JPS61193894A - Method of inserting tape - 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] This invention can be attached to a printing machine, a copying machine, etc., to
For example, the present invention relates to a tape insertion method in which a tape cut to a predetermined length is appropriately inserted between sheets of printed matter, and the tape is used as ll1li.

l1ffi For example, it is known to insert a predetermined length of tape between sheets of paper printed by a printing machine and use the tape as a marker.

``1'' Conventionally, when a tape is inserted and used as a sign in this way, the tape is simply inserted and no markings are made on the tape itself, so it is difficult to know what the tape means. It is difficult for on-site operators to immediately determine whether the sign indicates that the

For example, the purpose of inserting tape between web roll-type printed products or between stacked printed products is to prevent errors such as 111 degree printing mistakes, mistakes in the starting position of printing plates, uneven colors, and folded printed materials. It is used as lA* or as an indicator for each predetermined number of sheets.

However, as described above, conventionally, the tape is used as a mark simply by inserting it, so the contents of the mark that the operator is required to recognize cannot be determined from the tape at all.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the l of the inserted tape! What you know,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a tape insertion method that can be immediately and reliably recognized by an operator.

To achieve this object, the present invention is a tape insertion method in which a tape cut into a predetermined length is appropriately inserted between sheets and the tape is used as a mark, in which a tape with a printed symbol is inserted. The main point is how to insert it.

Before inserting the tape cut to a predetermined length between the sheets, print the printing symbol 21 and insert the tape between the sheets.

Since the continuous tape 711- with printed symbols 21 is cut into a predetermined length and then inserted between the sheets, the operator can immediately and reliably know what the tape is intended to mark.

1 to 4 show a tape insertion device used in the tape insertion method of the invention.

The tape insertion device generally includes a tape case 1, a tape reader part 2, and a chassis part 3.

The tape case 1 includes a housing section 4 and a cover 6 that is detachably attached to the housing section 4 via a screw with a knob 5. The housing part 4 is fixed to a hold pipe 9 of the tape leader part 2.

A tape shaft 7 coaxial with the knob screw 5 is attached to the hold pipe 9 side via a spacer 8. A tape roll 10 is fitted into the tape shaft 7 so as to be rotatable.

The tape roll 10 is made of thermal paper, for example.

In addition, the tape case 1 includes a spacer 12 for guiding the continuous tape 11 of the tape roll 10, and a spacer 12 for guiding the continuous tape 11 of the tape roll 10.
1 is provided. This spacer 12 is made of nylon, for example, and is designed to allow the continuous tape 11 to easily slide. Further, the presence/absence check sensor 13 is composed of, for example, a combination of a photodiode and a light receiving diode.

Next, the tape leader part 2 is provided parallel to the hold pipe 9 to which the tape case 1 is fixed, and is set between the tape case 1 and the shelves 1 and 3. The tape leader part 2 has rollers 14 and 15 that guide the continuous tape 11 that has passed the presence/absence check sensor 13, and a paper leader 16 that guides the continuous tape 11 toward the chassis 3 side.

Next, the chassis 3 has a printing part 17 for applying predetermined characters on the continuous tape 11, a bending part 38 for bending the continuous tape 11, and a cutter part 19 for cutting the continuous tape 11 to a predetermined length. .

The printing unit 17 includes a print head mounting tool 39 to which the thermal head 18 is mounted and a print head mounting tool 39 to which the thermal head 18 is mounted.
It consists of a solenoid 20 that presses and spins the continuous tape 11 in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction of the continuous tape 11.

The thermal head 18 has seven printed dots in the middle of the continuous tape 11, and uses a solenoid 20 to print the continuous tape 1.
1, it is possible to print, for example, four-digit characters at a timing in the direction of movement of the continuous tape 11.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, one desired character can be defined by a dot matrix of 7 dots vertically and 5 dots horizontally in the width direction of the continuous tape 11. (The letter 8 of the alphabet is shown as an example in FIG. 6.) The defined printed characters 21 are, for example, four-digit characters in the moving direction of the continuous tape 11, as described above. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the combinations of the printed symbols 21 correspond to the contents to be recognized by the operator. In FIG. 7, for example, if the printing symbol 21 is a combination of ABCI, the operator can receive 4
The contents of the 11th notice result in poor print density.

Therefore, from the printing symbol ABC1, the operator
It is now possible to immediately and reliably recognize the details of poor print density.

By the way, the printing unit 17 is connected to a controller 22 and an automatic inspection device 23, as shown in FIG. The automatic inspection device 23 has a function of detecting poor print density, uneven printing, misalignment of the starting position of a printing plate, folding of a printed matter, etc. of a printed matter (not shown), and a function of counting the number of printed matter.

When the automatic inspection device 23 discovers, for example, a print density defect, the controller 22 sends a print signal S1 to the printing unit 17 so that the thermal head 18 can print a print symbol 21 corresponding to the print density defect on the continuous tape 11. It has a function.

Automatic inspection equipment for other inspection items! ! Similarly, when I23 detects, the printed symbol 21 corresponding to the inspection item is displayed.
can be printed.

Further, when the automatic inspection device 23 detects a defective print density or other inspection item, it prints the serial number and details of the defect on the printer 40, so the print signal S1 is sent to print the same serial number on the continuous tape 11. By sending the defect to the printing unit 17 and comparing the serial number, the details of the defect can be known.

Note that a spring 20b is attached to the push rod 20a of the solenoid 20. Further, a spring 19a is attached between the head attachment tool 19 and the chassis 3.

Next, the bending portion 38 will be explained.

The folding section 38 includes a paper feed roller 24 and a paper folding roller 25 provided above and opposite to the paper feed roller 24 .

The paper feed roller 24 can be rotated by a pulse motor 26. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the paper folding roller 25 has an outer periphery in contact with the paper feed roller 24 having a cross section shaped like a square.

When the automatic inspection device 23 detects a printing error, the pulse motor 26 controls the continuous tape 1 according to the printing timing based on the printing symbol S1 output from the controller 22.
1 or by receiving the tape insertion timing signal S2, the continuous tape 11 can be fed by a predetermined length.

For example, in the case of a web roll printed matter, this tape insertion timing signal S2 is an encoder signal that uses the starting position of the printing plate of the printed material as a starter signal and outputs it at constant intervals of several millimeters in the moving direction of the printing plate from this starter signal. The timing signal S2 can be output when the number of pulses reaches a predetermined number.

In addition, when the sheets are stacked one by one, when the automatic inspection device 23 detects a printing error, it uses the starting position of the printing plate of the printed matter as a starter signal, and when it reaches a predetermined number of pulses and from that point on, the encoder When the signal reaches a predetermined number of pulses, it is sent to the pulse motor 26 as a tape insertion timing signal S2.

The folding roller 25 is attached to a roller attachment tool 25a via a roller presser 25b.

Next, the cutter portion 19 will be explained.

The cutter part 19 has a paper presser foot 27 and an L-shaped member 28a for guiding the continuous tape 11 fed by rollers 24,25. A rotary blade 28 and a fixed blade 29 are provided on the front side of the paper presser 27, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4. The upper part of the rotary blade 28 is attached to a cutter holder 30, and the cutter holder 30 is attached to a bearing 31.

The cutter holder 30 can be rotated by the action of a solenoid 32.

That is, the cutter holder 30 and the operating body 33 of the solenoid 32 are connected by the cutter wire 34. The cutter wire 34 can be moved smoothly by a wire pulley 35.

Therefore, due to the contraction operation of the solenoid 32, the spring 3
By rotating the cutter holder 30 in the direction of arrow C in FIG.

On the other hand, the fixed blade 29 is fixed to the fixed blade holder 27.

Next, a tape insertion method using the above-described tape insertion device will be explained.

The tape roll 10 housed in the tape case 1 is made of thermal paper.

The continuous chi 111 of the tape roll 10 passes through the existence check sensor 13 and reaches the position of the thermal head 18 from the vapor leader 16 of the tape leader part 2.

At this point, from the controller 22 side, print unit 1
When the print signal @S1 is sent to 7611, the thermal head 18 immediately prints, for example, a four-digit print symbol 21 on the continuous tape 11 in the direction of movement thereof.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the combination of print 2 and 21 is ABCI, the content to be labeled in the print @21 is poor printing density.

The continuous tape 11 being fed by the operation of the pulse motor 26 is thus printed with a predetermined printing symbol 21 by the thermal head 18, and is then shaped into a substantially V-shaped cross section by the paper feed roller 24 and the paper folding roller 25. It is folded in half to make it look like this.

The folded continuous tape 11 is further fed by a pulse motor 26 and reaches the positions of the rotary blade 28 and the fixed blade 29. - Tape insertion timing signal S from the controller 22 side
2 is sent to the pulse motor 26, the continuous tape 11 is further taken out from the rotating blade 28 and the fixed blade 29 (in the direction of arrow f in FIG. 2), and is moved between predetermined sheets (not shown). inserted into.

The space between the sheets may be between a web roll of printing paper or the like, or simply stacked sheets of paper.

When the starting end of the continuous tape is inserted, solenoid 3
2 is activated, and the continuous tape 11 is cut into a predetermined length by the rotary blade 28. This tape (not shown) cut to a predetermined length is left as a mark between the sheets.

Note that since the continuous tape 11 is bent in a ■-shape, it has directionality and can be reliably inserted into a predetermined location without sagging when inserted between sheets.

This remaining tape has already been printed with the printing symbol 21 as explained in FIGS. 6 and 7. Therefore, by checking the combination of printed symbols 21 on the tape using the correspondence table shown in FIG. 7, the operator can know what the combination of printed symbols 21 means.

For example, as described above, if the combination of print symbols 21 is ABCI, the content that the operator should be made aware of is poor print density.

By the way, the printed symbols are not limited to alphabets and numbers, but may also be uniquely set special characters, bar codes, or even pictures. In any case, if a correspondence table is created that shows the contents corresponding to such printed symbols, the operator can immediately and reliably know what the printed symbols mean on site.

By the way, the continuous tape 11 is not limited to thermal paper. For example, by changing the thermal head 18 to an inkjet type head, the continuous tape 11 can be made of plain paper in the form of a plain paper tape.

Furthermore, the sheet is not limited to ordinary printed matter, and may be any object such as a flat plate of plastic or metal.

Furthermore, for the purpose of inserting the tape, it is not only used as an indicator of printing errors or poor print density, but also to count a predetermined number of sheets.
The tape may be inserted between the sheets every predetermined number of sheets.

and JJ and circle 1 - As is clear from the above explanation, a tape with printed symbols printed on it is inserted between objects such as sheets, so the operator sees the printed symbols from the tape and responds accordingly. This has the effect of allowing you to immediately know what you should check (mark).

Furthermore, printing the serial number has the effect of allowing you to know more about the details of the content.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a tape insertion device used in the tape insertion method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the device, FIG. 3 is a rear view of the device, and FIG. 4 is an arrow X in FIG. 1. 5 is a block diagram for explaining the operation timing of the printing unit and the pulse motor, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the printing symbols printed on the continuous tape, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence table showing contents to be labeled corresponding to printed symbols. 1. Tape case 11 Continuous tape 17 Printing section 18 Bending section 19 Cutter part

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A tape insertion method in which a tape cut to a predetermined length is appropriately inserted between sheets and the tape is used as a marker, and a tape on which a printing symbol is printed is inserted.