JPH04347681A - Stamp apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a stamp apparatus capable of forming a stamp plate wherein the plate-making of a print can be done in a type form and the size of the print is not fixed to that of a cartridge. CONSTITUTION:In a stamp apparatus equipped with a cartridge 1 receiving a roll-shaped sheet 118 to which a desired character or mark is formed under heating by perforation and a plate making apparatus 2 having the cartridge 1 incorporated therein and forming stencil paper by perforating the sheet 118 by a heating part, the plate making apparatus 2 is equipped with a discharge part 26 successively discharging the perforated stencil paper discharged from the cartridge to the outside of the apparatus.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a stamp device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a stamp device that heats a sheet containing a porous support and a hot-melt resin to perforate desired characters, symbols, etc. to create a stencil printing base paper, and performs printing by pressing using this base paper.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, there has been known a small portable stamp device using a mimeograph paper in which characters, figures, etc. are drawn on the paper with an iron pen or a ballpoint pen and perforated. Figure 3(A)
As an example of such a stamp device,
The stamp device disclosed in Publication No. 23 is shown.

As shown in FIG. 3(A), a stamp device S
1 is an ink pad 102 and this ink pad 10.
2, and a table 100 surrounding the ink pad 102 and the mimeograph paper 104, the ink pad 102 is pressed against the recording paper P via the mimeograph paper 104 to perform mimeograph printing. Further, as another stamp device, a stamp device S2 as shown in FIG. 3(B) has been proposed (Japanese Patent Application No. 02-417190). The heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 applied to this stamp device S2 is constructed by laminating a thermoplastic film, which is a heat-melting resin, and a porous support. A heat-sensitive stencil paper stamp cartridge 110 is used in which both ends of the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 are wound around a first roll and a second roll. That is, heat-sensitive stencil paper stamp cartridge 1
10, heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 is fed out from the original winding roll 112 and arranged so as to be wound onto the winding roll 113, and in between, a platen 117, an original winding guide roller 114, an ink pad 120, and a winding side guide are arranged. roller 1
15 are interposed.

Heat-sensitive stencil paper stamp cartridge 11
0 is attached to the plate making apparatus 111, and the plate making apparatus 1 is attached to the plate making apparatus 111.
A thermal head 116 provided at 11 is pressed against a platen 117 via a heat-sensitive stencil paper 118. Image data for performing desired perforation is sent to this thermal head 116 from a control section (not shown), and each dot of the thermal head corresponding to the image data is made to generate heat. In this state, while the platen 117 rotates in the direction of arrow A, each dot of the thermal head 116 corresponding to the perforated image generates heat, thereby perforating the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 and making a stamp plate. Further, by rotating the take-up roll 113 in the direction of arrow B, the stamp plate is pulled out to the front (lower surface in the figure) of the ink pad 120 and set in a state ready for stamping.

[0005] In this set state, the heat-sensitive stencil stamp cartridge 110 is removed from the plate-making device 111. Then, by holding the handle 119 and pressing the surface of the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 facing the printing paper (not shown), the ink impregnated in the ink pad 120 is transferred to the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 that has been made into a plate. The ink oozes out from the perforated areas of the stencil paper and is transferred to the printing paper.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with the means shown in FIG. It is difficult to express small characters. In addition, the above-mentioned FIG. 3 (B
), the size of the cartridge (size)
The stamp surface is fixed to the size corresponding to the size of the stamp, and in the case of a small stamp surface, there is a lot of waste of heat-sensitive stencil paper, and conversely, in the case of a large stamp surface, the size is limited to 1. It would have been impossible to achieve this with just a single stamp version.

[0007] Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a stamp device that can create a stamp plate in which the size of the stamp surface is not fixed to the size of the cartridge.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a cartridge containing a roll-shaped sheet that is heated and perforated with desired characters, symbols, etc., and a heating section in which the cartridge is installed. In the stamp device, the stamp device includes a plate-making device that perforates a sheet to create a stencil printing paper, and the plate-making device includes a discharge device that sequentially discharges the perforated stencil printing paper discharged from the cartridge to the outside of the device. It was constructed with a section.

[0009]

According to the present invention, when the cartridge is applied to a plate-making device, the thermal head (heating section) mounted on the plate-making device perforates, for example, characters in a typeface. The stencil printing paper after perforation by the plate-making device is sequentially discharged to the outside of the cartridge, and there is no limit to the length of the rolled stencil printing paper at the time of perforation, and it is possible to perforate the stencil printing paper until it is used up. It is.

0010

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments embodying the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1(A) shows a stamp device S of the present invention.
3, and FIG. 1(B) shows a side view of the stamp device S3.
A perspective view of the figure is shown. Note that the same reference numerals are given to the parts explained in FIG. 3(B), and duplicate description will be omitted.

First, the stamp cartridge 1 will be explained. As shown in FIG. 1(A), the stamp cartridge 1 contains a roll-shaped heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 wound around an original winding roll 112. As shown in FIG. Further, the stamp cartridge 1 includes a platen 117, a delivery roller 4, a pressure roller 5, and an intermediate gear 10 that is interlocked with the platen 117 and transmits rotational force to the delivery roller 4.

The plate making device 2 includes a thermal head 116,
A cutter blade 11 is provided for cutting the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 that has been made, and the cutter blade 11 is attached to the plate-making device 2 via a cutter lever 12. Next, the operation related to the portion shown in FIG. 1(A) will be explained. The plate making device 2 controls the energy application pattern to the thermal head 116 and the rotation of a motor (not shown) for rotating the platen 117 in order to obtain a desired perforation pattern on the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118. The desired perforation pattern is input in advance as a text from a character input device I (see FIG. 1(B)) provided in the plate-making device 2, which will be described later.
remembered.

The platen 117 is rotated by the rotational force of the motor.
rotates in the direction of arrow C while pressing the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 against the thermal head 116, and feeds it by a predetermined amount. Each dot of the thermal head 116 generates heat by applying energy corresponding to the perforation pattern. The heat generation of each dot is synchronized with the feeding of the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118. The heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 is thermally perforated by the heat generated by the dots to form a desired perforation pattern (for example,
characters, symbols, etc.) are formed. The rotational force of the platen 117 is transmitted to the delivery roller 4 via the intermediate gear 10. This rotation of the delivery roller 4 causes the delivery roller 4 to
The perforated heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 sandwiched between the press roller 5 and the pressing roller 5 is sent out from below to the outside by frictional force.
After the plate making is completed, the sheet is fed by a margin for mounting on a simple stamp device, which will be described later. This completes the plate-making operation.

Next, the detailed configuration of the above-mentioned plate making apparatus 2 is shown in FIG.
The explanation will be based on (B). The character input device I is comprised of a character selection dial 21, a display 22, and function buttons 23. On the top surface of the selection dial 21,
Characters and symbols are printed along the outer circumference. For example, when the character selection dial 21 is rotated to select, specify and set a desired character, and the input button, which is one of the function buttons 23, is pressed, the desired character code is imported into the internal input control section (not shown). After the characters are stored and edited, the corresponding characters are displayed on a display 22 such as an LCD. After creating a sentence by successively pressing the input buttons, detailed settings for the pattern for perforating the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 are made using editing functions such as insertion, deletion, conversion, and scrolling in the function buttons 23.

After completing this editing, the thermal head set lever 24 is set to the "release" state, and in this state, the stamp cartridge 1 is placed on the cartridge bed 29, and after being placed, the thermal head set lever 24 is set to the "release" state.
set side so that the thermal head 116 presses the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 against the platen 117. The platen drive gear 25 is rotated by a motor (not shown) built into the plate making device 2.
The platen 117 (FIG. 1(A)) is rotated in the direction of arrow C. The cartridge detection bar 27 indicates whether the stamp cartridge set on the cartridge bed 29 is a heat-sensitive stencil stamp cartridge 110 (see FIG. 3(B)) equipped with a conventional ink pad, or a stamp cartridge according to the present invention. Detect whether it is 1. That is, in the case of the conventional stamp cartridge 110, the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 after plate making is placed on the ink pad 1.
In the case of the stamp cartridge 1 according to the present invention, after plate making, the stamp cartridge 1 is fed out to a position where it is set on the front side of the stamp cartridge 20, and then fed out by a margin for mounting on a simple stamp device 40 (see FIG. 2), which will be described next.

A cutter 11 having a cutter blade 11 and a cutter lever 12 is housed in the cutter unit storage portion 28, and is operated manually by a user. The discharge port 26 is a portion from which the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 is discharged when the stamp cartridge 1 is set and plate making is performed. Here, as described above, the plate making apparatus 2 according to the present invention performs the conventional functions without making any changes when using the conventional stamp cartridge 110. That is, the conventional stamp cartridge 110
When this is applied, the cutter 11, the discharge port 26, etc. are not used, but the character input device I, the thermal headset lever 24, the platen 116, etc. may be used as they are.

Next, the simple stamp device 40 will be explained based on FIGS. 2(A) and 2(B). This stamp device 4
0 is a device that sets the stencil paper produced by the stamp cartridge 1 and performs a stamping operation on the recording paper. As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, a frame body 43 containing an ink pad is inserted into an outer frame 42 having a U-shaped cross section. Frame body 43
is adapted to be attracted to the vertical inner surface of the outer frame 42 by the urging force of the extension spring. A grip 41 is fixed to the center of the back surface of the outer frame 42. After the plate-made heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 is aligned with the stamp surface 46, it is pasted and fixed to the frame body 43 by the stamp surface fixing frame 45.

[0018] The heat-sensitive stencil paper 11 made in this way
8, the user grasps the grip 41 and presses down the grip 41 with the stamp surface 46 placed on the recording paper P.
The ink with which the ink pad is compressed and impregnated passes through the perforations of the heat-sensitive stencil paper 118 and is transferred onto the recording paper P. Note that if a simple stamp device having a horizontally long stamp surface is prepared as the simple stamp device, horizontally long stencil paper can be applied, and horizontally long mimeograph printing can be performed at one time.

[0019]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, a roll-shaped stencil printing paper of any length can be created using a thermal head, so large-sized mimeograph printing with clear characters can be easily performed. be able to.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIGS. 1A and 1B are a side sectional view and a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are an assembled perspective view and an exploded perspective view of a simple stamp device to which the present invention is applied.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are side views showing an example of a conventional stamp device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1... Stamp cartridge (cartridge) 2... Plate making device 4... Delivery roller 5... Pressure roller 9... Handle 11... Cutter 21... Selection dial 22... Display 23... Function button 24... Thermal head set lever 26... Ejection port (ejection ) 112... Original winding roll 116... Thermal head (heating section) 117... Platen 118... Heat-sensitive stencil paper (roll-shaped sheet) I... Character input device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cartridge containing a rolled sheet that is heated to perforate desired characters, symbols, etc., and a plate-making device that incorporates the cartridge and perforates the sheet using a heating section to create a stencil printing base paper. The stamp device is characterized in that the plate-making device includes a discharge section that sequentially discharges perforated stencil printing sheets discharged from the cartridge to the outside of the device.