JP5094599B2 - Slide transfer device for transferring characters etc. to the side of molded products - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a slide transfer device for transferring characters and the like to the side of a molded product.

In order to print characters and pictures on the surface of a molded article such as resin, a transfer device that transfers a transfer film on which the characters and pictures are printed is used. As an example, there is a transfer device as described in Patent Document 1.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-272898

In the conventional transfer device, there is a possibility that transfer failure may occur particularly when the foil is transferred to the side surface of the cylindrical molded product.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a slide transfer device capable of neatly transferring to a side surface of a cylindrical molded product in order to solve the above-described problems.

The slide transfer device of the present invention has a jig for rotatably holding a molded product, and slides the molded product set on the jig to place it at a predetermined position, and the film. A transfer machine having a plate to be pressed and transferred to the molded product, a heat source for heating the plate, and transferring a transfer film onto the surface of the molded product, and a molded product set on the transfer machine and the jig The transfer film is fed and wound between the film supply machine, and the transfer unit and the drive unit for sliding the film supply machine to the left and right at the same time, and the jig set on the jig by the jig driving device. The molded product is slid so that the transfer film is pressed against the side surface of the molded product by the plate, and then the driving unit is operated to simultaneously move the transfer machine and the film supply machine to the left and right. By sliding, the plate heated by the heat source is slid while pressing the transfer film against the side of the molded product, and the character or design carved on the surface of the plate is rotated while the molded product is rotated. It is characterized by being transferred to the side of the product.

It is also possible to provide a molded article conveying means for setting the molded article on the jig.

  The slide transfer device of the present invention has a jig for rotatably holding a molded product, and slides the molded product set on the jig to place it at a predetermined position, and the film. A transfer machine having a plate to be pressed and transferred to the molded product, a heat source for heating the plate, and transferring a transfer film onto the surface of the molded product, and a molded product set on the transfer machine and the jig The transfer film is fed and wound between the film supply machine, and the transfer unit and the drive unit for sliding the film supply machine to the left and right at the same time, and the jig set on the jig by the jig driving device. The molded product is slid so that the transfer film is pressed against the side surface of the molded product by the plate, and then the driving unit is operated to simultaneously move the transfer machine and the film supply machine to the left and right. By sliding, the plate heated by the heat source is slid while pressing the transfer film against the side of the molded product, and the character or design carved on the surface of the plate is rotated while the molded product is rotated. By transferring to the side of the product, it can be transferred easily and cleanly to the side of the cylindrical molded product.

By providing a molded product conveying means for setting the molded product on the jig, the molded product can be automatically set on the jig, and the working time can be further shortened.

  The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of the slide transfer apparatus 1 of the present invention (a plan view in which the molded article transporting means is omitted), and FIG. 2 is a schematic front view.

The slide transfer apparatus 1 of the present invention has a jig 7 that rotatably holds a molded product 30, and a jig that slides the molded product 30 set on the jig 7 back and forth and places it in a predetermined position. The transfer film 8 is sent out between the driving device 2, the transfer machine 3 for transferring the transfer film 8 to the surface of the molded product 30, and the molded product 30 set on the transfer machine 3 and the jig 7. A film supply unit 4 for taking the film, a driving unit 5 for simultaneously sliding the transfer unit 3 and the film supply unit 4 to the left and right, and a molded product conveying means 6 for setting the molded product 30 on the jig 7.

The jig driving device 2 has a structure in which the jig 7 is slid back and forth by a slide unit 28, and further, the upper part of the molded product 30 in order to prevent the molded product 30 from swinging and moving up and down during the transfer. An end surface pressing means 20 is provided for pressing from above. The end face pressing means 20 has a structure in which, when the molded product 30 is set on the jig 7, the arm is turned to press the molded product 30 from above. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the driving device 2 includes a stepping motor 18 and a timing belt 19, and has a structure for rotating the jig 7.

The drive device 2 slides the jig 7 on which the molded product 30 is set forward from the state of FIG. 8A in which the molded product 30 is set by the operation of the slide unit 28. At this time, the stopper bolt 29 provided at the rear end of the driving device 2 comes into contact with the slide unit 28 to stop the slide, and the state shown in FIG.

The transfer machine 3 includes a plate 9 for transferring the film 8 by pressing the film 8 against the molded product 30, and a heat source 10 for heating the plate 9. The surface of the plate 9 has characters or patterns to be transferred. Unevenness is carved. When the transfer film 8 is pressed against the surface of the molded product 30 with the unevenness, characters and designs are transferred to the surface of the molded product 30.

The film feeder 4 includes a supply reel 14 for feeding out the transfer film 8 and a take-up reel 15 for taking up the transfer film 8 after transfer. The supply reel 14 and the take-up reel 15 are driven by a motor. Is done. A plurality of guide rollers 16 for guiding the transfer film 8 are arranged between the supply reel 14 and the take-up reel 15 and are slidable between two guide rollers 16 arranged on a straight line. A step roller 17 is provided to adjust the tension of the transfer film 8 to prevent sagging.

The transfer machine 3 and the film supply machine 4 are slid right and left by the drive unit 5. As shown in FIG. 9, the drive unit 5 includes a slide unit 12 and a servo motor 13, and a frame 11 that holds the transfer unit 3 and the film supply unit 4 is moved by the slide unit 12 and the servo motor 13. Slide left and right. Thereby, the transfer machine 3 and the film supply machine 4 can slide simultaneously.

  The molded product transporting means 6 transports the molded product 30 after molding, moves it to the jig 7, and further transports the molded product 30 after transfer to the next process. 30, a supply belt conveyor 21 that carries 30, a discharge belt conveyor 22 that carries the molded product 30 after transfer to the next process, and the molded product 30 is moved from the supply belt conveyor 21 to the jig 7. Further, it is constituted by moving means for moving from the jig 7 to the discharge belt conveyor 22.

The moving means is formed by a horizontal slide member 26 that is slidably attached to the two support columns 27 and a vertical slide member 25 that is slidably attached to the horizontal slide member 26 in the vertical direction. The arm 30 provided at the lower end of the vertical slide member 25 is provided with two adsorption members 24 for moving the product 30 and holding the molded product 30. The two support columns 27 are arranged so as to sandwich the transfer machine 3 and the drive unit 4, and the vertical slide member 25 and the horizontal slide member 26 are arranged above the transfer machine 3.

The jig driving device 2 slides the jig 7, presses the transfer film 8 against the surface of the molded product 30 set on the jig 7, and further presses it against the plate 9 of the transfer machine 3. In this way, the plate 9 presses the transfer film 8 against the side surface of the molded product 30 by the operation of the jig driving device 2.

In such a state, the plate 5 heated by the heat source 10 is moved to the transfer film 8 by operating the drive unit 5 and simultaneously sliding the transfer machine 3 and the film supply machine 4 to the left and right. And the jig 7 is rotated by the stepping motor 18 and the timing belt 19, and the molded product 30 is rotated in accordance with the slide of the plate 9. The characters or designs engraved on the plate 9 are transferred to the side surface of the molded product 30.

Thus, the plate 9 slides in the horizontal direction, and the molded product 30 is rotated in accordance with the slide of the plate 9, so that all the characters or designs carved on the plate 9 are side surfaces of the molded product 30. Will be transferred.

Next, a method for transferring using the slide transfer apparatus 1 of the present invention will be described in detail. First, the molded product 30 after the molding is conveyed by the supply belt conveyor 21. When the molded product 30 arrives at a predetermined position, the suction portion 24 is moved onto the molded product 30 by the horizontal slide member 26 and the vertical slide member 25, and as shown in FIG. Adsorb and hold the top.

In a state where the molded product 30 is held, the horizontal slide member 26 and the vertical slide member 25 are operated, and the molded product 30 is set on the jig 7. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2, the suction by the suction portion 24 is released, the vertical slide member 25 and the horizontal slide member 26 are operated, and the suction portion 24 is separated from the molded product 30.

When the molded product 30 is set on the jig 7, the end surface pressing means 20 is operated to turn the arm and press the molded product 30 from above. In this way, while the molded product 30 is set on the jig 7, the film feeder 4 operates so that the unused portion of the transfer film 8 is positioned in front of the plate 9. To do.

When the setting of the molded product 30 to the jig 7 and the setting of the transfer film 8 are completed, the jig driving device 2 operates to slide the jig 7 forward, as shown in FIG. Then, the transfer film 8 is pressed against the surface of the molded product 30 set on the jig 7 and further pressed against the plate 9 of the transfer machine 3. In this way, the plate 9 presses the transfer film 8 against the side surface of the molded product 30 by the operation of the jig driving device 2.

Thus, before the jig driving apparatus 2 operates, the plate 9 is sufficiently heated by the heat source 10. Then, when the plate 9 is sufficiently heated and the molded product 30 is set at a predetermined position, transfer is started.

When the drive unit 5 is operated and the transfer machine 3 and the film supply machine 4 are simultaneously slid to the right, the plate 9 heated by the heat source 10 causes the transfer film 8 to be moved as shown in FIG. Slide to the right while pressing against the side of the molded product 30. At this time, the molded product 30 is rotated by the operation of the driving device 2 in accordance with the slide of the plate 9.

By rotating the molded product 30 at the same time as the plate 9 slides, the transfer film 8 of the character or the pattern engraved on the plate 9 is transferred to the entire side surface of the molded product 30.

When the transfer is completed, the jig driving device 2 operates to move the molded product 30 backward, and further, the driving unit 5 operates to simultaneously move the transfer machine 3 and the film feeder 4 to the left. Slide to return to the initial state.

Further, while characters and the like are transferred to the surface of the molded product 30, the next molded product 30 ′ is carried to a predetermined position by the supply belt conveyor 21. When the transfer is finished and the molded product 30 after the transfer returns to the position where it is first set on the jig 7 and the molded product 30 ′ to be transferred next is placed at a predetermined position, the horizontal slide member 26 is placed. By operating the vertical slide member 25, the two adsorbing portions 24 are moved above the molded product 30 and the molded product 30 ′, respectively, and the molded product 30 and the molded product 30 ′ are moved as shown in FIG. Adsorb and hold at the same time.

Then, by the operation of the horizontal slide member 26 and the vertical slide member 25, as shown in FIG. 7, the molded product 30 is moved onto the discharge belt conveyor 22, and the molded product 30 ′ is moved to the jig 7. set. Then, the suction by the suction portion 24 is released, and the molded product 30 is carried to the next process by the discharge belt conveyor 22, and the molded product 30 'is transferred.

In this way, by providing the two suction portions 24 and adjusting the interval between them, the two molded products 30 and 30 ′ can be moved simultaneously by the operation of the horizontal slide member 26 and the vertical slide member 25 once. Therefore, the operation time can be shortened.

The slide transfer apparatus of the present invention can cleanly transfer characters and designs to the side surface of a cylindrical molded product, and can further reduce the work time.

It is the schematic plan view which abbreviate | omitted the molded article conveyance means of the slide transcription | transfer apparatus of this invention. It is a schematic front view of the slide transfer apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operating state of a slide transfer apparatus, and is a figure which shows the state which adsorb | sucked the molded product with the adsorption | suction part. It is a figure which shows the operating state of a slide transcription | transfer apparatus, and is a figure which shows the state which slid the molded article forward with the jig | tool drive device. It is a schematic plan view of the slide transfer device during transfer. It is a figure which shows the state which adsorb | sucked the molded product after transcription | transfer, and the molded product to transfer next by the adsorption | suction part. It is a figure which shows the state which adsorb | sucked and moved the molded product after transcription | transfer, and the molded product to transfer next by an adsorption | suction part. It is a side view of a jig drive device. It is a front view of a transfer machine and a drive part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Slide transfer apparatus 2 Jig drive device 3 Transfer machine 4 Film supply machine 5 Drive part 6 Molded article conveyance means 7 Jig 8 Transfer film 9 Plate 10 Heat source 11 Frame 12 Slide unit 13 Servo motor 14 Supply reel 15 Take-up reel 16 Guide roller 17 Step roller 18 Stepping motor 19 Timing belt 20 End face pressing means 21 Supply belt conveyor 22 Discharge belt conveyor 23 Arm 24 Adsorption part 25 Vertical slide member 26 Horizontal slide member 27 Support column 28 Slide unit 29 Stopper bolt 30 Molded product 30 'molding Goods

Claims (2)

A jig driving device that has a jig for rotatably holding the molded article, and slides the molded article set in the jig and places the molded article at a predetermined position;
A transfer machine having a plate for pressing the film against the molded product and a heat source for heating the plate, and transferring the transfer film to the surface of the molded product;
A film feeder for feeding and winding the transfer film between the transfer machine and a molded product set on the jig;
A drive unit that slides the transfer machine and the film feeder simultaneously to the left and right;
The molded product set on the jig is slid by the jig driving device, and the transfer film is pressed against the side surface of the molded product by the plate. The plate heated by the heat source is slid while pressing the transfer film against the side of the molded product, and the surface of the plate is rotated while rotating the molded product. A slide transfer apparatus for transferring a character or a pattern engraved on the side of the molded product.   The slide transfer device according to claim 1, further comprising a molded product transport unit that sets the molded product in the jig.

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