JP2005193304A - Rotary cutter device and method of adjusting mounting angle of fixed blade in rotary cutter device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary cutter device and a method of adjusting a mounting angle of a fixed blade in the rotary cutter device, capable of adjusting the mounting angle of the fixed blade to a proper angle by simple operation, and reducing the cost of the device. <P>SOLUTION: The fixed cutter 50 comprises an oscillating body 52 pivoted oscillatably on a shaft 51, the fixed blade 53 projected to one side of the oscillating body 52, an oscillation control means 56 for controlling the oscillation toward one direction of the oscillating body 52, an elastic body 57 for constantly applying the energizing force toward the direction to control the oscillation to the oscillating body 52, and an oscillating means 59 for forcibly giving the oscillating force to the oscillating body 52, and the oscillating body 52 is supported by pivot parts of three points, that is, a contact part of the elastic body 57 and the oscillating body 52, a contact part of the oscillation control means 56 and the oscillating body 52, and the shaft 51 of the oscillating body 52. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a rotary cutter device that can be applied to a labeling machine, a printing machine, and the like, and more specifically, a rotary cutter device that continuously cuts a tape-like sheet with an accurate length, and a fixed blade mounting angle in the rotary cutter device. It relates to the adjustment method.

FIG. 7 shows a model diagram of the rotary cutter device provided in the labeling machine.
The conventional rotating cutter device includes a cutter drum 10 that rotates in one direction around a support shaft 11 and a fixed cutter 20 that is disposed to face the cutter drum 10.
The fixed cutter 20 is provided with a fixed blade 21 so that the facing distance between the blade edge of the fixed blade 21 and the rotary blade 12 of the cutter drum 10 can be manually adjusted.
The cutter drum 10 includes a rotary blade 12 projecting from the outer peripheral surface thereof, and a servo motor 30 that drives the cutter drum 10. The servo motor 30 is electrically connected to a control unit 31.
A supply roller 32 including a pair of rotating rollers for supplying the roll label L also includes a servo motor 33 as a drive source and is electrically connected to the control unit 31.
A phototube (not shown) is arranged in the middle of the roll label transfer path. The cutting interval mark displayed on the roll label is read and this information is input to the control unit 31.
The control unit 31 incorporates a program for controlling the rotation of the servo motors 30 and 33 of the cutter drum 10 and the supply roller 32 so that the roll label L can be cut to a predetermined length corresponding to the operating speed of the machine. Yes.

The rotary cutter device described above has the following points to be improved.
(1) When either one of the rotary blade 12 and the fixed blade 21 is replaced or when the blade is worn, it is necessary to readjust the distance between the two blades 12 and 21.
The adjustment operation of both the blades 12 and 21 requires repeated operations of adjusting the distance by screwing the fixed cutter 20 while visually observing the blade edge and the cutting trial for actually cutting the label several times. Work takes a lot of time and effort.
In particular, in the rotary cutter device of a labeling machine, since it is forced to cut 400 to 700 sheets per minute for ultra-thin roll label paper, the adjustment accuracy of the double-edged blades 12 and 21 is the label sharpness. Because it has a great influence, it is extremely difficult to adjust both blades.
(2) When the adjustment of both the blades 12 and 21 is inaccurate, and even if the cutting edge is too small, any blade 12 or 21 is damaged, and conversely, a minute gap is generated between the both blades 12 and 21. As a result, the cut surface of the label becomes jagged, causing a problem of defective label generation.
(3) From the relationship of servo-controlling the rotation of the cutter drum 10 and the supply roller 32, after the operation of the rotary cutter device is interrupted, until the rotation timing of the cutter drum 10 and the supply roller 32 coincides when the operation is resumed. Cannot cut the roll label L.
During this time, there is a waiting time, and there is room for improvement in terms of not only the operating efficiency of the rotary cutter device but also the operating efficiency of the labeling machine.
(4) The servo motors 30 and 33 require ancillary equipment such as an encoder and a transmission and a control program. If these ancillary equipments are included, the cost is several times higher than that of a general-purpose motor. This contributes to the high cost of the equipment.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rotary cutter device and an angle of attachment of a fixed blade in the rotary cutter device that can easily and accurately perform blade tip adjustment work. It is to provide an adjustment method.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a rotary cutter device that can reduce the cost of the device and a method for adjusting the mounting angle of a fixed blade in the rotary cutter device.

A first aspect of the present invention is a rotary cutter device comprising: a cutter drum that rotates in one direction around a support shaft, and has a rotary blade on the outer periphery; and a fixed cutter disposed opposite to the cutter drum, the fixed cutter A swinging body pivotally supported around a support shaft, a fixed blade protruding on one side of the swinging body, a swing restricting means for controlling swinging in one direction of the swinging body, An elastic body that constantly applies an urging force to the rocking body in a direction that restricts the rocking; and rocking means that forcibly applies a rocking force to the rocking body, and a contact portion between the elastic body and the rocking body; The present invention provides a rotary cutter device characterized in that the rocking body is supported at three points: a contact portion between the rocking regulation means and the rocking body, and a pivotal support portion of the shaft of the rocking body. .
In the rotary cutter device described above, the swing restricting means is configured by an adjustment bolt screwed to a stationary member disposed opposite to the side surface of the swing body, and the mounting angle of the fixed blade integrated with the swing body by rotating the adjustment bolt May be configured to be adjustable.
In the above-described rotary cutter device, the cutter drum drive source may be a general-purpose motor.
In any one of the rotary cutter devices described above, the cutter drum may be continuously rotated when the swinging body integral with the fixed blade is swung by the swinging means.

The second invention uses any one of the rotary cutter devices described above, and the rotary blade that has passed the fixed blade by manually rotating the cutter drum does not come into contact with the fixed blade, so that the oscillator does not swing. The present invention provides a method for adjusting the mounting angle of a fixed blade in a rotary cutter device, wherein the mounting angle of a rocking body is adjusted by rotating an adjustment bolt to a position.

The present invention has at least one of the following specific effects.
(1) Since the oscillating body integral with the fixed blade is supported at three points, play of the pivoting portion of the oscillating body can be eliminated, and the oscillating body can be supported without rattling, and the cutter drum can be supported. The cutting edge of the fixed blade and the rotary blade can be adjusted to an accurate cutting point by a simple adjustment operation of the manual rotation operation and the adjustment bolt rotation operation.
(2) By using an elastic body as one of the members that support the rocking body, the rocking body is swung in one direction.
Therefore, the cutting operation can be interrupted by forcibly oscillating the oscillating body while the cutter drum continues to rotate, and cutting can be performed simply by returning the oscillating body to the original position, thereby reducing the waiting time. Almost no cutting and cutting efficiency is extremely improved.
(3) Since a general-purpose motor can be used as a drive source for the cutter drum, a conventional servo motor and a program for controlling the servo motor are not required, and the cost of the rotary cutter device can be reduced.
(4) By combining a rocking restricting means such as an adjustment bolt and a resilient body such as a spring material, it is possible to completely eliminate the backlash of the pivoting portion of the rocking body and to accurately obtain the rocking center of the fixed blade. it can.
For this reason, when the blade is worn, the wear of the blade tip can be compensated for by simply swinging the rocking body without replacing the blade, so that the durable life of the rotary cutter device is remarkably improved.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(1) Outline of Rotating Cutter Device FIG. 1 shows a model diagram of the rotating cutter device.
A supply roller 40 composed of a pair of rollers is located on the right side of the figure, a guide plate 41 for guiding the roll label is located in front of the supply roller 40, and a rotating cutter device is located on the left side of the guide plate 41. To position.
A servo motor is not used as a drive source for the supply roller 40, and a gear mechanism can be used.

Although the rotary cutter device includes the cutter drum 10 that rotates in one direction around the support shaft 11 and the fixed cutter 50 that is installed to face the cutter drum 10, the present invention is similar to the conventional cutter. The difference from the conventional apparatus is that a servo motor is not used as a driving source for the drum 10 and the supply roller 40 and that the fixed cutter 50 is configured to be a swinging type. Each part will be described below.

(2) Cutter drum The cutter drum 10 has a rotary blade 12 protruding from the outer peripheral surface thereof.
In the present invention, an inexpensive general-purpose motor 60 is used as a driving source of the cutter drum 10 without using an expensive servo motor or servo control program.
The reason why the general-purpose motor 60 can be used as the drive source of the cutter drum 10 is that the operation of the rotary cutter device can be interrupted while the cutter drum 10 is rotated by swinging the fixed cutter 50.

(3) Fixed Cutter The fixed cutter 50 is a oscillating body 52 that is pivotably supported about a support shaft 51, a fixed blade 53 that projects from one side of the oscillating body 52, and a clockwise direction of the oscillating body 52. A swing restricting means for restricting the swinging motion, an elastic body that constantly applies a biasing force to the swing body 52 in the clockwise direction, and a swing means that forcibly applies a swing force to the swing body 52. ing.

[Oscillator]
FIG. 2 shows an example of the fixed cutter 50 excluding the swinging means.
Bearings 55 and 55 are provided on the same vertical line on the upper and lower plates of the frame 54 whose overall shape is substantially U-shaped, and the support shafts 51 and 51 projecting above and below the rocking body 52 penetrate into the bearings 55 and 55. And pivotally supported.
Instead of using the bearing 55, the support shafts 51, 51 of the oscillating body 52 may be directly pivotally supported on the frame 54.
The side surface of the oscillating body 52 provided with the fixed blade 53 may be flat. However, if the side surface on the supply roller 40 side is obliquely chamfered with the fixed blade 53, the tip of the roll label is used as the blade edge. There is an advantage that it can guide smoothly.

[Oscillation restricting means]
On one side of the frame 54 facing the side surface of the rocking body 52 and on the side close to the fixed blade 53 with respect to the support shaft 51, an adjustment bolt 56 that is a rocking restricting means is passed through.
The adjustment bolt 56 not only functions as a stopper member that regulates the rocking of the rocking body 52 in the clockwise direction by abutting the tip of the adjustment bolt 56 to the side surface of the rocking body 52, but also adjusts the protruding amount of the adjusting bolt 56. By doing so, it also functions as a member for adjusting the mounting angle of the oscillating body 52, that is, the mounting angle of the fixed blade 53.

[Elastic body]
Between the same side surface of the frame 54 provided with the adjusting bolt 56 and the rocking body 52, a spring material 57 as an elastic body is interposed in a contracted state.
The spring material 57 has a function of absorbing the backlash of the pivotal support portion of the swinging body 52, a function of supporting the swinging body 52 in a state free from backlash, and a function of the swinging body 52 to adjust the cutting edges of the fixed blade 53 and the rotary blade 12. It is an elastic member having a function of allowing swinging, and is opposite to the fixed blade 53 with the support shaft 51 interposed therebetween so that a spring force is always applied in a direction in which the side surface of the swinging body 52 contacts the adjustment bolt 56. On the side.
That is, from the side close to the cutter drum 10, the adjustment bolt 56, the support shaft portion of the rocking body 52, and the spring material 57 are arranged in this order.

The above-described swing restricting means is not limited to the illustrated form, and any known means capable of adjusting the protruding amount other than the bolt can be applied to the swing restricting means.
Various elastic members other than the coil spring may be applied to the elastic body, and the elastic body may be stretched so as to generate a tensile force in the above-described biasing direction as well as being contracted.

[Oscillating means]
As shown in FIG. 1, a link member 58 extends on the opposite side of the rocking body 52 from the fixed blade 32, and the end of the link member 58 is connected to the rocking means 59.
The oscillating means 59 is for forcibly oscillating the oscillating body 52 integral with the fixed blade 52 to interrupt the cutting of the roll label. For example, a solenoid that is displaced by energization, various fluid cylinders, a screw feed mechanism, etc. However, an air cylinder having a simple structure and a high operating speed is preferable.

The operation of the oscillating means 59 may be manual control, but may be automatic control that is controlled in conjunction with this sensing signal when the operation of the labeling machine is detected as an electrical signal. This automatic control does not require a special complicated program and can be controlled very easily.

(4) Operation Next, the operation of the rotary cutter device will be described.

[Support structure of fixed blade]
As shown in FIG. 3, the rotary cutter device according to the present invention is configured to support a rocking body 52 having a fixed blade 53 at three points.
When the contact portion between the spring material 57 and the rocking body 52 is P ₁ , the contact portion between the adjusting bolt 56 and the rocking body 52 is P ₂ , and the pivotal support portion of the support shaft 51 of the rocking body 52 is P _3. By supporting at a point, the oscillating body 52 integral with the fixed blade 53 is pivotally supported without rattling.

If the support shaft 51 is simply supported by a bearing, there is play in the bearing, so that it is very difficult to support the support shaft 51 without displacing it.
By using the spring material 57 and the adjusting bolt 56 in combination as in the present invention, it is possible to make the rocking body 52 stationary at a fixed position without being affected by the play of the bearing.
Support shaft 51 is interposed in adopting the structure in which the placing the adjusting bolt 56 and the spring member 57 back and forth between the contact portion P ₁ of the spring member 57 and rocking body 52 becomes the power point, the adjusting bolt 56 and the swing contact portions P ₂ of the body 52 becomes a fulcrum, to bias the pivot portion P ₃ of the support shaft 51 of the oscillator 52 in one direction, the play pivot portion P ₃ is substantially eliminated.
Therefore, the rocking center of the rocking body 52 is not displaced regardless of the size of the bearing play.

[Adjustment of fixed blade mounting angle]
By the forward / reverse operation of the adjustment bolt 56 and the reverse operation of the cutter drum 10, the fixed blade 53 constituting the fixed cutter 50 and the cutting edge of the rotary blade 12 of the cutter drum 10 are finely adjusted. A specific blade edge adjustment method will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the cutter drum 10 is manually operated to reversely rotate slowly and the rotary blade 12 passes from the downstream side of the fixed blade 53 position toward the upstream side (right side in the figure), the oscillating body 52 is moved. Watch whether or not the rocks.
When the rotary blade 53 comes into contact with the fixed blade 12 and the oscillating body 52 contracts the spring material 57 and oscillates counterclockwise about the pivot portion of the support shaft 51, the cutting edge of the fixed blade 12 is cut into a predetermined cut. so that intrudes from the point P ₄ to the rotary blade 12 side.
The adjustment bolt 56 is rotated according to the swing amount of the swing body 52 to finely adjust the mounting angle of the swing body 52.
Then, if no swing of the oscillator 52 when passed through a rotary blade 53 is confirmed, that point, so that the cutting edge of the fixed blade 53 coincides with the predetermined cutting point P _4.
As described above, the mounting angle of the fixed blade 53 can be easily and accurately adjusted by simply rotating the cutter drum 10 and confirming whether or not the swinging body 52 swings. Further gauges the adjustment to the cutting edge of the fixed blade 53 is matched to the predetermined cutting point P ₄ is no unnecessary.

[When disconnected]
In FIG. 1, the cutter drum 10 is rotated counterclockwise by being driven by a general-purpose motor 60. When continuous supply of the roll label by the supply roller 40 is started in this state, the roll label is transferred toward the rotary cutter device through the guide plate 41 and passes between the cutter drum 10 and the fixed cutter 50.
At the moment when the rotary blade 12 of the cutter drum 10 passes through the fixed blade 53 of the fixed cutter 50, the roll label is cut into a predetermined length.
When the label is cut, a clockwise rotational force acts on the rocking body 52. This force is supported by the adjustment bolt 56 that contacts the side surface of the rocking body 52, so the rocking body 52 does not rock. To remain stationary.

Also a swing center of the swing body 52 as described above pivot portion is Gatatsukazu, since predetermined cutting point P ₄ of both blades 12,53 are not displaced, with perform efficiently cutting of the label, a clean cut surface Can be cut.

[Discontinuation of disconnection]
When exchanging roll labels, etc., it is necessary to temporarily interrupt cutting by the rotary cutter device.
When the cutting is interrupted, the supply of the roll label is stopped, and at the same time, the fixed cutter 50 is forcibly swung. At this time, the rotation of the cutter drum 10 is continued.
FIG. 4 shows the rotating cutter device at the time of the interruption. When the swinging means 59 of the fixed cutter 50 operates in the extending direction, the swinging body 52 integrated with the fixed blade 53 via the ring member 58 is replaced with the spring material 57. Oscillates counterclockwise about the support shaft 51 while compressing and deforming. A swing angle θ of about 5 to 9 degrees is sufficient.
A gap is formed between the fixed blade 53 and the rotary blade 12 along with the swing of the swing body 52, so that cutting is impossible even when the cutter drum 10 is rotating.

[Resume Disconnect]
In the conventional rotary cutter device using the servo motor, the waiting time is long before the operation is resumed.
On the other hand, in the present invention, since the cutter drum 10 continues to rotate during the interruption, the label can be cut only by releasing the extension of the swinging means 59 and returning the swinging body 52 to the original position. It can be resumed instantly.
That is, when the extension of the swinging means 59 is released, the swinging member 52 is pushed by the accumulated spring force of the spring material 57 and the swinging member 52 swings clockwise around the support shaft 51, and the side surface of the swinging member 52 is adjusted. Oscillation is restricted by contacting the bolt 56.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 3, the oscillating body 52 is supported again without rattling at the three contact portions P ₁ and P ₂ and the pivot portion P ₃ , and the fixed blade 53 is fixed at a predetermined cutting point P _4. Return to.
When the cutting operation is resumed, the oscillating body 52 automatically returns to the original position, so that the adjustment operation of the mounting angle of the fixed blade 53 is unnecessary.

[When blade is worn]
The fixed blade 53 and the rotary blade 12 are worn by cutting the label.
If the blades 53,12 is worn in the present invention, by slightly rotating the adjustment bolt 56 to the backward direction, it is possible to newly provide a cutting point P _4.
Therefore, the durability life of the rotary cutter device is significantly improved.

Based on Figure 5 for reasons which can form a new cutting point P ₄ will be described.
In the drawing, P ₅ indicates the center of swing of the fixed blade 53, and P ₆ indicates the center of rotation of the rotary blade 12.
Although the oscillating body 53 is a oscillating type, as described above, the oscillating center of the fixed blade 53 is not displaced. Further, the rotation center of the rotary blade 12 is not displaced.
Thus, the first cutting point P ₄₁ by setting the linear than the label feed side connecting the centers of both blades 53,12 (upper figure), the fixed blade 53 in accordance with the wear of the blade swing center P ₅ By swaying, new cutting points P ₄₂ and P _4n can be formed.
Limit the formation position of the new cutting point P _4e may be formed to reach the straight line connecting the centers of both blades 53,12.
Even if the fixed blade 53 is configured to be swingable in this way, the swing center thereof is not displaced, so that an accurate cutting point can be secured.

Further, since the rocking radius of the fixed blade 53 and the pitch of the adjusting bolt 56 are known, if the rocking angle of the fixed blade 53 corresponding to the rotation angle of the adjusting bolt 56 is calculated in advance, the wear amount of the blade can be increased. Accordingly, a new cutting point can be formed by rotating the adjustment bolt 56 by a necessary angle.

(5) Other Embodiments FIG. 6 shows another embodiment in which the vertical degree of the fixed blade 53 of the fixed cutter 50 can be adjusted.
An accommodation groove 52 a having a groove width capable of accommodating the fixed blade 53 is formed on one side surface of the oscillating body 52, and the bottoms of the plurality of bolt holes 52 b provided in multiple stages on the back surface of the oscillating body 52 are accommodated. A communication hole 52c communicates with the groove 52a.
The connecting hole 52c accommodates a rod body 52d that presses the back surface of the fixed blade 53. By rotating the tightening bolt 52e screwed into the bolt hole 52b, the vertical degree of the fixed blade 53 can be adjusted via the rod body 52d. The fine adjustment can be adjusted.
A plurality of fixing screws 52f are provided on the side of the receiving groove 52a, and the fixed blade 53 that has finished adjusting the protrusion amount can be pressed against the side surface of the receiving groove 52a to be fixed.

Further, the case where the roll label is cut has been described above. However, the cutting edge of either the rotary blade 12 or the fixed blade 63 may be formed intermittently and perforated.

Conceptual diagram of a rotary cutter device according to the invention Assembly drawing of fixed cutter Illustration of how to adjust the fixed blade zero degree Explanatory drawing when the fixed blade of the rotary cutter device is swung Explanatory drawing of the principle that can form multiple cutting points of fixed blade and rotary blade Explanatory drawing of protrusion adjustment structure for fixed blade Explanatory drawing of a rotary cutter device premised on the present invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Cutter drum 11 ... Rotary blade 40 ... Supply roller 41 ... Guide plate 50 ... Fixed cutter 51 ... Support shaft 52 ... Oscillator 53 ... Fixed blade 54- ..Frame 55 ... Bearing 56 ... Adjustment bolt (swing restricting means)
57 ... Spring material (elastic body)
58... Link member 59... Swing means 60.

Claims (5)

A rotary cutter device comprising a cutter drum that rotates in one direction around a support shaft and has a rotary blade on the outer periphery, and a fixed cutter arranged opposite to the cutter drum,
An oscillating body in which the fixed cutter is pivotally supported about a support shaft;
A fixed blade protruding on one side of the rocking body;
A rocking restricting means for restricting rocking of the rocking body in one direction;
An elastic body that constantly applies an urging force to the rocking body in a direction to restrict the rocking;
Rocking means for forcibly applying a rocking force to the rocking body,
The oscillating body is supported at three points: a contact portion between the elastic body and the oscillating body, a contact portion between the oscillating restricting means and the oscillating body, and a pivotal support portion of the supporting shaft of the oscillating body. ,
Rotating cutter device.   2. The swing restricting means according to claim 1, wherein the swing restricting means is constituted by an adjustment bolt screwed to a stationary member disposed opposite to the side surface of the swing body, and the mounting angle of the fixed blade integrated with the swing body is adjusted by rotating the adjustment bolt. A rotary cutter device, characterized in that it can be configured.   The rotary cutter device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a drive source of the cutter drum is a general-purpose motor.   In any one of Claim 1 thru | or 3, It was comprised so that rotation of a cutter drum might be continued when the rocking | fluctuation body integral with a fixed blade was rocked | fluctuated forcibly by the rocking | fluctuation means. Rotating cutter device. Using the rotary cutter device according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
Rotate the adjustment bolt to adjust the mounting angle of the oscillating body until the rotating blade that has passed through the fixed blade by manually rotating the cutter drum does not contact the fixed blade and the oscillating body does not oscillate. It is characterized by
A method for adjusting the mounting angle of the fixed blade in the rotary cutter device.

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