to a second embodiment of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to the first embodiment, the frame has a guide extending in the longitudinal direction, and the needle push slides along the guide by a spring force. It is. According to the present embodiment, the needle push accurately slides along the guides of the frame without causing lateral movement, so that the article mounting needle in the cassette can be moved straight without shifting its direction.
According to a third embodiment of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to the first embodiment, the cassette has an opening for allowing the article mounting needle to pass through at one end. And the opening of the frame face each other. According to the present embodiment, the article mounting needle in the cassette can be reliably attached to the article to be mounted from the opening of the frame.
According to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to the third embodiment, there are provided stop portions having spring properties at at least two places around the opening of the cassette. According to the present embodiment, the article mounting needle in the cassette is supported by the stopper in the standby state to prevent the fall, and when hitting the article mounting needle, the article mounting needle pushes the stopper to open its spring and drop it. After the fall, the spring of the stopper can be returned to support the next article mounting needle.
According to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to any one of the first, third, and fourth embodiments, a cassette is formed of a synthetic resin. According to the present embodiment, since there is no metal member in the cassette, it is not necessary to separate the metal and the resin when discarding, and the maintenance management becomes very simple.
The sixth embodiment of the present invention uses the elastic force of a synthetic resin as the spring property of the stopper in the article mounting apparatus according to the fourth embodiment. According to the present embodiment, it is possible to reliably support the article mounting needle in the standby state and supply the article to the mounted object with a simple structure.
According to a seventh embodiment of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to the first embodiment, the article mounting needle is extended in one direction from the box body portion that stores the article and the two opposing side walls of the box body portion. It is set as the structure which has a pair of needle | hook which does. According to the present embodiment, a small three-dimensional article such as an IC tag or a miniature is housed in the box body, so that the small three-dimensional article can be continuously attached to the attachment object with work efficiency. it can.
The eighth embodiment of the present invention is an article mounting apparatus according to the seventh embodiment, in which an IC tag is housed in a box part and a through hole for transmitting and receiving radio waves is formed in the box part. is there. According to this embodiment, the IC tag can be continuously attached to the attachment object with work efficiency, and signal transmission / reception from the outside to the IC tag can be reliably performed.
In the ninth embodiment of the present invention, in the article mounting apparatus according to the first or seventh embodiment, the article mounting needle is made of metal. According to the present embodiment, the article can be easily stored in the article mounting needle, and the strength of the needle serving as a fixing portion to the mounted object can be sufficiently maintained.
The article mounting needle according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention has a box part for storing an article and a pair of needles extending in one direction from two opposing side walls of the box part. According to the present embodiment, a small three-dimensional article such as an IC tag or a miniature is housed in the box body, so that the small three-dimensional article can be continuously attached to the attachment object with work efficiency. A possible article mounting needle can be realized.
In the eleventh embodiment of the present invention, in the article mounting needle according to the tenth embodiment, an IC tag is housed in the box body, and a through hole for transmitting and receiving radio waves is formed in the box body portion. is there. According to this embodiment, the IC tag can be continuously attached to the attachment object with work efficiency, and signal transmission / reception from the outside to the IC tag can be reliably performed.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1A is a side sectional view showing the configuration of the article mounting apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a sectional view of the article mounting needle mounting portion at the use position of the article mounting apparatus in FIG. 2 (a) is a plan view showing the frame and cassette mounting structure of the article mounting apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 (b) is a side view thereof, and FIG. 3 is the article mounting in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an article mounting needle used in the article mounting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The basic structure of the article mounting apparatus according to the present invention is a configuration in which a cassette filled with an article mounting needle, which is a feature of the present invention, is mounted on a stapler body having substantially the same configuration as a so-called cassette type stapler. The stapler body has a metal frame 11 having a space in which the cassette can be stored, a metal cover 13 fixed to one end of the frame 11 so as to be rotatable about the rotation shaft 12, and the rotation shaft 12. Further, a metal base 14 that is rotatable with respect to the frame 11 and the cover 13 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the frame 11 has a bottomed structure having a substantially U-shaped side wall 111 when viewed from above, and is a space formed by the bottom 112 and the side wall 111. The cassette 21 in which an article mounting needle 32 to be described later is stored is stored. A guide bar 113 that extends linearly in the longitudinal direction is provided at the center of the frame 11, and a needle pusher 114 that is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the frame 11 along the guide bar 113 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the needle pusher 114 includes a push piece 117 for pushing the article mounting needle 32 in the cassette 21 and a guide part 118 extending downward. A guide bar 113 is placed in a hole 119 of the guide part 118. Let it penetrate. The guide rod 113 is inserted through a coil spring (not shown), and the needle push 114 is slid in the longitudinal direction of the frame 11 by the biasing force of the coil spring. An opening 115 for dropping an article mounting needle 32 described later is formed at the tip of the frame 11.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the cassette 21 is composed of a lower casing 221 and an upper casing 222 made of synthetic resin. A groove 225 in which the guide rod 113 of the frame 11 and the guide portion 118 of the needle pusher 114 are disposed and a groove 223 for guiding the movement of the needle 322 of the article mounting needle 32 are formed at the center of the lower casing 221, An opening 224 for taking out the article mounting needle 32 downward is formed at a position corresponding to the opening 115 of the frame 11 when 21 is loaded on the frame 11. A plurality of stoppers 226 and 227 are formed around the opening 224. The stoppers 226 and 227 have spring properties, and are preferably formed of a spring member that uses the elastic force of the synthetic resin constituting the lower casing 221.
On the other hand, the upper housing 222 is U-shaped in cross section, and an opening 229 is formed on the upper surface of the tip at a position facing the opening 115 of the frame 11 and the opening 224 of the lower housing 221. The article mounting needle 32 and the needle pusher 114 move along the guide bar 113 in the space formed by the lower housing 221 and the upper housing 222. At this time, the needle 322 of the article mounting needle 32 moves in the groove 223 of the lower casing 221.

A pressing blade 15 is formed on the inner wall of the cover 13. When the cover 15 rotates the cover 13 toward the frame 11, the pressing blade 15 enters the opening 229 of the upper casing 222 of the cassette 21 mounted on the frame 11 and pushes the article mounting needle 32 downward to lower the cassette 11. It is dropped from the opening 224 of the housing 221 against the spring property of the stoppers 226 and 227.
The base 14 has a recess 141 at a position where the needle 322 of the article mounting needle 32 enters a position corresponding to the opening 115 of the frame 11.

  FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the article mounting needle 32. The article mounting needle 32 includes a metal box portion 321 such as stainless steel and a pair of needles 322 extending from opposing side walls of the box portion 321. A plurality of holes 326 are formed on the ceiling surface of the box portion 321, and a plurality of tongue pieces 323 are formed on the bottom surface. One wall surface of the opposite side wall of the box portion 321 is closed with a wall piece 324 having a width smaller than the width of the wall surface, and the other wall surface is closed with an opening / closing piece 325 having a width smaller than the wall surface. Is done. As a result, the internal space of the box portion 321 is the ceiling surface hole 326, the gap between the bottom tongue piece 323, the opposing pair of side wall surfaces are the wall piece 324 and the side wall surface on which the opening / closing piece 325 and the needle 322 are formed. It communicates with the outside spatially through the gap between them. Note that the bottom surface may be a wall surface in which a plurality of holes are formed in the same manner as the ceiling surface. Moreover, you may form a hole also in the side wall surface in which the needle | hook 322 was formed. It should be noted that the gap between the tongue pieces 323 on the bottom surface or the plurality of holes 326 need to be sized so as not to drop articles stored therein.

Next, the operation will be described.
First, the article is stored in the box body portion 321 of the article mounting needle 32. Articles that can be attached to an article such as a product, such as an IC tag that identifies a product or an individual, an identification tag such as a price tag that displays the price or quality of the product, an accessory such as a product or magazine, a bonus Small planar or three-dimensional articles can be used, such as miniatures, character goods, or premium products, sample tablets as examples of medicine tablets. When these articles are inserted with the opening / closing piece 325 of the box part 321 open, and the opening / closing piece 325 is closed, the article is stored in the box part 321. A plurality of article mounting needles 32 storing articles are prepared, and these are stored in the cassette 21. Each article mounting needle 32 is housed in the cassette 21 in a state where it is not bonded to each other unlike a conventional staple needle.
Next, when the cover 13 is opened and the needle push 114 of the frame 11 is pulled toward the rotating shaft 12 against the biasing force of the coil spring along the guide rod 113, a space for loading the cassette 21 into the frame 11 is created. Therefore, when a cassette 21 containing a plurality of article mounting needles 32 is loaded in the space and the needle pusher 114 is released, the needle pusher 114 enters the cassette 21 due to the biasing force of the coil spring, and the last article loader needle 32 is inserted. It moves in the longitudinal direction of the cassette 21 while pushing the wall surface. At this time, since the needle pusher 114 slides along the guide bar 113, the needle pusher 114 moves accurately in the longitudinal direction of the cassette 21 without causing lateral movement. At this time, the article mounting needle 32 also moves in the cassette 21 without being laterally moved, and the needle 322 of the article mounting needle 32 moves accurately in the groove 223 of the lower casing 221, so that the needle 322 is bent or damaged. There is no. When the movement of the article mounting needle 32 within the cassette 21 is completed, the state-of-the-art article mounting needle 32 falls within the opening 21 224 of the cassette 21 and is supported downward by the stoppers 226 and 227. Never do. And it will be in a standby state here.

When an article to be attached such as a product is placed in the concave portion 141 of the base 14 at the portion to be attached and the cover 13 is pushed toward the base 14, the pressing blade 15 enters the opening 229 of the cassette 21, and the opening of the cassette 21 is opened. The upper surface of the box part 321 of the article mounting needle 32 in the part 224 is pushed. Then, the article mounting needle 32 pushes the stoppers 226 and 227, and the stoppers 226 and 227 gradually open due to the spring property and pass through the article mounting needle 32. The article mounting needle 32 that has passed passes through the article to be mounted, reaches the concave portion 141 of the base 14, and is bent in the concave portion 141 by the force applied to the pressing blade 15. As a result, since the needle 322 sandwiches the attachment, the article attachment needle 32 is attached to the attachment. In this way, an article such as an IC tag is attached to the article by the article attachment needle 32. Since the box portion 321 of the article mounting needle 32 in which the article is stored is formed with holes and gaps that spatially communicate with the outside as described above, Radio waves can be transmitted / received to / from the outside through holes or gaps.
When the article mounting needle 32 in the opening 224 of the cassette 21 is used, the next article mounting needle 32 in the cassette 21 is pushed by the needle push 114 and moves into the opening 224. At this time, since the stoppers 226 and 227 are restored to their original states due to their spring properties, the new article mounting needle 32 can be supported and put into a standby state.

  When all the article mounting needles 32 in the cassette 21 have been hit in this way, the cover 13 is opened, and the needle push 114 of the frame 11 is pulled along the guide bar 113 against the biasing force of the coil spring toward the rotary shaft 12 for use. The cassette 21 that has already been taken out is taken out and a new cassette 21 containing the article mounting needles 32 is loaded. Thereafter, by repeating the same operation, the article mounting needle storing the article can be continuously mounted on the article to be mounted with high work efficiency.

As described above, according to the present invention, the article mounting needle 32 storing the article is stored in the cassette 21 in advance, and the cassette 21 is loaded in the stapler body. The needle can be safely hit without touching the tip of 322.
Also, the metal springs and metal needle pushers are formed on the frame side, and the cassette 21 is all made of synthetic resin and does not contain metal parts. It is unnecessary and easy to maintain.

The article mounting device and the article mounting needle according to the present invention use an IC tag as an article, and are used for various items such as management of merchandise and marine containers, individual management of laboratory animals and farm animals, and individual management of pets. It is useful as a device for attaching a management tag to a product, container, animal or the like to be managed and an article mounting needle.
Also, as goods, identification tags such as price tags that display the price and quality of products, accessories such as products and magazines, miniatures such as bonuses, character goods, or premium products, sample tablets as samples of medicine tablets, etc. By using a minute planar or three-dimensional article, it is useful as an apparatus for attaching a product management / sales tag or an attached article for product sales promotion to a related product or catalog, and an article mounting needle.

(A) is side sectional drawing which shows the structure of the article mounting apparatus in the Example of this invention. (B) is sectional drawing of the article mounting needle mounting part in the use position of the article mounting apparatus in Fig.1 (a). It is a figure which shows the attachment structure of the flame | frame and cassette of the article | item mounting apparatus in the Example of this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view The front view of the needle pushing of the article | item mounting apparatus in the Example of this invention The perspective view of the article | item mounting needle used for the article | item mounting apparatus in the Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

11 Frame 12 Rotating shaft 13 Cover 14 Base 15 Push blade 21 Cassette 32 Article mounting needle 111 Side wall 112 Bottom 113 Guide bar 114 Needle push 115, 224, 229 Opening 117 Push piece 118 Guide part 119 Hole 141 Recess 221 Lower housing 222 Top Housing 223, 225 Groove 321 Box part 322 Needle 226, 227 Stop part 323 Tongue piece 324 Wall piece 325 Opening / closing piece 326 Hole

Claims (11)

  An article mounting apparatus in which a cassette filled with an article mounting needle is detachably formed on the stapler body, and has an opening through which the article mounting needle passes at one end, and a frame having a space in which the cassette can be stored; A cover fixed to the end of the frame opposite to the opening so as to be rotatable, and provided on an inner wall of the cover, and when the cover is rotated to the frame side, the opening A push blade that moves toward the object and pushes the article mounting needle; an article to be mounted can be placed; a recess into which the needle of the article mounting needle enters; and the frame at the other end The article mounting characterized in that the cover has a base fixed so as to be rotatable, the frame is movable in the longitudinal direction thereof, and has a needle pusher movable in the cassette. apparatus.   The article mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the frame has a guide extending in a longitudinal direction thereof, and the needle push is slid along the guide by a spring force.   The cassette has an opening for allowing the article mounting needle to pass through at one end, and when the cassette is stored in the frame, the opening of the cassette and the opening of the frame face each other. Item mounting apparatus according to Item 1.   The article mounting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the article mounting device includes a stopper having a spring property at at least two positions around the opening of the cassette.   The article mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cassette is made of a synthetic resin.   The article mounting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an elastic force of a synthetic resin is used as the spring property of the stopper.   2. The article mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the article mounting needle includes a box body portion that stores an article and a pair of needles extending in one direction from two opposing side walls of the box body portion. .   The article mounting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the article is an IC tag, and a box body portion in which the IC tag is stored has a through hole for transmitting and receiving radio waves.   The article mounting device according to claim 1 or 7, wherein the article mounting needle is made of metal.   An article mounting needle comprising: a box body portion for storing an article; and a pair of needles extending in one direction from two opposing side walls of the box body portion. The article mounting needle according to claim 10, wherein the article is an IC tag, and a box portion storing the IC tag has a through hole for transmitting and receiving radio waves.

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