JPH02191136A - Apparatus and method for applying seal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily apply and fix a seal on a correct position on an object in a short time by a method wherein an apparatus comprises a guide cylinder for engaging the object freely removable on which the seal is to be applied and an open/close mechanism for opening/closing an air passage. CONSTITUTION:A seal 8 applied on a base sheet 7 mounted on a table 23 is set at the center of a guide cylinder 13, and by pushing a shaft 12 downward, the seal 8 is positioned inside a support cylinder 6. By closing a tip of a pipe 20 with a thumb 24, air is sucked into a hose 21 connected to a vacuum pump from a nozzle 4 through an air passage 2. The seal 8 is peeled off from the base sheet 7 and sucked to the tip of the nozzle 4. A tip of a vessel 14 for cosmetics is engaged with the tip of the guide cylinder 13. With the shaft 1 pushed down, after the tip of the vessel 14 and the tip of the support cylinder 6 are brought into contact with each other, the support cylinder 6 and the guide cylinder 13 integrally retreat causing the nozzle 4 to protrude to have the seal 8 pressed against the tip of the vessel 14. When the thumb 24 is kept off the tip of the pipe 20, air enters from pipe 20 relieving suction causing the seal 8 to be applied and fixed at the tip of the vessel 14.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" The present invention is a sticker pasting device and a sticker pasting method for peeling a sticker pasted on a mount from the mount and pasting and fixing it on a cosmetic storage container, etc. Regarding.

``Prior art'' Conventionally, when pasting a sticker on the top or bottom end of a lipstick storage container, the sticker is manually peeled off from a mount to which a large number of stickers are pasted, and then the top end of the lipstick storage container is pasted. It was fixed by pasting it on the bottom edge.

For this reason, it takes a lot of time to attach and fix the stickers, and if you are not skilled, the locations where the stickers are attached may vary, making it difficult to neatly attach and fix the stickers to the top and bottom edges of the lipstick storage container. was there.

``Object of the present invention'' In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional art, the present invention provides a sticker that can be easily and accurately replaced on a cosmetic storage container, etc., in a short period of time by replacing the sticker pasted on a mount. The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an attaching device and a method for attaching a sticker.

[Means for achieving the objects of the present invention] The present invention provides a rod-shaped gripping rod, a nozzle portion protruding from approximately the center of the tip of the gripping rod, and a nozzle hole of the nozzle portion communicating with the nozzle portion. an air passage formed in the grip bar; a support tube that supports a seal affixed to a mount that is biased so that the tip protrudes by a predetermined amount at the tip of the grip rod; The support tube has a guide tube that can store the sticker attached to the mount inside the support tube and is urged to protrude by a predetermined amount from the tip of the support tube, and that detachably locks the article to which the sticker is attached. , and an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the air passage.

In addition, the present invention involves setting a mount on which a number of stickers are affixed so that one sticker is positioned in the guide cylinder of the sticker adhering device, and then using suction to peel the seal from the mount and attaching it to the support cylinder. a step of peeling off the seal to support it; an object locking step of locking the article to which the seal is to be applied to the guide tube after the peeling step; and a step of pressing the support tube against the article to which the seal is applied after the article locking step, and removing the seal. The present invention is characterized in that it includes a step of attaching a seal to the article and releasing the suction.

Embodiments of the Present Invention The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 10, reference numeral 1 denotes a rod-shaped gripping rod having an air passage 2 formed therethrough approximately in the center, and an air passage communicating with the air passage 2 is provided at the tip of the gripping rod 1. A nozzle portion 4 having holes 3 is formed.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a recess formed on the outer periphery of the grip bar 1 near the tip.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a support tube that is slidably attached within the recess 5 so that its tip protrudes outward from the tip of the grip bar 1. The inner diameter of the tip of this support tube 6 is shown in FIG. It is formed to have approximately the same diameter as the sticker 8 attached to the mount 7 shown.

The support cylinder 6 has an elongated hole 9 whose major diameter extends in the axial direction approximately at the center, and an engagement recess 10 at the outer periphery near the top.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an engagement pin to which the support cylinder 6 attached to the grip bar 1 is slidably attached via the elongated hole 9 of the support cylinder 6.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a support tube biasing spring that is housed in the four parts 5 of the grip bar 1 so as to always bias the support tube 6 in a protruding direction.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a guide tube whose tip that slides on the support tube 6 protrudes from the tip of the support tube 6;
3 is formed with an inner diameter such that the upper end of the cosmetic storage container 14 to which the seal 8 is attached is removably inserted, and the rear end is inserted into the engagement recess 10 of the support tube 6. A stopper piece 15 is formed to fit in and prevent the guide tube 13 from being pulled out.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a cover cylinder that covers a portion from the rear end of the guide [113 to the upper part of the grip bar 1, and this cover cylinder 16 is fixed to the grip rod 1 with screws 17.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a guide tube biasing spring that is located between the tip of the cover 1i1116 and the stepped portion 19 of the guide tube 13 and always biases the guide tube 13 in a direction to protrude.

A pipe 20 serves as an opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing the air passage 2, which is formed in a portion near the top of the grip bar 1 so as to communicate with the air passage 2.

A hose 21 is connected to a vacuum pump (not shown) attached to the upper end of the grip bar 1.

[Operation of the embodiment of the present invention] The seal pasting device 22 having the above structure holds the grip bar 1 and
Mount 7 placed on table 23 as shown in FIG.
After setting the seal 8 affixed to the guide tube 13 so that it is located approximately at the center of the guide tube 13, the grip bar 1 is pushed down to position the seal 8 inside the support tube 6 as shown in FIG.

At this time, the seal 8 can be easily positioned within the support tube 6 by moving the grip bar 1 laterally.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4, the tip of the pipe 20 is closed with the thumb 24. By closing the tip of the pipe 20, air is sucked from the nozzle portion 4 through the air passage 2 to a hose 21 connected to a vacuum pump (not shown).

Therefore, the seal 8 stuck to the mount 7 is peeled off from the mount 7 by the suction force, and even if the tip of the guide tube 13 is separated from the mount 7, it is supported by the support tube 6 as shown in FIG. It is attracted to the tip of the nozzle part 4 in this state.

After carrying out such a seal peeling process, a locking process is carried out in which the tip of the cosmetic storage container 14 to which the seal is attached and fixed to the tip of the guide tube 13 is locked, as shown in FIG.

However, by pushing down the grip bar 1 as shown in FIG.
After the cosmetic storage container 14 retreats against the elastic force and the tip of the support tube 6 comes into contact with the tip of the support tube 6, the support tube 6 and the guide W113 become integrated as shown in FIG. and retreat.

The seal 8 is caused by the retreat of the support cylinder 6 and the guide cylinder 13.
The nozzle part 4 that holds the cosmetics by suction comes into a protruding state and presses the seal 8 against the tip of the cosmetics storage container 14.

After that, when the thumb 24 is released from the tip of the pipe 20,
Air enters the air passage 2 from the pipe 20,
The suction force applied to the nozzle part 4 is removed, and the seal 8 can be removed from the guide tube 13 while being stuck and fixed to the tip of the cosmetic storage container 14.

Cosmetics storage container 1 is made by performing such a seal pasting process.
A sticker 8 can be attached and fixed to the tip of 4.

Therefore, support I! The seal 8 is adsorbed and held on the II 6 by positioning the seal 8 approximately in the center of the guide tube 13, pushing down the grip bar 1, and sliding it laterally so that the seal 8 is positioned inside the support tube 6. , the seal 8 can be reliably positioned within the support tube 6.

In addition, by locking the tip of the cosmetics storage container 14 to the guide tube 13, the cosmetics storage container 14 can be sealed.
The position of the tip is accurately determined.

For this reason, the seal 8 is placed at an accurate position on the cosmetic storage container 14.
Can be easily pasted and fixed.

"Different Embodiments of the Present Invention" Next, different embodiments of the present invention shown in FIGS. 11 to 14 will be described. In the description of these embodiments, the same components as those of the embodiments of the present invention are designated by the same reference numerals and redundant explanations will be omitted.

The embodiment shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 is mainly different from the embodiment of the present invention in that a seal receiver part 26 is formed at the tip of the support tube 6A, and a pipe-shaped nozzle part 4 is formed at the tip of the support tube 6A.
In that A is formed at the tip of the grip bar 1, the seal sticking device 22A configured in this manner can provide the same effects as the embodiments of the present invention.

The main difference between the embodiment shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 from the embodiment of the present invention is that the guide cylinder 13 is always biased in the direction of protruding into the engagement recess 10 of the support cylinder 6. In that the biasing spring 18 is provided, the seal pasting device 22B configured in this manner can obtain the same effect as the embodiment of the present invention, and the guide cylinder biasing spring 18 is not connected to the cover cylinder 13. Since it is covered, it can be used safely.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the circular seal 8 is attached and fixed to the upper end of the cosmetic storage container 14, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the seal may have an elliptical shape or a polygonal shape. , or any other shape of sticker is fine.
When these seals are used, the inner diameter of the tip of the support cylinder is made to have approximately the same shape as the outer shape of the seal.

Furthermore, since the guide tube is used to position the article to which the sticker is attached, it is not limited to a cylindrical shape, but may have any shape.

"Effects of the Present Invention" As is clear from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.

(1) a rod-shaped gripping rod, a nozzle portion protruding from approximately the center of the tip of the gripping rod, an air passage formed in the gripping rod so as to communicate with a nozzle hole of the nozzle portion; A support tube that supports a seal affixed to a mount that is biased so that the tip protrudes a predetermined amount from the tip of the gripping rod; The seal affixed to the backing paper can be stored inside the holder, which is energized by the guide cylinder, and the guide tube removably locks the article to which the sticker is affixed, and the opening/closing mechanism opens and closes the air passage. Therefore, by positioning the seal within the guide cylinder, pressing the support cylinder, and moving it laterally, the seal can be reliably positioned within the support cylinder, peeled off from the mount, and fixed by suction. In addition, the seal supported by the support tube can be adhered and fixed to the article by simply locking and pressing the article such as a cosmetic storage container onto the guide tube.

Therefore, even an unskilled person can easily attach and fix the sticker to the correct position on the article in a short time.

(2) According to the above (1), the work of adhering and fixing the seal can be easily done, so the work can be done efficiently and costs can be reduced.

(3) According to (1) above, the adhesive side of the sticker is never touched until the sticker is peeled off from the mount and affixed to the article, so the adhesive side is not damaged.
A sticker can be attached and fixed to an article without causing adhesion failure.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Figs. 2 to 8 are explanatory diagrams of the operation of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a seal, and Fig. 10 is an illustration of installing the seal. FIGS. 11 and 12, FIGS. 13 and 14 are explanatory diagrams showing different embodiments of the present invention, respectively. 1: Grip rod, 2: Air passage, 3: Air hole, 4.4A: Nozzle part, 5: Recessed part,
6.6A: support tube, 7: mount, 8: seal, 9: long hole, 10: engagement recess, 11: engagement bottle, 12: support tube biasing spring, 13 guide tube, 14: cosmetic storage container, 15
: Stopper piece, 16 Two cover cylinders, 17: Screw, 18 Two guide cylinder biasing springs, 19: Step part, 20: Pipe as opening/closing mechanism, 21: Hose, 22.22A, 22B: Seal sticking device, 23
:Table, 24:Thumb, 26:Seal holder part. Patent application Takeuchi Kogyo Co., Ltd. Figure Figure Tomomi Figure η Figure

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) A rod-shaped gripping rod, a nozzle portion protruding from approximately the center of the tip of the gripping rod, and a nozzle portion formed on the gripping rod so as to communicate with the nozzle hole of the nozzle portion. air passage and
a support tube that supports a seal affixed to a mount that is biased so that the tip protrudes by a predetermined amount from the tip of the gripping rod;
The seal affixed to the mount can be stored inside the support tube, which is biased to protrude a predetermined amount from the tip of the support tube, and the article to which the sticker is affixed can be removably attached. 1. A seal sticking device comprising a guide tube that stops the air passage, and an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the air passage. 2) After setting the mount with many stickers affixed so that one sticker is positioned in the guide cylinder of the sticker pasting device, the sticker is peeled off from the mount by suction and supported on the support cylinder. a peeling step; an article locking step of locking the article to which the sticker is to be applied to the guide tube after the sticker peeling step; and an article locking step in which the support tube is pressed against the article to which the sticker is pasted after the article locking step, and the sticker is attached to the article. In addition to pasting and fixing,
1. A method for attaching a seal, comprising the step of attaching a seal to an article to release suction.