JPS61274945A - Printing apparatus for card forming machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to automatically apply predetermined printing to both front and back surfaces of a card, by providing a surface printing means for forming a card by performing predetermined printing by using a dot printer and a surface printing ribbon and a back surface printing means for applying predetermined reverse printing to the back surface printing column of the card by the dot printer after the completion of surface printing. CONSTITUTION:The intermediate part of a back surface printing ribbon 29 taken up by a feed mechanism 30 from the end part 28a thereof to the other end part 28b is provided along the upper surface of the back surface printing platen surface 26b of a platen body 28 and, when the rod 27a of a solenoid 27 is pulled in, an operating arm 31 is revolved and a printer body 25 is revolved by 90 deg. and the back surface printing platen surface 25b is upwardly directed to allow the surface of the printing ribbon 29 to oppose to a printer head 15p1. In this state, if a printer and 18 is rewardly moved to the right direction and a dot printer 15P is subjected to printing driving, the reverse printing of indivisual information T1-T5 is applied to the back surface printing column T1 of a time card TC in the presence of the back surface printing ribbon 29.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is suitable for use in a card making machine that prints and punches personal identification information such as each person's name, code, and affiliation in a predetermined column of a card. Regarding printing devices.

[Conventional technology]

For example, a time card used by each person for attendance management has a punch code for each person such as an employee code or department code, and an identification display for each person such as name, employee code number, and department. However, the actual application related to the applicant's proposal
The card making machine as seen in No. 0-11877 replaces the conventional manual methods of punching and printing the time cards with manual punch machines, handwriting, rubber stamps, etc. It has the advantage that it can be done automatically and in a short time.

On the other hand, most of the time cards currently in use have fields for entering names, codes, affiliations, etc. on both sides, and the front side of the card is used for the first half of the month. The back side is used in the second half. However, the card making machine mentioned above only prints one side of the card.
That is, it was possible to print only on the front side, but not on the back side.

There are two ways to print on the shoulder of the card: first pass the time card through a printing machine and print on the front side, then turn it over and put it back into the printing machine to print on the back. One possible method is to set up two Oshu printing machines and print, but the former method requires twice the effort and takes twice as long to create the card, and the latter method requires the printing machine itself. The problem was that it was complicated and expensive.

Therefore, currently, the back side of the card is left unprinted or blank, or the back side is used by handwriting or rubber stamping to write the name, etc., but instead of inserting the blank time card into the card rack. This created an operational problem that made name verification complicated.

In addition, displaying information by filling in information is extremely troublesome, even if only on the back side of the temporary order, and there is a problem in that the benefits of using a card creation machine are halved.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned points, and its purpose is to
It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing device for a card making machine that is devised so that a single printer can automatically perform predetermined printing on both the front and back sides of a card. First, there is a front side printing means for creating a card by performing predetermined printing on the front side printing field of the sent card using a dot printer and a front side printing ribbon, and when the front side printing is completed, the front side printing ribbon is transferred to the above dot printer. The above-mentioned card making machine is provided with a back-side printing means that moves outside the head range and interposes a back-side printing ribbon on the back side of the card to print predetermined characters on the back side printing field of the card by the above-mentioned dot printer. It constitutes a printing device.

〔Example〕

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a printing device for a card making machine according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows the front view of the time card TC created according to the present invention, and Figure 2 shows the back view of the time card TC. Various types of personal identification information such as codes and affiliation codes are punched.

In addition, each printing column TR and T provided on the front and back of the upper row of the card, respectively.
L contains employee code T1, name T2, card NαT4,
Various pieces of information such as belonging section T5 are printed and displayed on the front and back sides of each sheet.

3 to 4 are block diagrams showing one embodiment of the above-mentioned time card TC creation machine, and in FIG. In the hopper, a card gate 3 is provided on the front plate 1a of the hopper 1 at an insertion interval with respect to the surface of the card guide plate 2.
is installed vertically, and according to the rotation of the feed roller 4, the hopper 1
The time cards TC are sent out one by one from the inside through the above-mentioned intervals to the conveyance path 5.

Reference numerals 6 and 7 indicate a card feed roller and a driven roller provided in the middle of the conveyance path 5, and 8 and 9 indicate a card feed roller and a driven roller provided at the end of the conveyance path 5. Reference numeral 10 indicates a card presence detection sensor provided at the inner bottom of the hopper 1, and reference numeral 11 indicates a punch positioning sensor provided in the conveyance path 5.

Next, what is generally indicated by the reference numeral 12 in the figure is the punch positioning sensor 11, the punch actuating member 13a, and
This punch block 12 is configured by a punch device 13b etc., and the punch block 12 is controlled by a central control system (
According to the communication data control signal sent from the time card TC (not shown), each person's personal identification information such as employee code and affiliation code can be punched in the punch field P of the time card TC. . Further, 14 is a punch leader provided on the downstream passage of the punch block 12,
This punch leader 14 determines whether the punching PN described above is being performed correctly.

Furthermore, what is generally indicated by reference numeral 15 in the drawing is a printing block provided on the downstream passage of the punch reader 14, which includes a dot printer 15P, a printer actuating device 15S, and
This printing block 15, which is also constituted by a platen reversing mechanism generally indicated by the reference numeral 15T, first prints the surface of the time card TC being conveyed @TR in accordance with the communication data control signal sent from the central control system. As shown in Figure 1, enter the employee code Tl and name T2.
．． The year and month Ta, card Na T 4, affiliation T5 are printed first, then the back side is printed 4! The same personal identification information T1 to T5 as on the front surface is also printed on the ITL as shown in FIG.

The structure of the printing block 15 will be explained in more detail based on the descriptions in FIGS. 3 to 7. In FIG. , the guide shaft 17 installed between 16b
A printer stand 18 to which the dot printer 15P is attached is attached, and an operating shaft 18N attached to the printer stand 18 is inserted into the spiral guide groove 9a of the camshaft 19 constituting the printer operating device 158 as shown in FIG. When the camshaft 19 rotates, the dot printer 1
5P is configured to reciprocate between support arms 16a and 16b along guide shaft 17 together with printer stand 18. In addition, the dot printer 15P configured as above
The printer head 15P1 protrudes toward the conveyance path 5, and prints on the front and back sides 1iTR and TL of the time card TC conveyed through the passage 5 using the printing ribbon device described below and the platen reversing mechanism described above. 15T, it is possible to print the same personal identification information T1 to T5.

That is, 20 in the figure is a ribbon case for surface printing attached to the top surface of the printer stand 18, and the printing ribbon 21 housed in this case 20 has a colorless plain ribbon part 21A in the upper part and a plain ribbon part 21A in the lower part as shown in FIG. Colored ribbon part 2, such as black or blue
1B is a so-called two-stage printing ribbon, and furthermore, it is pulled from one end 20a of the tip part to the other end 20b by a ribbon feeding mechanism (not shown) provided in the case 20, and the two ends 20a, 20b are The ribbon surface passing between the printer heads 15P1 and 15P1 is configured to align with the printer head 15P1.

The entire ribbon case 20 configured as described above can be freely rotated with respect to the printer stand 18 by supporting the support shafts 22, 22 protruding from the side surface of the upper end surface on the support brackets 18a, 18a of the printer stand 18. It is pivoted to.

Further, in FIGS. 4 and 5, 23 is in contact with the bottom surface of the upper end of the ribbon case 20, and the tip side of the ribbon case 20 is constantly rotated in the right direction in FIG. 2
The upper plain ribbon portion 21A of the stepped printing ribbon 21 shows a spring plate that exerts the effect of contacting the printer head 15P1.

Further, in the figure, reference numeral 24 denotes a conversion slide plate that is slidably attached to the printer stand 18, and when the conversion protrusion 20E protruding from the bottom surface of the ribbon case 20 rides on the side surface of the conversion slide plate, the entire ribbon case 20 is rotated. A mountain portion 24a that is supported in a vertical (horizontal) state as shown by imaginary lines in FIGS. 5 and 6;
Similarly, when the conversion protrusion 20E falls, a trough 24b is formed that tilts the entire ribbon case 20 as shown by solid lines in FIGS.
The space between b is an inclined surface 24b.

When the printer stand 18 moves to the right as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 4 and stops, the conversion slide plate 24 configured as described above hits the right support arm 16b, and as shown in FIG. The conversion protrusion 20E is pushed up onto the peak 24a as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 6 to vertically support the entire ribbon case 20, and the two-stage printing ribbon 21 is slid leftward.
The colored ribbon portion 21B can be placed along the printer head 15P1. On the other hand, when the printer stand 18 moves to the left in FIG.
hits the left support arm 16a and slides oppositely to the right, causing the conversion protrusion 20E to move into the valley 2 as shown by the solid line in FIG.
4b and tilt the entire ribbon case 2o as shown in FIGS.
The plain ribbon portion 21A is placed along the printer head 15P1.

When printing each piece of information T1 to T5 on the front print column TR of the time card TC sent through the conveyance path 5, rotate the camshaft 19 and move the entire printer stand 18 to the start position shown on the right side of FIG. position, and with the entire ribbon case 2o vertical, the lower colored ribbon section 21B of the two-stage printing ribbon 21
is set on the printer head 15P1. In this state, while moving the printer stand 18 to the left, the dot printer 1
By driving 5P for printing, it is possible to print as shown in FIG. 1 on the printing field TR on the front side of the time card TC. In this case, the platen reversing mechanism 15T, which is provided opposite to the lower side of the dot printer 15P across the conveyance path 5, directs the front surface printing platen surface 25a of the platen body 25 toward the printer head 15P1, as shown in FIG. It is designed to perform surface printing using 15P.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 26 denotes a changeover switch for platen conversion attached to the printer stand 18, and this switch 26 is connected to the conversion plate 20 by the conversion protrusion 20E provided on the ribbon case 20.
When it falls into the trough 24b, it turns on, energizes the electromagnetic solenoid 27 that constitutes the platen reversing mechanism 15T, and allows the rod 27a to be retracted.

A ribbon case 28 for back printing containing a printing ribbon 29 is attached to the platen body 25 described above, and the ribbon case 28 for back printing is wound from one end 28a to the other end 28b by the feeding mechanism 30 shown in FIG. The middle part of the printing ribbon 29 is
It is arranged along the upper surface of the platen surface 25b for back side printing of the platen body 25.

When the rod 27a of the electromagnetic solenoid 27 is retracted, the operating arm 31 whose tip is connected to the bracket arm 25c of the platen body 25 rotates.

The platen body 25 is rotated 90 degrees from the state shown in FIG. 3 to the state shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and the platen surface 25b for back side printing is
with the print ribbon 29 facing upward and the print head 1
It can be made to face 5P1.

In this state, if the printer stand 18 located at the solid line position in FIG. As shown in Figure 2, each person's information T
1 to T5 can be lined. Of course, for this backing printing, a backing (reverse printing) control signal is applied to the dot printer 15P. Also.

The ribbon 21 for surface printing is not printed on the surface by the dot printer 15P because the ribbon case 20 is tilted and rotated to the state shown in FIG. 5 and the upper plain ribbon portion 21A is set in the printer head 15P1.

In addition, the platen body 2 rotated inverted for lining as described above.
5, the conversion protrusion 20E is connected to the mountain portion 24 of the conversion slide plate 24.
When the changeover switch 26 is turned off and the electromagnetic solenoid 27 is deenergized in step a, the return spring 32 rotates the print head 90 degrees to the original surface printing state.

〔effect〕

As described above, according to the printing device for a card making machine according to the present invention, each person's identification information, etc. can be punched and printed on the card using one making machine, so the advantage is that card making can be done extremely easily. However, in the present invention, the above identification information, etc. can be printed in the printing fields formed on both the front and back sides of the card by one printing process, so there is no need for twice printing, one handwriting, or rubber stamping. This eliminates the trouble of displaying the back side by printing on the front and back sides of the card, which makes it possible to save labor when creating cards. In addition, since one dot printer can print on both the front and back of the card, it is no longer necessary to use a traditional printer that requires two dedicated printers for the front and back. In comparison, the structure can be greatly simplified and it can be provided at a low price, which is economical.
For example, it is suitable for use in creating time cards and the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 are front and back views of a time card created according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of essential parts showing an example of a card creation machine equipped with the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view showing the main structure when printing on the back side, viewed from the card ejection port side, Figure 5 is a front cross-sectional view thereof, and Figure 6 is the operating state of the front side ribbon case by the conversion slide plate. 7 is a front view showing a part of the printing ribbon for front side printing. 6TC is a time card, TR is a front side printing field, TL is a back side printing field, 1
5 is a printing block, 15P is a dot printer, 15T is a platen reversing mechanism, 20 is a ribbon case for surface printing, 2
1 is a two-stage printing ribbon for front side printing, 24 is a conversion slide plate, 25 is a platen body, 28 is a ribbon case for back side printing,
29 is the ribbon for printing on the back side.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A front side printing means creates a card by performing predetermined printing on the front side printing field of the sent card using a dot printer and a front side printing ribbon, and when the front side printing is completed, the front side printing ribbon is transferred to the front side printing ribbon of the above dot printer. A back side printing means moves outside the head range and interposes a back side printing ribbon on the back side of the card so that the dot printer prints a predetermined character on the back side printing field of the card. Printing device for card making machines.