JP6950456B2 - Display plate manufacturing method and intermediate product for display plate - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a display plate used by being attached to various seats and the like, and an intermediate product obtained in the manufacturing process thereof.

Conventionally, as a display plate of this type, not only characters for a healthy person who can see but also Braille for a visually impaired person who cannot see is provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

In such a display plate, the step of forming Braille on the plate base material and the step of printing the characters on the plate base material are generally not performed at the same time. Therefore, for example, when a healthy person prints characters on an intermediate product in which Braille is formed on a plate base material, the problem is that incorrect characters are printed due to the inability to understand the contents of Braille. May be invited.

Jikkai Sho 59-30172

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides a method for manufacturing a display plate capable of making the frequency of printing errors of characters as close to zero as possible, and an intermediate product produced in the manufacturing process thereof. It is an object.

The method for manufacturing a display plate according to the invention according to claim 1 includes a step of obtaining an intermediate product by providing irregularities on the outer surface to form Braille and providing a mark for printing the characters corresponding to the Braille. The intermediate product is provided with a step of printing characters corresponding to the Braille characters.

The method for manufacturing a display plate according to the invention according to claim 2 is the method according to claim 1, wherein the mark corresponds to a background area in which the outer surface is textured and a character having a flat surface shape. It forms an area.

The method for manufacturing a display plate according to the invention according to claim 3 is the one having the configuration according to claim 1, wherein the mark is formed by uneven processing of characters corresponding to the Braille on the outer surface.

The method for manufacturing a display plate according to the invention according to claim 4 is the one having the configuration according to claim 1, wherein the mark is formed by engraving characters corresponding to the Braille on the outer surface.

The method for manufacturing a display plate according to the invention according to claim 5 is the one having the configuration according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the mark has a printed surface having substantially the same shape as a character to be printed.

The intermediate product for the display plate according to the invention of claim 6 has Braille formed on the front surface and a mark on the outer surface including the front surface for suggesting characters corresponding to the Braille. It has a print area on the front surface for printing characters corresponding to the Braille characters.

The intermediate product for the display plate according to the invention of claim 7 is made of a transparent material capable of seeing from the front side to the back side, and Braille is formed on the front surface and the front surface is covered with the front surface. A mark suggesting a character corresponding to the Braille is provided on the outer surface including the mark, and a printing area for printing the character corresponding to the Braille is provided on the back surface.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method for manufacturing a display plate capable of making the frequency of printing errors of characters as close to zero as possible, and an intermediate product produced in the manufacturing process thereof.

The front view which shows the display plate which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The front view which shows the intermediate product which concerns on the same embodiment. The perspective view which shows the intermediate product which concerns on the same embodiment. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XX in FIG. The front view which shows the completed state of the display plate which concerns on the same embodiment. The perspective view which shows the completed state of the display plate which concerns on the same embodiment. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line YY in FIG. The perspective view which shows the intermediate product which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows the intermediate product which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. The front view which shows the completed state of the display plate which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows the completed state of the display plate which concerns on the same embodiment. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line ZZ in FIG.

An embodiment of the present invention is shown below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to display plates A, B, and C used by being attached to the backrest of a stadium seat or the like.

In the display plates A, B, and C, Braille 2 is formed on the front surface 1a of the plate base material 1, and the character L corresponding to the Braille 2 is printed. The display plate A shown in FIG. 1A has Braille 2 representing the number “1” and the corresponding letter L, that is, the number “1” on the front surface 1a of the plate base material 1 made of an opaque synthetic resin. Is provided. Similarly, in the display plate B shown in FIG. 1B, Braille 2 representing the number "3" and the corresponding letter L, that is, the number " 3 ”is provided. Further, the display plate C shown in FIG. 1C has Braille 2 representing the number “24” and the corresponding letter L, that is, the number “24” on the front surface 1a of the plate base material 1 made of an opaque synthetic resin. "Is provided. In this way, the display plates A, B, and C having various display contents can be manufactured. Here, the manufacturing method of the display plate A shown in FIG. 1 (a) is referred to with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7. This will be explained below.

This manufacturing method is shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 by providing an uneven surface, in the present embodiment, an uneven surface 1a to form Braille 2 and providing a mark M for printing the character L corresponding to the Braille 2. It includes a step of obtaining the intermediate product A1 and a step of printing the character L corresponding to the Braille 2 on the intermediate product A1. Thus, the intermediate product A1 is provided with Braille 2 formed on the front surface 1a and a mark M suggesting the character L corresponding to the Braille 2 on the front surface 1a, and a half portion of the front surface 1a. Has a print area R1 for printing the character L corresponding to the Braille 2.

More specifically, the intermediate product A1 in this embodiment is produced at once by an injection molding method using a mold, and as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the plate-shaped plate base material 1 The Braille 2 and the mark M are integrally formed on the front surface 1a of the above. The Braille 2 has a plurality of protrusions integrally projected from the front surface 1a of the plate base material 1 along an arrangement pattern based on the Braille rule. The mark M is formed by forming a textured background region R2 and a character-corresponding region R3 having a flat surface shape on the front surface 1a of the plate base material 1, and the character-corresponding region R3 is a character-corresponding region R3. The letter L to be printed, that is, in this embodiment, has the shape of the number "1". The background region R2 is transfer-formed by forming a fine satin-like pattern on the corresponding surface of the mold, and the character-corresponding region R3 mirror-finishes the corresponding surface of the mold. It is formed by keeping a flat surface such as. The character-corresponding area R3 is set in the print area R1.

Then, by printing the character L corresponding to the Braille 2, that is, the number "1" on the character corresponding area R3 of the intermediate generator A1 by a screen printing method or the like, a finished product as shown in FIGS. A display plate A is obtained.

Here, FIG. 2 is a front view of the intermediate product A1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the intermediate product A1, and the background region R2 is patterned. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view corresponding to X-rays in FIG. This cross-sectional view exaggerates the processing depth dimension of the background region R2 that has been textured for the sake of clarity. FIG. 5 is a front view of the display plate A, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the display plate A, and the background region R2 is patterned. FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view corresponding to the YY line in FIG. This cross-sectional view exaggerates the processing depth dimension of the background region R2 that has been textured for easy understanding and the thickness dimension of the printing layer applied to the character-corresponding region R3. Further, in the display plate B shown in FIG. 1B and the display plate C shown in FIG. 1C, the same or corresponding parts as the display plate A are designated by the same reference numerals.

The above description is a specific description of the display plate A, but the display plates B and C or a display plate similar thereto differ only in the contents such as the character L to be displayed, and are manufactured in the same manner. It is something that can be done.

According to such a manufacturing method, the intermediate product A1 produced in the pre-printing process is provided with not only Braille 2 but also a mark M indicating the contents of Braille 2, so that the contents of Braille 2 should be understood. Even if a healthy person who cannot do this is involved in the printing process, the printed content will not be mistaken.

Further, in this embodiment, the mark M is formed on the front surface 1a with a textured background area R2 and a non-textured character-corresponding area R3, so that the position to be printed is formed. Can be clearly recognized, and the finished display plate A can be given a sense of quality.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above.

For example, the mark may have characters corresponding to Braille formed on the outer surface (front surface 1a in FIG. 8) by uneven processing, as in the display plate D shown in FIG. Like the display plate E shown, characters corresponding to Braille may be formed by engraving on the outer surface (front surface 1a in FIG. 9). More specifically, the one shown in FIG. 8 is provided with a ridge M2 as a mark corresponding to the character in the print area R1 which is an area on which the character should be printed, and printing is performed on the ridge M2. I have to. More specifically, the top surface of the raised portion M2 is a printing surface 1s having substantially the same shape as the characters to be printed. By completing the display plate through the process of printing characters by adhering ink to the entire printing surface 1s, the mark is not clearly visible on the display plate in the completed state as the display plate, and the display plate The aesthetics can be improved. Here, instead of the raised portion corresponding to the character, a recessed portion corresponding to the character may be provided. In other words, the recessed portion may be provided in the print area by engraving a mark having almost or completely the same shape as the character to be printed. In this case as well, the bottom surface of the recessed portion is formed as a printing surface having substantially the same shape as the characters to be printed, and the display plate is completed through the process of printing the characters by adhering ink to the entire printing surface. The same effect as when the top surface of the raised portion M2 described above is the printed surface 1s can be obtained. What is shown in FIG. 9 is a portion in which a character on the front surface is not printed, that is, a portion outside the print area R1 is engraved with a mark M3 corresponding to the character. It is desirable that these marks M2 and M3 are integrally formed at the time of molding. The position where the mark is provided is not limited to the front surface, but may be the back surface or the side surface.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the area where Braille is provided and the print area for printing characters are arranged adjacent to each other so as not to overlap, but these areas may overlap. When arranging Braille and characters so as to overlap each other on the front surface, it is desirable to print the characters by an inkjet method or the like. Further, even when the area where Braille is provided and the print area are arranged adjacent to each other so as not to overlap with each other, the present invention is not limited to the mode in which the Braille is arranged on the left side of the front surface and the characters are arranged on the right side of the front surface as in the above-described embodiment. , The arrangement of Braille and characters may be reversed left and right, and other arrangement modes such as arranging Braille and characters side by side in the vertical direction may be adopted.

Further, although the display plate of the above embodiment is made of an opaque synthetic resin, it may be made of a transparent synthetic resin. In this case, a mode in which Braille is provided on the front surface and characters are printed on the back surface can also be adopted. Specific examples of this embodiment include those shown in FIGS. 10 to 12. That is, FIG. 10 is a front view of the display plate F made of a transparent synthetic resin, and FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the display plate F. FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view corresponding to the ZZ line in FIG. In this cross-sectional view, the thickness dimension of the print layer is exaggerated for the sake of clarity. Braille 2 and a mark M4 as a mark are formed on the front surface 1a of the display plate F, a print area R1 is set on the back surface 1b, and the character L is printed on the print area R1.

In FIGS. 8 to 12, the same or corresponding parts as those in the above-described embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the intermediate product is made of synthetic resin has been described, but it may be made of a metal plate such as aluminum. However, if it is made of synthetic resin, it is easy to form Braille and a mark at the same time by integral molding, so that it is possible to provide a manufacturing method in which printing errors are less likely to occur.

In addition, various modifications may be made as long as the gist of the present invention is not impaired.

A to C, F ... Display plates A1, D1, E1 ... Intermediate generator 1a ... Front 1b ... Back 2 ... Braille M ... Mark M2 to M4 ... Mark L ... Character R2 ... Background area R3 ... Character correspondence area

Claims (7)

A step of obtaining an intermediate product by providing irregularities on the outer surface to form Braille and providing a mark for printing the character corresponding to the Braille, and a step of printing the character corresponding to the Braille on the intermediate product. A method of manufacturing a display plate with and. The method for manufacturing a display plate according to claim 1, wherein the mark forms a background region in which the outer surface is textured and a character-corresponding region having a flat surface shape. The method for manufacturing a display plate according to claim 1, wherein the mark is a character corresponding to the Braille formed on the outer surface by uneven processing. The method for manufacturing a display plate according to claim 1, wherein the mark is formed by engraving characters corresponding to the Braille on the outer surface. The method for manufacturing a display plate according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the mark has a printed surface having substantially the same shape as a character to be printed. Braille is formed on the front surface, and a mark suggesting a character corresponding to the Braille is provided on the outer surface including the front surface, and a print area for printing the character corresponding to the Braille is provided on the front surface. Intermediate product for the display plate. It is made of a transparent material that allows the front side to be seen from the back side, and Braille is formed on the front surface, and a mark indicating the character corresponding to the Braille character is provided on the outer surface including the front surface. An intermediate generator for a display plate, which has a print area on the back surface for printing characters corresponding to the Braille characters.

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