JPH0634266Y2 - Roll price tag retainer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a roll price tag retainer, and particularly to a price tag supply shaft equipped with a price tag printing device or a transfer device for supplying and holding a roll price tag. The present invention relates to a roll price tag retainer used in such cases.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as price tags, there are a so-called label continuum and a so-called bottom tag. A label continuum is a strip-shaped backing paper coated with a release agent on the front surface of which a plurality of label pieces coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the back surface are temporarily attached and a position detection mark or the like is printed on the back surface of the backing paper. It is a configuration. The lower tag is a band-shaped price tag that does not use the pressure-sensitive adhesive.

These price tags are used as a display medium for displaying prices and other information about products.Usually, the price tags are loaded in a price tag printing device or a price tag feeding device of a price tag transfer device in a rolled state, and the price tags are It is provided with a predetermined treatment through a passage leading to a winding shaft and is used for each purpose of use.

On the other hand, such price tags are prepared in various widths according to their respective usage modes, and prevent the roll price tags from falling off in the price tag supply section and also when the roll price tags are paid out. It is necessary to regulate the width direction so that it will not loosen. Further, such a regulation in the width direction is also necessary in the middle of the passage and in the winding shaft, and various width regulation mechanisms or price tag pressing members have been devised.

As the roll-shaped price tag pressing member, for example, in the cross-sectional view of the pressing member made of this paper tube fitted to the holding shaft shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. A leaf spring material 61 is fixed to a holding shaft 60 to hold with a screw 62, a price tag wound in a roll shape is mounted on the holding shaft 60, and then a holding member 63 made of a paper tube is attached to this side end.
The roll end is locked by fitting the spring against the elasticity of the leaf spring material 61.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The above-mentioned configuration of the prior art requires a pressing force and a pulling force to overcome the elasticity of the leaf spring material attached to the holding shaft that is elastically biased when the paper tube that is the retaining ring is attached and detached. , It is inconvenient to put on and take off.

Further, if the attachment / detachment frequency is high, the paper tube may be broken, and since the leaf spring material is attached to the holding shaft, the cost is high.

Thus, in the present invention, the side edge of the roll-shaped price tag is fastened, the attachment / detachment operation is easy, and it has durability.
Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a retainer capable of securely fixing the roll-shaped side end.

(Means for Solving the Problem) That is, according to the present invention, the present invention is attached to an arbitrary shaft portion arranged in a price tag passage from a price tag supply shaft 28 holding a roll price tag to a winding shaft 13 for winding the price tag. A possible roll-shaped price tag retainer 29, an annular retainer body 29A made of a flexible material having a predetermined width, and detachable pressing portions 29B, 29B formed on the annular retainer body, It has a contact portion 29C formed at a plurality of positions of the annular pressing body, the diameter of the inscribed circle formed by the innermost surface of each of the plurality of contact portions is the outer diameter of the arbitrary shaft portion. A roll-shaped price tag retainer is characterized in that it is smaller than the outer diameter and is larger than the outer diameter when the detachable pressing portion is pressed.

(Operation) In the roll-shaped price tag retainer according to the present invention, for example, by pressing the side portion of the roll-shaped price tag held in the price tag supply section in a rolled state, By preventing the falling-off and moving the pressing tool along the axial direction of the supply part, the pressing tool can be pressed according to the width of the price tag. Moreover, when loading the presser tool into the supply section, when the attachment / detachment press section is pressed, the annular presser body is elastically deformed, so that the diameter of the inscribed circle formed by the innermost surface of the contact section. Is larger than the outer diameter of the price tag supply shaft, the presser can be attached to the price tag supply section. Further, when the attaching / detaching pressing portion is pushed again in this mounted state, the diameter of the inscribed circle formed by the innermost surface of the abutting portion becomes larger than the outer diameter of the price tag supply shaft, so that the pressing tool can be easily made. It can be removed from the price tag supply section.

(Embodiment) Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional side view of a portable price tag printing apparatus equipped with a roll price tag retainer 29 (described later) according to the present embodiment with a side cover removed. In this embodiment, the printer 10 for the label continuum 1 will be described as an example.

This printing device 10 has a machine casing 11 and a vertical portion 11 of the machine casing 11.
At A (FIG. 2), the supply unit 12 of the label continuum 1 and the winding unit 1
3 is provided, and a passage 14 of the label continuum 1 is formed between the supply section 12 and the winding section 13. That is, the supply unit
The label continuum 1 fed from 12 passes through the printing section 15 and the turning section 16 and is wound up by the winding section 13. The printer 10 has a side cover 11B (Fig. 2).

Further, the printing device 10 has a data input unit 17 and a data display unit 18 each of which includes a numeric keypad and function keys, on the front inclined portion of the machine casing 11. Further, a label cutting device 19 is provided so as to face the turning portion 16. In addition, this printing device 10
Includes a power supply connector 20 and a transformer 21, a power switch 22, a full keyboard connection connector 23, a pen scanner connection connector 24, an RS232C connection connector 25, and a loading section 27 for a memory card 26 as an external data storage body. Is provided.

The label continuum 1 is supplied to the supply unit in a state of being wound into a roll.
This is attached to 12 supply shafts 28, and the label holder
The width direction is regulated by 29. The label continuous body 1 fed out passes through the guide device 30 of the label continuous body 1, and is guided by the label guide shaft 31 and the label width regulating member 32 attached to the label guide shaft 31. The label continuum 1 is transported while its position is detected by a label position sensor 33 that detects its position detection mark (not shown), and is supplied between the thermal head 34 and the platen 35 of the printing unit 15.

The printing unit 15 prints information based on predetermined data, and then reaches the turning unit 16. It should be noted that depending on the loading mode of the label continuum 1, the label piece 3 is attached to the mount 2 at the turning portion 16.
It is possible to select either peeling from the sheet and taking it out one by one, or winding the sheet together with the backing sheet 2 after printing. That is, when the label pieces 3 are peeled one by one, only the backing sheet 2 is turned by the turning pin 36,
The peeled label piece 3 is received by the label receiver 37. Further, when the label piece 3 is transferred together with the backing sheet 2 without being peeled off, the label continuum 1 is guided so as to pass above the label receiver 37 and wound on the winding core 38 of the winding portion 13. . The label receiver 37 is openable and rotatable (see the phantom line in FIG. 1), so that the label continuum 1 or the mount 2 can be easily inserted. Further, a label take-out sensor 39 is provided at the turning portion 16 of the label continuum 1 so as to detect that the label piece 3 is taken out and output a detection signal for starting printing on the next label piece 3. Has become.

Further, the printing unit 15 is provided with an opening / closing mechanism 40 for the thermal head 34 and a printing pressure switching mechanism 41. By opening / closing the opening / closing mechanism 40, the label continuum 1 is loaded in the printing unit 15, and by the switching of the printing pressure switching mechanism 41, the thermal head 34 is selected depending on whether the price tag is the label continuum 1 or the lower label.
The printing pressure can be switched by changing the contact pressure between the platen and the platen 35.

The printer 10 is provided with a transfer driving motor 42, which is connected to the platen 35 by a timing belt 43, and the round belt 44 is used to connect the platen 35 and the winding core 38 to rotate the motor 42. Is transmitted. A control circuit board 45 (FIG. 2) is also provided. further,
A portable handle 46 is provided on the top of the machine frame 11 so as to be able to be raised and lowered, so that the entire printing device 10 can be carried.

Next, details of the label retainer 29 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the supply unit 12. This label holder 29 is provided in the supply unit 12
The supply shaft 28 is detachably attachable to the supply shaft 28, and the supply shaft 28 is arranged by a fixing member 51 on a boss portion 50 that stands upright in the horizontal direction from the vertical portion 11A of the machine frame 11. is there. The supply shaft 28 is rotatable with respect to the boss portion 50, and has a flange portion 29A formed at one end thereof.

As shown in FIG. 3, the label retainer 29 is entirely made of an elastic member such as plastic, and has an annular retainer main body 29A having a predetermined width and the annular retainer main body 29A facing each other. The formed attaching / detaching pressing portions 29B, 29B, the contact portions 29C having a circular cross section formed at a predetermined plurality of positions of the annular pressing tool main body 29A, and the arbitrary portions of the annular pressing tool main body 29A such as the attaching / detaching pressing parts 29B are continuous. Length allowance part 2 formed at the position
9D (see FIG. 4).

As shown in FIG. 4, the ring-shaped presser body 29A has a substantially oval shape, and the diameter Di1 of the circle tangent to each innermost surface of the contact portion 29C is smaller than the outer diameter Da of the supply shaft 28. As described above, and when the attachment / detachment pressing portion 29B is pressed from above and below with a fingertip, the diameter Di2 of the inscribed circle contacting each innermost surface of the contact portion 29C due to the presence of the length allowance portion 29D.
Is made larger than the outer diameter Da of the supply shaft 28.

Therefore, the label retainer 29 can be loaded on the supply shaft 28 by pressing the pair of upper and lower attaching / detaching pressing portions 29B, 29B, and if the attaching / detaching pressing portion 29B is released, the label retainer 29 is in its original shape due to its elasticity. Since it returns, the abutting portion 29C abuts the outer peripheral surface of the supply shaft 28 with a predetermined pressing force, and the label holder 29
Can be fixed.

Thus, after the roll-shaped label continuum 1 is loaded on the supply shaft 28 of the supply unit 12, the label retainer 29 is operated as described above.
Can be loaded on the supply shaft 28, and if the label pressing tool 29 is moved in the axial direction of the supply shaft 28 according to the width of the label continuum 1, the label pressing device 29 can be moved to the arbitrary position. Since the presser tool 29 can be set, it is possible to prevent the label continuum 1 from falling off the supply shaft 29 and to feed the label continuum 1 while limiting the width thereof.

In the present invention, the shape of the label retainer is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but the number of the attaching / detaching pressing portions may be three or more and the overall shape may be formed in a square shape. Further, if the length of the attaching / detaching pressing portion is increased, it is possible to more effectively prevent loosening of the label continuity label.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the label holder of the present invention is provided on the shaft portion of the supply portion of the label continuum has been described, but it can be applied to the case of the lower bill, and the winding portion or guide device thereof. It is also possible to provide.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, such as pressing or releasing the pressing portion for attachment / detachment, the supply portion of the roll-shaped price tag such as the label continuum, the guide portion or the winding portion thereof can be used. The operation of attaching the label retainer is very simple, and since the component for this purpose is simple in structure, the leaf spring member attached to the holding shaft as in the prior art can be omitted, and the cost can be reduced.

Furthermore, since the entire holding device of the present invention is made of a flexible material such as plastic, the attaching / detaching operation thereof is easy, the side end of the roll-shaped price tag is securely attached, and it has durability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional side view showing a state in which a side cover 11B of a printing device 10 equipped with a label retainer 29 of a label continuum 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is removed, and FIG. 2 is II of FIG. −
II sectional view, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the main part of the supply part 12
FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the label retainer 29, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of this kind of prior art, a roll-shaped price tag retainer and this holding shaft, and FIG. 6 is the paper cylinder of FIG. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a holding member fitted to a holding shaft. 1 …… Label continuum 2 …… Mount 3 …… Label strip 10 …… Printer for label continuum 1 11 …… Machine frame 11A …… Vertical part of machine frame 11B …… Side cover 12 …… Label continuum 1 supply section 13 ... label continuous body 1 winding section 14 ... label continuous body 1 passage 15 ... printing section 16 ... turning section 17 ... data input section 18 ... data display section 19 ... label Cutting device 20 …… Power supply connector 21 …… Transformer 22 …… Power switch 23 …… Full keyboard connection connector 24 …… Pen scanner connection connector 25 …… RS232C connection connector 26 …… Memory card 27 …… Loading section of memory card 26 …… Supply shaft of label continuum 1 28A …… Flange section 29 …… Label retainer 29A …… Circular retainer body 29B …… Removal pressing section 29C …… Abutting section 29D …… Margin of length 30 …… Guide device for label continuum 1 31 …… Label guide shaft 32 …… La Bell width control member 33 …… Label position sensor 34 …… Thermal head 35 …… Platen 36 …… Turning pin 37 …… Label receiver 38 …… Winding core 39 …… Label takeout sensor 40 …… Opening / closing mechanism of thermal head 34 41 …… Print pressure switching mechanism 42 …… Motor 43 …… Timing belt 44 …… Round belt 45 …… Substrate 46 …… Handle 50 …… Boss 51 …… Fixing member Da …… Outer diameter of supply shaft 28 Di1… ... Abutting part when the pressing of the attaching / detaching pressing part 29B is released
Diameter of inscribed circle formed by each innermost surface of 29C Di2 ... Diameter of inscribed circle formed by each innermost surface of abutting portion 29C when pressing attachment / detachment pressing portion 29B

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A roll-shaped price tag retainer attachable to an arbitrary shaft portion arranged in a price tag passage extending from a price tag supply shaft holding a roll price tag to a winding shaft for winding the price tag. An annular presser body made of a flexible material having a predetermined width, a detachable pressing portion formed on the annular presser body, and abutting portions formed at a plurality of positions on the annular presser body. The diameter of the inscribed circle formed by the innermost surface of each of the plurality of contact portions is smaller than the outer diameter of the arbitrary shaft portion, and when the attachment / detachment pressing portion is pressed, A roll-shaped price tag retainer characterized by being made larger than the outer diameter.