JPH06219085A - Medium and conveying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To accurately cut a beltlike medium without causing defective cutting by intermittently make perforations in the cutting positions of the beltlike medium along the shorter direction of the medium and by notching both ends of the medium. CONSTITUTION:A medium to be wound round a roll 27 is drawn out from the roll 27 by the drive of a roller 35 for conveying the medium and a solenoid 37 for controlling the conveyance as to whether it is right or wrong. The drawn- out medium is conveyed along a path line formed from a position, where the medium to be wound round the roll 27 is drawn out, to a position, where media wound round rolls 27, 29 are discharged after both media are conveyed via media-joining part 39 for the media to join. On the path line, there are provided a sensor 41 provided in the rear stage of the roller 35 and for detecting the medium passing through the roller 35, sensor 43 provided midway between the roller 35 and media-joining part 39 and for detecting the medium passing, and sensor 45 for detecting the medium reaching the media-joining part 39.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medium which is pre-perforated and cut during use, and a conveying device which conveys this medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in airports, a system has been introduced which issues a tag with the name of the owner and boarding flight name printed for each piece of baggage a user carries.

By the way, the tag used in this system is composed of a print sticker portion on which the owner's name and boarding flight name are printed and a sheet, and a medium on which the print sticker portion is temporarily attached. Has been done. It should be noted that this tag is attached to the belt-shaped medium so that the print seal portions do not sequentially overlap with each other, and perforations are provided in advance between the print seal portions.

Issuing the above-mentioned tag is such that the medium is separated for each perforation, and the owner name and boarding flight name for each piece of baggage are printed on the print seal part attached to the separated medium. . Incidentally, as the position confirmation when separating the medium for each perforation, a method of measuring a predetermined distance from the cut perforation, or a method of providing a detection hole in the medium and detecting the position with an optical transmission type sensor, etc. Was used.

Further, in the issuing machine for issuing the tag, the medium is wound into a roll and loaded into the apparatus, the medium is pulled and conveyed from the roll, and the cutter is inserted into the conveying path.
A printing device is arranged to perform processing such as cutting of media and printing. In this device, in order to increase the number of tags that can be issued, it is necessary to load a plurality of rolls, two in reality, but the tags have a relatively wide width in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction. Since the medium that is long and composed of paper sheets does not have rigidity, when two rolls around which the medium is wound are loaded and these rolls are merged into one transport path, the mechanism becomes large, and the merge point However, there was a problem that the tags were easily clogged due to perforations. Therefore, conventionally, only one roll can be loaded in the apparatus.

[0006]

Conventionally, as described above, a method for detecting a cutting position by measuring a predetermined distance from a cut perforation as a position confirmation when the medium is cut into perforations. A method in which a detection hole is provided in the medium and the position is detected by an optical transmission type sensor has been used.

However, the method of measuring a predetermined distance from the cut perforation has a problem that errors are accumulated and the cutting position is displaced, and a method of detecting the position by providing a detection hole in the medium is used. In that case, there is a problem that a device for punching is necessary and that cutting failure occurs near the detection hole. For the above reason, the issuing machine that issues the tag loads one roll of the medium in the apparatus and prints and issues the medium.

However, if only one roll is loaded, there is a problem that the efficiency of issuing is poor because the number of rolls required to stop the issuing work of the apparatus increases because the number of printable sheets is small. .

Therefore, according to the present invention, a medium that can be accurately cut without causing defective cutting and a plurality of rolls around which the medium is wound can be housed, and the medium wound on this roll can be reliably conveyed. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the first invention is a strip-shaped medium which is used after being cut into a plurality of sheets, and is provided at a position where the strip-shaped medium is to be cut. The present invention is characterized in that intermittent perforation processing is performed to assist cutting along the widthwise direction of the band-shaped medium, and notch processing is performed at both ends of the medium that has been perforated.

In a second aspect of the present invention, in a band-shaped medium which is used after being cut into a plurality of sheets, an interruption is made at a position where the band-shaped medium is to be cut along the lateral direction of the band-shaped medium to assist the cutting. Storing means for storing first and second rolls on which both ends of the perforated medium have been subjected to the perforated treatment and the cutout-treated medium is wound,
A first transport means for transporting the medium wound on the first roll, which is stored in the storage means along the first transport path along which the medium wound on the first roll is transported, and a second roll. Along the second transport path provided with first and second direction changing portions for changing the guide direction of the medium wound on the second roll so as to merge the wound medium with the first transport path, A medium guided by the second roll, which is provided in the second transport means for transporting the medium wound on the second roll and the first and second direction changing portions provided on the second transport path. And an auxiliary means for assisting the change of direction.

[0012]

The medium of the present invention is intermittently used in a band-shaped medium used after being cut into a plurality of sheets in order to assist the cutting along the lateral direction of the band-shaped medium at the position to be cut. By performing the perforation process and the notch treatment on both ends of the perforated medium, the medium is accurately cut without causing a cutting failure.

Further, the transport device of the present invention accommodates the first and second rolls around which the medium is wound, and transports the medium wound on the first roll to the second roll in the transport path. A plurality of rolls are provided by providing an auxiliary member for assisting the direction change of the medium conveyance direction when the medium wound on the second roll is conveyed while changing the conveyance direction so as to merge the wound medium. It is possible to store the medium and surely convey the medium wound on the roll.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the medium and the carrying device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a strip-shaped roll paper 11 as an example of a medium. The roll paper 11 is cut along a direction (transverse direction of the roll paper) orthogonal to the transport direction in the cutting unit 13 provided at regular intervals, and the tag 1 is cut.
Although issued as Nos. 5 and 17, an intermittent perforation process, so-called perforation 18, for assisting the cutting is provided at the position where the tags 15 and 17 are cut along the lateral direction of the roll paper. Furthermore, both ends 19 of this perforation
Notches, so-called V-shaped cuts, are applied to A and 19B.

The V-shaped cut mentioned above is formed by the tag 15 at the front stage.
Is not provided at the rear end of the tag in the transport direction, but is provided at the front end of the tag 17 of the next stage in the transport direction.
The cut line at the leading end of the tag 17 in the carrying direction is inclined with respect to the carrying direction, and the leading end of the tag 17 in the carrying direction becomes thin and has a pointed shape. In addition, the tags 15 and 17 include
These tags 15 and 1 printed by the printing device described later
Printable seal portions 21 and 23 that can be peeled off from 7 are attached.

As described above, by providing the V-shaped cuts at both ends of the perforation, the position of the perforation can be surely detected by using the transmissive optical sensor 25 and the like, and the V-shaped cuts provided are provided. Since it is connected to the perforations, the roll paper can be cut accurately without causing cutting failure.

Further, since the V-shaped cut is provided at the leading end in the carrying direction of the tag and the leading end is formed in a pointed shape, resistance to the guide member for guiding the carrying is reduced when the tag is carried inside the apparatus. It Next, with reference to FIG. 2, a tag issuing device as an embodiment of the carrying device of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a cross-sectional configuration of the tag issuing device.

In the apparatus, a roll 27 around which the medium is wound,
29 are loaded (stored) in the storage unit 30 substantially parallel to each other with their circular side faces facing each other, and the medium is pulled out by the mechanism described below. Whether or not the rolls 27 and 29 are loaded is detected by the micro switches 31 and 33.

The medium wound on the roll 27 is pulled out from the roll 27 by driving a roller 35 that conveys the medium and a solenoid 37 that controls whether or not the medium can be conveyed. The medium pulled out from the roll 27 is conveyed from the position where the medium wound around the roll 27 is pulled out to a position where the medium wound around the rolls 27 and 29 is both conveyed through the medium merging portion 39 and the medium is discharged. It is transported along the formed pass line A.

On the pass line A, there is provided a sensor 41 provided downstream of the roller 35 for detecting that the medium has passed the roller 35, and a medium provided at substantially the center of the roller 35 and the medium confluence portion 39. A sensor 43 for detecting that the medium has come and a sensor 45 provided at the medium merging portion 39 for detecting that the medium has reached the medium merging portion 39.
Is provided.

In the present transporting device, the sensor 41 uses the roll 2
If the end of the medium pulled out from 7 is detected,
By driving a mechanism for pulling out a medium wound on a roll 29, which will be described later, the rolls can be switched without stopping the operation of the device.

Further, rollers 49 and 51 driven by a pulse motor 47 are provided at the subsequent stage of the medium merging portion 39 on the pass line A, and the medium drawn around the roll 27 is pulled out by the pulse motor 47. As it is performed, the medium is conveyed and guided to the cutting unit 53 provided in the subsequent stage.

A cutting section 53 is provided at the subsequent stage of the roller 51. The cutting unit 53 cuts a belt-shaped medium to be conveyed and forms a tag 55 having a predetermined length, a solenoid 57 for controlling cutting drive by the cutter 55, and a driving state of the solenoid 57 is detected. Sensor 59, a roller 61 that conveys the tag cut by the cutter 55, and a sensor 63 that detects that the medium has passed through the roller 61.

After the cutting unit 53 on the pass line A, first and second printing units 65 and 67 for dot-printing various information such as character information or bar code information on the printing surface of the tag are provided. There is.

The first printing section 65 includes a thermal head 69 that prints various information, a platen roller 71 that pivotally supports the thermal head 69 so that the tag can be pressed and retracted. A solenoid 73 for pressing or retracting, a sensor 75 for detecting whether the solenoid 73 is pushing or retracting the platen roller 71, and the like.

The second printing unit 67 also has the same function as the first printing unit.
A thermal head 77 for printing various kinds of information, a platen roller 79 for pivotally supporting the thermal head 77 to push and retract the tag, and a solenoid 81 for the platen roller 79 to push or retract the tag with respect to the thermal head 77.
And a sensor 83 for detecting whether the solenoid 81 is pressing or retracting the platen roller 79. Further, the second printing unit 67 includes a sensor 85 for detecting arrival of a tag whose printing process has been completed by the first printing unit 65, and a second sensor, which are provided in front of the second printing unit 67.
A sensor 87 that detects a tag for which printing processing has been completed by the second printing unit 67 and a roller 91 that conveys the tag that has passed through the sensor 87 to a discharging unit 89 that discharges the tag are provided in the subsequent stage of the printing unit 67. .. The first and second
In order to realize high-speed printing on the tag, the printing unit of 2 is configured to divide the information to be printed on the tag into two and print each.

The roller 61 and the platen rollers 71 and 79 are driven by a pulse motor 93, and the roller 91 is driven by a DC motor 95 to convey the cut tags.

On the other hand, the medium wound on the roll 29 is as shown in FIG.
The roll 29 is moved by the medium direction changing unit 96 shown in the lower stage.
Drawn from. The medium direction changing unit 96 moves from the roller 35, which is a part of the pass line A, to the medium merging portion 39.
Will be installed in parallel. The configuration of the medium direction changing unit 96 will be described below.

The medium wound on the roll 29 is the sensor 4
1 detects the end of the medium wound around the roll 27, and drives the DC motor 97, and controls the roller 99 and solenoid 101 that rotate when the drive is transmitted. Be done.

The medium drawn out from the roll 29 is conveyed along a path line B formed between the position where the medium wound around the roll 29 is drawn out and the medium joining portion 39.

On the pass line B, first and second direction changing sections 103 and 105 for changing the medium carrying direction are provided, and the arrival of the medium is detected in the preceding stage of the first direction changing section 103. Sensor 107, second direction changer 1
A sensor 109 for detecting the passage of the medium is provided in the subsequent stage of 05.

Further, the first and second direction changing parts 10
3 and 105 are provided with cylindrical direction changing rollers 111 and 113 for changing the direction of the medium as auxiliary means for assisting the direction changing of the medium.
Reference numerals 1 and 113 are not driven by a motor, but are rotated by the carrying force for carrying the medium. Further, the configuration of the medium direction changing unit 96 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the medium direction changing unit 96 as seen from the rolls 27, 29 side. The medium pulled out from the roll 29 is guided by the rotation of the roller 99 to the medium direction changing unit 96 in the direction of arrow C, and is changed in direction by the direction changing roller 111. The width D of the direction changing roller 111 is larger than the width of the medium. In this apparatus, the width of the medium to be loaded is about 50 mm, and the width D of the direction changing roller 111 is set to about 80 mm.

The medium whose direction has been changed by the direction changing roller 111 is guided by the skew portion 115 so as to skew at an angle of about 30 degrees with respect to the direction of arrow C. Note that the skewed portion 1
Reference numeral 15 is a structure for guiding the conveyance of the medium by a guide having a width E orthogonal to the conveyance direction. The width E is configured to be substantially equal to the width of the medium, and the guide having the width E determines the medium conveyance direction. ing.

The medium guided by the skewed portion 115 is redirected by the redirecting roller 113 and conveyed in the direction of arrow F. Since the direction changing roller 113 has the same shape as the direction changing roller 111, the structural description will be omitted.

Although the conveying direction of the oblique portion 115 is inclined by about 30 degrees with respect to the direction C in which the medium is guided, the direction orthogonal to the cylindrical direction (width D direction) of the direction changing roller 111 is. The inclination is small as compared with the conveying direction of the skew feeding unit 115. The direction changing roller 113 is similarly arranged.

The positional relationship between the pass line A and the medium direction changing unit 96 (pass line B) is above the direction changing roller 113 (front side in the figure) and in the direction C.
A pass line A is arranged substantially in parallel with. In addition, the medium merging portion 39 in the arrow F direction with respect to the direction changing roller 113.
Is provided, and both the medium conveyed along the pass line A and the medium conveyed along the pass line B are guided to the medium merging portion 39.

Further, even when the sensor 102 detects the end portion of the medium pulled out from the roll 29, it is possible to switch to the roll 27 without stopping the operation of the device, as described above. Next, the operation of this device will be described.

First, it is assumed that the apparatus is loaded with both rolls 27 and 29. In this case, the medium wound on the roll 27 is pulled out from the roll 27 by the rotation of the roller 35 and the like. Then, the medium is cut by the cutting unit 53 into tags having a predetermined size set in advance, and the cut tags are guided to the first and second printing units 65 and 67.
In the first and second printing units 65 and 67, a part of the information to be printed is printed on the tag by the first printing unit 65 and the remaining information is printed on the tag by the second printing unit 67, and the printed tag is ejected. Part 89
, A series of processes consisting of cutting and printing processes,
The so-called issuing process ends.

When a predetermined number of tags are issued using the medium wound on the roll 27, the medium of the roll 27 runs out, and the sensor 41 detects that the medium pulled out from the roll 27 runs out (end portion). To do.

Based on this detection, the DC motor 97 and the roller 99 pull out the medium wound on the roll 29. The pulled-out medium is guided along the pass line B by the direction changing roller 111, the skewed portion 115, and the direction changing roller 113, and joins the pass line A at the medium joining portion 39. After the merging, the medium wound on the roll 29 is processed and issued in the same manner as the medium wound on the roll 27, and the description thereof will be omitted.

With the above-described structure, the rolls can be switched without stopping the operation of the device, and the tag issuing efficiency can be improved. Even when the medium wound on the roll 29 is used up and the medium wound on the roll 27 is pulled out, the roll 29
By replenishing the rolls 27 during the issuing operation using, the operation can be performed without stopping the operation of the device as in the above description.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention, a medium that can be accurately cut without causing defective cutting and a plurality of rolls around which the medium is wound are housed, and the medium wound on this roll is secured. Can be transported to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a medium as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a carrying device as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a medium direction changing unit in a conveying device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the rolls 27 and 29 side.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Rolls 11, 15, 17 ... Tags, 18 ... Perforations, 19A, 19B ... Both ends of perforations, 30 ... Storage section, 35, 99 ... Rollers, 111, 113 ... Direction changing rollers, 115 ... Oblique section

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A strip-shaped medium used after being cut into a plurality of sheets, at the position where the strip-shaped medium is to be cut, along the lateral direction of the strip-shaped medium, and intermittently for assisting the cutting. And a notch process is performed on both ends of the medium that has been subjected to the perforation process. 2. A strip-shaped medium used after being cut into a plurality of sheets, at the position where the strip-shaped medium is to be cut, along the lateral direction of the strip-shaped medium, and intermittently for assisting the cutting. Storing means for storing first and second rolls, each of which has been subjected to various perforation processing, and at which both ends of the perforated processing medium are wound with the cutout processing medium, and the first roll. First transport means for transporting the medium wound on the first roll stored in the storage means along a first transport path along which the medium wound on the roll is transported; and the second roll. A second transport provided with first and second direction changing portions for changing the guide direction of the medium wound on the second roll so as to join the medium wound on the first transport path. A second carrier for carrying the media wound on the second roll along the path A feeding means; and an auxiliary means provided in the first and second direction changing portions provided on the second conveying path and assisting the direction change of the medium guided by the second roll. A transport device characterized by.