JP6957881B2 - Tray for holding fabric, device for printing on fabric - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a tray for holding a cloth and a device for printing on the cloth.

Conventionally, as a printing device, a support portion for supporting a medium, a head for discharging a liquid to a medium conveyed on the support portion, and a drying portion for drying the liquid landed on the medium are provided. , A heating area and a non-heating area are provided, the drying portion is arranged in the heating area, and the support portion and the head are arranged in the non-heating area (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-162171

However, as an apparatus for printing on fabric (including processed products such as T-shirts), it is necessary to adopt a configuration in which a heated area and a non-heated area are provided in one apparatus as disclosed in Patent Document 1. As the temperature and heating time rise, there is a problem that the size of the device becomes large due to the need for more strict cooling and heat insulation configurations.

Therefore, a device for printing on fabric (hereinafter referred to as "printing device") and a device for fixing an image (hereinafter referred to as "fixing device") are often installed as separate devices, and the cloth is printed as a printing device. The printed fabric must be removed and the printed fabric must be set again in another fixing device, which causes a problem of poor workability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to improve workability when printing on a fabric.

In order to solve the above problems, the tray for holding the fabric according to claim 1 of the present invention is
A tray that holds the fabric and can be attached to and detached from the receiving member in the device that prints on the fabric.
It has a fabric holding member that holds the printed portion of the fabric in a flat state.
A visible surface that can be visually recognized together with the holding surface of the fabric holding member is provided with a display indicating the setting direction of the fabric .
The tray has guide rail portions that are fitted so as to hold both ends of the receiving member at both ends in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the tray is attached to and detached from the receiving member.
It was the configuration.

According to the present invention, workability when printing on fabric can be improved.

It is an external perspective explanatory view in the state which the tray of an example of the apparatus (printing apparatus) which prints on a cloth is attached. It is an external perspective explanatory view in the state which the tray of the printing apparatus is removed. It is a perspective explanatory drawing explaining the whole structure of the mechanical part of the printing apparatus. Similarly, it is a perspective explanatory view seen from the direction different from FIG. It is a perspective explanatory view of an example of a cassette which is a tray. Similarly, it is a perspective explanatory view in a state where the outer peripheral cover of a cassette is opened. Similarly, it is a schematic cross-sectional explanatory view along the lateral direction of the cassette. It is explanatory drawing which provides the explanation of the setting method of the cloth in a cassette. It is a plane explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is an overall perspective explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette which concerns on 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged perspective explanatory view of the icon part of the platen member. It is a perspective explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette which concerns on 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective explanatory view of the state in which the platen outer peripheral cover of the cassette is closed, which is provided for the description of the method of setting the cloth in the cassette of the sixth embodiment. Similarly, it is a perspective explanatory view in a state where the platen outer peripheral cover is opened. It is an external perspective explanatory view of an example of a heating device which heats a cloth.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, an example of an apparatus for printing on fabric (hereinafter, referred to as “printing apparatus”) will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of an external perspective with the tray of the printing device attached, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of an external perspective with the tray of the printing device removed, and FIG. 3 is an overall configuration of a mechanical portion of the printing device. The perspective explanatory view and FIG. 4 are perspective perspective explanatory views also viewed from a direction different from that of FIG.

The printing apparatus 1 is held in the apparatus main body 100 by a stage 111, which is a receiving member that detachably holds a cassette 200, which is a tray for holding the fabric 400, and moves back and forth, and a cassette 200 held by the stage 111. It is provided with a printing means 112 for printing on the cloth 400.

Here, the cloth 400 is not only a piece of cloth such as a handkerchief or a towel, but also a part of a product such as a cloth processed as clothes such as a T-shirt or a trainer, or a tote bag. It can also be used for existing fabrics.

The stage 111 is provided on the transport structure 113 held so as to be movable in the arrow Y direction (feed direction) with respect to the apparatus main body 100. Here, the transport guide member 115 is arranged on the bottom housing portion 114 of the apparatus main body 100 along the arrow Y direction, and the slider portion 116 of the transport structure 113 is movably held by the transport guide member 115.

The printing means 112 includes a carriage 121 that moves in the direction of arrow X (main scanning direction) with respect to the stage 111, and a head 122 mounted on the carriage 121. The carriage 121 is movably held by a guide member 123 arranged along the arrow X direction, and is reciprocated in the arrow X direction by a drive motor 124 via a scanning mechanism such as a timing belt 125. The head 122 uses a liquid ejection head to eject ink onto the surface of the fabric to form an image, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In the printing apparatus 1, the cassette 200 is mounted and held on the stage 111 in the apparatus main body 100 in a state where the fabric 400 is set on the platen member 300 of the cassette 200. Then, the required image is printed on the cloth 400 by repeating the movement of the stage 111 in the arrow Y direction and the reciprocating movement of the head 122 in the arrow X direction.

Next, the outline of the cassette, which is a tray, will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7. 5 is a perspective explanatory view of the cassette, FIG. 6 is a perspective explanatory view of the cassette with the outer peripheral cover open, and FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional explanatory view of the cassette along the lateral direction.

The cassette 200 can be detachably attached to the stage 111, which is a receiving member of the printing device 1, and holds the cassette base 201, which is a tray base member, and the printed portion of the fabric 400 in a flat state. It has a platen member 300 which is a holding member.

The platen member 300 is composed of a platen structure 302 and a heat insulating member 301 that forms a surface that holds the fabric 400 in a flat state. The heat insulating member 301 has heat resistance to heating by a heating device.

The cassette base 201 is provided with a platen outer peripheral cover 202, which is a platen member outer peripheral cover member, so as to be openable and closable in the arrow direction by a hinge 203. The platen outer peripheral cover 202 has an opening 202a in a portion corresponding to the platen member 300, and holds the fabric 400 between the platen member 300 and the flange portion 300a (peripheral portion) of the outer peripheral portion.

Further, the cassette base 201 has a guide rail portion 211 that holds both ends of the stage 111 and is movably fitted to both ends of the stage 111 at both ends of the apparatus main body 100 in a direction orthogonal to the attachment / detachment direction with respect to the stage 111. It is provided.

The platen member 300 is supported by the support portion 311 with respect to the cassette base 201, and a storage space 312 capable of accommodating the surplus portion 400a of the fabric 400 is formed between the platen member 300 and the cassette base 201. The surplus portion 400a corresponds to both sleeves, a collar opening, a hem, etc., for example, when printing is performed on the front surface of a T-shirt.

Here, the platen member 300 is detachable from the cassette base 201 and is formed to be replaceable. As a result, a plurality of platen members 300 can be prepared, and clothing can be wrapped around another platen member 300 during the printing operation. After printing and fixing are completed, the platen member 300 can be replaced to quickly print the next fabric. You can start.

When setting the cloth 400 in the cassette 200, as shown in FIG. 6, the platen outer peripheral cover 202 is opened and the cloth 400 is set (held) on the platen member 300. At this time, the platen outer peripheral cover 202 is closed as shown in FIG. 5 with the extra portion (surplus portion) 400a of the fabric 400 accommodated in the accommodation space 312 as shown in FIG.

Then, when printing on the cloth 400, the cassette 200 in which the cloth 400 is set is mounted (set) on the stage 111 of the apparatus main body 100 of the printing device 1. At this time, since the cassette 200 can be mounted on the stage 111 from the moving direction of the stage 111, the entire stage 111 can be moved out of the apparatus main body 100 as compared with the configuration in which the cassette 200 is mounted on the stage 111 from directly above the stage 111. There is no need to expose it, and the device can be miniaturized.

In this way, since the cloth 400 to be printed can be set on the platen member 300 with the entire cassette 200 taken out from the apparatus main body 100, the work of setting the cloth 400 on the platen member 300 can be easily performed. Become.

After printing is completed by the printing device 1, such a cassette 200 can be set in the heating device according to the present invention while holding the cloth 400, and the cloth 400 on which the image is printed can be heated and fixed.

Next, a method of setting the fabric 400 on the cassette 200 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for the same explanation.

When the fabric 400 is set on the platen member 300 of the cassette 200, the orientation of the fabric 400 changes depending on the orientation of the image to be printed. For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, a vertically long image is printed on a cloth 400 such as a T-shirt, and as shown in FIG. 8B, a horizontally long image is printed on a cloth 400 such as a tote bag. The setting direction of the fabric 400 is different from that of the case where the cloth 400 is set.

In this case, since the T-shirt or tote bag can be set upside down or left and right upside down, there is a risk that an image in a direction different from the image intended by the user will be printed.

Therefore, in the present invention, the visible surface that can be visually recognized together with the holding surface (surface) of the fabric holding member (platen member 300) and the upper surface of the cassette base 201 is provided with a display indicating the setting direction of the fabric 400. , The set workability of the cloth 400 is improved.

Next, a cassette, which is a tray according to the first embodiment of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a plan explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette.

The holding surface 310 for holding the fabric 400 of the platen member 300 of the cassette 200 is provided with a line 301A along the longitudinal direction and a line 301B along the lateral direction indicating the center position. The intersection of line 301A and line 301B is approximately the center position.

Further, the holding surface 310 of the platen member 300 is provided with icons 302A and 302B on the front side (opposite side to the hinge 203), which are indications indicating the setting direction of the fabric 400.

Here, the icon 302A is, for example, a symbolic representation of a T-shirt, and indicates the orientation of the T-shirt and the orientation of the image when printed on the cloth 400 with the inner letter "R". The icon 302B is, for example, a symbol of the tote bag, and indicates the orientation of the tote bag and the orientation of the image when printed on the cloth 400 with the letter "R" inside.

With this configuration, it becomes easy to set the fabric 400 so that the printed image is intended by the user, the workability of the setting work is improved, and the workability when printing on the fabric as a whole is improved. improves.

Next, a cassette, which is a tray according to the second embodiment of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a plan explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette.

In the present embodiment, the icon 302A is attached to the front side of the platen member 300 adjacent to the longitudinal line 301A. Further, the icon 302B is attached adjacent to the line 301B in the lateral direction on the one end side in the lateral direction of the platen member 300.

By arranging the icons 302A and 302B at two different locations in this way, it is possible to encourage the user to rotate the cassette 200 in the case of the T-shirt and the tote bag, and the visibility is improved.

Next, a cassette, which is a tray according to the third embodiment of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a plan explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette.

The icons 303A and 303B of the present embodiment are general-purpose icons used to indicate the setting direction of a general document composed of a line indicating a character string and the character "R" and the like.

As a result, the user can easily recognize the setting direction of the cloth 400 even if the cloth 400 is a cloth other than the T-shirt or the tote bag.

Next, the cassette which is the tray according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a plan explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette.

In this embodiment, the icons 303A and 303B of the third embodiment are used instead of the icons 302A and 302B of the second embodiment.

Next, the cassette which is the tray according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. FIG. 13 is an overall perspective explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette, and FIG. 14 is an enlarged perspective explanatory view of an icon portion of the platen member.

In the present embodiment, the icon 303A (another icon may be used; the same applies hereinafter) is engraved on the holding surface 310 of the platen member 300.

By doing so, since the set fabric 400 does not touch the recess of the icon 303A, the icon 303A can be colored to further improve the visibility.

Next, the cassette which is the tray according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a perspective explanatory view of the platen member of the cassette.

In the present embodiment, a flange portion 300a that is one step lower than the holding surface 310 is provided around the holding surface 310 of the platen member 300 (it does not have to be the entire circumference), and an icon 303A is attached to the upper surface of the flange portion 300a. doing.

Even in this way, since there is little possibility that the set fabric 400 touches the icon 303A, the icon 303A can be colored to further improve the visibility.

Next, a method of setting the fabric in the cassette of the sixth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17. FIG. 16 is a perspective explanatory view of the cassette with the platen outer peripheral cover closed, and FIG. 17 is a perspective explanatory view of the cassette with the platen outer peripheral cover open.

Since the platen member 300 of the sixth embodiment is provided with the flange surface 300b, the icon 303A cannot be visually recognized when the platen outer peripheral cover 202 is closed, but the icon 303A can be visually recognized by opening the platen outer peripheral cover 202. Become. That is, the upper surface of the flange portion 300a is a visible surface that becomes visible when the platen outer peripheral cover 202 is opened.

In each of the above embodiments, an icon is used as a display indicating the setting direction of the fabric, but the present invention is not limited to this. Further, although a display indicating the setting direction of the fabric is attached to a part of the platen member, the present invention is not limited to this, and any visible surface that can be visually recognized together with the platen member may be used. For example, a display indicating the setting direction of the fabric may be attached to the upper surface of the cassette base 201.

Next, an example of a device (heating device) for heating the fabric by attaching and detaching the tray according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 18 is an external perspective explanatory view of the heating device.

The heating device 500 includes a receiving member 503 for detachably mounting a cassette 200 for holding the cloth 400 and a heating means 504 for heating the cloth 400 in the device main body 501.

The receiving member 503 has the same configuration as the stage 111 of the printing device 1 described above, and the printed fabric 400 can be mounted while being held in the cassette 200.

With this configuration, the cassette 200 holding the fabric 400 that has been printed by the printing device 1 described above is taken out from the printing device 1, and the cassette 200 is set in the receiving member 503 in the heating device 500 while holding the cloth 400. Then, with the door 502 closed, the heating means 504 is supplied with heat to generate heat, so that the fabric 400 of the cassette 200 can be heated and fixed.

That is, the step of holding the cloth 400 to which the image is attached on the tray (cassette 200), the printing step of mounting the cassette 200 on the printing device 1 and printing on the cloth 400, and the printing device of the cassette 200 after the printing step is completed. An image can be given to the cloth 400 by taking out from 1 and mounting the cassette 200 on the heating device 500 while holding the cloth 400 and performing a post-step of heating the cloth 400.

Since printing and heating can be performed while holding the cloth 400 on the cassette 200 (tray), workability when giving an image to the cloth 400 is improved.

The "tray" in the present invention is not limited to the box-shaped form such as the cassette of the above-described embodiment as long as it has a structure that can be attached to and detached from the printing device and the heating device or the fixing device. .. Specifically, it may be a single plate-shaped platen member formed so as to be insertable into the printing device and the fixing device.

Further, in order to further improve workability, the cloth (T-shirt, etc.) has already been set on such a tray in order to eliminate the process of the worker setting the cloth (T-shirt, etc.) on the tray every time when printing. You can also use the tray of. In this case, the used tray is collected and supplied again with the fabric set.

Further, in order to obtain the same effect, it is also possible to use a platen member in which a cloth (T-shirt or the like) is set on a platen member detachably formed on the tray. When using, attach the platen member with the fabric set to the tray as it is, and after printing and fixing are completed, remove the platen member from the tray, attach the next platen member with the fabric set to the tray, and print. , Fixation is done. In this case, the used platen member is collected and supplied again with the fabric set.

By doing so, it is not necessary for the operator to set the fabric (T-shirt or the like) every time, the continuous processing of a plurality of sheets becomes easy, and the continuous processing of a plurality of sheets can be automated.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the cloth is a T-shirt or the like is described, but the present invention can be similarly applied to the case where the heating target is a medium (media) including the cloth, for example. .. In this case, the "fabric" in the embodiment is the medium.

1 Printing device 100 Printing device main unit 111 Stage (receiving member)
122 head 200 cassette (tray)
300 Platen member 302A, 302B, 303A, 303B Icon 310 Holding surface 400 Cloth 500 Heating device 501 Device body

Claims (8)

A tray that holds the fabric and can be attached to and detached from the receiving member in the device that prints on the fabric.
It has a fabric holding member that holds the printed portion of the fabric in a flat state.
A visible surface that can be visually recognized together with the holding surface of the fabric holding member is provided with a display indicating the setting direction of the fabric.
The tray is characterized by having guide rail portions fitted at both ends in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the tray is attached to and detached from the receiving member so as to hold both ends of the receiving member. A tray that holds the fabric. The tray for holding the fabric according to claim 1, wherein the display indicating the setting direction of the fabric is an icon. The tray for holding the fabric according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the visible surface is a holding surface of the fabric holding member. The tray for holding the fabric according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the visible surface is a surface one step lower than the holding surface of the fabric holding member. An outer peripheral cover member that can be opened and closed to sandwich the cloth with the peripheral edge of the cloth holding member is provided.
The tray for holding the fabric according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the visible surface is a surface that becomes visible when the outer peripheral cover member is opened. The tray for holding the cloth according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the device main body of the device for printing on the cloth and the device for heating the cloth can be detachably attached to the device body. A tray for holding the fabric according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising the fabric. A tray holding the fabric according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
A receiving member to which the tray can be attached and detached, and
A device for printing on a cloth, which comprises a printing means for printing on the cloth held on the tray mounted on the receiving member.

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