JPH1179484A - Positioning device for printing object medium in winder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily position a width regulating plate by slidably arranging a second width regulating plate to regulate the other side end part in the lengthwise direction of a winding member having a first width regulating plate to regulate one side end part of a printing object medium. SOLUTION: When a printing object medium L is wound, a winding member 36 is slidingly moved along a rotary shaft 34, and is positioned in a proper position (a graduation position corresponding to a width of the printing object medium L) of a setting position graduation 40, and is fixed by a fixing screw 52. Then, a first width regulating plate 44 of the winding member 36 is positioned in one side end part position of the printing object medium L discharged from a central part of a printer. Next, the printing object medium L is pulled out, and one side end part of the printing object medium L is uniformly contacted with the first width regulating plate 44. Next, a fitting ring part 56 of a positioning member 38 is fitted/installed so that a second regulating plate 54 becomes inside more than the opening end side of the winding member 36. The second regulating plate 54 is slidingly moved along the winding member 36, and is uniformly contacted with the printing object medium L.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a winding machine which is mounted outside a printer for printing predetermined information on a printing medium such as a label and winds the printing medium discharged from the printer. The present invention relates to a printing medium positioning device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a winding machine 2 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 has been known. This winding machine 2
The printer 6 is attached to the outside of a printer (for example, a label printer) 6 and is fixed and positioned by the fixing plate 4.
The predetermined information is printed at and discharged in the discharge direction F.
For example, it is an apparatus for winding a printing medium L such as a label continuous body, and has a winding shaft 8 and a label pressing member 10. 12, 14, and 16 are the first, second,
3 shows a third guide roller.

The take-up shaft 8 is cantilevered. A width regulating plate 18 for regulating one side end of the print-receiving medium L is fixed at one end (at the base side). Open end. Further, a groove 20 for fastening the printing medium L is formed in the longitudinal direction W of the winding shaft 8. The winding shaft 8 is provided with a driving source (not shown) (for example, a motor).
To rotate forward or backward.

In the following description, the "longitudinal direction W" will be referred to as a direction substantially perpendicular to the discharge direction F of the printing medium L discharged from the printer 6. The label holding member 10 mainly includes a fastening member 22 and a width regulating plate 24, as shown in FIG.
It is provided detachably with respect to.

When the print medium L discharged from the printer 6 is wound by the winding machine 2, first, second, third
The medium L to be printed is drawn out to the take-up shaft 8 through the guide rollers 12, 14, 16. Then, as shown mainly in FIG. 8, one side end of the print-receiving medium L is brought into contact with the width regulating plate 18 fixed to the root side of the take-up shaft 8, and
Is held in the groove 20 of the winding shaft 8, the medium L to be printed is sandwiched between the winding shaft 8 and the fastening member 22, and the width regulating plate 2
4 is attached to the take-up shaft 8 from the open end side,
2 is further pressed against the winding shaft 8. The width regulating plate 24 is brought into contact with the other side end of the printing medium L.

Incidentally, in the printer 6, the central portion of the print head (not shown) is actively used in recent years in consideration of the printing pressure balance and the thermal efficiency of a print head (for example, a thermal head) not shown, so-called "print head". A method called "center distribution" has come to be used.

However, in the conventional winding machine 2, the positional relationship with the printer 6 including the longitudinal direction W is fixed and positioned by the mounting and fixing plate 4, and one side end of the print-receiving medium L is Since the width regulating plate 18 to be guided is fixed to the root side of the winding shaft 8, it is not suitable for center distribution. That is, when the conventional winding machine 2 is forcibly used for center distribution, one side end of the print-receiving medium L discharged from the central portion of the printer 6 is fixed to the root side of the winding shaft 8. The medium L to be printed is twisted in order to forcefully change the direction so as to contact the width regulating plate 18,
In addition, the other side edge of the print medium L is rubbed by the width regulating plate 24 of the pressing member 10 and the side edge of the print medium L is damaged.

The width regulating plate 24 is separated from the width regulating plate 18 so that the side edge of the printing medium L is not damaged, and the position of the other side edge of the printing medium L discharged from the central portion of the printer 6 is adjusted. When the print medium L is wound in a meandering manner, the space between the width regulating plates 18 and 24 is widened,
In many cases, normal winding was not performed.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and can cope with both the one-sided reference and the center distribution for the printing medium and the branch pipe. An object of the present invention is to provide a positioning device for a print-receiving medium in a winding machine that facilitates positioning of a width regulating plate at the time of sorting.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a device for positioning a printing medium in a take-up machine according to the present invention uses a printing medium on which necessary information is printed and discharged by a printer. A winding shaft that applies a driving force for winding the print-receiving medium; and a first width control plate that controls one side end of the print-receiving medium at one end. A take-up member for the print-receiving medium fitted slidably along an axis, and provided slidably along the longitudinal direction of the take-up member, and the other side end of the print-receiving medium is provided. A positioning member provided with a second width regulating plate for regulating.

In a winder for winding a print medium on which necessary information is printed and discharged by a printer, a rotating shaft for providing a driving force for winding the print medium is provided. A fitting member for fitting the take-up branch pipe and transmitting drive of the rotating shaft to the branch pipe is provided,
A first width regulating plate for regulating one side end of the branch pipe at one end, and a winding member for the print-receiving medium fitted slidably along the rotation axis; A positioning member provided slidably along the longitudinal direction of the taking member and having a second width regulating plate for regulating the other side end of the branch pipe.

Further, the rotation shaft has a first set position scale on which a scale corresponding to a width of the print medium or the branch pipe is set along a longitudinal direction.

The winding member has a second set position scale on which a scale corresponding to the width of the printing medium or the branch tube is set along a longitudinal direction.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A winding machine 30 provided with a printing medium positioning apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those in the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a winding machine 30 according to the present invention, which includes a positioning device 32 for positioning a printing medium L at a center distribution position in a longitudinal direction W of a printer 6. .

The positioning device 32 mainly includes a rotating shaft 3
4. Consists of a winding member 36 and a positioning member 38.
In addition, reference numerals 12 and 14 are first and second guide rollers, respectively.

The rotating shaft 34 is protruded with one end thereof supported in a cantilever manner, and the other end is an open end.
The first set position scale 40 and the winding member 3
6 are provided with grooves 42 for locking and rotation prevention. The set position scale 40 is a “scale” corresponding to the width of the print-receiving medium L, and is set so that the scale decreases along the longitudinal direction W from the root side to the open end.

The winding member 36 mainly includes a first width regulating plate 44, a groove 48 for engaging the printing medium L, a leaf spring 50 as a fitting member, and a fixing screw 52.

The first width regulating plate 44 is fixed to one end and the other end is an open end. Further, the groove 48 is provided along the longitudinal direction W. Further, when a branch pipe (not shown) is attached as a “core” around which the printing medium L is wound, the leaf spring 50 as the fitting member is fitted to the winding member 36 so as not to move the branch pipe (not shown). In addition, it is provided so as to rotate without idling according to the rotation drive of the rotation shaft. Further, the winding member 36 is connected to the rotating shaft 34.
And is slidable along the longitudinal direction W of the rotating shaft 34 so that the first width regulating plate 44 is located on the root side of the rotating shaft 34. This winding member 3
6 is such that when the fixing screw 52 is tightened, the tip of the fixing screw 52 engages with the groove 42 of the winding shaft 34 and is fixed.

The positioning member 38 includes the second width regulating plate 5
4. It is formed from a fitting ring portion 56 and a holding tongue piece 58. A hole having a diameter slightly larger than that of the winding member 36 is formed in the width regulating plate 54, and a fitting ring portion 56 having substantially the same diameter as the hole is fixed to one surface. The fitting ring portion 56 has a slit 60 formed in a part of a ring shape so that the diameter of the ring slightly expands and contracts. The pressing tongue 58 is provided in a leaf spring shape and is provided to protrude from the width regulating plate 54 to apply an elastic biasing force to the winding member 36 side, and is used when the printing medium L is wound. Used for the presser foot. And the width regulating plate 54 is
The fitting ring portion 56 is attached to the winding member 36 so as to be on the root side of the winding member 4, and the pressing tongue 58 is engaged with the groove 48 of the winding member 36, and the longitudinal direction W of the winding member 36 is It slides along.

When the printing medium L discharged from the printer 6 is wound by the winding machine 30 in such a state, the winding member 36 is slid along the rotating shaft 34 to set the appropriate position of the set position scale 40, that is, When the print medium L is positioned at a scale position corresponding to the width of the print medium L and fixed with the fixing screw 52, the first width regulating plate 44 of the winding member 36 is discharged from the central portion of the printer 6. Is positioned at the position of one side end. More specifically, from the position on the rotation axis 34 of the winding machine 30 corresponding to the center line (not shown) in the longitudinal direction W of the printer 6 (the temporary center line corresponding to the center line of the printer 6), the printing medium L Almost 1 in width
It is positioned at a position away from the root side of the rotating shaft 34 by a distance of / 2.

Then, the positioned first width regulating plate 4
The print target medium L is pulled out from the printer 6 toward 4, and one side end of the print target medium L is brought into contact with the width regulating plate 44.

Next, from the open end side of the winding member 36, the fitting ring portion 56 of the positioning member 38 is connected to the second width regulating plate 54.
Is fitted inside, and slides along the winding member 36 to bring the second width regulating plate 54 into contact with the printing medium L.
At this time, the printing medium L is pressed from the outside by the holding tongue piece 58 of the positioning member 38, and the printing medium L is sandwiched between the winding member 36 and the holding tongue piece 58 (FIG. 4). Imaginary line part).

As described above, the first shaft provided on the rotary shaft 34
In the set position scale 40, only by positioning the take-up member 36 on the scale corresponding to the width of the print medium L, one side end of the print medium L printed at the center distribution position and discharged from the printer 6 is printed. The first width regulating plate 44 is positioned at a position regulating the portion, and the second width regulating plate 54 is brought into contact with the other side end of the print-receiving medium L, so that the first and second widths are reduced. The regulating plates 44 and 54 are positioned substantially at the center in the longitudinal direction W of the rotating shaft 34.

In the case of a so-called one-sided reference, if the take-up member 36 is pushed toward the root of the rotary shaft 34 until it stops, it is fixed to one side of the printing medium L discharged from the printer 6. The first width regulating plate 44 is positioned at a position regulating the side end of the first width regulating plate.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing the second embodiment. In the first embodiment, the so-called “straight-winding” in which the print medium L is directly wound around the winding member 36 has been described. However, as shown in FIG.
It is also possible to fit the branch pipe C as a “core” onto the winding member 36 and wind up the print-receiving medium L. The branch pipe C is not rotated by the leaf spring 50 as the fitting member, and the winding member is not rotated. 36. Further, the fitted branch pipe C
Is positioned at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction W of the rotating shaft 34 by the first and second width regulating plates 44 and 54.

Further, in the above description, the embodiment in which the first set position scale 40 is provided for positioning the printing medium L or the branch pipe C at the central portion in the longitudinal direction W has been described. Thus, in the longitudinal direction W of the winding member 36, the second set position scale 6 for the positioning member 38
2 may be provided. The set position scale 62 is a “scale” corresponding to the width of the print medium L, and is set so that the scale decreases from the open end side toward the first width regulating plate 44.

Then, the winding member 36 is positioned and fixed on the set position scale 40 of the rotating shaft 34, and the positioning member 38 is fitted on the winding member 36 from the open end side. Printing medium L or branch pipe C
When the positioning member 38 is positioned on the scale corresponding to the width of the printer 6, the second width regulating plate 54 is positioned at the position of the other side end of the print medium L or the branch pipe C discharged from the central portion of the printer 6. It has become so. More specifically, it is positioned at a position away from the first width regulating plate 44 toward the open end by the width of the printing medium L (or the branch pipe C). The print medium L is positioned at a position separated from the temporary center line (not shown) in the direction W by about half the width of the print medium L toward the open end.

In addition to the first set position scale 40,
By providing the second setting position scale 62, when the width of the print medium L or the branch pipe C changes, the first print mode is set while the printer 6 sets the print medium L.
And the second width regulating plates 44 and 54 can be positioned. Other configurations, operations, and effects are the same as those of the previous embodiment, and description thereof will be omitted.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a winding member having a rotating shaft, a first width regulating plate which slides along the rotating shaft, and a sliding member which slides along the winding member. And a positioning member provided with a second width regulating plate, which is provided at a position for regulating a medium to be printed which is printed at the center distribution position in the longitudinal direction and discharged from the printer. There is an effect that can easily be positioned.

Further, since the winding member is provided with a fitting member for a branch pipe, it is possible to wind the medium to be printed directly by the winding member, and also to wind the branch pipe. There is an effect that the branch pipe is positioned at the center distribution position in the longitudinal direction by the first and second width regulating plates.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a winding machine provided with a printing medium positioning device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a state in which a winding member is mounted on a rotating shaft.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a state in which a print-receiving medium is set on a take-up member.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the same as viewed from the direction of arrow IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged plan view of a first set position scale portion viewed in the direction of arrow V in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing a second embodiment in which a branch pipe and a second set position scale are provided.

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing a conventional winding machine.

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a relationship between a take-up shaft and a label pressing member when a print-receiving medium is mounted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 L Print medium W Longitudinal direction F Print medium L discharge direction C Branch pipe (core) 2 Winding machine (conventional) 4 Mounting and fixing plate 6 Printer (label printer) 8 Winding shaft 10 Label holding member 12 First guide Roller 14 Second guide roller 16 Third guide roller 18 Width regulating plate 20 Fastening groove 22 Fastening member 24 Width regulating plate 30 Winding machine (embodiment of the present invention) 32 Positioning device 34 Rotating shaft 36 Winding Taking member 38 Positioning member 40 First set position scale 42 Groove 44 First width regulating plate 48 Groove 50 Fitting member (leaf spring) 52 Fixing screw 54 Second width regulating plate 56 Fitting ring portion 58 Pressing tongue 60 Slit 62 Second set position scale

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A winding machine for winding a print medium on which necessary information is printed and discharged by a printer, a rotating shaft for providing a driving force for winding the print medium, and one end of the print medium A first width regulating plate for regulating one side end of the medium, a take-up member for the print-receiving medium fitted slidably along the rotation axis, and a longitudinal direction of the take-up member And a positioning member provided with a second width regulating plate that regulates the other side end of the print medium, and a positioning member that is slidable along the print medium. Positioning device. 2. A winding machine for winding a medium to be printed on which necessary information is printed by a printer and discharged, wherein: a rotating shaft for providing a driving force for winding the medium to be printed; A fitting member for fitting the take-up branch pipe and transmitting the drive of the rotating shaft to the branch pipe is provided, and a first width regulating plate is provided at one end for regulating one side end of the branch pipe. A take-up member for the print-receiving medium fitted slidably along the rotation axis; and a slidable member provided along the longitudinal direction of the take-up member, and the other side end of the branch pipe. And a positioning member provided with a second width regulating plate for regulating a printing medium. 3. The scale according to claim 1, wherein the rotation axis has a first set position scale on which a scale corresponding to a width of the print medium or the branch pipe is set along a longitudinal direction. A positioning device for a print-receiving medium in the winder according to Claim 1. 4. The scale according to claim 1, wherein the winding member has a second set position scale in which a scale corresponding to a width of the print medium or the branch pipe is set along a longitudinal direction. 3. A printing medium positioning device in the winder according to 2.