JPS6027007Y2 - Product name printing device for pricing machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] This invention issues a label on which the unit price, weight, price, product name, etc. are printed for each weighed product, and the label is automatically pasted on the product name printing device of the machine. Regarding.

Conventionally, this type of pricing was done in the first part of the product name printing device in the machine.
As shown in Fig. 2 is a plan view, Fig. 2 is a front view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the portion shown in Fig. protrudes, and a magnet 4 for adsorbing the product name plate is attached to the tip of this printing shaft 3.
is fixed, and a product name plate 6 having a magnetic iron piece 5 fixed to the upper end surface is attracted to the magnet 4 from below.

Therefore, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, the unit price is shown on the label L.
Since the space between the printer unit 7 that prints weight, price, etc., the knife 8 that peels off the label L from the mount P after the product name is printed, and the housing 2 is narrow, the product name plate is left in this printing position. It is difficult to attach and detach the magnet 6 from the magnet 4.

For this reason, the casing 2 can be rotated by a hinge 10 of the machine body 9 during planting, and the casing 2 can be moved by a handle 11.
After rotating the magnet to the position shown by the solid line in FIGS. 1 and 2, the product name plate 6 is attached to and detached from the magnet 4 from below by hand.

However, since it is necessary to rotate the housing 2 in this way to attach and replace the product name plate, it is time consuming and
In addition, since it is attached and detached directly by hand from below, there is a drawback that the ink on the product name plate 6 stains the hands.

The present invention corrects these shortcomings and allows the product name plate to be easily installed and replaced in a short time without rotating the housing or staining hands with ink. is intended to provide.

For this purpose, in the present invention, the product name plate and the product name plate support at the tip of the printing shaft are attached through a hole and an insertion member perpendicular to the printing operation direction, and the product name plate is moved into the printing operation using a pull-out member. The product name plate can be attached to and removed from the product name plate support by moving it in a direction perpendicular to the direction, and the product name plate can be taken out from above by pulling out the product name plate to the side of the printing position using a drawer member. It is characterized by

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

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the main parts of a pricing machine equipped with a product name printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a front view thereof.

In the figure, 9 is the machine itself for pricing, 2 is the housing that houses the product name printing mechanism, 7 is the printer unit that prints the unit price, weight, price, etc. on the label L, and 8 is the mount for printing the label L after marking. A knife for peeling it off from P, 12 a feed roller, and these are the same as in the conventional example shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.

At this product name printing position, the product name plate 21 is movable along a guide frame 22 extending from the printing position to the side of the machine body 9 in a direction perpendicular to the printing operation direction.

Figure 6 shows the XX cross-sectional view in Figure 4, Figure 7 is the plan view of Figure 6, Figure 8 is the Y-Y cross-sectional view of Figure 7, and Figure 9 shows the main points of the product name printing position. FIG.

The guide frame 22 is horizontally fixed to the outer wall of the casing 2 housing the product name printing mechanism, and forms a groove with an opening 23 at the top.The guide frame 22 has a groove on the bottom surface 22a of the groove so as not to interfere with the printing operation of the product name plate at the printing position. A rectangular hole 24 is bored in the hole.

Further, a magnet 26 is fixed to an inner wall 22b at one end of the guide frame 22 on the machine body 9 side.

The other end of the guide frame 22 is provided with a stopper 25 that engages with a positioning pin 32b, which will be described later.

An inner wall 22c of the guide frame 22 on the side of the housing 2 is fixed to a rail guide 27 having openings at both ends and sides.

Inside this rail guide 27, a rail-shaped drawer portion 28 is provided.
is slidably housed.

The drawer member 28 is attached to the inner wall 22d at one end on the machine body 9 side.
It has a protruding piece 29 that protrudes in the direction, and a handle 30 that protrudes upward from the opening 23 of the guide frame 22 at the other end.

Further, the drawer member 28 is provided with two positioning pins 32a and 32b which are spaced apart from each other slightly wider than the width of the product name plate 21 and protrude toward the inner wall 22d.

Therefore, the drawer member 28 is pushed in as shown in FIG. 6.7, and from the position (printing position) where the protrusion 29 comes into contact with the magnet 26 and is attracted, the positioning pin 32b is moved to the stopper 25 as shown in FIG. It can be moved between the abutting position (take-out position) and the abutting position.

As shown in FIG. 8, the product name plate 21 is provided with a rectangular hole 21a bored in a direction perpendicular to the product name printing direction.

The solenoid 34 and the connecting lever 35 that constitute the product name printing mechanism 33 are housed in the housing 2, and a part of the connecting lever 35 and the printing shaft 36 are provided outside the housing 2, and are operated by the solenoid 34 operated by a control signal. Operates in direction D.

A product name plate support 37 for removably supporting the product name plate 21 is fixed to the tip of the printing shaft 36.

The product name plate support 37 pushes the drawer member 28 deep and moves the product name plate 21 into the guide frame 22 using the positioning pin 32b.
When you move it along the hole 21a of the product name plate 21,
An insertion member 38 is provided that extends in a direction perpendicular to the printing operation direction so as to be inserted into the printer and support the product name plate 21 at the tip of the printing shaft 36.

Next, the operation of the product name printing position in the above embodiment will be explained.

First, to attach the product name plate 21 to the product name plate support 37, pull the handle 30 and slide the drawer member 28 to the position shown in FIG.

Place the product name plate 21 to be used next on the two positioning pins 32a.
, 32b from above the opening 23 of the guide frame 22.

Next, the handle 30 is pushed to push the drawer member 28 to the printing position where the protrusion 29 comes into contact with the magnet 26 and is attracted to it.

The product name plate 21 is moved by the positioning pin 32b, the insert body 38 is inserted and fitted into the hole 21a of the product name plate 21, and the product name plate 21 is supported at the tip of the printing shaft 36.

When the solenoid 19 is activated by the control signal and the printing shaft 36 moves downward, the lower end of the product name plate 21 is moved to the guide frame 2.
The product name is printed on a label L that protrudes downward from a rectangular hole 24 provided in the bottom surface 22a of the product.

To replace the product name plate 21, pull out the handle 30 and pull out the drawer member 28.
, the product name plate 21 is moved by the positioning pin 32a, the insertion member 38 is removed from the hole 21a, and the 10th
Move it to the removal position shown in the figure.

Then, the product name plate 21 is taken out from the opening 23 of the guide frame 22, another product name plate is inserted, and the drawer member 28 is pushed in again.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the configurations of these embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made to the configuration of each part without departing from the gist of the present invention. be.

As explained above, in the product name printing device of the pricing machine according to the present invention, the product name plate 21 can be easily attached and removed by simply operating the drawer member 28 without rotating the housing 2.

In addition, there is no need to directly hold the product name plate by hand and attach/detach it as in the conventional case, and the work is easy as attachment/detachment is done using the drawer member 28. Also, the product name plate can be replaced from above in a wide area on the side of the housing 2. All you have to do is put it in and take it out, so you don't have to get your hands dirty with the ink on the product name plate.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing a conventional product name printing device in a pricing machine, Fig. 2 is a front view thereof, Fig. 3 is a detailed view showing a portion of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an implementation of the present invention. A plan view showing an example, FIG. 5 is a front view thereof, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG. 6, and FIG.
9 is a perspective view showing the main parts of the product name printing device, and FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the product name plate pulled out to the removal position. 2...Housing, 7...Printer section, 8.
Between Naifetsuji, L...Label, P...
...Mount, 9...Price is for the machine itself, 21...
...Product name plate, 21a...Hole on product name plate, 22...
...Guide frame, 24...Rectangular hole, 25...
...Stopper, 26...Magnet, 27.
...Rail guide, 28...Drawer member, 29...Protrusion piece, 30...Handle, 3
2 a, 32 b...Positioning pin, 33
... Product name printing mechanism, 34 ... Solenoid, 35 ... Connection lever, 36 ... Printing shaft, 37 ... Product name plate support , 38...
...Insert member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a product name plate having a hole perpendicular to the printing operation direction; a product name plate support that supports the product name plate at the tip of the printing shaft by inserting an insertion member into the hole of the product name plate at the printing position; and the product name plate and a pull-out member that moves between the print position and the take-out position in a direction perpendicular to the printing operation direction; the pull-out member pushes the product name plate into the print position and inserts the product name plate support into the hole in the product name plate. The product name plate is attached to the product name plate support by inserting the insertion member, and the product name plate is detached from the product name plate support by the pull-out member to a take-out position, and the product name plate is taken out from the take-out position. The price is marked by the machine's product name printing device.