JPH0440261B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to an electronic labeler driven by electrical energy.

<Prior art> This type of electronic labeler is, for example,
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 15376, a transfer tape to which labels are sequentially attached is intermittently transferred by a drive source such as an electric motor, printing is printed on the label, and the transfer tape is folded back at a folding portion of the transfer tape. The printed label is peeled off at the folded part and is made to protrude below the pressure roll for pasting.The label that protrudes in this way is pressed onto the article by the pressure roll when the labeler is removed. It is attached to the article by the action of pulling it towards the object.

Therefore, in this type of labeler, each printed label intermittently protrudes below the pressing roll and is affixed to each item.

<Problem to be solved by the invention> In this way, conventional labelers have to
Because one label is printed and sticks out, and the label peels off from the transfer tape when it sticks out, it is possible to print multiple labels with the same symbol or number.
If you want to obtain these labels while they are still attached to the transport tape, you will need to purchase a separate label printer, which will require additional costs, space to store the label printer, and management effort. There was a problem with what was required.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In the labeler of the present invention, FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 0, a label printer can be constructed by attaching an attachment device 90 to a labeler drive mechanism 70.

The drive mechanism 70 is provided with an electric motor 71 as a drive source, and a support shaft 722 as a means for transmitting the driving force of the motor 71 to the outside.
The motor 71 is used to intermittently feed the transfer tape 80, and is driven and controlled by the electric circuit 14.

An attachment device 90 is detachably attached to a portion of the case 31 of the housing that accommodates the motor 71. This attachment device 90
A passive means, for example, a receiving shaft 91, which is attached to and detached from the support shaft 722, and a pressing roll 34 for pasting, which is connected to the receiving shaft 91 by a transmission means and rotated.
The transmission means includes, for example, a toothed pulley 92 coupled to a bearing shaft 91, a toothed belt 93 rotated by this pulley 92, and a toothed belt 93 rotated by this belt 93. It is made up of a toothed pulley 94 on the receiving side which is coupled to the feed roll 95.

Although the means for attaching the attachment device 90 to the housing is arbitrary, in the embodiment, a support piece 97 is provided on the attachment case 96, and the support piece 97 is configured to be engaged within the case 31.

<Function> Since the device of the present invention is as described above, the attachment device 90 is connected to the case 31 and the feed roll 95 is connected to the pressing roll 34 for pasting on the case 31 side.
When the electric motor 71 is rotated while being brought into pressure contact with the transmission means 92, 93,
94 to the feed roll 95, thereby causing the feed roll 95 and the pressing roll 34 to rotate in the direction in which the transfer tape 80 is discharged.

Therefore, when the transfer tape 80 is inserted between the pressing roll 34 and the feed roll 95 and the electric circuit 14 of the labeler is activated, the transfer tape 80 is sent out as a series of tapes having the labels 81 attached thereto.
At this time, since the label 81 is printed by the printing head 45 immediately before being sent out, the same symbol or number is printed on the delivered label 81.

<Example> As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the labeler of the present invention has an operating section 10, a grip section 20, and a mechanism section 30, and the operating section 10 and the mechanism section 30 constitute a housing. has been done.

The operation unit 10 includes an input keyboard unit 11,
A display section 12, for example, a liquid crystal panel, is provided to display input signals from the keyboard section 11, and the keyboard section 11 and the display section 12 are arranged on the surface side of a rectangular operation section exterior body 13. There is.

The grip portion 20 extends rearward from one end of the operation unit exterior body 13 on the back side of the operation unit exterior body 13.
For example, it extends in the right angle direction, and a power source 21 such as a dry battery is housed inside.

The mechanism section 30 extends parallel to the grip section 20 on the back side of the operation section 10, and its extended end side is removably connected to the extended end of the grip section 20, for example. As a result, a finger holding window 22 is formed below the grip portion 20 by the grip portion, the operating portion 10, and the mechanism portion 30.

The mechanism section 30 is the exterior body 13 of the operation section 10.
This case 31 has a bottom frame opening/closing means, for example, a push button 32.
A main switch piece 33, a cut window 311 for checking the remaining amount of labels, and a pressing roll 34 for pasting the label are provided, and this pressing roll 34 is provided on the lower side of the proximal end of the case 31 in contact with the exterior body 13. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the operation section 10 has an electric circuit 14 built in behind the front panel 131 of the exterior body 13, which is composed of printed circuit boards 141, 142, etc. An input signal is given to the electric circuit 14 by operating a key, and a printed symbol obtained by this input signal,
For example, numbers indicating the barcode to be printed are displayed on the display section 12, and a start switch 15 provided on the operation section 10 causes printing to be performed on the label as described later.

The grip part 20 is configured such that the internal battery can be charged.
Or, so that the internal battery can be replaced, for example, as shown by the chain line in FIG. It is composed of

In the embodiment, the grip portion 20 is configured to be replaceable as a whole, and therefore the locking portion 23 formed at the extending end is made detachable from the support shaft 312.

For this purpose, the operating section 10 is provided with a start switch 15 along the grip section 20, and the starting switch 15 is combined with a terminal holder 151 and fixed to the operating section 10, and the terminal holder
The electric circuit 14 is configured to be operated through the electric circuit 51.

On the other hand, the grip part 20 has a connector 2
4 is provided, which allows the grip part 20 to be connected to the operating part 1.
0, the connector 24 and the terminal holder 151 are combined, and the power source 21 connects to the electric circuit 1.
It is configured to be connected to 4.

In the above, the power source 21 may be an external power source that the user carries by attaching it to his or her waist,
In this case, the electric circuit 14 is connected to the grip portion 2, for example.
0 is connected to an external power source via a cord.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the grip portion 20 is provided with a locking mechanism 25, and a locking piece 251 of this locking mechanism 25 is provided on an engaging portion of the exterior body 13, such as the terminal holder 151. engaging hole 152
The grip portion 20 is fixed using the support shaft 312 as a fulcrum.

The mechanism section 30 includes a printing section 40 and a bottom frame 5.
0, a label tape holder 60 and a drive mechanism 70 are built-in, and the label tape holder 60 has a transfer tape 80 with a large number of labels 81 sequentially attached thereto.
The printing unit 40, in which the main switch piece 3 is wound, is provided in the case 31 near the pressing roll 34, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 7.
3, a support frame 42 that is released by the cam piece 41 during printing, and is rotated in a direction away from the label 81 when printing is stopped, that is, upward in FIG. 5;
A spring 43 that constantly presses the label 81 toward the label 81.
When the supporting frame 42 is rotated toward the label 81, that is, when the supporting frame 42 is released from the cam piece 41, the supporting frame 42 is actuated to close the electric circuit 14 into an operating state. On the other hand, when the supporting frame 42 is rotated by the cam piece 41 against the spring 43, that is, when the supporting frame 42 is separated from the label 81, the supporting frame 42 is operated and the electric circuit 14 is disconnected. A micro switch 44 that opens to the operating state, and a thermal device that prints a bar code on the label 81 that corresponds to the input signal from the keyboard switch 11 upon operation of the starting reaction 15 when the electric circuit 14 is closed. head 4
5, and a support mechanism 46 that further supports the support frame 42.
It is equipped with

As mentioned above, the cam piece 41 is made to interlock with the main switch piece 33, and when the main switch piece 33 is in the operating position as shown by the chain line in FIG. 5, it releases the support frame 42 as shown. , when the main switch piece 33 rotates in the direction of the arrow and moves to the non-operating position, it rotates in the counter-time direction in the figure and moves the support frame 4.
2 is rotated against the spring 43.

Therefore, in this embodiment, since the thermal head 45 of the support frame 42 comes into pressure contact with the platen roller 51 on the bottom frame 50 side only during printing, the surface of the platen roller 51 is constantly deformed by the pressure received. can be prevented.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the supporting frame 42 includes an outer frame 421 and a frame plate 4 fitted into the outer frame 421.
22, the thermal head 45 is attached to the surface of the frame plate 422 facing the label, and the frame plate 422 and the outer frame 421 are perpendicular to the axis L of the platen roller 51. The pair of screws 423, 42 are connected by a pair of connecting screws 423, 423 screwed into the
By adjusting the screwing degree of 3, the heat generating portion of the thermal head 45 can be adjusted to be located on the axis of the platen roller 51.

Furthermore, the frame plate 422 is made of a material with good heat conductivity and has a heat sink 424, which is designed to dissipate the heat generated from the thermal head 45.

The support mechanism 46 is provided so as to constitute a pivot point for the support frame 42, and in the embodiment, the support mechanism 46 is inserted into a bearing hole 461 formed at the rear of the support frame 42 and inserted into the hole 461. A pivot shaft 462, and a swinging fulcrum provided on either the support shaft 462 or the inner wall of the hole 461, for example, an annular protrusion 4633 provided on the inner wall of the hole as shown in FIG. , The bearing hole 461, and therefore the supporting frame 42, are configured to be able to swing in the direction of the arrow with respect to the supporting shaft 462 by the swinging fulcrum.

Therefore, in this embodiment, since the supporting frame 42 can accurately bring the thermal head 45 thereof into close contact with the platen roller 51, printing with uniform density can be performed accurately. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the bottom frame 50 is provided with a platen roller 51 on the rotating end side that presses against the thermal head 45 via the label 81, and a transfer tape on the tip side of the platen roller 51. A peeling member, for example, a pin 52 with a small diameter, is provided to fold back the transfer tape 80, and an insertion space 501 for the transfer tape 80 is provided in front of the pin 52.
01 is provided with a protruding piece 53 for a label guide forming a bottom frame rotating end, and the rotating end having the protruding piece 53 is provided by pivoting the rear end side to the case 31 with a pivot 54. is rotated as shown by the chain line in FIG. 3 to open the bottom surface of the case 31, or returned to close the bottom surface of the case 31 as shown by the solid line.

The bottom frame 50 is configured to be locked and unlocked by the push button 32. For this purpose, the bottom frame 50 is provided with an engaging piece 502, which engages the push button 32. The piece 321 is designed to be engaged or detached by pressing a button.

In the embodiment, the locking piece 321 is fixed to the push button 32, and when the bottom frame 50 is closed, the locking piece 321 retreats along the slope of the engaging piece 502, and is moved back to the engaging piece 502 by a spring (not shown). The bottom frame 5 is made so that it is biased to the side and engaged, so by pressing the push button and sliding it in the direction that resists the spring.
It is designed to release 0.

The bottom frame 50 is further provided with sensor means for detecting the position of the label, such as a position sensor 55 using a photoelectric conversion element, which is supported by a support plate 551, and the position of the label 81 is determined by this sensor 55. The operation of the drive mechanism 70 is controlled so as to accurately contact the thermal head 45.

For this purpose, detection marks 82 are printed at regular intervals on the back side of the transfer tape 80 as shown in FIG. 8, and when the sensor 55 detects the marks 82, it sends a drive control signal to the electric circuit 14. It is designed like this.

After the transfer tape 80 is folded back by the pin 52, it is caused to run along the outer surface of the bottom frame 50,
Next, it is fed into the frame through a cut window 503 formed in the bottom frame 50 and is intermittently transferred by the drive mechanism 70 .

Furthermore, the bottom frame 50 has an appropriate number of guide rollers 56 that can adjust the width of the guide surface according to the label width, a guide roller 561 provided near the cut window 503 of the bottom frame, and a guide roller 561 provided on the top side of the bottom frame. Guide means such as a tape presser 562 are provided, and a detection switch 57 for checking the closed state of the bottom frame 50 is provided on the case 31 side.

The detection switch 57 is connected, for example, in series with the microswitch 44, and is designed so that the electric circuit 14 does not operate when the bottom frame 50 is not completely closed.

4, 9 to 11 are shown on the bottom frame 50.
As shown in the figure, a label tape guide 58 is provided, and as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, this guide 58 has rotors 581 and
581', and each rotor 581 is provided with two stop pieces 582, 583 extending in orthogonal directions so that the stop pieces are positioned at a predetermined interval.
When the outer stop pieces 582 stand upright, the width W between the stop pieces becomes large as shown in Fig. 9, and when the inner stop pieces 583 stand upright, the width W between the stop pieces becomes small as shown in Fig. 11. In addition, in order to secure the position of the stopper, engagement notches 581a are provided in the rotor 581 at 90 degree intervals, and these are provided with engagement notches 581a on the bottom frame 50 side as shown in FIG. It is configured so that an elastic locking piece 581b extending from the front side is engaged with the elastic locking piece 581b.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the label tape guide 5 is used for two types of labels with different widths.
8 can be adjusted to fit.

Furthermore, the bottom frame 50 is provided with a label tape holder 60 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 12 to 15.
A transfer tape 80 to which labels 81 are successively attached is wound around the holder, and this transfer tape 80 passes through the label guide 58, is folded back by the pin 52, is stretched along the outer surface of the bottom frame 50, and is extended through the cut window 503.
It is sent into the case from

This label tape holder 60, like the label guide 58 described above, is designed so that the holder width can be changed to accommodate two types of labels having different widths.

For this purpose, the label tape holder 60 includes a supporting frame 61 that is fixed to the bottom frame 50 and has a receiving tube 611 protruding in a direction transverse to the bottom frame 50, and
an outer sleeve 62 that is fitted on the outside of the receiving cylinder of the supporting frame 61; and an inner sleeve 6 that is fitted inside the receiving cylinder of the support frame 61.
3, and two locking holes 612 and 613 are arranged in parallel in the axial direction of the receiving cylinder 611.

The outer sleeve 62 also has a tape retainer 6 on the outside.
21 and the above-mentioned locking hole 61 is provided on the inner surface.
2, 613, and a tape presser 631 is provided on the outside of the inner sleeve 63, and a tape retainer 631 is provided on the outer surface of the inner sleeve 63. A protrusion 632 is provided that engages with.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the protrusion 62 of the outer sleeve 62 engages with the outer locking hole 612, and the protrusion 63 of the inner sleeve 63 engages with the outer locking hole 612.
2 is engaged with the inner locking hole 613, the width W between the pair of label holders 621 and 631 becomes wider, and conversely, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the protrusion 622 of the outer sleeve 62 is the inner locking hole 6
13 and when the protrusion 632 of the inner sleeve 63 is engaged with the outer locking hole 612, the width W between the pair of label holders 621 and 631 becomes narrower.

Therefore, in this embodiment, both the inner and outer sleeves 6
2 and 63 move in the cross direction to the same dimensions, the width W between the label pressers changes, so the center line C of this width W
This has the effect that the position of the label 81 does not move and therefore the printing center with respect to the label 81 is always constant.

Since the label tape holder 60 has a label transfer tape 80 wrapped around its outer sleeve 62, normally the label presser 631 of the inner sleeve 63 is rotated outward as shown by the chain line in FIG. The transfer tape 80 wound into a roll is fitted.

Inside the case 31 of the mechanism section 30, a motor 71 driven by the electric circuit 14 and a feed roll 72 rotated by the motor 71 are provided. A drive mechanism 70 configured with a pressure roll 73 provided in pressure contact with the roll 72 is built in, and the drive mechanism 70 moves the transfer tape 80 inserted through the cut window 503.

In the embodiment, the feed roll 72 of this drive mechanism 70
A reduction gear 74 is provided between the motor 71 and the motor 71.
This gear 74 is arranged to be interposed between the gear 721 of the feed roll 72 and the drive gear 711 of the motor 71, and the support shaft 722 of the feed roll 72 is connected to the connection formed in the case 31 as a driving force transmission means. It is made so that it can be connected to an external attachment device through the hole.

Furthermore, the pressing roll 73 is applied with pressing force by a spring 75 provided on the bottom frame 50.
This spring 75 is also used to urge the bottom frame 50 in the opening direction, and is therefore used to push the bottom frame 50 into the button 3.
When released by the operation 2, the bottom frame 50 projects out of the case 31 by the springs 75.

Furthermore, a discharge guide 76 for the transfer tape 80 is provided inside the case 31, and the transfer tape 80 is sent out by the feed roll 72 and the pressure roll 73 and passes through the discharge guide 76 to the discharge window 313 of the case 31.
It is discharged to the outside and is cut at any time by a cutter 314 provided in the discharge window 313.

As described above, the transfer tape 80 has a detection mark 82 printed on its back surface, and a large number of labels 81 made of heat-sensitive paper, for example, are successively pasted on its front surface. By driving the motor 71 with a control signal, the thermal head 45 prints a bar code selected by, for example, the keyboard 11 while being sent to a predetermined length.

As an external attachment device connected to the support shaft 722 of the feed roll 72 in the drive mechanism 70, for example, a printer attachment device 90 as shown in FIGS. 16 to 20 can be considered.

As shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, this attachment device 90 includes a receiving shaft 91 as a passive means coupled to a supporting shaft 722 of the feed roll 72;
A transmission means coupled to this bearing shaft 91 is composed of, for example, a toothed pulley 92, a toothed belt 93 rotated by this pulley 92, and a toothed pulley 94 on the receiving side rotated by this belt 93. It has a transmission system, a feed roll 95 that is driven and rotated by the transmission means, and a mounting case 96 that houses the above-mentioned components and presses the feed roll 95 against the pressing roll 34. , for example, is provided with attachment means such as a support piece 97 that is inserted into the case 31 of the mechanism section 30 and is locked by the bottom frame 50, and is configured to be fixed to the case 31 by this.

Therefore, when attaching the attachment device 90, it is sufficient to rotate the bottom frame 50 to receive the branch pieces 97 of the mounting case 96 into the case 31, as shown by the chain lines in FIG.

This attachment device 90 can send out the label 81 together with the transfer tape 80 by having its feed roll 95 in pressure contact with the pressing roll 34 as shown in FIG. If the attached state is inserted between the feed roll 95 and the pressing roll 34, the transfer tape 80
It is possible to obtain a printed label having as a backing paper.

That is, by using this attachment device 90, there is an advantage that the labeler of the present invention can be used as a printer.

It is preferable that the cover 96 of the attachment device 90 is provided with a locking portion 961, which is configured to lock into the connecting hole 315 of the case 31, as shown in FIG.

<Effects of the Invention> The electronic label labeler thus has the attachment device 90 that can be attached and detached freely, and when this attachment device is used, a large number of labels 81 printed with the same symbol or number can be attached to the transfer tape 8.
It can be temporarily pasted on top of 0.

Therefore, when the attachment device 90 is used in this way, it can be used as a label printer, and when the attachment device 90 is not used, it can be used as a labeler, so there is an effect that there is no need to prepare a separate label printer. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the labeler of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof, Fig. 3 is a partially cutaway side view showing essential parts of the labeler, and Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing parts of the labeler of the present invention. , FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view showing the printing section of the above labeler, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the support frame of the above printing section, FIG. 7 is a sectional view illustrating the support mechanism of the above printing section, and FIG. 8 9 is a perspective view showing the back side of the transfer tape used in the labeler of the present invention, FIG.
The figure shows the main parts of the upper bottom frame, and is shown in Figure 9, 10-1.
11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 0, and FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a deformed state of the label tape guide shown in FIG.
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view showing the label tape holder of the labeler, Fig. 13 is a front view thereof, Fig. 14 is a transverse cross-sectional plan view showing the label tape holder in a deformed state, and Fig. 15 is a front view thereof. , FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing another usage example of the above labeler, and FIG.
The figures are a side view of the labeler shown in Fig. 16, Fig. 18 is a vertical sectional view showing the main parts of the labeler shown in Fig. 16, Fig. 19 is a perspective view of the attachment device used in the labeler shown in Fig. 16, and Fig. 20. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the attachment device shown above. In the figure, 14 is an electric circuit, 40 is a printing unit, 45 is a thermal head as a printing head, 31 is a case, 34 is a pressing roll for pasting, 70 is a drive mechanism,
71 is a motor as a driving source, 72 is a feed roll of a drive mechanism, 722 is a support shaft as a driving force transmission means, 80 is a transfer tape, 81 is a label, 90 is an attachment device, 91 is a receiving shaft as a passive means, Reference numeral 92 indicates a toothed pulley as a transmission means, 95 indicates a feed roll, and 96 indicates a branch piece as a mounting means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 It has a housing and an attachment device that can be freely attached to and detached from the housing, and the housing includes a printing section that rotates printing onto a label, a drive mechanism that transfers a transfer tape, and a transfer tape that folds back the transferred transfer tape. A folding section for peeling and advancing the upper label and a sticking press roll for pressing the label peeled and advancing at the folding section onto the article are provided, and the drive mechanism includes a drive source whose drive is controlled by an electric circuit. , a driving force transmission means for transmitting the driving force of the driving source to the outside of the housing,
The attachment device includes a connecting means for removably connecting the device to the housing, a passive means to which the driving force is transmitted by being coupled to the driving force transmitting means when the attachment device is connected to the housing, and a passive means for transmitting the driving force when the attachment device is connected to the housing. An electronic labeler comprising: a feed roll which is connected to the means by a transmission means for rotation, and which comes into pressure contact with the above-mentioned sticking press roll when the attachment device is connected to the housing.