JPH07329946A - Shooting device for label hanger magazine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply mount a label hanger on each commodity from a label hanger magazine without limiting the kind of a label in use at a good efficiency without a possibility that a succeeding operation of mounting it on various kinds of commodities, such as clothes, may be obstructed by the label. CONSTITUTION:A shooting device comprises a mounting base 12 on which a label hanger magazine is laid laterally to be set, a feed mechanism 2 for feeding a label hanger from the label hanger magazine one by one to a shooting part, a hammer push-out mechanism 3 for pushing out a hammer 32 for cutting the label hanger off, a needle cover member 4 permitting a needle 14 disposed on the travel path of the hammer 32 to be inserted through, a support member 5 for supporting a commodity 8 to be shot with a label hanger 7, and an actuating means 6 actuating the hammer push-out mechanism 3, the needle cover member 4, and the support member 5 in three stages by operating a trigger 11 provided on a body 1 and also actuating the feed mechanism 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is an assembly in which a number of label hangers for attaching a price tag, a label indicating quality or manufacturer, and a trademark display tag (collectively referred to as a label) to clothing and various other products are connected. The present invention relates to a driving device for a label hanger magazine that is detached from a label hanger magazine one by one and is sequentially attached to various products along with labels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 11, a cross bar 100 is provided at one end so as to be inserted through fibers of a woven fabric, and a wide spatula 10 is provided at the other end of the thin bar.
1 is provided, and generally, a thin stick type label hanger made of a thermoplastic material such as polypropylene or nylon is known.

In such a thin bar type label hanger, a label is attached to the cross bar 100 at the same time when the cross bar 100 is inserted into a cloth or the like, and therefore, a dedicated label hanger driving device is developed. Has been used. By the way, once the label hanger is inserted into the fabric or the like by using this label hanger driving device, the label is prevented from coming off from the fabric or the like.

Further, for example, as described in JP-A-54-98200, that is, as shown in FIGS. 12 to 14,
A magazine type having a structure in which a plurality of label hangers 102 are connected together and having a label 104 joined to one end of the main body 103 of each label hanger 102 has also been developed.

1 from such a label hanger magazine
To attach the label hangers 100 to clothing etc. one by one,
Using the insertion device (driving device) as described in US Pat. No. 3,924,788, the cross bar 103 is passed through the hollow needle of this insertion device, and the connecting piece 104 is separated from the hollow needle inserted through the clothing or the like. The cross bar 103 is inserted through clothing or the like.

[0006]

By the way, in order to attach a label to a label hanger of the former type, that is, a single thin rod type label hanger (see FIG. 11) having a cross bar at one end and a spatula at the other end, As described above, it was done manually by using a dedicated insertion tool. That is, the operator picks up the label hangers one by one with one hand and puts them on the clothes together with the label, and operates the insertion tool with the other hand to put the cross bar of the label hanger on both the label and the desired product such as clothes. Since I was driving at the same time, 200 per hour
There were many troubles such as being able to drive only about a book, and in addition, the needle stuck in the assigned hand and unexpected injury.

In the latter type, as shown in FIGS.
The label 104 shown in FIG. 14 needs a special shape and structure for storing the label engaging portion shown in FIG. 14, which increases the manufacturing cost of the label 104 itself. There was a flaw. Recently, a paper label on which a bar code is printed as various information is widely used. Such a paper label is shown in FIG.
It was difficult to form a label similar to that of the conventional example as shown in FIGS. Moreover, there is a need to attach a label printed with a bar code or the like suitable for each product in accordance with various kinds of products.
It was difficult to meet such needs with the label hanger as shown in FIG.

Moreover, if the label hanger provided with the dedicated label shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 is used, the work efficiency is improved, but it is necessary to attach the dedicated label to the label hanger in advance. As described above, it has a special shape and structure, and the manufacturing cost is high.

Further, recent labels include colors, sizes,
Price and other information is printed on barcodes, etc., and it is difficult to attach labels of the conventional label hanger with a dedicated label to attach various types of labels to small numbers of different types of products corresponding to individual products. Therefore, it would be enormously expensive to deal with the situation.

In order to attach a label corresponding to a wide variety of products to a product, it is better to apply the label to the product corresponding to the label and then hit the label hanger with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14.
It is more cost effective than using a label hanger with a dedicated label as described in 1). However, the work efficiency is poor as described above. Driving a label hanger to which a label is attached in advance on clothing or the like improves work efficiency 4 to 5 times as compared with hitting the label on the clothing or the like by inserting the label hanger through the label and the clothing.

Moreover, in such a type of label hanger magazine, when the label hanger magazine is mounted on the driving device, the label hanger magazine is loaded and housed in the vertical direction. In many cases, the size becomes so large that it is difficult to drive the product.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the type of label to be attached is not selected, and the subsequent attaching work to clothes and various other products can be performed efficiently without disturbing the label. In other words, from the label hanger magazine. An object of the present invention is to provide a driving device for a label hanger magazine that can easily attach the label hanger to each product.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a mounting base on which a label hanger magazine is set sideways on a main body, and a label hanger magazine set on the mounting base as a driving part. A feeding mechanism that feeds in, a hammer pushing mechanism that feeds out a hammer that separates the most advanced label hanger that has been fed to the driving part by this feeding mechanism from the common support part, and a needle fixed to the body in the hammer moving direction of the driving part. A needle cover member that allows the label hanger to be inserted back and forth, a bearing member that bears a product into which the label hanger is driven, and a notch provided at a position where the notch that the label hanger enters and exits faces the needle tip side, and the body. By operating the trigger provided in
Hammer push-out mechanism, needle cover member and bearing member are bearing members, bearing member and needle cover member, hammer push-out mechanism in this order 3
In addition to operating in stages, it is provided with an operating means for operating the feeding mechanism, and the insertion portion of the label hanger that is separated and cut by pressing one by one from the label hanger magazine loaded on the mounting table is inserted into the product, The label is attached to the product.

[0014]

In the driving apparatus according to the present invention, prior to the next driving operation, the feeding mechanism is operated by the returning operation of the latter half of the operation of the previous operating mechanism to sequentially drive the most advanced label hanger from the label hanger magazine. It is sent to the department.

Further, the label hanger sent to the leading edge is moved and raised in the direction in which the product side to be attached approaches the needle cover member by being pushed or grasped by the operating means, and is supported by the support member. Can be lifted up.

After the product comes into contact with the needle cover member in this way, both the support member and the needle cover member approach the hammer pushing member while the product is held between the support member and the needle cover member. The needle tip further penetrates the needle cover member and the bearing member while penetrating the product. After that, when the support member and the needle cover member reach a predetermined position, the movement operation of both of them stops and the forward movement of the needle stops, and this time, the hammer pushing member descends in the direction of approaching the needle cover member. .

As a result, the hammer moves forward in the direction of the needle, the connecting portion of the label hanger on the most distal side is separated and cut from the label hanger magazine, and the label hanger moves inside the needle along the groove of the needle. The product moves and descends in a certain direction. As a result, the label hanger can be attached to the product via the needle pierced at the attachment portion of the product.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A label hanger magazine driving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the label hanger magazine driving device of this embodiment, each label hanger is preliminarily used by using an appropriate insertion tool (for example, see Japanese Patent Application No. 5-186602 filed by the same applicant). The label is attached to, but is not particularly limited to. That is, when the driving device of the label hanger magazine is used, the label may be inserted into the desired product at the same time as the label hanger.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view showing a driving device for a label hanger magazine according to the first embodiment of the present invention, which is used when this label hanger is attached to various products such as clothes and bags. The label hanger magazine driving device according to the first embodiment includes a pistol-shaped main body 1, and a feed mechanism 2, a hammer push-out mechanism 3, a needle cover member 4, a support member 5, and an operation member which are respectively provided in the main body 1. And means 6.

By holding the main body 1 with one hand and pushing the trigger 11 with the holding hand, each label hanger 7 can be driven and attached to a desired product one by one each time. . Moreover, in this main body 1,
As shown in FIG. 2, a mounting table 12 is provided along the horizontal direction so that a label hanger magazine to which a label 7B is attached in advance can be set in a recumbent state. A slide groove 13 is provided to allow the label hanger magazine set on the mounting table 12 to move and advance. Further, the needle 14 is fixed to the notch formed at the tip of the main body 1, and the head (upper end) of the needle 14 or the main body 1 in the vicinity thereof.
In the label hanger magazine, there is a blade 15 (Fig. 5) for cutting the connecting portion 7A of the label hanger 7 provided at the leading end of the label hanger magazine.
(See) is stuck.

The trigger 11 is provided with a turning force in a clockwise direction centering on the rotation fulcrum 11B by a spring 11A provided between the trigger 11 and the main body 1 side.
C prevents it from rotating clockwise beyond a certain range. The trigger 11 of this embodiment is an operation to return to the original state in the clockwise direction after releasing the pushing operation by a finger or the like, and the leading edge of the label hangers 7 connected to the label hanger magazine is set to the driving section. It is designed to be sent out.

The mounting base 12, as shown in FIG.
Is formed so as to be slanted backward by an angle θ (approximately 45 degrees in this embodiment) from the front end surface of the main body 1 of the main body 1. For example, the label can be attached without taking out the product from the bag.
The label 7B can be prevented from falling from the tip side of the mounting table 12 due to variations in the label 7B even if the main body 1 is inclined to the lower side of the tip of the mounting table 12.

The needle 14 has a through groove 14 penetrating from top to bottom along the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) on the back surface side in FIG.
A (see FIG. 5) is formed, and the connecting portion 7A of the label hanger 7 on the leading edge side, which is pressed from the label hanger magazine by the hammer 32 described later, passes smoothly through the through groove 14A. There is.

The feeding mechanism 2, as shown in FIG.
A trigger 11 rotatably provided about a rotation fulcrum 1B, an operating member 21 connected to the trigger 11 and sliding in the front-rear direction, and a claw 22 provided on the distal end side of the operating member 21. Pin 23A with which this claw 22 is engaged
And a pin 23A of the feed wheel 23
A tip portion is inserted between them, and it is provided with a ratchet 24 that limits the rotational movement only in a fixed direction (clockwise in this embodiment).

The actuating member 21 has an engaging pin 21A projecting from the base end side, which is loosely inserted in the elongated hole 11B of the trigger 11.
A spring 22B is arranged between the tip 22 and the claw 22.

The claw 22 is rotatably attached to the actuating member 21 and is rotated in the clockwise direction by a spring 22A, but is rotated in the same direction by a stopper pin 22B or more by a certain angle or more. Is restricted. Further, when a force exceeding the elastic force of the spring 22 acts on the claw 22 in the direction opposite to the pulling direction of the spring 22 (that is, the operating member 21 is operated under the condition that the ratchet 24 blocks the clockwise rotation operation). When moving forward to the left in FIG. 2), this claw 22
Is free to rotate counterclockwise within a certain range while overcoming an engagement pin 23B, which will be described later, and ratchet 24.
It does not buffer against the stop operation of.

The feed wheel 23 is provided at the lower end of the hammer guide member 31 (see FIG. 1) which will be described later (see FIG. 1) and is provided behind the hammer guide member 31. The leading end of the label hanger 7 connected to the label hanger magazine by the feed pin 23A is fed to the driving section. In the feed wheel 23 of this embodiment, in addition to the feed pin 23A, an engagement pin 23B is planted on one surface at the same interval as the feed pin 23A, and engages with the engagement pin 23B. By the pushing operation of the claw 22, it is rotated by one pitch (only one label hanger 7 is fed to the driving portion).

The ratchet 24 prevents the feed wheel 23 from rotating in only one direction (clockwise direction) and in the opposite direction, and rotates about an axis provided in the intermediate portion. The spring 24A is provided between the base end side and the main body side so that the tip end side is always engaged with the engagement pin 2 by the spring 24A.
It is designed to come into pressure contact with 3B. The ratchet 24 is also provided with a stopper pin 24B to prevent the ratchet 24 from rotating counterclockwise beyond a certain angle range.

The hammer push-out mechanism 3 is provided with a hammer 32 for separating the connecting portion 7A of the label hanger 7 at the leading edge, which has been fed to the driving portion by the feeding mechanism 2, from the common support portion.
A hammer guide member 31 accommodating the hammer 32 movably up and down along a vertical groove 31A provided in the vertical direction, and an engaging projection 3 provided on the head of the hammer 32.
The long hole 33A with which 2A engages is opened to the front end side, the base end side is pivotally attached to the main body side, and a rotational force in the clockwise direction is always applied by the compression spring 33B, and this pivotal support member 33. Actuating mechanism 6 which comes into contact with the back side of the vehicle and will be described later
And a hook-shaped cam member 34 on which a pressing force in the clockwise direction acts.

The needle cover member 4 is provided with a notch hole 4A for freely inserting the needle 14 which is arranged at the same position as the forward / backward direction (upward / downward direction) of the hammer 32 moving forward / backward toward the driving portion. Although it can move up and down in the same direction as the advancing and retracting direction, when it is located in a direction away from the main body 1 due to the elastic force of a spring 43 (described later), the notch hole 4A moves to the outside (lower part). The needle 14 does not protrude. The needle cover member 4 of this embodiment is attached so as to be vertically movable via rollers 42 that engage with the guide holes 62A of the pair of left and right guide members 62. Further, the needle cover member 4 is provided with a return spring 43 so that an elastic force is always urged in a direction in which the needle cover member 4 is brought into contact with and separated from the main body 1. Further, the needle cover member 4 is provided with a cutter 4A for cutting and removing an unnecessary portion of the label hanger 7 having a bent tip end, that is, a pressing portion 16 protruding to the main body 1. The unnecessary portion of the connecting piece 7C that is fixed to is cut off.

The support member 5 supports the commodity from below when the leading edge label hanger 7 that is cut out from the connection portion of the label hanger magazine and pushed out is driven into the desired commodity, and the needle 14 The notch 5A (see FIG. 6) in which the connecting portion that has passed through the tip portion enters and exits is the needle 14
It is provided at a position facing the tip side. Further, the support member 5 is configured to be moved forward by the actuating means 6 in the same direction as the needle cover member 4 and ahead of the needle cover member 4. The bearing member 5 is also provided with a return spring 51 similar to the needle cover member 4 between itself and the main body 1, but these return springs 43, 51 are elastic enough to return to the initial state. All you need is strength.

The operating means 6 is a trigger 11 provided on the main body 1.
By operating the hammer push-out mechanism 3, the needle cover member 4, and the support member 5 in the order of the support member 5, the support member 5, the needle cover member 4, and the hammer push-out mechanism 3 in three stages, and the feed mechanism. 2 is for operating. The actuating means 6 of this embodiment uses a wire 61 which is as stretchable as possible and can be freely bent (for example, about 10 stainless steel wires having a diameter of 0.05 mm). In order to operate the hammer push-out mechanism 3, the needle cover member 4 and the support member 5 in three stages, the pivot support member 3 of the hammer push-out mechanism 3 is operated.
3 and cam member 34, needle cover member 4 and bearing member 5
Each of the holes has a narrow hole through which the wire 61 can pass.

Further, at each predetermined length position of the wire 61, there is provided a sphere 63 which engages with the holes of the cam member 34 and the needle cover member 4 among these holes, and pushes the trigger 11. These balls 63 are driven by the wire 61 pulled by the hammer pushing mechanism 3,
The needle cover member 4 and the support member 5 are adapted to move. The hammer pushing mechanism 3 and the needle cover member 4
Is a guide hole 62A of the guide member 62 provided on the main body 1 side.
It is possible to translate in the same direction up and down along.

Therefore, according to the driving device of this embodiment, a desired label 20 is inserted through the label hangers 7 connected in parallel, that is, the label hanger magazine, by using a predetermined appropriate label insertion device. Keep it. As a result, the label hangers 7 are separated one by one, but since they are integrally connected by the connecting piece 7C (see FIG. 4), they are not separated.

In this way, when the label hanger magazine to which the label 7B is attached in advance is attached to a desired product, for example, a part of the clothes 8 in this embodiment, the label hanger magazine is first attached to this embodiment. They are collectively mounted and set on the mounting table 12 of the driving device.

After that, after setting the portion where the article 8 is to be hammered in between the needle cover member 4 and the bearing member 5 and sandwiching them between both, the trigger 11 is pushed once. Then, after the trigger 11 is pushed in, the label hanger on the leading end side is sent out to the driving portion X (see FIG. 1) by the retracting movement of the operating member 21 when returning by the spring 11A.

The label hanger 7 sent to the leading edge of the driving section is moved and raised in the direction in which the commodity 8 side to be attached first approaches the needle cover member 4 by pushing the trigger 11 next. Then, it is lifted while being supported by the support member 5. At this time, the tip of the needle 14 does not project downward from the needle cover member 4, so that the needle 14 can be locked when the product 8 is inserted between the needle cover member 4 and the support member 5. Absent.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 7, after the product 8 is brought into contact with the needle cover member 4, the product 8 is held between the support member 5 and the needle cover member 4 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, both of the support member 5 and the needle cover member 4 further rise in the direction of approaching the mounting base 12, and penetrate into the product 8 from the tip of the needle 14. In this way, the needle cover member 4 and the support member 5 are raised, and when they reach a predetermined position, the movement operation of both of them is stopped, and the hammer pushing mechanism 3 is actuated this time. That is, the cam member 34 of the hammer pushing mechanism 3 rotates clockwise in FIG. 1, and the tip end side of the cam member 34 pushes the upper surface of the pivotally supporting member 33, so that the pivotally supporting member 33 is counterclockwise. It rotates in the direction and pushes the engaging projection 32A on the head of the hammer 32.

As a result, the hammer 32 advances and descends toward the driving portion along the vertical groove 31A of the hammer guide member 31, and as shown in FIG. 8, of the label hangers connected to the label hanger magazine, After the tip end is pushed down and cut from the other, the head of the connecting portion 7A is pushed by the hammer 32 and passes through the inside of the needle 14 downward together with the hammer 32. In this way, the connecting portion 7A of the label hanger 7 passes through the inside of the needle 14 penetrating the product 8 and escapes to the lower side of the support member 5, but is connected to this connecting portion 7A and the label 7B is attached to the tip side. The thread portion 7D is the needle 14
The needle cover member 4 and the notch 5A provided in the support member 5 and the like can pass through the through-groove 14A provided at the same time to exit the driving device. In this way, the driving operation is completed.

Next, a label hanger magazine driving device according to a second embodiment of this embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the same parts as those of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals to avoid redundant description. FIG. 9 shows this second
It is a schematic block diagram which shows the driving device of the label hanger magazine of an Example. This driving device is composed of a main body 1'having a substantially pinched or stepped shape, a feeding mechanism 2 ', a hammer pushing mechanism 3', a needle cover member 4, a support member 5, and an operating means 6 '. ing.

The main body 1'is provided with a pair of gripping portions 64 constituting the actuating means 6'movably in the vertical direction, and driving the label hanger while gripping both gripping portions 64 with one hand. It is designed to operate.

As shown in FIG. 10, the feed mechanism 2'is the same as that of the first embodiment except for the actuating member 21, that is, the actuating member 21 is replaced by a former one. The pivot member 33 of the first embodiment is used.

The hammer pushing mechanism 3'is the same as that of the first embodiment except for the cam member 34,
That is, in this embodiment, the upper grip portion 64 is used instead of the cam member 34 as the means for pushing the pivot member 33.

As described above, the operating means 6'uses a pair of grip portions 64, and the lower grip portion 64 has a structure integral with the support member 5. Further, since the actuating member 5'is driven in three steps as in the first embodiment, springs having different elastic forces are arranged between the respective members to skillfully change the elastic force to 3 It is designed to perform some kind of action.

That is, in the actuating means 6 ', of the guide shaft 66A provided between the main body 1'and the support member 5 penetrating the needle cover member 4, the needle cover member 4 and the support member 5 are connected. Elastic force F1 of the first spring 65A interposed between
However, similarly, the guide shaft 66A having a smaller elastic force F2 than the elastic force F2 of the second spring 65B interposed between the main body 1'and the needle cover member 4 is used.

Further, the third spring 6 wound around the guide shaft 66B provided between the main body 1'and the upper grip portion 64.
5C has a larger elastic force F3 than the second spring 65B described above, which allows the pair of grip portions 64
A predetermined three-step operation can be realized by gripping the. In addition to these springs, a spring 65D is further interposed between the support member 5 and the main body 1'through a guide shaft 66A, and the support member 5 is always separated from the main body 1'side. I'm supposed to leave it. Further, both of these guide shafts 66A and 65B are slidably attached to the main body 1'side in a state that they are prevented from coming off, and the opposite end portions thereof are the support member 5 and the grip portion 64, respectively. Is stuck to.

Therefore, according to the driving device of the second embodiment, the label hanger 7 can be driven into a desired product by gripping the grip portion with one hand, as in the first embodiment. Of.

[0048]

As described above, according to the driving device of the present invention, the label hanger magazines can be collectively inserted and set on the mounting table, and the labels can be attached to the loaded label hanger magazines. However, the label hanger magazines can be housed in a horizontal manner in an orderly manner on the mounting table, and do not interfere with the driving operation, so that workability can be improved.

Moreover, since the driving device of the present invention can mount and set the label hanger magazine in the horizontal direction,
It is suitable for thinning, and has an effect that work can be performed relatively easily, for example, when a label hanger is attached to a product in a bag.

Further, according to the present invention, since the label hanger can be automatically fed to the driving portion on the front end side by the built-in feeding mechanism, the driving operation can be performed only by the operation of the hand or the finger. Since it does not require any troublesome operation and the support member securely supports the product to be driven, accidents such as accidental needle sticks can be prevented, and the product is highly safe. Can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a label hanger magazine driving device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a feeding mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the needle.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the support member on the distal end side.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing a feeding mechanism of a second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a conventional label hanger.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing another conventional label hanger.

FIG. 13 is a side view of FIG.

14 is a cross-sectional view of an engaging portion of the label in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 1'Main body 14 Needle 2 2'Feeding mechanism 3 Hammer pushing mechanism 32 Hammer 4 Needle cover member 5 Supporting member 6 6'Actuating means 7 Label hanger 7A Connecting part 7B Label 11 Trigger 12 Mounting base 64 Gripping part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mounting base for setting a label hanger magazine on its body sideways, a feeding mechanism for feeding the label hanger magazine set on the mounting base to a driving section, and a feeding mechanism for feeding the label hanger magazine to the driving section. A hammer push-out mechanism that sends out a hammer that separates the most advanced label hanger from a common support part, a needle cover member that allows a needle fixed to the main body in the hammer moving direction of the driving part to advance and retreat, and the label hanger is driven. The hammer push-out mechanism and needle cover are supported by operating the support member that supports the product to be stored and the notch that the label hanger enters and exits at a position facing the needle tip side, and the trigger provided on the main body. When the member and the support member are operated in three steps in the order of the support member, the support member and the needle cover member, and the hammer pushing mechanism. In addition, an operating means for activating the feeding mechanism is provided, and the insertion part of the label hanger that is separated and cut by pressing one by one from the label hanger magazine loaded on the mounting table is inserted into the product, and the label is attached to the product. A device for driving a label hanger magazine, characterized in that it is configured to be attached.