JP2007130765A - Stamp ink tape for nail art, and printer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable multi-color printing and to enable designs and colors to be produced as intended by oneself in response to an increasing demand of desiring nail art with simplicity and speediness. <P>SOLUTION: A means is provided which divides color ink of the ink tape for nail art in each unit of a nail and forms the ink to be constant in thickness. A pattern configuration of the unicolor or multi-color nail art is fabricated by a computer. Minute holes are opened in one face of the tape so as to take out the ink necessary for the design shown on a screen by a thermal head. The ink of necessary patterns is transferred by pressing a pad for transfer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to the creation of nail art of arbitrarily chosen colors and patterns.

Nail art has been performed by using a transfer tape (seal) on which a picture or pattern has been printed, or by using a stencil pattern to create a transfer ink film with a squeegee and transferring this pattern onto a pad. I came. Recently, nail art using a computer and an ink jet printer has been used.

According to Patent Document 1, ink is dropped onto an art pattern selected from a medium loading means on which a plurality of plate surface forming media are loaded on a plate surface having a recess, leveled with a squeegee, transferred to a pad, and reapplied to a nail. The structure to be transferred is shown.

Patent Document 2 has a dent for setting a finger and a pedestal with a pattern plate attached to the axis, and a nail polish solution is dropped on the pattern plate by using a stamp with an arm that falls on both sides attached to a spindle. It is described that the ink pattern made in this way is formed on the stamp and the transfer is performed by the fall of the arm.

In Patent Document 3, an art pattern is directly printed on the surface of a nail by a general personal computer and a printer that can set and print a finger.

JP 2004-216872 A Utility Model Registration No. 3103100 JP 2000-366393 A

With the transfer tape method, which is easy to transfer, it is difficult to cope with diversified fashion because there are not many types of designs to follow the production plan of the tape manufacturer. It seems that it is becoming less effective because the tendency to create the colors and patterns of the user's preference is strong.

In the stencil method, the types are further limited, and in the case of a multi-color pattern, a large number of stencils are required, which makes the operation complicated and difficult. If the color exchange is continued in the same pattern, it takes time to clean the squeegee and stencil.

Inkjet printers have different nail curvature and size for each person and finger, making it difficult to focus on the ink so that it can be printed on paper. Because it is low, it is difficult to print directly on the nails of the hand. For this reason, there are cases where inkjet printer-type nail art is dedicated to artificial nails (nail chips).

Consumers who want the nail art most strongly demand that their designs and colors be made as they think in order to produce according to the place of use, atmosphere, time, etc. Therefore, the design and color are determined by the designated pattern, and the printing is required to be multicolored and simple and speedy.

The nail art pattern composition is created by a computer in single color or multicolor, and the ink supplied when printing or coating the pattern shown on the screen on the nail surface is divided into color inks for each nail, and the ink thickness is To provide a means to transfer a necessary pattern of ink by using a fixed ink tape, making a small hole on one side of the tape according to the color and design, and pressing a transfer pad to take out this ink. .

The present invention makes full use of dedicated ink tape using a personal computer, creates various patterns of nail art, and even if it is a single color pattern or multiple colors, the computer separates each color element and realizes multicolor printing by transfer A clear image with no blurring can be obtained. In addition to the patterns built into the personal computer, the design is also characterized by the fact that new designs can be transmitted from the outside using communications and printed on the nail instantly, making it possible to implement nail art quickly, vividly and inexpensively. .

The contents of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1. The ink tape 18 dedicated to a nail printer is a fibrous support (nonwoven fabric or the like) in which the outer side composed of three or four layers is uniformly coated with ink in the middle of the thermoplastic film 1. In the case of three layers in FIG. 1 (a), the ink 3 is applied to one side of the fibrous support 2, and in FIG. 1 (b), the inner side (matching surface) of the two-layer inner fibrous support 2 ) Is coated with ink 3.

FIG. 2A illustrates an example of how the ink tape 18 is made. The ink 3 of a required color is dropped on one inner surface of two plastic films 1 (ink supply), and the ink leveling is performed. Spread it to the size of your nail. Next, the fibrous support 2 and the upper plastic film 1 are overlapped, and the ink is hermetically bonded and the sprocket holes 5 are opened and stored in a convenient manner for use. Generally, the reel 7 is wound, but a method of folding the reel 7 in a fixed width and placing it in a storage case is also possible. FIG. 2B shows the position where the surface cleaning space 23 of the thermal head 11 is placed, and the ink reference mark 22 is located at the beginning of the ink tape 18.

The size of the portion containing the ink 3 is substantially divided into the size of the surface of the claw 15, and when the pattern is a multicolor pattern, the type of color is increased or decreased as desired to make the ink tape 18. In this case, the color arrangement of the ink 3 is composed of repetitions in the same order, and the same color appears again after one round. The designated color is selected by the personal computer 20 and stops under the thermal head 11 to make a hole in the pattern. Therefore, when the designated pattern color becomes multi-colored, it is divided into element color patterns on the personal computer 20, and printing for each element color is sequentially performed to create a designated multi-color pattern by combining each color after printing. it can.

In order to draw ink 3 from the outside of the tape, a hole is drawn by the thermal head 11 and a pattern is drawn, so that the head surface may get a little dirty, and a head cleaning material (organic solvent is good) 4 is used to remove this. The portion inserted in place of the ink 3 is inserted into various portions of the ink tape 18, and there are cleaning space marks 23 there. Since the personal computer 20 detects them, cleaning is preferably performed every several patterns. Although the apparatus becomes complicated, when the thermal head 11 is on the head cleaning space 23, the cleaning material is sprayed from the nozzle 19 from the side surface of the head, thereby providing a more effective cleaning effect.

The ink tape 18 is wound around the reel 7 and is applied to the nail art printer of the present invention in which the tape supply reel 7, the thermal printer head 11, the transfer pad 6, and the tape take-up reel 8 are arranged in this order as shown in FIG. Installed. The personal computer 20 that controls the printer has a large amount of stock data of commonly used nail art patterns, and can be newly created and registered and used. The size and position of the nail to be transferred are monitored and measured by the CCD camera 24 and input to the personal computer 20 to be ready for transfer.

The ink tape 18 moves in accordance with the pattern / color signal transmitted from the personal computer 20, and melts and penetrates the ultrathin plastic film on the tape surface by the heat of the tip of the printer thermal head 11 to match the required pattern. Make a hole. When one pattern is finished, the next color is selected and the ink tape 18 moves to the position of the thermal head 11 (depending on the structure, the thermal head 11 can also move onto the ink tape 18). 6 is pressed and the film of the ink 3 in the ink tape 18 is pushed onto the surface of the transfer pad 6 and immediately transferred to the surface of the nail 15. The transfer pad 6 moves up and down on the drawing of FIG. 3, transfers the ink 3 from the ink tape 18, moves downward to the nail 15 and transfers it, and then moves up and cleans with the tape adhesive surface 14. Also, returning to the original position, the transfer of one pattern is completed, and this operation is repeated.

The cleaning with the tape adhesive surface 14 at the end of the previous section is composed of a tape that has an adhesive surface in order to remove the very little ink 3 remaining on the transfer pad 6 after the transfer and clean the pad surface. In pad cleaning, each time transfer is performed, the transfer pad 6 is pressed to clean the surface, and a command is issued from the personal computer 20 to feed the tape by one pitch, and the motor rotates to feed the tape. It was confirmed that there was no problem in practical use by using the adhesive surface of the gummed tape.

The recent trend of nail art is demanding advanced printing with multi-colors or natural colors, but there are few devices that can handle this because of differences in the size, shape, curvature, etc. of individual nails. Therefore, expensive artificial nails are sold to satisfy this desire. The artificial nail has a constant shape and can be printed by an ink jet printer. This is only a professional demand for artificial nails because it is sold as a very effective device. It is clear that the realization of the present invention will allow multicolor printing to be performed on each individual's nails and the market will expand if it can be used at low cost. Therefore, if products that can be purchased generally are put into practical use, it will lead to further development of nail art.

(a) Three-layer structure of ink tape for nail art (b) Four-layer structure of ink tape for nail art (A) Explanation of how to make ink tape for nail art (b) Location of material for cleaning thermal head Nail art printer configuration Configuration diagram when controlling with a personal computer

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ultrathin plastic film 2 Fibrous support 3 Ink 4 Thermal head cleaning material 5 Sprocket hole 6 Transfer pad 7 Tape supply reel 8 Tape take-up reel 9 Tape feed motor 10 Tape feed sprocket 11 Printer Thermal head 12 Adhesive tape supply reel 13 Adhesive tape take-up reel 14 Adhesive tape surface 15 Claw 16 Tape guide roller 17 units 18 Ink tape 19 Pump nozzle (for cleaning) 20 PC 21 Printer main body 22 Ink reference mark 23 Thermal head cleaning space mark 24 CCD camera

Claims (12)

A single fibrous support for reinforcing the plastic film sandwiched between two ultra-thin thermoplastic plastic films and making the ink discharge uniform is stacked on the inside, and ink is placed on the fibrous support. A stamp ink tape for nail art, characterized in that a three-layered stack is uniformly bonded and sealed in a state of being stretched and applied in a uniform manner.
Two or more sheets of ultra-thin thermoplastic plastic film sandwiched between two or one sheet of a fibrous support for the purpose of reinforcing the plastic film and making the ink discharge uniform, and stacking them together, the fibrous support A stamp ink tape for nail art, characterized in that the periphery of four sheets is uniformly bonded and sealed structure in a state where ink is uniformly stretched to several tens of μm on the center of two sheets or folded.
The nail art stamp ink tape according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ink in the sealed space is adjusted to a viscosity suitable for a stamp pad. 3. The nail art according to claim 1, wherein the plastic film has sprocket holes formed on both sides or one side of the sealed space, and is provided with a reference ink mark and a thermal head cleaning space mark. Stamp ink tape. 3. The nail art stamp according to claim 1, wherein a size of a sealed space formed by welding the plastic film joining surfaces is divided into a size equivalent to a nail of a hand. Ink tape. 2. The ink configured to uniformly extend to several tens of μm in the sealed space is configured so that various commonly used colors are arranged in order, and the same color appears repeatedly. The stamp ink tape for nail art according to claim 2. The nail art stamp according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ink is arranged in the same order in different colors that are normally used, and a space for cleaning the thermal head after the same color appears repeatedly is formed. Ink tape. A nail characterized in that a small hole is formed in the surface of the plastic film of the nail art stamp ink tape by heat generated by a thermal head of a printer operated by a computer or a control device to create an ink outlet. Art printer. According to the character or picture pattern signal generated by the computer or control device, a small hole is made in the surface of the plastic film of the selected color ink, and a stamp pad is pressed to copy the ink letter or picture pattern. The nail art printer according to claim 8, wherein the nail art printer is used for transfer. 9. The nail art printer according to claim 8, wherein the character or picture pattern signal created by the computer or control device is captured and printed as data from a remote location using a communication line or the Internet. 9. The nail art printer according to claim 8, wherein when the thermal head reaches the space for cleaning the thermal head of the stamp ink tape, a head cleaner solvent is sprayed to clean the surface of the thermal head. 9. The nail art printer according to claim 8, wherein a nail size and an ink transfer position of the nail are photographed by a CCD camera, and an optimum size character and picture pattern and a printing position are controlled.

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