JP3366831B2 - Stamping equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stamping device, and more particularly to a stamping device having a stamping body having a stamping surface made of a heat-sensitive stencil sheet and a heating punching device for punching holes on the stamping surface of the stamping body. Regarding

[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.

On the other hand, conventionally, it is possible to perforate a desired pattern by irradiating infrared rays or a thermal head, and by transmitting ink from the perforation group, it is possible to use it for printing various patterns such as character strings, figures and marks. A heat-sensitive stencil sheet has been put into practical use.

The applicant of the present application, in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 5-74833, discloses a stencil printing plate mainly composed of the heat-sensitive stencil sheet and an impregnated body impregnated with ink, wherein the conventional stamp face is made of rubber. We have proposed a stencil printing plate suitable for making a stamp that replaces the constructed stamp.

In this stencil printing plate, an impregnated body impregnated with ink and a frame surrounding the impregnated body are adhered to a synthetic resin film, and the impregnated body and the surface of the frame are heat-sensitive. The stencil sheet is bonded.

When the stencil printing plate is applied to a stamp, the stencil printing plate is adhered to the lower surface of the base of the stamp member having the grip portion via a cushioning material, and the heat-sensitive stencil sheet is irradiated with infrared rays or By punching a desired character string pattern with a thermal head, the stamp is composed of a stamp member and a stencil printing plate, and like the ordinary stamp, a large number of the desired character string pattern can be formed on the paper. A stamp that can be printed over time is obtained.

Furthermore, the applicant of the present application is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-2267.
In No. 78, a stamping device including a stamping body and a heating punching device for forming a punching hole on the stamping surface portion of the stamping body was proposed.

The stamp body is provided with a grip portion, a main body case, and a supply reel and a take-up reel for supplying and winding the tape-shaped heat-sensitive stencil sheet.
An ink pad for supplying ink to a part of the perforated heat-sensitive stencil sheet.

The heating and punching device is provided with a punching mounting portion for detachably mounting the stamp body, a feeding mechanism for feeding the heat-sensitive stencil sheet of the stamp body, and a hole for forming the heat-sensitive stencil sheet of the stamp body. It consists of a thermal head, a keyboard for entering characters and symbols, and a controller that controls the feeding mechanism and the thermal head so that the character string entered based on the input data is punched in the heat-sensitive stencil sheet. ing.

According to the above stamping device, the stamp body is provided with a tape-shaped heat-sensitive stencil sheet, and a desired character string pattern can be punched on the stamp face portion of the stamp body by the heating punching device. Therefore, a different pattern can be punched in the stamp face portion, and since the ink is automatically supplied from the ink pad inside the stamp body to the stamp face portion during printing, external ink is applied to the stamp face portion. You can print without.

[0011]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
The stamp body of the No. 778 stamping machine is provided with a tape-shaped long heat-sensitive stencil sheet, but since only a very small part of the heat-sensitive stencil sheet is used at all times, the heat-sensitive stencil sheet is wasteful. Become. Further, since the tape-shaped long heat-sensitive stencil sheet, the supply reel, the take-up reel and the like are provided inside the stamp body, the stamp body becomes large and difficult to use, and the manufacturing cost becomes expensive. Furthermore, since the ink pad is brought into contact with the tape-shaped heat-sensitive stencil sheet, it is difficult to seal the ink so that the ink does not leak from the ink pad, and the ink leaks easily.

An object of the present invention is to provide a stamp body which can be made smaller, lighter and less expensive, and which can prevent ink from leaking, and a heat punching device which can punch a stamp face portion of the stamp body. A stamp device is provided.

[0013]

A stamp device according to claim 1 is provided with a stamp body and a heating punching device for punching a dot pattern on a printing surface portion of the stamp body. Is a stencil printing master plate fixed to the gripping portion with or without other members, and a surface including an ink body and a lower surface and an outer peripheral portion of the ink body. And a heat-sensitive stencil sheet containing a heat-sensitive stencil sheet that fixedly covers the stamp face portion, and the heating punching device is a punching mounting portion for detachably mounting the stamp body, and a letter or It includes an input means for inputting a symbol, a data storage means for storing the input data input from the input means, and a thermal head for punching dots on the stamp face portion of the stamp body mounted on the punch mounting portion. Piercing hand When, in which a control means for driving and controlling the perforating means receives the input data from the data storage means.

The ink body may be an impregnated body in which ink is impregnated (claim 2).

In the stamp apparatus according to the first aspect, when a character or a symbol is input from the input means in a state where the stamp body is mounted on the mounting portion for punching of the heating punching device, the input data is stored in the data storage means. And the control means
Upon receiving the input data from the data storage means, the punching means including the thermal head is driven and controlled to punch the stamp surface of the stamp body in a dot shape.

Next, the stamp body is taken out from the punching mounting portion of the heat punching device, the grip portion of the stamp body is grasped by hand, and the stencil printing master plate is pressed against the surface of the paper. The ink exudes from the perforations of the heat-sensitive stencil sheet forming the printing surface, so that the pattern such as the input character string is printed on the sheet.

Here, the stencil printing plate of the stamp body is fixed to the grip portion with or without other members,
This stencil printing plate is an ink body and the lower surface of the ink body.
And the heat-sensitive stencil sheet that fixedly covers the surface including the outer peripheral portion and constitutes the stamp face portion, the stencil sheet has a simple and small-sized and lightweight structure.

Further, the heat-sensitive stencil sheet is the bottom surface of the ink body.
In addition, since the surface including the outer peripheral portion is fixedly covered, the ink does not leak to other than the printing surface.

When the ink body is composed of an impregnated body impregnated with ink, the ink can be supplied during printing for a long time without excess or deficiency.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The stamp device according to this embodiment is shown in FIG.
The stamp body 1 shown in FIG. 10 and the heating punching device 50 shown in FIGS.

First, regarding the stamp body 1, FIG.
-It demonstrates, referring FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the stamp body 1
Is a gripping part 2 to be gripped by hand, a stamp part 3 fixedly connected to the gripping part 2, a skirt member 6 covering the outer peripheral side of the stamp part 3, and detachably mounted on the stamp part 3. It is composed of a protective cap 7.

The grip portion 2 is formed of a rectangular parallelepiped hollow body made of a metal or a synthetic resin material and having an open lower end, and a recess 11 for attaching the label 10 is formed on the top of the grip portion 2. A pair of engaging claws 14 projecting downward are provided on the lower ends of the front wall 12 and the rear wall 13, respectively. Further, in the lower portions of the front wall 12 and the rear wall 13 of the grip portion 2,
The guide groove 15 is formed, the engaging recess 16 is formed in the front wall 12, the engaging hole 18 is formed in the left side wall 17, and the central portion of the lower surface of the upper wall 19 inside the grip portion 2 is formed. A spring support portion 20 is formed.

The stamp part 3 is composed of a stamp part body 4
The stamp part body 4 is inserted and fixed from below, covers the upper approximately 2/3 part of the outer peripheral side of the stamp part body 4, and engages with the four engaging claws 14 of the grip part 2 to grasp the grip part. Two
And an outer circumference holding member 5 fixed to.

The stamp body 4 is provided with a shallow recess 25 on the lower surface and is a rectangular parallelepiped hollow synthetic resin base member 2.
6 and the impregnated body 2 mounted in the recess 25 of the base member 26
7, the impregnated body 27 impregnated with the oil-based ink (this corresponds to the ink body), and the lower surface of the impregnated body 27 and the outer peripheral side of the base member 26 are covered with an adhesive 29 on the outer peripheral surface of the base member 26. It is composed of a heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 which is adhered. The impregnated body 27 may be adhered to the recess 25 of the base member 26 with an adhesive or the like.

The base member 26 is made of a synthetic resin material (for example, vinyl chloride, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyacetal, polyethylene terephthalate, etc.) or a metal material having excellent oil resistance because it comes into contact with oil-based ink. By mounting the impregnated body 27 in the recess 25 of 6, the positional displacement of the impregnated body 27 can be prevented, and the impregnated body 2 can be prevented.
It is possible to prevent the outflow of ink from 7.

The impregnated body 27 is made of a synthetic resin material (for example, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polyurethane, acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, etc.) having elasticity or a non-woven fabric.
The impregnated body 27 is impregnated with oil-based ink in a saturated state, and when pressure is applied to the impregnated body 27, the ink oozes out.

As shown in FIG. 6, the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 includes a thermoplastic film 30, a porous support 31 and
It is composed of an adhesive layer 32 for adhering these. The thermoplastic film 30 has a thickness of 1 to 4 μm, and preferably 2 μm, such as a thermoplastic synthetic resin material (for example, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, vinylidene chloride).
Vinyl chloride copolymer, etc.).

If the thickness is less than 1 μm, the manufacturing cost is high, the strength is weak, and the practicability is lacking.
Those having a thickness of 4 μm or more cannot be perforated by a general thermal head having a rated output of about 50 mJ / mm 2 because they are too thick.

The porous support 31 is made of natural fibers (eg, Manila hemp, groove, mitsumata, etc.), synthetic fibers (eg, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylonitrile, etc.), or semi-synthetic fibers such as rayon. It is composed of porous thin paper whose main raw material is.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, with the base member 26 turned upside down, the impregnating body 27 is mounted in the recess 25, and the impregnating body 27 is impregnated with the oil-based ink. The heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 is covered from above 27 so that the porous support 31 is on the impregnated body 27 side, and the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 is brought into close contact with the surface of the impregnated body 27. The outer peripheral side portion is tightly folded on the outer peripheral surface of the base member 26 and adhered by the adhesive layer 29 to form the stamp portion main body 4 shown in FIG. 7.

A portion of the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 which is in close contact with the surface of the impregnated body 27 (the lower surface in FIG. 5) constitutes a stamp surface portion 33. As described above, since the outer peripheral side portion of the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 is adhered to the outer peripheral surface of the base member 26, the Wataru stamped surface portion 3 is provided almost all over the lower surface of the stamp portion 3.
3 could be formed. As a result, positioning when printing is simplified.

The outer peripheral portion of the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 is
In order to adhere to the outer peripheral surface of the base member 26, the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 2
8, the adhesive layer 29 may be formed in advance on the outer peripheral side portion, or the adhesive layer 29 may be formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base member 26 in advance, or the heat-sensitive stencil plate Base paper 28
Of the adhesive layer 2 on both the outer peripheral side portion of the base member and the outer peripheral surface of the base member 26.
9 may be formed in advance.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the outer peripheral holding member 5 includes a peripheral wall portion 34 having a rectangular shape in plan view, to which the stamp portion main body 4 is adhered, and an upper wall portion 35. Wall 35
And a pair of left and right engaging wall portions 36 protruding from the above by a predetermined height. Engagement holes 37 corresponding to the four engagement claws 14 of the grip portion 2 are formed in the pair of left and right engagement wall portions 36, and the pair of left and right engagement wall portions 36 are formed on the skirt member 6. The pair of right and left rectangular holes 42 of the wall portion 41 are vertically slidably inserted from below, and the four engaging claws 14 are engaged with the four engaging holes 37 of the engaging wall portions 36 from above. The outer peripheral holding member 5 is fixed to the grip portion 2 by bringing them together and bringing the upper end of the engagement wall portion 36 into contact with the lower end of the grip portion 2.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the skirt member 6 has an outer peripheral wall portion 40 having a rectangular shape in plan view in which the outer peripheral wall portion 34 of the outer peripheral holding member 5 is slidably fitted in the vertical direction.
And an upper wall portion 41 at the upper end thereof, which is located above the upper wall portion 35 of the outer periphery holding member 5, and a predetermined height above the center portion of the upper wall portion 41, and the upper wall portion 41 is grasped. It is composed of a gate-shaped portion 43 to be inserted into the portion 2, and a spring support portion 45 and the like protruding from the center of the upper end of the gate-shaped portion 43.

Below the left and right walls of the gate-shaped portion 43,
A guide hole 44 is formed at a position in the front-rear direction corresponding to the guide hole 18 so as to penetrate the both wall portions.

A compression spring 21 for biasing the skirt member 6 downward is attached to the grip portion 2 on the spring support portion 20 of the grip portion 2 and the spring support portion 45 of the skirt member 6. 6 is configured to be movable up and down over a first position shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a second position shown in FIG. 9, and a third position shown in FIG. 8, and the skirt member 6 is formed by a spring 21. It is biased towards the first position. The lower end of the central portion of the four surfaces of the outer peripheral wall 40 of the skirt member 6 is partially cut out in order to attach and detach the protective cap 7 and to position the stamp surface portion 33.

In the first position, the upper wall portion 41 of the skirt member 6 contacts the upper wall portion 35 of the outer circumference holding member 5, and the lower end of the skirt member 6 projects lower than the stamp surface portion 33, and At the second position, the upper wall portion 41 of the skirt member 6 is
It is located between the upper wall portion 35 of the outer periphery holding member 5 and the lower end of the grip portion 2, the lower end of the skirt member 6 is located at the same level as the stamp face portion 33, and when in the third position, the skirt member. 6
The upper wall portion 41 contacts the lower end of the grip portion 2, and the lower end of the skirt member 6 is located above the stamp surface portion 33. still,
The stroke of the skirt member 6 from the first position to the second position is preferably set to about 5 mm.

The protective cap 7 is formed by the stamp body 4
The outer peripheral wall portion 48 is formed in the same shape as the outer peripheral wall 34 of the outer peripheral holding member 5 in a plan view, and the protective cap 7 is a skirt. The outer peripheral wall portion 40 of the member 6 is fitted in and supported.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the protective cap 7
In the state in which is mounted, the upper end of the protective cap 7 contacts the lower end of the outer peripheral wall 34, and a small gap is left between the protective cap 7 and the stamp face portion 33. The protective cap 7 has the outer peripheral face of the outer peripheral wall portion 48 and the skirt member 6. It is supported by a frictional force with the inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall portion 40. Therefore, even if the grip portion 2 is pushed downward with the protective cap 7 attached, the gap is maintained by the contact between the upper end of the protective cap 7 and the lower end of the outer peripheral wall 34. No ink adheres to 7.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, a large number of perforations having a pattern composed of a character string of mirror characters of "Brother Industry Co., Ltd." and a six-fold rectangular frame surrounding the outer side of the character string are formed on the stamp face portion 33, for example. (Dot pattern perforation) is formed by a thermal head of a thermal printer (not shown).
Since a stamp body capable of printing a character string of "Brother Industry Co., Ltd." which is a mirror image of the pattern and a six-fold rectangular frame is formed, similar to a normal stamp having a rubber stamp surface part, for example, The pattern can be printed about 1000 times. Needless to say, it is possible to pierce by irradiating infrared rays instead of piercing with a thermal head.

When punching the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 constituting the stamp face portion 33, the stamp body 1 is set in the punching mounting portion 71 of the heating punching device 50 described later, and the guide bar 83 of the device is set. , The guide holes 18, 44, 44 are inserted to hold the skirt member 6 in the third position for perforation, and when not in use, the protective cap 7 is attached, and the skirt member 6 is attached as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 3, the skirt member 6 is held at the first position, and at the time of printing, the protective cap 7 is removed, the skirt member 6 is held at the first position, and the position on the surface of the paper to be printed is to be changed. By positioning the skirt member 6 at the position of the stamp surface 33 of the stamp portion 3, the grip portion 2 is pressed downward to print as shown in FIG.

Next, the heat punching device 50 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 11 to 15, the heating and punching device 50 includes a body frame 51, a keyboard 52 and a liquid crystal display 5 provided on the front portion of the body frame 51.
3, a heat punching portion 54 provided in the rear portion of the main body frame 51, a control unit 55 provided in the main body frame 51, and the like.

The keyboard 52 includes a character / symbol key 56 including a plurality of character keys that 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, a shift key 63, a small letter switch 64, a character type setting switch 65, a punch switch 66, etc.) and a main switch 67 are provided. The liquid crystal display 53
Is capable of displaying a plurality of lines of character strings corresponding to a pattern to be printed by the stamp body 1.

Next, the heating punching portion 54 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 13 to 22, the heating perforation portion 54 has a sub-frame 70, a perforation attachment portion 71 for detachably attaching the stamp body 1, and a perforation attachment portion 71. The stamp surface portion 33 of the mounted stamp body 1 is provided with a heating punching mechanism 72 for punching in a dodd shape.

Explaining the perforation mounting portion 71, as shown in FIGS. 14 to 17, the right half wall 73 of the sub-frame 70 has a lower half of the stamp body 1 having the maximum width in the front-rear direction of the stamp portion 3. An opening 74 having substantially the same shape as the side surface is formed, and an opening / closing door 75 for opening / closing the opening 74 is fixedly provided with a sector gear 76. The opening / closing door 75 and the sector gear 76 are formed by a pivot 77 that is oriented in the left-right direction in FIG. It is pivotally attached to the right side wall 73. A pair of front and rear parallel guide members 7 are provided on the upper portion of the sub-frame 70.
8 and 79 are provided, and at the lower ends of these guide members 78 and 79, a guide portion 80 that extends horizontally and in parallel in the left-right direction.
Are formed to face each other.

A pair of right and left rollers 81 are provided on the front guide member 78 so as to be able to move a small distance in the front-rear direction in FIG. 16 through elongated holes, and these rollers 81 are biased rearward by a spring 82. ing.

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 as shown in FIGS. 16 and 20, on the upper surface of the right end portion of the guide bar 83, A tapered surface 84 that slopes downward to the right is formed, and a locking portion 85 that restricts the left limit position of the stamp body 1 is formed at the left end 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.
It is configured so that the left-right position of is accurately set.

When the stamp body 1 is mounted on the perforating mounting portion 71, the guide bar 83 is inserted through the guide holes 18, 44, 44 of the stamp body 1, whereby
The skirt member 6 is held in the raised state to the third position shown in FIG.

The heating and punching mechanism 72 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 13 to 22, the punching mounting portion 7 is used.
1, a guide rod 88 extending in the left-right direction for guiding the carriage 87 and a guide rod 88 extending in the left-right direction over the right end wall 73 and the left end wall 86 of the sub-frame 70 and mounted on the carriage 87. A head switching rod 89 extending in the left-right direction for operating a cam body 91 for switching the position of the thermal head 90 is mounted, and the cam body 91 is mounted on the head switching rod 89 so as not to be rotatable but slidable in the axial direction. Has been done.

The carriage 87 has a guide rod 88.
The head switching rod 89 is movably supported 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 against the lower surface of the cam abutment plate 93. When the head switching rod 89 is rotated to bring the cam body 91 into a horizontal posture, the thermal head 90 moves. When the thermal head 90 is released downward together with the head heat dissipation plate 94 and the cam body 91 is placed in the upright posture, the thermal head 90 swings upward through the cam contact plate 93 and the spring 97 to switch to the punching position. .

A gear 98 meshing 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.
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 for driving the carriage 87,
A drive gear 101 meshing with the rack 92 and a reduction gear mechanism 102 that transmits the rotation of the output gear 102 of the output shaft of the stepping motor 100 to the drive gear 101 are attached. Therefore, since the rotational driving force of the stepping motor 100 is decelerated and transmitted to the drive gear 101, the stepping motor 100 can drive and move the carriage 87 in the left-right direction.

The thermal head 90 is the same as the thermal head of a thermal printer. As shown in FIG. 23, for example, 96 heating elements 103 are arranged in a line in the front-back direction in the thermal head 90. It is provided.

Next, a control system including the control unit 110 for driving and controlling the heat punching mechanism 72 and the liquid crystal display 53 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 22, the control unit 110
Includes a keyboard 52, a thermal head 90, a carriage feed motor 100, a liquid crystal display 53,
Two proximity switches 104 and 105 for detecting the presence or absence of the stamp body 1 and the front-rear width 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 FIGS. 15 and 19 and a wide type shown by a chain line, and two proximity switches 104 and 105 are provided. As shown in FIGS. 13, 15, and 19, the plate piece 10 fixed to the lower surface of the rear guide member 79.
6, the proximity switches 104 and 105 detect the wide-width stamp body 1, and the proximity switch 104 detects the narrow-width stamp body 1.

As shown in FIG. 22, the control unit 110
Include a CPU 111, a ROM 112, and a RAM 113.
A CG-ROM 114 for punching, a CG-ROM 115 for display for displaying on the display 53, an input interface 116 connected to the keyboard 52 and the proximity switches 104 and 105, and an output interface 117 are provided. Are interconnected by a bus 118. Further, the head drive circuit 119 connected to the output interface 117 is connected to the control unit 110.
, The motor drive circuit 120, and the display drive circuit 1
And 21 are provided.

The ROM 112 is provided with a program memory 122 which stores a control program for controlling the overall operation of the heat punching device 50, and a dictionary memory 123 for converting kana / kanji.

The RAM 113 is provided with an input buffer 124 for storing input data, a punching buffer 125 for storing punching data, a shift register 126, and various other counters and registers.

In the punching CG-ROM 114, dot pattern data of many characters to be punched is stored in association with code data, and the display CG-RO is also stored.
In M115, display dot pattern data of a large number of characters to be punched is stored in association with code data.

Next, the head drive circuit 119 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 23, one electrode of each heating element 103 is connected to a + 12V power supply terminal 127, and the other electrode is connected to a driver 128.

The input terminals of the drivers 128 are the output terminals of the inverter 129 connected to the input side of the punching stove input terminal 130 and the outputs of the data latch circuit 132 whose input side is connected to the latch signal input terminal 131. The terminals are connected to each other.

Further, each input terminal of the data latch circuit 132 has a clock input terminal 133 and a data input terminal 13.
Output terminals of the shift register 135 whose input terminals are connected to 4 and 4 are respectively connected.

In the head drive circuit 119, the punch register data is stored in the shift register 135 in synchronization with the clock signal, and then, when the latch signal is supplied to the data latch circuit 132, the shift register 135 stores the data. Data latch circuit 13 to which the corresponding data corresponds
2 is output and stored.

At the same time, the data is transferred to each driver 1.
28 is applied. In this state, when a punching pulse signal of logic "0" is applied to the input terminal of the inverter 128 from the strobe input terminal 130 for punching, a signal of logic "1" is output from the output terminal of the inverter 128 and each driver 128 is output. Applied to the input terminal of.

Therefore, when the data of the data latch circuit 132 is logic "1", the output side of the driver 128 becomes logic "0", and the drive current is supplied from the power supply terminal 127 to the corresponding heating element 103. . At that time, the pulse width of the perforation pulse signal input to the perforation strobe input terminal 130 is set so that the surface temperature of the heating element 103 becomes a temperature suitable for thermal perforation.

Next, a punching process for punching a pattern of a character string on the stamp face portion 33 of the stamp body 1 using the heating punching device 50 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 24 and 25. The punching process includes a process executed by the control unit 110 and an operation executed by an operator, and in the figure, reference numeral Si (i = 1, 2,
3) indicates each step.

When the main switch 67 is turned on, the processing is started, first the detection signals from the proximity switches 104 and 105 are read (S1), and then the stamp body 1 is present, that is, the stamp body 1 is punched. It is determined whether or not the device is mounted on the mounting unit 71 (S2), and the determination is Yes.
At this time, that is, when the power is turned on while the stamp body 1 is still attached to the perforation mounting portion 71, a message “Please remove the stamp body” is displayed on the liquid crystal display (hereinafter, LCD) 53. Then (S3), the process returns to S1. The above steps S1 to S3 are repeatedly executed until the operator removes the stamp body 1. Door 75
When the stamp body 1 is removed by opening the door, it is determined No in S2.

Next, the stamp body 1 was not attached to the perforation mounting portion 71 when the power was turned on, or the stamp body 1 was attached to the perforation mounting portion 71 when the power was turned on. When the stamp body 1 is removed and the determination in S2 is No, the data in the RAM 112 of the heat punching device 50 is cleared, the carriage feed motor 100 is driven, and the carriage 87 is moved to the guide lot 8.
8 Initial setting such as moving to the initial position at the right end is executed, and “Preparing” is displayed on the LCD 53 (S
4). Next, in S5, the input setting of the stamp surface content is executed by operating the keyboard 52. In this input setting, the stamp surface size designation, the format input including the setting of the character size and the character arrangement, and the punching are performed. Input of character string data to the input buffer 124 is executed.

Next, a message "Please attach a stamp body" is displayed on the LCD 53 (S6), and the process stands by until the perforation switch 66 is turned ON (S7: No).
During this time, the operator opens the opening / closing door 75, mounts the stamp body 1, and then closes the opening / closing door, that is, the stamp body 1
Is attached to the attachment portion 71 for perforation.

The opening operation of the opening / closing door 75 causes the sector gear 76 to rotate clockwise in FIG. This sector gear 7
Along with the rotation of 6, the head switching rod 89 rotates counterclockwise in the figure via the gear 98 meshing with the sector gear 76. Then, the cam body 91 mounted on the head switching rod 89 is placed in the sideways posture, and the thermal head 90 is released downward together with the head heat dissipation plate 94.

The operator inserts the guide body 1 through the opening 74 while engaging the guide groove 15 of the grip portion 2 of the stamp body 1 with the guide portion 80. At the time of this insertion, the thermal head 90 does not interfere with the mounting of the stamp body 1. Further, with the insertion, the guide bar 83 is inserted through the guide holes 18, 44, 44 of the stamp body 1. As a result, the gate-shaped portion 43 rises along the tapered surface 84 of the guide bar 83, and as the gate-shaped portion 43 rises, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 0, the skirt member 6 has the lower end of the skirt member 3
Ascends to a position higher than 3, and the state is maintained as shown in FIG.

The operator touches the stamp body 1 with the engaging portion 85 of the guide bar 83, and the right roller 81 provided on the guide member 78 engages with the engaging recess 16 of the grip portion 2 of the stamp body 1. Insert until you do. When the stamp body 1 is inserted until it abuts and engages with it, the stamp body 1 is arranged at a predetermined position in the perforation mounting portion 71 shown in FIG.

Next, the operator performs a closing operation of rotating the opening / closing door 75 counterclockwise in FIG. With this closing operation, the sector gear 76 rotates counterclockwise in FIG.
With the rotation of the sector gear 76, the head switching rod 89 rotates clockwise in FIG. Then, the cam body 91 attached to the head switching rod 89 is placed in the upright posture,
The thermal head 90 includes a cam contact plate 93 and a spring 93.
It is rocked upwards through and is arranged at the punching position where the right end of the stamp face portion 33 of the stamp body 1 shown in FIG. 21 is pressed.

As described above, the operator is the stamp body 1
After mounting, the perforation switch 66 is turned on.

Next, when the punching switch 66 is turned on (S7: Yes), the detection signals of the proximity switches 104 and 105 are read (S8), and next, it is determined whether or not the stamp body 1 is present, that is, the stamp. It is determined whether or not the body 1 is attached to the perforation attachment portion 71 (S9), and when the determination is No, that is, when the operator operates the perforation switch 66 without attaching the stamp body 1, , S10, "Please attach a stamp body" is displayed on the LCD 53, and then the process proceeds to S7. On the other hand, the determination in S9 is Ye
In S, if the stamp body 1 is attached, S11
In step 1, the stamp face size and stamp body 1 set in S5
It is determined whether or not the sizes of the two match. The size of the stamp body 1 means the proximity switches 104 and 105.
It is the width size of the stamp body 1 determined based on the detection signal from.

Next, when the determination in S11 is No, that is,
When the size of the stamp body 1 does not match the set stamp surface size, "Please replace the stamp body" is displayed on the LCD 53 (S12), and the process proceeds to S7. Then, S7 to S12 are repeatedly executed until the currently mounted stamp body 1 is removed and the stamp body 1 having a size that matches the set stamp face size is mounted. On the other hand, when the determination in S11 is Yes, that is, when the size of the mounted stamp body 1 matches the set stamp face size, the stamp face portion 33 of the stamp body 1 is subjected to punching processing, The LCD 53 displays "Punching" (S13). In the punching process, first, dot pattern data for punching is created on the basis of the format and the character string data for punching, which are stored in the punching buffer 125. The carriage feed motor 100 is driven based on the dot pattern data stored in the punching buffer 125,
While the carriage 87 moves from the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 21 to the position shown by the chain double-dashed line, the thermal head 90
Are driven to form perforations based on the dot pattern data for perforation on the stamp surface 33. At the end of perforation, the carriage 87 is driven and moved to the position where the thermal head 90 is separated from the printing surface portion 33 to the left, so that the thermal head 90 does not continue to press the printing surface portion 33 to cause ink leakage. . Next, in S14, it is determined whether or not the punching is finished. When the punching is finished, in S15, the LCD 53
Is displayed as "End of punching process" and "Please remove stamp body", and the process returns to S1. The operator opens the opening / closing door 75 and removes the stamp body 1 while seeing the display "Please remove the stamp body". At this time, since the carriage 87 has moved to the position shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 21, the carriage 87 and the thermal head 90 do not hinder the removal of the stamp body 1.

Next, the operation of the stamp device including the stamp body 1 and the heat punching device 50 described above will be described.

With respect to the stamp body 1, a large number of perforations having a desired pattern are previously formed on the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 forming the stamp surface portion 33, the protective cap 7 is removed, and the stamp surface portion 33 is removed through the skirt member 6. When the grip portion 2 is grasped and the grip portion 2 is pushed downward and the stamp surface portion 33 is pressed against the surface of the paper after the paper is positioned at a desired position on the surface of the paper, the ink in the impregnation body 27 is perforated with a large number of holes. The perforation pattern can be printed on the surface of the paper because of the seepage.

A vertically movable skirt member 6 surrounding the outer peripheral side of the stamp portion 3 is provided, and the skirt member 6 is attached to the first
The skirt member 6 is configured to be movable up and down over a position, a second position, and a third position.
Since the elastic force is applied toward the first position, a desired pattern can be punched in a dod pattern on the stamp face portion 33 while the skirt member 6 is held at the third position.

During printing, the skirt member 6 is held at the first position, the skirt member 6 is set at the position to be printed on the front surface of the sheet, the marking surface portion 33 is positioned, and then the grip portion 2 When is pressed, the spring 21 contracts and the skirt member 6 rises to the second position, so that printing can be accurately performed at a desired position. Then, after printing, when the pressing force on the grip portion 2 is released, the returning operation of the skirt member 6 to the first position promotes the peeling of the paper from the stamp surface 33, so that the thin paper can be printed cleanly. can do. However, in the case of printing in a narrow frame on the surface of the paper, it is possible to print with the skirt member 6 held at the second position or the third position by hand. Further, when not in use, the skirt member 6 is first moved by the biasing force of the spring 21.
The stamp unit 1 can be held in position, the stamp unit 1 can be entirely supported by the skirt member 6, and the stamp face portion 33 can be protected.

Further, the stamp portion 3 is provided with a heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 that fixedly covers the surface of the impregnated body 27, and extends inside the skirt member 6 to the outer peripheral side of the base member 26. Since the outer peripheral holding member 5 surrounding the outer peripheral portion of the base paper 28 is provided, the outer peripheral portion of the heat-sensitive stencil base paper 28 extending to the outer peripheral side of the base member 26 can be prevented from being damaged by the skirt member 6, and the impregnated body 27 It is possible to prevent the ink from flowing out to the outside.

Furthermore, since the protective cap 7 is provided to cover the stamp face portion 33 of the stamp portion 3 and is detachably attached to the stamp portion 3, the protective cap 7 allows the stamp face portion when not in use. It is possible to prevent damage of 33 and adhesion of dust, and to prevent printing at a position where printing should not be performed due to an erroneous operation.

Regarding the heating punching device 50, when the stamp body 1 is mounted on the mounting portion 71 for punching, the stamp body 1 is
It is supported by a pair of front and rear guide portions that are engaged with the pair of front and rear guide grooves 15, and is pushed rearward by a pair of rollers 81, so that the front-back direction position of the stamp body 1 is accurately set.

The stamp body 1 is locked by the locking portion 85 and also locked at the ends of the pair of front and rear guide grooves 15, so that the lateral position is accurately set. Moreover,
Since one roller 81 is engaged with the engagement concave portion 16 of the stamp body 1, the position of the stamp body 1 does not shift during perforation.

Until the opening / closing door 75 and the cam body 91 are interlocked with each other through the sector gear 76, the gear 98 and the head switching rod 89 to mount the stamp body 1 on the perforation mounting portion 71 and close the opening / closing door 75, Since the thermal head 90 is configured to release downward, the thermal head 90 does not damage the stamp surface portion 33 when the stamp body 1 is mounted, and the thermal head 90 is not removed after the completion of perforation. Carriage 87 until it retreats from the stamp surface 33 to the left
Since the thermal head 90 does not continue to press the stamp face portion 33, the ink can be prevented from leaking from the stamp face portion 33. When the opening / closing door 75 is opened to remove the stamp body 1 after punching, the thermal head 9
Since 0 is released downward, the stamp face portion 33 is not damaged even when the stamp body 1 is taken out.

When the stamp body 1 is mounted on the perforation mounting portion 71, the skirt member 6 is switched to the most raised third position by the guide bar 83, so that the skirt member 6 is perforated when the stamp surface portion 33 is perforated. , Does not get in the way of drilling.

Since the width size of the stamp body 1 is detected by the proximity switches 104 and 105, the size of the stamp body 1 is not mistaken and a character string which does not fit the size of the stamp face 33 is not punched. . In addition, the stamp body 1 has a guide member 78 in the mounting portion 71 for punching.
Since it is supported by the engagement between the grip portion 2 and the grip portion 2, both the narrow stamp body 1 and the wide stamp body 1 can be mounted on the perforation mounting portion 71 if the grip portion 2 has the same configuration. Therefore, it has excellent versatility.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the impregnated body 27 and the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 correspond to the stencil printing plate, the keyboard 52 corresponds to the input means, and the heating punching mechanism 72 corresponds to the punching means. The unit 110 corresponds to the control means, and the RAM 113 corresponds to the data storage means.

Here, part of the above-described embodiment can be modified as follows.

1] The punching mounting portion 71 is formed by the stamp body 1.
While the stamp body 1 is detachably attached from the right side, the stamp body 1 may be detachably attached from the upper side.

2] The heating punching mechanism 72 is configured to punch the thermal head 90 while moving the thermal head 90 via the carriage 87 while holding the stamp body 1 at a predetermined position. Alternatively, the stamp body 1 may be moved and punched.

3] A solenoid actuator may be provided instead of the cam body 91, and the position of the thermal head 90 may be switched by the actuator.

4] The rack 92, the drive gear 101,
Instead of the reduction gear mechanism 102, the carriage 87 may be configured to be moved and driven in the left-right direction via a wire and a pulley.

5] Instead of the impregnated body 27, an ink body made of a high-viscosity ink mass is used, and this ink body is mounted in the recess 25 and raised in the same shape as the impregnated body 27. Good.

[0104]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention.
According to the stamp device, as described in the section of the action, by the heating punching device, a desired pattern is punched in a dot shape on the stamp face portion of the stamp body, like the rubber stamp, and the ink It is possible to obtain a stamp body that can be printed without applying.

The stencil printing plate of the stamp body is fixed to the grip portion with or without another member, and the stencil printing plate is impregnated with the ink and the lower surface of the impregnated body. Since the heat-sensitive stencil sheet that fixedly covers the surface including the outer peripheral portion and constitutes the stamp surface portion is included , the stencil sheet has a simple and small structure, and the stamp body manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Further, since the heat-sensitive stencil sheet is constituted so as to fixedly cover the surface including the lower surface and the outer peripheral portion of the impregnated body impregnated with the ink, the ink does not leak to the portion other than the stamped surface portion. .

When the ink body is composed of an impregnated body impregnated with ink, the ink can be supplied during printing for a long time without excess or deficiency.

[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 an exploded perspective view of a stamp body.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view of a stamp body.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view of a stamp body.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional front view of the stamp body of the stamp body.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a heat-sensitive stencil sheet of a stamp body.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a method of manufacturing a stamp portion main body.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional front view of the stamp body when the skirt member is at the third position.

FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional front view of the stamp body when the skirt member is at the second position.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a pattern for punching a stamp surface of a stamp body.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a heat punching device of the stamp device.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a heat punching device and a stamp body.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the heating punching device.

FIG. 14 is a partially cutaway front view of the heat punching device.

FIG. 15 is a partially cutaway vertical side view of the heating punching device.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a heating punching unit of the heating punching device.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of an essential part of a heating punching unit of the heating punching device.

FIG. 18 is an exploded perspective view of a heating and punching mechanism.

FIG. 19 is a side view of a main portion of a heating punching unit of the heating punching device.

FIG. 20 is a vertical cross-sectional front view of the stamp body and the heating punching part which are being mounted on the mounting part for punching.

FIG. 21 is a vertical cross-sectional front view of the stamp body and the heating punching portion after being mounted on the mounting portion for punching.

FIG. 22 is a block diagram of a control system of the stamp device.

FIG. 23 is an electric circuit diagram of a head drive circuit.

FIG. 24 is a part of a flowchart of a punching process by the heating punching device.

FIG. 25 is the rest of the flowchart of the punching process by the heating punching device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 stamp body 2 grip 3 stamp department 4 Stamp part body 5 Perimeter holding member 26 base members 27 Impregnated body 28 Heat-sensitive stencil paper 33 seal face 50 Heating punching device 52 keyboard 71 Mounting part for punching 72 Heat punching mechanism 110 control unit 111 CPU 112 ROM 113 RAM 114 CG-ROM for punching

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A stamping device comprising: a stamping body; and a heating punching device for punching a dot pattern on a stamping surface portion of the stamping body, wherein the stamping body has a gripping portion for gripping with a hand. A stencil printing plate fixed to a grip portion with or without another member, which is an ink body and an ink body below the ink body.
A stencil printing master plate including a heat-sensitive stencil stencil that fixedly covers a surface including a surface and an outer peripheral portion and a heat sensitive stencil stencil, and the heating and punching device is a punch for detachably mounting the stamp body. Mounting portion, input means for inputting characters and symbols, data storage means for storing input data input from the input means, and dots on the stamp face portion of the stamp body mounted on the perforation mounting portion. A stamping device comprising: a punching unit including a thermal head that punches in a circular shape; and a control unit that receives input data from the data storage unit and drives and controls the punching unit. 2. The stamp device according to claim 1 , wherein the ink body is an impregnated body impregnated with ink.