JP5541581B2 - Tape processing unit - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a tape processing apparatus that executes a tape cutting process.

  As a conventional technique related to an apparatus for cutting a tape that can be adhered with an adhesive into an appropriate length, there is a technique described in Patent Document 1, for example. In the apparatus (tape printer) described in this prior art, a cover film (surface layer tape) on which a desired print is formed and a double-sided adhesive tape having an adhesive layer on both sides are bonded together. The double-sided adhesive tape includes a base material layer (base material tape), a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (adhesive layer) positioned on the bonding side of the base material layer, and the bonding side of the base material layer. An adhesive layer for attachment (adhesive layer) located on the opposite side and a release material layer (release tape) covering the adhesive layer for attachment are provided. As described above, the surface tape and the double-sided adhesive tape are bonded together to form a label tape (printed laminated tape) and sent to the half-cut device of the cutter unit. On the other hand, partial cutting (semi-cutting) is performed in the thickness direction.

  That is, the half-cut device is provided with a movable blade (cutting blade) and a blade receiving member (a cradle) in the vicinity of the label tape conveyance path, and the movable blade can move along a direction orthogonal to the conveyance path. It has become. When the movable blade moves forward with the label tape in the transport path, the adhesive film for bonding the cover film, the double-sided adhesive tape, the base material layer, and the adhesive for pasting along the tape layer direction. Cutting is performed in the order of the agent layers, and the layers (that is, the other layers except the release material layer are left) are cut (semi-cut) by cooperation with the blade receiving member.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-170638

  However, the following problems exist in the above-described conventional technology.

  That is, as described above, after the movable blade has been cut and all the layers other than the release material layer have been cut (half-cut), the movable blade is retracted in the reverse direction and detached from the label tape. However, at that time, at least a part of the label tape (for example, the cover film) moves in the same direction along with the retractable movable blade due to friction on the cut surface, protruding adhesive, static electricity, or the like. May deviate from. In such a case, there is a possibility that a transport failure (so-called jam) or the like may occur due to the tape adhering to the movable blade being accumulated inside the apparatus.

  The objective of this invention is providing the tape processing apparatus which can prevent generation | occurrence | production of the conveyance failure by tape adhesion to the movable blade which retracts after cutting | disconnection.

In order to achieve the above object, the first invention is directed from one side of the layer direction to the other side of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for bonding, the base material layer, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for bonding, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive for bonding. A cover film in which a base tape roll wound with a base tape including a release material layer covering the adhesive layer in this order and a cover film to be bonded to the one side in the layer direction of the adhesive layer for bonding are wound A cartridge holder in which a cartridge containing a roll is detachable, and a conveying means for conveying the label tape supplied from the cartridge mounted on the cartridge holder and bonded to the base tape and the cover film ; Provided in the vicinity of the transport path of the label tape by the transport means, and moves forward and backward in a direction orthogonal to the transport path, thereby positioning the label tape on the transport path. A movable blade that cuts layers other than the release material layer from one side in the layer direction of the label tape, and is provided on the opposite side of the movable blade across the conveyance path, and advances toward the conveyance path A blade receiving member that receives the movable blade and performs the cutting in cooperation with the movable blade, and is provided adjacent to the downstream side of the movable blade along the transport direction, and the movable blade is advanced and layered. After the cutting from one side of the direction toward the other side, when retreating from the other side of the layer direction to the one side, the label tape comes into contact with the movable blade at least partially. attached to be prevented from deviating from the transport path, the tape presser and the member, with respect to the cover film fed out from the cover film roll, the group fed out from the base tape roll Cutting all layers of the label tape including a printing unit that performs desired printing before being attached to the tape, and the cover film that has been printed by the printing unit and that has been conveyed by the conveyance unit. by, creating a printed label with the printing, possess a cutting means, a dimension along the tape width direction of the label tape of the tape pressing member, a plurality of which can be mounted to the cartridge holder A position in the width direction that is set to be equal to or greater than the minimum width dimension of the cover film having the minimum width dimension among the cover films supplied from the cartridges, and the minimum width cover film is conveyed. It is provided in .

The tape processing apparatus of the first invention of this application includes a cartridge holder. A cartridge is attached to the cartridge holder. The cartridge includes a base tape roll wound with a base tape and a cover film roll wound with a cover film . The base tape is provided with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for bonding, a base material layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for bonding, and a release material layer from one side to the other side. The cover film is bonded to one side of the base tape. The label tape on which the base tape and the cover film are bonded is conveyed by a conveying means. A movable blade and a blade receiving member are provided in the vicinity of the label tape transport path. The movable blade is movable along a direction orthogonal to the conveyance path. When the movable blade moves forward with the label tape on the transport path, it goes from one side of the label tape layer direction to the other side, and the above-mentioned cover film, adhesive layer for bonding, base material layer, and pasting It cuts in order of the adhesive layer for use, and cuts those layers (that is, leaves the release material layer and other layers) in cooperation with the blade receiving member.

  After such cutting is completed, the movable blade is separated from the label tape by retreating in the opposite direction, that is, from the other side in the layer direction to the one side. However, at this time, at least a part of the label tape may move in the same direction along with the retracting movable blade due to friction on the cut surface, protruding adhesive, or static electricity, and may deviate from the transport path. obtain. In such a case, there is a risk that a transport failure (so-called jam) or the like may occur due to the tape adhering to the movable blade being accumulated inside the apparatus.

  Therefore, in the first invention of the present application, a tape pressing member is provided adjacent to the downstream side of the movable blade along the transport direction. Thereby, when the movable blade moves backward as described above, the tape pressing member comes into contact with and presses the label tape, so that deviation from at least a part of the transport path of the label tape can be prevented. . As a result, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of the conveyance failure and the like.

Further, the first invention of the present application includes a printing unit and a cutting unit. Desired printing is performed on the cover film fed out from the cover film roll by the printing means, and the cover film on which the printing has been formed and the base tape are bonded together to form a printed label tape. Then, by cutting all the layers of the printed label tape by the cutting means, a print label having a desired length and having a print formed thereon can be generated.

  In addition, as described above, when the base tape and the cover film are bonded together to form a label tape, the movable blade moves forward, the cover film, the adhesive layer for bonding, the base material layer, the adhesive for bonding. By cutting in the order of the agent layer, layers other than the release material layer are cut. In this case, when the movable blade is retracted, the cover film once pasted may be easily peeled off together with the movable blade. In particular, when the length of the cover film in the longitudinal direction of the tape is relatively short, a phenomenon of moving with the movable blade and deviating from the conveyance path is likely to occur.

Therefore, in the first invention of the present application, the above-described tape pressing member comes into contact with the label tape having such a structure, which is particularly effective for preventing the occurrence of a conveyance failure due to the deviation of the conveyance path.
In the first invention of the present application, the dimension along the tape width direction of the label tape of the tape pressing member is the minimum width dimension of the cover films supplied from each of the plurality of cartridges that can be attached to the cartridge holder. It is set to be equal to or larger than the minimum width dimension of the provided cover film, and is provided at a position in the width direction where the minimum width cover film is conveyed.
Accordingly, when a plurality of types of cartridges having different tape widths are exchanged and used, it is possible to reliably prevent the label tape from deviating from the transport path regardless of which cartridge is used.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the tape pressing member includes a cracked portion at least in a portion that contacts the label tape.

  As a result, when the movable blade is retracted, the label tape is contacted and the deviation from the conveyance path is surely prevented. It is possible to avoid as much as possible.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the cracked portion is a static elimination brush that converges a conductive fiber wire.

  As a result, it is possible to easily realize a configuration that reliably contacts the label tape when the movable blade is retracted without obstructing the conveyance of the label tape. In addition, the charge eliminating function of the charge eliminating brush reduces the amount of charge on the tape, and has the effect of suppressing the adsorption force to the tape transport path.

A fourth invention is characterized in that, in the first or second invention, the tape pressing member is provided with an elastically deformable portion that is elastically deformable at the time of contact at least in a portion that contacts the label tape.

  Accordingly, while the movable blade is retracted, the label tape is brought into contact with the label tape and the deviation from the conveyance path is surely prevented. However, when the label tape is conveyed along the conveyance path, it is elastically deformed so as not to obstruct the conveyance as much as possible. Can be.

According to a fifth invention, in any one of the first to fourth inventions, the blade receiving member is located on the opposite side of the movable blade across the conveyance path, and a receiving portion for receiving the movable blade, and the receiving member And a downstream arrangement portion that is disposed on the downstream side in the conveyance direction from the section and is located on the opposite side of the tape pressing member across the conveyance path.

  As a result, when the movable blade moves backward, the downstream arrangement portion of the blade receiving member cooperates with the tape pressing member so as to be substantially sandwiched, thereby preventing deviation from the transport path of the label tape. In addition, when the label tape that is going to move backward together with the movable blade is peeled off from the movable blade by the tape pressing member, it can be prevented that the label tape flutters to the opposite side of the conveying path due to the reaction.

  According to this invention, generation | occurrence | production of the conveyance failure by tape adhesion to the movable blade which retracts after cutting | disconnection can be prevented.

It is a system configuration figure showing a label production system provided with one embodiment of a label creation device of the present invention. It is a perspective view showing the whole structure of a label production apparatus. It is a perspective view showing the structure of the internal unit inside a label production apparatus. It is a top view showing the structure of an internal unit. FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view schematically showing a detailed structure of a cartridge. It is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the internal unit in the state which removed the label discharge | emission mechanism from the structure shown in FIG. It is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the cutting mechanism which removed the half cutter from the internal unit. It is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the cutting mechanism which removed the half cutter from the internal unit. It is an enlarged plan view of the E section in FIG. 4 showing the structure near the half-cut unit. It is an arrow view from the F direction in FIG. 3 showing the structure of a half cut unit vicinity. It is an enlarged plan view showing the principal part of the label discharge port of the structure of the internal unit in a comparative example. It is a functional block diagram showing the control system of the label production apparatus which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is the upper side figure and bottom view showing an example of the external appearance of the label formed by the cutting | disconnection of the tape for printed labels completed by the label production apparatus. FIG. 14 is a diagram obtained by rotating a cross-sectional view taken along the IXXA-IXXA ′ cross section and the IXXB-IXXB ′ cross section in FIG. It is a flowchart showing the control procedure performed by the control circuit.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is an embodiment when the present invention is applied to a label generation system.

  In this label generation system LS shown in FIG. 1, in this example, a label producing apparatus 1 which is a tape processing apparatus of this embodiment is connected to a terminal 118a and a general-purpose computer 118b via a wired or wireless communication line NW. ing. Note that the terminal 118a and the general-purpose computer 118b are collectively referred to as “PC 118” as appropriate hereinafter.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in this example, the label producing apparatus 1 is connected to the PC 118 and produces a desired printed label based on an operation from the PC 118. The apparatus main body 2 and the apparatus main body 2 And an openable / closable lid 3 provided on the upper surface of the openable / closable lid.

  The apparatus main body 2 is located on the front side (left front side in FIG. 2), and is provided with a label discharge port 11 for discharging a label L (printed label; details will be described later) created in the apparatus main body 2 to the outside. A wall 10 and a front lid 12 provided below the label discharge port 11 in the front wall 10 and having a lower end rotatably supported.

  The front lid 12 includes a pressing portion 13, and the front lid 12 is opened forward by pushing the pressing portion 13 from above. A power button 14 for turning on / off the power of the label producing apparatus 1 is provided at one end of the front wall 10. A cutter driving button 16 for driving a cutting mechanism 15 (see FIG. 3 described later) disposed in the apparatus main body 2 by a user's manual operation is provided below the power button 14. Is pressed, the label tape 109 with print (details will be described later) is cut to separate the label L from the apparatus main body.

  The opening / closing lid 3 is pivotally supported at the end of the apparatus main body 2 on the right back side in FIG. 2 and is always urged in the opening direction via an urging member such as a spring. Then, when the open / close button 4 disposed on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 2 so as to be adjacent to the open / close lid 3 is pressed, the lock between the open / close lid 3 and the apparatus main body 2 is released and opened by the action of the biasing member. Is done. A see-through window 5 covered with a transparent cover is provided at the center side of the opening / closing lid 3.

<Internal unit>
Next, the structure of the internal unit 20 inside the label producing apparatus 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the internal unit 20 generally includes a cartridge holder 6 that accommodates the cartridge 7, a printing mechanism 21 that includes a print head 23 as a printing unit, and a cutting unit as a cutting unit. A mechanism 15, a half cut unit 35 (see FIG. 6 described later) provided with a half cutter 34, and a label discharge mechanism 22 that discharges the generated label L from the label discharge port 11 (see FIG. 2). .

<Cartridge holder and printing mechanism>
The cartridge holder 6 stores the cartridge 7 so that the direction of the width direction of the printed label tape 109 discharged from the label discharge port 11 is the vertical direction.

  Next, the detailed structure of the cartridge 7 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 4, the cartridge 7 includes a housing 7 </ b> A, and a first roll 102 (a substrate tape roll) that is disposed in the housing 7 </ b> A and is wound with a belt-like substrate tape 101. A second roll 104 (cover film roll) wound with a transparent cover film 103 having substantially the same width as the base tape 101, and an ink ribbon 105 (thermal transfer ribbon, provided that the print-receiving tape is a thermal tape. Ribbon supply side roll 111 for feeding out unnecessary), ribbon take-up roller 106 for taking up the ribbon 105 after printing, tape feed roller 27 rotatably supported in the vicinity of the tape discharge portion 30 of the cartridge 7, and guide roller 112.

  The tape feed roller 27 presses and bonds the base tape 101 and the cover film 103 to form the printed label tape 109 and feeds the tape in the direction indicated by the arrow A (= also functions as a pressure roller). ).

  The first roll 102 has the base tape 101 wound around a reel member 102a. In this example, the base tape 101 has a four-layer structure (see a partially enlarged view in FIG. 5), from the side wound inside (right side in FIG. 5) to the opposite side (left side in FIG. 5), Adhesive layer 101a (adhesive layer for bonding) made of an appropriate adhesive material, colored base film 101b (base material layer) made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate), etc., adhesive layer 101c made of an appropriate adhesive material (attached) Adhesive layer) and release paper 101d (release material layer) in this order.

  The adhesive layer 101a for later bonding the cover film 103 is formed on the front side (right side in FIG. 5) of the base film 101b, and the adhesive layer 101c is formed on the back side (left side in FIG. 5) of the base film 101b. Thus, the release paper 101d is adhered to the base film 101b.

  The release paper 101d can be adhered to the product or the like by the adhesive layer 101c by peeling off the label L that is finally completed into a label shape when the label L is attached to a predetermined product or the like.

  The second roll 104 has the cover film 103 wound around a reel member 104a. The cover film 103 fed out from the second roll 104 is a ribbon driven by the ribbon supply side roll 111 and the ribbon take-up roller 106 arranged on the back side thereof (that is, the side to be bonded to the base tape 101). 105 is pressed against the print head 23 to be brought into contact with the back surface of the cover film 103.

  The ribbon take-up roller 106 and the tape feed roller 27 are driven by a ribbon take-up roller drive shaft 107 via a gear mechanism (not shown) driven by a conveying motor 119 (see FIG. 3), for example, a pulse motor provided outside the cartridge 7. And it is driven to rotate in conjunction with being transmitted to the tape feed roller drive shaft 108. The tape feed roller drive shaft 108 functions as a transport unit.

  On the other hand, the print head 23 having a large number of heat generating elements is attached to a head attaching portion 24 erected on the cartridge holder 6 and arranged upstream of the tape feed roller 27 in the transport direction of the cover film 103. .

  Further, a roller holder 25 is pivotally supported by a support shaft 29 in front of the cartridge 7 in the cartridge holder 6 (lower side in FIG. 4), and is released from a printing position (see FIG. 4) by a switching mechanism. Switching to a position is possible. In the roller holder 25, a platen roller 26 and a tape pressure roller 28 are rotatably arranged. When the roller holder 25 is switched to the printing position, the platen roller 26 and the tape pressure roller 28 are The print head 23 and the tape feed roller 27 are pressed against each other.

  In the above configuration, the base tape 101 fed out from the first roll 102 is supplied to the tape feed roller 27. On the other hand, as described above, the ink ribbon 105 is pressed against and brought into contact with the back surface of the cover film 103 fed out from the second roll 104. When the cartridge 7 is mounted on the cartridge holder 6 and the roll holder 25 is moved from the release position to the print position, the cover film 103 and the ink ribbon 105 are sandwiched between the print head 23 and the platen roller 26. At the same time, the base tape 101 and the cover film 103 are sandwiched between the tape feed roller 27 and the pressure roller 28. The ribbon take-up roller 106 and the tape feed roller 27 are driven to rotate in synchronization with directions indicated by arrows B and C in FIG. At this time, the tape feed roller drive shaft 108, the pressure roller 28 and the platen roller 26 are connected by a gear mechanism (not shown), and the tape feed roller 27, The pressure roller 28 and the platen roller 26 rotate, and the base tape 101 is fed out from the first roll 102 and supplied to the tape feed roller 27 as described above. On the other hand, the cover film 103 is fed out from the second roll 104, and a plurality of heating elements of the print head 23 are energized by a print drive circuit 120 (see FIG. 12 described later). As a result, a label print R (see FIG. 13 described later) is printed on the back surface of the cover film 103. Then, the base tape 101 and the cover film 103 after the printing are bonded and integrated by the tape feeding roller 27 and the pressure roller 28 to form a printed label tape 109, from the tape discharge unit 30. It is carried out of the cartridge 7. The ink ribbon 105 that has finished printing on the cover film 103 is taken up by the ribbon take-up roller 106 by driving the ribbon take-up roller drive shaft 107.

  Note that, on the upper surface of the housing 7A of the cartridge 7, for example, a tape specifying display portion 8 for displaying the tape width of the base tape 101 incorporated in the cartridge 7 and the color of the tape is provided. .

  On the other hand, as described above, the internal unit 20 includes the cutting mechanism 15 and the label discharge mechanism 22. The details of the cutting mechanism 15 and the label discharge mechanism 22 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 7, and 8, and FIGS. 3 and 4. 6 to 8, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4, the printed label tape 109 produced by bonding as described above is cut by operating the cutter driving button 16 (see FIG. 2). The label tape 109 with print is cut by the mechanism 15 (or may be automatically cut at an appropriate timing), and the label L is generated. Thereafter, the label L is further discharged from the label discharge port 11 formed in the front wall 10 (see FIG. 2) by the label discharge mechanism 22.

<Cut mechanism>
As a result of pasting as described above, the printed label tape 109 is formed by laminating the cover film 103, the adhesive layer 101a, the base film 101b, the adhesive layer 101c, and the release paper 101d in this order along the layer direction. Has been. The cutting mechanism 15 cuts all these layers, thereby creating a print label L provided with the print. That is, the cutting mechanism 15 includes a fixed blade 40, a movable blade 41 that performs a cutting operation together with the fixed blade 40, a cutter helical gear 42 that is coupled to the movable blade 41, and a gear train that is coupled to the cutter helical gear 42. The cutter motor 43 is provided. The cutter helical gear 42 is provided with a boss 50 formed in a protruding shape, and this boss 50 is inserted into the long hole 49 of the movable blade 41 (see FIGS. 6, 7, and 8).

  The fixed blade 40 is fixed to a side plate 44 (see FIG. 4) provided upright on the side of the cartridge holder 6 with a screw or the like through a fixing hole.

  As shown in FIG. 7 and the like, the movable blade 41 is substantially V-shaped, and includes a blade portion 45 provided at the cut portion, a handle portion 46 positioned opposite to the blade portion 45, and a bent portion 47. The The bent portion 47 is provided with the shaft hole 48, and is supported by the side plate 44 at the shaft hole 48 so that the movable blade 41 can rotate with the bent portion 47 as a fulcrum. Further, the elongated hole 49 is formed in the handle 46 on the opposite side of the blade 45 provided at the cutting portion of the movable blade 41. The blade portion 45 is formed by, for example, a two-stage blade, and the blade surface is constituted by two inclined surfaces having different inclination angles of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface that gradually reduce the thickness of the blade portion 45. Yes.

  In the cutting mechanism 15 having the above-described configuration, when the cutter helical gear 42 is rotated by the cutter motor 43, the movable blade 41 swings around the shaft hole 48 by the boss 50 and the long hole 49, and the printed label tape 109 is moved. Cut.

  That is, first, when the boss 50 of the cutter helical gear 42 is located on the inner side (left side in FIG. 7), the movable blade 41 is located away from the fixed blade 40 (initial state, see FIG. 7). In this initial state, when the cutter motor 43 is driven and the cutter helical gear 42 rotates counterclockwise (in the direction of the arrow 70), the boss 50 moves outward and the movable blade 41 counters around the shaft hole 48. It rotates clockwise (in the direction of arrow 73), and cooperates with the fixed blade 40 to cut the printed label tape 109 (cutting state, see FIG. 8).

  After the printed label tape 109 is cut in this way to generate a label, it is necessary to return the movable blade 41 to the initial state in order to cut the printed label tape 109 to be conveyed next time. Therefore, by driving the cutter motor 43 again and rotating the cutter helical gear 42 counterclockwise (in the direction of arrow 70), the boss 50 moves inward again, and the movable blade 41 rotates in the clockwise direction (in the direction of arrow 74). To move the movable blade 41 away from the fixed blade 40 (see FIG. 7). Then, the printed label tape 109 that is printed and conveyed from the cartridge 7 can be cut next time.

  At this time, the cutter helical gear cam 42A is provided on the cylindrical outer wall of the cutter helical gear 42, and when the cutter helical gear 42 is rotated by the cutter motor 43, the cutter helical gear 42 is moved to the cutter helical gear 42 by the action of the cutter helical gear cam 42A. The adjacent microswitch 126 is switched from the off state to the on state. Thereby, the cutting state of the printed label tape 109 is detected.

  The half cut unit 35 will be described later.

<Label discharge mechanism>
On the other hand, the label discharge mechanism 22 is disposed in the vicinity of the label discharge port 11 provided on the front wall 10 (see FIG. 2) of the apparatus main body 2 and is printed with the label tape after being cut by the cutting mechanism 15. 109 (in other words, label L, the same applies hereinafter) is forcibly discharged from the label discharge port 11. That is, the label discharge mechanism 22 includes a driving roller 51, a pressing roller 52 facing the driving roller 51 with the printed label tape 109 interposed therebetween, and the pressing roller 52 to the printed label tape 109. Pressing or releasing the pressing operation mechanism 53 that is operated to release the pressing, and the drive roller 51 discharges the printed label tape 109 in conjunction with the pressing release operation of the pressing operation mechanism 53. And a discharge drive mechanism 54 for rotating it.

  At this time, first guide walls 55 and 56 and second guide walls 63 and 64 for guiding the printed label tape 109 to the label discharge port 11 are provided inside the label discharge port 11 ( (See FIG. 4). The first guide walls 55 and 56 and the second guide walls 63 and 64 are integrally formed, and at a discharge position of the printed label tape 109 cut by the fixed blade 40 and the movable blade 41, a predetermined distance from each other. It is arranged to be separated.

  The pressing operation mechanism unit 53 is attached to the roller support holder 57, the roller support holder 57, a roller support unit 58 that holds the pressing roller 52 at the tip, and a holder support unit that rotatably supports the roller support holder 57. 59, a cam 60 that drives the pressing operation mechanism 53 in conjunction with the cutting mechanism 15, and an urging spring 61.

  The roller support portion 58 is rotatably supported so as to sandwich the pressing roller 52 from above and below. Then, the roller support holder 57 rotates counterclockwise (in the direction of arrow 71 in FIG. 3) about the holder support shaft 59 through the cam 60 by the rotation of the cutter helical gear 42, whereby the pressing roller 52 is printed. It is pressed against the label tape 109. When the cutter helical gear 42 is rotated again, the urging spring 61 rotates the holder support shaft 59 in the opposite direction, and the pressing roller 52 is separated from the printed label tape 109. At this time, the roller support holder 57 is held by the stopper 72 at a predetermined interval.

  The discharge drive mechanism unit 54 includes a tape discharge motor 65 and a gear train 66, and after the printed label tape 109 is pressed against the drive roller 51 by the pressing roller 52, the tape discharge motor 65 is driven to drive the drive roller 51. Is rotated in the discharge direction of the printed label tape 109, the printed label tape 109 is forcibly discharged in the discharge direction.

<Half cut unit>
Next, a detailed configuration of the half cut unit 35 will be described. As described above, the printed label tape 109 has the cover film 103, the adhesive layer 101a, the base film 101b, the adhesive layer 101c, and the release paper 101d laminated in this order along the layer direction. Half cut unit 35 cuts layers (cover film 103, adhesion layer 101a, base film 101b, and adhesion layer 101c) other than release paper 101d among these layers. That is, the half-cut unit 35 is located downstream of the fixed blade 40 and the movable blade 41 along the tape discharging direction, between the fixed blade 40 and the movable blade 41 and the first guide walls 55 and 56 (see FIG. 4). It is attached to be located.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 3, the half-cut unit 35 is disposed on the side of the movable blade 41 so as to face the cradle (blade receiving member) 38 arranged in accordance with the fixed blade 40 and the cradle 38. A half cutter 34, a tape pressing member 200 (details will be described later), a first guide portion 36 disposed between the fixed blade 40 and the cradle 38 together with the fixed blade 40, and the first guide portion 36. And a second guide portion 37 that is disposed together with the movable blade 41. The half cutter 34 constitutes the movable blade described in each claim.

<First and second guide parts>
The first guide portion 36 and the second guide portion 37 are integrally formed, and are attached to the side plate 44 (see FIG. 4) together with the fixed blade 40 by a guide fixing portion 36A provided at a position corresponding to the fixing hole of the fixed blade 40. ing.

  At this time, a half cutter motor 129 (not shown; see FIG. 12 described later) is provided to rotate the half cutter 34 around a predetermined rotation fulcrum (not shown). The driving mechanism of the half cutter 34 using the half cutter motor 129 is not shown in detail, but can be configured as follows, for example. That is, for example, the half cutter motor 129 is constituted by an electric motor capable of rotating forward and reverse, and is connected to a crank member (same) provided with a pin (same) via a gear train (not shown), and the above-mentioned pin of the rank member A long groove for engaging is formed in the half cutter 34. When the crank member is rotated by the driving force of the half cutter motor 129, the pin of the crank member moves along the long groove, thereby causing the half cutter 34 to move in a predetermined direction (clockwise or counterclockwise). Can be rotated.

  On the other hand, of the first guide portion 36 of the half-cut unit 35 described above, the end portion 36B (see FIGS. 7 and 8, etc.) facing the discharged printed label tape 109 is the end of the cradle 38. It protrudes along a downstream arrangement portion 38B, which will be described later, formed in the portion, and is bent in the discharge direction of the printed label tape 109.

<Cradle>
The cradle 38 is located on the opposite side of the half cutter 34 across the transport path of the label tape 109, and receives a receiving surface (receiving portion) 38A for receiving the half cutter 34 in the transport direction from the receiving surface 38A. Along the downstream side of the tape holding member 200 (to be described later) and bent in parallel with the printed label tape 109. Part 38B.

  In the above configuration, the half cutter 34 is pressed against the downstream arrangement portion 38B by using the driving force of the half cutter motor 129. As a result, the cover tape 103, the adhesive layer 101a, the base film 101b, and the adhesive layer 101c of the printed label tape 109 between the half cutter 34 and the downstream arrangement portion 38B are cut, but only the release paper 101d is used. A half-cut line HC (see FIG. 13 and the like described later) is formed substantially along the tape width direction. After the half cutter 34 contacts the downstream arrangement portion 38B, for example, in the above-described configuration, the half cutter motor 129 is configured not to be overloaded by a slip clutch (not shown) interposed in the gear train. It is preferable. The downstream arrangement portion 38 </ b> B has a role of guiding the printed label tape 109 to the label discharge port 11 together with the first guide portions 55 and 56.

<Tape holding member>
Next, the tape pressing member 200, which is the greatest feature of this embodiment, will be described. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, in this embodiment, a tape pressing member 200 is provided on the first guide wall 56 in the transport direction of the printed label tape 109. That is, the half cutter 34 is movable along a direction (left and right direction in FIG. 10) orthogonal to the transport path (see the two-dot chain line in FIG. 10) of the printed label tape 109 having the above-described laminated structure. It has become. Then, the half cutter 34 advances in the right direction in FIG. 10 (left direction in FIG. 9) and cuts the printed label tape 109 in the order of the cover film 103, the adhesive layer 101a, the base film 101b, and the adhesive layer 101c. By proceeding, the layers other than the release paper 101d are cut in cooperation with the cradle 38. After this cutting is finished, the half cutter 34 is retracted from the label tape 109 in the reverse direction (left direction in FIG. 10, right direction in FIG. 9).

  When such a half cutter 34 is retracted, when a member having a function of pressing the tape, such as the tape pressing member 200, is not provided due to friction on the cut surface, protruding adhesive, static electricity, or the like, There is a possibility that a part of the printed label tape 109 adheres to the half cutter 34 and deviates from the conveyance path. FIG. 11 shows such a comparative example. In this example, the cover film 103, the adhesive layer 101a, the base film 101b, and the adhesive layer 101c other than the release paper 101d are peeled off from the release paper 101d as the half cutter 34 moves backward. The separated state is shown. In the present embodiment, since the base tape 101 and the cover film 103 are bonded to each other by the adhesive layer 101a as described above, only the cover film 103 has the other adhesive layer 101a, There is also a possibility that the base film 101b, the adhesive layer 101c, and the release paper 101d may be peeled off and separated (not shown). In such cases, a part of the printed label tape adhering to the half cutter 34 may accumulate inside the apparatus and cause a conveyance failure (so-called jam) or the like. In order to prevent a part of the printed label tape 109 from moving (returning) that may occur when the half cutter 34 is retracted as described above, the tape pressing member 200 is provided along the transport direction of the half cutter 34. It is provided adjacent to the downstream side.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, the tape pressing member 200 is provided with a crack-shaped portion 201 at least in a portion that contacts the label tape 109. For example, a brush can be used as the cracked portion 201. Or the front end side of a thin film member may be formed in a comb-tooth shape, and this comb-tooth part may be used for the tip crack diameter upper part 201, for example. Moreover, when using a brush, you may use the static elimination brush which concentrated the conductive fiber wire especially. In this case, there is an effect that the charge amount of the label tape 109 can be reduced by the charge eliminating function of the charge eliminating brush, and the adsorption force of the label tape 109 to the transport path can be suppressed.

  When the film member is used for the tape pressing member 200 as described above, as another example, an elastic deformation portion made of a thin film having a thickness of, for example, about 0.03 mm is provided in place of the tip crack shape portion 201. May be. The tape pressing member 200 in this case is provided with, for example, a strong base of a rectangular plate shape and the elastic deformation portion provided at least in a portion in contact with the label tape 109. These base part and elastic deformation part may be formed integrally, and another member may be sufficient. The elastic deformation portion is elastically deformed when contacting the label tape 109. Accordingly, the elastic deformation portion is elastically deformed when the label tape 109 is conveyed along the conveyance path while reliably preventing the deviation from the conveyance path by contacting the label tape 109 when the half cutter 34 is retracted. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the conveyance as much as possible. The thin elastic deformation portion as described above may be further formed in a comb shape as described above.

  Further, when the width of the printed label tape 109 is small, the above-described peeling tends to occur. Therefore, in this embodiment, the size of the tape pressing member 200 (specifically, the cracked portion 201) along the tape width direction of the printed label tape 109 (vertical direction in FIG. Of the cover films 103 supplied from each of the mountable cartridges 7, the cover film 103 is set to be equal to or larger than the minimum width dimension of the cover film 103 having the minimum width dimension. Further, the tape pressing member 200 (specifically, the cracked portion 201) is provided at a position in the width direction where the minimum width cover film 103 is conveyed. As a result, when a plurality of types of cartridges 7 having different tape widths are exchanged and used, it is possible to reliably prevent the label tape 109 from deviating from the transport path regardless of which cartridge 7 is used. it can.

<Control system>
Next, the control system of the label producing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 12, a control circuit 110 is arranged on a control board (not shown) of the label producing apparatus 1.

  The control circuit 110 includes a CPU 111 having an internal timer 111A for controlling each device, an input / output interface 113 connected to the CPU 111 via a data bus 112, a CGROM 114, ROMs 115 and 116, and a RAM 117. It has been.

  In the CGROM 114, for example, dot pattern data relating to each of a large number of characters is stored in association with code data.

  In a ROM (dot pattern data memory) 115, for each of a large number of characters for printing characters such as alphabet letters and symbols, printing dot pattern data is provided for each typeface (Gothic typeface, Mincho typeface, etc.). Each typeface is classified and stored in correspondence with the code data for the print character size. In addition, graphic pattern data for printing a graphic image including gradation expression is also stored.

  Note that the dot pattern data for display and printing stored in the CGROM 114 and ROM 115 can be read from the PC 118 side via the communication line NW, and displayed or printed on the PC 118 side receiving the data. You may make it perform.

  The ROM 116 reads the print buffer data in correspondence with the character code data such as characters and numbers input from the PC 118 and drives the print head 23, the transport motor 119, and the tape discharge motor 65. A control program, a pulse number determination program for determining the number of pulses corresponding to the amount of energy to form each printing dot, and when printing is completed, the printed label tape 109 is transported by driving the transport motor 119 to the cutting position. A cutting drive control program for driving the cutter motor 43 to cut the printed label tape 109, and forcing the cut printed label tape 109 (= label L) from the label discharge port 11 by driving the tape discharge motor 65. The tape ejection program to be automatically ejected, and other control of the label producing apparatus 1 Required various programs are stored. The CPU 111 performs various calculations based on various programs stored in the ROM 116.

  The RAM 117 is provided with a text memory 117A, a print buffer 117B, a parameter storage area 117E, and the like. The text memory 117A stores document data input from the PC 118. In the print buffer 117B, a dot pattern for printing such as a plurality of characters and symbols, the number of applied pulses that is the amount of energy for forming each dot, and the like are stored as dot pattern data. The print head 23 is stored in the print buffer 117B. Dot printing is performed according to the existing dot pattern data. Various calculation data are stored in the parameter storage area 117E.

  The input / output interface 113 includes a PC 118, the print drive circuit 120 for driving the print head 23, a transport motor drive circuit 121 for driving the transport motor 119, and a cutter motor 43. The cutter motor drive circuit 122, the half cutter motor drive circuit 128 for driving the half cutter motor 129, the tape discharge motor drive circuit 123 for driving the tape discharge motor 65, the tape cut sensor 124, and the cut release detection sensor 125 are connected to each other.

  In such a control system having the control circuit 110 as the core, when character data or the like is input via the PC 118, the text (document data) is sequentially stored in the text memory 117A, and the print head 23 is driven by the drive circuit. 120, each of the heat generating elements is selectively driven to generate heat corresponding to the print dots for one line, and the dot pattern data stored in the print buffer 117B is printed, and in synchronization with this, for carrying The motor 119 performs tape transport control via the drive circuit 121.

  The tape cut sensor 124 and the cut release detection sensor 125 include a cutter helical gear cam 42A and a micro switch 126 provided on the cylindrical outer wall of the cutter helical gear 42 (see FIGS. 7 and 8). . Specifically, when the cutter helical gear 42 is rotated by the cutter motor 43, the micro switch 126 is switched from the OFF state to the ON state by the action of the cutter helical gear cam 42A, and the printed label tape 109 is cut by the movable blade 41. Detect that is complete. Thus, the tape cut sensor 124 is configured. Further, when the cutter helical gear 42 further rotates, the micro switch 126 is switched from the on state to the off state by the action of the cutter helical gear cam 42A, and it is detected that the movable blade 41 has returned to the release position. Thus, the cut release detection sensor 125 is configured.

  Cutting of the printed label tape 109 is completed by the label producing apparatus 1 configured as described above, and the formed label L is shown in FIGS. 13 (a), 13 (b), 14 (a), and FIG. As shown in FIG. 14B, as described above, a five-layer structure is obtained by adding the cover film 103 to the four-layer structure shown in FIG. That is, from the cover film 103 side (upper side in FIG. 14) toward the opposite side (lower side in FIG. 14), five layers are formed by the cover film 103, the adhesive layer 101a, the base film 101b, the adhesive layer 101c, and the release paper 101d. It is composed. A label print R (in this example, “ABCD” characters) is printed on the back surface of the cover film 103.

  Also, the cover film 103, the adhesive layer 101a, the base film 101b, and the adhesive layer 101c are provided with the half-cut line HC (half-cut portion. However, in this example, substantially along the tape width direction by the half cutter 34 as described above. The front half-cut line HC1 and the rear half-cut line HC2) are formed. In the cover film 103, an area sandwiched between the half-cut lines HC1 and HC2 is a print area S on which the label print R is printed, and both sides in the longitudinal direction of the tape sandwiching the half-cut lines HC1 and HC2 from the print area S Are a front margin area S1 and a rear margin area S2.

  A control procedure executed by the control circuit 110 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 15, this flow is started when a predetermined label producing operation is performed by the label producing apparatus 1 via the PC 118. First, in step S1, an operation signal from the PC 118 is input (via the communication line NW and the input / output interface 113), and print data, front / rear half-cut positions, full-cut positions, and the like are set based on the operation signals. Execute the preparation process to be performed.

  In step S <b> 5, a control signal is output to the conveyance motor drive circuit 121 via the input / output interface 113, and the tape feeding roller 27 and the ribbon take-up roller 106 are rotated by the driving force of the conveyance motor 121. Further, a control signal is output to the tape discharge motor 65 via the tape discharge motor drive circuit 123 to drive the drive roller 51 to rotate. Accordingly, the base tape 101 is fed out from the first roll 102 and supplied to the tape feed roller 27, and the cover film 103 is fed out from the second roll 104. The base tape 101 and the cover film 103 are They are bonded and integrated by the tape feed roller 27 and the sub-roller 109 to form a printed label tape 109, which is further conveyed from the outside of the cartridge 7 to the outside of the label producing apparatus 1.

  Thereafter, in step S <b> 10, it is determined whether or not the cover film 103 has reached the print start position by the print head 23. In this determination, for example, it may be determined whether or not a predetermined distance from the start of the tape transport in step S5 has been performed, or whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the tape transport. It is sufficient if it is determined appropriately. The determination is not satisfied until the print start position is reached, and the loop waits. If the print start position is reached, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S15.

  In step S15, a control signal is output to the print drive circuit 120 via the input / output interface 113, the print head 23 is energized, and the print area S of the cover film 103 corresponds to the print data generated in step S1. Printing of a label print R such as a character, a symbol, a barcode, etc., is started.

  Thereafter, in step S20, whether or not the printed label tape 109 has been transported to the previous half-cut position set in the previous step S1 (in other words, the half-cut line set by the half-cut mechanism 35 in the previous half-cut mechanism 35 in step S1). It is determined whether the printed label tape 109 has reached the position directly facing HC1. The determination at this time, for example, counts the number of pulses output from the conveyance motor drive circuit 121 that drives the conveyance motor 119, which is a pulse motor, after the timing of step S10, and sets the count to a predetermined value. It is sufficient to detect whether or not it has been reached. The determination is not satisfied until the previous half-cut position is reached, and this procedure is repeated. When the previous half-cut position is reached, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S25.

  In step S25, control signals are output to the transport motor drive circuit 121 and the tape discharge motor drive circuit 123 via the input / output interface 113, the drive of the transport motor 119 and the tape discharge motor 65 is stopped, and the tape feed roller 27 is stopped. Then, the rotation of the ribbon take-up roller 106 and the driving roller 51 is stopped. Thus, in the process in which the printed label tape 109 fed out from the cartridge 7 moves in the discharge direction, the half cutter 34 of the half cut mechanism 35 faces the front half cut line HC1 set in step S1, The feeding of the base tape 101 from the first roll 102, the feeding of the cover film 103 from the second roll 104, and the conveyance of the printed label tape 109 are stopped. At this time, a control signal is also output to the print drive circuit 120 via the input / output interface 113, the energization of the print head 23 is stopped, and printing of the label print R is stopped (print interruption).

  Thereafter, in step S30, a control signal is output to the half cutter motor drive circuit 128 via the input / output interface 113 to drive the half cutter motor 129 and rotate the half cutter 34 to cover the printed label tape 109. A pre-half-cut process for cutting the film 103, the adhesive layer 101a, the base film 101b, and the adhesive layer 101c to form the front half-cut line HC1 is performed.

  Then, the process proceeds to step S35, and similarly to step S5, the tape feeding roller 27, the ribbon take-up roller 106, and the driving roller 51 are rotationally driven to resume the conveyance of the printed label tape 109, and similarly to step S15. Then, the print head 23 is energized to resume the printing of the label print R.

  In step S250, it is determined whether the printed label tape 109 has been transported to the above-described print end position (calculated in step S1). The determination at this time may be performed by counting the number of pulses for driving the conveyance motor 119 as described above. The determination is not satisfied until the print end position is reached, and this procedure is repeated. When the print end position is reached, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S260.

  In step S260, similarly to step S25, energization of the print head 23 is stopped, and printing of the label print R is stopped. Thereby, the printing of the label print R on the print region S is completed.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S270, and after the sheet is conveyed to a predetermined rear half-cut position, a post-half cut process is performed in which the rear half-cut line HC2 is formed by the half cutter 34 of the half-cut unit 35.

  In step S45, whether or not the printed label tape 109 has been transported to the full cut position (in other words, the label tape 109 has reached the position where the movable blade 41 of the cutting mechanism 15 faces the cutting line CL set in step S1). Whether or not). The determination at this time may be performed by counting the number of pulses for driving the conveyance motor 119 as described above. The determination is not satisfied until the full cut position is reached, and this procedure is repeated. When the full cut position is reached, the determination is satisfied and the routine goes to Step S50.

  In step S50, similarly to step S25, the rotation of the tape feeding roller 27, the ribbon take-up roller 106, and the driving roller 51 is stopped, and the conveyance of the printed label tape 109 is stopped. Thus, the base tape 101 is fed out from the first roll 102 and the cover film 103 is fed out from the second roll 104 with the movable blade 41 of the cutting mechanism 15 facing the cutting line CL set in step S1. , And the transport of the printed label tape 109 is stopped.

  Thereafter, in step S55, a control signal is output to the cutter motor drive circuit 122 to drive the cutter motor 43, and the movable blade 41 of the cutting mechanism 15 is rotated to cover the cover film 103 and the adhesive layer of the printed label tape 109. A full cut process is performed to cut (divide) all of 101a, base film 101b, adhesive layer 101c, and release paper 101d to form a cutting line CL. By the cutting by the cutting mechanism 15, the label is separated from the printed label tape 109, and a label-like label L on which predetermined printing is performed is generated.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S60, where a control signal is output to the tape discharge motor drive circuit 123 via the input / output interface 31, the drive of the tape discharge motor 65 is restarted, and the drive roller 51 is rotated. Thereby, the conveyance by the driving roller 51 is resumed, and the label L generated in the label shape in step S55 is conveyed toward the label discharge port 11 and discharged from the label discharge port 11 to the outside of the label producing apparatus 1, This flow is finished.

  As described above, in the label producing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the tape pressing member 200 is provided inside the label discharge port 11 and adjacent to the downstream side of the half cutter 34 along the transport direction. As a result, when the half cutter 34 moves backward as described above, the tape pressing member 200 contacts and presses the label tape 109, so that at least a part of the label tape 109 deviates from the transport path. Can be prevented. As a result, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of the above-described transport failure and the like. In particular, when the base tape 101 and the cover film 103 are bonded to form the label tape 109 as described above, the cover film 103 once bonded is easily peeled off together with the half cutter 34 when the half cutter 34 is retracted. There is a case. In particular, when the length of the cover film 103 in the tape longitudinal direction is relatively short, a phenomenon of moving with the half cutter 34 and deviating from the transport path is likely to occur. In the present embodiment, the tape pressing member 200 is in contact with the printed label tape 109 having such a structure, which is particularly effective for preventing the occurrence of a conveyance failure due to the deviation of the conveyance path.

  In the above embodiment, in particular, the tape pressing member 200 is provided with the tip-shaped portion 201 at least in a portion that contacts the label tape 109. Thereby, when the half-cutter 34 is retracted, the tip-shaped portion 201 is formed when the label tape 109 is conveyed along the conveyance path while reliably preventing the deviation from the conveyance path by contacting the label tape 109. By separating, it is possible to prevent the conveyance as much as possible. In addition, by using a brush or a comb-teeth portion for the cracked shape portion 201, it is possible to easily realize a configuration that reliably contacts the label tape 109 when the movable blade 41 is retracted without obstructing the conveyance of the label tape 109. be able to.

  In the above-described embodiment, in particular, the receiving base 38 is provided with the downstream arrangement portion 38B. As a result, when the half cutter 34 moves backward, the downstream arrangement portion 38B cooperates with the tape pressing member 200 so as to be substantially sandwiched, thereby preventing deviation from the transport path of the label tape 109. Further, when a part of the label tape 109 about to retreat with the half cutter 34 is peeled off from the half cutter 34 by the tape pressing member 200, it is possible to prevent the reaction tape from flapping to the opposite side of the conveyance path. .

  In the above description, the half-cut unit 35 is provided separately from the cutting mechanism 15, but is not limited thereto. That is, for example, half cutting may be performed by controlling the rotation angle of the fixed blade 41 of the cutting mechanism 15 to be smaller than that at the time of full cutting, and both cutting and half cutting may be combined. Also in this case, the same effect as described above can be obtained by providing the tape pressing member 200 in the immediate vicinity of the fixed blade 41 (downstream in the tape transport direction).

  Moreover, in the above, it was the system which prints on the cover film 103 different from the base tape 101, and bonds these together, However, It is not restricted to this, The system (( The present invention may be applied to a type in which pasting is not performed. In this case, the configurations of the cradle 38 and the half cutter 34 in the half cut unit 35 are different from those in the above embodiment. That is, the cradle is arranged on the half cutter 34 side (lower side in the figure) of FIG. 4 and the half cutter is arranged on the cradle 38 side (upper side in the figure) (the arrangement is reversed). Accordingly, the tape pressing member 200 may be provided on the half cutter side (upper side in the drawing) with respect to the tape transport path.

  In the above description, the label producing apparatus 1 is connected to the PC 118 via the communication line NW. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, all the functions of the PC 118 and the like may be provided on the label producing apparatus 1 side (a so-called stand-alone label producing apparatus).

  In addition to those already described above, the methods according to the above-described embodiments and modifications may be used in appropriate combination.

  In addition, although not illustrated one by one, the present invention is implemented with various modifications within a range not departing from the gist thereof.

  Note that the above flowchart does not limit the present invention to the procedure shown in the above flow, and procedures may be added / deleted or the order may be changed without departing from the spirit and technical idea of the invention.

  In addition, although not illustrated one by one, the present invention is implemented with various modifications within a range not departing from the gist thereof.

6 Cartridge holder 15 Cutting mechanism (cutting means)
22 Label discharge mechanism 23 Print head (printing means)
34 Half cutter (movable blade)
101 Base tape 103 Cover film 108 Tape feed roller drive shaft (conveying means)
109 Printed label tape 200 Tape pressing member 201 Pointed shape

Claims (5)

A base material including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for bonding, a base material layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for bonding, and a release material layer covering the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in this order from one side to the other side in the layer direction. A cartridge holder in which a cartridge containing a base tape roll wound with a tape and a cover film roll wound with a cover film wound on one side in the layer direction of the adhesive layer for bonding are removable ,
A conveying means for conveying the label tape supplied from the cartridge mounted on the cartridge holder and bonded with the base tape and the cover film ;
Provided in the vicinity of the transport path of the label tape by the transport means, and by moving forward and backward in a direction orthogonal to the transport path, from the one side in the layer direction of the label tape located in the transport path, A movable blade for cutting a layer other than the release material layer;
A blade receiving member provided on the opposite side of the movable blade across the conveyance path, receiving the movable blade moving forward toward the conveyance path, and performing the cutting in cooperation with the movable blade;
Provided adjacent to the downstream side of the movable blade along the conveying direction, and after the movable blade advances and cuts from the one side to the other side in the layer direction, the other side from the other side in the layer direction A tape pressing member that contacts the label tape when retreating and prevents the label tape from at least partially adhering to the movable blade and deviating from the transport path ;
A printing unit that performs desired printing before the cover film fed from the cover film roll is pasted to the base tape fed from the base tape roll; and
Cutting means for creating a print label having the print by cutting all layers of the label tape including the cover film which has been printed by the print means and carried by the print means; ,
I have a,
The dimension of the tape pressing member along the tape width direction of the label tape is a cover film having a minimum width dimension among the cover films supplied from each of the plurality of cartridges that can be mounted on the cartridge holder. A tape processing apparatus, wherein the tape processing apparatus is set to be equal to or greater than the minimum width dimension of the tape and is provided at a position in a width direction in which the cover film having the minimum width is conveyed . The tape processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
The tape holding member is
A tape processing apparatus comprising a tip-shaped portion at least at a portion that contacts the label tape. The tape processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
2. The tape processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cracked portion is a static elimination brush in which conductive fiber wires are converged. In the tape processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The tape holding member is
A tape processing apparatus comprising an elastically deformable portion that is elastically deformable at the time of contact at least at a portion that contacts the label tape . The tape processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
The blade receiving member is
A receiving part that is located on the opposite side of the movable blade across the conveyance path and receives the movable blade;
A downstream arrangement part that is arranged on the downstream side along the conveyance direction from the receiving part, and is located on the opposite side of the tape pressing member across the conveyance path;
A tape processing apparatus comprising:

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