JPH08207223A - Stamping apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily position a stamping apparatus when a user seals by moving the apparatus to the position of an area to be perforated when the area smaller than the printing surface of a stamp is perforated by a thermal head. CONSTITUTION: The content of a text memory for storing code data corresponding to a character input from a character input means is perforated in a dot state on the printing surface of a stamp 1 by heat printing means 50. Before perforating, the size of the printing area is freely set to the size or less of the printing surface of the stamp 1 by a printing area setting means. If the size of the printing area is set smaller than the printing surface of the stamp 1, the position of the printing area can be designated by a printing area position designating means, and a control means so controls that the means 50 can perforate in a dot state the content of the text at the designated position on the printing surface of the stamp 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stamp device,
In particular, when punching with a thermal head in a region smaller than the stamp face portion of the stamp body, by moving the position of the punched region within the stamp face portion, positioning can be facilitated when the user imprints. The present invention relates to a stamp device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to create a stamp that replaces a conventional rubber stamp, in JP-A-4-226778, a stencil printing plate is adhered to a lower surface of a base of a stamp member having a gripping portion through a cushion material. There has been proposed a stamping device comprising a stamped body and a heating printing device in which a thermal head punches a stamping surface of a stencil printing plate of the stamped body. Since the stamp body is automatically supplied with ink from the internal ink pad to the printing surface, it can be printed many times without applying external ink to the printing surface. Since a desired character string pattern can be punched at any time on the stamp face portion, the desired stamp body can be obtained immediately, which is convenient.

By the way, the editing function of the heating printing apparatus can effectively use the editing function of the tape printing apparatus similar to the heating printing apparatus. What is a tape printer?
It is possible to print the tape by attaching a double-sided tape with release paper after performing mirror image printing of characters etc. on the back side of the transparent tape, and the tape printed in this way adheres to the back of the video cassette etc. It is suitable for use as an index or the like. The editing function of the tape printer is used in addition to the editing functions such as correction, addition, deletion, movement, and copying of character data, line feed data, and new block data, as described in JP-A-5-177905. The text can be edited by an operator's key operation. In addition, for example, when the block data is divided into two blocks by joining the block data in the middle of a data group forming one block, or when texts over two blocks are input, they are divided into two blocks. By deleting the modified block data that divides the blocks, it is possible to edit the two blocks into one block. This allows printing over multiple lines and multiple blocks.

[0004]

With the editing function of the tape printer, when printing the contents of the edited text on the tape, the height of the text is changed due to the nature of the long tape which is the print medium. On the other hand, the entire width of the tape is set so that it is printed on the tape, and the length of the text is set so that the length of the tape specified by the user corresponds or the text is set. Printing is done on the tape without limitation of the length of the tape until the end of the contents of. When the editing function of such a tape printer is used in the heating printing device, the stamp surface portion of the stamp body, which is a punching medium, has a finite amount, and thus the content of the edited text is printed on the stamp surface portion of the stamp body. In this case, the size of the text directly corresponds to the size of the stamp surface.

Incidentally, there are many occasions in which a desired character or the like is punched and used in an area smaller than the stamp face portion of the stamp body due to the purpose of use of the stamp body. However, unless the stamp body is moved to positions such as the four corners of the stamp surface of the stamp body that are convenient for the user, positioning becomes difficult when printing with the stamp body. However, if the above-mentioned movement is performed in the editing function of the conventional tape printer, the character data and the like must be moved to the four corners of the text by using the space data, the modified block data and the like. That is, the editing function of the conventional tape printing apparatus is insufficient as the editing function of the heating printing apparatus of the stamp apparatus, and it is very inconvenient for the user.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when a thermal head punches an area smaller than the stamp surface of the stamp body, the position of the punched area is moved to facilitate positioning when the user imprints. It is an object of the present invention to provide a stamp device that can be used.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a stamp device according to claim 1 of the present application corresponds to a character input means for inputting characters and the like and a character etc. input from the character input means. A text memory for storing code data, a stamp surface area setting means for setting a size of a stamp surface area in which the contents of the text memory are punched in a dot shape in a stamp surface portion of a stamp body, and a stamp set by the stamp surface area setting means. In a stamp device having heating printing means for punching the contents of the text memory in a dot shape in a stamp surface area on a stamp surface portion of a body, a stamp surface area position designating means for designating a position of the stamp surface area on the stamp surface portion of the stamp body, If the size of the stamp surface area is set smaller than the stamp surface portion by the stamp surface area setting means, the stamp surface area position designating means Based on the position of the constant has been stamp face area, are those configured with a control means for drilling in a dot shape to the stamp face area on the print face portion of the contents of the text memory by said heating printing means.

The stamp device according to a second aspect of the present application is the stamp device according to the first aspect, further comprising detection means for detecting the size of the stamp face portion of the stamp body attached to the stamp device, The means is configured to determine whether or not the size of the stamp surface area set by the stamp surface area setting means is smaller than the stamp surface portion based on the detection result of the detecting means.

The stamp device according to claim 3 of the present application is the stamp device according to claims 1 and 2, wherein when the size of the stamp surface area is not set by the stamp surface area setting means, the stamp surface area is set. It is configured to include a prohibiting unit that prohibits the seal face position specifying operation by the position specifying unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the stamp apparatus according to the third aspect, the control means is mounted on the stamp device when the stamp face area position specifying operation is prohibited by the prohibiting means. The stamp surface of the stamped body has a size corresponding to the stamp surface area.

[0011]

In the stamp apparatus having the above structure, the contents of the text memory for storing the code data corresponding to the characters or the like inputted from the character input means are printed on the stamp face of the stamp body by the heating and printing means. Perforate in dots. A region where the stamp surface of the stamp body is perforated in a dot shape is called a stamp surface region. Before perforation, the size of the stamp surface area can be freely set to be equal to or smaller than the size of the stamp surface portion of the stamp body by the stamp surface area setting means. At this time, if the size of the stamp surface area is set to be smaller than the stamp surface portion of the stamp body, the position of the stamp surface area can be designated by the stamp surface area position designating means, and the heating printing means can control the stamp surface portion of the stamp body by the control means. It is controlled to puncture the contents of the text at the specified position above.

In the stamp device according to the second aspect, the size of the stamp face portion of the stamp body mounted on the stamp device is detected by the detecting means before punching, thereby saving the operator the trouble of inputting the size of the stamp face portion. Omit it. At this time,
The control means compares the size of the stamp surface portion detected by the detector means with the size of the stamp surface area set by the stamp surface area setting means, and when the size of the stamp surface area is smaller than the stamp surface portion of the stamp body, the heating is performed. The printing means controls to punch the contents of the text in a dot shape at a designated position on the stamp face of the stamp body.

In the stamping device according to the third aspect of the present invention, before punching, when the size of the stamp surface area is not set by the stamp surface area setting means, the prohibiting means specifies the position of the stamp surface area by the stamp surface area position specifying means. Is prohibited, and the useless operation of the stamp surface area position specifying means is omitted.

In the stamp apparatus according to the present invention, when the prohibiting means prohibits the operation of designating the position of the stamp surface area by the stamp surface area position designating means before the punching, the control means detects by the detecting means. The size of the stamp surface area thus set is used as the size of the stamp surface area, and the operator's input to the effect that the stamp surface area and the stamp surface portion size are the same is omitted, and the contents of the text are controlled to be punched by the heating printing means.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the stamp body 1
This is an example of a case in which the present invention is applied to a stamp device including a heat printing device 50 and a heat printing device 50.

First, the stamp body 1 of the stamp device will be described with reference to FIGS. The stamp body 1 includes a grip portion 2 for gripping with a hand, a stamp portion 3 fixedly connected to the grip portion 2, a skirt member 6 covering an outer peripheral side of the stamp portion 3, and a stamp portion 3 which is attachable to and detachable from the stamp portion 3. It is composed of a protective cap 7 attached to the. A recess 11 for attaching the label 10 is formed on the top of the grip portion 2, and lower portions of the front wall 12 and the rear wall 13 of the grip portion 2 are
A guide groove 15 is formed, an engaging recess 16 is formed in the front wall 12, and an engaging hole 18 is formed in the left side wall 14.

The stamp part 3 includes a stamp part body 4
And the outer peripheral holding member 5 into which the stamp portion main body 4 is inserted and fixed from below. The outer peripheral holding member 5 extends from the front wall 12 and the rear wall 13 of the grip portion 2
It is fixed to the grip portion 2 via a pair of engaging claws 17.
The stamp body 4 has a base member 26 made of synthetic resin, which has a shallow recess 25 on the lower surface, and the recess 2 of the base member 26.
5, an impregnating body 27 that is impregnated with an oil-based ink, and a heat sensitive material that is adhered to the outer peripheral surface of the base member 26 with an adhesive that covers the lower surface of the impregnating body 27 and the outer peripheral side of the base member 26. And the stencil sheet 28. The base member 26
Is made of a synthetic resin material or a metal material having excellent oil resistance, and by mounting the impregnating body 27 in the recess 25, it is possible to prevent the positional displacement of the impregnating body 27 and the outflow of ink from the impregnating body 27. The impregnated body 27 is made of an elastic foam or nonwoven fabric of synthetic resin material, and the impregnated body 27 is impregnated with oil-based ink in a saturated state. The heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 is composed of a thermoplastic film, a porous support, and an adhesive layer for adhering these.

The portion of the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 that is in close contact with the surface of the impregnated body 27 constitutes the stamp face portion 30, and the stamp face portion 30.
Over almost the entire lower surface of the stamp portion 3. The skirt member 6 is attached so as to be movable up and down with respect to the grip portion 2 and the outer peripheral holding member 5, and the compression spring 20 is mounted between the projecting portion 29 at the center of the skirt member 6 and the upper wall of the grip portion 2. The skirt member 6 is elastically biased downward by the spring 20, and an engaging hole 19 is formed in the protrusion 29 so as to face the engaging hole 18 in a horizontal series when the skirt member 6 is at the upper limit position. ing. The protective cap 7
Is for detachably covering and protecting the lower end side of the stamp body 4, and the protective cap 7 is fitted into and supported by the outer peripheral wall of the skirt member 6.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a large number of perforations (dot pattern perforations) of a pattern consisting of a character string of mirror image characters "ABC" and a rectangular frame surrounding the outside thereof are formed on the stamp face portion 30. , Thermal head 9 of heating printing device 50
0, which is a mirror image of the pattern of FIG.
Since a stamp capable of printing the character string “C” and a rectangular frame is configured, the pattern can be printed about 1000 times, for example, like a normal stamp having a rubber stamp surface. it can.

In addition, in the printing surface portion 30, the heating printing device 50 is used.
The area perforated by the thermal head 90 of FIG. In FIG. 4, the area inside the rectangular frame surrounding the character string of the mirror image character “ABC” matches the stamp surface area 31. By the way, in a stamp having a rubber stamp surface portion, the stamp surface portion and the area corresponding to the stamp surface area have the same size. This is because it is possible to easily create the stamp surface portion having the same size as the area corresponding to the stamp surface area. However, in the case of the stamp device according to the present invention, the stamp body 1 attached to the heating printing device 50 is
The number of types of the size is limited, so that the size of the stamp surface region 31 and the size of the stamp surface portion 30 are more equal than
As shown in FIG. 4, the size of the stamp surface area 31 is relatively smaller than the stamp surface portion 30 in many cases, and the present invention is particularly effective in the latter case. This point will be described when the operation of the thermal printer 50 is described.

When heat-punching the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 28 constituting the stamp face portion 30, the stamp body 1 is set in the printing mounting portion 71 of the heating printing device 50 described later, and the guide bar 83 of the device is set. The guide holes 18, 19, 19
The skirt member 6 is held at the upper limit position for perforation by inserting the protective cap 7 when not in use, and when printing, as shown in FIG. , The protective cap 7 is removed, and the skirt member 6 is positioned at a position to be printed on the front surface of the paper to position the stamp face portion 30 of the stamp portion 3, and then the grip portion 2 is pressed downward for printing. .

Next, the heating printing device 5 of the stamp device
0 will be described with reference to FIGS. Figure 5
As shown in FIG. 7, the thermal printing apparatus 50 includes a main body frame 51, a keyboard 52 and a liquid crystal display 53 provided on the front portion of the main body frame 51, and the main body frame 5.
The print unit 54 is provided in the rear portion of the main body 1 and the control unit 110 provided in the main body frame 51. The keyboard 52 includes a character / symbol key 56 including a plurality of character keys that also function as a kana key and an alphabet key and a plurality of symbol keys, various text editing keys (cursor movement key 57, execution key 58, line feed key 59, and enter key). /
End key 60, cancel key 61, delete key 62, shift key 63, lower case switch 64, character type setting switch 6
5, a print key 66, etc.) and a main switch 67 are provided. The liquid crystal display 53 is configured to be able to display a plurality of lines of character strings, a frame, etc. corresponding to a pattern to be printed by the stamp body 1.

Next, the heating printing section 54 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, the heating printing section 54 includes
The sub-frame 70, the printing mounting portion 71 for detachably mounting the stamp body 1, and the heating printing mechanism 72 for perforating the stamp surface portion 30 of the stamp body 1 mounted on the printing mounting portion 71 in a dodd shape. Etc. are provided. Explaining the printing mounting portion 71, an opening 74 having substantially the same shape as the side surface of the lower half of the stamp body 1 having the maximum width in the front-rear direction of the stamp portion 3 is formed in the right side wall 73 of the subframe 70. A sector gear 76 is fixedly provided on the opening / closing door 75 that opens and closes the opening 74.
6 is pivotally attached to the right side wall 73 by a pivot 77. A pair of front and rear parallel guide members 78 and 79 are provided on the upper portion of the sub-frame 70, and guide portions 80 extending horizontally and horizontally in the left-right direction are opposed to each other at lower ends of the guide members 78 and 79. Is formed in.

The front guide member 78 is provided with a pair of left and right rollers 81 via a long hole so as to be movable in the front-rear direction by a small distance, and these rollers 81 are biased rearward by a spring 82. The guide bar 83 fixed to the front guide member 78 is disposed at an intermediate position between the guide members 78 and 79, and a taper surface 84 is formed on the upper surface of the right end portion of the guide bar 83 so as to be inclined downward to the right. Further, a locking portion 85 that restricts the left limit position of the stamp body 1 is formed at the left end portion of the guide bar 83.

The stamp body 1 is inserted through the opening 74,
In the pair of front and rear guide grooves 15 of the grip portion 2 of the stamp body 1,
The stamp body 1 is supported by the pair of guide portions 80 by engaging the pair of front and rear guide portions 80.
Is urged rearward by a spring 82 via a pair of rollers 81 to accurately set the front-rear position, the stamp body 1 abuts on the locking portion 85, and the right roller 81 is held by the grip portion 2 The stamp body 1 is engaged with the engaging recess 16 of the stamp body 1.
The horizontal position of is accurately set. The stamp body 1
Of the guide bar 83 when attaching the
Is inserted through the guide holes 18, 19 and 19 of the stamp body 1, whereby the skirt member 6 is held in a state of being raised to the upper limit position shown in FIG.

The heating / printing mechanism 72 will be described below.
0 over the right end wall 73 and the left end wall 86, the carriage 8
Guide rod 88 extending in the left-right direction for guiding 7
And a cam body 91 for guiding the carriage 87 and switching the position of the thermal head 90 mounted on the carriage 87.
Head switching rod 8 extending in the left-right direction for operating the
9 and the cam body 91 is attached to the head switching rod 8
It is mounted on the shaft 9 so as not to rotate and slidable in the axial direction. The carriage 87 is supported by a guide rod 88 and a head switching rod 89 so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and a rack 92 having a predetermined length over the entire length is formed at the front end of the carriage 87.

A cam contact plate 93 is attached to the carriage 87.
And a head heat dissipation plate 94 are mounted so as to be vertically swingable by a support shaft 95 oriented in the front-rear direction.
The thermal head 90 is fixed, and the head heat dissipation plate 94 is
The spring 97 mounted on the pin 96 fixed to it
Thus, the cam contact plate 93 is elastically biased upward. The cam body 91 is formed in an elliptical shape and abuts on the lower surface of the cam abutment plate 93, and the head switching rod 89.
When the cam body 91 is turned to the sideways posture, the thermal head 90 is released downward together with the head radiator plate 94, and when the cam body 91 is put to the upright posture, the thermal head 90 moves to the cam contact plate 93. And, through the spring 97, it is rocked upward and switched to the drilling position.

A gear 98 meshing with the sector gear 76 is provided outside the right end wall 73 of the sub-frame 70 at the right end of the head switching rod 89.
5 is opened, the cam body 91 is in a horizontal posture, and when the opening / closing door 75 is closed, the cam body 91 is switched to a vertical posture. On the front wall 99 of the sub-frame 70, a stepping motor 100 that drives the carriage 87, a drive gear 101 that meshes with the rack 92,
A reduction gear mechanism 103 that transmits the rotation of the output gear 102 of the output shaft of the stepping motor 100 to the drive gear 101 is additionally provided. Therefore, the rotational driving force of the stepping motor 100 is decelerated and transmitted to the drive gear 101, so that the carriage 87 is driven by the stepping motor 100.
Can be driven to move in the left-right direction. The thermal head 90 is the same as the thermal head of a thermal printer.
Six heating elements are provided in one row in the front-rear direction.

Next, a control system including a control unit 110 for driving and controlling the heating and printing mechanism 72 and the liquid crystal display 53 will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, the control unit 110 includes a keyboard 52, a thermal head 90, a carriage feed motor 100, a liquid crystal display 53, and two proximity devices for detecting the presence or absence of the stamp body 1 and the front-back width. Switches 104 and 105 and a proximity switch 106 for detecting a cut sheet-shaped thermal paper cassette (not shown) are connected.

In the case of the present embodiment, the stamp body 1 has two types, a narrow type shown by a solid line in FIG. 9 and a wide type shown by a chain line in FIG. 9, and two proximity switches 104, 105.
As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, is attached to the lower wall portion of the rear guide member 79 in a vertical direction, and the proximity switches 104, 1
The wide type stamp body 1 is detected by 05, and the narrow type stamp body 1 is detected by the proximity switch 104. Further, a proximity switch 106 for detecting the cut sheet-shaped thermal paper cassette is also attached at a position separated by a predetermined distance to the left of the proximity switch 104.

As shown in FIG. 12, the control unit 110
Include a CPU 111, a ROM 112, and a RAM 113.
A print CG-ROM 114, a display CG-ROM 115 for displaying on the display 53, an input interface 116 connected to the keyboard 52 and the proximity switches 104 to 106, and an output interface 117. Are interconnected by a bus 118. The control unit 110 is provided with a head drive circuit 119, a motor drive circuit 120, and a display drive circuit 121, which are connected to the output interface 117, respectively. The ROM 112 is provided with a program memory 122 which stores a control program for controlling the overall operation of the heating printing device 50, and a dictionary memory 123 for converting kana / kanji.

The RAM 113 has a text memory 124 for storing input data, a print buffer 125 for storing printing dot pattern data, a stamp face portion X-direction length memory (XA) 126 for storing the size of the stamp face portion 30, and Stamp surface Y-direction length memory (YA) 127, stamp surface area X-direction length memory (XB) 128 and stamp surface area Y-direction length memory (YB) that store the size of the stamp surface area (described later).
129, a stamp surface area unset pointer (P) 130 indicating that the stamp surface area has been set, and a stamp surface area X direction position memory (XX) 1 for storing the position of the stamp surface area in the stamp surface portion 30.
31 and a stamp face area Y direction position memory (YY) 132, and various other counters and registers are provided. The print CG-ROM 114 stores dot pattern data of a large number of characters to be printed in association with the code data, and the display CG-ROM 115 displays a large number of characters to be printed. The dot pattern data is stored in association with the code data.

Here, when a desired character string is heat-punched on the stamp face portion 30 of the stamp body 1 to make the stamp body 1 usable as a stamp, the control unit 110 is controlled from the keyboard 52 of the heating printing device 50. When a desired character string is input, the control unit 110 creates and stores dot pattern data for printing mirror image characters of the desired character string. After that, in a state where the stamp body 1 is set on the printing mounting portion 71, the control unit 11
0 and the heating and printing mechanism 72 heat-perforates the stamp face portion 30. In this way, after the character string or the like is heated and perforated on the stamp face portion 30, the ink of the impregnated body 27 oozes out from the perforation of the character string or the like. Rows etc. can be printed.

Since the character string to be heat-printed on a trial basis needs to be a regular character that is not a mirror image character, the program memory of the control unit 110 is heated and punched according to a predetermined command signal. Printing dot pattern data for heating printing of a character string of mirror image characters to be printed is printed from the printing data buffer 125 to printing dot pattern data for heating printing of a character string of a regular character that is not a mirror image character. The control program is stored by converting it into a read-out, and the dot pattern data for printing such as the character strings of regular characters is used to heat and print on the cut-sheet thermal paper of the cut-sheet thermal paper cassette. There is.

Next, the operation of the thermal printing apparatus 50 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the basic processing flow of the heating printing device 50 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The basic processing of the thermal printing apparatus 50 is started by pressing the main switch 67, and then ends with an interrupt by pressing the main switch 67 again.

When the power switch is turned on by depressing the main switch 67 of the heating / printing device 50, the first step (hereinafter,
A predetermined initial setting for clearing the liquid crystal display 53, the text memory 124, the print buffer 125, the stamp face portion X-direction length memory (XA) 126, etc. in "S" 1) is performed, and the basic processing state is entered, and the process proceeds to S2. In S2, a stamp surface area size setting process described later is executed. When the stamp area size setting process ends, the process proceeds to S3. Then S
3, the contents of the text memory 124 are displayed on the display 5.
Display in 3. Immediately after the power is turned on, nothing is displayed because the contents of the text memory 124 have been cleared. Then, if there is a key input from the keyboard 52 in S4, it is determined whether or not it is the character key 56 or the text edit key (for example, the cursor movement key 57, the execution key 58, etc.). When it is determined that the key is the character key 56 or the text edit key (S4: Yes), the process proceeds to S5.

In S5, the stamp surface area 31 set in S2 is set.
A text creation process for creating and editing text is executed based on the size of the text and the input character key 56 or text editing key. For example, the input character key 56
Text memory for code data of text editing keys
24, or the process of automatically setting the size of characters or the like so that all the text contents are stored in the set stamp surface area 31. These editing functions prevent the content of the text from exceeding the range of the stamp area 31. When the text creation process is completed in S5, the process returns to S3. That is, the input characters and the like are displayed on the liquid crystal display 53, and the state of waiting for key input is again entered in S4. If it is determined in S4 that the character key 56 or the text edit key is not selected (S4: N
o), go to S6. In S6, it is determined whether or not the input key is the print key 66. If it is determined that the print key 66 is selected (S6: Yes), after the print area position designating process in S7 described later and the heating print process in S8 which will be described later are executed, the process returns to S3 and the key is input again in S4. To wait for.

If it is determined in S6 that the print key 66 is not selected (S6: No), the process proceeds to S9. In S9, the function processing corresponding to the key input in S4 is performed, the process returns to S3, the display of the liquid crystal display 53 is switched as necessary, and then the state of waiting for the key input of S4 is set.
The above is the flow of the basic processing of the heating printing apparatus 50.

Next, S2 described with reference to FIG.
The stamp surface area size setting process performed in step S1 will be described. FIG. 14 shows a flow chart of the stamp surface area size setting processing program. In S20, the stamp surface portion X-direction length is stored in the stamp surface portion X-direction length memory (XA) 126, and S
At 21, the stamp face portion Y direction length is stored in the stamp face portion Y direction length memory (YA) 127. Here, the stamp surface portion X-direction length refers to the lateral length of the stamp surface portion 30, and the stamp surface portion Y-direction length refers to the longitudinal length of the stamp surface portion 30. Specifically, the size of the stamp face portion 30 of the stamp body 1 mounted on the heating printing device 50 is set to the two proximity switches 104 and 105.
Based on the determination by the detection (see FIGS. 7 and 9), S2
0 and S21 are performed.

At S23, the user selects whether or not the size of the stamp area 31 is freely set. When the size of the stamp area 31 is freely set (S23: Yes)
In S24, the length in the stamp surface area X direction is the stamp surface area X.
The direction length memory (XB) 128 is stored, and the stamp surface area Y direction length is stored in the stamp surface area Y direction length memory (YB) 129 in S25. Here, the length of the stamp surface area X direction means the length of the stamp surface area 31 in the horizontal direction, and the length of the stamp surface area Y direction means the length of the stamp surface area 31 in the vertical direction. Specifically, S24 and S25 are performed based on the numerical value that the user inputs the desired size of the stamp surface area 31 using the character / symbol key 56 of the keyboard 52. S26,
In S27, the sizes of the stamp face portion 30 and the set stamp face area 31 are compared. That is, since the size of the stamp surface area 31 cannot be set larger than that of the stamp surface portion 30, S26, S
At 27, the confirmation is made.

Therefore, in S26, the numerical value stored in the stamp area X-direction length memory (XB) 128 is the stamp area X.
When the value is equal to or less than the value stored in the direction length memory (XA) 126 (S26: Yes), and in S27, the value stored in the stamp face area Y direction length memory (YB) 129 is the stamp face portion Y direction length. When the value is equal to or smaller than the numerical value stored in the memory (YA) 127 (S27: Yes), the stamp surface area size setting process ends. However, in S26, when the numerical value stored in the stamp face area X direction length memory (XB) 128 is not smaller than the numerical value stored in the stamp face portion X direction length memory (XA) 126 (S26: No), or , S27, the stamp surface area Y-direction length memory (Y
B) When the numerical value stored in 129 is not smaller than the numerical value stored in the Y-direction length memory (YA) 127 of the stamp surface portion (S27: No), the process returns to S23, and the stamp area 3 again.
Redo the selection of whether to set the size of 1 freely.

When the size of the stamp surface area 31 is not freely set (S23: No), the value of the stamp surface area unset pointer (P) 130 is set to "1" in S28 and the size of the stamp surface area 31 is set to the stamp surface portion. Remember that it matches 30,
The stamp surface area size setting process ends.

Next, S7 described with reference to FIG.
The seal face area position designation setting process performed in step 3 will be described. FIG. 15 shows a flow chart of the stamp surface area position designation processing program. In S40, it is determined whether or not the value of the stamp surface area unset pointer (P) 130 is "1". Set the value of the print area unset pointer (P) 130 to "1"
If it is (S40: Yes), the numerical value “0” is stored in the stamp face area X direction position memory (XX) 131 in S41, and the numerical value “0” is stored in S42 in the stamp face area Y direction position memory (YY) 132. Memorized in.

The case where the value of the stamp face area unset pointer (P) 130 is "1" is when the size of the stamp face area 31 and the stamp face portion 30 match. FIG. 18 shows a case where the stamp face portion 30 and the stamp face area 31 in FIG. 4 coincide with each other.
Further, as shown in FIG. 18, the X direction means the left horizontal direction from the upper right end point Z0 of the stamp face portion 30, and the Y direction means the stamp face portion 3.
0 means the vertical direction downward from the upper right end point Z0. Further, the position of the stamp surface area in the X direction means the upper right end point of the stamp surface area 31 and the stamp surface portion 30.
Is the distance in the X direction from the upper right end point Z0, and the position in the Y direction of the stamp surface area is the distance in the Y direction between the upper right end point of the stamp surface area 31 and the upper right end point Z0 of the stamp surface portion 30 (see FIGS. 19 and 20). . In this case, since the upper right end point Z0 of the stamp face portion 30 and the upper right end point of the stamp face area 31 overlap, the stamp face area X direction position memory (XX) 131 and the stamp face portion area Y direction position memory (YY) 132 are stored in S41 and S42. The numerical value "0" is stored.

On the other hand, the stamp area unset pointer (P) 13
When the value of 0 is not "1" (S40: No), S4
3, the selection screen shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 53. This selection screen is for the user to select where to place the stamp surface area 31 on the stamp surface portion 30,
The user inputs the key corresponding to the desired arrangement position. For example, when the "1" key is input, the stamp surface area 31 is arranged at the center of the stamp surface portion 30 as shown in FIG. However, due to the characteristics of the stamp body 1, since the characters and the like that are heat-punched in the stamp face area 31 of the stamp face portion 30 and their arrangement are mirror-imaged, the left-right relationship between the stamp face portion 30 and the marking result is opposite. Here, the marking result is displayed as a reference for the convenience of the user. Therefore, in the case of “upper left” of the selection screen, the stamp surface area 31 is arranged at the upper right of the stamp surface portion 30. In the case of “lower left”, “upper right”, and “lower right” on the selection screen, the stamp surface area 31 is arranged at the lower right, upper left, and lower left of the stamp surface portion 30, respectively.

Next, at S44, if the input key is "1" (S44: Yes), at S45 the stamp face portion X direction length memory (XA) 126 and the stamp face area X direction length memory ( The quotient obtained by dividing the difference of (XB) 128 by 2 is stored in the stamp face area X direction position memory (XX) 131, and in S46, the stamp face area Y direction length memory (YA) 1.
The quotient obtained by dividing the difference between 27 and the stamp face area Y direction length memory (YB) 129 by 2 is the stamp face area Y direction position memory (YY) 1
After being stored in 32, the stamp surface area position designation setting process ends. The case where the input key is “1” means the case where the stamp surface area 31 is arranged at the center of the stamp surface portion 30 as described above. In this case, the upper right end point Z of the stamp surface area 31
The positional relationship between 1 and the upper right end point Z0 of the stamp face portion 30 is shown in FIG.
Therefore, the processing described above is performed in S45 and S46. On the other hand, when the input key is not "1" (S44: No), the process proceeds to S47.

In S47, if the input key is "2" (S47: Yes), the numerical value "0" is stored in the stamp surface area X direction position memory (XX) 131 in S48, and the numerical value "0" is stored in S49. "0" is stored in the stamp face area Y direction position memory (YY) 132, and the stamp face area position designation setting process ends. The case where the input key is “2” means the case where the stamp surface area 31 is arranged at the upper right of the stamp surface portion 30. In this case, the positional relationship between the upper right end point Z1 of the stamp surface area 31 and the upper right end point Z0 of the stamp surface portion 30 is
In FIG. 19, the stamp surface area 31 is moved in parallel and overlapped. Therefore, in S44 and S46, the value "0" is stored in the stamp face area X direction position memory (XX) 131 and the stamp face area Y direction position memory (YY) 132. On the other hand, if the entered key is not "2" (S4
4: No), the process proceeds to S50.

In S50, when the input key is "3" (S50: Yes), the numerical value "0" is stored in the stamp surface area X direction position memory (XX) 131 in S48, and the stamp surface portion in S49. Y direction length memory (Y
A) 127 and stamp area Y-direction length memory (YB) 129
Is stored in the stamp surface area Y-direction position memory (YY) 132, and the stamp surface area position designation setting process ends. The case where the input key is “3” means the case where the stamp surface area 31 is arranged at the lower right of the stamp surface portion 30. In this case, the positional relationship between the upper right end point Z1 of the stamp surface area 31 and the upper right end point Z0 of the stamp surface portion 30 is as shown in FIG.
And the right side of the stamp face portion 30 are overlapped, and the stamp face region 31
And the lower side of the stamp face portion 30 are overlapped. Therefore, the processing described above is performed in S51 and S52. On the other hand, when the input key is not "3" (S50: No), the process proceeds to S53.

At S53, if the input key is "4" (S53: Yes), at S54, the stamp face portion X direction length memory (XA) 126 and the stamp face area X direction length memory (XB) 128. Is stored in the stamp face area X direction position memory (XX) 131, the numerical value “0” is stored in the stamp face area Y direction position memory (YY) 132 in S55, and the stamp face area position designation setting process ends. . The case where the input key is “4” means the case where the stamp surface area 31 is arranged at the upper left of the stamp surface portion 30. In this case, the positional relationship between the upper right end point Z1 of the stamp surface area 31 and the upper right end point Z0 of the stamp surface portion 30 is as shown in FIG.
1 and the left side of the stamp face portion 30 are overlapped, and the stamp face region 3
1 is a positional relationship when 1 and the upper side of the stamp face portion 30 are overlapped. Therefore, the processes described above are performed in S54 and S55. On the other hand, when the input key is not "4" (S53: No), the process proceeds to S56.

In S56, if the input key is "5" (S56: Yes), the stamp face portion X direction length memory (XA) 126 and the stamp face area X direction length memory (XB) 128 in S57. Is stored in the stamp face area X-direction position memory (XX) 131, and at S55, the stamp face Y
The difference between the direction length memory (YA) 127 and the stamp surface area Y direction length memory (YB) 129 is stored in the stamp surface area Y direction position memory (YY) 132, and the stamp surface area position designation setting process ends. The case where the input key is “5” means the case where the stamp surface area 31 is arranged at the lower left of the stamp surface portion 30. In this case, the upper right end point Z5 of the stamp surface area 31
Since the positional relationship between and the upper right end point Z0 of the stamp surface portion 30 is as shown in FIG. 20, the above-described processing is performed in S45 and S46. On the other hand, when the input key is not "5" (S53: No), the process returns to S43,
The position of the stamp surface area 31 on the stamp surface portion 30 is selected again.

Next, S8 described with reference to FIG.
The heating and printing process performed in step 2 will be described. FIG. 16 shows a flow chart of the heating print processing program, S7
At 0, the contents of the text memory 124 are transferred to the print buffer 125. This transfer is based on the stamp surface area designation processing S
7. Stamp face area X direction position memory (XX) 1 stored in 7.
31 and the numerical values of the stamp face portion Y-direction length memory (YA) 127, the movement of the same arrangement as that shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 is involved. That is, the state where the contents of the text memory 124 are transferred to the print buffer 125 will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20.
The stamp area 31 corresponds to the contents of the text memory 124. For example, when the input key is "1" in S43 in the stamp surface area position designation setting processing in S7, the contents of the text memory 124 (corresponding to the stamp surface area 31) are stored in the print buffer 125 (in the stamp surface portion 30). Equivalent to)
When the data is transferred to, the arrangement is performed so as to have the positional relationship shown in FIG.

Next, in S71, the heating printing mechanism 72 is used.
The contents of the print buffer 125 are heated and punched in the stamp face portion 30 via the, and the heating print processing is completed. When the heating printing process is completed, the process returns to S3 of the basic processing program shown in FIG.
In S4, the key input is awaited. FIG.
8, FIG. 19, and FIG. 20 are examples of the stamp face portion 30 of the stamp body 1 that has been heat-perforated. In the case of FIGS. 19 and 20, the size of the stamp surface area 31 is set smaller than that of the stamp surface portion 30. Therefore, the marking result is only the rectangular frame shown by the solid line and the mirror image of the character string "ABC" inside it.
The stamp face portion 30 indicated by the dotted line is not printed.

As described in detail above, in the stamp apparatus according to the present embodiment, before the text is created and edited in the text memory 124 by inputting the character / symbol key 56 or the like provided on the keyboard 52, the stamp surface area size of S2 is set. In the setting process, the size of the stamp surface area 31 set by the user is used as the size of the text, and thereafter, the text is created and edited using an editing function or the like that automatically sets the character size. Can be perforated within the stamp area 31.

At this time, if the size of the stamp surface area 31 set by the user in the stamp surface area size setting processing of S2 is smaller than the stamp surface portion 30, the selection displayed on the liquid crystal display 53 in the stamp surface area position designation processing of S7. By inputting one key based on the screen, the stamp surface area 31 can be easily designated at the position on the stamp surface portion 30 desired by the user. Based on this designation, the contents of the text memory 124 are changed to the print buffer 12 in S70.
5, the contents of the print buffer 125 are punched in the stamp face portion 30 in S71. This makes it possible to easily obtain the stamp body 1 in which the stamp surface area 31 is located on the stamp surface portion 30 desired by the user. As a result, the stamp body 1 suitable for the user's preference and the conditions of the marking location can be stamped, and the positioning thereof can be facilitated.

Although one embodiment of the stamp device of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0056]

According to the stamp device of the invention described above, when punching with a thermal head in an area smaller than the stamp face of the stamp body, the user moves by moving the position of the punched area. It is possible to provide a stamping device that can be easily positioned when the stamping is performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a stamp body of a stamp device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional front view of the stamp body showing a state where the stamp face portion of the stamp body is perforated by heating.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view of a stamp body showing a state of printing with the stamp body.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a stamp face portion of a stamp body.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a heating printing device of the stamp device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a heating printing device and a stamp body.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway front view of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway vertical side view of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a heating punching unit of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a vertical cross-sectional front view of the stamp body and the heating printing unit after being mounted on the printing mounting unit.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a control system of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a basic operation of the heating printing apparatus.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a stamp surface area size setting process.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a stamp area position designation process.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of heating printing processing.

FIG. 17 is a diagram of a selection screen.

FIG. 18 is a front view of the stamp face portion of the stamp body when the stamp face area and the stamp face portion have the same size.

FIG. 19 is a front view of the stamp surface portion of the stamp body when the stamp surface area is arranged at the center when the stamp surface area is smaller than the size of the stamp surface portion.

FIG. 20 is a front view of the stamp surface portion of the stamp body when the stamp surface area is smaller than the size of the stamp surface portion and the stamp surface area is arranged at the lower right.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Stamp body 30 Stamp face portion 31 Stamp face area 50 Heating printer 53 Liquid crystal display 56 Character symbol key 90 Thermal head 124 Text memory 124 125 Print buffer 125 126 Stamp face portion X direction length memory 127 Stamp face portion Y direction length memory 128 Stamp face area X-direction length memory 129 Stamp surface area Y-direction length memory 130 Stamp surface area unset pointer 131 Stamp surface area X direction position memory 132 Stamp surface area Y direction position memory Z0 Upper right end point of stamp surface Z1, Z5 Upper right end point of stamp surface area

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A character input means for inputting characters and the like, a text memory for storing code data corresponding to the characters and the like inputted from the character input means, and the contents of the text memory are dots on a stamp face of a stamp body. Stamp area setting means for setting the size of the stamp area to be punched in a shape,
In a stamp device having heating printing means for punching the contents of the text memory in a dot shape in the stamp surface area on the stamp surface portion of the stamp body set by the stamp surface area setting means, the stamp surface area of the stamp surface portion of the stamp body is A stamp surface area position designating means for designating a position, and when the stamp surface area size is set smaller than the stamp surface area by the stamp surface area setting means, based on the position of the stamp surface area designated by the stamp surface area position designating means. A stamping device for punching the contents of the text memory into dots in the stamp surface area on the stamp surface by the heating and printing means. 2. A stamp surface area set by the stamp surface area setting means on the basis of a detection result of the detector means, comprising detection means for detecting the size of the stamp surface portion of the stamp body mounted on the stamp device. The stamp apparatus according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the size of the stamp is smaller than the stamp surface portion. 3. A prohibition means for prohibiting the stamp surface area position specifying operation by the stamp surface area position specifying means when the size of the stamp surface area is not set by the stamp surface area setting means. The stamp device according to 1 or 2. 4. The stamping area position designating operation is prohibited by the prohibiting means, the control means sets the size of the stamping surface portion of the stamp body mounted on the stamp device as the stamp surface area. Stamp device according to.