JP2009255370A - Intermittent feed printer allowing foil transfer and printing on foil face - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transfer a foil to a picture pattern printed by an intermittent feed printer, and to print other picture pattern on a surface of the foil. <P>SOLUTION: This intermittent feed printer has the first intermittent feed printing part 2 provided with printing units 9a, 9b and an adhesive applying device 10 in a travel route of a continuous paper sheet 6 provided with loop parts R<SB>1</SB>, R<SB>2</SB>in both end parts, and the second intermittent feed printing part 3 provided with a printing unit 9c in a travel route of the continuous paper sheet 6 provided with loop parts R<SB>3</SB>, R<SB>4</SB>in both end parts, the intermittent feed printer is provided with a travel route with the continuous paper sheet traveling continuously between the both loop parts between the first intermittent feed printing part and the second intermittent feed printing part, is provided, in the travel route, with a foil transfer part 3 printed by the first intermittent feed printing part and for press-transferring the foil onto a printing face applied with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, and is constituted to make the printing unit of the second intermittent feed printing part printable on the surface of the foil transferred by the foil transfer part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention prints a pattern shorter than the circumference of the plate cylinder of the printing unit by causing the continuous paper passed through the printing unit to run intermittently or reciprocally in the same direction with respect to the printing unit. Then, the present invention relates to an intermittent feeding printing apparatus in which a foil is transferred to the pattern by pressing the foil, and further, printing can be performed on the transferred foil surface.

  In some cases, it is desired to transfer a foil onto a pattern to be printed by an intermittent feeding printing apparatus that prints a variable-size pattern, and to print another pattern on the surface of the foil.

  On the other hand, an apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known as an apparatus for transferring a foil onto a printed ultraviolet pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (pattern) by cold foil pressing.

JP 2002-59694 A

  The foil transfer device described above is adapted to transfer the foil onto the printing surface by pressing the foil that runs at the same speed as the continuous paper on the continuous paper running at a constant speed with a pressing roller. It has become.

  For this reason, even if this foil transfer device is disposed between the printing units of the intermittent feed printing device, the conventional foil transfer device transfers the foil onto the pattern printed by the intermittent feed, Printing by intermittent feeding cannot be performed on the surface of the foil.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides an intermittent feed printing apparatus capable of transferring a foil to a pattern printed by an intermittent feed printing machine and printing another pattern on the surface of the foil. It is intended to do.

  In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a printing unit and an adhesive coating device in a continuous paper traveling path provided with a loop portion at both ends, and the continuous paper is intermittently fed to thereby change the size. A printing unit is provided on the running path of continuous paper with printing and a first intermittent feed printing section that enables the application of an adhesive to the printing surface, and loop sections at both ends, and the continuous paper is intermittently fed. A second intermittent feed printing unit that enables variable-size printing, and a downstream loop unit of the first intermittent feed printing unit and an upstream loop unit of the second intermittent feed printing unit Between the two loop portions, a travel path on which the continuous paper continuously travels is provided, and the travel surface is printed by the first intermittent feed printing section on the printing surface coated with the adhesive. A foil transfer part for pressing and transferring the foil is provided, and the second intermittent feed is performed. The printing unit of the printing unit, has a configuration in which the printable surface of the foil that has been transferred by the foil transfer unit.

  According to the present invention, a foil can be transferred to a pattern printed by an intermittent feed printing unit in an intermittent feed printing apparatus by foil pressing, and printed on the surface of the foil by another intermittent feed printing unit. be able to.

  Then, the transfer of the foil by the foil pressing is performed in the continuous running section of the continuous paper between the first and second intermittent feed printing sections, so that the transfer of the foil is performed in a state where the tension fluctuation of the continuous paper is small. In addition to being able to transfer foil with high accuracy, it is possible to follow high-speed transfer, and to improve quality and productivity.

  Furthermore, as described above, the continuous paper is continuously run in the foil transfer section, so that the feeding and transferring of the foil and the winding of the foil cake after the transfer can be performed by a continuous feeding operation. The structure of the apparatus for carrying out the process can be made simple, the production cost can be reduced, the maintainability and workability can be improved, and the production efficiency can be improved.

  By transferring the foil in the continuous running state of the continuous paper, it is possible to obtain a homogeneous product with reduced anxiety materials such as wrinkles, misalignment, air mixing, and tension fluctuation at the foil transfer section. In addition, quality can be improved and stable production can be achieved, and in addition, an effect of reducing the loss rate can be obtained.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire intermittent feed printing apparatus 1 that is capable of printing on a foil stamping and foil surface according to the present invention. The intermittent feed printing apparatus 1 includes a first intermittent feed printing unit 2 and a second intermittent feed printing unit 2. The continuous paper 6 from the roll paper 5 is fed to the intermittent feed printing unit 3, the foil transfer unit 4 provided between the two intermittent feed printing units 2 and 3, and the first intermittent feed printing unit 2. The sheet feeding unit 7 and a winding unit 8 provided on the downstream side of the second intermittent feed printing unit 3 are included.

  In the first intermittent feed printing unit 2, for example, first and second printing units 9 a and 9 b and an adhesive coating device 10 are arranged in the running direction of the continuous paper 6. In the second intermittent feed printing unit 3, for example, a third printing unit 9 c and a die cutting device 11 are arranged in the running direction of the continuous paper 6. Then, the first and second intermittent feed printing units 2 and 3 are rotated forward and backward in synchronization with the upstream end and the downstream end of the first and second intermittent feed printing units 2 and 3, respectively, while reciprocating the continuous paper 6 in the forward and reverse directions. Intermittent feed rolls 12a, 12b, 13a, and 13b that travel are provided.

  Each of the printing units 9a, 9b, and 9c uses, for example, an offset printing machine, and the blanket cylinder 14 includes a large-diameter portion that contacts the impression cylinder 15 and a small-diameter portion that does not contact the impression cylinder 15 in the circumferential direction. Have.

  Then, while the large diameter portion of the blanket cylinder 14 of each printing unit 9a, 9b, 9c is in rolling contact with the impression cylinder 15, the intermittent feed rolls 12a, 12b and 13a, 13b rotate forward to increase the size of the bracket cylinder 14. A variable-size pattern formed on the diameter portion is printed, and the intermittent feed rolls 12a, 12b and 13a, 13b are reversely rotated while the small-diameter portion of the blanket cylinder 14 faces the impression cylinder 15, and the continuous paper 6 Are reversely fed over a predetermined length. By this operation, a pattern shorter than the circumference of the blanket cylinder 14 is continuously printed on the continuous paper 6 without any blank space between the patterns.

  Then, in the first intermittent feed printing unit 2, the adhesive is applied by the adhesive coating device 10 to the necessary portions of the two-color patterns printed by the printing units 9a and 9b. Yes. As the pressure-sensitive adhesive at this time, a pressure-sensitive adhesive that is solidified by irradiation with ultraviolet rays is used.

  Further, in the second intermittent feed printing unit 3, the third printing unit 9 c prints the portion coated with the adhesive by the adhesive coating device 10 of the first intermittent feed printing unit 2. The pattern of the part is punched by the punching device 11.

First, second, third, and so on that the continuous paper 6 sag in a loop shape at each upstream end and downstream end of each of the first and second intermittent feed printing units 2 and 3. Fourth loop portions R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ , R ₄ are provided, and each of the loop portions R _{1 to} R ₄ includes first, second, third, Fourth loop sensors S ₁ , S ₂ , S ₃ , S ₄ are provided.

The foil transfer section 4 is disposed between the loop section R ₂ on the downstream side of the first intermittent feed printing section 2 and the loop section R ₃ on the upstream side of the second intermittent feed printing section 3. The unit 4 includes upstream and downstream continuous feed rolls 16a and 16b that continuously run the continuous paper 6 at a printing speed according to the first and second intermittent feed printings 2 and ₃ between the loop parts R ₂ and R _3. A foil feeding unit 17 and a laminating roll 19 for laminating the foil 18 fed from the foil feeding unit 17 on the continuous paper 6 continuously running between the continuous feeding rolls 16a and 16b. It consists of a foil roll winding unit 21 for winding the foil 18 peeled off by the peeling roll 20 on the downstream side of the bonding roll 19. Various foils such as gold foil are used as the foil 18.

A continuous feed type feed roll 22 is disposed at the inlet portion of the first loop portion R ₁ on the upstream side of the first intermittent feed printing unit 2 on the paper feed unit 7 side. Further, a continuous feed type feed roll 23 is arranged at the outlet portion of the loop portion R ₄ on the downstream side of the second intermittent feed printing portion 3 on the winding portion 8 side. The running speeds of the rolls 22 and 23 are the printing speeds of the first and second intermittent feed printings 2 and 3.

Further, a dryer is provided on each of the upstream side of the second printing unit 9b and the adhesive coating device 10 of the first intermittent feeding printing unit 2 and the upstream side of the die cutting device 11 of the second intermittent feeding printing unit 2. D ₁ , D ₂ , D ₃ are provided. Also, a dryer D ₄ is provided on the downstream side of the laminating roll 19 of the foil transfer unit 4. Among these dryers, the dryer D ₃ located on the downstream side of the at least bonding roll 19 UV dryer is used.

Further, sensors P ₁ and P ₂ for detecting timing marks preliminarily printed on the continuous paper 6 are provided in the upstream portions of the first intermittent feed printing unit 2 and the second intermittent feed printing unit 3, respectively.

  FIG. 2 shows a power transmission system in the intermittent feed printing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1, and the printing units 9a and 9b and the adhesive coating apparatus 10 of the first intermittent feed printing unit 2 are connected to the first motor M1. Are driven synchronously. The intermittent feed rolls 12a and 12b of the first intermittent feed printing unit 2 are synchronously driven by the second motor M2.

  The upstream and downstream continuous feed rolls 16a and 16b and the laminating roll 19 of the foil transfer section 4 are synchronously driven by the third motor M3.

  The printing unit 9c and the die cutting device 11 of the second intermittent feed printing unit 3 are synchronously driven by a fourth motor M4. The intermittent feed rolls 13a and 13b of the second intermittent feed printing unit 3 are synchronously driven by a fifth motor M5.

Furthermore, feed roll 22 for feeding the continuous paper 6 to the inlet portion of the loop portion R ₁ of the most upstream side is driven by the sixth motor M6, also the continuous paper from the outlet portion of the loop portion R ₄ of the most downstream side to the downstream side The delivery roll 23 for delivering 6 is driven by a seventh motor M7.

  In the above configuration, the two printing units 9a, 9b and the adhesive coating device 10 of the first intermittent feed printing unit 2 are driven by the first motor M1 driven by the M1 motor driver 24a, and the second intermittent One printing unit 9c and the die cutting device 11 of the feed printing unit 3 are continuously rotated by a fourth motor M4 driven by an M4 motor driver 24b. Both motor drivers 24a, 24b at this time are controlled by the control unit 25.

  On the other hand, intermittent feed of the continuous paper 6 in the first and second intermittent feed printing units 2 and 3 is performed by using intermittent feed rolls 12a, 12b, 13a and 13b provided on the upstream side and downstream side of the M2 motor. , By driving with an M5 motor.

At this time, the timing marks printed on the continuous paper 6 are detected by the mark sensors P ₁ and P ₂ , the detection signals of the timing marks P ₁ and P ₂ , the printing units 9 a and 9 b and the adhesive coating. The unit 10 and the unit rotation signals of the printing unit 9c and the die cutting device 11 are input to the control units 26a and 26b, and the M2 motor driver 27a and M5 motor driver are received by the control signals from the control units 26a and 26b. At 27b, the second motor M2 and the fifth motor M5 are intermittently controlled. At this time, the rotation signals of the unit units 9a, 9b, 10 and 9c, 11 are fed back to the control units 26a, 26b. Further, the continuous paper 6 in the intermittent feed printing units 2 and 3 is intermittently fed as described above, and the continuous paper 6 is fed at this time by the loop portions R provided at the upstream end and the downstream end, respectively. Buffered at ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ , R ₄ .

In the first and second indexing foil transfer unit 4 arranged between the printing units 2 and 3, on the upstream side of the second downstream and the third loop portion R ₂ of the loop portion R ₃ The continuous feed rolls 16a and 16b and the bonding roll 19 that are positioned are continuously rotated by a third motor M3 that is driven by an M3 motor driver 29 that is controlled by a control unit. At this time, the loop detection signals from the second and third loop sensors S ₂ and S ₃ for detecting the loop states of the second and third loop portions R ₂ and R ₃ are fed back to the control unit 28. It has come to be.

In the paper feeding unit 7, the feed roll 22 is continuously rotated by a sixth motor M6 driven by an M6 motor driver 31 controlled by the control unit 30, and the continuous paper 6 from the roll paper 5 is fed to the first loop unit. It is adapted to be continuously fed to R _1. At this time, a loop detection signal from the _first loop sensor S ₁ for detecting the loop state of the first loop section R ₁ is fed back to the control section 30.

In the take-up unit 8, the feed roll 23 is continuously rotated by the seventh motor M7 driven by the M7 motor driver 33 controlled by the control unit 32, and the continuous paper from the _fourth loop unit R4. 6 is continuously fed to the take-up roll section. Then the control unit 32 of this case, the loop detection signal from the fourth loop sensor S ₄ for detecting the loop state of the fourth loop portion R ₄ is feedback input.

  Next, the operation of the intermittent feed printing apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described.

The continuous paper 6 continuously fed from the paper feed unit 7 is intermittently fed by the first intermittent feed printing unit 2 while being fed to the first and second printing units 9a and 9b in this portion. The two-color pattern is printed, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to the predetermined pattern (pattern) by the pressure-sensitive adhesive coating apparatus 10 on the surface of the pattern. The two-color pattern by the printing units 9a and 9b is dried by the ultraviolet dryers D ₁ and D ₂ , and the adhesive is applied to the surface of the dried pattern.

Thereafter, the continuous paper 6 moves to the foil transfer unit 4 through the second loop portion R ₂ , and continuously runs in the foil transfer unit 4. Intermittent feed roll 12b and Nippukoro provided so as to sandwich the continuous paper 6 on the roll surface of a continuous feed roll 16a of the loop portion R ₂ at this time is situated in the widthwise ends of the continuous paper 6, the It does not roll over to the coated part of the adhesive.

In the foil transfer unit 4, the foil 18 is pressed against the continuous paper 6 while passing through the bonding roll 19, and the foil 18 is transferred to the pressure-sensitive adhesive coating unit. Then the adhesive is cured foil 18 is firmly bonded to the adhesive coated portion by passing through a UV dryer D _3. The foil 18 other than the adhesive transfer portion is cut by being peeled off by the peeling roll 20 and wound up by the foil winding portion 21.

In this way, the continuous paper 6 on which the foil 8 is pressed and transferred onto the printed pattern is printed with another pattern by the third printing unit 9c on the upper side of the printed pattern by the second intermittent feed printing unit 3. . The other pattern is printed on the surface of the foil 18 transferred onto the pattern. Next, the pattern portion is die-cut by the die-cutting device 11. After that, the paper is continuously fed through the fourth loop portion R ₄ and wound up by the winding portion 8.

It is a front view which shows the whole apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the power transmission system of the whole apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Intermittent feed printing device, 2, 3 ... 1st, 2nd intermittent feed printing part, 4 ... Foil transfer part, 5 ... Roll paper, 6 ... Continuous paper, 7 ... Paper feed part, 8 ... Winding part, 9a, 9b, 9c ... printing unit, 10 ... adhesive coating device, 11 ... die cutting device, 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b ... intermittent feed roll, 14 ... blanket cylinder, 15 ... impression cylinder, 16a, 16b ... continuous Feed roll, 17 ... foil feeding section, 18 ... foil, 19 ... laminating roll, 20 ... peeling roll, 21 ... foil roll take-up section, 22 ... feeding roll, 23 ... feeding roll, 24a, 24b, 27a, 27b , 29, 31, 33 ... motor driver, 25,26a, 26b, 28,30,32 ... control _{unit, S 1, S 2, S} 3, S 4 ... loop _{sensor, R 1, R 2, R} 3, R ₄ ... Loop part, P ₁ , P ₂ ... Mark sensor .

Claims (1)

A printing unit and an adhesive applicator are installed on the running path of continuous paper with loops at both ends, and variable paper can be printed and adhesive can be applied to this printing surface by intermittently feeding the continuous paper. A first intermittent feed printing unit;
A printing unit is provided in a continuous paper traveling path provided with loop portions at both ends, and a second intermittent feed printing unit that enables variable-size printing by intermittently feeding the continuous paper;
Between the loop portion on the downstream side of the first intermittent feed printing portion and the loop portion on the upstream side of the second intermittent feed printing portion, a running path is provided for continuous running of continuous paper between the two loop portions. In addition, a foil transfer unit that presses and transfers the foil to the printing surface that is printed in the first intermittent feed printing unit and coated with an adhesive is provided on the traveling path.
The printing unit of the second intermittent feed printing unit is capable of printing on the surface of the foil transferred by the foil transfer unit. The intermittent transfer printing device capable of printing on the foil transfer and the foil surface.

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