JPS5890032A - Manual labeller - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a manual labeler for correcting the display of prices, etc. printed on tags such as price tags.

As is well known, the prices of products displayed in stores may fluctuate, for example, in the event of a bargain sale, etc.
In such cases, it is necessary to change the price display on the price tag.

The present invention provides a convenient manual labeler for use in such cases.

The labeler of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a case body of the labeler, which has finger portions 1a extending rearward, and has a manual operation means, for example, a lever 2, pivotably mounted thereon. be done.

The lever 2 has a finger portion 1a that rotates toward and away from the finger portion 1a.
There is an actuating part 2a in the case body 1.
The actuating portion 2 & is configured to rotate with the rotational movement of the lever 2, and is always biased in the separating direction from the finger portion 1a by a return means such as a return spring 2b.

The actuating portion 2a of the lever 2 is provided with a rack gear 3 and a printing device 4 as examples of driving means, and when the lever 2 rotates, the rack gear 3 drives the transfer device fIt5 and the operation of the transfer device 5 is stopped. Inside, the printing device 4
is configured to print on the label 6.

That is, the operation of the transfer device 5 by the rack gear 3 and the printing operation of the printing device @4 are performed alternately, and in the embodiment, the printing device 4 is rotated by the rotating movement of the lever 2 toward the detail 1a. The label 6 is rotated downward from the solid line position to the chain line position in FIG. .

For this purpose, the transfer device 5 is provided with a transfer drum 5a and a one-way clutch 5b provided on the transfer drum, and the one-way clutch 5b engages with the rack gear 3 to return the lever 2. The transfer drum 5a during exercise
is configured to rotate by a predetermined angle in the feeding direction.

The labels 6 have a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive on the back side, and a large number of labels are sequentially pasted onto the long transfer tape 7 using this adhesive layer, and the transfer tape is folded back at the folding portion 8 to be attached to the transfer drum 5a. The label is made to be peeled off from the folded portion 8 by its own hardness by being moved intermittently by the label, and such a label peeling method is the same as that used in known labelers.

A label receiving edge 9 and a bill receiving surface 10 are sequentially provided at the front of the folding section 8 in the direction in which the label advances.
The lower surface of the rear end rests on the label receiving edge 9 and is supported so as to face the label with a space therebetween.

Although the label receiving edge 9 is not necessarily required, when the label 6 is peeled off from the transfer tape 7 and advances, the label 6 is usually completely separated from the transfer tape 7 and separated by a space, as shown in FIG. Since the label 6 comes to face the tag receiving surface 10, the rear end of the label 6 in this state is connected to the front end of the succeeding label 6' only by the adhesive layer. It is advantageous in practice to support the label 6 directly by the receiving edge 9.

The bill receiving surface 10 is made so that a bill 11 can be loaded from the outside, and in the embodiment, a bill insertion opening 1b is formed on the front surface of the case body 1, and the bill receiving surface 10 has a shape that is slightly inclined inward. It is provided.

The bill receiving surface 10 is provided below the printing device 4 so that the printing device 4 can come into contact therewith, and is further provided with a stopper 12 for regulating the position of the tip of the bill 11.

This stopper 12 may be designed to be movable depending on the type of bill piece 11, but in this embodiment, the position is fixed because the label receiving edge 9 is used.

A label holding mechanism 13 is attached to the bill receiving surface 10, and this label holding mechanism 13 is always located above the bill receiving surface 10, and when the printing device 4 is printing, it is placed above the bill receiving surface 10. It is configured to press the label 6.

It is preferable that the label pressing mechanism 13 is designed to press the label 6 in advance when the printing device 4 prints, and also to apply pressing force to the periphery of the label 6 when pressing. Now, as shown in FIG. 2, the label holding mechanism 13 is provided with a frame plate 13b having a cut window 13a formed in the center, and a lifting spring 13c is attached to this frame plate 13b, so that the label holding mechanism 13 is always in operation. A pushing piece 13e is provided at the bottom of the printing device 4 and is biased by a spring 13d so that the label can be kept in place in a state in which the label is released, and protruding from the printing device 4. The printing arrangement surface 4a formed on the lower surface of the cutout 13a
The frame plate 13b is configured to be able to be pressed onto the label 6 before being inserted into the label.

In the labeler of the present invention, for example, the tag piece 11 is a price tag as shown in FIG.
If you want to change the price display 11a of The bill pieces 11 are weighed at the position.

Prior to the insertion of this bill piece 11, the lever of the labeler 2% 1
If you move it back and forth, the label 6 will be on the bill receiving surface l.

Since the tag piece 11 protrudes through the space above, the tag piece 11 is inserted into this space, and its price display 11a is placed opposite the lower surface of the label 6 as shown by the solid line in FIG.

Next, when the lever 2 is rotated toward the holding part 1a side, the printing device f14 is lowered, and as the printing device f14 moves, the push piece 13e presses the frame plate 13b in the first stage, and in the second stage. Frame board 1
3b descends against the springs 13c and presses the label 6 to compress and adhere the surrounding area to the price display 11a portion of the tag piece 11, and in the third step, the printing device 4 compresses the springs 13d while The printing arrangement 4a-i) is inserted into the cut window 13a as shown by the chain line in FIG. 3 and comes into contact with the label 6, thereby printing the corrected amount on the label 6.

Subsequently, when the lever 2 is released, the printing device 4 returns to the upward position, and as a result, each part of the label holding mechanism 13 returns to its original state, and the transfer device 5 is driven by the rack gear 3, and the transfer drum 5a moves to the transfer tape 7. is moved for a predetermined length.

As a result, the succeeding label 6' is pushed onto the bill receiving surface 10 by the force () and the bill 11-) to which the preceding label 6 is attached.
When it is pulled out and a new bill piece 11 is inserted in place, the price display 11a of this new bill piece 11 is placed facing the lower surface of the succeeding label 6'.

Therefore, by operating the lever 2 in the same way as described above, a new bill piece 11 is generated.
A label 6' on which the corrected amount is printed can be attached to the label 6'.

According to the labeler of the present invention, it is possible to attach the label 6 on which the corrected amount is printed to the bill piece 11 shown in FIG. 4 and change it to the bill piece 11 as shown in FIG. It would be even more convenient if an X mark as shown in FIG. 5 or characters such as "Special Price" could be uniformly printed in other places on the screen 11.

For this purpose, as shown in FIG.
3b' and the printing plate 14 is detachably attached thereto. In this case, the printing plate 14 is made of an ink-impregnated type so that replenishment of ink is not necessary. is desirable.

Note that the printing device 4 may be made of an ink-impregnated type, but
In the embodiment, like a normal printing device, an ink application mechanism,
For example, a configuration using an ink roller 15 is shown.

In the above, the frame plate 13b is usually made of a thin plate as in the embodiment, but depending on the case, it may be made of an elastic material, for example, a rubber frame.

In the embodiment, the label receiving edge 9 is configured to support the rear end of the label 6, but in other embodiments, the label receiving edge 9' is configured to support the rear end of the label 6, as shown by the chain line in FIG. It may be configured to support one or both of the side edge portions, in which case the label 68 has a shape that guides it, and as shown in the figure, the side of the label receiving surface 10 along the label advancement direction. It will be placed on the side.

Since the labeler of the present invention prints on the label 6 after pasting it onto the bill piece 11 in this way, it has the advantage that the printing position relative to the bill piece 11 can be made accurate.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing the configuration of the labeler of the present invention, i2
The figure is a perspective view showing the main parts of the above labeler, Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the main parts showing the operation of the above labeler, and Fig. 4 is a plan view showing an example of a bill piece corrected by the labeler of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the state of the bill piece shown in FIG. 4 after correction;
FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment of the label holding mechanism used in the labeler of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is the case body, 4 is the printing device, 5 is the transfer device, and 6
1 is a label, 7 is a transfer tape, 8 is a folded portion, 10 is a bill receiving surface, 11 is a bill strip, and 13 is a label holding mechanism. Patent applicant Shinmori Industries Co., Ltd. +y't
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A transfer tape on which a large number of labels are sequentially attached using an adhesive layer of pressure-sensitive 1141 adhesive is folded back at the folding part, and the transfer tape is intermittently moved to a predetermined length by a transfer device, thereby removing the labels from the transfer tape. The labeler is configured to peel and advance, and has a tag receiving surface disposed to face the label with a space below the label peeled and advanced from the transfer tape, and a tag receiving surface above the label receiving surface. A printing device is provided to move toward and away from the label, and a label pressing mechanism is configured to press the label toward the bill receiving surface when the printing device comes into contact with the label. A manual labeler characterized in that the label is attached to the bill placed on the bill receiving surface by the label holding mechanism and is printed by the printing device.