JPH029961Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention prints letters or figures using gold foil or the like on spherical articles such as baseballs, or articles with arcuate curved surfaces such as cylindrical articles such as cylindrical cases. This adapter relates to a foil stamping adapter for performing so-called foil stamping, and by attaching it to a known foil stamping machine that targets flat articles, foil stamping on spherical or cylindrical articles as described above is permitted. It is characterized by having the following configuration.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show an adapter according to the present invention, in which 1 is a base, 2 is a fixing plate attached to the bottom surface of the base 1, and 3 is a fixed plate attached to the top surface of the base 1. The motor 3 is a drive motor attached to the side, and a control mechanism 3a is integrally incorporated in the motor 3 to perform intermittent forward and reverse rotations, such as automatic reverse rotation after a predetermined number of forward rotations. (This belongs to the known technology), and inside the control mechanism section 3a is a driving pinion 4 to which the rotation of the motor is transmitted.
is included.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an actuating lever whose base end is slidably attached to the control mechanism section 3a from the lateral direction, and at its upper edge there are lock teeth 5a that mesh with the pinion 4, which are reciprocated along the entire length. It is engraved.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a foil-stamped article mounting body fixed to the tip of the operating lever 5, and the mounting body 6 has a pair of rolls 6b, 6b rotatably attached between opposing support plates 6a, 6a. In addition, the rolls 6b, 6b are brought into rollable contact with the upper surface of the base 1. In addition, the rolls 6b, 6b may be formed so that the central part of the rolls is slightly constricted in order to provide stability when a spherical article such as a ball is placed thereon.
7 is a mounting piece for the actuating lever 5,
This is for removably fixing the mounting body 6 to the tip of the operating lever 5 via a bolt.

Reference numerals 8 and 9 are limit switches, which are used to cut off the power to the motor 3 by contacting them when the mounting body 6 is moved most to the right or to the left.

10 is a motor rotation speed adjustment knob attached to the front of the base 1, 11 is a pilot lamp, 12 is a main switch, 13 is a starting switch,
This is for canceling the energization stop caused by the limit switches 8 and 9.

4 and 5 show the adapter of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure attached to a known foil stamping machine A, and the foil stamping machine A is constructed as follows.

Reference character a is a substrate, b is a stand, and c is a printing plate mounting body which is attached to the upper end of stand b so as to be able to move up and down, and a printing plate for foil stamping is loaded onto the lower surface thereof. d is an operating handle for raising and lowering the printing plate mounting body c; e is an operating handle for raising and lowering the printing plate mounting body c;
It is a roll-wound strip of foil installed so as to be located on the lower surface of the plate, and when the handle d is operated to lower the printing plate holder c, the strip of foil e passes through the mount c to the foil stamping target. It is designed to be pressed against the

In the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, by screwing the fixing plate 3 to the upper surface of the board a of the foil stamping machine A configured as described above, the foil stamping article mounting body 6 can be mounted. It is used by fixing the printing plate mounting body c in such a manner that it can be moved in the left and right direction directly below it.

That is, in the state shown in FIG. 4, if a spherical article P such as a baseball is placed on the upper part of the mounting body 6 and the motor 3 is energized, the pinion 4 will rotate. As a result, the actuating lever 5 engages with the pinion 4 via the rack teeth 5a, and as a result, it slides to the left in the figure. Therefore, the mounting body 6 attached to the tip of the actuating lever 5 moves in the same direction, but at this time, the rolls 6b, 6b are in contact with the top surface of the base 1. Along with this movement, the spherical article P placed on the roll is rotated and moved in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.

Due to this movement, the spherical article P is transferred to the foil stamping machine A.
When approaching the printing plate mount c, the mount c is lowered via the handle d and held in a position where it can be pressed against the spherical article P (the mount c is automatically lowered into the fixed position). (The stopper must be adjusted in advance so that it will stop properly.) In this state, since the spherical article P rotates and moves as described above, the spherical article P rotates its spherical surface against the printing plate loaded in the printing plate mount c. This results in pressure contact, and therefore, after passing, foil stamping will be performed along the spherical surface.

When the mounting body 6 moves fully to the left in FIG. 4, the limit switch 8 is activated to cut off the power to the motor 3 and stop the mounting body 6. The operation of taking out a spherical article and setting a new spherical article is permitted. Also, at this time, the printing plate mount c is restored upward via the handle d (at this time, the strip of foil e is fed one pitch,
A new foil surface is supplied to the lower surface of the printing plate mount c).

After setting a new spherical article, turn on the start switch 1.
If the motor 3 is energized via 3,
This time, the pinion 4 rotates in the opposite direction due to the operation of the control mechanism section 3a, so the operating lever 5 slides to the right in FIG. 4 and moves the article mounting body 6 in the same direction. By operating the foil stamping machine A as described above, a new spherical article is stamped with foil, and when the mounting body 6 has moved all the way to the right, it is stopped via the limit switch 9. becomes.

By repeating the above-described operations, the spherical article is stamped with foil each time the mounting body 6 moves in both the forward and backward directions.

Incidentally, foil stamping on a cylindrical article is also done in the same manner as above, but in this case, the mounting body 6
The shape of the support plates 6a, 6a in the above will be changed to a shape corresponding to this.

According to the present invention having the above configuration, it is now possible to perform foil stamping operations on spherical articles, etc., which conventionally required a dedicated machine, using a normal foil stamping machine. Therefore, the present invention is extremely useful for simple foil stamping, such as name engraving and souvenirs, which are not mass-produced.

Furthermore, the present invention is configured so that the article for foil stamping is moved in the left and right direction, and foil stamping is performed on both the outward and return trips. Compared to a configuration in which foil stamping is performed every cycle, the workability is significantly faster.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 is a rear view, Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4 shows a state in which it is installed in a known foil stamping machine. The front view and FIG. 5 are side views of the same. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Base, 2...Fixing plate, 3...Drive motor, 3a...Control mechanism section, 4...Pinion, 5
... Actuation lever, 5a ... Rack tooth, 6 ... Foil-stamped article mounting body, 6b, 6b ... Roll, 8, 9
...Limit switch, A...Known foil stamping machine,
a...Substrate, b...Stand, c...Print plate mount, d...Operation handle, e...Strip foil.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] This is an adapter to be attached to a known foil stamping machine A, which has a printing plate mount c attached to the upper end of a stand b erected on a substrate a so as to be able to rise and fall freely, and is located below the printing plate mount c. A motor 3 equipped with a drive pinion 4 and a control mechanism section 3a for automatically controlling forward and reverse rotation is attached to one side of the upper surface of the base 1 to be fixed to the substrate a. The proximal end of the actuating lever 5, which is formed with rack teeth 5a that engage with the lever 4, is slidably inserted into the control mechanism section 3a, and is grounded on the upper surface of the base 1 so that it can roll. A foil stamping article for an article having an arcuate surface such as a sphere, characterized in that a foil stamping article mounting body 6 comprising a pair of rolls 6b, 6b rotatably attached is fixed to the tip of the operating lever 5. adapter for.