JPH08207227A - Tape printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a tape printer in which a margin for mounting the printing surface of a stamp unit can be formed when a stencil printing plate original sheet is manufactured. CONSTITUTION: After a character and a symbol are perforated at a thermal stencil printing plate original sheet 118 by a thermal head 116 of a plate making unit 2, a platen 117 feeds a margin for forming the margin at the perforated sheet 118.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tape printer which prints desired characters and symbols with a thermal head.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a stamp device, a stamp device S ₂ as shown in FIG.
No. 226778). The heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 applied to the stamp device S ₂ is configured by laminating a thermoplastic film, which is a heat-meltable resin, and a porous support. Both ends of the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 have the first
A heat-sensitive stencil sheet stamp cartridge 110 wound on a roll and a second roll is used. That is, inside the heat-sensitive stencil sheet stamp cartridge 110, the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 is arranged so as to be fed from the original winding roll 112 and wound on the winding roll 113, and the platen 117, the original winding guide roller 114, and The ink pad 120 and the winding side guide roller 115 are interposed.

Heat-sensitive stencil stamp cartridge 11
Reference numeral 0 indicates a state in which the plate making apparatus 1 is mounted on the plate making apparatus 1
The thermal head 116 provided at 11 is pressed against the platen 117 via the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118. Image data for performing desired punching is sent from the control unit (not shown) to the thermal head 116, and each dot of the thermal head corresponding to the image data is heated. In this state, as the platen 117 rotates in the direction of arrow A, each dot of the thermal head 116 corresponding to the perforated image generates heat, so that the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 is perforated to make a stamp plate. Further, by rotating the take-up roll 113 in the direction of the arrow B, the stamp plate is pulled out to the front surface (the lower surface in the drawing) of the ink pad 120 and set in a stampable state.

In this set state, the heat-sensitive stencil sheet stamp cartridge 110 is removed from the plate making device 111. Then, the ink impregnated in the ink pad 120 is held by holding the handle 119 and pressing the surface of the plate-made heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 so as to face the printing paper (not shown). Ink is transferred to the printing paper by bleeding from the perforated portion of the stencil sheet.

[0005]

However, according to the means shown in FIG. 3, the size of the cartridge is large.
Since the stamp surface is fixed to the size corresponding to, the heat-sensitive stencil sheet is often wasted in the case of a small-sized stamp surface, and conversely, the size is limited in the case of a large-sized stamp surface. It was impossible to achieve with only the stamp version.

On the other hand, if the size of the stencil printing base paper is the same as that of the stamp face portion of the stamping device, it is difficult to securely mount the stamp face portion to the stamp face portion, and if the master paper is displaced from the correct position. There is a risk that the printing surface will be exposed and the ink will ooze out.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a tape printer capable of producing a stencil sheet that can be reliably mounted on the stamp face of a stamp device. To do.

[0008]

To achieve this object, a tape printer according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a cartridge containing a roll-shaped sheet for heating and punching desired characters, symbols, and the like. This stamp device is used for producing a stencil printing base paper for mounting the cartridge into the stamp device by feeding the sheet and punching the sheet by a heating unit, and particularly when the stencil printing base paper is produced. In order to attach the stencil sheet to the stamp surface portion of the stamping device, a margin feeding means for feeding a margin portion to form a blank portion on the perforated sheet is provided, so that the stencil printing base paper is securely attached to the stamp surface portion of the stamp device. It is possible to form a blank part for mounting on the perforated sheet.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1A shows a side view of the stamp device S ₃ of the present invention, and FIG. 1B shows a perspective view of the stamp device S ₃ . In addition, the same reference numerals are given to the portions described in FIG. 3, and duplicate description will be omitted.

First, the stamp cartridge 1 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the stamp cartridge 1 contains a roll-shaped heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 wound around an original roll 112. Further, the stamp cartridge 1 is provided with a platen 117, a delivery roller 4, a pressure contact roller 5, and an intermediate gear 10 for interlocking with the platen 117 to deliver a rotational force to the roller 4. The stamp cartridge 1 constitutes the cartridge of the present invention, and the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 constitutes the sheet.

The plate making apparatus 2 includes a thermal head 116,
A cutter blade 11 for cutting the plate-made heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 is provided, and the cutter blade 11 is attached to the plate-making device 2 via a cutter lever 12. The plate making device 2 constitutes the tape printer of the present invention, and the thermal head 116 constitutes a heating unit.

Next, the operation of the portion shown in FIG. 1A will be described.

The plate making apparatus 2 controls the energy application pattern to the thermal head 116 in order to obtain a desired perforation pattern on the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 and the rotation control of a motor (not shown) for rotating the platen 117. To do. The desired punching pattern is previously input as a sentence from a character input device I (see FIG. 1B) provided in the plate making device 2 described later and stored.

The platen 117 is driven by the rotating force of the motor.
However, while pressing the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 against the thermal head 116, the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 is rotated in the direction of arrow C and is fed by a predetermined amount. Energy corresponding to the perforation pattern is applied to each dot of the thermal head 116 to generate heat. The heat generation of each dot is synchronized with the feeding of the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118. The heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 is heat-perforated by the heat generated by the dots to form a desired perforation pattern (for example,
Characters, symbols, etc.) are formed. The rotational force of the platen 117 is transmitted to the delivery roller 4 via the intermediate gear 10. The rotation of the delivery roller 4 causes the delivery roller 4 to rotate.
The perforated heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 sandwiched between the press roller 5 and the pressure contact roller 5 is sent out from below by frictional force,
After the plate making is completed, a margin for mounting on a simple stamp device described later is fed. Thus, the plate making operation is completed. The platen 117 constitutes the margin feeding means of the present invention.

Next, the detailed construction of the plate making apparatus 2 is shown in FIG.
A description will be given based on (B).

The character input device I includes a character selection dial 21.
And a display 22 and function buttons 23. Characters and symbols are printed on the upper surface of the character selection dial 21 along the outer peripheral direction. For example, when the character selection dial 21 is rotated to select and specify a desired character and the input button, which is one of the function buttons 23, is pressed, the desired character code is taken into the internal input control unit (not shown). After being stored and edited, the corresponding character is displayed on the display 22 such as an LCD. After the input buttons are sequentially repeated to create a sentence, the detailed setting of the pattern for punching the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 is performed by using the editing functions such as insertion / deletion / conversion / scrolling in the function buttons 23.

After this editing is completed, the thermal headset lever 24 is set to the "released" state, the stamp cartridge 1 is placed on the cartridge bed 29 in this state, and after the thermal head set lever 24 is placed " The thermal head 116 is set so as to press the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 to the platen 117 with the thermal head 116 pressed. The platen drive gear 25 is rotated by a motor (not shown) built in the plate making device 2 side, and is rotated so as to rotate the platen 117 (FIG. 1A) in the direction of arrow C. . The cartridge detection bar 27 is
Whether the stamp cartridge set in the cartridge bed 29 is a heat-sensitive stencil sheet stamp cartridge 110 (see FIG. 3) having a conventional ink pad,
The stamp cartridge 1 according to the present invention is detected. That is, in the case of the conventional stamp cartridge 110, the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 after plate making is used as the ink pad 12.
In the case of the stamp cartridge 1 according to the present invention, it is fed to a position where it is set on the front surface of 0, and after the plate making, the margin portion for feeding to the simple stamp device 40 (see FIG. 2) described below is fed.

The cutter unit accommodating portion 28 accommodates the cutter 11 including the cutter blade 11 and the cutter lever 12, and is operated by the manual force of the user. The discharge port 26 is a portion through which the heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 is discharged when the stamp cartridge 1 is set and the plate is made.

Here, as described above, the plate making apparatus 2 in the present invention performs the conventional function without any change in using the conventional stamp cartridge 110. That is, when the conventional stamp cartridge 110 is applied, the cutter 11, the discharge port 26, etc. are not used, but the character input device I, the thermal headset lever 24, the platen 117, etc. may be used as they are.

Next, the simple stamp device 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 (A) and 2 (B). This stamp device 4
Reference numeral 0 is an apparatus for setting a stencil sheet prepared by the stamp cartridge 1 and performing a marking operation on the recording sheet. The simple stamp device 40 constitutes the stamp device of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 2 (A) and 2 (B), a frame body 43 having an ink pad is inserted into an outer frame 42 having a U-shaped cross section. . The frame body 43 is adapted to be attracted to the inner surface vertical portion of the outer frame 42 by the urging force of the extension spring. A grip 41 is fixed to the center of the back surface of the outer frame 42. The plate-made heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118 is aligned with the stamp face 46, and then fixed to the frame body 43 by the stamp face fixing frame 45. still,
The stamp face 46 constitutes the stamp face portion of the present invention.

The heat-sensitive stencil sheet 11 thus prepared
After fixing 8, the user grips the grip 41 and pushes down the grip 41 with the marking surface 46 placed on the recording paper P.
The ink impregnated by the compression of the ink pad is transferred to the recording paper P through the perforated portion of the plate-made heat-sensitive stencil sheet 118.

If a simple stamp device having a horizontally long stamp surface is prepared as the simple stamp device, the horizontally long stencil sheet can be applied, and the horizontally long copy printing can be performed once.

[0026]

As is apparent from the above description, the tape printer according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a cartridge containing a roll-shaped sheet for heating and punching desired characters and symbols, and the cartridge. For producing a stencil printing base paper to be attached to a stamping device by unwinding the sheet and punching it out by a heating unit, particularly when manufacturing the stencil printing base paper, the stamp surface of the stamping device In order to attach the stencil sheet to a portion, a margin feeding means for feeding a margin for forming a margin portion on the punched sheet is provided, so that the stencil sheet is securely attached to the stamp surface portion of the stamp device. It is possible to form a blank portion for forming the perforated sheet. In addition, even when the ink cartridge is mounted with a slight deviation from the correct position on the printing surface, no gap is formed, and therefore ink does not seep out.

[Brief description of drawings]

1A and 1B are a side sectional view and a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B are an assembled perspective view and an exploded perspective view of a simple stamp device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an example of a conventional stamp device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Stamp Cartridge 2 Plate Making Device 40 Simple Stamping Device 46 Stamp Face 116 Thermal Head 117 Platen 118 Thermal Sensitive Stencil Paper

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cartridge containing a roll-shaped sheet for heating and punching desired characters / symbols, and a stencil for mounting the cartridge, feeding the sheet, punching it by a heating unit, and mounting it on a stamping device. In a tape printer for producing a printing base paper, when producing the stencil printing base paper, in order to mount it on the stamp face portion of the stamp device, a margin for forming a margin portion on the perforated sheet A tape printer characterized in that it is provided with a margin feeding means for feeding.