JP2011026052A - Stacker device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stacker device capable of taking out while aligning a tag with a simple structure. <P>SOLUTION: This stacker device has a pulling-in means for pulling an issued single leaf tag in a bottom plate, a transfer means for transferring the single leaf tag pulled in the bottom plate along the bottom plate, and a stopper means erected on the front end side in the transfer direction of the single leaf tag. The stopper means 2 has a back board 3 abutting on the tip of the single leaf tag transferred by the transfer means, a stacking plate 4 arranged in a lower end part of the back board and projecting in the transfer inverse direction, a sidewall plate 5 integrally arranged on one side surface of the back board and the stacking plate, regulating one side end part of the single leaf tag and drawing in the direction for laminating the single leaf tag and the transfer inverse direction, and a rotary means for rotatably installing the back board on the bottom plate. The back board, the stacking plate and the sidewall plate can rotate to the sidewall plate side via the rotary means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a stacker device that stacks paper pieces such as single-leaf tags that have been printed and cut by a label printer or the like, and more particularly to a stacker device that stacks paper pieces from the lower surface side.

Conventionally, after printing on a rolled roll-like tag continuum or label continuum with a printer, it is cut into single-leaf tags of a desired length by a cutting device such as a cutter. Stacking (storing) is performed in a stacker apparatus as shown.
The stacker device 40 shown in the figure is installed downstream of the issue port 51 of the printer 50, and stores single-sheet tags T printed and issued by the printer 50 in a stacked manner.
First, the printer 50 will be described. The printer 50 includes a paper supply shaft 52 that rotatably holds a tag continuous body To wound in a roll shape, a thermal head 53, and a platen roller (hereinafter simply referred to as “platen” as appropriate). A printing mechanism 55 including a ribbon 54, a ribbon supply shaft 56 for rotatably mounting the ribbon R, a ribbon mechanism 58 including a ribbon take-up shaft 57, and a cutting mechanism 59.
Then, the ribbon winding shaft 57 and the platen 54 are driven by a driving source (not shown) such as a motor, and the tag continuous body To inserted between the thermal head 53 and the platen 54 is being conveyed to the cutting mechanism 59 side. The printing mechanism 55 prints the required number of printing information (not shown), and the printed tag continuum To is cut by the cutting mechanism 59 and issued from the issuing port 51 as a single leaf tag T. It has become so.
The stacker device 40 installed downstream of the issue port 51 of the printer 50 includes a pulling mechanism 42 that pulls the single-leaf tag T cut by the printer 50 into the bottom plate (bottom surface) 41. The tag T drawn into the stacker device 40 side is made up of transfer rollers 43, 43 arranged downstream in the conveying direction F of the drawing mechanism 42, and transfer means 45 comprising a belt 44 laid around the transfer rollers 43, 43. Is driven along the bottom plate 41 to the stopper portion 46, and the tag T is sequentially conveyed to the back side opposite to the printing surface of the tag T and stacked on the bottom plate 41. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
By the way, when taking out the tag T stacked on the stacker device 40, the order may be wrong or the order may be broken by dropping the tag. Therefore, the containers ( A collection cartridge for stackers that can be taken out in a batch is known (for example, see Patent Document 2).
However, in Patent Document 2, since the collection cartridge is detachably provided to the stacker device, it is troublesome and the size of the device cannot be avoided. Therefore, the printer and the stacker device are arranged in a narrow space. There is a problem that it is unsuitable for stacking (storage) at stores.

JP 2008-137746 A JP 2003-104617 A

The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a stacker device that allows a tag to be taken out with a simple structure.

In order to achieve the above object, a stacker device according to the present invention includes a retracting unit that pulls an issued single leaf tag into a bottom plate, a transfer unit that transports the single leaf tag pulled into the bottom plate along the bottom plate, and a single leaf In the stacker device comprising a stopper means standing on the front end side in the tag transfer direction, the stopper means includes a back plate against which a tip of a single-leaf tag transferred by the transfer means contacts, A loading plate that is provided at the lower end and protrudes in the reverse direction of transfer, and is integrally provided on one side surface of the back plate and the loading plate, and regulates one side end of the single-leaf tag and a single-leaf tag A side wall plate extending in the direction of laminating and a transfer reverse direction, and a rotation means for rotatably attaching the back plate to the bottom plate, wherein the back plate, the stacking plate and the side wall plate are rotated. Side through means Characterized in that a plate side is rotatable.
Further, the stacking plate provided at the lower end of the back plate can be inclined so that one corner on the side wall plate side of the back plate is lower than the other corner.
Further, the back plate may be provided with a slit portion in a direction in which the single-leaf tags are stacked, and a pressing plate that is in contact with the single-leaf tags stacked along the slit portion.

The stacker device according to the present invention is provided with stopper means standing on the front end side in the transfer direction of the single-leaf tag, provided on the back plate with which the tip of the single-leaf tag transferred by the transfer means abuts, and the lower end portion of the back plate. A stacking plate protruding in the reverse direction of transfer, and provided integrally on one side of the back plate and the stacking plate, restricting one side end of the single-leaf tag, and laminating the single-leaf tag and reverse of the transfer And a rotation means for rotatably attaching the back plate to the bottom plate, and the back plate, the stacking plate and the side wall plate are rotated to the side wall plate side through the rotation means. Since the tag is movable, the tags are aligned vertically on the side wall plate, and the other side surface where the side wall plate of the back plate does not exist is opened upward, so that the tag can be easily removed.
Also, the stacking plate provided at the lower end of the back plate is placed and stacked if it is inclined so that one corner on the side wall plate side of the back plate is lower than the other corner. In this case, the tag is easily shifted to the side wall plate, so that the disturbance of the tag stacked on the stacking plate is easily aligned along the side wall plate.
Also, if the back plate is provided with a slit portion in the direction in which the single-leaf tag is laminated, and a press plate that is in contact with the single-leaf tag laminated along the slit portion is provided, the side wall plate becomes the bottom plate. Even if the tag is rotated until it comes into contact, the tag remains in an aligned state, and can be easily removed.

1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of a stacker device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the stopper means viewed from the direction of arrow II in FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic explanatory view of the rotating means viewed from the direction of arrow III in FIG. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the state which fell the stopper means similarly. It is a schematic perspective view equivalent to FIG. 2 which shows other embodiment of the stacker apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic front view seen from the direction of arrow VI in FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view corresponding to FIG. 4 showing a state in which the stopper means is tilted. It is a schematic side view which shows the conventional stacker apparatus.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the following description, parts that are the same as those in the background art are given the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted.
FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of a stacker apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the stacker device 1 is provided adjacent to the downstream side of the printer 50, and the single-leaf tag T cut by the printer 50 is moved from the issue port 51 to the bottom plate 41 by the drawing mechanism 42. The tag T drawn into the stacker device 40 side by the drawing mechanism 42 is drawn between the transfer rollers 43 and 43 arranged downstream of the drawing mechanism 42 in the transfer direction F and between the transfer rollers 43 and 43. By being driven by a transfer means 45 comprising a belt 44 wound around the belt, it is transferred along the bottom plate 41 to the stopper portion 2 as a stopper means.

Next, the stopper portion 2 will be described mainly based on FIGS.
2 is a schematic perspective view of the stopper portion 2 viewed from the direction of arrow II in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic explanatory view of the rotating means viewed from the direction of arrow III in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which the stopper portion 2 of FIG. 2 is tilted.
The stopper portion 2 is erected on the front end side in the transfer direction F of the tag T, and includes a back plate 3, a stacking plate 4, a side wall plate 5, a knob portion 6, and a rotating means 7.
The back plate 3 extends in the direction crossing the transfer direction F (the width direction W of the tag T) in front of the transfer direction F of the tag T, and the tag T transferred by the transfer means 45 is erected. The front end of the abutment comes into contact. Further, the back plate 3 is configured to rotate via a rotating means 7 described later.
The stacking plate 4 is a plate on which the tag T is placed and stacked. The stacking plate 4 is provided at the lower end portion of the back plate 3 so as to protrude in the reverse direction of transfer, and the stacking plate 4 and the back plate 3 are provided. The weaving shape has a substantially L-shaped side surface (see FIG. 1).
The side wall plate 5 is integrally formed on one side of the front side of the back plate 3 and the stacking plate 4 with respect to the back side in FIG. The side surface of the tag T transferred by the transport means 45 (the side end portion on the near side in FIG. 1) is regulated. The width of the side wall plate 5 (in the left-right direction in FIG. 1) is preferably wider than the width of the stacking plate 4.
The knob portion 6 is fixed to the upper end portion of the back plate 3 and is a portion to be picked by a finger when the back plate 3, the stacking plate 4 and the side wall plate 5 provided integrally are rotated.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotation means 7 mainly includes a fixing member 8 fixed to the bottom plate 41, a support member 9, and a rotation shaft piece 10.
The support member 9 is erected on the fixing member 8, and a long hole 11 is formed in the stacking direction of the tag T.
The rotating shaft piece 10 is fixed to the “back surface” when the back surface of the back plate 3, that is, the surface with which the tag T abuts is defined as the “front surface”, and is fitted into the long hole 11. ing.
The rotating means 7 is provided in the vicinity of the lower end portion of the back plate 3 on the side wall plate 5 side, and the integrally formed back plate 3, stacking plate 4 and side wall plate 5 are arranged in front of FIG. It turns to the side (the direction of arrow B in FIG. 3). That is, when the knob 6 fixed to the upper end of the back plate 3 is picked with a finger and tilted in the direction indicated by the arrow B, the rotating shaft piece 10 fixed to the back surface of the back plate 3 becomes the length of the support member 9. By sliding along the hole 11, the back plate 3, the stacking plate 4 and the side wall plate 5 are integrally rotated toward the front side in FIG. 1. When the rotating shaft piece 10 is rotated in the raising direction opposite to the direction, the rotating shaft piece 10 slides along the long hole 11 so that the back plate 3, the loading plate 4 and the side wall plate 5 are raised. Is stopped when placed on the bottom plate 41.

Next, the usage state of the stacker apparatus of the present invention will be described mainly with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which the stopper portion 2 is tilted.
A desired print is applied to the tag continuum To by the printer 50, cut by the cutting mechanism 59, and drawn into the stacker device 1 by the drawing mechanism 42 from the issuing port 51. It is transported to the unit 2 and conveyed so as to go under the tag T previously stacked, and is placed on the stacking plate 4 in contact with the back plate 3 and stacked (see FIGS. 1 and 2). ).
When the printing of a predetermined number of sheets is completed and the single leaf tag T stacked on the stopper portion 2 is taken out, the back plate 3, the stacking plate 4 and the side wall plate 5 are brought down. That is, the knob 6 is picked from the state in which the back plate 3 is erected on the bottom plate 41 and the tag T is stacked (see FIG. 2) to the near side in FIG. 1 (in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 2). When pivoting, the pivot shaft piece 11 of the pivot means 7 fixed to the back plate 3 slides along the long hole 11 of the support member 9 and is provided integrally with the back plate 3. 4 and the side wall plate 5 are rotated so that one side end portion of the tag T stacked on the stacking plate 4 is vertically aligned with the side wall plate 5 and the side wall plate 5 is not present. Is opened upward (see FIG. 4).
The issuer of the tag T stops the rotation at an arbitrary position, presses the tag T on the foremost side with a finger, and presses the tag T against the stacking plate 4 side in the standing state, thereby disturbing the vertical disturbance of the tag T. After aligning, remove with your fingers.
Since the tag T is rotated and placed on the side wall plate 5 that is almost horizontal and is pressed to the stacking plate 4 side to be vertically aligned, the tag T is easily removed.

  As described above, the back plate 3 with which the tip of the single-leaf tag T transferred by the transfer means 45 abuts, the stacking plate 4 provided at the lower end of the back plate 3 and protruding in the reverse direction of transfer, and the back plate 3 And a side plate 5 that regulates one side end of the stacking plate 4 and extends in the direction of laminating the single-leaf tag and the reverse direction of the transfer, and the rotation of attaching the back plate 3 to the bottom plate 41 so as to be rotatable. Since the stopper portion 2 is constituted by the means 7 and the back plate 3, the loading plate 4 and the side wall 5 plate can be turned to the side wall plate 5 side via the turning means 7, the tag is placed on the side wall plate 5. Since T is aligned vertically, it is easy to remove.

Next, another embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the following description, the same reference numerals are given to portions common to the background art and the previous embodiment, and redundant description is omitted.
5 is a schematic perspective view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing the stopper means, FIG. 6 is a schematic front view seen from the direction of arrow VI in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which the stopper means is tilted. FIG.
A stopper portion 12 as a stopper means standing on the front end side in the transfer direction F of the tag T includes a back plate 13, a stacking plate 14, a side wall plate 15, a presser plate 16, a knob portion 6, and a rotation. Means 7.
In the back plate 13, a slit portion 17 is formed substantially in the center in the width direction W along the stacking direction of the tags T. Further, one corner 13a in the width direction W of the lower end portion of the back plate 13 (the lower left end portion in FIGS. 5 and 6) is inclined so as to be lower than the other corner portion 13b. Further, a rotating shaft piece 10 of the rotating means 7 is fixed in the vicinity of the corner 13a side of the back surface of the back plate 13.
The stacking plate 14 is provided at the lower end portion of the back plate 13 so as to protrude in the reverse transfer direction. That is, the stacking plate 14 provided so as to abut on the lower end portion of the back plate 13 formed so as to be inclined so that one corner portion 13a is lower than the other corner portion 13b is the back plate in FIG. A gentle inclined state is exhibited from the side toward the front side (see FIG. 6).
The side wall plate 15 is integrally formed on the side surface on the near side of the back plate 13 and the stacking plate 14 in FIG. 1, and, like the stacking plate 14, protrudes in the reverse transfer direction and extends in the direction in which the tags T are stacked. Is provided.
The pressing plate 16 can be moved in the stacking direction of the tag T along the slit portion 17 of the back plate 13 and can be fixed at an arbitrary position by a known means such as a screw.
The single-leaf tag T drawn from the issue port 51 of the printer 50 is transferred to the stopper portion 12 by the transfer means 45, and is placed on the stacking plate 14 in contact with the back plate 13 (see FIG. 6). .
At this time, since the stacking plate 14 is gently inclined toward the one corner 13a of the back plate 13, the stacking plate 14 is easily shifted to the side wall plate 15, and thus the tag T stacked on the stacking plate 14 is disturbed. Are smoothly aligned along the side wall plate 15.

When the single-leaf tag T stacked on the stopper portion 12 is taken out, first, the presser plate 16 is moved along the slit portion 17 of the back plate 13 and comes into contact with the upper surface of the tag T stacked on the stacking plate 14. Let it fix.
Next, when the knob 6 is picked with a finger and rotated in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 6, the integrally provided back plate 13, stacking plate 14, and side wall plate 15 are rotated via the rotating means 7. The other corner 13b side where the side wall plate 15 does not exist is opened upward (see FIG. 7).
The rotation of the stopper portion 12 stops when the side wall plate 15 comes into contact with the bottom plate 41 or when the turning shaft piece 10 of the turning means 7 comes into contact with the upper end portion of the long hole 11 of the support member 9.
The stopper portion 12 of the present embodiment includes a presser plate 16 and rotates in a state where the stacked tag T is sandwiched between the presser plate 16 and the stacking plate 14. It is not necessary to stop the rotation at an arbitrary position and press the tag T to the loading plate 4 side with a finger, and the tag can be rotated until the side wall plate 14 abuts against the bottom plate 41. Since T remains in an aligned state and one end of the tag T is largely open to the issuer, the tag T can be easily removed.
About another structure, an effect | action, and an effect, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted since it is the same as that of previous embodiment.

It should be noted that the configuration and operation of the above-described embodiment are examples, and it goes without saying that they can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

To Tag continuum T Single-leaf tag R Ribbon F Transport direction W Width direction 1 Stacker device 2 Stopper means (stopper part)
3 Back plate 4 Loading plate 5 Side wall plate 6 Knob portion 7 Rotating means 8 Fixing member 9 Support member 10 Rotating shaft piece 11 Long hole 12 Stopper portion 13 Back plate 14 Loading plate 15 Side wall plate 16 Press plate 17 Slit portion 40 Stacker Equipment (conventional example)
41 Bottom plate 42 Retraction mechanism 43 Transfer roller 44 Belt 45 Transfer means 46 Stopper unit 50 Printer 51 Issue port 52 Paper supply shaft 53 Thermal head 54 Platen roller (platen)
55 Printing Mechanism 56 Ribbon Supply Shaft 57 Ribbon Winding Shaft 58 Ribbon Mechanism 59 Cutting Mechanism

Claims (3)

Retraction means for drawing the issued single-leaf tag into the bottom plate,
Transfer means for transferring a single-leaf tag drawn into the bottom plate along the bottom plate;
In a stacker device comprising stopper means standing on the front end side in the transfer direction of a single leaf tag,
The stopper means includes
A back plate against which the tip of a single leaf tag transferred by the transfer means abuts,
A loading plate provided at the lower end of the back plate and protruding in the reverse direction of transfer;
A side wall plate that is integrally provided on one side of the back plate and the stacking plate, regulates one end of the single leaf tag, and extends in the direction of laminating the single leaf tag and in the reverse transfer direction,
Rotation means for rotatably attaching the back plate to the bottom plate,
The stacker device, wherein the back plate, the stacking plate, and the side wall plate are rotatable to the side wall plate side through the rotation means. The stacking plate provided at the lower end portion of the back plate is inclined so that one corner on the side wall plate side of the back plate is lower than the other corner. Stacker equipment. The back plate is provided with a slit portion in a direction in which single-leaf tags are stacked, and a press plate that is in contact with the single-leaf tags stacked along the slit portion. The stacker apparatus according to 1 or 2.

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