JP2944894B2 - Doll head coloring device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a color printing system in which a plurality of printing machines for transferring ink on a printing plate to a pad and transferring the ink on the pad to the head of a doll are arranged side by side, and are continuously colored. Related to the device.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, when coloring eyes, eyebrows and the like on a doll's face, it is performed one by one with a brush, which takes time and labor and requires more labor to improve productivity. It was difficult to ensure uniform accuracy. Therefore, a doll face coloring mask disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-34226 has been devised and put to practical use. Since openings such as eyes and eyebrows were formed in this mask, the mask could be pressed against the face of the doll and sprayed and colored. This eliminates differences in coloring techniques among humans, ensuring uniform accuracy and improving productivity.However, the work of pressing a mask against a doll's face and spraying with a spray involves human intervention. Must not exceed a certain level of productivity. Also, when pressing the mask against the face of the doll,
Due to the shift, the color shift sometimes occurs when the colors are overlapped. In addition, although automation is being studied in response to soaring labor costs, it is difficult to automate coloring using the mask described above, and there has been a demand for the development of an automatic coloring apparatus for small dolls. In addition, there are problems such as mask making by manual craftsmen, securing and maintaining outsourcing, and skill development, and the current coloring method must be fundamentally reconsidered.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made under the above background, and does not require special skills, automatically colors the head of a doll, and achieves printing quality accuracy and production. It is an object of the present invention to provide a doll head coloring apparatus having high sexual performance.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a doll head coloring apparatus of the present invention comprises a plurality of printing machines and a conveyor for moving the doll head. A pad for printing eyebrows and the like and a printing plate engraved with figures such as eyes and eyebrows are arranged, and a fixing jig for fixing the head of the doll is detachably arranged on the conveyor.

The plurality of printing presses may be radially arranged on the same circumference, and may be arranged outside the printing press so as to go around the conveyor.

[0006] A plurality of the pads may be arranged in parallel.

Further, it is preferable that the pad is composed of a printing pad and a base pad, and the printing pad is fixed to the tip of the base pad, and the hardness of the base pad is set to be larger than the hardness of the printing pad.

A recess for holding the head of the doll is formed in the fixing jig, and a guide recess for guiding an ear formed on the head of the doll is formed in the recess. In addition, it is preferable that an engaging projection that engages with a fitting hole formed in the doll head for connection with the doll body is formed to protrude inside the recess.

[0009]

According to the above construction, the printing machine is provided with a doll's eye,
The ink on the printing plate engraved with a figure such as an eyebrow is transferred to the pad. Thereafter, the pad on which the ink has been transferred is moved above a conveyor on which the doll head held by the fixing jig is arranged, and the ink on the pad is transferred to the doll head for coloring. When the transfer is completed, the conveyor operates to convey the doll head to the next printing machine and perform the next coloring.

[0010] Since the printing pad is fixed to the tip of the base pad having high hardness, the printing pad correctly contacts the doll head having a curved surface.

The recess formed in the fixing jig holds the doll head with a guide recess formed in the doll head for guiding the ears and an engaging projection engaging the fitting hole.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1 shows a doll head coloring apparatus. This coloring apparatus 1 is composed of a printing press 2, a pad 3, a printing plate 4, a conveyor 5, and a fixing jig 6.

The printing machine 2 automatically prints according to a preset program. For example, a TPL100 pad printing machine manufactured by TekaPrint Co., Ltd. may be used. As shown in FIG. 2A, the printing press 2 applies ink on the printing plate 4 and then sweeps the printing plate 4 with a doctor blade 8 to wipe off excess ink on the printing plate 4. A required amount of ink is left in the concave portion formed in the printing plate 4. Thereafter, as shown in FIG.
Then, the ink is transferred from the printing plate 4 to the pad 3 and then the pad 3 is raised. Next, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the pad 3 is moved onto the conveyor 5, the pad 3 is lowered again, and the pad 3 on which the ink has been transferred is pressed against the doll head 7, and the doll head is moved from the pad 3. After the ink is transferred to the section 7, the pad 3 is raised to return to above the printing plate 4, thereby completing a series of printing.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pads 3 are formed in a substantially cylindrical shape with silicone rubber, and are arranged side by side on a pad support plate 9. The pad 3 includes a base pad 3a and a print pad 3b, and the print pad 3b is formed integrally with an end of the base pad 3a. The base pad 3
Is set to be higher than the hardness of the print pad 3. This means that if the entire pad 3 is
When the pad 3 is in contact with the doll head 7 when the pad 3 is formed with a hardness of b, the surface of the doll head 7 is a curved surface, so that the pad 3 is bent and flows outside the curved surface, so that correct printing cannot be performed.
The base pad 3a can be prevented from bending and the printing pad 3b can be prevented from flowing from the correct printing surface.

Further, two pads 3 are fixed in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the pad support plate 9. Thus, when printing the eyes and eyebrows of the doll head 7, the left and right eyes and eyebrows can be simultaneously printed while avoiding the nose located at the center of the head.

The interval between the two pads 3 may be determined according to the size of the doll head 7 and the printing location of the design. Note that the shape of the tip of the printing pad 3b may be determined according to the shape of the printing object. In FIG. 3, when the pad 3 is pressed against the doll head 7, the pad 3 comes into contact with the nose before the tip of the pad 3 reaches the printing surface, and the printing pad 3a is distorted and printing cannot be performed properly. A portion 3c is provided and a portion that comes into contact with the nose is removed in advance.

The printing plate 4 is made of a metal such as brass or steel, or a synthetic resin such as plastic. As shown in FIG.
Figures such as eyebrows 4a and eyelashes 4b of the doll are engraved on the surface. The printing plate 4 may be formed by the number of coloring steps (for example, eyebrow eyelash step, iris step, lip step, etc.).

This figure may be created in advance by hand drawing or CAD, and the printing plate 4 may be created based on the created figure data. The plate making for engraving a figure on the printing plate 4 does not need to rely on a craftsman having a special skill by a known technique. For example, the printing plate 4 does not depend on a special engineer having the face mask engraving technology described above. Freed from worrying about supplies.

As shown in FIG. 5, the conveyor 5 is formed of a donut-shaped disk so as to be rotatable in a certain direction. On the surface of the conveyor 5, a fitting concave portion 10 for detachably holding a fixing jig 6 described later is formed. In addition,
The means for holding the fixing jig 6 is not limited to the fitting recess 10. For example, an engaging portion (not shown) having a substantially U-shape in plan view is formed on the conveyor 5, and After the fixing jig 6 is inserted from the opening side, the fixing jig 6 may be pressed by the locking portion biased by a spring member or the like.

The conveyor 5 rotates at a constant speed in the direction of the arrow. When the fixing jig 6 is positioned in front of the printing press 2, the conveyor 5 stops once, and after the printing is completed, a program is installed in advance so as to start rotating again. It is controlled by a controller 11 (not shown).

It is not necessary to operate all of the printing presses 2, and the printing presses 2 are programmed so as to operate as many as the number of coloring steps, and are controlled by the control device 11. In addition, the unused printing presses 2 are set as spares for the printing presses 2 in operation, and when trouble occurs in the printing presses 2 in operation, switching is performed by instructing the control device 11 to switch.
The interruption of the operation of the entire apparatus can be minimized.

As shown in FIG. 6, the fixing jig 6 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and a concave portion 12 for holding the doll head 7 in the center. As shown in FIG.
The guide recesses 13, 13 for guiding the ears 7a protruding from the recesses 12 are formed in rows outside the recesses 12, and the doll body (not shown) and the doll head 7 are connected to each other. An engaging projection 15 that engages with a fitting hole 14 formed in the doll head 7 for connection is formed so as to protrude inside the recess 12. As a result, when the doll head 7 is held by the fixing jig 6 and held only by the guide recess 13, the doll head 7 rotates up and down around the ear 7 a. As shown in FIG. 8, when 14 engages with the engaging projection 15, it is held by the guide recess 13 and the engaging projection 15, so that the doll head 7 does not move in the recess 12,
Printing deviation can be prevented.

As shown in FIG. 8, a through hole 16 is formed from the tip of the engaging projection 15 to the outside of the fixing jig 6, and a compressor (not shown) is externally provided through the through hole 16. May be used to increase the internal pressure of the doll head 7 by sending air. This allows the pad 3 to be moved to the doll head 7
When pressed against the doll head, it is possible to prevent the doll's head 7 from deforming and causing printing defects.

A notch 12a formed at the upper end of the recess 12 is a notch for facilitating removal of the doll head 7.

The operation of the coloring apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described. The operator 17 controls the doll head 7
Is held in the fixing jig 6 in advance. At this time, while inserting the doll head 7 into the concave portion 12 of the fixing jig 6, the ear 7 a is engaged with the guide concave portion 13, and the fitting hole 14 is engaged with the engaging convex portion 1.
By engaging the doll head 5, the doll head 7 can be stably held in the recess 12 of the fixing jig 6. Next, the fixing jig 6 holding the doll head 7 is fitted into the fitting recess 10 of the conveyor 5.

The fixing jig 6 is fitted into the fitting recess 10 of the conveyor 5 and fixed by an appropriate method such as screwing, and the doll head 7 is directly inserted into the fixing jig 6 on the conveyor. Good. The conveyor 5 rotates at a constant speed in the direction of the arrow (FIG. 5).
Conveyor 5 stops when the fixing jig 6 arrives at the front of the printing press 2.

Next, the printing press 2 lowers the pad 3, presses the pad 3 against the printing plate 4, transfers the ink from the printing plate 4 to the pad 3, and then raises the pad 3.
Is moved above the doll head 7 and the pad 3 is lowered again, pressed against the doll head 7 to transfer ink from the pad 3 to the doll head 7. When the transfer is completed, the pad 3 rises again, moves above the printing plate 4, and waits for the arrival of the next doll head 7.

When the transfer is completed, the conveyor 5 starts rotating again, and when the doll head 7 arrives at the front of the next printing press 2,
The conveyor 5 stops again, and the printing press 2 performs printing on the doll head 7 in the above-described process. At this time, the printing machine 2 at the former stage performs printing on the next doll head 7.

Since the interval between the fixing jigs 6 disposed on the conveyor 5 and the interval between the printing presses 2 are set to be equal to each other, the printing press 2 And the doll head 7 are synchronized, and coloring is added each time the process proceeds, and the coloring is completed at the end of printing of the last printing press 2 (see FIG. 10).

Since the colored doll head 7 circulates and returns to the operator 17, the operator 17 removes the colored doll head 7 and the fixing jig 6 together with the conveyor 5.
And the fixing jig 6 holding the uncolored doll head 7 is fitted into the fitting concave portion 10.

When the fixing jig 6 is fixed to the conveyor 5, the operator 17 removes the colored doll head 7 from the fixing jig 6 and leaves the uncolored doll head 7 free. What is necessary is just to insert in the fixing jig 6.

In this way, the operator 17 mounts the fixing jig 6 holding the uncolored doll head 7 on the conveyor 5 and holds the fixing jig 6 holding the colored doll head 7.
Is removed, one operator 17 can continuously perform coloring.

Furthermore, no special technique is required, and the efficiency of the operation is remarkably improved as compared with the operation of putting a mask on the face of a doll and spraying paint with a spray.

In the method in which the mask is replaced for each process, the displacement at the time of attaching the mask is caused as the displacement of the coloring. However, once the doll head 7 is fixed to the fixing jig 6 as described above. Since the doll head 7 does not move in the fixing jig 6 and a stable state can be maintained until a series of coloring steps is completed, no color shift occurs.

In addition, in the case where the blusher coloring device A is added to the above-described coloring process, the effect of blurring is obtained by spray painting with blusher rather than painting blusher with the pad 3. However, as shown in FIG. 9A, when the ink 19 is sprayed from both sides of the doll head 7, even if the spraying is started simultaneously from the two sprays 18, there is a difference in the spraying time, and the left cheek and the right Differences in the color balance of the cheeks and uneven color occur. As shown in FIGS. 9B and 9C, a shutter 20 for shielding is provided between the tip of the spray 18 and the head 7 of the doll.
When the spraying is started, the ink 19 is shut off by the shutter 20, and when the ejection of the ink 19 is stabilized, the shutter is reciprocated in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. By instantaneously canceling, it is possible to eliminate the difference in the spraying time, and to apply a uniform coloring to the left and right.

[0036]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the doll head held by the fixing jig is conveyed by the conveyor, the conveyor stops at the front of the printing press, and the printing press cuts a figure such as an eye or an eyebrow. The pad on which the ink on the printing plate has been transferred is pressed against the head of the doll on the conveyor, and the ink on the pad is transferred to the head of the doll. After the transfer, the conveyor operates again and the next printing process is performed on the side-by-side printing machine, so the head of the doll is automatically colored, no special skills are required, and printing quality accuracy and productivity And a doll head coloring apparatus with a high cost can be provided.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the printing press is arranged radially and the doll head is transported while the conveyor circulates outside the printing press. Since it returns to the operator's hand, it can be processed by one operator, so that efficient work can be performed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the left and right eyes and eyelashes can be printed without being disturbed by the nose.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the base pad is harder than the printing pad, when the pad abuts on the doll head, the entire pad does not bend, so that the printing pad is correctly pressed to the doll head. And printing distortion can be prevented.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the guide concave portion for guiding the ear and the engaging convex portion engaging with the fitting hole are formed in the concave portion of the fixing jig, the doll head can be fixed and fixed. The doll head is stable when held by the tool, and the doll head does not move in the recess during the printing process, so that highly accurate coloring can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a doll head coloring apparatus.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation mode of the printing press.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a pad.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a printing plate.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of the coloring apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a fixing jig.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a doll head.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a state where the doll head is loaded on a fixing jig.

9 (a), (b), (c) and (d) are explanatory views showing the operation mode of the cheek iris coloring device.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of a doll head held by a fixing jig before and after coloring.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Doll head coloring device 2 Printing machine 3 Pad 4 Printing plate 5 Conveyor 6 Fixing jig 7 Doll head

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A doll head coloring apparatus comprising: a plurality of printing machines for coloring a doll head; and a conveyor for conveying the doll head, wherein the doll head coloring apparatus has the following requirements. (B) A plurality of printing presses are arranged side by side. (B) The printing press is provided with a pad for printing eyes, eyebrows, etc. on the head of the doll and a printing plate engraved with figures such as eyes, eyebrows, etc. (C) A plurality of fixing jigs for fixing the head of the doll are removably arranged on the conveyor. (D) The conveyor stops once the doll head is conveyed to the front of the printing press. (E) The printing press transfers the ink on the printing plate with the pad, moves the pad above the conveyor, and transfers the ink on the pad onto the conveyor. To be transferred to the doll head placed in 2. A doll head according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of printing presses are radially arranged on the same circumference, and are arranged outside said printing press so as to go around said conveyor. Coloring device. 3. The doll head coloring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said pads are arranged in parallel. 4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pad comprises a printing pad and a base pad, and the printing pad is fixed to a tip of the base pad, and the hardness of the base pad is set to be greater than the hardness of the printing pad. 4. The doll head coloring apparatus according to 1, 2, or 3. 5. The fixing jig has a recess for holding the head of the doll, and a guide recess for guiding an ear formed on the head of the doll and protruding outward from the recess. 3. An engaging projection for engaging with a fitting hole formed in a doll head for connecting to a doll body, and being formed so as to protrude inside the recess.
The doll head coloring apparatus according to 3 or 4.