JP4917334B2 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing connecting sheet for printer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a connecting sheet for a printer suitable for printing on a large number of printing cards such as business cards by a printer.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-260260 has already known a connecting sheet for a printer in which a large number of printing cards are connected by a support sheet for creating a large number of printing cards such as business cards using various general-purpose printers. . As shown in the rear view of FIG. 6, the printer connection sheet includes a plurality of printing cards 23 each having a predetermined size formed by attaching vertical and horizontal cutting lines 24 to the card sheet 21. The connecting portion 20a of the support sheet 20 is pasted on the back surface of a large number of the printing cards 23 leaving the printing area 23a, and the printing cards 23 are connected by the connecting portions 20a. In addition, in the figure, 25 is a cutting line which removes the excess part 20b (FIG. 5) of the support sheet 20 stuck to the printing area 23a on the back surface of the printing card 23. The printing card 23 has an A4 size, a B4 size, or the like so that it can be printed by the general-purpose printer on the entire front surface and the printing area 23a on the back surface. After printing, the printing card 23 can be removed from the connecting portion 20a of the support sheet 20 and used as a business card or the like.

  The connecting portion 20a of the support sheet 20 exposes the print area 23a on the back surface of the print card 23 from the support sheet 20 in the laminated sheet in which the printing cards 23 are held in a state of being connected by a single support sheet 20. In order to do so, the excess portion 20b of the support sheet 20 adhered to the printing region 23a is formed as a remaining portion which is peeled off by cutting along the cutting line 25 attached to the periphery thereof, thereby The adjacent printing cards 23 are held in a connected state, and the printing area 23a is exposed so that the area can be printed by a general-purpose printer.

  The printing card 23 is also formed by attaching vertical and horizontal cutting lines 24 to the card sheet 21 to which the support sheet 20 is attached. In addition, a non-tacky and easily peelable adhesive is used for bonding the card sheet 21 and the support sheet 20, and after peeling, the two sheets are not re-bonded.

  The manufacturing process of the conventional connecting sheet for a printer will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. First, in FIG. 4, the adhesive sheet is bonded to the adhesive surface of the support sheet 20 continuously supplied from the support sheet roll 10. The adhesive application device 12 applies a non-tacky and easily peelable adhesive. Without providing the adhesive application device 12, the support sheet 20 to which the adhesive has been applied in advance may be continuously supplied. Then, the adhesive surface of the support sheet 20 coated with the adhesive and the adhesive surface of the card sheet 21 continuously supplied from the card sheet roll 11 are added by a pressure bonding device 13 including a pair of joining rollers 13a. The laminated sheet 22 is formed by pressure bonding.

  Next, a punching die having a blade several μm higher than the thickness of the support sheet 20 is pressed against the support sheet 20 in the laminated sheet 22 using the back-cutting line applying device 14, and the portion of the print area 23 a A cutting line 25 is provided for the purpose of manual punching. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the cutting line 25 is formed only on the support sheet 20 by pressing the punching die when the laminated sheet 22 is fed in the direction of arrow A. In this state, the support sheet 20 The card sheet 21 is in an adhesive state, and the sheets 20 and 21 are maintained in a laminated state.

  Further, by using the card-like cutting line applying device 15, by pressing a punching die having a blade several μm higher than the thickness of the card sheet 21 from the side of the card sheet 21 in the laminated sheet 22 after being back-punched. A cutting line 24 for cutting each printing card 23 is provided around each printing card 23. As a result, a large number of printing cards 23 are formed, but since they are in an adhesive state with respect to the support sheet 20, the support sheet 20 and the card sheet 21 are externally held in the state of the laminated sheet 22. ing.

  Then, the surplus of the support sheet 20 adhered to the print area 23a on the back surface of the printing card 23 from the support sheet 20 side on which the back cut line 25 is formed using the back surface print area forming device 16. The portion 20b is peeled off, whereby the strip-shaped laminated sheet 22 from which the excess portion 20b is removed as shown in FIG. 6 is manufactured. By cutting the strip-shaped laminated sheet 22 at a cutting position 27 shown in the figure, a connecting sheet for a printer is manufactured.

In the conventional connecting sheet for a printer manufactured by the above-described process, the cutting blade is pressed against the support sheet 20 side of the laminated sheet 22 in which the support sheet 20 and the card sheet 21 are bonded. It is unavoidable that a crimp mark of the blade having the shape of the cutting line 25 remains on the back surface. The crimp marks are well understood with the naked eye, greatly detracting from the aesthetics of the card and reducing the commercial value of the connecting sheet for printers.
JP 2002-264240 A

  A technical problem of the present invention is to produce a connecting sheet for a printer in which a supporting sheet is stuck on a back surface of a large number of printing cards, leaving a printing area, and many of the printing cards are connected by the supporting sheet. In the method and apparatus for the above, when applying a cutting line for performing partial back-out for forming a printing region on the back surface of the printing card on the support sheet, the pressure-bonding marks of the blade on the back surface of the printing card are provided. It is to provide a means for preventing the occurrence of the problem.

  The manufacturing method of the present invention for solving the above problem is a printer in which a support sheet is stuck on the back surface of a large number of printing cards, leaving a printing area, and the majority of the printing cards are connected by the support sheet. This is a method for manufacturing a connecting sheet for use, and includes the following steps (a) to (e).

(A) The process of apply | coating a non-adhesive and easily peelable adhesive to the adhesive surface of the support sheet supplied continuously from a support sheet roll.
(B) Before the next step (c), the portion of the printing sheet in the support sheet that extends along the length direction of the support sheet that is continuously supplied is attached to the portion of the printing sheet . step of each pair of cutting lines, imparting to leave uncut portions thereof for partial back vent.
(C) The process of carrying out pressure adhesion of the said support sheet and the card | curd sheet continuously supplied from the card | curd sheet roll with a joining roller, and making it a lamination sheet.
(D) The process of providing the cutting line for cut | disconnecting it to the card | curd for printing only to the card | curd sheet | seat in the said lamination sheet.
(E) From the support sheet on which the back-cutting line is formed, the excess part attached to the printing area is peeled off by cutting along the cutting line while cutting the uncut part, and the back-cutting is performed. Process.

In the present invention, instead of the step (a),
(F) A step of continuously supplying a support sheet in which a non-tacky and easily peelable adhesive is previously applied to the adhesive surface from the support sheet roll.
Can also be provided.

In the step (b) in the method of the present invention, the uncut portion along the cutting line can be a thin connection portion having a thickness of several μm and / or a minute non-cutting portion remaining in a part of the cutting line. .
Further, in the method of the present invention, the cutting line to be applied to the support sheet is a curvilinear line extending along the length direction of the continuously supplied support sheet but reciprocating with a constant width in a direction perpendicular thereto. Or it can be made into the linear line form along the length direction of the support sheet supplied continuously.

  On the other hand, in the apparatus of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, a supporting sheet is stuck on the back surface of a large number of printing cards, leaving a printing area, and many of the printing cards are connected by the supporting sheet. An apparatus for manufacturing a connecting sheet for a printer, comprising the following devices (a) to (e).

(A) An adhesive application device that applies a non-tacky and easily peelable adhesive to the adhesive surface of a support sheet continuously supplied from a support sheet roll.
(B) The length of the support sheet that is continuously supplied to the portion of the support sheet to which each printing card is attached , prior to lamination with the card sheet by the crimping device of the next (c). A back-cutting line applying device that applies a pair of cutting lines extending along the direction for partial back-cutting of the print area, leaving an uncut portion.
(C) A pressure bonding apparatus in which the support sheet and a card sheet continuously supplied from a card sheet roll are pressure-bonded with a bonding roller to form a laminated sheet.
(D) A card-like cutting line applying device that applies a cutting line for cutting a card for printing only to the card sheet in the laminated sheet.
(E) From the support sheet on which the back-cutting line is formed, the excess part attached to the printing area is peeled off by cutting along the cutting line while cutting the uncut part, and the back-cutting is performed. Back side printing area forming equipment.

In the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, instead of the device (a),
(F) A support sheet supply device with an adhesive that continuously supplies a support sheet having a non-tacky and easily peelable adhesive applied to the adhesive surface in advance from the support sheet roll.
Can be provided.

According to the method and apparatus of the present invention having the above configuration, a cutting line for partial die cutting for a printing area formed on the back surface of a printing card is formed before the card sheet is bonded to the support sheet. Since this is applied, there is no room for forming a crimp mark of a cutting line-shaped blade on the back surface of the printing card, and a connecting sheet for a printer excellent in quality can be obtained.
In addition, when the cutting line for partial die cutting is applied to the support sheet, an uncut portion necessary for the cutting line of the support sheet remains, so that the support is required until the subsequent joining with the card sheet. The sheet does not come apart.

  According to the above-described method and apparatus of the present invention, when a cutting line is provided on the support sheet for performing partial back-out for forming a printing region on the back surface of the printing card, There will be no crimping marks on the back surface.

  1-3 have shown the Example of the manufacturing apparatus of the connection sheet | seat for printers which concerns on this invention. Although this apparatus is similar in appearance to the conventional printer connection sheet, it is for producing a printer connection sheet having no crimp marks. In the description of this embodiment, the same or corresponding parts in the drawing are given the same reference numerals as in the conventional example in order to facilitate comparison with the conventional example.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the apparatus of this embodiment, first, the reel of the support sheet roll 10 is supported on the start end side of a series of production lines, and the support sheet 20 is continuously supplied from the roll 10. A support sheet supply facility 10 </ b> A and a card sheet supply facility 11 </ b> A for supporting the reels of the card sheet roll 11 and continuously supplying card sheets 21 from the roll 11 are installed.

In the running area of the support sheet 20 supplied from the support sheet roll 10, an adhesive application device 12 for applying a non-sticky and easily peelable adhesive to the adhesive surface of the support sheet 20 is installed. Further, a back-cutting line applying device for applying a cutting line 25 for partial back-printing of the printing region 23a to the support sheet 20 prior to lamination with the card sheet 21 by the crimping device 13 14 is installed. Various known devices can be used as the adhesive application device 12 and the back-cutting line applying device 14. The non-tacky and easily peelable adhesive is not sticky after peeling, and does not re-adhere even when the two sheets are overlapped.
Further, the adhesive application device 12 may be disposed at a position after reaching the crimping device 13 to be described next, at the subsequent stage of the back-cutting line applying device 14.

Here, the support sheet 20 is continuously applied to the adhesive surface of the support sheet to which the adhesive supplied from the support sheet roll 10 is not applied, while the adhesive application device 12 applies the adhesive. Although the case where it supplies is demonstrated, it can replace with it and can also supply the support sheet by which the said adhesive agent was beforehand apply | coated to the adhesive surface from the support sheet roll 10 continuously.
In this case, instead of the illustrated support sheet supply facility 10A and the adhesive application device 12, an adhesive-supported support sheet supply facility 12A is provided, and the adhesive is applied in advance from the support sheet roll 10 held therein. The support sheet 20 is continuously supplied.

  In the above-described back-cutting cutting line applying device 14, in order to suppress the support sheet 20 from being scattered by the cutting line 25 applied to the supporting sheet 20, it is within the range necessary for the suppression along the cutting line 25. The cutting line 25 is provided leaving the uncut portion 25a. The uncut portion 25 a along the cutting line 25 can be formed as a thin connection part having a thickness of several μm and / or a minute non-cutting part remaining in a part of the cutting line 25. FIG. 2 shows the uncut portion of the latter.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the cutting line 25 applied to the support sheet 20 basically extends along the length direction of the support sheet 20 continuously supplied in the A direction. In order to enlarge the printing area 23a on the back surface of the card 23, it is desired to have a curvilinear line that reciprocates with a constant width in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of the support sheet 20, but the length of the support sheet 20 It can also be a linear line along the direction.

  The support sheet 20 coated with the adhesive and further provided with the cutting line 25 is then joined to the card sheet 21 continuously supplied from the card sheet roll 11 and comprises a pair of joining rollers 13a. The laminated sheet 22 is formed by pressure bonding with the crimping device 13, and then the card-like cutting line applying device 15 cuts only the card sheet 21 in the laminated sheet 22 into the printing card 23. A cutting line 24 is provided. This cutting line 24 is for completely cutting the card sheet 21.

Then, the support sheet 20 formed with the back-cutting line 25 and joined to the card sheet 21 is introduced into the back surface printing area forming device 16 and pasted from the supporting sheet 20 to the printing area 23a. The excess portion 20b that has been cut off is peeled off by cutting along the cutting line 25 while being cut through the uncut portion 25a, and then back-extracted. The back surface printing region forming device 16 can be configured as a device that simply winds up the excess portion 20b of the support sheet 20.
Thereby, as shown in FIG. 3, the strip | belt-shaped laminated sheet 22 which removed the excess part 20b of the support sheet 20 is manufactured. By cutting the strip-shaped laminated sheet 22 at a cutting position 27 shown in the figure, a connecting sheet for a printer is manufactured.

  When manufacturing a connecting sheet for a printer using the above-described manufacturing apparatus, the adhesive application device 12 is non-tacky and easily peelable on the adhesive surface of the support sheet 20 continuously supplied from the support sheet roll 10. In the step of applying the adhesive, or the step of continuously supplying the support sheet coated with the non-tacky and easily peelable adhesive from the support sheet roll to the adhesive surface, In the pressure bonding device 13, the step of applying a cutting line 25 for partial back-out of the print region 23 a leaving the uncut portion 25 a prior to the next pressure bonding step on the support sheet 20, The support sheet 20 and the card sheet 21 continuously supplied from the card sheet roll 11 are pressure-bonded by the joining roller 13a to form the laminated sheet 22. The card-like cutting line applying device 15, the step of providing the cutting line 24 for cutting the printing card 23 only on the card sheet 21 in the laminated sheet 22, and the back surface printing area In the forming device 16, the surplus portion 20 b attached to the print region 23 a is cut along the cut line 25 while cutting the uncut portion 25 a from the support sheet 20 on which the back cut line 25 is formed. It is necessary to carry out a process of tearing off and cutting out.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the connecting sheet for a printer obtained by these steps includes a plurality of printing cards 23 having a desired size formed by attaching vertical and horizontal cutting lines 24 to the card sheet 21. The connecting portion 20a of the support sheet 20 is pasted on the back surface of these printing cards 23, leaving the printing area 23a, and the printing card 23 is connected by the connecting portion 20a. . In addition, the surplus part 20b (FIG. 2) of the support sheet 20 stuck to the printing area 23a on the back surface of the printing card 23 has already been removed. This connecting sheet for printers is not different in appearance from the known connecting sheet for printers described above with reference to FIG. 6, but is greatly different in that there is no crimp mark along the cutting line 25.

The printing card 23 is desirably formed in a size such as A4 size or B4 size so that it can be printed by the general-purpose printer on the entire front surface and the printing area 23a on the back surface. After printing by the printer, the printing card 23 can be removed from the connecting portion 20a of the support sheet 20 and used as a business card or the like.
In addition, the material of the said support sheet 20 and the card | curd sheet | seat 21 does not necessarily need to be a paper, A synthetic resin sheet, a nonwoven fabric, etc. can be used for at least one.

It is a block diagram which shows typically the structure of the Example of the manufacturing apparatus of the connection sheet | seat for printers which concerns on this invention. It is a back view of the lamination sheet of the stage which left the crimping | compression-bonding apparatus 13 in the apparatus of the said Example. It is a reverse view of the connection sheet for printers manufactured with the apparatus of the said Example. It is a block diagram which shows the outline | summary of the manufacturing apparatus of the conventional connection sheet | seat for printers. It is a back view of the lamination sheet in the stage which left the back-cutting line provision apparatus 14 in the said conventional manufacturing apparatus. It is a printer connection sheet | seat reverse view manufactured with the said conventional manufacturing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Support sheet roll 10A Support sheet supply equipment 11 Card sheet roll 11A Card sheet supply equipment 12 Adhesive application equipment 13 Crimping equipment 13a Joining roller 14 Back-cutting line giving equipment 15 Card-like cutting line giving equipment 16 Back side printing area formation Equipment 20 Support sheet 20a Connection part 20b Surplus part 21 Card sheet 22 Laminated sheet 23 Printing card 23a Printing area 24, 25 Cutting line 25a Uncut part 27 Cutting position

Claims (7)

A method for producing a connecting sheet for a printer, in which a supporting sheet is adhered to a back surface of a large number of printing cards, leaving a printing area, and a large number of the printing cards are connected by the supporting sheet, A method comprising the steps (a) to (e) of:
(A) The process of apply | coating a non-adhesive and easily peelable adhesive to the adhesive surface of the support sheet supplied continuously from a support sheet roll.
(B) Before the next step (c), the portion of the printing sheet in the support sheet that extends along the length direction of the support sheet that is continuously supplied is attached to the portion of the printing sheet . step of each pair of cutting lines, imparting to leave uncut portions thereof for partial back vent.
(C) The process of carrying out pressure adhesion of the said support sheet and the card | curd sheet continuously supplied from the card | curd sheet roll with a joining roller, and making it a lamination sheet.
(D) The process of providing the cutting line for cut | disconnecting it to the card | curd for printing only to the card | curd sheet | seat in the said lamination sheet.
(E) From the support sheet on which the back-cutting line is formed, the excess part attached to the printing area is peeled off by cutting along the cutting line while cutting the uncut part, and the back-cutting is performed. Process. It replaces with the process (a) in Claim 1, and the following process (f) is provided, The manufacturing method of the connecting sheet for printers characterized by the above-mentioned.
(F) A step of continuously supplying a support sheet in which a non-tacky and easily peelable adhesive is previously applied to the adhesive surface from the support sheet roll. The step (b) in the method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the uncut portion along the cutting line is a thin connection portion having a thickness of several μm and / or a minute non-cutting portion remaining in a part of the cutting line. ,
A method for producing a connecting sheet for a printer.   The cutting line applied to the support sheet in the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 extends along the length direction of the continuously supplied support sheet, but reciprocates with a constant width in a direction perpendicular thereto. A method for producing a connecting sheet for a printer, wherein the connecting sheet is curved.   4. The printer according to claim 1, wherein the cutting line applied to the support sheet is a linear line along the length direction of the support sheet that is continuously supplied. A method for manufacturing a connecting sheet. A device for manufacturing a printer connection sheet in which a support sheet is stuck on the back surface of a large number of printing cards, leaving a printing area, and a large number of the printing cards are connected by the support sheet. The manufacturing apparatus characterized by including the apparatus (a)-(e).
(A) An adhesive application device that applies a non-tacky and easily peelable adhesive to the adhesive surface of a support sheet continuously supplied from a support sheet roll.
(B) The length of the support sheet that is continuously supplied to the portion of the support sheet to which each printing card is attached , prior to lamination with the card sheet by the crimping device of the next (c). A back-cutting line applying device that applies a pair of cutting lines extending along the direction for partial back-cutting of the print area, leaving an uncut portion.
(C) A pressure bonding apparatus in which the support sheet and a card sheet continuously supplied from a card sheet roll are pressure-bonded with a bonding roller to form a laminated sheet.
(D) A card-like cutting line applying device that applies a cutting line for cutting a card for printing only to the card sheet in the laminated sheet.
(E) From the support sheet on which the back-cutting line is formed, the excess part attached to the printing area is peeled off by cutting along the cutting line while cutting the uncut part, and the back-cutting is performed. Back side printing area forming equipment. An apparatus for manufacturing a connecting sheet for a printer, comprising the following equipment (f) instead of the equipment (a) in claim 6.
(F) A support sheet supply device with an adhesive that continuously supplies a support sheet having a non-tacky and easily peelable adhesive applied to the adhesive surface in advance from the support sheet roll.

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