JP3013459B2 - Tape application 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 tape sticking apparatus for feeding a tape and sticking the tape to a specified position on an object to be stuck, and more particularly to a tape sticking apparatus for forming a signature field of a card such as a credit card. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, on one side of various cards such as credit cards, a signature field (sign panel) for signing is used as one means for identifying a card holder.
Is provided. The position of the signature field provided on such a card, the height from the card surface, and the like are specified by standards such as ISO and JIS, and it is necessary that the signature field on the card is not oblique. is there. The signature field is generally composed of two or more layers of a material in which an adhesive or the like is applied to a pigment layer, and is arranged at a predetermined position on the card.
The material used to manufacture this signature line is generally PET
For example, the raw material 1 shown in FIG. 10 includes a PET layer 2, a release layer 3, a pigment layer 4, and an adhesive layer 5.
Has a multilayer structure. As a method of providing a signature field on the card 6 using the material 1, as shown in FIG. 11, a material 1 larger than the signature field is placed on the card 6, and a signature field provided on the card 6 is provided. At the size of 100 ℃
The heated stamper 7 is positioned so as to match the position where the signature section on the card is to be formed, and is heated and pressed from above the raw fabric 1 to leave the PET layer 2 as shown in FIG. 4. The adhesive layer 5 is transferred onto the card 6, and the card 6
A signature field is formed above. Therefore, the original sheet plays a role of a so-called transfer sheet, and the signature field on the card must be accurately provided as described above. However, with this transfer method, the alignment with the card is extremely easy. Could be done.

[0003]

However, according to the above-mentioned prior art, when the main material of the raw material is paper or the like, the transfer method using a stamper cannot be applied. However, a completely different means of application was requested. When the raw material is supplied in the form of a tape, the signature section must be formed so that the position of the signature section is accurate and the signature section is not inclined. Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above background, and the material of the raw material is paper,
A tape sticking device that can automatically perform a series of operations from tape feeding to tape sticking to a specified position, which can be applied to materials that use a tape-shaped material such as synthetic resin. The purpose is to provide.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides a feeding means for storing a wound tape and feeding the tape by a predetermined length, and guiding the fed tape to a designated position on an adherend by suction. Guide means for cutting, a cutting means for cutting a tape guided to a designated position on the object to be attached to a predetermined length, and applying the cut tape to a designated position on the object by pressing or heating and pressing. Pressurizing means or heating / pressurizing means , wherein the guiding means is a tape conveying method.
Rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the direction
Vacuum rollers each having an outer flange at
It is located below the vacuum roller and is positioned in the width direction of the tape.
The regulating walls on both the left and right sides that make the placement are
Gutters arranged inside each of the left and right outer flanges
And a tape material guide . The pressurizing means or the heating and pressurizing means includes a temporary fixing means for temporarily fixing the tape to be cut at a specified position on the adherend, and a tape temporarily fixed at the specified position on the adherend in the next step. It is preferable to use a book sticking means for book sticking.

[0005]

According to the tape applying device of the present invention, the tape fed out a predetermined length from the feeding means is sucked by the guiding means Ru is guided to a specified position on the attached material. concrete
The vacuum roller sucks the end of the tape
Approximate positioning of the tape in the width direction is performed.
Then, it is sent to the tape material guide. Here, the left and right sides
Restriction wall enables more accurate positioning of tape in the width direction
Done. Next , the tape guided to the designated position on the adherend is cut to a predetermined length by cutting means, and the cut tape is pressed or pressed to the designated position on the adherend by pressurizing means or heating / pressing means. The heating and pressurizing is performed, and a series of operations are performed from the feeding of these tapes to the sticking of the tape to a specified position on the object. Further, the tape guided to the specified position on the adherend is cut to a predetermined length by the cutting means and then is pressed or heated and pressed to the specified position. Good sticking with accurate dimensions can be performed without causing a problem of being cut from a portion other than the pressurization or a portion other than the heat and pressurization by the tension at the time of pressing or heating and pressing.

[0006]

1 to 9 show an embodiment of the present invention. A tape sticking apparatus according to the present invention is a plastic card C.
It is used for forming a signature field (sign panel) of the above, is suitable when a sign panel such as paper material is formed in a spot on the surface of the plastic card C, the tape material used as the sign panel is , Paper, resin, etc., on the back of which may be provided a heat-sensitive adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive such as a heat-sensitive resin layer to strengthen the adhesion of the tape material to the card, depending on the application. It can be selected as appropriate. In addition, the sign panel is provided with a printed pattern made of a material that is reactive to chemicals such as alcohols, solvents, bleaching agents, surfactants, etc. in order to prevent the cardholder's signature from being rewritten, and Prevention is achieved, and if a thermosensitive resin or the like is applied to the back surface of the sign panel, the sign panel can be attached to the card without using an adhesive. In particular, the paper base material is a polyvinyl chloride sheet that can be bonded at a lower temperature compared to polyvinyl chloride, etc. A material laminated on a material has excellent advantages such as being suitable for a card which causes thermal deformation of a design in a thermocompression bonding of a sign panel at a high temperature.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a tape sticking apparatus according to the present embodiment has a wound sign panel tape material T.
(Hereinafter referred to as a tape material T), a tape feeding portion (feeding means) 10 for feeding the tape material T by a predetermined length, and a tape C to which the fed tape material T is sucked by a negative pressure to be attached. Vacuum rollers 11 and
And a tape material guide 25 (guide means) , a tape cutter (cutting means) 12 for cutting the tape material T guided to a designated position on the card C to a predetermined length, and a cut panel (for convenience, And a pressing portion (pressing means) 13 for affixing the tape material T to a designated position on the card C. Further, the card C is loaded on the transport conveyor 50 at a predetermined interval from a feeder unit 51 (see FIG. 2) in which a large number of cards C on the upstream side are stored, and is transported to the tape attaching device of the present embodiment. After the panel T1 is attached in this tape attaching apparatus, the panel T1 is discharged by the downstream discharge conveyor 52.

The tape feeding unit 10 includes a tape reel 14 for storing a tape material T slit in advance in a width dimension Y (see FIG. 3) in a wound shape, and a tape material T fed from the tape reel 14. Transport section 15 which transports the tape toward the tape cutter 12 via the rubber roller 15a.
It is composed of A linear guide 16 for preventing the tape material T from being loosened during the tape conveyance is disposed in the tape material conveying section 15. This linear guide 16
A feeding stable roller 19 integral with the heavy object 18 is vertically movable along a vertically extending guide 17. The tape material T is stretched by its own weight by hanging the tape material T on the lower surface of the feeding stable roller 19. It is supposed to. Further, a feed motor 20 for feeding the tape material T from the tape reel 14 by a specified length near the end point of the tape material transport section 15, and a feeding of the tape material T in synchronization with the tape material T when the tape material T is fed. A rotary encoder 21 for measuring the amount is arranged.

The vacuum roller 11 is, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a cylindrical hollow body provided coaxially with a rotating shaft 22 arranged at right angles to the traveling direction of the tape material T. On the outer surface of the roller 11 facing the tape material T, a large number of holes 23 are formed for sucking the tape material T to the outer surface of the vacuum roller 11 by negative pressure, and each hole 23 is a suction chamber 24 formed inside the vacuum roller 11. (See Fig. 9)
The inside of the suction chamber 24 is connected to an external suction device (not shown). Left and right sides of vacuum roller 11
On the side, the inner width is set larger than the width of the tape material
Outer flanges 11a, 11a are provided respectively.
I have. Below the vacuum roller 11, a gutter-shaped tape material guide 25 for changing the traveling direction of the tape material T sucked by the vacuum roller 11 from a vertical direction to a horizontal direction.
Is arranged. Further, a separator 26 is disposed in front of the vacuum roller 11 to prevent the tape material T whose traveling direction has been changed from winding around the vacuum roller 11 and to separate the tape material T in the correct traveling direction. In addition, regulating walls 25a, 25 on both the left and right sides of the tape guide 25.
The inner width W of a is set slightly larger than the width Y of the tape material T, so that when the tape material T passes through the tape guide 25, the bending of the card C can be extremely reduced. Left and right sides of tape material guide 25
Side regulating wall 25a, 25a
Are located inside the left and right outer flanges 11a, respectively.
(See FIGS. 5 and 6) . The right and left sides of the tape material T with respect to the card C are adjusted by adjusting the mechanism of the vacuum roller 11, the tape guide 25, the separator 26 and the card transport system, and the length of the tape material T is determined by the feeding amount. Is directly measured by the rotary encoder 21.

The pressurizing section 13 includes a temporary press section 27 for temporarily fixing the tape material T guided to a designated position on the card C.
And a main press unit 28 for permanently applying a tape material T temporarily fixed at a designated position on the card C in the next step. The temporary press section 27 includes a hot stamper 29 having a convex portion formed on the front end pressing surface for temporarily fixing the tape material T at several designated positions on the card C, and a hot stamper 2.
And an air cylinder 30 for driving the ascending and descending of the air cylinder 9. Further, after the tape material T is temporarily fixed, the main press section 28 cuts the panel T cut by the tape cutter 12.
The hot stamper 31 is entirely composed of a hot stamper 31 which pressurizes the hot stamper 1 and an air cylinder 32 which drives the hot stamper 31 up and down.

Next, the operation of the tape sticking apparatus thus configured will be described.

(1) When the panel T1 is to be attached to a designated position of the card C as shown in FIG. 3, a tape material T slit in advance in a width Y is wound around a tape reel 14 in a reel shape. (2) When the tape material T is fed from the tape reel 14 and the tape material T is fed by the feeding motor 20, the panel T is fed between the vacuum roller 11 and the tape guide 25, and the feeding amount of the panel T is It is continuously measured by the rotary encoder 21 synchronized therewith. When the measured value of the feeding amount of the tape material T reaches the designated length X shown in FIG. 3, the feeding motor 20 stops. (3) The tape material T is sucked by the vacuum roller 11, and the tape material T is transferred to the card C on the conveyor 50 by the guide of the tape guide 25 and the separation of the separator 26 (here, the suction of the vacuum roller 11 is temporarily cut off). It is guided to the designated position and positioned. (4) The tape material T guided to the designated position on the surface of the card C is pressed by the hot stamper 29 of the temporary press section 27 and partially affixed to the card C at two or three places and temporarily fixed. (5) The tape material T is cut by the tape cutter 12. (6) The card C is transported to the next process, and the panel T after cutting
1 is entirely pressurized by the hot stamper 31 of the main press unit 28 in the next step, and the card C is fully bonded. (7) After the final attachment of the panel T1, the card C is discharged to the discharge conveyor 52, and the next card C is transferred onto the transfer conveyor 50 from the upstream feeder unit 51. (8) By repeating the above steps (2) to (7), a series of operations from the supply of the card C, the feeding of the tape material T to the actual application to the card C, and the discharge of the card C are continuously performed. It is performed. Note that these operations are performed by automatic control by a computer or remote control by an operator.

According to this embodiment, a series of operations from the feeding of the tape material T to the attachment of the panel T1 to the designated position of the card C can be continuously performed, and the panel T1
To the inside of card C so that the correct position, panel T
Spot-like processing can be performed so that there is no inclination of 1. Further, there is an advantage that the application range is wide so that the attachment position of the panel T1 can be arbitrarily specified. Although not shown, it is also possible to apply the panel T1 to an endless system in which the panel T1 is formed over both edges of the card. Further, the tape material T is not directly adhered by heating and pressing directly, but is temporarily fixed by the temporary fixing portion 27, and then is heated and pressed to be permanently attached. There is no problem that the panel T1 is cut off by tension, and there is no problem of displacement or inclination when the cut panel T1 is heated and pressed later. There is an effect that can be attached.

[0014]

As described above in detail, according to the tape sticking apparatus of the present invention, a winding means for storing a wound tape and feeding the tape by a predetermined length, and a feeding means for sucking the fed tape by suction. Guide means for guiding to a designated position on the object to be attached, cutting means for cutting a tape guided to the designated position on the object to be attached to a predetermined length, and attaching the cut tape by pressing or heating and pressing. With a configuration that includes a pressing unit or a heating and pressing unit that is attached to a specified position on an object, a series of operations from feeding out the tape to attaching the panel to the specified position of the object to be applied is continuously performed. Can do
You. Also, the guide means should be perpendicular to the tape transport direction.
Rotatable about the axis of
A vacuum roller having an outer flange, and the vacuum roller
B) and positioned in the width direction of the tape.
The regulating walls on both sides of the vacuum roller
Gutter-shaped tape material placed inside each of the lunges
Since it has a configuration with a guide, the vacuum roller
Approximate positioning in the width direction of the tape
After that, the tape material guide
Positioning will be performed more accurately, and
Accurate positioning of the tape relative to it can be performed smoothly. Furthermore, since the tape guided to the designated position of the adhered object is temporarily fixed, cut into a predetermined size, and permanently adhered, the tape is moved to the designated position of the adhered object without causing displacement or inclination. This has the effect of being able to accurately and satisfactorily affix.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a tape sticking device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a configuration of a transport conveyor unit of the tape applying device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the object to which the tape is attached.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the vacuum roller.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the vacuum roller.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the vacuum roller.

FIG. 7 is a side view illustrating the operation of the vacuum roller.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the vacuum roller.

FIG. 9 is a partially sectional front view of the vacuum roller.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing a procedure of a conventional method of attaching a tape on an object to be attached.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing the procedure of the conventional method.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing the procedure of the conventional method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Feeding part 11 Vacuum roller 12 Tape cutter 13 Pressing part or heating and pressing part T Tape material

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A feeding means for accommodating a wound tape and feeding the tape by a predetermined length, a guiding means for guiding the fed tape to a designated position on an object by suction, and It is provided with cutting means for cutting the tape guided to the designated position to a predetermined length, and pressurizing means or heating / pressing means for applying the cut tape to the designated position on the adherend by applying pressure. The guide means has an axis perpendicular to the tape conveying direction.
Rotatable to the center and outer flange on each side
And a vacuum roller having a
Left and right sides for positioning and positioning in the width direction of the tape
Of the vacuum roller from the left and right outer flanges of the vacuum roller
Also have a gutter-shaped tape material guide arranged inside each
Tape applying apparatus, characterized in that it comprises. 2. The pressurizing means or the heat-pressurizing means, a temporary fixing means for temporarily fixing the cut tape at a specified position on the adherend, and a tape temporarily fixed at a specified position on the adherend. 2. A tape sticking apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a book sticking means for sticking the book in the next step.