JP2015202898A - Label sticking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the need for separating in advance an unnecessary portion at the center of an annular label of a label continuous sheet in which a plurality of annular labels are temporarily attached to a mount, and enable the annular label to be peeled from the label continuous sheet reliably and be stuck to a recording medium.SOLUTION: A label sticking device comprises: a transfer unit 10 for transferring a label continuous sheet R; a peeling unit 20 for bending the label continuous sheet R transferred by the transfer unit 10, and peeling an annular label L from a mount; a holding unit 30 for holding the annular label L peeled by the peeling unit 20; an unnecessary label reception unit 50 provided in the holding unit 30; a sticking unit 40 for advancing or retracting the holding unit 30 in a state of holding the annular label L; and an unnecessary label removal unit 60 for punching out an annular label unnecessary part LB at the center of the annular label L from the annular label L.

Description

  The present invention relates to a label sticking apparatus that peels an annular label from, for example, a continuous label sheet in which a plurality of annular labels are temporarily attached to a mount and attaches the annular label to a recording medium such as a CD or DVD.

  Conventionally, this type of label sticking apparatus, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, holds a continuous label sheet in a roll shape, transfers the continuous label sheet, folds the continuous label sheet with a peeling guide plate, and forms an annular label from the mount. Is peeled off, the peeled annular label is transferred to a sticking stage, and the annular label is stuck on the recording medium stored in the recording medium storage portion.

However, as shown in FIG. 5, the continuous label paper R used in this conventional label sticking apparatus has a circular cut in the center portion of the annular label L, and an annular shape that is outside the annular label L. The label outer periphery LA and the annular label unnecessary portion LB, which is an unnecessary portion at the center of the annular label L, can be separated.
Since the annular label outer periphery LA of the continuous label sheet R is affixed to the recording medium after being peeled off from the mount D, in this conventional label application apparatus, it is necessary to previously separate the non-annular label portion LB of the continuous label sheet.
Moreover, when manufacturing the annular label outer periphery LA of various lots having different sizes and shapes, a plurality of types of equipment for peeling the annular label unnecessary portion LB is required, and there is a problem that the manufacturing cost of the label continuous paper R is increased. .
Furthermore, the annular label-unused portion LB of the continuous label paper R can be punched together with the mount D, but in that case, the mount D folded back by the peeling guide plate of the label sticking device may be broken from the punched portion. There was also a problem that it could not be peeled off normally.

JP 2002-193227 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is not necessary to previously separate the annular label unnecessary portion at the center of the annular label of the continuous label paper, so that the manufacturing cost of the continuous label paper can be suppressed, and the continuous label It is an object of the present invention to provide a label sticking device that reliably peels an annular label from a sheet and attaches the annular label to a recording medium.

In order to solve the above problem, pay attention to separating the unnecessary portion at the center of the annular label after peeling the annular label from the label continuous paper,
The present invention
Label continuous paper with multiple annular labels temporarily attached to the mount,
A transfer unit for transferring the label continuous paper;
A peeling part for folding the label continuous paper being transferred by the transfer part to peel the annular label from the mount;
A holding part for holding the annular label peeled off by the peeling part;
An unnecessary label receiving portion provided in the holding portion;
An affixing part for advancing and retracting the holding part while holding the annular label;
An unnecessary label removing portion provided with a post for punching an annular label unnecessary portion at the center of the annular label from the annular label,
In the state where the holding part holds the annular label, the attaching part or the unnecessary label removing part is moved, and the unnecessary label receiving part and the unnecessary label removing part are brought into pressure contact with each other, so that the annular label unnecessary part at the center of the annular label is It is set as the structure which isolate | separates.
Thereby, it is not necessary to previously separate the unnecessary portion at the center of the annular label of the continuous label paper, and the annular label can be reliably peeled off from the continuous label paper and attached to the recording medium.

The unnecessary label receiving portion has a label receiving guide post and a label receiving coil spring, and the label receiving guide post is inserted into a through hole provided in the holding portion and is urged by the label receiving coil spring. It is said.
As a result, since the annular label unnecessary portion LB can be separated from the annular label L while performing the label affixing operation, it is not necessary to previously separate the unnecessary portion at the center of the annular label of the continuous label paper, and the manufacturing cost of the continuous label paper is reduced. Can be suppressed.

  According to the present invention, the label affixing device can separate the annular label unused portion LB from the annular label L while performing the label affixing operation, and can affix the annular label outer periphery LA to the recording medium M. The effect is that it is not necessary to previously separate the unnecessary portion at the center of the annular label L of the continuous label paper R, and the annular label L can be reliably peeled off from the continuous label paper R and the annular label can be attached to the recording medium. In addition, the second effect is that it is not necessary to previously separate the unnecessary portion at the center of the annular label L of the continuous label paper R, so that the manufacturing cost of the continuous label paper R can be suppressed.

It is a perspective view which shows the label sticking apparatus which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the relationship of the mechanism part which isolate | separates the annular label non-use part of the apparatus. The relationship of the operation | movement which isolate | separates the cyclic | annular label unused part used for the apparatus is shown, (a) shows the state before isolation | separation of a cyclic | annular label non-use part, (b) shows the state when the cyclic | annular label non-use part is isolate | separated. (C) is a figure which shows a relationship when a cyclic | annular label unnecessary part is isolate | separated. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the peeling part, the holding | maintenance part, the sticking part, and the unnecessary label removal part of the apparatus. It is a figure which shows the conventional label continuous paper.

  Hereinafter, based on an accompanying drawing, a label sticking device concerning an embodiment of the invention is explained in detail. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the label sticking apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is used in an apparatus for peeling the annular label L from the continuous label paper R and sticking the annular label L to the recording medium M. It is done.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the basic structure of the label sticking device 100 includes a transfer part 10, a peeling part 20, a holding part 30, a sticking part 40, an unnecessary label receiving part 50, and unnecessary label removal. Part 60.

The transfer unit 10 includes a frame 12, a roll supply unit 13, a thermal head 14, a platen roller 15, and a mount winding shaft 16.
The frame 12 is fixed to the base 11 and supports the roll supply unit 13, the thermal head 14, the platen roller 15, the mount winding shaft 16, and the peeling unit 20. The roll supply unit 13 holds the continuous label paper R in a roll shape, and the continuous label paper R is rewound and sent to the thermal head 14. The thermal head 14 and the platen roller 15 are provided to face each other and sandwich the label continuous paper R. The platen roller 15 transfers the continuous label paper R to the peeling unit 20 by rotation of a motor (not shown). The peeling unit 20 peels the annular label L from the mount D of the label continuous paper R. The mount winding shaft 16 temporarily fixes the tip of the mount D in advance, and winds the mount D from which the annular label L has been peeled off by the rotation of the mount winding shaft 16.
The label sticking apparatus 100 is provided with a CPU (not shown), a sensor (not shown) provided between the roll supply unit 13 and the platen roller 15, a motor (not shown) for rotating the platen roller 15, and a mount winding shaft 16. A motor (not shown) that rotates the motor is controlled. The CPU starts rotation of each motor, rotates the platen roller 15 and the mount take-up shaft 16, and when the platen roller 15 and the mount take-up take-up shaft 16 rotate, the label continuous paper R is transferred and the label being transferred is transferred. The sensor detects the annular label L of the continuous paper, and the CPU controls to peel the annular label L one by one in accordance with the detection result of the sensor.

A peeling plate 21 is provided in the peeling portion 20. The annular label L is peeled from the mount D of the continuous label paper R by folding the continuous label paper R being transferred by the transfer unit 10 with the peeling plate 21. The peeled annular label L is sent to the holding unit 30 described later.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the sticking unit 40 includes a sticking cylinder 41, a sticking cylinder base 43, a sticking slide rod 45, and a sticking coil spring 46.
The sticking cylinder 41 is fixed to the frame 12 of the transfer unit 10 and is provided with a sticking cylinder shaft 42 that can be advanced and retracted by air pressure. A sticking cylinder base 43 is fixed to the tip of the sticking cylinder shaft 42. As shown in FIG. 3A, the sticking cylinder base 43 is provided with a plurality of sticking slide guides 44 in through holes 43 </ b> A through which the sticking cylinder base 43 passes. Is supported so as to be vertically movable. One end of the sticking slide rod 45 is fixed to the holding portion 30, and the other end is provided with a protrusion 45 </ b> A that restricts vertical movement. The sticking slide rod 45 is provided with a sticking coil spring 46 inserted through each sticking slide rod 45.

The holding part 30 has a suction plate 31 as shown in FIG.
The suction plate 31 has a plurality of intake holes (not shown) on the surface holding the annular label L, and sucks and holds the annular label L while sucking air. The suction plate 31 is fixed to one end of the sticking slide rod 45 of the sticking part, and is positioned at a position where the annular label L is peeled and fed out by the peeling plate 21 by the biasing force of the sticking coil spring 46. In the center of the suction plate 31, a through hole 31A having the same shape as the annular label unnecessary portion LB is provided at a position where the annular label unnecessary portion LB, which is an unnecessary portion in the center of the annular label L, is located when the annular label L is adsorbed. Yes.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the unnecessary label receiving portion 50 is provided in the holding portion 30 and has a label receiving guide post 52 and a label receiving coil spring 53.
The label receiving slide guide 51 is provided in the through hole 31 </ b> A of the suction plate 31 and the through hole 43 </ b> B of the sticking cylinder base 43. The label receiving guide post 52 is inserted into the through hole 31A and the through hole 43B, and a protrusion 52A is provided on the labeling cylinder base 43 side of the label receiving guide post 52. The label receiving coil spring 53 is inserted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the unnecessary label removal unit 60 includes a removal cylinder 61, a removal plate 63, and a removal post 64.
The removal cylinder 61 is fixed to a base (not shown), and the removal cylinder 61 is provided with a removal cylinder shaft 62 that can be advanced and retracted by air pressure. A removal plate 63 is fixed to the tip of the removal cylinder shaft 62. The removal plate 63 is provided with a removal post 64, and as shown in FIG. 3A, when the removal cylinder shaft 62 advances, the removal post 64 faces the through hole 31A in the center of the suction plate 31. Has been adjusted.

As shown in FIGS. 3 (b) and 3 (c), the unnecessary label removing unit 60 and the unnecessary label receiving unit 50 are moved so that the removing cylinder shaft 62 of the unnecessary label removing unit 60 advances and the removing post 64 is attached to the suction plate 31. When the holding cylinder 30 advances by the advancement of the sticking cylinder shaft 42 of the sticking part 40 in the state where it is in contact with the central through hole 31A, the label receiving guide post 52 presses against the removal post 64, The label receiving guide post 52 is pushed against the urging force of the label receiving coil spring 53 to separate the annular label unnecessary portion LB from the annular label outer periphery LA as shown in FIG.

Next, the sticking operation of the annular label L in the label sticking apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the label continuous paper R is sandwiched between the thermal head 14 of the transfer unit 10 and the platen roller 15 and is transferred to the peeling unit 20 by the rotation of the platen roller 15. The transported label continuous paper R is bent by the peeling plate 21 of the peeling unit 20. By being bent by the peeling plate 21, the annular label L temporarily attached to the mount D of the label continuous paper R is peeled off. The peeled annular label L is sent out to the holding unit 30. Before the annular label L is sent out from the peeling unit 20, the suction plate 31 of the holding unit 30 is waiting for the surface holding the annular label L inhaling air and receiving the peeled annular label L, The annular label L is adsorbed and held.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, the removal cylinder 61 of the unnecessary label removal unit 60 advances the removal cylinder shaft 62 and moves the removal plate 63 to the lower side of the suction plate 31. Thereby, the removal post 64 provided on the suction plate 31 side of the removal plate 63 is positioned at a position facing the label receiving guide post 52.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4C, the affixing unit 40 advances the affixing cylinder base 43 and the suction plate 31 by advancing the affixing cylinder shaft 42 of the affixing cylinder 41. When the suction plate 31 advances, the label receiving guide post 52 is pushed by the removal post 64 against the urging force of the label receiving coil spring 53 with the annular label non-use portion LB at the center of the annular label L sandwiched therebetween. The annular label unnecessary portion LB is separated from the label outer periphery LA. The removal post 64 is brought into a state in which the annular label non-use portion LB is adhered to the removal post 64 by pressing the label receiving guide post 52 into pressure contact.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4 (d), the sticking unit 40 moves the sticking cylinder base 43 and the suction plate 31 backward by retracting the sticking cylinder shaft 42 of the sticking cylinder 41. As a result, the suction plate 31 and the label receiving guide post 52 are separated from the removal post 64, and the annular label outer portion LB is bonded to the removal post 64 while the annular label outer periphery LA is sucked and held on the suction plate 31. In this state, the annular label L is separated into the annular label outer periphery LA and the annular label unused portion LB. Thereafter, the removal cylinder 61 of the unnecessary label removal unit 60 retracts the removal cylinder shaft 62 and retracts the removal plate 63 from the lower position of the suction plate 31.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4E, the base 70 has a protrusion 71 having the same shape as the hole in the center of the recording medium M, and the belt conveyor is in a state where the recording medium M is placed on the base 70. 72. The table 70 conveyed by the belt conveyor 72 is positioned below the suction plate 31 in a state where the annular label outer periphery LA is sucked and held according to a guide (not shown) provided on the belt conveyor 72 (not shown). Thereby, the protrusion 71 is positioned at a position facing the label receiving guide post 52.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4 (f), the affixing unit 40 advances the affixing cylinder base 43 and the suction plate 31 by advancing the affixing cylinder shaft 42 of the affixing cylinder 41.
When the suction plate 31 advances, the label receiving guide post 52 is pushed by the protruding portion 71 of the table 70 against the urging force of the label receiving coil spring 53 and presses the annular label outer periphery LA to the recording medium M.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4 (g), the suction plate 31 stops the intake of air, and the sticking unit 40 moves the sticking cylinder shaft 42 of the sticking cylinder 41 backward to move the sticking cylinder base 43 and the suction plate. 31 is retracted.

In the label sticking system 100 of the embodiment, the sticking cylinder 41 of the sticking part 40 is fixed to the frame 12 of the transfer part 10, the removal cylinder 61 of the unnecessary label removing part 60 is fixed to the base, and the removal plate 63. Was described as movably provided,
After the removal plate 63 is fixed to the frame 12 at a position where the removal post 64 of the removal plate 63 faces the through hole 31A in the center of the suction plate 31, and the annular label non-use part LB is separated from the annular label outer periphery LA, the pasting part 40 It is good also as a structure which can move to the position of the stand 70 using the cylinder which is not shown in figure.
Moreover, in the label sticking system 100 of an Example, it was set as the structure which made the holding | maintenance part 30 advance to the unnecessary label removal part 60, and isolate | separated the cyclic | annular label useless part LB from the cyclic | annular label outer periphery LA. A configuration in which the unnecessary label removing unit 60 is advanced to the holding unit 30 in a state where the label is held is also possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Label sticking apparatus R Label continuous paper D Mount M Recording medium L Annular label LA Annular label outer periphery LB Annular label useless part 10 Transfer part 11 Base 12 Frame 13 Roll supply part 14 Thermal head 15 Platen roller 16 Mount winding shaft 20 Peeling Part 21 Peeling plate 30 Holding part 31 Adsorption plate 31A Through hole 40 Pasting part 41 Pasting cylinder 42 Pasting cylinder shaft 43 Pasting cylinder base 43A Through hole 43B Through hole 44 Pasting slide guide 45 Pasting slide rod 45A Projection 46 Pasting coil spring 50 Unused label Receiving portion 51 Label receiving slide guide 52 Label receiving guide post 52A Protrusion 53 Label receiving coil spring 60 Unnecessary label removing portion 61 Removing cylinder 62 Removing cylinder shaft 63 Removing plate 64 Removing post 70 Base 71 Projection 72 Belt conveyor

Claims (2)

Label continuous paper with multiple annular labels temporarily attached to the mount,
A transfer unit for transferring the label continuous paper;
A peeling part for folding the label continuous paper being transferred by the transfer part to peel the annular label from the mount;
A holding part for holding the annular label peeled off by the peeling part;
An unnecessary label receiving portion provided in the holding portion;
An affixing part for advancing and retracting the holding part while holding the annular label;
An unnecessary label removing portion provided with a post for punching an annular label unnecessary portion at the center of the annular label from the annular label,
In the state where the holding part holds the annular label, the attaching part or the unnecessary label removing part is moved, and the unnecessary label receiving part and the unnecessary label removing part are brought into pressure contact with each other, so that the annular label unnecessary part at the center of the annular label is A labeling device characterized by being separated. The unused label receiving portion has a label receiving guide post and a label receiving coil spring, and the label receiving guide post is inserted into a through hole provided in the holding portion and is urged by the label receiving coil spring. The label affixing device according to claim 1.

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