JP2630627B2 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing individual laminated labels - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial application field) The present invention is applied to, for example, issuance of a manufacturing plate attached to a product, and prints different items individually on a label, and each time the printing is completed. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing an individual laminated label to be issued after being laminated.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a laminate label is manufactured by printing necessary items on a peel-off and sticking type label and then performing lamination. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of labels a are prepared by sticking a plurality of labels to a long strip of release paper b at regular intervals, and the label a at the leading end is attached to the release paper b.
With the printer c to the laminating device d,
The laminated label a is cut by the cutter e. The lamination of the label a is performed by feeding a transparent film f having substantially the same size as the label onto the surface of the label while moving the label, and passing the label a through a pair of rolls g.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the above-described conventional method for manufacturing a laminated label, a considerable amount of space is required between the printing of the label, the lamination, and the cutting of the label due to the installation interval of a laminating apparatus or the like. Need to be moved over the length of the label.
Therefore, if there is a request for printing only one label, laminating it, and immediately issuing it, one or several subsequent labels in addition to the printed label will be pulled out through the printer. As a result, there is a disadvantage that useless labels are generated.

Increasing the interval between the labels attached to the release paper makes it possible to prevent unnecessary label issuance, but this results in waste of label material, which is not preferable. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, a long label material j is adhered to a long release paper b via an adhesive layer i, and a label-shaped cut is formed only in the label material j. Since it is created by removing the extra label material 1 after inserting k, if the label interval is made longer, the amount of the extra label material 1 increases and waste increases.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus suitable for laminating and issuing one individually printed label without wasting material.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a plurality of labels attached at regular intervals in the length direction of a long release paper are prepared, and the leading end of the label is provided. The thing is sent to a printer controlled by a computer together with a release paper, and characters, symbols, etc. are printed on it, and then once forwarded through the printer,
A transparent film having substantially the same size as the label is supplied to the print surface and pressed and polymerized, and then the release paper is retracted so that the label next to the leading label is located in the printer, and the laminated leading label is removed. The release paper was cut to be separated. In this method, a printer that prints characters and symbols on a label controlled by a computer in front of a feeding direction of a label attached at a constant interval in a length direction of a long release paper, and cuts the release paper A cutter, a grip for holding and fixing the release paper, and a reciprocating laminating head for supplying a transparent film having substantially the same size as the label onto a print surface of a label printed and fed by the printer. A laminating device having a press roller that rolls while pressing the supplied transparent film and the label against each other is sequentially provided, and after the press roller rolls, the next label of the label is moved in the feeding direction. This is performed using a device provided with a release paper retraction device that is retracted in the reverse direction and is positioned on the printer.

(Operation) When a symbol such as a character or a bar code specified by a computer is printed on a label at the end of a long strip of release paper sent to the printer, the label is moved forward of the printer together with the release paper. Once fed out, the printed surface of the label is laminated by polymerizing the label and a substantially sized transparent film. Thereafter, the release paper is retracted so that the label next to the leading label returns to the printer position, and the release paper is cut so as to separate the laminated leading label. After the printed label is separated, the label next to the label is located in the printer, so that the label and the label material are not wasted.

Further, in the manufacturing apparatus, when the printed label is fed out of the printer together with the release paper, the label is held and fixed together with the release paper or the release paper by the grip. And when a transparent film is supplied from the moving laminating head to the printed surface of the fed label,
A press roller rolls while pressing the label and the transparent film against each other, and the printed label is laminated. During this time, since the grip holds and fixes the label together with the release paper or the release paper, the movement of the release paper or the label accompanying the rolling of the press roller is prevented.

When the leading label printed from the printer is fed out for lamination, the label following the leading label also passes the printer position, but when the laminating process of the leading label is completed, the grip is released and peeled off. A paper retreating device retracts the release paper in a direction opposite to the feeding direction,
When the next label is returned to the position of the printer and the release paper in the middle between the leading label and the next label is cut by a cutter, the leading label is separated as a laminate label.

The next label returned to the printer position has a different character from the label at the tip,
Symbols and the like are printed, laminated and cut as described above.

Since the printed matter is protected by a transparent film, the laminated label does not easily disappear,
It is also difficult to falsify and many items can be displayed in conjunction with a computer, so that it can be conveniently used, for example, as a production mark attached to an automobile frame whose process is controlled by the computer.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. Reference numerals (1) and (1) denote a plurality of labels adhered to a long release paper (2) at regular intervals. , (3) shows a printer which prints characters, numerals, bar codes, etc. under the control of a computer which manages the manufacturing process, for example, and the label (1) is a suitable driving means such as a driving roller together with a release paper (2). Is sent to the printer (3), and when the printing is completed, it is sent further forward. Release paper (2) along the front payout path of label (1) from printer (3)
(2) or a release paper (2) driven by a rotary cutter (4) and a cylinder (5)
A grip (6) comprising a pair of upper and lower clamping pieces (6a) (6b) for holding and fixing the label (1), and a laminating device (9) having a laminating head (7) and a press roller (8). Provided.

(10) is a guide rod provided along the feeding path by the label (1), and (11) is a guide rod (10) by the cylinder (11a).
A moving body reciprocating along the moving body (11);
A laminating head (7) having a knife-edge cross-sectional shape was mounted so as to cross over the feeding path of the label (1). Further, a press roller (8) was attached to the moving body (11) so as to move simultaneously with the laminating head (7). The press roller (8) is composed of a pair of rolls (8a) (8b) crossing the upper and lower sides of the feeding path of the label (1), and a cylinder (12) for vertically moving the lower roll (8b). Is done.

The laminating head (7) supplies a transparent film (13) having substantially the same dimensions as the label (1) on the printed label (1). When the release paper (14) is circulated through the laminating head (7), the transparent film (13) is peeled off from the release paper (14), and is prepared. (1) Supplied above. In order to supply the transparent film (13) so as to cover the entire surface of the stopped label (1), the laminating head (7) is moved by the moving body (1).
It moves in the direction of the arrow according to 1), and at the same time as this movement, in order to accurately supply the transparent film (13), it circulates around the laminating head (7) as seen in FIG. First and second stationary fixing devices (17) and (18) comprising a cylinder (15) and a pressed body (16) provided on an immovable machine frame other than the moving body (11) by releasing the release paper (14). Movement can be stopped, and the intermediate release paper (14) between the laminating head (7) and the second stationary fixing device (18) behind the laminating head (7) is wound around an intermediate roll (19) that moves together with the laminating head (7). I did it. Thereby, when the moving body (11) is moved in the direction of the arrow, the first and the second
When the movement of the release paper (14) is stopped by the stationary fixing devices (17) and (18), the laminating head (7) is automatically moved to the release paper (1).
4) circulates, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the transparent film (13) can be supplied so as to overlap the label (1) with the movement of the laminating head (7). ) Is then pressed against the label (1) by the rolling press roller (8) and laminated.

As seen in FIG. 4, due to the lamination of the leading label (1a), the next label (1b) following the leading label (1a) is also fed out through the printer (3),
Printing cannot be performed on the next label (1b) as it is, but as shown in FIG. 5, the release paper (2) of the label (1) is forcibly moved from the movement path behind the printer (3). When the grip (6) is released and the retracting device (21) is operated, the next label (1b) is printed on the printer. Returning to the position (3), the intermediate release paper (2) between the label (1b) and the label (1a) at the tip is located on the cutter (4), and the operation of the cutter (4) completes the lamination. The leading label (1a) is cut off together with the release paper (2).

The separated label (1a) at the tip is peeled off from the release paper (2) and attached to a product or the like. The next label (1b) is printed by the printer (3) when necessary, and is passed forward through the printer (3) like the label (1a) at the leading end.

The manufacturing process of the laminated label using the above-described apparatus will be described. First, the label (1a) at the tip of the label (1) attached to a long release paper (2) at regular intervals is peeled to the printer (3). The paper (2) is sent together with the label (1
In a), characters, symbols, etc. are printed according to the instructions of the computer, and then the paper (3) is once fed forward through the printer (3). Hold and fix. And the label (1
Laminating head (7) moving to the print surface of a)
Supplies a transparent film (13) having substantially the same dimensions as the label (1a), and when the label (1a) and the film (13) are pressed and polymerized by the rolling of the press roller (8), the grip (6) Then, the release paper retraction device (21) is operated. As a result, the label (1b) next to the leading label (1a) is returned so as to be located at the printer (3), and the release paper (2) between the labels (1a) and (1b) is removed by the cutter (4). Since the label (1a) is reached, the label (1a) is cut off by the cutter (4) and issued, and preparation for printing on the next label (1b) by the printer (3) is completed. Immediately after the leading label (1a) is printed, it is laminated and issued, and the next label (1b) waits for the printer (3).
b) can be printed and issued, and labels and label materials are not wasted.

The label (1) to be attached to the release paper (2) is the sixth
As shown, multiple labels (1c) (1
d) A label group (1f) consisting of (1e) may be attached at regular intervals. In this case, the transparent film (1e)
3) is also a transparent film group corresponding to the arrangement of the label group (1f), so that the labels (1c), (1d), and (1e) can be laminated.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the method of the present invention, a label printed by a printer is once fed forward from the printer, a transparent film is laminated on the printed label from a moving laminating head, and then printed. The release paper was retracted so that the label following the label at the leading end was returned to the printer, and only the laminated label was cut off.Therefore, only one label was printed, laminated, and immediately issued. As a result, since the next label is returned to the printer and prepared for the next print, there is an effect that the label and the label material are not wasted. According to the second invention, a grip and a release paper for fixing the release paper fed from the printer are provided. A reciprocating laminating head for supplying a transparent film on a printed label, Since a laminating device having a press roller for pressing the film against the label and a release paper retreating device for retreating the release paper are provided, there is an effect that the method of the present invention can be executed accurately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is an overall front view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a right side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 and FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing the operating state of FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a modification of the label, FIG.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the label. (1) ... label, (1a) ... tip label, (1b) ... next label, (1f) ... label group, (2) ... release paper, (3) ... printer, (4) ) ... Cutter, (6) ... Grip, (7) ... Laminating head, (8) ... Press roller, (9) ... Laminating device, (13) ... Transparent film, (17) ... 1 stationary fixing device, (18) ... second stationary fixing device, (19) ... intermediate roll, (21) ... release paper retracting device

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method of preparing a plurality of labels attached at regular intervals in the length direction of a long release paper, sending the leading end of the label together with the release paper to a printer controlled by a computer, and After printing letters, symbols, etc., the paper is once fed forward through the printer, a transparent film having substantially the same size as the label is supplied to the print surface and pressed and polymerized, and then the next label after the label at the tip is the printer. A method for manufacturing an individual laminated label, comprising: releasing the release paper so as to be positioned at a position; and cutting the release paper so as to separate the label at the leading end of the laminate. 2. A plurality of label groups each consisting of a plurality of labels are attached at regular intervals in the length direction of the long release paper,
The label group at the end is sent to a printer controlled by a computer together with a release paper, and characters and symbols are printed on each label constituting the label group. A transparent film having substantially the same dimensions as each label is supplied and pressed and polymerized, and then the release paper is retracted so that the label group next to the leading label group is located in the printer, and the laminated leading label group is cut. A method for producing an individual laminate label, comprising cutting a release paper to separate it. 3. A printer which prints characters and symbols on a label controlled by a computer in front of a feeding direction of a label stuck at a constant interval in a length direction of a long release paper, and cuts the release paper. A cutter, a grip for holding and fixing the release paper, and a reciprocating laminating head for supplying a transparent film having substantially the same size as the label onto a print surface of a label printed and fed by the printer. A laminating device having a press roller that rolls while pressing the supplied transparent film and the label against each other is sequentially provided, and after the press roller rolls, the next label of the label is moved in the feeding direction. An apparatus for manufacturing an individual laminate label, comprising: a release paper retreating device that retreats in a reverse direction and is positioned on a printer. 4. The press roller comprises a pair of rollers provided above and below a label and pressed against each other by a cylinder, and the press roller and the laminating head are mounted on a frame which can reciprocate in a label feeding direction. The apparatus for manufacturing an individual laminated label according to claim 3, wherein 5. The laminating head has a knife-edge cross-sectional shape, and circulates through the laminating head an intermediate portion of the release paper having the transparent film adhered thereto at substantially the same interval as the label. The front and rear of the laminating head are releasably held in first and second stationary fixing devices, respectively, and the intermediate release paper between the laminating head and the second stationary fixing device behind it is moved together with the laminating head. The apparatus for manufacturing an individual laminated label according to claim 3, wherein the apparatus is wound around a roll.