JP3528775B2 - Cutout character creation method and cutout character creation device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutout character creating method and a cutout character creating apparatus in which a function of a cutting plotter for cutting out characters such as characters and figures to be cut out is added to a function of removing an unnecessary sheet portion. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of cut-out character creating apparatus, for example, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-202582 is known. This cut-out character creation device includes a cutting plotter that outline-cuts a character to be cut out on a half-cut sheet, a thermal printer that blank-prints a character on a half-cut sheet, and a plotter / printer control device having an input unit. ,
It is configured by linking. In this cut-out character creation device, the thermal printer is loaded with a heat-sensitive adhesive tape instead of the ink ribbon, and the heat-sensitive adhesive tape is fed out to be overlaid on the half-cutting sheet to perform a thermal transfer operation (blank printing). Furthermore, this is taken up. That is, after the character is cut out by the cutting plotter, the cut half-cut sheet is supplied to the thermal printer, and the unnecessary sheet portion other than the character portion is subjected to the thermal transfer operation in the filling mode to remove the unnecessary sheet portion. It sticks to the heat-sensitive adhesive tape and is rolled up.

[0003]

In such a conventional cut-out character creating apparatus, it is necessary to take out the half-cut sheet in which the character is outline-cut from the cutting plotter and supply (introduce) it to the thermal printer, which is troublesome. There was such a problem. Also, if the half-cut sheet is not introduced into the thermal printer or blank printing is performed with extremely high positional accuracy, the thermal transfer operation will be performed on a part of the character part, especially small character parts such as punctuation marks are unnecessary. At the same time, a problem such as peeling off or a small hollow portion left without being peeled off was likely to occur.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cutout character creating method and a cutout character creating apparatus which can accurately and surely peel off an unnecessary sheet portion from a release sheet.

[0005]

According to the method for producing cutout characters of the present invention, an outline of a character to be cut out is cut and cut on a sheet body of a half-cutting sheet in which a sheet body is laminated on a release sheet. A method for creating a cutout character in which a character part is left and other unnecessary sheet parts are peeled off from a release sheet to create a cutout character, wherein a cutout round to be a cutout region of a character and / or a convex part region to the peeling direction. After the round-cutting step of cutting the reverse peeling round, and after the round-cutting step, the round-peeling step of peeling the hollowed-out round and / or the reverse peeling round that is a part of the unnecessary sheet part from the release sheet, and the round-peeling step , Outline cutting process to cut the outline part of the character, and outline cutting After extent, characterized in that and a required sheet portion separation step peeling the unwanted seat from the release sheet.

When the character to be cut out is outline-cut and the unnecessary sheet portion around the character is peeled off while leaving the character portion, there is a cutout portion depending on the character, and this cutout portion is different from the surrounding unnecessary sheet portion. It is not connected and needs to be peeled off separately. Further, a convex portion of the character, which has an acute angle with respect to the peeling direction of the unnecessary sheet portion, is easily peeled together with the unnecessary sheet portion, and in order to eliminate this, it is preferable to hollow this convex portion in advance. According to the above configuration, first, the hollowing round which becomes the hollowed-out portion of the character and the reverse peeling round which becomes the convex portion are cut and peeled off, and thereafter the outer shape portion of the character is cut off and the unnecessary sheet portion is cut off. I try to peel off. That is, the entire portion to be peeled off is divided into a portion that is easy to peel off and a portion that is difficult to peel off. Therefore, the form of peeling,
It is possible to change the portion that is easily peeled off and the portion that is difficult to peel off, and these portions can be appropriately and smoothly peeled off.

In this case, after the unnecessary sheet portion peeling step, an application sticking step of sticking an application sheet having a sticking force larger than the sticking force of the character portion to the peeling sheet on the surface of the half-cutting sheet,
It is preferable to further provide.

According to this structure, the half-cutting sheet can be processed by the application sheet until the cut-out characters (characters) are properly arranged and can be directly attached to the object to be attached.

In these cases, it is preferable to further include a half-cut sheet supply step of feeding out the half-cut sheet wound into a roll and cutting it into a predetermined size prior to the round-cut step.

According to this structure, the half-cutting sheet wound in a roll shape is prepared, and the half-cutting sheet is fed out and cut into a desired required size, whereby the half-cutting sheet can be easily handled.

In these cases, the round peeling step is
Adhesive sheet sticking step of sticking the weak adhesive sheet on the surface of the sheet body, and the winding round and / or the reverse peeling round stuck on the weak adhesive sheet while peeling it off from the release sheet together with the weak adhesive sheet. It is preferable to have a winding and peeling step of winding up.

According to this structure, the weak adhesive sheet which has been peeled off by adhering the cutout round and / or the reverse peeling round is wound by the winding roller, so that the weak adhesive sheet is peeled off and wound. The stripping can be performed simultaneously and continuously. Further, unnecessary weak adhesive sheets can be compactly put together, and the weak adhesive sheets can be easily handled at the time of later disposal.

In these cases, the unnecessary sheet peeling step is
Use of a take-up roller having adhesiveness on the outer peripheral surface, and an adhesive holding step of adhering and holding the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion, and a winding and peeling step of winding the unnecessary sheet portion while peeling off the unnecessary sheet portion. Are preferred.

According to this structure, the take-up roller is configured to take up the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion after adhering and holding the peeled end portion, so that the peeling and the winding of the unnecessary sheet portion are performed at the same time. And it can be performed continuously. Also,
The unnecessary sheet portion can be compactly assembled, and the unnecessary sheet portion can be easily handled at the time of later disposal.

In these cases, in the round cutting step, it is preferable to perform outline cutting on these AND areas when a plurality of convex areas forming the reverse peeling round overlap.

According to this structure, when the reverse peeling round is outline-cut, it is possible to prevent overlapping cuts and improve the efficiency of the cutting work.

The cut-out character creating apparatus of the present invention cuts the outline of the character to be cut out to the sheet body of the half-cutting sheet in which the sheet body is laminated on the release sheet, and leaves the cut character portion, etc. Is a cut-out character creation device that creates a cut-out character by peeling off the unnecessary sheet part of the release sheet, and a sheet feeding mechanism that feeds the half-cutting sheet forward and backward on the sheet traveling path, and in a direction orthogonal to the sheet traveling path. Not required from the release sheet when there is a cutting plotter mechanism that performs outline cutting of the character with a reciprocating cutting tool and a cutting round that is a hollow area and / or a reverse peeling round that is a convex area in the peeling direction. A hollowed round that is part of the seat With beauty / or a round peeling mechanism to peel a reverse peel round, and unwanted seat peeling mechanism to peel the unnecessary sheet portion from the release sheet, and a controller which integrally controls the respective mechanisms, controller,
After controlling the cutting plotter mechanism and the sheet feeding mechanism to cut the hollowing round and / or the reverse peeling round, the round peeling mechanism is controlled to peel the hollowing round and / or the reverse peeling round from the peeling sheet, and further the cutting plotter mechanism and the sheet. It is characterized in that the unnecessary sheet portion peeling mechanism is controlled to peel off the unnecessary sheet portion from the peeling sheet after the feeding mechanism is controlled to cut the outer shape portion of the character.

According to this construction, first, the hollowed round and / or the reverse peeling round of the character are cut and peeled off. Next, the outer peripheral portion of the character is cut and the unnecessary sheet portion is peeled off. I am trying. That is, the entire portion to be peeled off is divided into a portion that is easy to peel off and a portion that is difficult to peel off. Therefore, the form of peeling can be changed between the easily peelable portion and the difficult-to-peel portion, and these portions can be appropriately and smoothly peeled off. In addition, the outline cutting of the character can be used to completely remove the unnecessary sheet portion including the cut-out round and the reverse peeling round with the same device.

In this case, an application sticking mechanism for sticking an application sheet having a sticking force larger than the sticking force of the character portion to the release sheet is further provided on the surface of the half-cutting sheet, and the controller is not required from the release sheet. After peeling off the sheet part,
To control the application attachment mechanism and attach the application sheet to the surface of the half-cut sheet,
preferable.

According to this configuration, the application sheet can be attached by the same device, and thus the cut-out character (character) can be attached in an appropriate arrangement and directly on the attachment target. , A half-cut sheet can be processed.

In these cases, a half-cut sheet feeding mechanism for feeding the half-cut sheet wound in a roll shape onto the sheet traveling path and cutting it into a predetermined size is further provided, and the controller is provided with a hollowing round and / or It is preferable to control the half-cutting sheet feeding mechanism to cut the half-cutting sheet into a predetermined size and introduce the sheet into the sheet traveling path before performing the reverse peeling round.

According to this structure, the half-cutting sheet can be supplied by the same device, which facilitates the handling of the half-cutting sheet.

In these cases, the round peeling mechanism has a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet sticking mechanism equipped with a pressure-bonding roller for feeding out a weak pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet wound in a roll shape and sticking the weak pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet to the surface of the sheet body, and adhesiveness to the outer surface. And a take-up and peeling mechanism provided with a take-up roller that winds the cut-out round and / or the reverse peeling round adhered to the weak adhesive sheet together with the weak adhesive sheet while peeling it off from the release sheet.

According to this structure, the weak pressure sensitive adhesive sheet is fed out by the pressure bonding roller of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet attaching mechanism to be attached to the surface of the sheet main body, and then the take-up roller of the take-up and peeling mechanism is used to cut out the round and / or round. Attach the reverse peeling round and wind the weak adhesive sheet while peeling it off. Since the weak adhesive sheet thus peeled off is wound by the winding roller, the weak adhesive sheet can be peeled off and wound simultaneously and continuously. Further, unnecessary weak adhesive sheets can be compactly put together, and the weak adhesive sheets can be easily handled at the time of later disposal.

In this case, the weak adhesive sheet and the application sheet are the same, and it is preferable that the adhesive sheet attaching mechanism also serves as the application attaching mechanism.

With this configuration, the device structure can be simplified, and space saving and cost reduction can be achieved.

In this case, the unnecessary sheet portion peeling mechanism has an adhesiveness on the outer peripheral surface, and the take-up roller for winding the peeling sheet while peeling the unnecessary sheet portion while keeping the peeling end portion of the unnecessary sheet portion adhesively held. It is preferable to have a roller driving mechanism for rotating the winding roller and a roller moving mechanism for separating and contacting the winding roller with respect to the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion.

According to this structure, the roller moving mechanism brings the take-up roller into contact with the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet portion to hold the same by adhesive, and then the roller driving mechanism rotates the take-up roller. Take up the unnecessary sheet part while peeling it off. As described above, since the unnecessary sheet portion is wound by the winding roller, the unnecessary sheet portion can be peeled off and wound simultaneously and continuously. Moreover, the unnecessary sheet portion can be compactly assembled, and the unnecessary sheet portion can be easily handled at the time of later disposal.

In this case, it is preferable that the unnecessary sheet portion peeling mechanism also serves as the winding peeling mechanism of the round peeling mechanism.

With this configuration, the device structure can be simplified, and space saving and cost reduction can be achieved.

[0031]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A cutout character creating method and a cutout character creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. This cutout character creation device outline-cuts characters (consisting of single characters and character strings) such as characters and figures on the introduced half-cutting sheet to form so-called cutout characters, and further, the character portion that is the cutout character portion. After the unnecessary sheet portion is peeled off and the application sheet is attached to the unnecessary sheet portion, all of these series of operations are automatically performed.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the cut-out character creating apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof. As shown in both figures,
The cut-out character creation device 1 is composed of a rectangular device case 4 that forms the outer appearance, and an internal device 6 that is housed in the device case 4 while being supported by the device frame 5. The internal device 6 includes a sheet supply mechanism 11 that supplies the half-cut sheet A onto the sheet traveling path 7, a sheet feeding mechanism 12 that forwards and reverses the half-cut sheet A along the sheet traveling path 7, and a sheet feeding mechanism. A cutting plotter mechanism 13 that cooperates with 12 to cut the outline of the character, a sheet peeling mechanism 14 that cooperates with the sheet feeding mechanism 12 to peel off an unnecessary portion of the half-cutting sheet A, and these mechanisms are integrated. And a controller 15 for controlling.

Further, as will be described later in detail, the half-cut sheet A, the weak-adhesive sheet B used when peeling away unnecessary portions of the half-cut sheet A, and a part of the internal device 6 are a cartridge case. Housed in 8,
The sheet cartridge 3 is detachably mounted on a cartridge mounting portion 9 formed on the apparatus main body 2. In this case, as the half-cutting sheet A formed by laminating the sheet body Aa and the release sheet Ab, two kinds of different widths (120 mm width / 210 mm width) are prepared, and the widths corresponding to this are prepared. Two types of sheet cartridges 3 (3a, 3b) of different types are prepared (see FIG. 3).
reference).

The device case 4 is composed of a lower case 4a, an upper case 4b, and a case lid 4c provided on the upper side of the upper case 4b. The case lid 4c is opened by flipping up the front part. As a result, the cartridge mounting portion 9 is opened, and the sheet cartridge 3 can be attached and detached from above. On the upper surface of the case lid 4c, an operation panel 21 inclined downward to the front is provided.
1, a keyboard 22 in which various keys 22a are arranged,
A display 23 for displaying the input / editing result from the keyboard 22 is provided. In addition, inside the case lid 4c, the circuit block 2 located on the back side of the keyboard 22 and incorporating the above-mentioned controller 15 and the like.
0 is set.

Further, a slit-shaped sheet discharge port 24 is formed on the front surface of the apparatus case 4 by cutting out the lower portion of the upper case 4b, and similarly, a slit-shaped sheet work is performed on the upper case 4b on the rear surface. A mouth 25 is formed. The sheet discharge port 24 and the sheet work port 25 are connected to the above-described sheet traveling path 7, and a part of the half-cutting sheet A that is forward-reversely fed in the cutting work or the like is a part of the sheet discharge port 24 and the sheet work port. The sheet A for half-cutting, which has been sent out from the device 25 to the outside of the apparatus and finally completed the creation of cut-out characters, is sent out forward from the sheet discharge port 24 (discharge).

Further, the sheet work port 25 is provided with the upper case 4b.
The rear lid 26 provided on the rear side is openable and closable. That is, the rear lid 26 is opened by tilting rearward via the hinge at the lower end, and the half-cut sheet A, which is sent out from the sheet working port 25 to the outside of the apparatus in the opened state, is a sheet outside the apparatus. The traveling path 7 is configured. The rear lid 26 is closed so as to be flush with the rear surface of the device case 4. Reference numeral 27 in the drawing is a color board storage box, and the color board storage box 27 has a drawer structure.
It houses a number of color boards with cutouts. The color board is a base plate used when the cut-out characters cannot be directly attached to the attachment target.

When the user inputs / edits a desired character by operating the keys while looking at the display 23 and pushes a cut-out character creation key, the sheet feeding mechanism 11 and the sheet feeding mechanism 12 are driven to form the half-cut sheet A as a sheet. The sheet is fed from the cartridge 3 and introduced into the sheet traveling path 7, and is cut into a predetermined size. Subsequently, the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the cutting plotter mechanism 13 are driven to perform outline cutting of the character.

The outline cut of the character is a so-called half cut for cutting only the sheet body Aa of the half cut sheet A.
On the other hand, it is performed by relatively moving the cutting tool 201 (described later) of the cutting plotter mechanism 13 in the X and Y directions. Further, in the outline cut of the character, when the character has a cutout round AA which is a cutout region and a reverse peeling round AB which is a convex region in the peeling direction (details will be described later:
(See FIG. 21), these are first subjected to outline cutting, the round portions AA and AB are peeled off, and then the outer shape portion of the character is cut. That is, the cutting work is performed twice.

Specifically, the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the cutting plotter mechanism 13 are driven to cut the cutout round AA and / or the reverse peeling round AB. Subsequently, the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet peeling mechanism 14 are driven to once attach the weak adhesive sheet B to the half-cutting sheet A, and then the round portions AA and AB are peeled off together with the weak adhesive sheet B. . Then again
Sheet feeding mechanism 12 and cutting plotter mechanism 1
3 drives to cut the outer shape of the character. Subsequently, the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet peeling mechanism 14 are driven to leave the character portion AD and the unnecessary sheet portion AC.
Peel off.

In this way, the half-cut sheet A
Although only the character portion AD remains on the release sheet Ab, the sheet feed mechanism 12 and the sheet release mechanism 14 are driven again, and the half-cut sheet A becomes the application sheet BB. Affix. Then, the half-cut sheet A to which the application sheet BB is attached is sent out from the sheet discharge port 24, and a series of operations is completed.

Next, before describing the apparatus frame 5 and the internal apparatus 6, the sheet cartridge 3 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the sheet cartridge 3 is a cartridge case 8 having a vertically split two-part structure.
An outer shell is formed by the above, and in the cartridge case 8, in addition to the half-cutting sheet A and the weak adhesive sheet B wound in a roll shape, a part of the sheet feeding mechanism 11 and a main part of the sheet peeling mechanism 14 are formed. Adhesive sheet attachment mechanism 3
1, a take-up peeling mechanism 32, a peeling guide mechanism 33, and the like are housed.

The cartridge case 8 is divided into two parts, a main case 8a located on the right side when viewed from the front and a sub case 8b located on the left side. As shown in FIG. 3, in two types of sheet cartridges 3a and 3b having different widths,
The main case 8a is commonly used, and the sub case 8b is formed to have a width different from that of the cartridge case 8 depending on the width. That is, when a plurality of types of sheet cartridges 3a and 3b having different widths are formed, the main case 8a has the same width (same shape), and the width is adjusted by the sub case 8b.

In each of the plurality of types of cartridge cases (sheet cartridges 3) 8 configured as described above, the center position in the width direction (left-right direction) is the left-right center of the apparatus body (cartridge mounting portion 9) 2. It is positioned so as to match the position and mounted on the cartridge mounting portion 9.

On the upper end of the front surface of the main case 8a, a hooking protrusion 41a is formed at an intermediate position in the width direction, and a hook receiving protrusion 42a is formed at a joining end position in the width direction.
Further, a vertical step 43a is formed at an intermediate position in the width direction on the lower portion of the rear surface of the main case 8a, and a horizontal step 44a continuous with the vertical step 43a is formed near the joint end in the width direction ( (See FIG. 5).

Similarly, at the upper end of the front surface of the sub case 8b,
A hooking protrusion 41b is formed at an intermediate position in the width direction,
A hook receiving protrusion 42b is formed at the joining end position in the width direction. Further, a vertical step portion 43b is formed at an intermediate position in the width direction on the lower rear surface of the sub case 8b, and a horizontal step portion 44 is further provided on the vertical step portion 43b near the joint end in the width direction.
b is formed. Then, with the main case 8a and the sub case 8b joined together, the hook receiving protrusions 42a, 42
b are continuous in the width direction, and horizontal step portions 44a, 4
4b are continuous in the width direction.

When the main case 8a and the sub case 8b are joined, the intermediate hook receiving projection 42 and the hooking projections 41, 41 on the left and right with the hook receiving projection 42 interposed therebetween are provided on the front surface of the cartridge case 8.
And a horizontal step portion 44 in the middle and left and right vertical step portions 43, 43 are sandwiched therebetween. Then, when the sheet cartridge 3 is mounted on the cartridge mounting portion 9 of the apparatus main body 2, the hook receiving projection 42 and the left and right hooking projections 41, 41 form the hook 159 and the left and right hooks formed on the upper vertical frame 153 of the apparatus frame 5 described later. The front portions of the sheet cartridge 3 are positioned by engaging with the latching openings 156 and 156 of the sheet cartridge 3 (see FIG. 6).
reference).

Further, the horizontal step portion 4 of the sheet cartridge 3
4 and the left and right vertical steps 43, 43
Downward cutout 16 formed in the rear vertical frame 152
1 and the intermediate upper end 162 are engaged with each other to position the rear portion of the sheet cartridge 3 (see FIG. 6). As a result, two types of sheet cartridges of large and small 3
Both a and 3b are positioned and mounted so that the center position in the left-right direction matches the center position in the left-right direction of the apparatus body 2.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cartridge case 8 is divided into an upper accommodating portion 52 and a lower accommodating portion 53 by a partition plate portion (partition wall) 51 integrally formed at an upper and lower intermediate position. . The partition plate portion 51 extends horizontally, and the upper surface of the partition plate portion 51 forms the latter half of the seat traveling path 7 with the front half of the apparatus body 2 side. In this case, the upper surface of the partition plate portion 51 constituting the sheet traveling path 7 is non-adhesive treated, and the traveling half-cutting sheet A and the winding roller 35 around which the later described weakly adhesive sheet B is wound are adhered. It prevents it from getting lost.

Further, in the front plate portion 54 and the rear plate portion 55 of the cartridge case 8 connected to the sheet traveling path 7, a front slit opening 56 and a rear slit opening 57 for guiding forward and backward feed of the half-cut sheet A, respectively. Are formed. The front slit opening 56 is connected to the sheet discharge port 24 of the device case 4, and the rear slit opening 57 is connected to the sheet working port 25 of the device case 4 (see FIG. 2).

In the lower accommodating portion 53, a half-cutting sheet A wound in a roll shape, a reverse feed preventing mechanism 61 for preventing the half-cutting sheet A from being pulled in, and a sheet feeding roller of the sheet feeding mechanism 11 described later. The sheet pressing member 62 facing the upper side is housed in 171 (see FIG. 2). The half-cutting sheet A is a cylindrical large-diameter shaft 63 formed integrally with the cartridge case 8 and extending in the width direction.
Is rotatably supported by the sheet supply port 58 formed on the front plate portion 54 located below the partition plate portion 51 and is fed to the apparatus main body 2 side.

The reverse feeding prevention mechanism 61 includes a sheet pressing piece 65.
And a sheet pressing piece 6 sandwiching the half-cutting sheet A.
The sheet nipping member 66 is in the shape of a round bar that faces the sheet No. 5, and the nipping member receiver 67 that supports the sheet nipping member 66. The sheet pressing piece 65 is vertically provided integrally with the partition plate portion 51 and is formed into an inverted “T” shape, and its lower end surface is in contact with the half-cutting sheet A from above. The nipping member receiver 67 has a groove portion 67a having a substantially "V" shape on its upper surface, and the sheet nipping member 66 is placed in the groove portion 67a in a free state. The groove 67a has a gentle slope toward the rear, and when the half-cutting sheet A is pulled backward, the half-cutting sheet A is pulled back.
Due to the frictional resistance between the sheet holding member 66 and the sheet holding member 66, the sheet holding member 66 goes up the slope and holds the half-cutting sheet A between the sheet holding member 65.

As a result, reverse feeding of the half-cutting sheet A due to external force or the like is prevented, and the feeding end portion A1 of the half-cutting sheet A is removed from the sheet supply roller 171, and is drawn into the lower accommodating portion 53. Can be prevented. Although the details will be described later, the half-cutting sheet A supplied to the sheet traveling path 7 is cut into a predetermined size. Sheet A feeding end A
1 is slightly fed back by the sheet supply roller 171. The slight amount of reverse feed at that time is the sheet clamping member 6
6 is absorbed by the amount of movement of the groove 67a from the groove bottom to the holding position.

The sheet pressing member 62 facing the sheet supply roller 171 is provided on both side plate portions 5 of the cartridge case 8.
Pressing member main body 68 rotatably supported by 9, 59
And a torsion coil spring 69 that urges the pressing member main body 68 to rotate toward the sheet supply roller 171.
The pressing piece portion 68a of the pressing member main body 68 extends from the sheet supply port 58 to the outside of the cartridge case 8,
In response to the spring force of the torsion coil spring 69 wound around the shaft,
The half cut sheet A is pressed so as to be sandwiched between it and the sheet supply roller 171. This allows
Sheet A for half-cutting by the sheet supply roller 171
It is possible to reliably supply (feed).

In the upper accommodating portion, the weakly adhesive sheet B wound in a roll shape and the weakly adhesive sheet B are used for the half-cutting sheet A.
Adhesive sheet sticking mechanism 31 for sticking to, a take-up roller 35 for taking up the weakly sticky sheet B and the unnecessary sheet portion AC (see FIG. 21), and a roller gear train for transmitting rotational power to the take-up roller 35 ( (Roller driving mechanism) 36 and a roller moving mechanism 37 for moving the take-up roller 35 up and down (see FIG. 2).
And irradiation), a release guide mechanism 33 used in the peeled unnecessary sheet portion AC is accommodated. The winding roller 35, the roller gear train 36, and the roller moving mechanism 37 constitute a winding and peeling mechanism 32 that winds the weakly adhesive sheet B and the unnecessary sheet portion AC while peeling them off.

The weak adhesive sheet B is the cartridge case 8
Is rotatably supported by a cylindrical small-diameter shaft 71 that is integrally formed in the front plate portion 54 and extends in the width direction, is guided by a circular rib 72 formed inside the front plate portion 54, and is fed toward a pressure bonding roller 73 described later. It is like this. The weak adhesive sheet B is a transparent or translucent so-called laminated sheet with an adhesive, and is finally used as the application sheet BB as described above. For this reason, the weakly adhesive sheet B of the embodiment has the same width as the half-cutting sheet A and is approximately twice as long.

The adhesive sheet sticking mechanism 31 is composed of a weak adhesive sheet B, a small diameter shaft 71, and a vertical movement mechanism 70. The vertical movement mechanism 70 is a metal to be pressure-bonded to the surface of the half-cut sheet A. Pressure roller 73 and pressure roller 7
The roller holder 74 holds the roller 3 rotatably, and the cam drive member 30 which moves the pressure roller 73 up and down via the roller holder 74 (see FIG. 2). The roller holder 74 includes a holder body 76, a roller support portion 77 that faces the outside of the case from the holder body 76 through the front slit opening 56, and a cam portion 78 formed on the upper side of the roller support portion 77 and having a chevron shape in a front view. It is formed integrally.

The roller support portion 77 rotatably supports the pressure roller 73 at both end portions thereof, and the pressure roller 73 is rotatably supported.
The cam portion 78 is formed immediately above. The cam portion 78 has flat portions 78a, 78a arranged on the left and right outer sides.
The left and right slope portions 78b and 78b having a gentle slope arranged in the middle between the left and right sides and the flat top portion 78c which is the top thereof are connected to each other (see FIG. 3). When the cam drive member 30 moves up the sloped portion 78b of the cam portion 78, the pressure bonding roller 73 moves downward to the pressure bonding position where the weakly adhesive sheet B is pressure bonded to the half-cutting sheet A, and the sloped portion 78b of the cam portion 78. By moving down, the pressure bonding roller 73 moves upward to the non-pressure bonding position as it separates from the half-cutting sheet A.

A front guide pin 80 and a rear guide groove 83 are formed at both end portions of the holder body 76, and the front guide pin 80 and the rear guide groove 83 are
It engages with a front guide groove 82 and a rear guide pin 81 formed on both side plate portions 59 of the cartridge case 8. The front guide groove 82 is formed as an oblong groove that is slanted forward and downward, and the rear guide groove 83 is formed as a substantially horizontal oval groove. As a result, the pressure bonding roller 73 moves upward while slightly retracting from the pressure bonding position to the non-pressure bonding position. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the cut end of the weak adhesive sheet B moved to the non-pressurizing position along with the press roller 73 from coming into contact with the slide cutter 175 described later.

Both side plate portions 5 of the cartridge case 8
A twisting coil spring 84 is provided in the positioning portion (not shown) formed in FIG.
Thus, the roller holder 74 is biased in the upward movement direction. That is, the movement of the pressure-bonding roller 73 from the pressure-bonding position to the non-pressure-bonding position is performed by the spring force of the torsion coil spring 84.

As will be described in detail later, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the cam drive member 30 is provided on the apparatus main body 2 side and reciprocates in the left and right directions by the reciprocating mechanism of the cutting plotter mechanism 13 ( Hereinafter, the movement to the left when viewed from the direction of the sheet discharge port 24 will be referred to as “forward movement”, and the movement to the right side will be referred to as “return movement”.), The vertical movement of the pressure bonding roller 73, and the winding roller 35. Vertical movement and peeling guide mechanism 33
To move back and forth.

A cam follower 86, which comes into contact with the cam portion 78 of the roller holder 74, is attached to the lower portion of the rear end of the cam drive member 30 so as to be vertically movable. Cam follower 86
Is integrally formed with a contact portion 87 that comes into direct contact with the cam portion 78 and a shaft portion 88 that is attached to the lower end of the rear end of the cam drive member 30 so as to be vertically movable. It is biased downward by the compression spring 89. The upper end of the shaft 88 serves as a stopper to prevent the shaft from coming off (see FIGS. 7 and 10).

In this way, the weakly adhesive sheet B has its sticking start portion (feeding end portion) pressed against the half-cutting sheet A by the pressure bonding roller 73 which moves downward together with its feeding end portion, and subsequently, The half-cutting sheet A is continuously attached by traveling forward of the half-cutting sheet A by the sheet feeding mechanism 12 (see FIG. 10). Then, after the attachment is completed, the weak adhesive sheet B is cut by the slide cutter 175. In addition, although the details will be described later, the cutting of the weakly adhesive sheet B includes the tail end portion A2 of the half-cutting sheet A (see FIG. 26).

On the other hand, the winding roller 35 is composed of the roller body 9
1 and a roller shaft 92, and is rotatably supported by a cover arm 111 of a roller moving mechanism 37, which will be described later, via the roller shaft 92 with both ends. In this case, the roller main body 91 functions as an adhesive roller by the weak adhesive sheet A and the unnecessary sheet portion AC being wound up by these adhesives. For example, when the unnecessary sheet portion AC is peeled off, it comes into contact with the peeled end portion and adhesively holds it before winding.

The roller gear train 36 is provided coaxially with the roller gear 101 fixed to the end of the roller shaft 92, the first intermediate gear 102 meshing with the roller gear 101, and the small diameter shaft 71 of the weak adhesive sheet B. The second intermediate gear 103 meshes with the first intermediate gear 102, and the cartridge input gear 104 meshes with the second intermediate gear 103. First
The intermediate gear 102 and the second intermediate gear 103 are both rotatably attached to one (left) side plate 114 of the cover arm 111, and the cartridge input gear 10
The cartridge 4 is rotatably attached to the left side plate portion 59 of the cartridge case 8 and projects to the outside of the case from a gear notch 105 formed in the front plate portion 54.

The cartridge input gear 104
Engages with the cartridge output gear 106 on the apparatus main body 2 side, and the cartridge output gear 106 is fixed to the cartridge output shaft 107 that transmits the rotational power from the drive source into the seat cartridge 3. The rotational power of the cartridge output shaft 107 is generated by the cartridge output gear 10
6 is transmitted to the cartridge input gear 104 to reach the inside of the sheet cartridge 3, and the first intermediate gear 102,
The speed is reduced via the second intermediate gear 103 and the roller gear 101, and finally the winding roller 35 is rotated. It should be noted that the cartridge output gear 106 has two widths in order to correspond to two types of sheet cartridges 3a and 3b having different widths.
Individually provided (see FIG. 7).

The roller moving mechanism 37 includes a cover arm 111 that is rotatably attached to a small-diameter shaft 71 that supports the weak adhesive sheet B, a cover operating mechanism 112 that rotates the cover arm 111, and a cover operating mechanism. The cam driving member 30 for operating 112 (see FIG. 2 ) .
See) . The cover arm 111 is integrally formed by the side plates 114, 114 and the top plate 115, and is arranged so as to cover the weak adhesive sheet B and the winding roller 35 from the upper side. The cover arm 111 is configured to be rotatable around the small-diameter shaft 71 of the weakly adhesive sheet B, and the take-up roller 35 is located above the half-cut sheet A and the contact position where the take-up roller 35 comes into contact with the half-cut sheet A. It is moved up and down to and from the non-contact position spaced apart from.

A pair of return springs 116, 116 are arranged on both sides of the cover arm 111, and the pair of return springs 116, 116 are used to cover the cover arm 111.
Is urged toward the non-contact position. Each return spring 1
Reference numeral 16 is composed of a torsion coil spring wound around a small-diameter shaft 71, and one end thereof has both side plates 1 of the cover arm 111.
A pair of left and right arm guide pins 11 located outside 14
7, 117, and the other end is the cartridge case 8
It is hooked on the inside of the side plate portion 59. Further, the pair of left and right plates 114, 114 of the cover arm 111 are provided with a pair of left and right operation pins 118, 118 for operating a peeling guide member 131 described later.

The cover actuating mechanism 112 is rotatably supported by the cartridge output shaft 107, and the cylindrical cam member 121 is rotatably supported by the cartridge output shaft 107 while being engaged with the cylindrical cam member 121. And a rotating lever 122 that is rotated. The rotating lever 122 includes a bearing portion 122a and a lever portion 122 formed in an "L" shape.
b) and receives the rotational force from the cylindrical cam member 121 to rotate around the cartridge output shaft 107. When the rotation lever 122 rotates, the lever portion 122b enters the inside of the case from the lever notch 123 of the cartridge case 8, pushes the front end of the top plate 115 of the cover arm 111 upward, and rotates the cover arm 111. Move (from non-contact position to contact position).

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the cylindrical cam member 121 is formed in an arcuate cross section and has a cam groove 125 on its surface.
Is formed integrally with a thick cam member main body 124 formed with the above, and a shaft support portion 126 extending from the back surface of the cam member main body 124 and pivotally supported by the cartridge output shaft 107. The shaft support portion 126 is composed of a pair of left and right shaft support portion pieces 126a and 126a that engage the rotary lever 122 so as to sandwich it, and both the shaft support portion pieces 126a and 126a rotate with slight play in the circumferential direction. Bearing 122a of the moving lever 122
Is engaged with.

More specifically, both shaft support pieces 126a, 126
26a, the bearing portion 122a of the turning lever 122 is
The radial engagement steps engage with each other with a play of a predetermined rotation angle, and the shaft support pieces 126a, 126a strongly clamp the bearing portion 122a of the turning lever 122, so that mutual friction is exerted. The rotating lever 122 is rotated by resistance. Further, reference numeral 127 in the drawing is a lever stopper, and the rotating lever 122 is always returned to a predetermined drooping posture by the lever stopper 127 regardless of its play.

By the way, the take-up roller 35 becomes thicker as the weak adhesive sheet B or the unnecessary sheet portion AC is taken up, and the moving distance between the contact position and the non-contact position becomes shorter. go. The change in the movement distance changes the rotation angle of the cover arm 111, and the change in the rotation angle is absorbed by the play of the rotation lever 122. That is, when the turning angle of the cover arm 111 becomes smaller, the turning lever 122 idles (slip-rotates) with respect to the shaft support 126 of the cylindrical cam member 121.
It should be noted that the shaft support portion 126 and the rotation lever 12 by this idle rotation are
The phase shift from 2 is eliminated by the turning lever 122 hitting the lever stopper 127 at the time of restoration.

The rotating lever 122 and the shaft support portion 126 of the cylindrical cam member 121 engaging with the rotating lever 122 are provided in a pair on the left and right with respect to the sheet cartridge 3, and are provided on two types of sheet cartridges 3a and 3b having different widths. Two sets, four sets in total, are provided to correspond (see FIG. 7).

Cam groove 12 formed in cam member body 124
5 is configured by connecting a long groove portion 125a on the left side and a short groove portion 125b on the right side that extend in the axial direction, and an inclined groove portion 125c connecting these. A cam projection 129 formed on the upper end of the cam drive member 30 is engaged with the cam groove 125. That is, when the cam drive member 30 moves back (moves to the right), the cam projection 1
29 moves from the long groove portion 125a to the short groove portion 125b through the inclined groove portion 125c, and the cylindrical cam member 121 is rotated by the cam action. As a result, the rotation lever 1
22 rotates the cover arm 111 in the sheet cartridge 3 to lower the take-up roller 35 to the contact position.

Conversely, when the cam drive member 30 moves forward (to the left), the cam projection 129 moves from the short groove portion 125b to the long groove portion 125a via the inclined groove portion 125c, and the cam action thereof causes the cylindrical cam member 121 to move. Is rotated in the opposite direction to the above. As a result, the rotating lever 122 returns to its original position, and the return spring 116 causes the cover arm 111 to move.
The take-up roller 35 is raised to the non-contact position via.

The cam portion (slope surface portion 78b and top portion 78c) 78 of the roller holder 74 and the cylindrical cam member 1 are used.
21 cam grooves (the inclined groove portion 125c and the short groove portion 12)
5b) 125 are displaced from each other in the left-right direction, and the vertical movement of the pressure roller 73 and the vertical movement of the take-up roller 35 by the cam drive member 30 do not overlap.

The peeling guide mechanism 33 includes the unnecessary sheet portion AC.
When peeling off, the peeling portion is abutted against the peeling portion so as to have a large curvature, and the peeling is configured to be movable back and forth along the upper surface of the partition plate portion (sheet traveling path 7) 51. Guide member 131 and peeling guide member 1
A pair of left and right rotating arms 132, 1 for moving the back and forth 31
32 and 32. Then, a pair of left and right rotating arms 1
Reference numerals 32 and 132 are engaged with the cover arm 111 described above, and rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the cover arm 111 to move the peeling guide member 131 forward and backward. That is, the peeling guide advancing / retreating mechanism 33 that advances and retracts the peeling guide member 131 by the combination of the rotating arm 132 and the roller moving mechanism 37.
Is configured.

Peeling guide member 131, unnecessary sheet portion AC
An abutting portion 134 that directly abuts the peeling portion from the horizontal direction, and a pair of left and right connecting support portions 135 that are disposed on the left and right sides of the abutting portion 134 and that are connected to the rotating arm 132.
It is integrally formed with 135. The butting part 134 is
The lower part of the front end is formed into an acute angle with the tip end part of the butting. As a result, the peeled portion of the unnecessary sheet portion AC is bent so as to have a large curvature when pulled (see FIG. 12), and the unnecessary sheet portion AC and the character portion A are bent.
The separation of D is promoted. In the embodiment, the peeling portion is bent so as to have an acute angle, but it may be an obtuse angle as long as the curvature of this portion is sufficiently large (the positional relationship between the peeling guide member 131 and the winding roller 35). by).

Guide protrusions 136 are formed at both ends of the connection support portion 135, and the guide protrusions 136 are formed.
Is guided to the guide grooves 137 (see FIG. 5) formed in the both side plate portions 59 of the cartridge case 8, so that the peeling guide member 131 moves on the sheet traveling path (the partition plate portion 51) 7 on the half cut sheet A. There is a slight gap between the two and moves back and forth in parallel with this. In addition, each connection support part 135 has
A connecting pin engaging portion 138 is provided upright, and a connecting pin 142 of a rotating arm 132, which will be described later, is slidably engaged with an elongated hole 138a formed in the connecting pin engaging portion 138.

Each rotating arm 132 is rotatably supported by the side plate portion 59 of the cartridge case 8 through a shaft hole 141 formed in the upper portion, and a peeling guide member 131 is formed by a connecting pin 142 formed inward at the lower end portion. Are linked to.
A torsion coil spring 143 is wound around the shaft hole 141, and the torsion coil spring 143 biases the peeling guide member 131 weakly in the forward direction via the rotating arm 132. There is. A curved guide groove 144 is formed on the inner surface of the rotating arm 132 so as to bypass the shaft hole 141 and reach the lower portion. The operation pin 118 formed on the cover arm 111 is engaged with the curved guide groove 144. I am fit. In addition, the upper end of the curved guide groove 144 is widened, and the peeling guide member 131 that has advanced.
However, it is allowed to retreat appropriately against the torsion coil spring 143.

When the cover arm 111 rotates downward, the operating pin 118 slides downward in the curved guide groove 144, and the rotating arm 132 rotates rearward. As a result, the take-up roller 35 descends and at the same time, the separation guide member 131 retracts. Conversely, when the cover arm 111 rotates upward, the operating pin 1
18 slides in the curved guide groove 144 upward, and the rotating arm 132 rotates forward. This allows
At the same time as the take-up roller 35 rises, the peeling guide member 1
31 moves forward. In addition, the groove shape of the curved guide groove 144 on the side far from the shaft hole is formed in an arc shape centered on the small diameter shaft 71 on which the cover arm 111 is rotatably supported, and the peeling guide member 131 retracts. It stays in position for a long time. As a result, the take-up roller 35 can take up a sheet having a large diameter.

In the above structure, when the take-up roller 35 descends to hold the peeling end portion of the unnecessary sheet portion AC adhesively, the peeling guide member 131 is retracted so as not to interfere with the take-up roller 35, When the take-up roller 35 holding the unnecessary sheet portion AC adhesively rises, the peeling guide member 131 abuts against the peeled portion of the unnecessary sheet portion AC so as to form an acute angle (a large curvature) (FIGS. 11 and 12). 12). Then, with the take-up roller 35 and the peeling guide member 131 positioned above and below and the peeling guide member 131 being positioned somewhat forward, the take-up roller 35 rotates and the half-cut sheet A moves forward. Is performed at the same time, so that the unnecessary sheet portion AC is peeled off and the subsequent winding is performed at the same time.

The unnecessary sheet portion A will be described in detail later.
The peeling start position of C, that is, the adhesive holding position by the winding roller 35, is the transverse chevron cut line S8 or 1 formed by half-cutting on the front part of the half-cutting sheet A.
This is the position of the book-a plurality of transverse cut lines S8 (see FIG. 20). In particular, the transverse chevron cut line S8 is securely adhered and held from the top of the chevron.

Further, even when the peeling guide member 131 is not involved, when the above-mentioned weak adhesive sheet B is peeled off, an operation similar to the above is performed. When peeling off the weak adhesive sheet B, the winding roller 35 descends (peeling guide member 1
(31 is retracted) and the peeling end of the weak adhesive sheet B is adhesively held, and then the winding roller 35 is rotated at the contact position and the half-cutting sheet A is fed forward at the same time. The peeling of the adhesive sheet B and the subsequent winding are simultaneously performed. That is, the winding roller 35 relatively rolls on the half-cutting sheet A, so that the weak adhesive sheet B is peeled off and wound up (see FIG. 11).

As described above, the weak adhesive sheet B is peeled off by sticking the cutout round AA and the reverse peeling round AB. In this case, the take-up roller 35 is relatively rolled with respect to the half-cut sheet A to peel off the weak adhesive sheet B, so that the entire sheet is pressed and peeled off. Therefore, the round portion AA having a small adhesion area (small adhesion) to the release sheet Ab,
AB will be peeled off preferentially, and the round portions AA and AB can be reliably peeled off.

Next, the device frame 5 and the internal device 6 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8 and 9 to 12. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the device frame 5 includes side frames 151 on both left and right sides.
151, the rear vertical frame 152 passed between the rear lower halves of both side frames 151, 151, and the upper vertical frame 15 passed between the front upper portions of both side frames 151, 151.
3 and a front horizontal frame 154 passed between the front portions of both side frames 151, 151.

Both the side frames 151, 151 and the rear vertical frame 152 are integrally formed by bending them. The upper vertical frame 153 and the front horizontal frame 154, which are formed separately from these, are formed by the both side frames 151, 151.
It is screwed to 151. The both side frames 151, 151 support various internal devices 6 to form a device assembly, and the rear vertical frame 15
2 and the upper vertical frame 153 are the cartridge mounting portion 9
Form part of the.

On the upper vertical frame 153, the left and right hooking protrusions 41, 41 of the sheet cartridge 3 are locked.
One latching opening 156, two gear notch openings 157 facing the cartridge output gear 106, and four lever notch openings 15 facing the rotating lever 122.
8 is formed. In addition, a hook 159 urged by a spring is provided on the upper left and right middle portions of the upper vertical frame 153.
Is provided.

Out of the three hooking openings 156, the left and right hooking protrusions 41, 41 of the narrowly formed sheet cartridge 3a are locked in the inner two hooking openings 156, 156 which are symmetrically positioned. The outer latch opening 156
In addition, the right-side hooking opening 156, which is also used for both, is provided with the left-right hooking protrusions 4 of the wide sheet cartridge 3b.
1, 41 are locked. Further, the hook 159 is engaged with the hook receiving projection 42 of each of the sheet cartridges 3a and 3b from above and presses the sheet cartridge 3 against the cartridge mounting portion 9 to prevent the sheet cartridge 3 from rising.

The inner gear notch opening 157 and the pair of inner lever notch openings 158, 158 correspond to the narrowly formed sheet cartridge 3a. Notch 10
5 and the lever notch 123. Similarly, the outer gear notch opening 157 and the pair of outer lever notch openings 158, 158 correspond to the widened sheet cartridge 3b.

The rear vertical frame 152 is formed with four downward cutouts 161 for locking the left and right vertical step portions 43, 43 of the sheet cartridge 3. Of the four downward cutouts 161, the two vertical cutouts 161 and 161 on the inner side are engaged with the left and right vertical stepped portions 43 and 43 of the narrowly formed sheet cartridge 3a, and the outer two The downward cutouts 161 and 161 include the left and right vertical stepped portions 43 of the sheet cartridge 3b formed wide.
43 is locked. Further, the horizontal step portion 44 of each of the sheet cartridges 3a and 3b is mounted on the intermediate upper end portion 162 of the rear vertical frame 152. In this way, by utilizing a part of the apparatus frame 5 facing the cartridge mounting portion 9, two types of sheet cartridges 3a, 3 of large and small sizes are used.
Each of b is positioned and mounted such that the center position in the left-right direction matches the left-right center position of the cartridge mounting portion 9.

Next, with reference to FIG. 9 to FIG. 12, the sheet feeding mechanism 11 and the sheet feeding mechanism 1 which are the internal devices 6.
2, the cutting plotter mechanism 13 and the sheet peeling mechanism 14 will be described. In this case, the sheet feeding mechanism 1
1, the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet peeling mechanism 14,
It is driven by a single drive motor 17 and a common power transmission unit 18 that transmits the rotational power of the drive motor 17 to each mechanism 11, 12, 14 by switching the clutch. Further, as described above, a part of the sheet feeding mechanism 11 and a main part of the sheet peeling mechanism 14 are incorporated therein as constituent members of the sheet cartridge 3.

The sheet feeding mechanism 11 includes a sheet feeding roller 171 arranged near the sheet feeding port 58 of the sheet cartridge 3 and a sheet pressing member 62 mounted on the sheet cartridge 3. Sheet supply roller 17
1, both ends of which are rotatably supported by the device frame 5,
Sheet feeding shaft 1 rotated by the drive motor 17
72, and a pair of left and right rubber rollers 173 and 173 mounted on the sheet supply shaft 172 (see FIG. 7). When the sheet cartridge 3 is mounted, the feeding portion A1 of the half-cut sheet A is pressed by the sheet pressing member 62 and contacts the sheet supply roller 171 (see FIG. 5).

When the sheet supply roller 171 is rotated in this state, the half-cutting sheet A is moved to the sheet traveling path 7.
The sheet feeding mechanism 12 receives the sheet. As will be described later in detail, a slide cutter 175 is provided on the upstream side of the sheet feeding mechanism 12 in the sheet feeding direction, and a sheet detection sensor 176 is provided on the downstream side. The front end of the half-cutting sheet A sent to the sheet traveling path 7 is detected by the sheet detection sensor 176, and when the sheet has been sent a predetermined number of steps, the sheet is stopped and separated by the slide cutter 175. And slide cutter 1
When the cutting of 75 is completed, the sheet supply roller 171 reverses slightly and the cut end of the half-cut sheet A is slightly pulled back from the sheet traveling path 7.

The sheet feeding mechanism 12 holds the half-cutting sheet A introduced in the sheet traveling path 7 and feeds it by rotation to feed the half-cutting sheet A in rotation.
Sheet feeding roller (grip roller) 181 composed of 3
Is equipped with. The upper feed roller 182 is a free rotation roller, and is composed of a free rotation shaft 185 and four resin rollers 186 that are dispersed and arranged in the axial direction of the free rotation shaft 185 (see FIG. 7). The lower feed roller 183 is composed of a drive roller composed of a metal roller such as stainless steel. Four resin rollers 186 of the upper feed roller 182
Four rolling contact portions 183 of the lower feed roller 183 which are rolling contact
The outer peripheral surface of a is roughened by knurling or the like so that the half-cutting sheet A can be fed forward and backward without slipping (see FIG. 7).

Both ends of the lower feed roller 183 are rotatably supported by the apparatus frame 5, and the center of the half-cutting sheet A of the sheet cartridge 3 in the width direction is aligned with the center positions of the both supporting portions. The cartridge mounting portion 9 is arranged so as to do so. Also, four resin rollers 1
The two 86 are also arranged symmetrically with respect to the left-right center of the lower feed roller 183 to prevent the half-cutting sheet A from skewing. On the other hand, both ends of the upper feed roller 182 are rotatably supported by a pair of left and right lever arms 187, 187. Each lever arm 187 is rotatably supported by the side frame 151 of the device frame 5 at the upper portion, and a coil spring 188 extending from the side frame 151 is hooked at the lower portion (see FIG. 7).

The free rotation shaft 185 of the upper feed roller 182 is supported by the two ends of the lever arms 187 and 187, and the lower ends of the lever arms 187 and 187 are pulled forward so that the coil is coiled. Both lever arms 187, 187 rotate against the spring 188, and the upper feed roller 1
82 is separated upward from the lower feed roller 183. vice versa,
When the lever arms 187, 187 are released, the coil spring 1
Both lever arms 187, 187 are rotated in the opposite directions by 88, and the upper feed roller 182 contacts the lower feed roller 183 from above. That is, the upper feed roller 182 is in contact with the lower feed roller 183 with a constant pressing force of the coil spring 188. The lever operation of the lever arm 187 in the embodiment is mainly performed in an emergency such as when the half-cutting sheet A is jammed.

The cutting plotter mechanism 13 includes a cutting tool 201, a reciprocating mechanism 202 that reciprocates the cutting tool 201 in a direction orthogonal to the sheet feeding direction, and a reciprocating motor that drives the reciprocating mechanism 202 and is capable of normal and reverse rotation. (Carriage motor) 203. The reciprocating mechanism 202 includes a bite carriage 205 that holds the cutting bite 201 and a carriage guide shaft 206 that guides the reciprocating movement of the bite carriage 205.
And a timing belt 207 that reciprocates the bite carriage 205, and a drive pulley 208 and a driven pulley 209 around which the timing belt 207 is stretched (see FIG. 7).

Further, the cutting plotter mechanism 13 is
A tool moving mechanism 210 for rotating the tool carriage 205 in the vertical direction to move the cutting tool 201 between a cutting operation position and a non-cutting operation position is provided. Further, the bite carriage 20 of the reciprocating mechanism 202
5, the slide cutter 175 is mounted, and the reciprocating bite carriage 205 switches the clutch of the power transmission unit 18. Furthermore, the reciprocating motion of the cam driving member 30 is also performed by the reciprocating mechanism 202 (the details will be described later).

The reciprocating motor 203 is mounted and fixed downward on the end portion of the front horizontal frame 154 of the apparatus frame 5, and on the lower surface of both outer end portions of the front horizontal frame 154,
A gear-integrated drive pulley 208 and a driven pulley 209 are rotatably attached. A gear 212 of a drive pulley 208 meshes with an output gear 211 fixed to the main shaft of the reciprocating motor 203, and the forward / reverse rotation of the reciprocating motor 203 causes the drive pulley 208 and the driven pulley 20 to rotate.
The timing belt 207 running between 9 runs forward and backward (see FIG. 7).

The bite carriage 205 has a substantially T-shaped cross section with a horizontal thick plate portion 214 and a vertical thick plate portion 215, and penetrates the center of the horizontal thick plate portion 214 from above. A cutting tool 201 is detachably attached to the. A slide cutter 175 is removably and rotatably mounted on the rear surface of the vertical thick plate portion 215. Further, the bite carriage 205 is slidably attached to the carriage guide shaft 206 at the intersection of the horizontal thick plate portion 214 and the vertical thick plate portion 215, and a projection portion on the upper surface of the horizontal thick plate portion 214 near the carriage guide shaft 206. It is fixed to a part of the timing belt 207 at 216. On the other hand, the carriage guide shaft 206 is a circular shaft, and both outer ends thereof are supported by the side frame 151.

When the timing belt 207 travels forward and backward, the bite carriage 205 moves the carriage guide shaft 20.
6 reciprocates in the left-right direction. The outline cutting of the character on the half-cutting sheet A by the cutting tool 201 is performed by the reciprocating movement and the forward and reverse running of the half-cutting sheet A synchronized with this reciprocating movement. Also, the half cutter sheet A is cut by the slide cutter 175 by reciprocating the bite carriage 205 while the feeding of the half cutter sheet A is stopped.

By the way, when the cutting tool 201 and the slide cutter 175 are individually cut using the single reciprocating mechanism 202 as described above, when the cutting tool 201 is cut, the slide cutter 175 is cut for half cutting. While retracting from the sheet (sheet traveling path 7) A, the cutting tool 201 needs to be retracted from the half-cutting sheet (sheet traveling path 7) A when performing the cutting operation of the slide cutter 175. Therefore, a tool moving mechanism 210 and a cutter moving mechanism 218 are provided in the apparatus body 2 in association with the cutting plotter mechanism 13 (see FIGS. 14 to 16).

The carriage guide shaft 206 is formed to have a circular cross section, and the bite moving mechanism 210 allows the bite carriage 205 to be tilted in the vertical direction about the carriage guide shaft 206. That is,
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 13, the bite moving mechanism 210
Tilts the bite carriage 205 to a horizontal position,
Non-cutting in which the cutting tool 201 is cut into the half-cutting sheet A (half-cutting) cutting operation position and the cutting tool carriage 205 is tilted to the forward rising posture to retract the cutting tool 201 upward from the half-cutting sheet A. The bite carriage 205 and the cutting bite 201 are moved to and from the operating position.

The bite moving mechanism 210 includes a guide plate 221 arranged in parallel with the carriage guide shaft 206.
Electromagnetic solenoid 22 for rotating guide plate 221
2 and. The guide plate 221 is rotatably supported by the device frame (side frame 151) 5 on both sides of the front end portion, and has the bite carriage 2 at the rear end portion.
05 is slidably engaged. That is, the bite carriage 205 reciprocates by being guided by the guide plate 221 at the front portion and guided by the carriage guide shaft 206 at the rear portion.

A plunger 225 of the electromagnetic solenoid 222 is connected to the lower rear end of the guide plate 221 via a plate piece 224. Also, the plunger 225
A return spring 226 is wound around. When the electromagnetic solenoid 222 is excited from the state where the bite carriage 205 is in the non-cutting operation position, the cutting bite 20 is passed through the guide plate 221 and the bite carriage 205.
When 1 moves to the cutting operation position and is excited to the contrary, the return spring 226 moves the cutting tool 201 to the non-cutting operation position. As a result, the cutting tool 201 in the non-cutting operation is separated from the half-cutting sheet A, and even if the cutting tool 201 reciprocates in this state, the half-cutting sheet A is not damaged.

On the other hand, the slide cutter 175 is rotatably attached to the rear surface of the bite carriage 205, and the cutter moving mechanism 218 includes the bite carriage 205.
The structure is such that the slide cutter 175 is rotated by utilizing the reciprocating motion of. That is, the cutter moving mechanism 218
At the end of the forward movement, the slide cutter 175 is rotated to the standing posture to the cutting operation position where the sheet can be cut into the half-cutting sheet A, and at the end of the backward movement, the slide cutter 175 is tilted to the tilted posture for half-cutting. The non-cutting operation position where the sheet A is retracted is set.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 14 to 16, the slide cutter 175 has a cutter blade 231 and a cutter holder 232 that holds the cutter blade 231.
The cutter blade 231 is formed by forming oblique blades at the top and bottom,
When worn, it can be used upside down. The cutter holder 232 includes a blade mounting portion 234 capable of mounting the cutter blade 231 from above, a bearing hole 236 rotatably engaged with the shaft projection 235 of the bite carriage 205, and a click engagement formed above the bearing hole 236. The portion 237 and the abutment receiving portion 238 protruding to the upper end are integrally formed.

The abutment receiving portion 238 is the cutter holder 232.
It is located at a position near the one end at the upper end of, and is arranged almost directly above the center of rotation, and extends upward. The blade mounting portion 234 is composed of a pair of mounting pieces 240 and 240 in which a groove corresponding to the thickness of the cutter blade 231 is formed, and the blade mounting portion 234 is formed in the width direction and the thickness direction.
Holds 1 immovably. In addition, the lower part of the mounting piece 240 on the side facing the blade edge of the cutter blade 231 is a sloped surface that abolishes the groove and follows the blade edge, and the protruding length of the tip of the cutter blade 231 is regulated at this portion. Has become.

Shaft projection 235 of the bite carriage 205
Has a fan-shaped portion 235b and a rectangular portion 235c protruding in the radial direction at the tip of a shaft portion 235a formed in a circular cross section. On the other hand, the bearing hole 236 of the cutter holder 232 has a shaft hole 236 corresponding to the shaft portion 235a.
In the radial direction of a, the fan-shaped portion 235b and the rectangular portion 235 are formed.
fan hole portion 236b and square hole portion 23 corresponding to c
6c.

Then, the fan-shaped portion 235b and the square portion 235c, and the fan-shaped hole portion 236b and the square-hole portion 23.
6c is matched only with the cutter holder 232 in a posture in which the cutter holder 232 is laid sideways with respect to the bite carriage 205. As a result, the cutter holder 232 is mounted on the bite carriage 205 in a sideways posture, and by rotating the cutter holder 232 from this state to the upright posture or the diagonal posture, the cutter holder 232 is in a state in which the cutter holder 232 is not pulled out.

The click engaging portion 237 is a thin-walled strip-like portion having spring properties defined by upper and lower slit holes 241, 241 and a pair of square holes 242 formed in the bite carriage on the back surface of the intermediate portion thereof. , 242 are formed with circular small protrusions 243 which are click-engaged. The pair of square holes 242 and 242 of the bite carriage 205 are arranged so that the circular small protrusions 243 engage with each other when the cutter holder 232 is in the upright posture and the inclined posture, respectively. That is, the click engagement portion 237 prevents the cutter holder 232 from rotating due to vibration or the like by being restricted by the bite carriage 205 at the cutting operation position and the non-cutting operation position. However, due to the relationship between the direction of the cutter blade 231 and the moving direction, even if the click engagement is insufficient, the cutting operation and the non-cutting operation are not hindered.

Reference numeral 244 in the figure denotes the slide cutter 17
5 is a rotation stopper that prevents rotation beyond the cutting operation position of 5. When the slide cutter 175 is cut in one direction (forward movement direction), a cutting resistance acts on the cutter blade 231 to rotate the cutter holder 232 counterclockwise in the drawing. The standing posture (cutting posture) of the slide cutter 175 during the cutting operation is maintained. The rotation stopper 244 of the embodiment is
One slide cutter 175 is provided at an obliquely upper position with respect to the center of rotation, but it is preferable that two slide cutters 175 are provided diagonally with respect to the center of rotation.

The cutter moving mechanism 218 includes the reciprocating mechanism 202 and both side frames 15 of the apparatus frame 5.
1 and 151, the forward movement abutment piece (left side) 246 and the backward movement abutment piece (right side) 247 are provided. The forward-moving abutting piece 246 and the backward-moving abutting piece 247 are formed by cutting and raising a part of each side frame 151 in a rectangular shape and inwardly at right angles.

When the bite carriage 205, which is moved forward by the reciprocating mechanism 202, reaches near the end of the forward movement, the abutment receiving portion 238 of the slide cutter 175 is moved by the forward abutment piece 246.
Then, the slide cutter 175 pivots to the cutting operation position (see FIG. 15). On the contrary, when the returning bite carriage 205 reaches the vicinity of the end of the returning movement, the abutment receiving portion 238 of the slide cutter 175 causes the returning abutment piece 247.
Then, the slide cutter 175 pivots to the non-cutting operation position (see FIG. 16).

The slide cutter 175 will be described in detail later.
The range of the forward and backward movements of the bite carriage 205 for the cutting operation is set outside the reciprocating range of the bite carriage 205 when the cutting tool 201 is cut, and the cutting tool 201 performs the cutting operation ( When the slide cutter 175 is in the reciprocating motion, the slide cutter 175 moves the forward abutment piece 246 and the backward abutment piece 247.
You will never hit. That is, the slide cutter 1
The 75 does not rotate from the non-cutting operation position to the cutting operation position.

By the way, the cutting tool 201 and the slide cutter 17 are inserted through the half-cutting sheet A.
No. 5 faces the front half of the seat travel path 7, and the front half of the seat travel path 7 has both side plates 151, 15
251 (upper surface) of the base plate provided to pass
It is composed of. The base plate 251 has a roller groove portion 252 for escaping the lower feed roller 183 and a cutting tool groove portion 253 for escaping the cutting edge of the cutting tool 201.
And a cutter groove portion 254 provided so as to correspond to the movement (reciprocation) trajectory of the slide cutter 175 (FIG. 9).
reference).

The bite groove portion 253 is formed in a pair of left and right (two places) sandwiching a position corresponding to both width ends of the kerf cutting sheet A to be introduced, and short in the transverse direction (direction orthogonal to the sheet A). Has been done. Actually, four kerf-cutting sheets A are formed at a total of four locations on a straight line. Thereby, the transverse cut line S8 for starting the peeling of the unnecessary sheet portion AC (see FIG. 20)
Even when the cutting tool 201 is cut into the half-cutting sheet A from the outside when forming the, the cutting edge of the cutting tool 201 is not damaged.

However, the above-mentioned four bite groove portions 2 in total.
The number 53 may be one continuous one. That is, the bite groove portion 253 may be one groove corresponding to the movement trajectory of the cutting bite 201. In such a case, since the cut portion of the half-cutting sheet A is slightly bent in the bite groove portion 253 during half-cutting with the cutting bite 201, the cutting bite 20
The upward reaction force to 1 becomes small, the depth of cut is stable, and the half cut can be performed accurately.

Also, the slide cutter 1 for full cutting
In 75, since the cutting edge cuts and moves the cutter groove portion 254, stable cutting is possible and abrasion of the cutting edge is suppressed. The sheet detection sensor 176 that detects the position of the half-cut sheet A is disposed between the roller groove portion 252 and the bite groove portion 253 so as to face upward.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 17, the cam drive member 30 is slidably attached to the cam drive member guide shaft 261 disposed above the carriage guide shaft 206 in parallel therewith, and also has a bite. Carriage 20
The engagement / disengagement mechanism 262 configured between the vertical thick plate portion 215 and the vertical thick plate portion 215.
Thus, the bite carriage 205 can be engaged and disengaged. The cam drive member guide shaft 261 is composed of a circular shaft similarly to the carriage guide shaft 206, and both ends thereof are fixed to the left and right side frames 151, 151.

As described above, the cam drive member 30 includes
A cam follower 8 for moving the pressure roller 73 downward at the rear portion thereof.
6 is attached, and a cam protrusion 129 for moving the take-up roller 35 downward and advancing the peeling guide member 131 is formed at the upper end portion. Further, the front portion of the cam drive member 30 is bent downward in an “L” shape so that the front horizontal frame 15
4 is in contact with the upper surface. That is, the cam drive member 30
Is guided by the cam drive member guide shaft 261 and the upper surfaces of the front horizontal frame 154 to reciprocate. The reaction force received by the cam follower 86 due to the cam action and the cam protrusion 129.
The reaction force received by the cam action is received by the front horizontal frame 154.

The engaging / disengaging mechanism 262 is used for the bite carriage 20.
5 includes a hook arm 264 swingably attached to the upper surface of the vertical thick plate portion 215 and a hook receiving portion 265 formed on the lower surface of the cam driving member 30 to engage and disengage the hook arm 264. The hook arm 264 has an upward cylindrical protrusion 266 that engages with and disengages from the hook receiving portion 265 at the tip portion.
And has a base portion rotatably attached to the vertical thick plate portion 215. A leaf spring 267 extending from the tail end thereof in the reciprocating direction is attached to the base of the hook arm 264, and the leaf spring 267 keeps the swinging hook arm 264 in a posture parallel to the reciprocating direction. It is designed to return (see FIGS. 15 and 16).

On the other hand, the hook receiving portion 2 of the cam driving member 30.
Reference numeral 65 is a block-shaped downward convex portion that is inclined with respect to the extending direction of the hook arm 264. A pull-side hooking portion 268 for hooking the cylindrical protrusion 266 is formed at the tip end position of the hook receiving portion 265 in a plan view, and a push-side hooking portion 269 is formed at the tail end position.

When the bite carriage 205 moves forward with respect to the cam drive member 30 in the standby position, the cylindrical protrusion 266 of the hook arm 264 abuts on the front side surface of the hook receiving portion 265 which is obliquely positioned, and this side surface is hit. Follow along. In this state, the hook arm 264 has the leaf spring 267.
It is shaken in one direction against. Further, the cylindrical protrusion 26
When 6 reaches the pulling side locking portion 268, the spring force of the leaf spring 267 causes the cylindrical protrusion 266 to move to the pulling side locking portion 268.
The hook arm 264 enters into the state in which the cam drive member 30 is hooked. When the bite carriage 205 reversely moves back in this state, the cam driving member 30 moves back as if it is pulled by the bite carriage 205.

When the hook arm 264 advances beyond the state in which the cam drive member 30 is hooked (forward movement), the hook arm 264 is disengaged from the pulling side hooking portion 268, and the leaf spring 267 causes the hook receiving portion 265 to move. Instantly wrap around the side. Here, when the bite carriage 205 reversely moves back and forth, the cylindrical protrusion 266 moves along the front side surface and enters the push-side hooking portion 269, but the cam drive member 30 is left as it is.

Furthermore, when the bite carriage 205 reversely moves forward with the above-mentioned cylindrical projection 266 entering the push-side hooking portion 269, the cam driving member 30 moves forward as if pushed by the bite carriage 205. . Since the spring force of the leaf spring 267 is extremely weak, the cam drive member 30 does not move when the columnar protrusion 266 abuts the front side surface or the front side surface of the hook receiving portion 265.

As described above, the engagement / disengagement mechanism 262 formed between the bite carriage 205 and the cam driving member 30 utilizes the reciprocating motion of the bite carriage 205 to selectively move the cam driving member 30 forward and backward. The pressure roller 73 is vertically moved and the winding roller 35 is vertically moved.

The sheet peeling mechanism 14 is composed of a round peeling mechanism for peeling the cut-out round AA and / or the reverse peeling round AB, and an unnecessary sheet portion peeling mechanism for peeling off the unnecessary sheet portion AC other than the character portion AD. However, some of these constituent devices also share one another. That is, as described above, the sheet peeling mechanism 14
Is composed of an adhesive sheet adhering mechanism 31, a take-up peeling mechanism 32 including a take-up roller 35, a roller gear train 36, and a roller moving mechanism 37, and a peeling guide mechanism 33.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 7, 13 and 18, a drive motor 17 serving as a common power source for each mechanism, and a power transmission for selectively transmitting the rotational power of the drive motor 17 to each mechanism. The section 18 will be described. Drive motor 17
Is composed of a stepping motor capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions like the reciprocating motor 203, and the sheet feeding mechanism 11,
Rotational power is applied to the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet peeling mechanism (winding peeling mechanism 32) 14. Power transmission unit 18
Has a clutch mechanism 19 for selectively transmitting the rotational power of the drive motor 17 to these mechanisms, and the clutch mechanism 19 can be switched by the bite carriage 205 of the reciprocating cutting plotter mechanism 13. .

The power is switched between the sheet feeding position C1 for transmitting the rotational power of the drive motor 17 only to the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the sheet feeding position C2 for transmitting the sheet driving mechanism 12 and the sheet feeding mechanism 11. This is performed by a three-stage switching movement between the sheet winding position C3 that is transmitted to the sheet feeding mechanism 12 and the winding peeling mechanism 32 (see FIG. 18).

The drive motor 17 is fixed inside one side frame 151, and an output gear 271 is fixed to the main shaft penetrating the side frame 151 to the outside (see FIG. 7).

The power transmission portion 18 is the side frame 1
51, which is disposed outside 51, and feeds the sheet from the output gear 271 of the drive motor 17 via an intermediate gear 301 described later.
A sheet feed gear 282 for inputting power to the lift mechanism 12 ,
The clutch mechanism 19 for inputting power from the sheet feed gear 282, the sheet supply gear 281 for inputting power from the clutch mechanism 19 to the sheet supply mechanism 11, and the clutch mechanism 1
And a winding power transmission mechanism 283 for inputting power from the winding removal mechanism 32.

The sheet supply gear 281 is fixed to the end of the sheet supply shaft 172 of the sheet supply roller 171, and the rotational power of the drive motor 17 is applied to the sheet supply roller 17.
1 is transmitted, and this is rotated. Sheet feed gear 282
Is fixed to the end portion of the lower feed roller 183, transmits the rotational power of the drive motor 17 to the sheet feed roller 181, and rotates the sheet feed roller 181. In this case, the sheet feed gear 28
2 is an output gear 271 via an intermediate gear 301 described later.
And is constantly connected with the drive motor 17 and always rotates with the rotation of the drive motor 17.

The sheet feeding gear 281 is connected to the sheet feeding gear 282 via a switching gear 302 which will be described later, and selectively rotates by switching the clutch. Further, the reduction ratio between the sheet feed gear 282 and the sheet supply gear 281 is set so that the sheet supply amount becomes smaller than the sheet feed amount. Therefore, at the time of sheet feeding, it is possible to prevent the half-cutting sheet A from being loosened between the sheet feeding roller 171 and the sheet feeding roller 181.

The winding power transmission mechanism 283 is for transmitting power to the cartridge output shaft 107, and is a winding input pulley 2 for inputting power from the clutch mechanism 19.
85, a winding output pulley 286 attached to the cartridge output shaft 107, and two intermediate pulleys 287 and 287 for changing the route arranged between the winding input / output pulleys,
Winding timing belt 28 wound around these pulleys
8, a friction clutch 289 attached to the winding output pulley 286, and two intermediate pulleys 287, 2
And a tension mechanism 290 for holding 87 and urging it in one direction.

On one end surface of the take-up input pulley 285, there is formed a meshing connection portion 285a to which a switch gear 302 described later is connected (see FIG. 18), and the take-up input pulley 285 and the switch gear 302 are connected to each other. Is configured to be connectable with a dog clutch structure. Tension mechanism 290
Is composed of a support frame 292 that rotatably supports the two intermediate pulleys 297, 297, a tension spring 293 that pulls the support frame 292 in one direction, and a holder 294 that accommodates these. A predetermined tension is applied to the winding timing belt 288 via the two intermediate pulleys 287 and 287.

The friction clutch 289 is composed of two friction clutch plates 295a and 295b that rub against each other, a friction plate 295c made of felt or the like sandwiched between the friction clutch plates 295a and 295b, and a pressing spring 296. The clutch plate 295a is fixed to the cartridge output shaft 107, and the other friction clutch plate 295b is fixed to the winding output pulley 286. The take-up output pulley 286 and the other friction clutch plate 295b are rotatably supported by the cartridge output shaft 107 and are urged toward the one friction clutch plate 295a by a pressing spring 296. When a constant load (winding torque) is applied to the cartridge output shaft 107, the two friction clutch plates 295a and 295b slide and the winding output pulley 286 rotates in a slip manner.

By the way, the unnecessary sheet portion AC is wound up by the winding roller 35 which rotates in cooperation with the sheet feeding roller 181, but at this time, in order to prevent the unnecessary sheet portion AC from being loosened, the winding power is transmitted. The reduction ratio of the mechanism 283 is such that when the diameter of the take-up roller 35 is minimum, the unnecessary sheet portion AC taken up by the take-up roller 35 is wound more than the feeding amount of the half-cut sheet A by the sheet feed roller 181. It is set to increase the amount. Then, the difference between the feeding amount of the half-cutting sheet A and the winding amount of the unnecessary sheet portion AC is absorbed by the friction clutch 289 that slips and rotates. Further, the magnitude of the slip torque of the friction clutch 289 is such that the half-cutting sheet A does not loosen between the sheet feeding roller 181 and the winding roller 35 when the weakly adhesive sheet B is wound by the winding roller 35. In addition, the unnecessary sheet portion AC is set to a value such that the unnecessary sheet portion AC is tightly wound around the winding roller 35.

The clutch mechanism 19 includes a sheet feed gear 28.
2, a switching gear 302 arranged coaxially with the take-up input pulley 285, a switching lever 303 for axially switching and moving the switching gear 302, and a switching spring 304 for biasing the switching lever 303 in the return direction. I have it. On the other hand, the bite carriage 205 for switching the clutch mechanism 19 is provided with two pushers 305, 305 integrally formed at its side end portion (see FIG. 15).

The intermediate gear 301 has a side plate 151.
It is rotatably supported by an intermediate gear shaft 307 fixed to and is meshed with an output gear 271 and a sheet feeding gear 282. The switching gear 302 is rotatably supported together with the winding input pulley 285 on a pulley support shaft 308 fixed to the side plate 151. In this case, the winding input pulley 285 is disposed on the outer side and the switching gear 302 is disposed on the inner side, and the switching spring 304 is interposed between the winding input pulley 285 and the switching gear 302. ing. Further, on the outer end surface of the switching gear 302, a meshing connection portion 302a that is connected to the winding input pulley 285 with a meshing clutch structure is formed.

The switching lever 303 is composed of an "L" -shaped plate material having an appropriate spring property, and has a lever guide shaft 309 fixed to the side plate 151 at the upper end and an intermediate gear shaft 307 and a pulley support shaft at the lower part. It is slidably supported by 308. The two pushers 305, 305 of the bite carriage 205 are in contact with the upper end of the switching lever 303, while the lower tip of the switching lever 303 is in contact with the inner end surface of the switching gear 302.

The bite carriage 20 will be described in detail later.
The range of clutch switching by 5 is the cutting tool 20
1 is set outside the reciprocating range of the bite carriage 205 when the cutting operation is performed.
When 05 is moving out of the clutch switching range, the switching gear 302 urged by the switching spring 304 is in the sheet feeding position C1 ( home position as a fixed position) and meshes only with the sheet feeding gear 282. There is. In this state, the power of the drive motor 17 is transmitted to the sheet feed gear 282 to rotate it. Further, the switching gear 302 is
The sheet feed gear 282 is rotated to rotate idly.

When the bite carriage 205 moves to the sheet feeding drive position (described later) P3 in the clutch switching range, the switching lever 303 resists the switching spring 304 and the switching gear 302.
Is moved to the sheet supply position C2 (see FIG. 19). As a result, the switching gear 302 meshes with the sheet feed gear 282 and the sheet supply gear 281 and the drive motor 17
Is transmitted in the order of the sheet feed gear 282, the switching gear 302, and the sheet supply gear 281. In this case, the switching gear 302 functions as an intermediate gear that rotates the sheet feed gear 282 and the sheet supply gear 281 in the same direction.

When the bite carriage 205 moves to the winding drive position (described later) P2 in the clutch switching range, the switching lever 303 resists the switching spring 304 and the switching gear 30.
2 is moved to the sheet winding position C3 (see FIG. 19). As a result, the switching gear 302 meshes with the sheet feed gear 282 and meshes with the take-up input pulley 285. As a result, the power of the drive motor 17 is transmitted in the order of the sheet feed gear 282, the switching gear 302, and the winding input pulley 285. Then, the rotational power of the winding input pulley 285 is equal to the rotation timing belt 28.
8 and the winding output pulley 286, the cartridge output shaft 107 is rotated.

As described above, the clutch mechanism 19 is moved to the sheet feeding position C1 by the reciprocating bite carriage 205.
When switched to, the sheet feed roller 181 rotates to feed the half-cut sheet A forward and backward, and when switched to the sheet feeding position C2, the sheet feed roller 171 and the sheet feed roller 181 rotate to feed the half-cut sheet. A is supplied (introduced) to the seat traveling path 7. Further, when the clutch mechanism 19 is switched to the sheet winding position C3, the sheet feeding roller 181 and the winding roller 3
5 rotates, and the weak adhesive sheet B and the unnecessary sheet portion AC are wound up.

The reciprocating motion of the bite carriage 205 by the reciprocating mechanism 202 serves as a driving source for various operations described below. Specifically, cutting movement of the cutting tool 201 in outline cutting, cutting movement of the slide cutter 175, movement of the slide cutter 175 (rotation), vertical movement of the pressure bonding roller 73, and vertical movement of the winding roller 35 (peeling). The guide member 131 is moved forward and backward, and the clutch mechanism 19 is switched. The reciprocating position and the reciprocating range of the bite carriage 205 that enable these operations are designed in consideration of the respective positions of the half-cut sheet A, the sheet cartridge 3, and the clutch mechanism 19.

FIG. 19 shows the positional relationship between these operations "" to "" and the reciprocating motion of the bite carriage 205. In the figure, the center position in the left-right direction of the bite carriage 205 is shown by sequentially adding reference numerals P0 to P12 from the right end to the left end in the forward movement direction. The numerical values in the figure represent the distances from the center position of the half-cutting sheet A to the respective positions. The width of the half-cutting sheet A to be cut is 120 mm.
And 210 mm.

P0 is the initial position detection position and the power is turned on.
Causes the bite carriage 205 to move to this position,
The operation of the bite carriage 205 is reset. The initial position of the bite carriage 205 is detected by a detection sensor or a detection switch (not shown), or when the bite carriage 205 hits the side frame 151 and the reciprocating motor 203 loses synchronization. P1 is a cutter reset position, which is a position where the slide cutter 175 rotates (completes rotation) to a non-cutting operation position. The slide cutter 175 starts rotating from a home position P4 described later, and completes rotating to a non-cutting operation position at this position P1.

P2 is a winding drive position, which corresponds to the sheet winding position C3 of the switching positions of the clutch mechanism 19. The switching gear 302 is coupled to the take-up input pulley 285 in the front and rear sections centered on the position P2.
A sheet feeding drive position P3 corresponds to the sheet supply position C2 of the switching positions of the clutch mechanism 19. Similarly to the above, the switching gear 302 meshes with the sheet supply gear 281 in the front and rear sections centered on the position P3. In addition,
The sheet feeding position C1 of the clutch mechanism 19 corresponds to a position other than the above range of the positions P0 to P3.

P4 is a home position, and the bite carriage 205 stands by at this position and moves from this position to each position. Therefore, the bite carriage 205 moves to the position P0 when the power is turned on, and then moves to the position P4 and stands by. Further, as described above, this position P4 is also a rotation start position where the slide cutter 175 abuts on the return contact piece 247 (however, the bite carriage 205).
Does not stop).

P5 is a winding position, which is the cam driving member 3
When the bite carriage 205 moves to this position when 0 is pulled out, the winding roller 35 descends (completion of descending). Specifically, the cam protrusion 129 of the cam drive member 30.
However, the cam groove 125 stops almost in the middle of the right and left of the short groove portion 125b. P6 is a laminating position, and when the bite carriage 205 moves to this position while the cam driving member 30 is pulled out, the pressure bonding roller 73 moves downward (completion of downward movement). Specifically, the cam follower 86 of the cam drive member 30 stops substantially in the middle of the left and right of the top portion 78c of the cam portion 78.

P7 is the sheet center position, and the half-cut sheet A is fed and run at this position with the center position aligned in the width direction. P8 is a cam drive member storage position, and when the cam drive member 30 is stored at the left end standby position, the bite carriage 205 stores the cam drive member 30 to this position when the cam drive member 30 is pushed. . Similarly, P9 is a cam drive member take-out position, and when the cam drive member 30 is taken out from the standby position at the left end, the bite carriage 205 pulls out the cam drive member 30 to this position. Note that, with respect to these positions, the center position of the cam drive member 30 that is on standby (stored) is P12 (cam drive member standby position). Further, P8 and P9 are set outside the reciprocating range of the bite carriage 205 when the cutting tool 201 is cut.

The diagram of the portion surrounded by the chain double-dashed line in the drawing shows the movement when the bite carriage 205 is engaged with and disengaged from the cam drive member 30. In the withdrawal trajectory,
11 m after the hook arm 264 of the bite carriage 205 contacts the hook receiving portion 265 of the cam drive member 30
As the columnar protrusion 266 advances, the pull-side hooking portion 26
In order to secure the latching further, it advances to 1 mm, and then it is reversed and ready to be pulled out. In the pushing locus, the columnar protrusion 266 advances further 4 mm after reaching the pulling side locking portion 268, completely goes over the pulling side locking portion 268, and then inverted, and then reaches the pushing side locking portion 269,
Here, in order to secure the latch, it is advanced further by 1 mm and then reversed to be in a pushable state (see FIG. 17).

P10 to P11 are cutter setting positions, and are positions where the slide cutter 175 rotates (completes rotation) to the cutting operation position. The slide cutter 175 starts rotating at the position P10 and completes rotating to the cutting operation position at this position P11 (the slide cutter 175 stands up). That is, the position P10 is a rotation start position at which the slide cutter 175 abuts the forward movement abutment piece 246 (however,
The bite carriage 205 does not stop).

The bite carriage 205 in the cutting operation of the cutting bite 201 of the above ""
The width of the half-cutting sheet A centering on the position P7 (1
20 mm / 210 mm).
The bite carriage 205 in the series of cutting operations of the slide cutters 175 of "" and "" moves from the position P4 to the position P11 to move the slide cutter 175 to the cutting operation position, and then returns to the position P1. The cutting operation is performed, and the cutting operation is further moved to the position P.
Return to 4.

The bite carriage 205 in the vertical movement of the pressing roller 73 of "" moves from the position P4 to the position P9 to pull out the cam driving member 30 and then to the position P6 to move the pressing roller 73 to the pressing position. To move. Also,
After the weak adhesive sheet B is attached, the cam drive member 30 is moved to the original position by moving from the position P6 to the position 8. However, since the cutting operation of the slide cutter 175 is performed during this time, the cam driving member 30 is once left at the position P6, and the above-mentioned operations of "" and "" are performed.
As a result, the half-cut sheet A is sandwiched between the sheet feeding roller 181 and the pressure bonding roller 73, and the cutting locus of the slide cutter 175 becomes a straight line without bending.

When the bite carriage 205 moves up and down the take-up roller 35, it moves forward from the position P4 to the position P9 to pull out the cam drive member 30, and then returns to the position P5 to contact the take-up roller 35. Lower to position. When the weak adhesive tape (round portions AA, AB) B is peeled off, the cam drive member 30 is left and moved to the position P2 to keep the winding roller 35 in the contact position, and the clutch mechanism 19 is moved. To the sheet winding position C3. Also, when peeling off the unnecessary sheet portion AC,
Sheet A for half-cutting by the sheet feeding roller 181
To feed the end of the unnecessary sheet portion AC to the take-up roller 35
After being wound around, the cam drive member 30 is housed in the original position (position P5 to position P8), and then moved to the position P2.

Next, referring to the sheet map of FIG. 20,
A positional relationship such as a region for cutting with respect to the entire half-cutting sheet A and a sticking start position of the weak adhesive sheet B will be described. The positional relationship in the sheet map of FIG. 9A is standard, and it is assumed that the constituent devices have the positional relationship of FIG. The front end of the half-cut sheet A has the above-described sheet detection sensor 1
The position is the cueing position S1 detected by 76, and the trailing end is the paper feed cutting position S2.

The sticking start position S4 of the application sheet BB is set to a distance H (distance from the indexing position S1) which is slightly longer than the distance h between the sheet feeding roller 181 and the start of winding (see FIG. 13B). It is set. A cut line area S which is a peeling start portion when the unnecessary sheet portion AC is peeled off, that is, a sticking portion by the winding roller 35.
7 is the application start position BB of the application sheet BB
It is placed behind. This is because when the application sheet BB is attached, the sheet body Aa behind the cut line area S7 is wound up, and at least the adhesive portion following the feeding end portion (non-adhesive portion B1) of the application sheet BB is cut line. This is so that the attachment can be started before the area S7. When the adhesive portion of the application sheet BB starts to be attached to the release sheet Ab that has been subjected to the non-adhesion treatment, slippage may occur and the application sheet BB may not be pulled out well.

On the other hand, the adhesion start position S1 of the weak adhesive sheet B
0 is set between the sticking start position S4 of the application sheet BB and the cutting area S3 because the sheet body Aa is not yet wound (not peeled off) at the time of sticking. Also, a weak adhesive sheet B
The first sheet cutting position S5 for cutting the sheet is a distance M slightly longer than the distance m between the slide cutter 175 and the pressure roller 73,
It is set in front of the paper feed cutting position S2. That is, the weak adhesive sheet B on the remaining side (roll side) that has been separated
Are separated together with the tail end portion A2 of the half-cut sheet A (see FIG. 26). As a result, a non-adhesive portion B1 including the tail end portion A2 having the dimension M is formed at the feeding end portion of the weakly adhesive sheet B to be attached next.

Since the weak adhesive sheet B is repeatedly attached, the actual weak adhesive sheet B is always attached with the non-adhesive portion B1 having the size M at the front. And this non-adhesive part B
1 is an adhesive holding portion by the winding roller 35 at the time of peeling. Similarly, the application sheet BB is cut at the second sheet cutting position S6 that is ahead of the sheet cutting position S2 of the half-cut sheet A by the dimension M + M (at this point, the dimension M from the rear end). Application sheet BB
In the non-adhesive portion B1 in, when the cut-out character is peeled from the release sheet Ab or after the cut-out character is attached to the object to be attached,
It serves as a clue when peeling it off.

On the other hand, in the cut line area S7, a cross chevron cut line S8a which becomes a chevron toward the cue position S1 or one or more and a plurality of parallel cross cut lines S8b is formed. The cut line area S7 is the unnecessary sheet portion AC
Is a peeling start position when peeling off, that is, an adhesive holding portion by the winding roller 35. Further, a transverse cut line S9 is also formed at a position substantially the same as the second sheet cutting position S6, and the transverse cut line S9 becomes a peeling completion end of the unnecessary sheet portion AC.

The distance P between the rear end of the cutting area S3 and the first sheet cutting position S5 is set in correspondence with the circumferential length when the winding roller 35 has the maximum diameter.
This is because during the adhesive holding step in peeling off the unnecessary sheet portion AC, the cut-out round and the reverse peeling round peeled off by the weak adhesive sheet B are not always peeled off to the sheet body Aa side so that they are not peeled off. The part of the weak adhesive sheet B that is not attached to the take-up roller 35
This is to configure the outer peripheral surface of.

Next, the hollowing round and the reverse peeling round will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Taking the character shown by the diagonal lines in FIG. 9A as an example, the elliptical portion in the center is the hollowed round AA. The cut-out round AA is a portion that is not connected to the unnecessary sheet portion AC located outside the character portion AD and cannot be peeled off in a continuous manner with the unnecessary sheet portion AC.

Further, a plurality of triangular portions shown in the figure, which are convex portions in the peeling direction, are reverse peeling rounds AB. The reverse peeling round AB is connected to the unnecessary sheet portion AC, but when the unnecessary sheet portion AC is peeled from one direction (the direction of the arrow shown in the drawing), it is a portion that is peeled from the base portion in the opposite direction. is there. Since this reverse peeling is a peeling-up form (peeling at an obtuse angle), it may not be peeled off and may break the sheet body Aa, so that it may not be able to be wound properly. Therefore, the reverse stripping round AB is unnecessary
Apart from that, I try to peel it off first. Note that the two reverse stripping rounds AB and AB occurring in the lower left portion of the drawing partially overlap each other,
In this portion, the AND areas of both are integrally cut and peeled off (see FIG. 11B).

Here, a method for identifying the shapes of both rounds AA and AB will be described with reference to the flowchart (FIG. 22). In this description, it is premised that the target character has a hollowing round AA and a reverse stripping round AB. The calculation of the shapes and positions of both rounds AA and AB starts from the extraction of the outward minimum point of the character part AD (S-1). The outward minimum points are acute-angled portions (black circles in the figure) of the character portion AD in the direction of the arrow in the figure, and five outward minimum points are extracted in the figure. Next, the reverse stripping round AB is extracted based on these 5 outward minimum points (S-2). Specifically, the reverse stripping rounds AB are respectively extracted by the perpendicular lines extending from the outward minimum points. At this time, the reverse stripping rounds AB and AB partially overlap in the lower left portion of the drawing. Therefore, next, the extracted reverse stripping round A
AND processing of B and AB is performed (S-3: see FIG. 2B).

Next, the process shifts to the layer investigation of the hollowing round AA (S-4). Here, it is determined whether or not the layer value of the cutout round AA is 1 or less (S-5), and if it is not 1 or less, the extraction of the cutout round AA is canceled (S-6). For example, if the hierarchy value is "2",
In the oval that is the cutout round AA shown in the figure, there is a part to be left such as an ellipse. In this case, the peeling becomes complicated, so the peeling of this part is abandoned (it is left to human power). . On the other hand, when the layer value is 1 or less, the cutout round AA is extracted (S-
7) Finally, the round A and the reverse peeling round AB are AND-processed to actually peel off the round A.
A and AB are extracted (S-8).

Next, referring to FIG. 23, the controller 1
The configuration of five rounds will be briefly described. As described above, the controller 15 is incorporated in the circuit block 20, and the controller 15 is connected to various keys 22a of a keyboard as an input unit. Further, the controller 15 has a display 2 as an output means.
3 are connected to the drive motor 17, the reciprocating motor 203, and the electromagnetic solenoid 2 which are the main control targets of the embodiment.
22 and the sheet detection sensor 176 are connected.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 24 to 28, a cutout character creating method (control by the controller 15) by the cutout character creating apparatus 1 of the embodiment will be described step by step. FIG. 24A shows an initial state,
The half-cut sheet A is in a state where its feeding end portion A1 is in contact with the sheet supply roller 171. Further, the pressure bonding roller 73 has moved upward to the non-pressure bonding position, and the winding roller 35 has risen to the non-contact position. Further, both the cutting tool 201 and the slide cutter 175 have moved to the non-cutting operation position. The bite carriage 205 is at the home position P4, and the clutch mechanism 19 is at the sheet feeding position C1.

When the cut-out character creating key is pressed from this state, the clutch mechanism 19 is switched to the sheet feeding position C2, and the sheet feeding roller 181 and the sheet feeding roller 171 start rotating. As a result, the half-cut sheet A is delivered from the sheet cartridge 3 to the sheet traveling path 7. When the leading edge of the half-cutting sheet A passes over the sheet feeding roller 181, the leading edge of the half-cutting sheet A (cueing position S1) is detected by the sheet detection sensor 176, and the required number of steps (predetermined dimension) is based on this. When sent, both rollers 171,1
81 stops (see FIG. 24 (b)). The peripheral speed of the sheet feed roller 181 is set to be higher than the peripheral speed of the sheet supply roller 171, and the half-cut sheet A and the sheet supply roller 171 slide appropriately, so that the half-cut sheet A Is the sheet feed roller 18
There is no slack between 1 and the sheet supply roller 171.

Here, the slide cutter 175 moves forward,
After rotating to the cutting operation position and reversing and returning, the half-cutting sheet A is separated (see FIG. 24C). The slide cutter 175 obtained by cutting the half-cut sheet A is
Further, it returns and rotates to the non-cutting operation position, then reverses and moves forward to return to the home position P4. Next, the sheet feeding roller 18
1 and the sheet supply roller 171 reverse slightly, and the cut end of the half-cut sheet A is retracted from the sheet traveling path 7 (see FIG. 25A).

Next, the clutch mechanism 19 is switched to the sheet feeding position C1 (bite carriage 205: home position P4), and at the same time, the sheet feeding roller 181 reverses to feed the half-cutting sheet A backward, and the leading edge thereof is detected. (Cueing by the sheet detection sensor 176) is performed.
Subsequently, after the half-cutting sheet A is sent to the outline cutting start position, the electromagnetic solenoid 222 is excited to move the cutting tool 201 to the cutting operation position. Here, the forward / reverse feed of the half-cut sheet A by the sheet feed roller 181 and the reciprocating movement of the cutting tool 201 by the reciprocating mechanism 202 are synchronized,
Outline cutting of the hollowing round and / or the reverse stripping round is performed (see FIG. 25 (b)).

When the outline cutting is completed, the electromagnetic solenoid 222 is demagnetized to move the cutting tool 201 to the non-cutting operation position and, at the same time, the half-cutting sheet A is sent backward. Then, the pressure bonding roller 73 is moved down to the pressure bonding position (pressure bonding start position S10), and the feeding end (non-adhesive portion B1) of the weak adhesive sheet B is pressed against the half-cut sheet A (see FIG. 25 (c)). Here, the half-cutting sheet A is sent forward, and the weak adhesive sheet B is continuously attached onto the half-cutting sheet A (FIG. 2).
6 (a)). Since the sheet main body Aa is located at the pressure-bonding start position S10 and a sufficient frictional force is generated between the sheet main body Aa and the feeding end of the weak adhesive sheet B, it is possible to appropriately start the attachment (draw the weak adhesive sheet B). Become.

When the first sheet cutting position S5 comes to the position of the slide cutter 175, the feeding of the half-cutting sheet A is stopped, and at the same time, the slide cutter 175 is cut to complete the attachment of the weak adhesive sheet B. To do. At this time, the slide cutter 175 cuts the weak adhesive sheet B including the tail end portion A2 of the half-cut sheet A (FIG. 26).
(See (b)). Next, the pressure-bonding roller 73 is moved up to the non-pressure-bonding position along with the cut end of the weakly adhesive sheet B, and the half-cutting sheet A is sent backward (see FIG. 26 (c)).
When the slide cutter 175 is cut, the half-cutting sheet A is fed to the sheet feeding roller 181 and the pressure bonding roller 7.
The sheet A is sandwiched between the sheet 3 and the sheet 3, and the half-cut sheet A is cut without bending.

Subsequently, the take-up roller 35 is lowered to the contact position and brought into contact with the feeding end of the weakly adhesive sheet B to hold it in adhesive (see FIG. 27 (a)). Here, the clutch mechanism 19 is switched to the sheet winding position C3, the sheet feeding roller 181 and the winding roller 35 are rotated, and the half-cut sheet A is fed forward while the weak adhesive sheet B is being fed.
Wind up. At this time, the take-up roller 3 in the contact position
No. 5 rolls relatively on the half-cutting sheet A, and the cut-out round AA / reverse peeling round AB is taken up together with the weak adhesive sheet B from the release sheet Ab (Fig. 27 (b)). reference).

By the way, on the surface of the weak adhesive sheet B, the roll-like weak adhesive sheet B can be fed out with a low torque, and the take-up roller 35 can exert an adhesive force enough to be adhesively wound up. Has been applied. Further, the weak adhesive sheet B is wound in a state in which the winding roller 35 is pressed against the half-cutting sheet A, and the hollowing round AA / reverse peeling round AB has a small peeling curvature, so that the material is restored and restored. Since the force is small, these rounds AA and AB are strongly adhered to the weak adhesive sheet B and can be peeled off without error. Further, the winding torque is applied to the winding roller 35 via the friction clutch 289, and the weak adhesive sheet B can be wound closely. And
The diameter is set so that the half-cutting sheet A between the sheet feeding roller and the take-up roller will not be loosened.

When the winding of the weakly adhesive sheet B is completed, the winding roller 35 is raised to the non-contact position, the half-cutting sheet A is moved backward, the leading edge is detected, and then the outline cutting of the character is started. To do. In this way, since the tip position of the half-cut sheet A is detected again, the positional deviation between the round cut and the outer shape cut does not occur even after the round peeling step. If the character does not have the round parts AA and AB, the state is changed to the outer shape cut from the state of FIG. The outer shape cutting of the character is performed by synchronizing the forward and reverse feeds of the half-cutting sheet A and the reciprocating movement of the cutting tool 201 in the same manner as the cutting of the round portions AA and AB (see FIG. 27C). . In addition, in the outer shape cutting of this character, the above-described transverse cut lines S8 and S9 are half-cut.

When the outline cutting of the character is completed, the character is sent to the contact position between the cut line area S7 of the half-cutting sheet A and the take-up roller 35, and then the take-up roller 35 is lowered again to the contact position to remove the unnecessary sheet. The peeling start end (cut line area S7) of the portion AC is brought into contact with and adhesively held (see FIG. 28A). Next, unnecessary seat part AC
The take-up roller 35 that holds the adhesive is raised to the non-contact position, but at this time, the peeling guide member 131 advances and is abutted against the unnecessary sheet portion AC.

Then, the sheet feed roller 181 and the take-up roller 35 are rotated to wind up the unnecessary sheet portion AC while feeding the half-cutting sheet A forward (FIG. 28).
(See (b)). At this time, the unnecessary sheet portion AC is peeled off from the peeling sheet Ab by the peeling guide member 131 at an acute angle and is wound around the winding roller 35. in this case,
Depending on the waist strength of the character part AD, the character part AD
The unnecessary sheet portion AC is easily separated from the character portion A.
D remains on the release sheet Ab. In addition, the winding roller 35
Is applied with a winding torque via a friction clutch 289, and the weak adhesive sheet B is tightly wound. When the winding of the unnecessary sheet portion AC is completed, the half-cutting sheet A is sent backward so that the sticking start position S4 reaches the contact position of the pressure roller 73.

Here, the pressing roller 73 is again moved down to the pressing position, and the feeding end (non-adhesive portion B1) of the weak adhesive sheet B as the application sheet BB is pressed against the half-cut sheet A (FIG. 28 (c)). )reference). continue,
The half-cut sheet A is sent forward, and the weak adhesive sheet B is continuously attached to the half-cut sheet A (see FIG. 29 (a)). At this time, since the sticking start position S4 is on the sheet main body Aa, the feeding end of the weak adhesive sheet B starts the adhesion not on the release sheet Ab but on the sheet main body Aa, so that it does not slip and is appropriately performed. It will be attached.

When the second sheet cutting position S6 reaches the position of the slide cutter 175, the attachment of the weak adhesive sheet B is completed, and the slide cutter 175 weakly attaches the tail end portion A2 of the half-cutting sheet A. The sheet B is cut (see FIG. 29B). Also in this case, the half-cutting sheet A is sandwiched between the sheet feeding roller 181 and the pressure bonding roller 73, and cut by the slide cutter 175 without bending. Finally, the pressure roller 73 is moved to the non-cutting position and the half-cut sheet A is
The sheet from the sheet discharge port 24 (see FIG. 29).
(See (c)).

The cutout character creating apparatus of this embodiment is designed to automatically perform a series of operations from the outline cutting of the killer to the sticking of the application sheet as described above. It is also possible to cancel the attachment of the sheet. It is also possible to make only the outline cut of the killer by switching the mode (useful for creating negative cut characters). In such a case, the half-cutting sheet is immediately discharged after the outline cutting is completed. Needless to say, it is possible to create a mirror character as a cutout character and select right writing or left writing. further,
As the half-cutting sheet of this embodiment, a sheet wound in a roll shape is used, but a sheet piece having a specific length may be used. In such a case, the cut character creating device can be made thin.

On the other hand, the cut-out character creating apparatus of the present embodiment is equipped with a sheet feeding mechanism, a sheet feeding mechanism, a cutting plotter mechanism and a sheet peeling mechanism, which are used as a sheet feeding mechanism, a cutting plotter mechanism and a sheet peeling mechanism. It is also possible to provide an apparatus provided with only the application sheet attaching mechanism of. In such a case, the half-cutting sheet is supplied from outside the device (the half-cutting sheet is not mounted on the sheet cartridge).
Then, the outline of the character is cut, the character is once discharged to the outside of the apparatus, the unnecessary sheet portion is peeled off by a human hand, and the sheet is put into the apparatus again to attach the application sheet.

Similarly, an apparatus having an unnecessary sheet peeling mechanism may be used in place of the application sheet attaching mechanism of the sheet peeling mechanism. In such a case, the unnecessary sheet portion of the half-cut sheet supplied from the outside of the apparatus is peeled off after the outline cutting, and is discharged to the outside of the apparatus in this state.

Further, an apparatus without a sheet peeling mechanism may be used. That is, the half-cutting sheet supplied from the sheet cartridge is outline-cut and then discharged to the outside of the apparatus. In this case, since the sheet peeling mechanism, the weak adhesive sheet, etc. are not required, the device configuration can be simplified.

Furthermore, it goes without saying that the sheet cutting device having the above-mentioned slide cutter and cutter moving mechanism can be applied to electronic equipment equipped with a reciprocating carriage such as an ink jet printer or a serial thermal printer.

[0187]

As described above, according to the cut-out character creating method and the cut-out character creating apparatus of the present invention, the entire part to be peeled off is divided into a part that is easy to peel off and a part that is difficult to peel off. Therefore, the form of peeling can be changed between the part that is easily peeled off and the part that is difficult to peel off, and these parts can be accurately and reliably peeled off from the release sheet. Further, a series of operations from the outline cutting of the character to the peeling off of the unnecessary sheet portion can be performed completely automatically by the same device, and the cutout character can be created easily and quickly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a cutout character creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the cutout character creation device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of two types of large and small sheet cartridges.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a sheet cartridge.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a sheet cartridge.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the inside of the apparatus main body with a sheet cartridge removed.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main mechanical portion on the apparatus body side as seen obliquely from behind.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a main mechanical portion on the apparatus main body side as seen obliquely from the front.

FIG. 9 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a structure (supply of a half-cut sheet) inside the apparatus main body in the cutout character creating apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the internal structure (adhesion of a weak adhesive sheet) of the main body of the cutout character creation device.

FIG. 11 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the internal structure (peeling of the weak adhesive sheet) of the main body of the cutout character creation device.

FIG. 12 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the internal structure (peeling of an unnecessary sheet portion) of the device body in the cutout character creation device.

FIG. 13 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of the device body (power transmission unit, bite moving mechanism) in the cutout character creation device.

FIG. 14 is an enlarged front view around the slide cutter.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged perspective view showing the relationship between the slide cutter and the forward movement impact piece.

FIG. 16 is an enlarged perspective view showing the relationship between the slide cutter and the return contact piece.

FIG. 17 is an enlarged plan view showing the engagement / disengagement structure of the bite carriage and the cam drive member.

FIG. 18 is a configuration diagram around a clutch mechanism.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the reciprocating position of the bite carriage and the operation of various mechanisms.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing various cutting positions of the half-cutting sheet.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of a cutout round and a reverse stripping round in a character.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a method for identifying a round shape.

FIG. 23 is a configuration diagram around a controller.

FIG. 24 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cut-out character creation procedure (1) by the cut-out character creation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 25 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cut-out character creation procedure (2) by the cut-out character creation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 26 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cut-out character creation procedure (3) by the cut-out character creation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 27 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cut-out character creation procedure (4) by the cut-out character creation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 28 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cut-out character creation procedure (5) by the cut-out character creation device of the embodiment.

FIG. 29 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a cut-out character creation procedure (6) by the cut-out character creation device of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Cutout Character Creation Device 2 Device Main Body 3 Sheet Cartridge 4 Device Case 5 Device Frame 7 Sheet Traveling Path 8 Cartridge Case 9 Cartridge Mounting Section 11 Sheet Supply Mechanism 12 Sheet Feed Mechanism 13 Cutting Plotter Mechanism 14 Sheet Peeling Mechanism 15 Controller 17 Drive Motor 18 Power transmission unit 19 Clutch mechanism 20 Circuit block 21 Operation panel 24 Sheet discharge port 25 Sheet work port 30 Cam drive member 31 Adhesive sheet attachment mechanism 32 Winding peeling mechanism 33 Peeling guide mechanism 35 Winding roller 36 Roller gear train 37 Roller moving mechanism 51 Separation Plate 52 Upper Housing 53 Lower Housing 56 Front Slit Opening 57 Rear Slit Opening 61 Rear Slit Preventing Mechanism 62 Sheet Feeding Member 70 Vertical Moving Mechanism 73 Crimping Roller 74 Roller Holder 78 Cam Part 86 Cam Fo Lower 106 Cartridge output gear 107 Cartridge output shaft 111 Cover arm 112 Cover actuating mechanism 121 Cylindrical cam member 122 Rotating lever 125 Cam groove 129 Cam protrusion 131 Separation guide member 132 Rotating arm 134 Impact part 151 Side frame 171 Sheet supply roller 175 Slide cutter 176 Sheet detection sensor 181 Sheet feed roller 182 Upper feed roller 183 Lower feed roller 201 Cutting bite 202 Reciprocating mechanism 203 Reciprocating motor 205 Byte carriage 206 Carriage guide shaft 207 Timing belt 210 Byte moving mechanism 218 Cutter moving mechanism 221 Guide plate 222 Electromagnetic solenoid 231 Cutter blade 232 Cutter holder 235 Shaft protrusion 236 Bearing hole 237 Click engaging part 24 Forward abutment piece 247 Backward abutment piece 251 Base plate 262 Engagement / disengagement mechanism 264 Hook arm 265 Hook receiver 281 Sheet supply gear 282 Sheet feed gear 283 Winding power transmission mechanism 285 Winding input pulley 289 Friction clutch 301 Intermediate gear 302 Switching gear 303 Switching lever 304 Switching spring A Half-cut sheet Aa Sheet body Ab Release sheet AA Hollowing round AB Reverse peeling round AC No need sheet part AD Character part A1 Feeding end part A2 Tail end part B Weak adhesive sheet BB Application sheet B1 Non Adhesive part

Continuation of front page (56) Reference JP-A-6-238594 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B26D 7/18 B26D 3/08 B26D 5/00 B41J 11 / 66

Claims (13)

(57) [Claims] 1. An outline of a character to be cut out is cut from the sheet body of a half-cutting sheet in which a sheet body is laminated on a release sheet, and the cut character portion is left and other unnecessary sheet portions are A method for creating a cutout character by peeling it off from a release sheet to create a cutout character, which is a round cutting step of cutting a cutout round to be a cutout area of the character and / or a reverse peeling round to be a convex area in the peeling direction. If, after said round cut step, said hollowed round and / or the round peeling step peeling the opposite strip round a part of the unnecessary sheet portion from said release sheet, after the round peeling step, of the character The outer shape cutting step of cutting the outer shape portion, After step, cutout character forming method characterized by comprising a, and unnecessary sheet portion separation step peeling off the unnecessary sheet portion from said release sheet. 2. An application sticking step of sticking an application sheet having a sticking force larger than the sticking force of the character portion to the peeling sheet on the surface of the half-cutting sheet after the unnecessary sheet portion peeling step. The cutout character creating method according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. A half-cut sheet feeding step of feeding a half-cut sheet wound into a roll and cutting it into a predetermined size prior to the round-cut step. The cutout character creation method described in 1 or 2. 4. The round peeling step comprises an adhesive sheet attaching step of attaching a weak adhesive sheet to the surface of the sheet body, and the hollowing round and / or the reverse peeling round attached to the weak adhesive sheet. The method for producing cut-out characters according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising: a take-up and peeling step of winding the sheet on a take-up roller while peeling the sheet from the release sheet together with the weak adhesive sheet. 5. The unnecessary sheet part peeling step uses a take-up roller having an adhesive property on an outer peripheral surface, and an adhesive holding step of sticking and holding the peeling end of the unnecessary sheet part, and the unnecessary sheet from the peeling sheet. The method for producing cutout characters according to claim 1, further comprising a winding and peeling step of winding the sheet portion while peeling it off. 6. The round-cutting step is characterized in that, when a plurality of convex regions forming the reverse peeling round overlap, outline cutting is performed on these AND regions. The method for creating cutout characters described in any of. 7. An outline of a character to be cut out is cut from the sheet body of a half-cutting sheet in which a sheet body is laminated on a release sheet, and the cut character portion is left and other unnecessary sheet portions are A cutout character creating device for creating a cutout character by peeling it off from a release sheet, which is a sheet feeding mechanism that feeds the half-cutting sheet forward and backward on a sheet traveling path, and reciprocates in a direction orthogonal to the sheet traveling path. When the character has a cutting plotter mechanism that performs an outline cut of the character with a cutting tool, and the character has a hollowing round that is a hollowing area and / or a reverse peeling round that is a convex area in the peeling direction, The cut-out la which is a part of the unnecessary sheet portion And / or a reverse peeling round for peeling off a round peeling mechanism, an unnecessary sheet portion peeling mechanism for peeling off the unnecessary sheet portion from the peeling sheet, and a controller for integrally controlling these mechanisms, wherein the controller is After controlling the cutting plotter mechanism and the sheet feeding mechanism to cut the cutout round and / or the reverse peeling round, the round peeling mechanism is controlled to peel the cutout round and / or the reverse peeling round from the release sheet. A cutout characterized by further controlling the cutting plotter mechanism and the sheet feeding mechanism to cut the outer shape of the character, and then controlling the unnecessary sheet portion peeling mechanism to peel off the unnecessary sheet portion from the peeling sheet. Character creation device. 8. An application sticking mechanism for sticking an application sheet having a larger sticking force than the sticking force of the character portion to the release sheet to the surface of the half-cutting sheet, the controller further comprising: The cutout character creation device according to claim 7, wherein after the unnecessary sheet portion is peeled from the release sheet, the application attaching mechanism is controlled to attach the application sheet to the surface of the half-cutting sheet. . 9. A half-cut sheet feeding mechanism for feeding a half-cut sheet wound in a roll shape onto the sheet traveling path and cutting it into a predetermined size, wherein the controller comprises the cut-off round and / or Alternatively, before performing the reverse peeling round cut, the half-cut sheet feeding mechanism is controlled to cut the half-cut sheet into a predetermined size and the half-cut sheet is introduced into the sheet traveling path. The cutout character creation device according to item 8. 10. The round peeling mechanism comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet sticking mechanism including a pressure-bonding roller for feeding a weak pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet wound into a roll and sticking the weak pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet to the surface of the sheet body. A take-up and peeling mechanism including a take-up roller that winds the hollowing round and / or the reverse peeling round adhered to the weak adhesive sheet together with the weak adhesive sheet while peeling the peeling sheet from the release sheet. It has, Claim 7, 8 or 9 characterized by having.
Cutout character creation device described in. 11. The weak adhesive sheet and the application sheet are made of the same material, and the adhesive sheet attaching mechanism also serves as the application attaching mechanism. Cutout character creation device described in. 12. The unnecessary sheet part peeling mechanism has adhesiveness on the outer peripheral surface, and the peeling end part of the unnecessary sheet part is adhesively held and wound while peeling off the unnecessary sheet part from the release sheet. A take-up roller, a roller drive mechanism for rotating the take-up roller, and a roller moving mechanism for bringing the take-up roller into contact with and separating from the peeling end portion of the unnecessary sheet portion. The cutout character creation device according to any one of 7 to 11. 13. The cut-out character creating device according to claim 12, wherein the unnecessary sheet portion peeling mechanism also serves as the winding peeling mechanism of the round peeling mechanism.