JP2784487B2 - Label sticking device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of transferring a label sequentially peeled from a continuous label sheet to a predetermined position of the continuous sheet to which a label is to be attached by transferring each of the sheets. The present invention relates to a label sticking device that sticks while sticking.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of label sticking apparatus sets a label sheet and a sheet to which a label is to be stuck in a predetermined initial state, and drives the apparatus to continuously transfer each of the sheets at a predetermined speed. While peeling the label from the label paper,
The label is attached to a predetermined position of a sheet to be attached.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, according to the conventional sticking device, it is not easy to accurately set each sheet in a predetermined state in an initial state, and when there is a slight error, each sheet is continuously transferred. This error accumulates during the process, and the sticking position of the label gradually deviates from a predetermined position.

An object of the present invention is to provide a label sticking apparatus that has solved such a drawback.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a label paper supply means comprising a tractor for transferring a label by engaging a pin with a transfer hole of a label and a label paper for supplying the label. Continuous paper supply means comprising a tractor for transferring a continuous paper to which a label is to be attached by engaging a pin with a transfer hole, a label detecting means for detecting a label to be affixed next on the label paper, and the label Control means for controlling the attachment of the label to the continuous paper by synchronizing the transfer timing and the transfer speed of each of the paper supply means based on the detection signal of the detection means.

Operation Each time a label is attached, it is detected one by one and the transfer of the label sheet and the sheet to which the label is to be attached is controlled, so that the label is always attached at a predetermined position.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Here, FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the apparatus, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of a main part, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of sheet transport, FIG. 4 is a plan view of a label sheet, FIG. 5 is a sectional view thereof, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a state in which a label is attached to a postcard sheet and a part thereof is peeled off, FIG. 8 is a graph showing a relationship between a sheet transfer operation and a label detection operation, and FIG. 9 is a label. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a sheet transfer operation accompanying the sticking operation.

Prior to the description of the label sticking apparatus, the configurations of the label paper and the postcard used in this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, the label paper 1 includes unit papers 1a and 1a.
b is connected in the longitudinal direction via a folding perforation 7 and is configured as a double continuous paper connected via a cutting perforation 2 at the center in the width direction, and each unit paper 1a, On both sides of 1b, marginal portions 5, 6 in which transfer holes 3, 4 are provided at equal intervals are provided, respectively. As is clear from FIG. 5, the label paper 1 is composed of a label h, an adhesive h, two transparent films i, j which are peelably tightly pressed on a release base material 9 subjected to a release treatment, and an adhesive. It is stuck so that it can be peeled off through k. Appropriate information is displayed on the surface of each label 8 by appropriate means such as printing and printing.

As shown in FIG. 6, the postcard paper 10 to which the label 8 of the above-described label paper 1 is to be affixed, while the unit papers 10a and 10b are connected in the longitudinal direction via the folding and cutting perforations 16, Each unit paper is configured as a double continuous paper connected via a cutting perforation 11 at the center in the width direction.
Marginal parts 14 and 15 in which transfer holes 12 and 13 are provided at equal intervals are provided on the sides of the sides 10a and 10b opposite to the perforations 11 for cutting. Each unit paper 10a, 10b of postcard paper 10
Is formed in a size whose longitudinal direction is larger than each unit paper 1a, 1b of the label paper 1. In addition, each unit paper 10
On the surfaces of a and 10b, transmission information (hereinafter referred to as concealment information) 17 to be concealed, such as a deposit balance or a password, is displayed by an appropriate means such as printing. On the other hand, although not shown, the address of the addressee to whom the concealment information 17 is to be notified is displayed on the back surface of each of the unit papers 10a and 10b by appropriate means such as printing. The postcard 10 may be configured to display the concealment information 17 and the destination on the same surface by dividing the front side into two parts, and to display the advertising text and various guidance texts on the back side. As shown in FIG.
The label 8 peeled off from the peeling backing sheet 9 is adhered to the display portion of the postcard paper 10 on which the concealment information 17 is displayed by an adhesive k, and the concealment information 17 is concealed so as not to be seen from the outside. , The transparent films i and j are peeled off from each other, and the label 8 is peeled off from the postcard 10 with one of the transparent films j remaining on the postcard 10. Thereby, the concealed concealment information 17
Are visible through the transparent film j.

 Next, the label attaching device will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
The label attaching device 20 for attaching to the label paper 10 is a label paper 1
Tractor 21, which transfers the pin by engaging pins in its transfer holes 3, 4.
22 and a folding perforation 7 for these tractors 21 and 22.
And guide rollers 23 and 24 for guiding the label sheet 1 disposed at a predetermined position in a state where the label sheet 1 is folded. The tractor 21 transfers each unit sheet 1b side of the label sheet 1,
The tractor 22 transfers each unit sheet 1a side of the label sheet 1, and as shown in FIG. 2, each one pin track 21b, 22a is movable with respect to the other pin track 21a, 22b. The pin tracks 21b and 22a are set to the positions shown by imaginary lines in FIG. 2 respectively. The tractors 21 and 22 constitute a label sheet supply unit. A wrapping member 25 provided at an end corresponding to the transfer direction end of the tractor 22 and having an acute angle formed reverses the transfer direction of the label paper 1 and folds the release sheet 9 by the winding operation of the winding roll 27. To peel off the label 8 from the release liner 9. The peeling mount 9 after the label 8 is peeled off is configured to be wound on the winding roll 27 via the guide roll 26. In addition, label detectors 28a and 28b for detecting the label 8 are provided near the tip of the folded member 25.

As shown in FIG. 1, a tractor 29 for transferring the postcard paper 10 by engaging pins in the transfer holes 12, 13 thereof is provided below the folding member 25, and is folded at the folding perforation 16. The postcard sheet 10 arranged at a predetermined position in this state is pulled up and set on the tractor 29. The tractor 29 forms a continuous paper supply unit. As is clear from FIGS. 1 and 2, following the tractor 29, a pair of upper and lower press rollers 30, 31 are provided corresponding to the unit paper 10b side and the unit paper 10a side, respectively. The label 8 attached to the concealment information 17 display portion of each of the unit papers 10b and 10a is further pressed from above and below so as to be securely attached. Further, following the press roller 31, a center slitter 32 for cutting and separating the postcard paper 10 at the cutting perforations 11 is provided.

Although not shown, the label 8 is stuck at a predetermined position,
The postcard paper 10 cut and separated by the cutting perforations 11 is (No. 7
See the figure), the unit paper 10b side and the unit paper 10a side
After being folded at the folding / cutting perforation 16 respectively, it is transported again and the unit paper 1 is folded at the folding / cutting perforation 16.
The postcard is cut and separated for each of a and 1b, and the concealment information 17 is covered and concealed with the label 8.

Although not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, as shown in FIG. 3, the tractors 21, 2
Tractor transfer amount detectors 33a, 33b and 33c are provided, which are encoders for detecting the respective sheet transfer amounts from the 2, 29 rotation amounts. Further, a tractor drive motor 34 connected via a rotational driving force transmission mechanism having a speed adjusting mechanism to drive each of the tractors 21, 22, 29, and the tractors 21, 22,, by the tractor drive motor 34. A continuous operation switch 35 for continuously operating the tractor 29, and a jogging switch provided for each tractor 21, 22, 29 for driving the tractor 21, 22, 29 at a low speed by the tractor drive motor 34.
36a, 36b and 36c are provided. Furthermore, postcard 1
A postcard sheet position detector 37 is provided for detecting the leading end of the zero and detecting the setting position of the postcard sheet 10 with respect to the tractor 29. Then, label detectors 28a, 28b, tractor transfer amount detectors 33a, 33b, 33c, continuous operation switch 35,
Jog switch 36a, 36b, 36c, postcard paper set position detector 3
Each signal output from 7 is a control circuit with CPU
A control signal corresponding to the input signal is input to the tractor drive motor 34 from the control circuit, and the transport of the label paper 1 and the postcard paper 10 is controlled.

Next, the sticking operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.

First, the initial setting operation performed prior to the sticking operation will be described. The label paper 1 and the postcard paper 10 are set on predetermined tractors 21, 22, and 29, respectively, and the jog switch 36c for the postcard paper 10 is turned on. After transferring the postcard 10 to the label attaching position, the inching switch 36 for the label 1
The label paper 1 is transferred to the label sticking position by inputting a and 36b. In the low-speed transport of the label paper 1, when the transport direction of the label paper 1 is reversed by the folding member 25, the label 8 is peeled from the leading end, and the leading ends of the label 8 are detected by the label detectors 28a and 28b. Then, the driving of each tractor 21, 22 is stopped by the control signal of the control circuit 38 based on the detection signal, the transfer of the label sheet 1 is stopped, and the label sheet 1 is set to a predetermined state. Also, in the transfer of the postcard paper 10, the drive of the tractor 29 is stopped by the control signal of the control circuit 38 based on the detection signal of the postcard paper set position detector 37, and the transfer of the postcard paper 10 is stopped to a predetermined state. Set.

The sticking operation is performed following the initial setting operation. This operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

The postcard 10 is set at a predetermined position (step 10).
1) When the label paper 1 is set at a predetermined position, that is, in each state where the leading end of the label 8 is detected (step 102), when the continuous operation switch 35 is turned on (step 103), the tractor drive motor 34 is turned on. The tractors 21, 22, 29 are driven to start the transfer operation of the label sheet 1 and the postcard sheet 10, and the transfer speed is sequentially increased (step 104). As can be understood from FIG.
When the postcard 10 is transported a predetermined distance (X inches) (step 105), the transport speed in the accelerated state becomes constant (step 106). As the label paper 1 is transported, the amount by which the label 8 is peeled off from the label paper 1 increases, and the leading end of the label 8 comes into contact with a predetermined position of the transported postcard paper 10. And label paper 1 and postcard paper 10
The label 8 is stuck to a predetermined position on the postcard paper 10 during the constant speed transfer of.

When the label 8 whose leading end is detected passes through the label detectors 28a and 28b and the detection signal disappears (step 107), the transfer speed of the label sheet 1 is reduced (step 108). When the leading edge of the next label 8 is detected by the label detectors 28a and 28b (step 109), the transfer of the label sheet 1 is stopped and the apparatus enters a standby state (step 11).
0). On the other hand, the postcard paper 10 has a predetermined distance (Y
Inch) and the label 8 is completely adhered (step 111), the speed is reduced (step 112), and the sheet is transported by one unit of paper 10a, 10b (step 113), and the transport is stopped. To enter a standby state (step 114). In addition,
The above-mentioned predetermined distance of X inches and Y inches is (YX)
Is set to be longer than the length of the label 8 in the transport direction. If the stop switch is not turned on in the standby state of the label paper 1 and the postcard paper 10 (step
115), after waiting for 0.05 seconds (step 116), step 104
And the operation up to step 115 described above is repeated.
On the other hand, if the stop switch has been turned on in step 115, the processing operation is stopped (step 117) and the processing ends.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the label paper 1 and the postcard paper 10 are not limited to the double type, and may be a single type or two sets of the single type which are transferred in parallel. Alternatively, when the single-unit type is used alone, only one of the tractors 21 and 22 may be provided. Also,
The label 8 may be formed in an island shape so that it can be peeled off from the release liner 9, or a label paper of the same size may be peelably bonded to the release liner 9, and the label paper may be cut out to form a section. Further, the paper to which the label 8 is to be attached is not limited to the postcard paper 10, but may be card paper or other form paper. Furthermore, the transport of the label paper 1 and the postcard paper 10 may be configured to be timed only by a change in the transport speed as continuous transport, in addition to intermittent transport having a stopped standby state. Furthermore, if a stepping motor or a pulse motor is used as the tractor drive motor 34, accurate control can be performed without the need for feedback by sending a pulse signal for controlling the transfer amount from the control circuit 38. It is not necessary to provide the vessels 33a, 33b, 33c.

Effects As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, each time a label is attached, the sheet is detected one by one, and the transfer timing of the label sheet and the sheet to which the label is to be attached is controlled. Labels can always be stuck in place and transported by a tractor, so that labels and continuous paper do not meander, and the transport speed can be synchronized very accurately. Even if it is large, there is an effect that it can be stuck in style without wrinkles.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the apparatus, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part, FIG. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the label paper, Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view thereof, Fig. 6 is a plan view of the postcard paper to which the label is to be attached, and Fig. 7 is a state where the label is attached to the postcard paper and a part thereof is peeled off. FIG. 8 is a graph showing the relationship between the sheet transfer operation and the label detection operation, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the sheet transfer operation accompanying the label sticking operation. 1 ... label paper, 8 ... label, 9 ... peeling backing paper, 10
…… Postcard paper, 20 …… Label attaching device, 21,22… Tractor, 25 …… Folding member, 27 …… Take-up roller, 28a,
28b ... Label detector, 29 ... Tractor, 30,31 ... Press roller, 32 ... Center slitter

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A label peeled from a continuous label paper is attached to a predetermined position of the continuous paper to which a label is to be attached.
A label adhering device for adhering each of the sheets while transferring the sheets, the label sheet supplying means comprising a tractor for transferring a pin by engaging a pin with a transfer hole of a label and a label sheet for supplying the label. A continuous paper supply means comprising a tractor for transferring by engaging a pin in a transfer hole of the continuous paper to which a label is to be attached; a label detecting means for detecting a label to be next attached to the label paper; Control means for controlling the attachment of labels to continuous paper by synchronizing the transfer timing and transfer speed of each paper supply means based on a detection signal of the label detection means.