JP3361592B2 - Tape-shaped thermal paper cassette - 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-shaped thermal paper cassette, and in particular, a test printing is carried out by a thermal head prior to thermal perforation of a stamp face made of a thermal stencil sheet by a thermal head. The present invention relates to a tape-shaped thermal paper cassette for.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, various stamps for printing a company name, an address, and other various character strings on the surface of a paper, the stamp surface of which is made of rubber, have been used. Stamps of this type are expensive and take a long time from order to acquisition because they are usually made individually according to orders. The applicant of the present application, in order to create a stamp that replaces the conventional rubber-made stamp,
No. 833, which is a stencil printing base plate mainly composed of a heat-sensitive stencil sheet and an ink impregnated body, wherein an ink impregnated body and a frame body surrounding the impregnated body are bonded to a synthetic resin film. Then, a stencil printing plate in which a heat-sensitive stencil sheet is adhered to the surface of the impregnated body and the frame is proposed.

This stencil printing plate is adhered to the lower surface of the base of the stamp member having a grip portion via a cushioning material, and the heat-sensitive stencil sheet is printed with a thermal head or the like.
By punching a pattern such as a desired character string, a stamp composed of the stamp member and the stencil printing plate can be obtained.

The applicant of the present application has proposed, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-226778, a stamping apparatus comprising a stamping body and a heating printing device for heating and punching the stamping surface of the stamping body. The stamp body is provided in the gripping portion, the main body case, and the main body case, and supplies the tape-shaped heat-sensitive stencil sheet with a supply reel and a take-up reel for contacting the perforated heat-sensitive stencil sheet. And an ink pad that has been made. The heating punching device, a punching mounting portion for detachably mounting the stamp body, a feeding mechanism for feeding the heat-sensitive stencil sheet of the stamp body, a thermal head for heat-punching the heat-sensitive stencil sheet of the stamp body, It is composed of a keyboard and a controller for controlling the feeding mechanism and the thermal head so that the inputted character string is punched in the heat-sensitive stencil sheet.

According to this stamp device, when a pattern of a desired character string is punched in the stamp face portion of the stamp body by the heating printing device, ink is automatically supplied from the ink pad inside the stamp body to the stamp face portion. Therefore, printing can be performed many times without applying external ink to the printing surface.
Further, the applicant of the present application has improved the stamp body in the latter stamp device, and an improved stamp in which the stamp surface portion of the stamp body is composed of an ink impregnated body and a heat-sensitive stencil sheet that fixedly covers the surface. The body is being put to practical use. This improved stamp body includes a grip portion, a stamp portion fixed to the lower end of the grip portion, and a stamp surface portion on the lower surface of the stamp portion (which is composed of an ink impregnated body and a heat-sensitive stencil sheet). .

[0006]

When a character string is punched on the stamp surface of the improved stamp body with mirror characters, if the input data to be input to the heating printing device is inadequate, the desired character string is There is a problem in that the stamp body cannot be used because it is perforated so that it cannot be printed, and the expensive stamp body is wasted. Therefore, it is conceivable to print the character string on thermal paper in advance before heating the stamp face, but since the heating printing device is a device with a special structure different from the normal thermal printer, the sheet It is not possible to print on sheet-shaped thermal paper.

An object of the present invention is to provide a tape-shaped thermal paper cassette for heat-printing on a trial basis by a thermal head prior to heat-perforating a stamp surface of a stamp body made of a thermal stencil sheet with a thermal head. It is to be.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tape-shaped thermal paper cassette in which a thermal head is used for trial printing before heat-punching is performed on a printing surface portion of a stamp body made of a thermal stencil sheet by a thermal head. A tape-shaped thermal paper cassette for carrying out, a grip portion and a main body base portion fixed to the lower end of the grip portion, and a flat platen portion corresponding to the stamp face portion of the stamp body at the lower end portion thereof. A dummy stamp body including a main body base, a tape-shaped thermal paper having substantially the same width as the platen portion, at least a part of which is arranged along the surface of the platen portion; Placed on the platen part of the dummy stamp body.
And a roll accommodating portion formed at one end in the length direction of the tape-shaped thermal paper for accommodating a roll of the tape-shaped thermal paper, and disposed on the platen portion of the dummy stamp body.
The tape-shaped thermal paper is provided at the other end in the length direction of the tape-shaped thermal paper, and is provided with a paper feeding means for feeding the tape-shaped thermal paper fed from the thermal paper roll through the surface of the platen portion.

Here, the paper feeding means includes a paper feeding roller, an operation knob for rotating the paper feeding roller, an elastic member in contact with the paper feeding roller, and a paper feeding direction of the paper feeding roller. And a clutch spring for preventing rotation in the opposite direction may be provided (claim 2 dependent on claim 1). The lower side of the roll accommodating portion and the front of the main body base
The length of the tape-shaped thermal paper placed on the platen
A cover member may be provided to cover both parallel side surfaces and the lower side of the paper feed roller so as to be openable and closable (claim 3 dependent on claim 2).

[0010]

The tape-shaped thermal paper cassette according to claim 1 is for carrying out thermal printing by a thermal head on a trial basis prior to heat-punching with a thermal head on a printing surface portion of a stamp body made of a thermal stencil sheet. is there. In this tape-shaped thermal paper cassette, the dummy stamp body comprises a grip portion and a main body base portion, and a flat platen portion corresponding to the stamp face portion of the stamp body is provided at the lower end portion of the main body base portion. A roll of tape-shaped thermal paper having almost the same width as the platen portion is placed on the platen portion of the dummy stamp body.
The tape-shaped thermal paper, which is accommodated in the roll accommodating section on one end side in the length direction of the loop-shaped thermal paper and is supplied from the thermal paper roll through the surface of the platen section, is a dummy stamp body platen.
The tape-shaped thermal paper disposed in the section is fed by the paper feeding means on the other end side in the length direction .

The dummy stamp body is formed to have substantially the same shape as that of the stamp body, and a flat platen portion corresponding to a stamp face portion of the stamp body is provided at a lower end portion thereof so as to extend along the surface of the platen portion. Since it is possible to set tape-shaped thermal paper on the surface of the platen, the dummy stamp is set on the heating punching device before heating and punching the stamping surface of the stamper. Since printing can be performed by heating on the thermal paper, it is possible to easily confirm beforehand whether the character string to be punched on the stamp face portion of the stamp body, the character size, the arrangement state of the character string, etc.

In the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette according to the present invention, the paper feeding means includes a paper feeding roller, an operation knob for rotating the paper feeding roller, and an elastic member in contact with the paper feeding roller. And a clutch spring for preventing the paper feed roller from rotating in the direction opposite to the paper feed direction, the tape-shaped thermal paper can be reliably fed with a simple configuration. In the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette according to claim 3, further, the length of the tape-shaped thermal paper disposed on the lower side of the roll accommodating portion and the platen portion of the main body base.
Since the cover member for opening and closing the both side surfaces parallel to the direction and the lower side of the paper feed roller is provided so as to be openable and closable, mounting of the thermal paper roll is simplified and the appearance of the tape thermal paper cassette can be enhanced.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a stamping device comprising a stamp body 1 and a heating and printing device 50, and a tape shape for heat-printing on a trial basis prior to heat-punching a character string on the printing surface of the stamping body 1. This is an example in which the present invention is applied to the thermal paper cassette 130. First, the stamp device will be described. First, the stamp body 1 of the stamp device will be described with reference to FIGS. The stamp body 1 includes a grip portion 2 for gripping with a hand, a stamp portion 3 fixedly connected to the grip portion 2, a skirt member 6 covering an outer peripheral side of the stamp portion 3, and a stamp portion 3 which is attachable to and detachable from the stamp portion 3. It is composed of a protective cap 7 attached to the.

A recess 11 for attaching the label 10 is formed on the top of the grip portion 2, and a guide groove 15 is formed in the lower portion of the front wall 12 and the rear wall 13 of the grip portion 2 to form the front wall. 1
An engaging recess 16 is formed in the second member 2, and an engaging hole 18 is formed in the left side wall 14. The stamp part 3 includes a stamp part body 4 and an outer peripheral holding member 5 into which the stamp part body 4 is inserted and fixed from below. The outer peripheral holding member 5 is fixed to the grip portion 2 via two pairs of engaging claws 17 extending from the front wall 12 and the rear wall 13 of the grip portion 2. The stamp body 4 has a base member 26 made of synthetic resin having a shallow recess 25 on the lower surface side, and the base member 2
6 is an impregnating body 27 mounted in the concave portion 25 of FIG. 6 and impregnated with an oil-based ink, and the lower surface of the impregnating body 27 and the outer peripheral side of the base member 26 are covered with an adhesive to the outer peripheral surface of the base member 26. The heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 is formed.

The base member 26 is made of a synthetic resin material or a metal material having excellent oil resistance, and by mounting the impregnating body 27 in the recess 25, the positional deviation of the impregnating body 27 and the ink from the impregnating body 27 can be prevented. It can prevent outflow. The impregnated body 2
7 is made of an elastic foam or non-woven fabric of a synthetic resin material, and the impregnated body 27 is saturated with oil-based ink. The heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 is composed of a thermoplastic film, a porous support, and an adhesive layer for adhering these. The portion of the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 that is in close contact with the surface of the impregnated body 27 constitutes the stamp face portion 30, and the stamp face portion 30 covers almost the entire lower surface of the stamp portion 3.

The skirt member 6 is attached to the grip portion 2 and the outer peripheral holding member 5 so as to be movable up and down.
A compression spring 20 is mounted between a protruding portion 29 at the center of the grip 2 and an upper wall of the grip portion 2, and the skirt member 6 is elastically urged downward by the spring 20. Engagement holes 19 that face the engagement holes 18 in a horizontal series when formed in the position are formed. The protective cap 7 is for protecting the lower end side of the stamp body 4 in a detachable manner.
Are supported by being fitted into the outer peripheral wall of the skirt member 6.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a large number of perforations are formed in the stamp face portion 30 in a pattern consisting of a mirror character string of "Brother Industry Co., Ltd." and a six-fold rectangular frame surrounding the outside. (Dot pattern perforation) is formed by the thermal head 90 of the heating printing device 50, and the character string of "Brother Industry Co., Ltd." which is a mirror image of the pattern of FIG.
Since a stamp capable of printing a double rectangular frame is configured, the pattern can be printed, for example, about 1000 times, like a normal stamp having a rubber stamp surface.

When heat-punching the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 constituting the stamp face portion 30, the stamp body 1 is set in the printing mounting portion 71 of the heating printing device 50 described later, and the guide bar 83 of the device is set. The guide holes 18, 19, 19
The skirt member 6 is held at the upper limit position for perforation by inserting the protective cap 7 when not in use, and when printing, as shown in FIG. , The protective cap 7 is removed, and the skirt member 6 is positioned at a position to be printed on the front surface of the paper to position the stamp face portion 30 of the stamp portion 3, and then the grip portion 2 is pressed downward for printing. .

Next, the heating printing device 5 of the stamp device
0 will be described with reference to FIGS. Figure 5
As shown in FIG. 7, the thermal printing apparatus 50 includes a main body frame 51, a keyboard 52 and a liquid crystal display 53 provided on the front portion of the main body frame 51, and the main body frame 5.
The print unit 54 is provided in the rear portion of the main body 1 and the control unit 110 provided in the main body frame 51.

The keyboard 52 includes a character / symbol key 56 including a plurality of character keys which also function as a kana key, an alphabetic key and a plurality of symbol keys, and various function keys (cursor movement key 57, execution key 58, line feed key 5).
9, confirm / end key 60, cancel key 61, delete key 6
2, shift key 63, small letter switch 64, character type setting switch 65, print command switch 66, etc.), and main switch 67.

The liquid crystal display 53 is constructed so as to be able to display a plurality of lines of character strings corresponding to a pattern to be printed by the stamp body 1 and framing. Next, the heating printing section 54 will be described. 8 to 1
As shown in FIG. 1, the heating print section 54 includes a sub-frame 7
0, a printing mounting portion 71 for removably mounting the stamp body 1, a heating printing mechanism 72 for punching the stamp surface 1 of the stamp body 1 mounted on the printing mounting portion 71 in a dodd shape, and the like. It is provided.

Explaining the printing mounting portion 71, the stamp portion 3 is provided on the right side wall 73 of the sub-frame 70.
An opening 74 having substantially the same shape as the side surface of the lower half of the stamp body 1 having the largest front-rear width is formed. A sector gear 76 is fixedly provided on an opening / closing door 75 for opening / closing the opening 74. The sector gear 76 is pivotally attached to the right side wall 73 by a pivot shaft 77. On the upper portion of the sub-frame 70, a pair of front and rear parallel guide members 78,
79 is provided, and guide portions 80 that extend horizontally and in parallel in the left-right direction are formed at the lower ends of the guide members 78, 79 so as to face each other.

The front guide member 78 is provided with a pair of left and right rollers 81 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction by a small distance through elongated holes, and these rollers 81 are biased rearward by a spring 82. The guide bar 83 fixed to the guide member 78 on the front side is disposed at an intermediate position between the guide members 78 and 79, and a taper surface 84 is formed on the upper surface of the right end portion of the guide bar 83 so as to be inclined downward to the right. Further, a locking portion 85 that restricts the left limit position of the stamp body 1 is formed at the left end portion of the guide bar 83.

The stamp body 1 is inserted through the opening 74,
In the pair of front and rear guide grooves 15 of the grip portion 2 of the stamp body 1,
The stamp body 1 is supported by the pair of guide portions 80 by engaging the pair of front and rear guide portions 80.
Is urged rearward by a spring 82 via a pair of rollers 81 to accurately set the front-rear position, the stamp body 1 abuts on the locking portion 85, and the right roller 81 is held by the grip portion 2 The stamp body 1 is engaged with the engaging recess 16 of the stamp body 1.
The horizontal position of is accurately set. The stamp body 1
Of the guide bar 83 when attaching the
Is inserted through the guide holes 18, 19, 19 of the stamp body 1, and thereby the skirt member 6 is held in a state of being raised to the upper limit position shown in FIG.

The heating / printing mechanism 72 will be described below.
0 over the right end wall 73 and the left end wall 86, the carriage 8
Guide rod 88 extending in the left-right direction for guiding 7
And a cam body 91 for guiding the carriage 87 and switching the position of the thermal head 90 mounted on the carriage 87.
Head switching rod 8 extending in the left-right direction for operating the
9 and the cam body 91 is attached to the head switching rod 8
It is mounted on the shaft 9 so as not to rotate and slidable in the axial direction. The carriage 87 is supported by a guide rod 88 and a head switching rod 89 so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and a rack 92 having a predetermined length over the entire length is formed at the front end of the carriage 87.

A cam contact plate 93 is attached to the carriage 87.
And a head heat dissipation plate 94 are mounted so as to be vertically swingable by a support shaft 95 oriented in the front-rear direction.
The thermal head 90 is fixed, and the head heat dissipation plate 94 is
The spring 97 mounted on the pin 96 fixed to it
Thus, the cam contact plate 93 is elastically biased upward. The cam body 91 is formed in an elliptical shape and abuts on the lower surface of the cam abutment plate 93, and the head switching rod 89.
When the cam body 91 is turned to the sideways posture, the thermal head 90 is released downward together with the head radiator plate 94, and when the cam body 91 is put to the upright posture, the thermal head 90 moves to the cam contact plate 93. And, through the spring 97, it is rocked upward and switched to the drilling position.

A gear 98 meshed with the sector gear 76 is provided outside the right end wall 73 of the sub-frame 70 at the right end of the head switching rod 89, and the opening / closing door 7
5 is opened, the cam body 91 is in a horizontal posture, and when the opening / closing door 75 is closed, the cam body 91 is switched to a vertical posture. On the front wall 99 of the sub-frame 70, a stepping motor 100 that drives the carriage 87, a drive gear 101 that meshes with the rack 92,
A reduction gear mechanism 103 that transmits the rotation of the output gear 102 of the output shaft of the stepping motor 100 to the drive gear 101 is additionally provided.

Therefore, the rotational driving force of the stepping motor 100 is decelerated and transmitted to the drive gear 101, so that the stepping motor 100 can drive the carriage 87 to move in the left-right direction. The thermal head 90 is similar to the thermal head of a thermal printer, and for example, 96 heating elements are provided in one row in the front-rear direction in the thermal head 90.

Next, a control system including a control unit 110 for driving and controlling the heating and printing mechanism 72 and the liquid crystal display 53 will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, the control unit 110 includes a keyboard 52, a thermal head 90, a carriage feed motor 100, a liquid crystal display 53, and two proximity devices for detecting the presence or absence of the stamp body 1 and the front-back width. Proximity switch 106 for detecting switches 104 and 105 and tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130
Are connected. In the case of the present embodiment, the stamp body 1 has two types, a narrow type shown by a solid line in FIG. 9 and a wide type shown by a chain line in FIG. 9, and two proximity switches 104, 1
05 is a rear guide member 7 as shown in FIGS.
9 is vertically attached to the lower wall of the proximity switch 10
The wide type stamp body 1 is detected by 4, 105, and the narrow type stamp body 1 is detected by the proximity switch 104. Further, a proximity switch 106 for detecting a tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130, which will be described later, is also attached at a position separated by a predetermined distance to the left of the proximity switch 104.

As shown in FIG. 12, the control unit 110
Include a CPU 111, a ROM 112, and a RAM 113.
A print CG-ROM 114, a display CG-ROM 115 for displaying on the display 53, an input interface 116 connected to the keyboard 52 and the proximity switches 104 to 106, and an output interface 117. Are interconnected by a bus 118. The control unit 110 is provided with a head drive circuit 119, a motor drive circuit 120, and a display drive circuit 121, which are connected to the output interface 117, respectively.

The ROM 112 is provided with a program memory 122 which stores a control program for controlling the overall operation of the heating and printing device 50, and a dictionary memory 123 for converting kana / kanji. The RAM 113 includes an input buffer 124 for storing input data and a print data buffer 12 for storing print dot pattern data.
5, a shift register 126, and other various counters and registers are provided. The printing CG-ROM 11
4, the dot pattern data of many characters to be printed is stored in association with the code data, and the display CG-ROM 115 stores the dot pattern data for display of many characters to be printed as codes. It is stored in association with data.

Here, when a desired character string is heated and punched on the printing surface portion 30 of the stamp body 1 to make the stamp body 1 usable as a stamp, the control unit 110 is controlled from the keyboard 52 of the heating and printing device 50. When a desired character string is input, the control unit 110 creates and stores dot pattern data for printing the mirror character of the desired character string. After that, in a state where the stamp body 1 is set on the printing mounting portion 71, the control unit 1
The stamp surface portion 30 is heated and perforated by 10 and the heating and printing mechanism 72. In this way, after the character string or the like is heated and perforated on the stamp face portion 30, the ink of the impregnated body 27 oozes out from the perforation of the character string or the like. Rows etc. can be printed.

Next, the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130, which is a characteristic configuration of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIGS. The tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130 basically has a gripping part 141 for gripping by hand and the gripping part 141.
A dummy stamp body 140 having a main body base 142 integrally formed at the lower end of the stamp body 30 and the stamp face portion 30 of the stamp body 1.
A tape-shaped thermal paper 131 having a width slightly wider than that of the cover member 1 pivotally attached to the dummy stamp body 140.
And 70. The tape-shaped thermal paper 131
Has a heat-sensitive surface on the outer surface side of the heat-sensitive paper roll 131a.

Explaining the dummy stamp body 140, the dummy stamp body 140 is made of synthetic resin, and the grip portion 141 is formed in substantially the same shape as the grip portion 2 of the stamp body 1, and the grip portion 141 is hollow. A slit groove 143 for inserting the engaging member 83 of the heating and printing device 50 is formed in the center of the front wall in the front-rear direction. A pair of front and rear guide grooves 14 similar to the guide groove 15 of the stamp body 1.
4 are formed. The main body base 142 has a grip portion 1.
A platen forming portion 145 integrally connected to the lower end of 41 and having substantially the same shape as the stamp portion 3 of the stamp body 1, and a first portion protruding from the left end of the platen forming portion 145 by a predetermined length.
The projecting portion 146 and the second projecting portion 147 projecting from the right end of the platen forming portion 145 by a predetermined length.

The platen portion 150 formed by adhering a rectangular rubber sheet 149 with an adhesive 148 to the lower surface of the platen forming portion 145 is slightly wider and longer than the stamp face portion 30 of the stamp body 1. Has been formed.
A roll accommodating portion 151 having an open lower surface is formed in the first overhang portion 146, and the heat sensitive paper roll 131a is accommodated in the roll accommodating portion 151 in a state where the axis of the heat sensitive paper roll 131a is oriented in the front-rear direction. The lower side of 131a is the cover member 17
It is configured to cover with 0. That is, the roll accommodating portion 15
1 is attached to the platen portion 150 of the dummy stamp body 140.
The tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is placed at one end in the length direction.
It has been burned.

A mounting portion 152a of a leaf spring 152 for pressing the paper is fixed to the right side wall of the first overhanging portion 146, and a biasing portion 152b of the leaf spring 152 is formed in a downwardly inclined leftward direction. As shown by the solid line in FIG. 13, the cover member 1
When the sheet 70 is closed, it is elastically urged toward the felt piece 171 of the cover member 170, and the thermal paper roll 131a.
The tape-shaped thermal paper 131 pulled out from the
It is configured to be sandwiched between the pressing portion 152c at the tip of 2b and the felt piece 171 with an appropriate elastic force, and to generate an appropriate pullout resistance that resists when the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is pulled out. It should be noted that two position regulating bars 146a for regulating the position of the thermal paper roll 131a, three ribs 146b respectively inserted through the notches of the leaf spring 152, and the leaf spring 15 are provided.
An opening 146c for mounting 2 from above is also provided.

A box-shaped roller accommodating portion 153 having an open lower end is formed in the second overhanging portion 147.
A roller 154 made of rubber is mounted in the front-back direction in 53, a roller shaft 155 is supported by a front wall and a rear wall of the roller accommodating portion 153, and protrudes outside a rear wall of the roller accommodating portion 153. The roller shaft 155 is attached to the roller 1
An operation knob 156 for rotating 54 is fixed. That is,

A portion of the cover member 170 that covers the lower side of the roller accommodating portion 153 is provided with a leaf spring 157 having a substantially triangular cross section. The leaf spring 157 has an L-shaped mounting portion 157a. Fixed to the cover member 170,
The urging portion 157b of the leaf spring 157 is formed in a sloped shape to the right and elastically urged toward the surface of the roller 154, and when the cover member 170 is closed as shown by the solid line in FIG. The tape-shaped thermal paper 131 guided from the paper roll 131a to the roller 154 through the surface of the platen portion 150 is sandwiched between the roller 154 and the pressing portion 157c at the tip of the urging portion 157b. It is configured as follows. Further, only the rotation of the roller 154 in the paper feeding direction (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 13) is allowed,
Clutch spring 158 for restricting rotation in the opposite direction
Is attached to the shaft portion of the operation knob 156.

Therefore, by manually rotating the operation knob 156 to rotate the roller 154 in the paper feeding direction,
The tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is configured so that it can be reliably fed. That is, the roller 154 and the operation knob 156
The plate spring 157 and the clutch spring 158 form a paper feeding unit. That is, this paper feeding means is a dummy
A stamp body 140 has a te
It is provided at the other end of the loop-shaped thermal paper 131 in the length direction.
It

Between the right end wall of the second overhanging portion 147 and the right end wall of the cover member 170, the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is provided.
Is formed at the lower end of the opening 159, and a serrated blade 160 formed at the right end of the leaf spring 157 is disposed at the lower end of the opening 159 to extend from the opening 159 to the outside. The blade 131 is configured to be cut by the blade 160.

Next, the cover member 170 will be described.
To do. The cover member 170 is provided on the roll accommodating portion 151.
Lower side and both front and rear sides of the main body base 142Surface (this is a tape
Corresponding to both side surfaces parallel to the length direction of the thermal paper 131)
And the lower side of the roller accommodating portion 153 so as to be opened and closed.
It is a thing. The cover member 170 is made of synthetic resin,
Below the front wall 172, the rear wall 173, and the roll accommodating portion 151.
And the curved lower end wall 174 covering the side, and the roller accommodating portion 1
Integral with the right end side lower wall 175 having an L-shaped cross section that covers the lower side of 53
It is molded.

On the front wall and the rear wall of the roll accommodating portion 151, short pivot shaft portions 176 are integrally projected, and these pivot shaft portions 176 are attached to the front wall 172 of the left end portion of the cover member 170. By fitting in a pair of pivot holes formed in the rear wall 173 and the rear wall 173, the cover member 170 is rotatable between a closed position shown by a solid line in FIG. 13 and an open position shown by a chain line in FIG. Is attached to. Then, the front wall 172 of the cover member 170
And the pair of engagement hooks 177 of the rear wall 173 are engaged with the stepped portions 178 of the front wall and the rear wall of the roller accommodating portion 153, whereby the cover member 170 is held at the closed position, and the cover member 170 is retained. The cover member 170 can be opened and closed by operating the pair of protrusion pieces 179 protruding on the outer surfaces of the front wall 172 and the rear wall 173 with a finger. Note that FIG.
A region 180 indicated by a chain line is a region corresponding to the stamp face portion 30 of the wide stamp type stamp body 1.

The tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 13 described above
The operation of 0 will be described. First, the cover member 170
The thermal paper roll 131a is accommodated in the roll accommodating portion 151 in the state where the thermal paper roll 131 is in the open position.
The tape-shaped thermal paper 131 pulled out from a
After extending along the surface of 50 and leading to the opening 159 via the roller 154, the cover member 170 is switched to the closed position. Then, the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is pressed by the biasing portion 15.
It is sandwiched between the pressing portion 152c at the tip of 2b and the felt piece 171, and also sandwiched between the pressing portion 157c at the tip of the biasing portion 157b and the roller 154. In this state, the tape-shaped thermal paper 13 on the surface of the platen portion 150
The thermal head 9 of the heating printing device 50
Although it is possible to perform heat printing by 0, as in the case of the stamp body 1, the heat-printing device 50 is equipped with the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130, and the heat-printing device 50 performs heat printing.

In this tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130, the thermal head 90 of the heating printer 50 is used for trial heating and printing before heating and punching a character string on the printing surface portion 30 of the stamp body 1. belongs to. Therefore,
The data of the desired character string for heating and punching the stamp face 1 of the stamp body 1 is input and set to the control unit 110 from the keyboard 52, and then the stamp face portion 3 of the stamp body 1 is set.
Before heat punching to 0, tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130
Is set in the printing mounting portion 71 of the heating printer 50,
The control unit 110 and the heating / printing mechanism 72 heat-print the character string or the like of a regular character that is not a mirror character on the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 on the surface of the platen unit 150, and then the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130 It is removed from the printing mount 71.

In this way, when the character string or the like printed by heating on the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is satisfactory, it is not necessary to revise the data of the character string or the like, so that it is not yet perforated by heating. The new stamp body 1 is mounted on the heating and printing device 50, and the stamp face portion 30 of the stamp body 1 is heat-punched. On the other hand, when the character string or the like that is heat-printed on the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is not what is expected,
The data of the character string or the like input and set in the control unit 110 of the heating printing device 50 is corrected, or the data of the character string or the like is newly input, and then the tape of the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130 is similarly subjected to the above. It is repeated in the same manner as described above, such as heating and printing on the thermosensitive paper 131.

It is desirable that the character string to be heat-printed on the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 on a trial basis is a regular character that is not a mirror character. Therefore, in the program memory of the control unit 110, according to a predetermined command signal, Printing dot pattern data for heating printing such as a character string of a mirror character to be heat-punched is printed from the printing data buffer 125 to a printing dot for heating printing of a character string of a regular character that is not a mirror character. A control program is stored which is read out while being converted into pattern data, and printing is performed on the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 of the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130 by heating with the dot pattern data for printing such as a character string of regular characters. Configured. In this case, since the character string printed by heating becomes a character string of a regular character that is not a mirror character (a character string similar to that printed by the stamp body 1), it is easy to confirm the printing state. Become.

As described above, by utilizing the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130 of this embodiment, the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130 is heated before the stamp face 1 of the stamp body 1 is heat-punched. Since it is possible to check the printing state (character string, character size, arrangement state of character strings, etc.) of the character string to be heat-perforated on the stamp face 30 by heating and printing on 131, it is possible to use data such as inappropriate character strings. , Stamp face 3
It is possible to reliably prevent the stamp body 1 from being wasted by heating and punching to 0.

Next, the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130.
A modification mode in which is partially modified will be described. 1] The tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 130 is mainly intended to be applied to the above-mentioned applications, but is effective for producing a label on which various desired character strings are printed via the heating printing device 50. It can also be used. 2) The roller 154 in the paper feeding unit may be configured to wind up the printed tape-shaped thermal paper 131. 3] In the thermal paper cassette 130 of the present embodiment, the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is sandwiched between the roller 154 and the pressing portion 157c at the tip of the urging portion 157b, and the operation knob 156 is operated to operate the roller 154. The tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is sent out by rotating the roller. However, instead of the roller 154, a felt member or the like is used.
A member for sandwiching the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is provided in cooperation with 57c, and the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 is delivered by pulling the tip of the tape-shaped thermal paper 131 exposed from the opening 159 by hand. You may.

[0049]

According to the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette of the first aspect, as described in the above section, the dummy stamp body, the tape-shaped thermal paper, the roll accommodating portion, and the paper feeding means are provided. , The dummy stamp body is formed in substantially the same shape as the stamp body, a flat platen portion corresponding to the stamp face portion of the stamp body is provided at the lower end portion thereof, and a tape shape is formed along the surface of the platen portion. Since it is configured so that thermal paper can be set, this dummy stamp body is set in the device for heat punching before heating and punching the stamping surface of the stamp body, and the tape-like surface of the platen portion is set. Since the heat-sensitive paper can be printed by heating, it is possible to easily confirm beforehand whether the character string to be heat-punched on the stamp surface of the stamp body, the character size, the arrangement state of the character string, or the like is good or bad.

According to the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette of claim 2, the paper feeding means includes the paper feeding roller, an operation knob for rotating the paper feeding roller, and an elastic member abutting the paper feeding roller. Since the member and the clutch spring that prevents the paper feed roller from rotating in the direction opposite to the paper feed direction are provided, the tape-shaped thermal paper can be reliably fed with a simple configuration. According to the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette of claim 3, the lower side of the roll accommodating portion and the front of the main body base portion.
The length of the tape-shaped thermal paper placed on the platen
Since the cover member that covers the parallel both side surfaces and the lower side of the paper feed roller so as to be opened and closed is provided, the mounting of the thermal paper roll is simplified and the appearance of the tape thermal paper cassette can be enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a stamp body of a stamp device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional front view of the stamp body showing a state where the stamp face portion of the stamp body is perforated by heating.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view of a stamp body showing a state of printing with the stamp body.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a pattern of heat punching on a stamp face portion of a stamp body.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a heating printing device of the stamp device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a heating printing device and a stamp body.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway front view of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway vertical side view of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a heating punching unit of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a vertical cross-sectional front view of the stamp body and the heating printing unit after being mounted on the printing mounting unit.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a control system of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 13 is a vertical sectional front view of the tape-type thermal paper cassette according to the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a tape-shaped thermal paper cassette.

FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette.

FIG. 16 is a left side view of the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette.

FIG. 17 is a partially cutaway vertical sectional side view of a main part in a state where the tape-shaped thermal paper cassette is mounted on the heating printing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 stamp body 30 seal face 50 heating printing device 90 thermal head 130 Tape-shaped thermal paper cassette 131 Tape-shaped thermal paper 131a Thermal paper roll 140 Dummy stamp body 141 grip 142 body base 150 Platen part 151 Roll storage 154 Laura 156 operation knob 157 leaf spring 158 Clutch spring

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A tape-shaped thermal paper cassette for test printing with a thermal head prior to thermal perforation of a stamp surface made of a thermal stencil sheet of a stamp body by a thermal head. A dummy stamp body including a main body base portion fixed to a lower end of the grip portion, the main body base portion having a flat platen portion corresponding to a stamp face portion of the stamp body at the lower end portion; and the platen portion, It is a tape-shaped thermal paper with almost the same width,
At least a part of the tape-shaped thermal paper is arranged along the surface of the platen part, and is arranged on the platen part of the dummy stamp body.
A roll accommodating portion that is formed at one end in the length direction of the tape-shaped thermal paper and accommodates a roll of the tape-shaped thermal paper, and is disposed on the platen portion of the dummy stamp body.
The tape-shaped thermal paper is provided at the other end in the length direction, and is provided with a paper feeding unit for feeding the tape-shaped thermal paper supplied from the thermal paper roll through the surface of the platen portion. A tape-shaped thermal paper cassette. 2. The paper feeding means includes a paper feeding roller, an operation knob for rotating the paper feeding roller, an elastic member in contact with the paper feeding roller, and a paper feeding direction of the paper feeding roller. The tape-shaped thermal paper cassette according to claim 1, further comprising a clutch spring that prevents rotation in the opposite direction. 3. The lower side of the roll accommodating portion and the main body base portion
The length direction of the tape-shaped thermal paper arranged on the platen part
The tape-shaped thermal paper cassette according to claim 2, further comprising: a cover member that covers the both side surfaces parallel to and the lower side of the paper feed roller so as to be openable and closable.