JPH0611779Y2 - Golf ball name printing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a golf ball name printing apparatus.

[Problems to be solved by conventional techniques and devices]

Conventionally, as a simple device for printing names and the like on the surface of a golf ball, for example, a type mechanism arranged in an arc along the spherical surface disclosed in JP-B-51-36565 is used as a manual mechanism for a golf ball. There was something to press and print. But,
In such a conventional device, it is difficult to uniformly apply the ink to the typeface, and the pressing force for pressing the typeface against the golf ball is not constant, resulting in uneven printing. In addition, since the typeface is a reverse character, it is difficult to manufacture.

Therefore, the present invention solves such a problem, can be a compact and simple structure and can be easily handled, and the name of a golf ball can be printed clearly and evenly on the golf ball. An object is to provide a printing device.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, in a golf ball name printing device of the present invention, the golf balls are arranged so as to be rotatable about the same axis and face each other, and the golf ball is rotatable about the axis. As a pair of pressing rollers elastically sandwiched between them, provided in a horizontally long casing, both ends of a pivot shaft to which the ink spreading roller, the transfer roller, and the reverse character transfer elastic roller are fixed, respectively. Manual rotation knobs are formed on both ends of the transfer roller so that the ink spreading roller, the transfer roller and the elastic roller can be manually rotated, respectively. The roller is provided with a horizontal elongated hole through which both ends of the pivot and the elastic roller are inserted, and a plurality of locking recesses are formed on the lower side of the elongated hole. And, of the golf ball is rotatably held by the pressing rollers, those that the neighbors position,
Both ends of the pivot shaft supporting the transfer roller and the both ends of the pivot shaft supporting the elastic roller are selectively inserted into the locking recesses of the elongated holes so as to rotate in interlocking manner with respect to each other. It is locked to.

[Action]

For the protruding character as a positive character displayed on the transfer strip,
Ink is evenly applied to the surface. Ink characters are transferred as reverse characters to the elastic roller that rotates at the same peripheral speed as the transfer roller. By copying the characters of the elastic roller on the surface of the golf ball, the same characters as those on the transfer strip are printed on the surface of the golf ball.

In the above, while the ink is applied to the transfer strip adhered to the transfer roller, the roller and the elastic roller are separated from each other and are in a non-contact state. The elastic roller and the golf ball are not in contact with each other while the transfer roller and the elastic roller are rotated in conjunction with each other.

〔Example〕

An embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, an ink spreading roller 2, a transfer roller 3, an elastic roller 4 for reverse character transfer are provided inside an upper opening-shaped casing 1.
Also, the holding roller 5 is provided as a storage shape.

The ink spreading roller 2 and the transfer roller 3 rotate in an interlocking manner with their outer peripheral surfaces 6 and 7 in contact with each other, and similarly, the transfer roller 3 and the elastic roller 4 have their outer peripheral surfaces 7 and 7.
8 rotate in contact with each other. On the outer peripheral surface 7 of the transfer roller 3, a transfer strip 9 for displaying a normal character and a convex character is attached. The holding roller 5 is composed of a pair of pressing rollers 10 and 10 provided in an opposed manner, and the golf ball 11 is rotatably supported by the pressing rollers 10 and 10. That is, a pair of pressing rollers 10, 10 which are arranged rotatably around the same axis and are opposed to each other while elastically sandwiching the golf ball 11 rotatably around the axis is a horizontally long shape. It is provided in the casing 1.

Each of the rollers 2, 3 and 4 is fixed to a pivot shaft 13, which is rotatably supported on the side walls 12 and 12 of the casing 1, and further,
Spur gears 14 are fixed to the pivot shafts 13, respectively. In the illustrated example, the spur gears 14 ... Are set to have the same pitch diameter and the same number of teeth, and the rollers 2, 3 and 4 are set to have the same outer diameter. The side walls 12, 12 of the casing 1 are provided with holes 15a, 15a through which both ends of the pivot shaft 13 of the ink spreading roller 2, the pivot shaft 13 of the transfer roller 3 and the pivot shaft 13 of the elastic roller 4 are inserted. Horizontal elongated holes 15b, 15b, 15c, 15c through which both ends are inserted are provided. Then, both ends of the pivot shafts 13, 13, 13 are projected to the outside of the casing 1, and the ink spreading roller 2, the transfer roller 3 and the elastic roller 4 are manually rotatable at the both ends thereof. Form the part 30 ... Specifically, pull-out prevention caps on both ends of the pivot shaft 13 ...
Insert 16… and fix with adhesive. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of substantially semicircular locking recesses 18 ... Are formed on the lower side of the long holes 15b, 15b, 15c, 15c, and the rollers 2, 3, 4, and
Of the golf balls 11 that are rotatably held by the pressing rollers 10 and 10, the adjacent ones that support the transfer roller 3 so that adjacent ones rotate in conjunction with each other so that their contact surfaces can be separated from each other.
And both ends of the pivot shaft 13 that supports the elastic roller 4 into the long holes 15b,
It selectively locks in the locking recesses 18 ... of 15b, 15c, 15c. As a result, both ends of the pivot shaft 13 supporting the transfer roller 3 and the pivot shaft 13 supporting the elastic roller 4 can be moved in the directions of arrows A and A, respectively. Therefore, the roller 2 and the roller 3, the roller 3 and the roller 4, and the roller 4 and the golf ball 11 can be brought into contact, pressure contact or separation.

As shown in FIG. 5, the pressing rollers 10 and 10 of the holding roller 5 have holes 15d and 15d formed through the side walls 12 and 12 of the pivot shafts 17 and 17 integrally formed with the rollers 10 and 10, respectively. Insert it through the side wall 12,12
Is rotatably supported by the pressure roller 10, and the facing surfaces 19, 19 of the pressing roller 10, 10 are formed in a concave curved surface that matches the surface shape of the golf ball 11. One pressing roller 10 is always elastically urged by an elastic member 20 such as a coil spring,
This elastic force holds the golf ball 11 rotatably between the rollers. In order to hold the ball 11 between the rollers 10 and 10, it is only necessary to pull the pivot shaft 17 in the direction of the arrow to widen the gap and then sandwich it.

The material of each of the rollers 2, 3, 4, 5 is plastic or rubber, but only the elastic roller 4 is soft so that it can be printed on the dimples on the surface of the golf ball 11. As a material, preferably its thickness is increased. Regarding the ink spreading roller 2, a case where a rubber layer 21 is formed on the surface is shown. Plastic or the like is preferable as a material for the spur gears 14 ...

In order to print names such as names on the surface of the golf ball 11, first, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a proper amount of ink E is dropped on the outer peripheral surface 6 of the ink spreading roller 2 and the cap is removed. While the roller 2 is rotated in the direction of arrow B by means of 16-that is, the knob portion 30 for manual rotation, the ink E is spread to a uniform thickness by a small roller 24 which is commercially available or specially manufactured. Next, the transfer roller 3 is moved together with the spur gear 14 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 6 so that the spur gear 14 meshes with the spur gear 14 of the ink spreading roller 2 and both rollers 2, 3
The outer peripheral surfaces 6 and 7 are brought into contact with each other. In such a state,
When the cap 16 of the pivot shaft 13 fixed to the transfer roller 3, that is, the knob portion 30 for manual rotation, is rotated by hand, the ink E is uniformly applied to the surface of the name N of the transfer strip 9.

Here, as the ink E, it is desirable to use an adhesive containing black paint powder such as carbon. Further, there are various methods for displaying the regular character and the convex-shaped name N on the transfer strip 9. As an example of them, as shown in FIG. Engraved marks 22 and 23 having concave characters are vertically arranged so as to face each other, and the transfer strip 9 is interposed therebetween.
It suffices to apply pressure with the inserted state. A hard plastic tape is used for the transfer strip 9, but it is also preferable to use an aluminum plate or a copper plate having a thickness of about 1 mm.

Next, in FIG. 4, the transfer roller 3 and the elastic roller 4 are moved as shown in FIG. 6 to bring the transfer roller outer peripheral surface 7 and the elastic roller outer peripheral surface 8 into contact with each other. When both rollers 3 and 4 are rotated in conjunction with each other in this state, the name N of the transfer strip 9 is copied on the outer peripheral surface 8 of the elastic roller as a reverse character displayed with the ink E.

Then, in FIG. 5, the elastic roller 4 is moved as shown in FIG. 6 to bring the elastic roller outer peripheral surface 8 into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the golf ball 11 supported by the holding roller 5. If the elastic roller 4 is rotated in this state, the elastic roller 4 is rotated together with the holding roller 5 and the ball surface is rotated at the same peripheral speed as the roller outer peripheral surface 8.
It is clearly imaged on the surface of the golf ball without scratching. Although illustration is omitted, it is preferable that only the golf ball 11 is rotatable without rotating the holding roller 5. Alternatively, the holding roller 5 may be manually rotated and the elastic roller 4 may be rotated by this rotational force.

[Effect of device]

The present invention has the following remarkable effects with the above configuration.

A compact and simple structure can be achieved, handling can be facilitated, and a name can be printed clearly and evenly on a golf ball.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a printing method, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a method of forming a name on the transfer strip. 1 ... Casing, 2 ... Ink spreading roller, 3 ...
Transfer roller, 4 ... Transfer elastic roller, 5 ... Holding roller, 9 ... Transfer strip, 11 ... Golf ball.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pair of pressing rollers (10, 1) rotatably about the same axis and arranged to face each other and elastically sandwiching a golf ball (11) rotatably around the axis.
0 is provided in the horizontally long casing 1, and both ends of the pivot shafts 13, 13, 13 to which the ink spreading roller 2, the transfer roller 3 and the reverse character transfer elastic roller 4 are fixed respectively are connected to the casing 1. Manual rotation knobs 30 are formed on both ends of the casing 1 so as to project outward and allow the ink spreading roller 2, the transfer roller 3, and the elastic roller 4 to manually rotate, respectively, and further, the side wall of the casing 1. Horizontally elongated holes 15b, 15 into which the both ends of the pivot shaft 13 of the transfer roller 3 and the pivot shaft 13 of the elastic roller 4 are inserted in 12, 12 respectively.
b, 15c, 15c are penetrated, and a plurality of locking recesses 18 ... Are formed on the lower side of the elongated holes 15b, 15b, 15c, 15c, and the rollers 2, 3,
4, and among the golf balls 11 rotatably held by the pressing rollers 10 and 10, the transfer rollers 3 are arranged so that those adjacent to each other rotate interlockingly with each other so that their contact surfaces can be separated from each other.
Both ends of the pivot shaft 13 for supporting the shaft and the pivot shaft 13 for supporting the elastic roller 4 are selectively locked in the locking recesses 18 of the elongated holes 15b, 15b, 15c, 15c. A golf ball name printing device characterized by the above.