JP4664739B2 - Handler label and method for manufacturing the handler label - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a portable label printing applicator (handler labeler) and a label for a handler labeler that are suitable for use in the retail distribution industry and the like for printing and pasting prices and dates on products.

Examples of labels for handler labels include those shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b). That is, the label 1 for the handler label is composed of a mount 2 having a release agent applied to the surface and a label body 3 having an adhesive applied to the back surface, and the back surface of the label body 3 has an adhesive on the surface of the mount 2. It is temporarily attached to and integrated. The cut line 4 is formed in the label body 3 at a predetermined interval. The label body 3 is separated into a plurality of label pieces 3a on which the price, the date of manufacture, etc. are printed by the respective cuts 4. An insertion guide portion 5 is provided at a position corresponding to each transfer cut line 6 described later on the mount 2. These insertion guide portions 5 are defined by a transfer cut line 5a cut into a U-shape. On the other hand, two transfer cut lines 6 are formed in the label body 3 so as to straddle the respective cut lines 4. These two transfer cut lines 6 are provided, for example, to reduce the insertion resistance of a transfer claw 14 described later.
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, such a label 1 for a handler labeler is held as a label continuous body 1 </ b> A in a holding part 11 of a handler labeler 10, and is a transfer claw of a rotating body 13 that rotates according to a gripping operation of a hand lever 12. 14 is transferred to the outlet 16 side of the bottom 15 of the handler labeler 10.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the transfer claw 14 of the rotator 13 engages with the insertion guide 5 of the mount 2, and the rotator 13 rotates counterclockwise at a predetermined pitch in accordance with the gripping operation of the hand lever 12. By doing so, the label 1 is transferred to the discharge port 16 side described above. At this time, the printing mechanism 17 shown in FIG. 6 moves to the label 1 side and performs printing on the label piece 3a described above.

  After the printed label piece 3a is discharged from the discharge port 16, it is pressed against the object by the sticking roller 18, and further, the handler labeler 10 is separated from the object, so that the cut is formed only in the label body 3. 4 is separated from the subsequent label piece 3a.

  On the other hand, the mount 2 from which the label piece 3 a has been peeled is transferred in a direction opposite to the discharge port 16 by the transfer claw 14 of the rotating body 13 engaged with the insertion guide portion 5 and discharged from the label discharge port 19. The Here, since the insertion guide portion 5 of the mount 2 is designed in advance so as to coincide with the position of a simple cutter (not shown) provided in the mount discharge port 19, the mount 2 can be surely cut and removed. .

6 and 7 of JP-A-2004-279840.

  By the way, in the past, the display content of the label was sufficient only for the price, but in recent years the content to be printed on the label piece 3a such as the price including tax and the expiration date has increased, and the demand for printing a plurality of variable information has increased. Yes.

  In view of this, an improved handler labeler in which the vertical dimension (paper transport direction) of the label piece 3a is increased and printing is performed in two stages has appeared. In this case, the rotation transfer mechanism of the handler labeler can be realized by replacing the mount feeding pitch with a larger one (for example, the rotation amount of the rotating body 13 and the interval between the transfer claws 14).

  However, since changing the size of the case of the handler labeler 10 leads to a significant cost increase, a case having the same size as the conventional case is used. For this reason, conventionally, the insertion guide portion 5 coincides with the position of the simple cutter at the stop position of the mount 2, but the insertion guide portion 5 of the mount 2 and the position of the simple cutter do not coincide at the stop position of the mount 2. There has occurred.

  In this case, even if the ejected mount 2 is pulled to be cut, the mount 2 is not cut, and the unprinted label piece 3a is also transported to the exit 16 side to cause a paper jam. To do.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and the first invention provides a label for a handler label that can surely cut the mount discharged from the mount discharge port of the handler label. With the goal.

  In addition, the second invention is a handler label that can be combined with the label for a handler label according to the first invention to reduce the type of casing to reduce the cost and to manufacture a handler label that prints on a plurality of labels. It aims at providing the manufacturing method of.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the feature of the configuration adopted by the first invention is composed of a strip-like continuous mount having a release agent applied to the front surface and a label body having an adhesive applied to the back surface. A label for a handler label in which the back surface of the label body is temporarily attached to the front surface with an adhesive, and is separated from the label body at a predetermined interval in a direction intersecting the transport direction of the label body. A cut line is formed and separated into a plurality of label pieces by each cut line, and a transfer cut line cut in parallel to each of the separation cut lines on the mount, At least one or more cutting lines are provided between the transfer lines.

  Here, the transfer cut line is formed near the center of the mount and at a position away from the edge of the mount, and the cutting cut line is connected to a plurality of − (minus) so as to be connected to the edge of the mount. It preferably consists of a mold cut.

  Further, the configuration of the second invention employs a label discharge port, a handler label case having a mount discharge port provided with a simple cutter, and a hand lever that protrudes from the case and is attached. , Which is built in the housing, rotates at a predetermined pitch in accordance with the gripping operation of the hand lever, and engages the transfer claw provided on the outer periphery thereof with the transfer cut line of the mount of the label for the handler labeler to remove the label. In a method of manufacturing a handler labeler by combining with a rotary transfer mechanism that transfers to the outlet side, the casing can be selected and combined from at least one type, and the rotary transfer mechanism can be selected from at least two types of dimensional standards, When the handler label according to the first aspect of the invention is used, the transfer cutting line or cutting line at the stop position of the mount and the simplified cover of the casing In that the position of the coater is configured to match.

  In this case, it is preferable that the rotary transfer mechanism has a plurality of − (minus) type transfer claws that engage with the cutting line for transferring the mount downstream of the label discharge port in the label transfer direction.

  According to the first invention, at the stop position of the mount when the handler labeler is operated, either the transfer cutting line or the cutting cut line is positioned in the vicinity of the simple cutter, and the mount is cut. It becomes easy to do.

  Then, the transfer cutting line is formed near the center of the mount and at a position away from the edge of the mount, and a plurality of − (minus) type cutting lines are connected so that the cutting cut line is connected to the mount edge. In the case of a cut-out structure, the transfer cut line is widened by the engagement of the transfer claw, so that it becomes easy to catch on the simple cutter. Since it is cut, it tends to fall apart and can be easily cut.

  Further, according to the second invention, when manufacturing a plurality of handler labels having different label dimensions, it is not necessary to prepare the same number of casings having different dimensions, and the number of parts can be reduced.

  Here, when the rotary transfer mechanism is configured to have a plurality of − (minus) type transfer claws that engage with the cutting line for transferring the mount on the downstream side of the label discharge port with respect to the label transfer direction. Compared with the case where the transfer claw is engaged with the label piece before printing, the possibility of deforming the label piece is reduced, and printing defects and paper jams can be prevented.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since either the transfer cutting line or the cutting cutting line is located in the vicinity of the simple cutter at the position where the mount stops when the handler labeler is operated, the mount is pulled or twisted. The shearing force is easily generated in the cutting line for cutting the mount, and the mount can be cut.

  According to the second invention, it is possible to manufacture a handler label corresponding to a large-sized label at a low cost by using the label according to the first invention without preparing a large number of housings having different dimensions.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the component same as the prior art mentioned above, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  1 is an external perspective view of a label for a handler label according to the first invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the label for a handler label in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the internal structure of the handler label manufactured by the second invention. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the waist of FIG. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the conventional technology described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show a label 30 for a handler label that has been enlarged to accommodate two-stage (two rows, two columns) printing, and the label 30 is formed on the surface in substantially the same manner as in the prior art. It consists of a mount 32 coated with a release agent and a label body 33 coated with an adhesive on the back surface, and the back surface of the label body 33 is temporarily attached to the surface of the mount 32 via an adhesive and integrated. . In the label body 33, separation slits 34 are formed at a predetermined interval (16 mm) in a direction intersecting with the transfer direction, and each label 34 is separated into a plurality of label pieces 33a. Yes.

  The mount 32 has a transfer cut line 35 formed by cutting at predetermined intervals (equal to the vertical dimension of the label piece 33a) in parallel with the separation cuts 34, and between the transfer cut lines. A cutting line 36 for cutting formed between 35 is provided.

Here, each of the transfer cut lines 35 is formed as two cuts near the center of the mount 32 and away from the edge of the mount, and each of the cutting cut lines 36 is an edge of the mount 32. Are formed from a plurality of-(minus) type cuts, each having three cuts so as to be connected to each other.
One label piece 33a is temporarily attached between the transfer cutting lines 36.
Here, as for the dimension of the label piece 33a, the horizontal width is 22 mm and the vertical width is 16 mm.
The transfer cut line 35 has a connecting portion formed with a width of 3.5 mm from the both ends of the mount 32 in the middle of the cut lines, and the remainder becomes the cut line. Yes.
On the other hand, the cutting line 36 for cutting is formed 4 mm away from the transfer cutting line 35 in the traveling direction of the label 30 (upper side in the figure), and is formed in the middle by 2 mm in communication with both edges of the mount 32. It consists of three cut lines with a width of 2 mm, and the rest are connected portions.

  The label 30 has a horizontal width of 22 mm and a vertical width of 12 mm. The label 30 has a transfer cut line similar to the transfer cut line 35 formed on the mount at a pitch of 12 mm (one line, one column) for printing. It can be attached to a handler labeler using the same housing as a handler labeler (not shown) using a label for printing and pasting.

Such a handler labeler 40 is shown in FIGS.
The handler labeler 40 uses a single-stage (single line, single line) printing handler label case 40A for a label pitch of 12 mm. However, the rotation amount of the rotating body 43 that rotates according to the gripping operation of the hand lever 42 and the pitch between the transfer claws 44 are manufactured in combination with parts designed for 16 mm.

  Then, the continuous label 30 is held in the holding portion 41 and transferred to the discharge port 46 side of the bottom 45 of the handler labeler 40 by the transfer claw 44 of the rotating body 43 that rotates according to the gripping operation of the hand lever 42.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the transfer claw 44 of the rotating body 43 engages with the transfer cut line 32 of the mount 32, and the rotating body 43 is rotated clockwise by 16 mm according to the gripping operation of the hand lever 42. By rotating, the label 30 is transferred to the discharge port 46 side described above. At this time, the printing mechanism 47 moves to the label 30 side and performs printing on the label piece 33a described above.

After the printed label piece 33a is discharged from the discharge port 46, the label piece 33a is pressed against the object by the sticking roller 48, and further the handler labeler 40 is separated from the object, so that the cut is formed only in the label body 33. 34 is separated from the subsequent label piece 33a.
On the other hand, the mount 32 from which the label piece 33 a has been peeled is transferred in a direction opposite to the discharge port 46 by the transfer claw 44 of the rotating body 43 engaged with the transfer cut line 32, and from the label discharge port 49. Discharged. Here, either the transfer cutting line 35 or the cutting cutting line 36 of the mount 32 coincides with the position of the simple cutter 50 provided at the mount discharge port 49. The reason is as described above. The cutting line 35 is formed on the mount 32 at a pitch of 16 mm, and the cutting line 36 is formed 4 mm away from one transfer cutting line 35 (that is, at a pitch of 12 mm). Therefore, the position of the cutting line 36 for cutting and the position of the simple cutter 50 always coincide with each other in the case of a 12 mm pitch label housing.

  Therefore, since the mount 32 can be surely cut out and removed, it is possible to prevent the label 30 from being pulled when the mount 32 is cut, thereby causing printing misalignment or paper jam.

  Further, according to the second invention, by combining with the label for the handler label according to the first invention, the type of the housing can be reduced, the cost increase is suppressed, and the handler label for printing on a plurality of labels is provided. Can be manufactured.

1 is an external perspective view of a label for a handler label according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the (A) table | surface which shows the label and mount in FIG. 1, (B) The back view. It is a block diagram which shows the handler label which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a waist part in FIG. 3. It is explanatory drawing which shows the label for handler labels concerning the prior art. It is explanatory drawing which shows the handler label which concerns on a prior art. FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the waist in FIG. 6.

Explanation of symbols

  30 ... Label for handler label, 32 ... Mount, 35 ... Cutting line for transfer, 36 ... Cutting line for cutting, 40A ... Housing, 42 ... Hand lever, 43 ... Rotating body, 44 ... Transfer claw, 46 ... Label removal Exit, 49 ... Mount outlet, 50 ... Simple cutter

Claims (4)

  It consists of a strip-shaped continuous mount coated with a release agent on the surface and a label body coated with an adhesive on the back surface, and the back surface of the label body is temporarily attached to the surface of the mount via an adhesive and integrated. A label for a handler labeler, wherein the label body is formed with a separation cut at a predetermined interval in a direction intersecting the transfer direction of the label body, and is separated into a plurality of label pieces by each cut. In addition, the mount is provided with a transfer cut line cut in parallel to the separation cuts and at least one cutting cut line between the transfer cut lines. A label for a handler label that is provided.   The transfer cut line is formed near the center of the mount and at a position away from the edge of the mount, and each of the cutting cut lines is connected to the edge of the mount so that a plurality of − (minus) type cut lines are provided. The label for a handler label according to claim 1, wherein the label is formed from a package.   A handler labeler housing having a label discharge port, a mount discharge port equipped with a simple cutter, a hand lever mounted so as to swing from the housing, and a gripping operation of the hand lever incorporated in the housing In combination with a rotary transfer mechanism that moves the label to the label discharge port side by engaging the transfer claw provided on the outer periphery with the transfer cut line of the mount of the label for the handler labeler. In the manufacturing method, when at least one type of the casing is selected and the rotary transfer mechanism can be selected and combined from at least two types of dimensional standards, and the label for the handler label according to claim 1 is used In addition, the transfer cutting line or cutting cutting line at the stop position of the mount and the position of the simple cutter of the housing are configured to coincide with each other. Hand labeler manufacturing method, characterized in that.   The rotary transfer mechanism has a plurality of-(minus) type transfer claws that engage with a cutting line for transferring a mount on the downstream side of the label discharge port in the label transfer direction. 3. A method for producing a handler label according to 3.

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