JPH0238447B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to manual labeling machines.

Conventional technology In conventional manual label printing and pasting machines, when the hand lever is grasped, the printing device is lowered to print on the label, and when the hand lever is released, the printing device is raised and the label is temporarily attached to the tape at the same time. The basic process is to feed out one label's worth of printed labels, flip the tape, peel off the printed label from the tape, and then project the label from the bottom of the labeling roller and affix it to the product. It is the composition.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention As described above, the manual label printing and pasting machine sends out one label printed by the printing device and projects it below the pasting roller, so that the pasting roller is pressed against the product. It is to be affixed with
However, since the label is not pasted by carefully pressing it onto each product one by one, but is pasted one after another, the label protruding from the bottom of the pasting roller should protrude as much as possible to make the pasting work easier. However, the width of the label is small, and the printing position of the printing device cannot be brought into close contact with the pasting roller, so the protrusion of the label from the bottom of the pasting roller cannot be made large. Currently, it is not possible to perform the pasting process smoothly. The present invention increases the above-described protrusion dimension of the label to facilitate the pasting operation and enable reliable and quick pasting.

Means for Solving the Problem: A swinging arm is provided in front of the hand lever and is integrated with the hand lever, and swings up and down when the hand lever is gripped and released, and a label feeding wheel is provided in conjunction with the swinging arm. This is the same as a conventional manual label printing and pasting machine, but when the hand lever is grasped, the label continuous body is returned to the label roll side by a small amount, and when the label is released, the label is placed on the side of the label pasting roller provided at the bottom of the tip of the pasting machine body. The label feed wheel is rotated so as to feed out a size larger than the width of one sheet, and in conjunction with the swing arm, when the hand lever is grasped, the tip of the label continuous body temporarily removes the label located on the bottom surface of the label pasting roller. The label is provided with a label holding device that presses on the label receiver, and when the hand lever is grasped, the label at the tip of the label continuum is temporarily held down, the label continuum is returned slightly to print on the label, and the printing is performed when the hand lever is released. The label continuous body is fed out with a size that is just as large as the width of one label plus the size by which the label continuous body is returned when the hand lever is grasped.

Function Since the manual label printing and pasting machine according to the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, when the label is sent out to the lower part of the pasting roller, it is sent out in a size larger than the label width, and the label is delivered to just below the pasting roller. made to stand out. Next, the protruding label (label peeled off from the label tape) is held down by a pressing device, and the label continuous body is returned by the extra dimension fed in the above-mentioned large size, and the pressing device returns to its original position. When the product is returned and the next label is printed, a label applicator applies the label protruding from the underside of the label applicator roller to the product.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a front view showing the internal structure of a label printing and pasting machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. Similar to the conventional manual label printing and pasting machine, a label roll holding cylinder 4 for holding a continuous label roll 3R is provided on the upper part of the main body 1 from which the grip 2 projects rearward, and a pivot shaft 5 supported at the rear of the main body 1 is provided. A hand lever 6 that swings using the hand lever 6 as a fulcrum and a swing arm 7 in front of the hand lever 6
A printing device 8 is attached to the tip of the swing arm 7. An ink pad roll 10 held by an ink butt shaft 9 supported by the main body 1 is provided in front thereof, and a label pasting roller 12 is attached to a roller shaft 11 supported at the lower end of the main body 1. A main body bottom plate 13 that opens and closes around the roller shaft 11 is attached. 3S is label continuum,
18 is the guide. In this label printing and pasting machine, a label holder attached to the top end of the bottom plate 13 of the pasting machine is attached to the upper central part of the swinging arm 7, which holds the label 3 protruding below the label pasting roller 12 with its rear part. An actuating pin 15 is attached to actuate the label holding device 20 that presses against the label holding device 14 . Further, a drive rack 16 for driving the label feeding device 40 is formed below the center of the swing arm 7.

The label holding device 20 is rotatable by a first lever 22 having a long hole 21 (an arc-shaped long hole centered on the pivot shaft 5) that engages with the operating pin 15, and a lower end of the first lever 22. A label presser lever 25 is connected to the fulcrum pin 23 attached to the main body 1 at the center thereof, and its tip is bent downward to form the label presser 24; a second lever 27 rotatably attached to a lever pin 26 supported by the second lever 27;
It is sandwiched between the lever 27 and the first lever 22 and is located between them, and the second lever 27 is located at the lower left side position and the connecting pin 35 at the lower left side position of the second lever 27 is connected to the second lever 27.
A third lever 28 rotatably connected to the lever 27
The second lever 27 has a notch 29 formed at its lower right side and engages with an engagement pin 30 provided at the middle portion of the first lever 22. The engagement pin 3
A coil spring 31 is stretched between the lever pin 26 and the lever pin 26, and the first lever 22 is pulled upward by the spring. The third lever 28 is a plate lever with a protrusion 32 on the top and an arcuate claw 33 protruding on the right side, and a torsion spring is wound around the lever pin 26 (not shown, but it is wound on the bottom side of the paper). )
One end 34 of the third lever 28 is latched onto the left end surface of the third lever 28, and the third lever 28 is connected to the second lever 27.
The second
The lever 27 is biased counterclockwise with respect to its pivot pin 26 (the lever pin 26). Therefore, the top protrusion 32 of the third lever 28 is connected to the lever pin 2.
6 and the arcuate claw 33 is inserted into the elongated hole 2 of the first lever 22.
I am facing 1. In this case, the arc claw 33
is formed below the operating pin 15. Further, the first lever 22 is in a lowered position due to the engagement between the notch 29 of the second lever 27 and the engaging pin 30 of the first lever, and therefore, the label pressing portion 24 at the tip of the label pressing lever 25 is raised. A gap is provided between the lower surface of the label presser 24 and the upper surface of the label receiver 14 (the illustrated state is the normal state of the label printing and pasting machine).

When the hand lever 6 is squeezed from the state shown in FIG.
Press down. FIG. 2 shows only the label holding device section 20 in this state. When the arc claw 33 is lowered, the third lever 28 and the second lever 27 are connected at their lower part (pin 35), so the torsion spring 3
4, the second lever 27 (third lever 28
) Rotate clockwise to remove the notch 29 of the second lever 27 from the engagement pin 30 of the first lever 22.
Therefore, the first lever 22 is pulled up by the coil spring 31, rotates the lower label presser lever 25 counterclockwise about the fulcrum pin 23, and presses the label presser 24 at the tip against the label receiver 14. That is, the base portion of the label protruding directly below the label sticking roller 12 is pressed down. And further hand lever 6
, the operating pin 15 comes into contact with the lower arcuate surface of the arcuate pawl 33 of the third lever 28, so the second lever 27 is moved counterclockwise and the third lever 28 is moved clockwise by the torsion spring 34. The right side surface of the notch 29 of the second lever 27 comes into contact with the engagement pin 30, and the label presser 24 of the label presser lever 25 comes to the upper position. And further hand lever 6
, the operating pin 15 of the swing arm 7 comes into contact with the bottom of the elongated hole 21 of the first lever 22, and the first lever 22 is pushed down by the operating pin 15, so the second lever 27 returns to its original position. Return to cut 2
9 and the engaging pin 30 engage, and the label presser lever 2
The label presser 24 of No. 5 is pulled up. At this time, or when the hand lever is slightly squeezed, the swinging arm 7 is lowered to the lowest position and the printer 8 prints on the label on the printing table 17. Next, when the grip on the hand lever 6 is released, the swing arm 7 returns and the operating pin 15 also rises. At this time, as mentioned above, the third
The lever 28 (as well as the second lever 27) has returned to its original position, and its arcuate pawl 33 faces the elongated hole 21 of the first lever 22, but the third lever 28 has a lower part attached to the second lever 27. Since it is a free engagement, the third
As shown in the figure, the third lever 28 is independently rotated counterclockwise against the torsion spring 34, the actuating pin 15 returns to its original upper position, and the third lever 28 also returns.

Next, the operation of the label feeding device 40 will be explained. A front view thereof is shown in FIG. 4, and a side view taken in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 4 is shown in FIG. A pinion body 42 having a pinion 41 that engages with a drive rack 16 provided protruding from the lower part of the swing arm 7 is fitted with a top plate 43 on its upper surface and engaged with a label feed wheel 44 on its lower surface. The label feed wheel 44 engages with a stopper 45 on its lower surface, and the stopper 45
A spline bearing (described later) formed on the boss 46 is fitted with a spline shaft 47 that projects and is fixed to the inner surface of one side wall 1a of the applicator main body. A coil spring 48 is inserted between the boss 46 of the stopper 45 and the main body side wall 1a.

The above-mentioned label feeding device 40 will be disassembled into each of the above-mentioned parts and will be shown below. 6 is a front view of the spline shaft 47, FIG. 7 is a front view of the stopper 45, and FIG. 8 is a side view of the stopper 45 as viewed from arrow B. A spline bearing 49 that fits with the spline shaft 47 is provided at the center, and three claws 50 are formed at equal intervals on the outer periphery of the upper surface. FIG. 9 is a front view of the label feeding wheel 44, and FIG. 10 is a side view thereof as viewed from arrow C. Label tape feed protrusion 51 on the outer circumferential side
, and a radial support plate 52 is provided at a position that matches the projection 51. The radial support plate 52 and the pawl 50 of the stopper 45 engage with each other to restrict excessive movement of the label feed wheel 44. A center cylinder 53 is provided at the center. FIG. 11 is a front view of the pinion body 42, and FIG. 12 is a front view of the pinion body 42, and FIG.
It is an arrow side view. The pinion 4 is mounted on the top surface of the bottom plate 54.
A central hole 56 is formed in the center of the pinion cylinder 55 and fits into the central cylinder 53 of the label feeding wheel 44. Bottom plate 54
has three notches 57 on the outer periphery, and a spring receiver 58 protrudes near the outer periphery of the upper surface. and bottom plate 5
4. Claws 59 are provided at three locations on the back surface. The pawl 59 engages with the radial support plate 52 of the label feed wheel 44, and serves as a driving pawl for the label feed wheel 44 when the pinion 41 is rotated by the drive rack 16 of the swing arm 7. Figure 13 shows the above top plate 4.
3 is a front view, and FIG. 14 is a side view thereof as viewed from arrow E. The pinion cylinder 5 of the pinion part body 42 is located in the center.
A central hole 60 is formed through which the pinion 41 and the pinion 41 pass, and three engaging protrusions 61 that engage with the notches 57 of the pinion body 42 are protruded from the back surface, and a spring of the pinion body 42 is provided at one location on the outer periphery. A notch 62 for protruding the receiver 58 is provided, and a spring receiver 63 is provided on the upper surface. The width of the engaging protrusion 61 is narrower than the width of the notch 57 of the pinion body 42 with which it engages. However, the coil spring 6 is attached to the spring receiver 63 and the spring receiver 58 of the pinion part 42.
4 is latched, normally a certain side surface of the engagement protrusion 61 of the top plate 43 is brought into contact with a certain side surface of the notch 57 of the pinion body 42.

As described above, regarding this label printing and pasting machine, the states of the label continuous body 3S and the labels 3 from the initial state when the label continuous body is newly set in the pasting machine will be summarized. When the swing arm 7 is gripped and swings counterclockwise (FIG. 4), the drive rack 16 swings counterclockwise and the pinion 41 swings clockwise. That is, the label feed wheel 44 is rotated clockwise. At this time, since the length of the pawl 59 of the pinion body 42 and the engagement interval between the radial support plate 52 of the label feed wheel 44 have a slight margin, the label feed wheel 44 is rotated clockwise by a slight angle. I am made to do so. That is, there is a slight delay after the hand lever 6 is gripped, and the continuous label body 3S is returned by a small amount. During this delay period, the first lever 22 is pulled up and the label presser foot 24 is lowered.

When the hand lever 6 is further squeezed, the first lever 22 and the second lever 27 of the label presser device are engaged, and the label presser 24 is lowered, and when the hand lever 6 is further squeezed fully, the printer 8 is activated. Printing is performed on the most tipped label on the label continuum 3S.

Then, when the hand lever 6 is released, the drive rack 16
rises, rotates the pinion 41 counterclockwise, and rotates the label feed wheel 44 counterclockwise.
That is, the continuous label body 3S is sent out. At this time, the radial support plate 52 of the label feed wheel 44 comes into contact with the inclined surface of the pawl 50 of the stopper 45 and rotates, so that the stopper boss 46 presses the coil spring 48 (Fig. 5) when it comes into contact with the inclined surface. When the stopper 45 is pressed down, the label feed wheel 44 can be rotated to a large extent, and the label feed wheel 44 becomes larger than the label width (the label feed wheel 44 is only rotated counterclockwise). Rotate (to a large size). That is, the label continuous body 3S is sent out in a size larger than the width of the label 3, and the first label printed earlier is peeled off from the label continuous body 3S and the label pasting roller 1
Make it protrude from the bottom surface of 2.

Then, in the same manner as above, when the hand lever 6 is grasped, the same operation as described above is repeated, but the first lever 22 of the label holding device is pulled up during the delay period of the clockwise rotation of the label feed wheel 44, and the label is removed. When the presser foot 24 is lowered, the base portion of the label 3 protruding from the lower surface of the previous label sticking roller 12 is pressed against the label receiver 14.
Then, the continuous label body 3S is returned by a certain size. This returned label continuum is transferred to the label feed wheel 4.
There is slack at the top of the first label feeding protrusion 51 of the label continuous body 3S and the label feeding wheel 44 at the top of the label feeding wheel 44. Immediately after that, the first lever 22 of the label presser device 20 is lowered and the label presser 24 is raised.
The first lever 22 and the second lever 27 are engaged to hold the label presser 24 in the upper position. Then, the next label (the label at the tip of the label continuum) is printed, and at the same time, the label pasting roller 1
2. The label 3 protruding from the bottom surface is affixed to the product (label affixation is performed when the affixing operator fully grasps the hand lever 6 of the affixing machine). Then, when you release your grip on the hand lever 6, as mentioned above, the continuous label is fed by an amount equal to the slack at the top of the label feed wheel 44, which is longer than the width of one label.
The leading edge of one label and the tip of the next one are made to protrude from the lower surface of the labeling roller 12.

Similarly, by gripping the hand lever 6, the next label (the label whose tip has been peeled off from the label continuum) is returned by the amount removed, and is printed at the end of the gripping process.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the manual label printing and pasting machine according to the present invention, when the hand lever is released, the printed label is peeled off from the label continuous body, and the printed label is peeled off to a size slightly larger than the label width. Since the label is fed out, it is held at a position where it protrudes to a sufficient extent just below the label application roller and is extremely easy to apply to the product. When the hand lever was grasped, the label presser lever first pressed down on the base of the label protruding directly below the above-mentioned label pasting roller, and the continuous label was made larger in width than the previously fed label width. The extra dimensions are removed so that the next printed label is placed in the correct printing position.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the structure of an embodiment of the manual label printing and pasting machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which the hand lever is grasped at one point in time when the label holding device is activated to press the label. FIG. 3 shows the lever relationship between the swing arm and the label presser device when the label presser is lifted and the hand lever is released. 4 and 5 show an embodiment of the label feeding device, in which FIG. 4 is a front view thereof and FIG. 5 is a side view as viewed from arrow A. Figure 6 is a front view of the spline shaft, Figure 7 is a front view of the stopper, and Figure 8 is its B.
9 is a front view of the label feed wheel; FIG. 10 is a side view of the label feeding wheel; FIG. 11 is a front view of the pinion;
FIG. 13 is a front view of the front plate, and FIG. 14 is a side view thereof as viewed from arrow E. 1... Applicator body, 2... Grip, 3... Label, 3R... Label continuous body roll, 3S... Label continuous body, 6... Hand lever, 7... Swinging arm, 8... Printer , 12... Label sticking roller, 16... Drive rack, 20... Label holding device, 40... Label feeding device, 41... Pinion, 44... Label feeding wheel.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A grip 2 extending backward from the main body 1, a hand lever 6, a label sticking roller 12 at the bottom of the tip for attaching a label 3 to the product, and a printing device at the tip of the swinging arm 7 integrated with the hand lever 6. 8 and a label feeding wheel 44 for feeding the label 3 by the swinging arm 7, and by gripping and releasing the hand lever 6, the label is sent to the lower surface of the label sticking roller 12 and printing is performed on the label. In a manual label printing and pasting machine, when the hand lever 6 is grasped, the label continuous body 3S is rotated in the label return direction (clockwise rotation) toward the label roll 3R side, and when released, it is rotated toward the label pasting roller 12 side. The swing arm 7 and the label feed wheel 44 are connected so as to rotate in the label feed direction (counterclockwise rotation), and when the hand lever 6 is grasped, the swing arm 7 and the label continuous body 3S are connected. is equipped with a label pressing device 20 that presses the label at the tip of the label, and when the hand lever 6 is grasped, presses one end of the label 3 at the bottom of the label pasting roller 12 and slightly returns the label 3 to the label continuous body roll 3R side of the label continuous body 3S. This manual label printing and pasting machine is characterized in that when the hand lever 6 is released, the label continuous body 3S is sent out to the side of the label pasting roller 12 in a size slightly larger than the label width.