JPS5859842A - Printing device for three-dimensional article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contrive to conserve energy, by a method wherein an article to be printed thereon such as integrated circuit elements contained in a row in a stick provided with an opening at a central zone is taken out, thereafter a vacant stick is moved in parallel, and articles printed thereon are automatically recovered into the stick. CONSTITUTION:The sticks containing the articles to be printed thereon are inserted between stick holders 15A, 15B in a stacked condition. The lowermost one of the sticks is placed on an article taking-out position by a mechanism such as a lever or a cylinder. The articles 12 to be printed thereon which are contained in the stick 4A are pushed out onto a rail 14 by operating a chain 17 provided with pushing-out pins 16, are conveyed to a printing position by a conveyor 13, and are printed thereon at their predetermined positions. On the other hand, the vacant stick 4B is conveyed on guide rails 18A, 18B to a recovering position for the printed articles by conveying chains 19A, 19B. The articles printed thereon are delivered to the recovering position through conveying rails 21, 23, 22, and are recovered into the stick 4B.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a three-dimensional article printing apparatus, and more particularly to a printing article supply and collection apparatus.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1, an IC (integrated circuit) element G has a stick 4 having an overall elongated shape, at least one end surface 1 being open, and a central strip opening 3 formed on the top surface 2.
They are housed in a row inside.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic printing device that prints predetermined characters, symbols, marks, etc. on printed articles stored in such a stick and collects the printed articles back into the same stick. There is a particular thing.

The most characteristic part of the three-dimensional article printing apparatus of the present invention is that the empty stick from which the object to be printed is taken out is moved parallel forward and placed on standby, and after the printed article has passed through the drying chamber, it is It turns, passes in front of the printing press, returns, and is automatically collected into a waiting empty stick.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

The printing machine 10 includes printing rollers and the like on the front of a vertical substrate 11.
An ink supply device and the like are arranged, and a conveyor r13 is provided below the printing roller 12 to convey the printing material Gf from right to left in synchronization with the rotation of the printing roller 11-r. Several printed products are waiting on the carry-in rail 14 on the side of the entrance of the printing press 10, and the side of the outlet is connected to a carry-out chain conveyor. On the right side of the printing press 10, there are provided means for taking out printed articles, means for parallelly moving empty sticks, and means for recovering printed articles. That is, a large number of sticks 4 are vertically stacked and housed between the left and right columns 15A and 15B, and the lowest one is pushed forward by a mechanism (not shown) such as a lever or cylinder. There is. This pushed-out position is the article take-out position, and is on an extension of the carry-in rail 14 of the printing press 10. A rotating chain 17 having one push-out pawl 16 is provided above the article removal position, and when the chain 17 rotates, the pawl 16 moves along the central band of the stick, inside the opening a, The contents in the stick are pushed out from the end face opening 1 onto the loading saw 1v14.

Guide trays #18A and 18B for parallelly moving the emptying stick 4Ai forward from the article take-out position and a pair of left and right conveyor chains 19A and 19B are driven by a motor 20. The motor moves alternately with the motor for driving the rotating chain 17 (not shown), and is stopped by a signal from a limit switch (not shown) that detects the movement of the empty stick 4B to the printed article collection position.

A first conveyor rail A/21 is provided on the extension line of the conveyor exit of the printing press 10, and a second conveyor rail A/22 parallel to this is provided in front of the printing press 10. and extends to the left end of the printed article collection position.

from the end of the first conveyance rail 21 to the second conveyance rail) v2
A transfer chain conveyor 23 is provided to sequentially transfer the printed articles G't to the starting end of the second conveyor. A device 24 is provided. Note that a drying chamber is provided on the left side of the printing machine 10,
It can also be arranged that the first and second transport rails 21.22 pass through the chamber.

Next, the action will be explained. Stick holder 15A.

The sticks containing the printing material G are stacked and inserted between 15B. When the lowest stick is pushed forward, the rotating chain 17 is operated to push the printing material in the stick 4A to the left and place it on the rail 14. The printing material on the rail 14 is sequentially conveyed to a printing position by the conveyor 13 of the printing machine 10, and a predetermined print is applied to a predetermined position.

The printed article G is sequentially pushed out on the first conveyance rail 21 and slidably displaced until it reaches the left end, where it is transferred to the second conveyance rail (21).
It is transferred to the V-1v22, returned from the left to the right on the second conveyance V-1v22, and collected into the waiting empty stick 4B.

According to the present invention, the configuration is simplified because the printed articles can be collected into the same stick by simply moving the empty stick forward by a short distance after all the printing materials have been taken out. In addition, since printed articles are conveyed from the printing machine, for example, to the left, and then conveyed back to the right in parallel, the drying process can be carried out over a long period of time with a small footprint. If a drying chamber is provided, both the left and right conveyance paths pass through the drying process, so the entire drying chamber can be made smaller.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a stick used in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the entire embodiment of the present invention. 1.°.End face of stick 2...Top surface of stick 3...Central opening on the top surface of stick 4...Stick 4A...Stick 4B at the printing material removal position...
Stick 10 at the printed article collection position...Printing machine 17...Rotary chain 19A, 19 of article retrieval means
B...Conveyance chains 21, 22 of empty stick parallel movement means...Conveyance rail 23...Transfer chain conveyor for U-turn Patent applicant Izumi Electric Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Nishi 1) New Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office Tono 1 ．． Indication of the case 1982 Patent Application No. 159760 2, Name of device: Three-dimensional article printing device 3, Person making the amendment Relationship to the case Patent applicant address: No. 4, Mikuni Honmachi-chome, Yodoyo-ku, Osaka City
No. 0 No. 4, Agent 8, Contents of amendment 1. Specification 1. Engraving of drawings (no changes in content) 2. Submit power of attorney as attached.

Claims (1)

[Claims] This is a device that prints on articles such as ICs housed in a line in a stick that has an opening in the longitudinal direction on at least one end surface and the center of the upper surface, and has an elongated model number as a whole. In an article conveyor that conveys an article from the side to the side of the exit, an article printing machine that prints a predetermined mark etc. on the article, and an article take-out device located on the side of the entrance of the article conveyor of the article printing machine, Article taking-out means for taking out the printing material from the stick and supplying it to the article printing machine by a feed claw that moves along the central opening of the stick;
Empty stick parallel moving means for parallelly moving the empty stick from which the printed article has been taken out by the article taking out means from the article taking out position to the previous item; A three-dimensional article printing device comprising: a printed article collecting means that passes in front of the printing press and collects the printed article into the empty stick that has been moved in parallel.