JP2006180881A - Printing method on shell of monaka (bean-jam-filled wafer) - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a scene, a picture, a figure and a character to be shown on a Monaka confectionery itself to provide a shell of the Monaka having a high commercial value, and the Monaka confectionery. <P>SOLUTION: The printing method on the shell of the Monaka, for printing the figure, the character or the like on the outside of the shell involves printing the figure, the character or the like on the outside of the shell of the Monaka by using edible inks of at least three primary colors as inks for the printing, and by using a printer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a middle skin printing method, and more particularly to a middle skin printing method for printing a figure or a character on the outer surface of the middle skin.

Middle confectionery has long been popular as a Japanese confectionery, and the skin used in the middle confectionery is shaped like a rectangle, an ellipse, a fan shape, or a natural object such as a flower or animal. Various forms are offered, such as a bowl.
The middle skin used in the middle confectionery is formed by kneading rice flour into a mold and baking it. Therefore, various forms of leather can be made by appropriately forming a mold for molding. Also, it is possible to obtain variously colored skins by coloring the material used for the skins.

Also, as a method of coloring in multiple colors in one piece of skin in the middle of a single color, prepare multiple colors of candy colored using general food coloring (food red). Bar-shaped, densely arranged, rolled into a thin plate, cut into chips, and fired chip-shaped ridges made of multiple colors to obtain the middle skin colored in multiple colors be able to. The obtained leather has a complex pattern with multiple colors. In addition, in the above-mentioned process, when a square ridge is used, a portion that becomes an adhesive margin overlapping the ridge cannot be obtained sufficiently, so that a chip-like ridge having a plurality of colors cannot be formed with a complicated pattern, Therefore, it is not possible to obtain a skin in the middle of a complex pattern with multiple colors.
In addition, when a plurality of bar-shaped ridges colored with food coloring are twisted together in a rope shape, it becomes possible to make a skin in the middle of a plurality of colors with a more complicated pattern.
As described above, even in the conventional method, it is possible to produce a skin in the middle of being colored in a plurality of colors with an abstract design or a complicated pattern.

By the way, the skin in the middle can be formed into a three-dimensional shape that is shaped like a chestnut or chrysanthemum by providing irregularities on the surface of the skin, depending on the skin in the middle It is possible to express various forms or provide various colors, but there is a limit to the expression by the skin itself during the process. Therefore, the feature or appearance of the middle confectionery is combined with the characteristic design of the packaging bag or packaging box for packaging the middle confectionery.
Various kinds of graphics, letters, pictures, etc. are printed on these confectionery packaging bags, etc., and they are provided as extremely good-looking products. The present inventor considered that the middle confectionery itself had a good design in the packaging bag and the like, while the middle confectionery itself did not have a characteristic design. By directly displaying various landscapes, pictures, figures, characters, etc., making the middle confectionery function as an expression medium, and increasing the commercial value of the middle confectionery by making it an unprecedented new middle confectionery This is what I came up with.

  That is, the present invention displays various landscapes, pictures, figures, characters, etc. directly on the middle confectionery itself, whereas the conventional middle confectionery itself could not take various expression forms. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for printing a leather in the middle that can increase the commercial value of the middle confectionery.

The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above object.
That is, a method of printing a leather in the middle of printing figures, characters, etc. on the outer surface of the skin, using at least three primary colors of edible ink as the printing ink, and using the printer on the outer surface of the leather in the middle , Graphics, characters, etc. are printed.
In addition, printing is performed using edible inks of at least seven basic colors including the three primary colors, intermediate colors and black as the printing ink, thereby suppressing the amount of edible ink jetting during printing. It is possible to print while suppressing deterioration and deterioration of the leather during the process.
In addition, the unevenness of the outer surface of the middle skin is detected by a sensor, and based on the detection result of the sensor, the distance between the printer head and the middle skin is controlled for printing. It becomes possible to print according to the unevenness formed on the outer surface of the skin. At least one of the head portion of the printer and the middle skin at the printing position is movable in a direction facing each other, and printing is performed by controlling the separation distance between the head portion and the middle skin during printing.

  According to the middle skin printing method according to the present invention, scenery, pictures, designs, characters, etc. can be directly printed on the outer surface of the middle skin using edible ink and provided. It can be provided as a confectionery, and can be provided as a product that can be suitably used for souvenirs, celebrations, gifts, and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1: shows the perspective view of the middle confectionery 10 produced using the printing method of the middle skin which concerns on this invention. This middle confectionery is made by sandwiching a claw between two middle skins 12 and 14 and combining the middle skins 12 and 14 together. A characteristic configuration of the middle confectionery of the present embodiment is that graphics such as a landscape are directly displayed on the outer surface of the middle skin by printing. In other words, the middle skin usually forms irregularities on its surface to express figures and characters, whereas the middle skin of this embodiment uses the printing technology to render the middle skin. A figure etc. is displayed directly on the outer surface of.

The skins 12 and 14 in the middle of FIG. 1 have a square planar shape and a flat outer surface. In the middle confectionery 10 of this embodiment, printing is performed on the upper middle skin 12, and printing is performed on a region formed flat on the outer surface of the skin.
When printing figures and characters such as landscapes with the middle skin as the printing medium, the middle skin is porous and very hygroscopic compared to printing and displaying paper and other figures. In addition, when printing graphics with water-based edible ink, the quality of the skin during the deterioration or deterioration will cause blurring of the printed graphics, characters, and blurring, and the surface of the skin during the printing Since there are slight irregularities and the leather in the middle is made by baking, there is a slight variation in the shape, so that the spacing between the head of the printer and the outer surface of the leather in the middle There is a problem that variation occurs, and when a fine graphic or the like is printed, the graphic is blurred and blurred.

As a method for displaying a figure or the like on the middle skin by printing, in the present embodiment, a method for printing on the outer surface of the middle skin using an inkjet printer is used.
Normally, when printing figures, characters, etc. on paper or the like as printing material, printing is performed using printing ink. However, in this embodiment, water-based ink that can be used for printing with an inkjet printer instead of printing ink is used. Use edible ink.
These water-based edible inks are prepared in various colors such as blue, red, and yellow. By using these water-based edible inks, various kinds of inks can be used, just as when printing inks are used. The figure can be displayed in color. Since it is a water-based edible ink, there is no problem when eating confectionery.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a main part of an apparatus for printing a figure or the like on the leather 12 in the middle using an ink jet printer.
In the figure, reference numeral 30 denotes a stocker portion for supporting the middle skin 12 on the hooks 30a and storing them vertically. Reference numeral 32 denotes a pusher disposed on the side of the middle skin 12 supported on the lowermost stage of the stocker portion 30. The pusher 32 projects the leather 12 in the middle after printing from the stocker portion 30 in the lateral direction, and stores it from the shooter 34 to the storage tray. When the middle skin 12 is pushed out by the pusher 32, the hook 30a is opened, and the middle skin 12 in each stage is lowered by one stage. The outermost peripheral skin 12 of the lowermost middle skin 12 of the stocker portion 30 is supported by the stopper 31 and supported by the printing area being opened downward.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a head portion which is disposed to face the middle skin 12. The head unit 36 is provided with a sensor 40 that detects a separation interval between the leather 12 and the head unit 36 in the middle.
Reference numeral 42 denotes a guide block for moving the head part 36 forward and backward with respect to the middle skin 12, and 44 denotes a control part for controlling the forward / backward movement position of the head part 36 based on the detection result of the sensor 40. A guide bar 46 guides the guide block 42 in the feed direction, and a control unit 48 controls the feed position of the guide block 42. The guide bar 46 is movably supported in the horizontal direction with respect to the base frame 50, and the horizontal movement position with respect to the base frame 50 is controlled by the control unit 52. Reference numerals 54a, 54b, 54c and 54d are water edible ink supply units. In this embodiment, water-based edible inks of three primary colors of red, blue and yellow and four colors of black are used.

The guide block 42, that is, the head unit 36, is controlled by the control unit 48 and the control unit 52 in the movement position in the XY direction within the horizontal plane, and the advance / retreat position of the head unit 36 on the guide block 42 is controlled by the control unit 44. The movement control is performed at a predetermined position in the printing area of the middle skin 12.
The sensor 40 is in the stage of printing (printing), and the head unit 36 moves from the left side to the right side or from the right side to the left side while printing and the surface of the skin 12 during printing and the head unit 36 Based on the detection result, the control unit 44 controls the advance / retreat position of the head unit 36 so that the separation interval between the head unit 36 and the printing surface of the middle skin 12 is always constant.

  As a method for controlling the separation distance between the head portion 36 and the middle skin 12, the head portion 36 can be moved only in the XY direction, and the detection result of the separation distance from the head portion 36 by the sensor 40 described above. Accordingly, the support position of the skin 12 in the middle can be controlled by moving in the vertical direction. For example, when the middle skin 12 is supported on the tray and the middle skin 12 is supplied to the printing position, the tray 36 is movable in the vertical direction, and the head portion 36 is controlled by controlling the height position of the tray. It is possible to control the separation distance between the skin 12 and the middle skin 12 to be constant.

  In addition, depending on the skin in the middle, there is a three-dimensional representation of the shape of a candy or a vegetable, similar to an actual thing. In the case of such a middle skin, the print area of the middle skin is always detected by the sensor 40, and the tray supporting the middle skin is rotated around the axis in conjunction with the head portion 36. Thus, fine printing can be performed by making the spacing between the head part 36 and the middle skin uniform and making the printing area of the middle skin and the head part 36 always face each other. it can. According to this method, the outer skin is not limited to the middle skin formed flat, and even the middle skin having a three-dimensional shape such as a cylindrical shape or a polygonal column shape is precisely fine and precise. Printing becomes possible.

  As described above, the skin 12 in the middle varies slightly from one shape to another. By using the sensor 40 to control the distance between the surface of the skin 12 in the middle and the head portion 36 to be constant, the surface shape of the skin 12 in the middle varies, Even in the case where irregularities are formed on the surface and a three-dimensional shape appears on the outer surface, it is possible to accurately print figures or characters on the surface of the skin 12 in the middle. This is because, in the case of an ink jet printer, if the spacing between the head unit 36 and the printing surface varies, the printing state on the printing surface is blurred and blurred.

  In the present embodiment, as an example, the middle skin 12 has a flat printed surface, but if the printed surface of the middle skin is uneven, a three-dimensional shape is used. Even in the case of a leather in the middle of which the outer surface appears on the outer surface, printing is performed by controlling the distance between the head portion 36 and the leather 12 in the middle so that even a fine figure such as a photograph can be precisely obtained. It becomes possible to express accurately. When a figure is represented by irregularities on the outer surface of the leather in the middle, it is possible to provide a product with a better appearance by printing according to the irregular figure.

When printing and displaying graphics, characters and the like on the middle skin using an ink jet printer, the biggest problem is that the middle skin hates moisture. Therefore, when printing on the middle skin with an ink jet printer using the water-based edible ink, it is necessary to reduce the amount of the water-based edible ink ejected onto the middle skin as much as possible.
Of course, as a method of reducing the amount of water-based edible ink, a method of adjusting the amount of water-based edible ink ejected from an inkjet printer is also effective, but precise printing can be achieved by reducing the amount of ink ejected. The most effective method for reducing the ejection amount of the water-based edible ink is to increase the number of ink colors of the water-based edible ink.

  For color display, there are three primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. However, by using seven water-based edible inks based on seven colors, in which light red, light blue, light yellow and black are added as intermediate colors to the three primary colors of red, blue and yellow, water-based It becomes possible to effectively reduce the ejection amount of edible ink. In the case of three ink colors, it is necessary to eject each of the inks in order to display an intermediate color, resulting in a large (total) amount of ink ejected. On the other hand, when the ink color of the basic color increases, the amount (ratio) of ejecting each ink in a superimposed manner can be reduced. Actually, when the middle skin was printed using the above-mentioned seven colors of water-based edible ink, the three-color water-based ink was produced without causing deterioration or alteration of the quality of the middle skin. It was possible to print more clearly than when edible ink was used.

  In addition, as a method of preventing deterioration or alteration of the quality of the skin during the spraying of water-based edible ink, it is also effective to print by heating the skin during the warming. It is. That is, when water-based edible ink is ejected from the head portion 36, it is preferable to perform printing in a state where the middle skin is warmed beforehand. In the present embodiment, the stocker unit 30 is provided with a heater so that the middle skin 12 is heated to about 50 ° C. when moving from the upper part of the stocker unit 30 to the printing position. Printing was performed in a state where 12 was heated. As a result, the quality of the leather 12 during printing is not deteriorated or deteriorated, and the so-called leather in the middle can be reliably printed without being in a “cold” state.

  In the printing apparatus according to the above-described embodiment, printing is performed by moving the leather 12 in the middle from the stocker unit 30 to a printing position. However, as a method that can be mass-produced, a large number of vertical and horizontal plane trays are used. It is also possible to arrange such that the middle skins of the sheets are arranged, and a plurality of middle skins are printed at a time by an ink jet printer while moving the tray in one direction. Even when such a printing method is used, the above-described method of printing using the seven basic colors of water-based edible ink including black, or the middle skin on the tray is heated to about 50 ° C. A method of printing on the leather in the heated state can be used effectively.

  In addition, when printing a figure etc. on the outer surface of the middle skin using an ink jet printer, the figure etc. is printed clearly because the figure to be printed or characters etc. approximates the ground color of the middle skin. If not, it is preferable to print a background color as a background color in advance in a print area on the outer surface of the leather in the middle, and print a figure or the like on the background color with a printer. In addition to the method of printing the base color, it is also possible to print after coating the base color on the leather in the middle. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 16 denotes an area where a background color is provided. As an example, the background color is printed in a white blur pattern and a figure is printed thereon.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the middle confectionery 10 having a graphic printed on the outer surface of the middle skin is packed in the packaging box 20. If it is a method of printing and displaying graphics etc. on the outer surface of the middle skin, it is possible to print any figure (landscape, building, character, etc.) without being limited to the shape of the middle skin. For example, a landscape can be expressed every four seasons, and it can be provided as a new product with a very good appearance.
Since scenery etc. are displayed on the outer surface of the middle skin, at least the printed graphic part is used with a transparent packaging bag so that the graphic printed on the middle cake 10 can be seen from the outside. 10 should be packaged. In addition, the entire packaging box 20 is sealed with a transparent packaging bag while the packaging box 20 is packed with the middle confectionery 10, or the lid of the packaging box is formed of a transparent packaging material, It is also effective to seal and wrap so that it can be seen from the outside.

  As described above, a method of printing and displaying a landscape, a picture, a figure, etc. on the skin in the middle has an advantage that a landscape, a picture, a figure, etc. suitable for a sightseeing spot can be arbitrarily represented. In addition, the above-described method of expressing landscapes and figures using an inkjet printer prints figures and photos converted into electronic data using electronic devices such as scanners and digital cameras, so a wide variety of printing is possible. Even a fine and precise figure such as a photograph can be easily and reliably printed and displayed. This makes it possible to provide new products that are not found in conventional confectionery.

It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the middle confectionery formed with the printing method of the middle skin of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which packed the confectionery in the packaging box. It is explanatory drawing which shows schematic structure of the printing apparatus which prints a figure etc. on the middle skin.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Middle confectionery 12, 14 Skin in the middle 20 Packaging box 30 Stocker part 31 Stopper 32 Pusher 34 Shuter 36 Head part 40 Sensor 44, 48, 52 Control part

Claims (3)

A method of printing a skin during printing of figures, characters, etc. on the outer surface of the skin,
Use edible ink of at least 3 primary colors as printing ink,
A middle skin printing method comprising printing a figure, a character or the like on the outer surface of a middle skin using a printer.   2. The method of printing a skin according to claim 1, wherein printing is performed using edible inks of at least seven basic colors including the three primary colors, intermediate colors thereof, and black as the ink for printing. . The sensor detects the unevenness of the outer surface of the skin in the middle,
3. The middle skin printing method according to claim 1, wherein printing is performed by controlling a separation distance between the head portion of the printer and the middle skin based on a detection result of the sensor.

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