JPH03130198A - X-y plotter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To continuously plot a plurality of sheets without setting the sheet on a plotting board at each plotting by using a rolled sheet, providing a mechanism for continuously feeding it, and further cutting the sheet by a cutter after plotting. CONSTITUTION:A rolled sheet is drawn in a predetermined length on a plotting board 5 by a sheet supply guide 8 in cooperation with a roller 9A, and static electricity of the board 5 is operated to attract the sheet 5 to a plotting board 7 to be fixed. Then, the sheet is plotted by the movement of a pen carriage 6 with a cutter and the pen of the carriage 6 with the cutter. When the plotting is finished, the carriage 6 is returned to an original position, the electrostatic operation of the board 5 is again vanished, and the sheet 3a is fed in a predetermined length. Then, the carriage 6 is moved at its cutter from its original position to a line of a rail 7 for cutting, then stopped, and guided to the rail 7 to cut the sheet 3a by the cutter. Thus, it can be continuously plotted.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to an XY plotter that plots images on paper.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of XY plotter has been widely used for drawing graphs, tables, manufacturing drawings, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional XY plotter. As shown in the figure, this XY plotter has a drawing board 5 with an electrostatic attraction surface, an X rail 1 and a Y rail 2 that span this drawing board, and a pen carriage 4 that slides on the Y rail 2. ing.

When plotting using this XY plotter, first, a sheet of cut paper 3 is positioned on the plotting board 5 and fixed using static electricity. Next, when data for drawing is input to a control device (not shown), the Y rail 2 that moves on the X rail 1 moves in the X direction, and the pen carriage 4 slides on the Y rail 2 in the Y direction. moves and plots on the cut sheet 3.

When drawing is completed, the pen carriage 4 moves to one corner, which is the origin position, and stops. Next, the drawn cut sheet 3 is removed from the drawing boat 5. In this way, every time a - sheet of paper is drawn, it is positioned and fixed on the drawing holder and drawn.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional XY plotter described above uses only cut sheets for plotting, so when plotting on a plurality of sheets, the sheets must be set each time.

Therefore, there is a drawback that it takes a lot of man-hours to position and fix the cut sheet to the drawing board.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate such drawbacks and to provide an XY plotter that can draw continuously without positioning and fixing a drawing sheet.

[Means to solve the problem]

The XY plotter of the present invention consists of: - a drawing board on which a roll paper to be plotted is placed on the main surface; two X rails attached along both sides of this drawing board; A sliding Y-rail, a pen carriage that slides on the Y-rail and is attached with a ben for drawing on the roll paper, and a paper feed that is on one side of the X-rail and is formed parallel to the X-rail. A paper feed guide and a roller that sends out the roll paper through the groove, a cutter that cuts the roll paper sent out by the roller to a predetermined length and is attached to the pen carriage, and a cutter that regulates the movement of the cutter. and a cutter rail provided on the other side of the X rail.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an XY block showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the X rail and Y rail of FIG. 1 are removed. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this XY plotter has a motor 9 attached to its end, a roller 91 on which the roll paper 3, I is not wound, and a roll paper 31 that is fed by the rotation of the motor 9. a paper feed guide 8 that protrudes from the paper slot 10 and guides it onto the drawing board 5; and a roll paper 3. A pen carriage 6 with a cutter to which a cutter for cutting is attached is provided, and a cutting rail 4 for guiding the cutter in the Y direction.

Next, the operation of this XY plotter will be explained. First, roll paper 3. The motor 9 rotates the roller 9A around which is wound a predetermined number of rotations.

As a result, the roll paper is pulled out onto the drawing board 5 by a predetermined length by the paper feed guide 8 in conjunction with the roller 9A. Next, the static electricity on the drawing board 5 is activated, and the roll paper 5 is attracted and fixed to the drawing board 7. Next, drawing is performed on the roll paper by moving the cutter-equipped pen carriage 6 and bending the cutter-equipped carriage 6 within a predetermined area of the roll paper, as in the prior art. When drawing is completed, the cutter pen carriage 6 returns to its original position, the electrostatic action of the drawing board 5 disappears again, and the roll paper 36 is fed by a predetermined length. Next, the pen carriage 6 with a cutter moves from its original position so that the cutter is on the line of the cutting rail 7 and stops. Next, in the operation of cutting the roll paper, the pen carriage 6 with a cutter is guided by the cutting rail 7, moves, and cuts the roll paper 3a with the cutter. By sequentially performing such sequence operations, drawing is continuously performed on the roll paper, and cutting the roll paper, a plurality of cut sheets each having a plurality of drawings can be obtained.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention uses continuous paper (roll paper) instead of conventional cut paper, provides a mechanism for continuously feeding the paper, and further cuts the paper with a cutter after drawing. This has the effect of providing an XY plotter that can draw continuously on multiple sheets of paper without setting the paper on the drawing board each time a cut sheet is plotted.

[Brief Description of the Drawings] Figure 1 is a perspective view of an XY printer showing an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view of Figure 1 with the X rail and Y rail removed; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a conventional XY plotter. 1...X rail, 2...Y rail, 3...cut paper, 4...pen carriage, 5...drawing board, 3
a... Roll paper, 6... Pen carriage with cutter, 7... Cut rail, 8... Paper feed guide, 9...
...Motor, 9, ...Roller, 10...Paper feed groove.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A drawing board on which the roll paper to be drawn is placed on one main surface, two X rails attached along both sides of this drawing board, and a Y rail that slides over the X rails.
a pen carriage that slides on the Y rail and is attached with a pen that draws on the roll paper; and a pen carriage that slides on the Y rail and is attached to a pen that draws on the roll paper; A paper feed guide and roller that sends out the paper, a cutter that cuts the rolled paper sent out by the roller to a predetermined length and is attached to the pen carriage, and a cutter that regulates the movement of the cutter and that controls the X rail. An XY plotter comprising a cutter rail provided on the other side.