JP2006263519A - Transfer apparatus and plant with transferred image - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transfer apparatus which can improve workability of image transfer by enabling easy transfer of characters, figures, etc. to a plant in a short time and a plant of which the image is transferred by the apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: The transfer apparatus 10 is provided with an insertion hole 14 installed in the body 11 to insert a petal 2, a mounting table 15 installed in the body 11 and on which the petal 2 inserted through the hole 14 is mounted, a plate 18 which opposes the mounting table 15 on one side and is to be formed with a cut-out character 18a, and spraying devices 21-23 arranged on the other side of the plate 18 so as to oppose the plate 18 and spraying an ink onto the petal 2 mounted on the mounting table 15 through the cut-out character 18a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a transfer device capable of transferring an image such as a character or a graphic onto a petal or the like of a plant and a plant to which the image is transferred.

  In general, flowers such as roses and carnations are exchanged as gifts for a variety of reasons to celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, Valentine's Day, White Day and other meaningful events. It is also used to express feelings of gratitude, friendship, affection, love, and compassion.

  On the other hand, when sending flowers, you can add your own feelings on a message card and send them directly to yourself or through a florist to add emotion to your feelings.

  In addition, recently, there is something that transcribes characters directly on the petals and sends them to the other party, so that you can convey your feelings more emotionally. In order to transfer characters to conventional petals, a positive film is used to photo-etch characters on the plate, which is the printing surface, and ink is applied to the plate, and then a transfer medium such as a pad is brought into contact with the plate. Then, the ink is transported from the image area of the plate by the transfer medium to create a reverse image on the medium, and then the image drawn with the ink by the transfer medium is transferred to the petals, thereby transferring the printed image. Some of them are fixed to petals (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2005-504535 A

  However, such conventional methods include a step of photoetching characters on a plate photosensitive material, which is a printing surface, using a positive film, applying ink to the plate, and placing a transfer medium in contact with the plate; It is necessary to carry the ink from the image area of the plate by the medium, create a reverse image on the medium, and then transfer the image drawn with the ink to the petal by the transfer medium. Because it is necessary, the work for transferring the characters has become very troublesome and time consuming.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and can improve the workability of image transfer work by making it possible to transfer images such as letters and figures to plants easily and in a short time. And a plant on which an image is transferred by the transfer device.

  The transfer device of the present invention is a transfer device that transfers an image to a predetermined transfer surface of a plant, and is provided in the housing, the insertion portion that is provided in the housing, and that passes through the plant, and is provided in the housing. An installation portion where the plant inserted through the insertion portion is installed; a transfer surface on which one side faces the installation portion and a notch image is formed; and an opposite surface side of the transfer medium. And an ejecting means for ejecting ink through the notch image on the transfer surface of the plant installed in the installation section.

With this configuration, after the plant is inserted into the insertion portion and installed in the installation portion, the notch image of the transfer medium is applied to the plant by ejecting ink from the ejection means through the notch image of the transfer medium onto the transfer surface of the plant. Can be transferred.
For this reason, it is possible to transfer an image such as a character or a figure to a plant easily and in a short time, and the workability of the image transfer operation can be improved.

  In addition, by ejecting ink from the ejection means through the cutout image of the transfer medium onto the transfer surface of the plant, the cutout image of the transfer medium can be transferred to the plant, so that the structure of the transfer device can be simplified. And the manufacturing cost of the transfer device can be reduced.

  In addition, the transfer device of the present invention includes a gripping unit that grips the transfer medium, and a proximity / separation unit that moves the gripping unit toward and away from the installation unit, and the transfer surface is used to move the transfer surface. It is comprised from what can be pressed.

  With this configuration, the transfer surface of the plant can be pressed by the transfer medium installed in the installation part. Therefore, when the transfer surface of the plant is a petal, the petal is placed in a planar state via the transfer medium. Ink can be ejected from the ejection means. For this reason, the size and density of the ink transferred to the petals can be made constant over the transfer surface, and the transfer quality can be prevented from deteriorating.

In the transfer device of the present invention, the transfer medium is configured to be detachable from the gripping means.
With this configuration, it is possible to mount a transfer medium on which various cutout images having different characters and graphics are formed in the transfer device, and it is possible to transfer various messages and the like to plants.

Further, the transfer device of the present invention is constituted by the transfer surface having petals.
This configuration allows you to transcribe and send a message directly to the petals to celebrate anniversary, birthday, Christmas, Valentine's Day, White Day and other meaningful events.

Moreover, the plant of this invention is comprised from what the image was transcribe | transferred to the predetermined transfer surface by the said transfer apparatus.
This configuration allows messages to be transcribed and sent directly to plants to celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, Valentine's Day, White Day, and other meaningful events.

Moreover, the plant of this invention is comprised from what the said transfer surface is a petal.
This configuration allows you to transcribe and send a message directly to the petals to celebrate anniversary, birthday, Christmas, Valentine's Day, White Day and other meaningful events.

  According to the transfer device of the present invention and the plant to which the image is transferred, an image such as a character or a figure can be transferred to the plant easily and in a short time, thereby improving the workability of the image transfer operation. It is possible to provide a transfer apparatus capable of transferring the image and a plant having an image transferred by the transfer apparatus.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIGS. 1-8 is a figure which shows one Embodiment of the transcription | transfer apparatus and plant which concern on this invention.

  First, the configuration will be described. In FIG. 1, for example, a letter 3 “I LOVE YOU” is written on a petal (predetermined transfer surface) 2 of a rose 1 as a plant, and this letter 3 is transferred to the petal 2 by a transfer device. Is.

  Also, what is transferred to the petal 2 may be a figure such as a company logo in addition to the character 3. In short, any image can be used. In this embodiment, a character is described as an image to be transferred. In addition to the petals 2, the predetermined transfer surface may be a stem or a leaf.

2 to 4 are views showing the transfer device. In FIG. 2, a main body (housing) 11 of the transfer device 10 includes an upper main body 12 and a lower main body 13 connected via a hinge (not shown), and the upper main body 12 and the lower main body 13 can be freely opened and closed. ing.
Further, an insertion hole (insertion portion) 14 is formed in the main body 11, and the petals 2 are inserted into the main body 11 through the insertion hole 14.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an installation base (installation part) 15 is provided in the lower main body 13, and the petals 2 inserted through the insertion holes 14 are installed on the installation base 15. Yes.

  Further, a cylinder member (proximity / separation means) 16 using hydraulic pressure, air pressure or the like is provided in the lower main body 13, and a gripping member (gripping means) 17 is provided on the cylinder member 16. The gripping member 17 can detach the plate (transfer medium) 18, and when the cylinder member 16 is driven in a state where the plate 18 is gripped, the plate 18 comes close to or away from the installation base 15. ing.

  The plate 18 is formed by punching a letter “I LOVE YOU” (hereinafter referred to as a notch letter) 18 a, and an installation table 15 is provided on one surface side of the plate 18.

  As shown in FIG. 5, there are a plate 19 on which a notch character 19a “congratulation” is formed and a plate 20 on which a notation character 20a “thank you” is formed. 18 to 20 can be selected and attached to the gripping member 17. Needless to say, plates with characters other than “thank you” and “congratulations” can be used.

  The upper body 12 is provided with injection devices (injection means) 21, 22, and 23. The injection devices 21 to 23 are provided on the other surface side of the plate 18, and the petals 2 installed on the installation table 15. Ink is ejected through the notch character 18a. It should be noted that ink is ejected from the ejectors 21, 22, and 23 to the cutout characters 18a so that the ink ejected from the ejectors 21, 22, and 23 is not ejected onto the portion of the plate 18 other than the notch characters 18a. It is set to be injected.

  In addition, regarding the replenishment of the ink of the ejecting devices 21 to 23, the ejecting devices 21 to 23 themselves may be replaceable with respect to the upper body 12, and an external hose for supplying ink is attached to the ejecting devices 21 to 23. Alternatively, the ejection devices 21 to 23 may be supplemented with ink.

  Further, the cylinder member 16 and the injection devices 21 to 23 are controlled by a controller (not shown), and when the switch 24 provided on the upper surface of the upper main body 12 is pressed, the controller causes the cylinder member 16 and the injection devices 21 to 23 to be pressed. 23 is operated.

Next, a method for transferring the cutout characters 18a will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the plate on which the cutout characters desired by the person who sends the bouquet are formed is selected. Here, when the plate 18 is selected, the upper body 12 is opened from the lower body 13 and the plate 18 is attached to the gripping member 17, and then the upper body 12 is closed by the lower body 13.

  Next, the rose 1 is gripped and the petal 2 is inserted into the main body 11 through the insertion hole 14 to install the petal 2 on the installation base 15 (see FIG. 6A). Next, when the switch 24 is pressed, the cylinder member 16 is driven and the plate 18 is lowered to press the petals 2 (see FIG. 6B).

  At this time, the petals 2 are planar along the plate 18 and parallel to the plate 18. In this state, the ejecting devices 21 to 23 eject ink onto the petals 2 through the notch characters 18a for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) (see FIG. 7A).

  When a predetermined time elapses after the ink is ejected, the cylinder member 16 is driven and the plate 18 is raised and separated from the petal 2 (see FIG. 7B). Thereafter, when the petal 2 is taken out from the insertion hole 14, the rose 1 in which the character 3 is transferred to the petal 2 as shown in FIG. 7C can be obtained.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the transfer device 10 is provided in the main body 11 and the insertion hole 14 through which the petal 2 is inserted, and the petal 2 provided in the main body 11 and inserted through the insertion hole 14 are installed. On the installation table 15, one side faces the installation table 15, the plate 18 on which the cutout characters 18 a are formed, and the petal 2 installed on the installation table 15 on the other surface side of the plate 18. And the ejection devices 21 to 23 that eject ink through the notch character 18a. After the petal 2 is inserted into the insertion hole 14 and placed on the installation base 15, the ejection device passes through the notch character 18a of the plate 18 to the petal 2. By ejecting ink from 21 to 23, the notched character 18 a can be transferred to the petal 2. Therefore, characters can be transferred to the petals 2 easily and in a short time, and the workability of the image transfer operation can be improved.

  Further, by ejecting ink from the ejection devices 21 to 23 through the notch characters 18a of the plate 18 onto the petals 2, the notch characters 18a can be transferred to the petals 2, thereby simplifying the structure of the transfer device 10. Therefore, the manufacturing cost of the transfer device 10 can be reduced.

  In the present embodiment, a gripping member 17 that grips the plate 18 and a cylinder member 16 that moves the gripping member 17 toward and away from the installation base 15 are provided so that the petal 2 can be pressed by the plate 18. Therefore, ink can be ejected from the ejection devices 21 to 23 via the plate 18 in a state where the petals 2 are planar. For this reason, the size and density of the ink transferred to the petal 2 can be made constant over the transfer surface of the petal 2, and deterioration of the transfer quality can be prevented.

  In the present embodiment, since the plates 18 to 20 are detachably attached to the gripping member 17, the plates 18 to 20 on which various cutout characters 18a to 20a are formed can be attached to the transfer device 10. Various messages can be transferred to the petal 2.

  Also, in this embodiment, the transfer surface is petal 2 so that you can transcribe and send a message directly to petal 2 to celebrate anniversary, birthday, Christmas, Valentine's Day, white day and other meaningful events. Can do.

In this embodiment, ink is ejected by a plurality of ejecting devices 21 to 23. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. The ink may be ejected toward the plate 18 by moving the holding member 32 along a guide member 33 provided on the upper body 12.
Here, as a means for moving the injection device 31 along the guide member 33, the guide member 33 is constituted by a rack, and a pinion that meshes with the rack and a motor that drives the pinion are incorporated in the holding member 32. The holding member 32 may be moved along the rack along with the rotation.

Alternatively, a cylinder member may be attached to the upper body 12, the cylinder member may be attached to the holding member 32, and the piston member may be driven to move the holding member 32 along the guide member 33. In short, any means may be used as long as the injection device 31 can be moved along the guide member 33.
The flowers are not limited to roses, and may be carnations or tulips. However, it is preferable that the flower has petals capable of printing an image that can be easily viewed.

  As described above, the transfer device according to the present invention and the plant to which the image is transferred can transfer the image such as characters and figures to the plant easily and in a short time, and the image transfer work It is useful as a transfer device that can transfer the image of characters, figures and the like to the petals of plants and the like, and a plant to which the image is transferred by the transfer device.

1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a transfer device according to the present invention and a plant on which an image is formed, and is a diagram showing roses in which characters are transferred to petals by the transfer device. The external view of the transfer apparatus of one embodiment, and the figure which shows the rose Schematic diagram of internal structure of transfer device according to one embodiment (A) is a perspective view of the internal structure of the transfer apparatus of one embodiment, (b) is a front view of the internal structure of the transfer apparatus The figure which shows two plates in which the notch character from which one Embodiment differs was formed The figure which shows the transcription | transfer procedure of the notch character of one Embodiment The figure which shows the transcription | transfer procedure of the notch character following FIG. The figure which shows the other structure of the injection device of one embodiment

Explanation of symbols

1 Rose (plant)
2 Petals (predetermined transfer surface)
3 characters (image)
10 Transfer Device 11 Body (Case)
14 Insertion hole (insertion part)
15 Installation stand (installation section)
16 Cylinder member (proximity / separation means)
17 Gripping member (gripping means)
18, 19, 20 Plate (transfer medium)
18a, 19a, 20a Notch character (notch image)
21-23, 31 Injection device (injection means)

Claims (6)

A transfer device for transferring an image to a predetermined transfer surface of a plant,
A housing, and an insertion portion provided in the housing, through which the plant is inserted,
An installation part provided in the housing, where a plant inserted through the insertion part is installed;
A transfer medium on which one side faces the installation portion and a notch image is formed;
A transfer apparatus comprising: an ejection unit that is provided opposite to the other surface side of the transfer medium and that ejects ink through the cutout image onto the transfer surface of the plant installed in the installation unit. . It has a gripping means for gripping the transfer medium, and a proximity / separation means for bringing the gripping means close to or away from the installation portion, and the transfer surface can be pressed by the transfer medium. The transfer device according to claim 1. The transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer medium is detachably attached to the gripping unit. The transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer surface is a petal. A plant, wherein an image is transferred to a predetermined transfer surface by the transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The plant according to claim 5, wherein the transfer surface is a petal.