JP3266716B2 - Printer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer for printing characters on golf balls, tees and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when characters or the like are printed on the surface of a sphere, the characters are printed directly on the sphere surface with a marker or the like, or carbon paper or the like is placed on the spherical surface of the sphere, and the printed characters are pressed from above. Or by transferring the ink to the spherical surface using a rubber print, and then applying a chemical to the printed surface.

However, in the direct handwriting method, it takes time to write characters on a spherical surface, and when the spherical surface has a large curvature or has fine irregularities on the spherical surface, it is difficult to write the characters neatly. Even with a method in which paper or the like is placed on the spherical surface of a sphere and the characters are pressed from above, the characters cannot be printed neatly without the characters adjusting to the spherical surface. In addition, a method of transferring ink to a spherical surface using rubber type characters and then applying a chemical to a printing surface is to print a plurality of characters because the type characters are pressed one by one against a spherical surface to transfer the ink. In some cases it takes time,
It was not efficient.

[0004] In these conventional methods, since the sphere is held while being held in a hand, the stability of the spherical surface is poor, and characters are likely to shift.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a printer which can print characters accurately on a golf ball, a tee or the like, and which can be easily operated and can be printed in a short time.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a printing device according to the present invention is provided such that a support bar is provided on a main body having legs extending downward so that the support rod can move downward and return. Along with the insertion, an operating portion is provided at the upper end of the support rod, while a printing tool having a convex curved pad made of an elastic body at the lower end side, and a printing plate detachably provided on the upper surface of the base body, A first positioning portion for providing a printing material holding portion on a side of the printing plate, and positioning a leg of the printing tool with respect to the printing plate;
A second positioning portion for positioning a leg of the printing tool with respect to the printing material holding portion; and a printing table provided on an upper surface of the table main body.

[0007]

After the printing medium is held by the printing medium holding section of the printing table and the ink is applied to the plate of the printing plate on the upper surface of the printing table, the legs of the printing tool are moved to the first positioning section of the printing table. The printing unit is fitted, and the operation unit of the printing tool is pressed downward. By pressing the operation unit, the support rod moves downward, and the convex curved pad on the lower end side of the support rod is pressed against the printing plate of the printing table and elastically deformed, thereby causing the support plate to be deformed. The applied ink is transferred to the convexly curved pad surface. Thereafter, when the pressing of the printing tool to the operation unit is stopped, the support bar moves upward and returns.

Next, the leg of the printing tool is fitted into the second positioning portion of the printing table, and the operating section of the printing tool is pressed downward. When the operation unit is pressed, the support rod moves downward, and the convex curved pad on the lower end side of the support rod is pressed against the printing medium held by the printing medium holding unit, and the bending of the pad is performed. When the convex surface is elastically deformed and comes into close contact with the curved surface of the printing medium, the ink transferred to the pad surface is transferred to the curved surface of the printing medium, and the characters of the plate on the printing plate are printed on the printing medium. Thereafter, when the pressing of the printing tool to the operation unit is stopped, the support bar moves upward and returns.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printer according to the present invention. In the printer 1, the support rod 6 is inserted into a main body 2 'having a leg 7 extending downward so as to be movable back and down, and an operation unit 4 is provided at the upper end of the support rod 6. On the other hand, a printing tool 2 provided with a convex curved pad 5 made of an elastic material on the lower end side, and a printing plate 9 removably provided on the upper surface of the base body 8, and a sphere holding portion 10 provided beside the printing plate 9. And tee holder 1
A first positioning part 12 for providing a printing medium holding part made of 1 and positioning the leg 7 of the printing implement 2 with respect to the plate 9;
The leg 7 of the printing tool 2 is connected to the sphere holder 10 and the tee holder 1
The printing table 3 is provided with a second positioning section 13 positioned with respect to the printing table 1 and provided on the upper surface of the base body 8.

As shown in FIG. 1, the printing tool 2 has a printing tool body 2 'having four legs 7a, 4 extending downward at each corner of the upper surface of the substantially rectangular printing tool body 2'. 7b, 7c, 7d
2 and 3, the lower ends of the four legs 7a, 7b, 7c, and 7d are provided with flange portions 1 as shown in FIGS.
4a, 14b, 14c, and 14d are provided, respectively, and columnar projections 15a, 15b, 15c, and 15d are integrally provided on the lower surfaces of the flange portions 14a, 14b, 14c, and 14d.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a support bar 6 is inserted through the center of the upper surface of the printing tool main body 2 'so as to be movable up and down. A coil spring 16 is externally inserted on the upper side, and an operation unit including a disk-shaped operation knob 4 is fitted on the upper end of the support rod 6. The coil spring 16 has an upper end in contact with the lower side of the operation knob 4 and a lower end in contact with the upper surface of the printing tool main body 2 '. At the lower end of the support bar 6 below the upper surface of the printing tool main body 2 ', a disc-shaped and thick pad holding portion 17 is provided.
A convex curved pad 5 made of an elastic material is held at 7.

When the support bar 6 is urged upward by urging the operating knob 4 of the coil spring 16, the pad 5 at the lower end side of the support bar 6 is always in the printing tool main body. It is urged to the 2 'side and has four legs 7a, 7b,
It is held above the support surface supported by 7c and 7d.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the table body 8 of the printing table 3 has a table upper surface 8a having a longitudinal direction and a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and a peripheral edge of the table upper surface 8a. Is formed integrally with the peripheral wall 8b which forms the side surface of the base body 8 along the lower surface of the base body 8.

As shown in FIG. 4, a plate 9 engraved with a plate 9a of characters or the like to be printed is removably fitted near the middle of the table top 8a to one side. The legs 7a of the printing tool 2 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 are provided on both sides in the middle in the longitudinal direction and both corners on one side of the table top 8a on the plate 9 side.
To 7d of columnar projections 15a to 15d, and
Positioning holes 12a to 12d for positioning the printing tool 2 with respect to are provided.

In FIG. 4, on the side of the plate 9, that is, from the middle of the table top 8 a to the other side, the table top 8 is formed.
The sphere insertion port 18 is provided at the bottom of the sphere insertion port 18, and the sphere holding section 10 is provided below the sphere insertion port 18. Tea holding portions 11a and 11b are provided.

Positioning holes 13a and 13d are formed in both corners on the other side of the table upper surface portion 8a, respectively, so that the columnar projections 15a and 15d of the legs 7a and 7d of the printing tool 2 are positioned. , 13d, and legs 7b, 7b of the printing implement 2 in positioning holes 12a, 12d for the plate 9.
The printing tool 2 is positioned with respect to the sphere holding unit 10 and the tee holding unit 11 by inserting the columnar projections 15b and 15c of 7c. The positioning holes 12a and 12d near both sides in the longitudinal direction in the middle of the table upper surface 8a are positioning holes 13b and 13c for the sphere holding unit 10 and the tee holding unit 11, respectively.
Doubles.

As shown in FIG. 5, inside the base body 8,
An annular peripheral wall 19 is provided downward and integrally with the base body 8 so as to be continuous with the sphere insertion opening 18 opened in the table upper surface portion 8a, and at a lower end of the annular peripheral wall 19 in the axial direction of the annular peripheral wall 19. A sphere holding portion 10 formed of a circular flange is formed integrally. For this reason, the inner diameter of the sphere holding part 10 is smaller than the inner diameter of the sphere insertion port 18 and the annular peripheral wall 19.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, each of the peripheral walls 8b along the lower surfaces of both longitudinal edges of the table top 8a is cut out from the table top 8a in a substantially U-shape. Manual insertion portions 20, 20 communicating with the annular peripheral wall 19 are provided.

For example, when the golf ball is held in the sphere holding portion 10, the inner diameter of the sphere insertion port 18 and the annular peripheral wall 19 is formed slightly larger than the outer diameter of the golf ball P, and The inner diameter is formed smaller than the outer diameter of the golf ball P. The golf ball P is held in a hand and inserted through the ball insertion hole 18 in the table upper surface 8a. At this time, as shown in FIG. 1, since the manual insertion portions 20, 20 of the peripheral wall 8 b are provided along the lower surfaces of the peripheral edges in both longitudinal directions of the table upper surface portion 8 a, the golf ball Since the finger holding P enters, it can be easily inserted into and taken out of the sphere holding unit 10.

As shown in FIG. 5, the golf ball P is held by being placed inside the sphere holding portion 10 at the lower end in the annular peripheral wall 19. The golf ball P is formed by appropriately adjusting the inner diameter of the sphere holding portion 10.
Can be slightly protruded above the base upper surface 8a and held.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the tee holding portion 11a has a hole 21 formed at the center of the table top 8a in the table top 8a in a shape following the outer shape of the head of the tee. At the same time, an annular peripheral wall 19 communicating with the sphere insertion opening 18 is cut out in a U-shape toward the lower side.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the tee holding portion 11b is opposed to the tee holding portion 11a.
8 and a V-shaped notch on the upper surface portion 8a of the base body 8 up to the peripheral wall 8b on the other side.

When the tee is held by the tee holding portions 11a and 11b, as shown in FIG.
Is inserted into the tee holder 11a, and the tip of the tee T is placed on the tee holder 11b. Tea T
Has its head intervening in the hole 21 of the tee holding portion 11a and its neck abutting on the U-shaped notched surface of the annular peripheral wall 19,
The middle of the tee T crosses the radial direction of the sphere insertion port 19, and the tip of the tee T is connected to the sphere insertion port 18 of the tee holding portion 11b.
Is held by contacting a V-shaped notch surface communicating with the.

Next, printing by the printer 1 will be described. For example, when characters or the like are to be printed on the spherical surface of the golf ball P, first, as shown in FIG. 5, the golf ball P is set on the sphere holding portion 10 and the plate 9 is filled with ink. After the ink is applied to the plate 9a using the spatula 22 shown in FIG. 7, the remaining ink is applied to one side of the plate 9.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the printing tool 2 is positioned with respect to the printing plate 9 of the printing table 3. The columnar projections 15a to 15d of the legs 7a to 7d of the printing tool 2 shown in FIG.
Each of the flange portions 14a, 14d is inserted into the positioning holes 12a to 12d of the printing table 3 shown in FIG.
The lower surfaces of b, 14c, and 14d are in close contact with the table upper surface 8a, and the printing tool 2 is stabilized with respect to the printing table 3, and as shown in FIG. It is positioned above.

Push the operating knob 4 of the printing tool 2 downward,
The pad 5 is pressed against the plate 9 a of the plate 9. When the operation knob 4 is pressed downward against the urging force of the coil spring 16, the coil spring 16 is pressed and contracted between the lower surface of the operation knob 4 and the upper surface of the printing tool main body 2 ′, and
Moves downward, and the pad 5 on the lower end side of the support rod 6 is
When the pad 5 is elastically deformed, the ink applied to the plate 9a of the plate 9 becomes a convex curved pad 5.
It is copied on the surface. Thereafter, when the pressing of the printing tool 2 to the operation knob 4 is stopped, the lower surface of the operation knob 4 is pushed up by the return force of the coil spring 16, so that the support bar 6 moves upward, and the pad 5 at the lower end side of the support bar 6 is moved. Moves upward and returns to the original position.

Next, the printing tool 2 is positioned with respect to the golf ball P held by the sphere holding section 10 of the printing table 3. By inserting the columnar projections 15a to 15d of the legs 7a to 7d of the printing tool 2 into the positioning holes 13a to 13d of the printing table 3 shown in FIG. 4, the printing tool 2 is stabilized with respect to the printing table 3, The pad 5 of the printing tool 2 is positioned above the golf ball P held by the sphere holding portion 10 and positioned.

As shown in FIG. 6, the operation knob 4 of the printing implement 2
Is pressed down, and the pad 5 is pressed against the golf ball P. Since the convex spherical surface of the golf ball P is slightly protruded upward from the base upper surface 8a, the convex curved pad 5 is pressed against the golf ball P, and the curved convex surface of the pad 5 is The ink transferred to the surface of the pad 5 by being elastically deformed and closely contacted along the convex spherical surface of the golf ball P is transferred to the convex spherical surface of the golf ball P, and the plate 9a of the plate 9
Is printed on the golf ball P. Thereafter, when the pressing of the printing tool 2 to the operation knob 4 is stopped, the support bar 6 is moved upward by the return force of the coil spring 16 and the pad 5 is moved.
Moves upward and returns to the original position.

When printing characters and the like on the tee, first, as shown in FIG. 5, the tee T is held by the tee holding unit 11a and the tee holding unit 11b. In this case, the middle of the tee T is held so as to intersect in the radial direction of the sphere insertion port 19, and the pad 5 of the printing
Transfer the ink of the plate 9a to the positioning holes 13a to 1
Positioning the printing tool 2 with respect to the base body 8 using 3d,
By pressing the operation knob 4 downward, the pad 5
Is elastically deformed with respect to the middle of the tee T, and characters are printed in the middle of the tee T.

[0030]

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, the support rod is inserted into the main body having the legs extending downward so as to be able to move back and return downward, and the operating section is provided at the upper end of the support rod. On the other hand, a printing tool in which a convex curved pad made of an elastic body is provided on the lower end side, a printing plate is detachably provided on the upper surface of the base body, and a printing medium holding portion is provided on the side of the printing plate, A first positioning portion for positioning the leg of the printing tool with respect to the printing plate;
A second positioning portion for positioning the leg of the printing tool with respect to the printing material holding portion; and a printing table provided on the upper surface of the base body, thereby printing on the printing material holding portion of the printing table. After holding the body and applying ink to the plate of the printing plate on the upper surface of the printing table, the legs of the printing tool are fitted into the first positioning section of the printing table, and the operating section is pressed down, whereby the support rod is pressed. The convex curved pad on the lower end side is pressed against the plate of the printing table and elastically deformed, and the ink applied to the plate of the plate is transferred to the convex curved pad surface, and then the printing tool By fitting the leg to the second positioning portion of the printing table and turning the operation portion of the printing tool downward, the convex curved pad on the lower end side of the support rod is held by the printing material holding portion. Is pressed against the substrate to be printed, and the curved convex surface of the pad is elastically deformed and closely contacts the curved surface of the substrate. Since the ink transferred to the cut surface is transferred to the curved surface of the printing medium, even if there are a plurality of characters to be printed, a plurality of characters on the plate of the printing plate can be used to simultaneously print a plurality of characters in one printing operation. Characters can be printed, and characters can be accurately printed on golf balls and tees having a large spherical curvature or fine irregularities on the spherical surface, and can be easily operated and printed in a short time.

Further, the printing medium is held by the printing medium holding portion of the base body, and the printing tool is positioned at the second positioning portion for positioning the printing tool with respect to the printing body holding section. , And the curved surface of the printing medium is stabilized, so that the characters do not shift during printing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the printing tool according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the printing tool main body in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a printing table.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a main part showing a printing device during printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 printer 2 printing tool 2 'printing tool main body 3 printing stand 4 operation unit 5 pat 6 support rod 7 leg 7a leg 7b leg 7c leg 7d leg 8 base body 9 plate 9a plate 10 sphere holding portion 11a Tee holding part 11b Tee holding part 12 First positioning part 12a Positioning hole 12b Positioning hole 12c Positioning hole 12d Positioning hole 13 Second positioning part 13a Positioning hole 13b Positioning hole 13c Positioning hole 13d Positioning hole 14a Flange part 14b Flange part 14c Flange part 14d Flange part 15a Column-shaped projection 15b Column-shaped projection 15c Column-shaped projection 15d Column-shaped projection 16 Coil spring 17 Pad holding part 18 Sphere insertion port 19 Annular peripheral wall 20 Manual insertion part 21 Hole 22 Spatula

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A support rod is inserted into a main body having legs extending downward so that the support rod can move downward and return, and an operation portion is provided at an upper end of the support rod, and an operation portion is provided at a lower end side. A printing tool provided with a convex curved pad made of an elastic body, a printing plate removably provided on the upper surface of the base body, a printing medium holding portion provided on a side of the printing plate, and a leg of the printing tool. A first positioning portion for positioning a body with respect to the printing plate, and a second positioning portion for positioning a leg of the printing tool with respect to the printing material holding portion, provided on an upper surface of the base body. A printing device characterized by comprising a printing table.