JPS62193937A - 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] (Field of Application of the Invention) The present invention relates to a label printing and pasting device for printing on labels and pasting them onto cardboard and other objects to be pasted, and particularly relates to various systems including label printing and pasting work. The present invention relates to a label printing and pasting device that allows a printing and pasting mechanism to be flexibly installed in any posture and position according to the requirements.

(Prior art) As small-lot, wide-variety production has become popular in recent production systems, printing and pasting of small-volume, high-variety printing has become more labor intensive.Moreover, it is necessary to print a printed label on a 21fi1 and attach it to a suction pad. There is a need for a type of label printing and pasting type that automatically adsorbs and pastes labels without any manual effort.

However, many of these types of label printing and pasting devices are custom-made for various systems such as production management, parts management, order management, shipping management, etc., which include the work of printing and pasting on labels, and these systems are diversifying. The reality is that we are being forced to produce more and more products.

Moreover, the position and orientation of label affixing varies greatly depending on each system including label printing and affixing operations, and from the standpoint of manufacturing label printing and affixing devices, some kind of deviation is required.

(Object of the Invention) In view of the above-mentioned 19 circumstances, the present invention has been designed with relative flexibility in the posture and position of the device in the system, in particular in response to various systems including label printing and pasting operations, and
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a label printing and pasting device that can be easily assembled.

(W1 essential point of the invention) In other words, the present invention allows the label printing mechanism and the label pasting mechanism to be commonly installed on an integrated base, and by making it possible to install a stand on this, it is possible to adapt the system to each system. This is a label printing and pasting device that can be designed easily and with versatility.

(Embodiment) Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

FIG. 1 shows a label printing mechanism 1 and a label pasting mechanism 2 in plan view, and these mechanisms 1.2 are connected to a common integrated base 3.
is equipped with. The base 3 has a plane base fi3A that holds the mechanisms 1 and 2 on the same plane, and a mounting base 3B that is perpendicular to this plane base i3A for attaching the a structure 1.2 in the desired posture or position ( (See Figure 2). Of course,
In this installation, the positional relationship between the 2-Si board 3B and the planar base 3A may be horizontal or any other arbitrary relationship.

The label printing mechanism 1 will be explained first. A strip-shaped label continuous body 5 consisting of a plurality of label pieces temporarily attached on a backing paper 4 is fed out from its supply shaft 6 into a predetermined path, and is moved by a guide roller 7.
．． 8 and then guided to printing means 9. This printing means 9 includes a thermal head 1O in which a large number of electrically selectable printing elements are arranged in rows, and a platen 1 disposed opposite thereto.
1, between which a continuous label body 5 and a thermal transfer carbon ribbon 12 are sandwiched and guided, and printing is performed according to a desired printing pattern. The carbon ribbon 12 is transferred from its supply shaft 13 to the thermal head lO and the platen 1.
1 and is wound around the winding shaft 14.

In addition, the position detection of the label continuous body 5 and the carbon ribbon 12
A label sensor 1 is installed in the middle of each aisle to detect the presence or absence of
5 and a carbon sensor 16 are provided. Further, a head open microswitch 68 is installed to confirm the closed state of the head after opening and closing the thermal head 10 and platen 11 for loading the continuous label body 5 and carbon ribbon 12.

Note that the print data may be input to the print mechanism 1 using a handheld or personal computer (not shown).
It may also be input directly from a central host computer.

The printed label continuous body 5 is turned backward by a label peeling means consisting of a turning pin 17 (or a turning plate) so that only the label pieces are peeled off from the mount 4, and then delivered to the front of the suction vat 18 of the label sticking mechanism 2. Ru. In addition, code 19
is a winding shaft for the mount 4, which is driven and rotated together with the winding shaft 14 for the carbon ribbon 12 and the platen 11 by a step motor M via a belt or the like (not shown).

Next, the label pasting machine y12 will be explained.

To the right of the turning pin 17 is an air blowing nozzle 20 or platen 11 having a number of blowing holes in its length direction.
It is arranged in a horizontal direction on the turning pin 17, and supports only the peeled label piece so that it does not fall in the direction away from the suction pad 18, thereby ensuring the label suction by the suction bat 18. The vertical position adjustment of this air blowing nozzle 20 is performed by j
Do this using the A joint screw 21.

The suction pad 18 has air holes on its surface, and is designed to be able to suction label fragments using the vacuum generated by a vacuum generator 44 (to be described later). 24 and a spring 25 for shock absorption
is held through. The piston 22 is a flat base fi3
It is driven left and right in a cylinder 27 attached to the left side of a support base 26 fixed to A. The cylinder 27 has a forward air introduction hole 28 for introducing compressed air for driving and a backward air inlet. An introduction hole 29 is also provided.

A pair of guide rods 30 are fixed to the support plate 23 together with the piston 22 to stabilize the movement of the piston 22 in the longitudinal direction.

These piston 22, guide rod 30, support plate 23,
The suction bat 18, the support funnel 24, and the spring 25 constitute a pasting arm means.

The cylinder 27 is provided with a forward movement sensor 31 and a backward movement sensor 32 for detecting the position of the piston 22.

The mounting base fi3B is provided with a hole 33 for mounting, and can be fixed with screws 34 to a predetermined frame 35 for supporting the entire device.

This pedestal 35 will be explained with reference to FIG. In the case of the illustrated example, the mount 35 is used to affix the label pieces from the lateral direction to the cardboard D, which is the ball to be affixed, which is transferred on the conveyor C, and the base i3B is installed in a horizontal plane. Support as follows. This pedestal 35 is provided with adjustment bolts 36 at the four corners for height and horizontal adjustment. In addition, the reference numeral 37 in FIG. 2 is a sensor for detecting the cardboard D, and the reference numeral S is a stopper for stopping the cardboard D on the conveyor C.

Next, the compressed air supply/discharge circuit will be explained based on FIG. 3. This circuit is provided on the back side of the flat base 513A opposite to the label printing and pasting mechanisms 1 and 2, and compressed air is supplied from a compressor (not shown), and a filter 40 for removing oil and a filter 40 for draining water are provided. One of them passes through a filter 41 for branching to a branching joint 42, and the other passes to a vacuum generator 44 via a solenoid valve 43, and the other passes through another joint 45 for branching to other solenoid valves 46, 47.

The vacuum generator 44 generates a vacuum in the chamber 48 by blowing out compressed air in the direction of arrow A.
It is connected to the suction pad 18 through a pipe Pi. Note that this pipe PI is fixed halfway to a fixing piece 49 on the surface side of the flat base 3A, and is coiled between this fixing piece 49 and the suction pad 18, so that the pipe PI is moved in the direction of arrow B when the pad 18 moves back and forth. It is designed to expand accordingly.

Note that a vacuum sensor 50 is attached to the vacuum generator 44,
It is possible to detect whether or not a piece of label is attracted to the suction pad 18.

Pipes P2 and P3 are connected to the electromagnetic valve 46, and are connected to the forward air introduction hole 28 and the backward air introduction hole 29 of the cylinder 27, respectively.

Further, a pipe P4 is connected to the other electromagnetic valve 47, and this pipe P4 is connected to the air blowing nozzle 20.

Next, a block diagram of the control circuit will be explained based on FIG.

A lotus line 61 is connected to the microprocessor 60 for control, and a ROM 62 for program storage, a RAM 63 for storing input data, and a port 64 for input/output are connected to the lotus line 61.

A drive circuit 65 for driving the thermal head IO, a drive circuit 66 for driving a step motor M for transporting the label continuous body 5 are connected to this boat 64, and an interface 67 for inputting data from an external personal computer or the like is also connected. is,
The data necessary for label printing is now input. Furthermore, this boat 64 is equipped with the solenoid valve 43.46.4.
7° and various sensors are connected. These sensors include a sensor 37 for the object to be pasted, a label sensor 15 in the printing mechanism 1, a carbon ribbon sensor 16, a microswitch 68 for checking the opening and closing of the thermal head 1, a forward movement sensor 31 and a backward movement sensor 3 for the piston 22.
2. Furthermore, there is a vacuum sensor 50.

Next, refer to the flowchart in Figure 5 to print the label.
The pasting operation will be explained.

First, with the label printing and pasting device powered on, check for errors in the status of the label printing mechanism 1 and the label pasting mechanism 2 including the pasting arm means (Step Sl), and if there is an error, display the error (Step S2). In this step Sl, it is also confirmed whether the label sensor 15, carbon ribbon sensor 16 and microswitch 68 are moving to the printing state.

The cardboard D, which is the object to be pasted, is placed on the conveyor C as shown in Figure 2.
When the pasted object sensor 37 detects this (step S3), the printing/ pasting mechanism 1 operates the stopper S of the conveyor CL when the two parts have been transported, and moves the button D onto the conveyor C. (Step S4)
. Then, printing starts (step S5), and air blowing from the nozzle 20 starts (step S6).
). This air blowing causes the solenoid valve 47 to open and the pipe P
This is done by sending air through 4.

At the same time as this printing and air blowing, the '+It magnetic valve 43 is opened, and the suction pad 18 starts to suck the label piece, and when the vacuum sensor 50 confirms that the label has been sucked (step S7), the air blows. In step S8), the solenoid valve 46 is changed to feed compressed air into the forward air introduction hole 28, and the piston 22 moves forward to the right in FIG. It moves forward until it touches the button ball D (step S9).
.

At this point, check that the pasting arm means has been extended to its longest position (step 5IO). After checking that the label piece has been pasted, the switch is switched to send compressed air to the solenoid valve 46 or the retreating air introduction hole 29, The pasting arm means is moved back (step Sl 1).

If label adsorption is not completed or if the pasting arm means does not extend to the longest position, an error is displayed as an error (steps Sl, S2).

Also, confirm that the pasting arm means has returned to the original position δ (step 512), and if not, display an error message (step 512).
Steps Sl, S2).

Next, it is determined whether the number of sheets to be printed is finished (step 513).
, if not completed, label issuance may be continued through the same cycle as described above.

The label printing and pasting apparatus according to the present invention can be applied to a horizontal pasting type as shown in FIG. 2, but the label printing and pasting mechanism can also be held in various other positions. Other application examples will be explained below based on FIGS. 6 to 9. However, the same reference numerals are given to the same parts as those in FIGS.

Figure 6 shows the same printing mechanism 1 and pasting mechanism 1 even though it is horizontally pasted.
The integrated base 3 is arranged so that the mechanism 2 is located on the upper side of the shell, and is mounted vertically on the base a13B. At this time, the pedestal 35 has a vertical mounting portion 35A so as to be able to support the base fi3B.

FIG. 7 shows an example of attaching a label piece from the top surface of a cardboard D, and the pedestal 35 is mounted at a higher position. ! 13B has a wall portion 35B.

FIG. 8 shows a case where the printing and pasting mechanism is held diagonally and a label is pasted on a cardboard box D that is being conveyed diagonally on the conveyor C. At this time, the pedestal 35 has a diagonal wall portion 35C so that the base fi3B can be mounted diagonally.

FIG. 9 shows an example in which a label piece is pasted on the bottom surface of a cardboard box D, and the printing and pasting mechanism 1.2 attached to the pedestal 35 is located below the conveyor C. At this time, the pedestal 35 has a wall portion 35A for vertical mounting, similar to the example shown in FIG.

For installation, unlike the case shown in Figure 6, the 2!1fi3B can be installed by rotating it 90 degrees.

In this manner, the mounting trowel of the present invention can be mounted on a frame by changing the orientation of the integrated base so that the label can be affixed from any direction to the object to be affixed. In the present invention, the printing and pasting mechanism is arbitrary, for example, a thermochromic thermal printer may be used, and the pasting mechanism is not a linear pasting mechanism as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but various types of pasting may be used. A mechanism is fine.

(Effects) As explained above, according to the present invention, since the label printing and pasting mechanism is equipped on an integrated base, the printing and pasting mechanism can be oriented in the position δ or direction depending on various systems.
We can design label printing and pasting equipment according to your needs.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the first embodiment of the invention.
A perspective explanatory diagram, No. 314 is the same, an explanatory diagram of the air circuit, No. 4
The figure shows the block IN of the control circuit, and Fig. 5 shows the flowchart of the operation. - Fig. 6 shows another embodiment 7gi of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the pond of the present invention (top mounting), and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention (diagonal top mounting). Figure 9 shows another embodiment (base pasting) of the present invention! (This is a perspective view. L in the figure: Label printing mechanism 2: Label pasting mechanism 3: Integrated base 3A: Surface base 3B: Mounting base
4. Mounting sheet 5. Label continuum 6.13. Supply shaft 7.8.
Guide roller 9...Printing means lO...Thermal head 11...Fuano 12...Carbon ribbon 14.
19... Winding shaft 15... Label sensor 16... Carbon ribbon sensor 17... Turning bottle 18... Young suction pad 20... Air blowing nozzle 21... Adjustment screw 22... Piston 23... Support plate 24...Support rod 25...Shock buffer spring 26...Support stand 27...Cylinder 28...Forward air introduction hole 29...Backward air introduction hole 30...Guide rod 31...Advance sensor 32... Backward sensor 33... Hole 34 for mounting... Screws for mounting 35... Frame 35A, 35B... Wall part 35C for vertical mounting... Wall part 36 for diagonal mounting... Adjustment bolt 37... Sensor 40 ... Filter for oil removal 41 ... Filter for water removal 42.45 ... Joint 43.46.47 ... Tf, magnetic valve 44 ... Vacuum generator 48 ... Chamber 49 ... Fixed piece 50 ... Vacuum sensor 60...Microprocessor 61...Hasline 62...ROM63...RAM
64...Boat 65...Thermal head drive circuit 66...Step motor drive circuit 67...Interface 68...Heat oven micro switch C...Conveyor D...Cardboard...Label piece M
・・Step motor S・・Stopper SL-S14・・Step

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A holding means for a continuous label body in which a plurality of label pieces are temporarily attached to a backing paper, a label transporting means for feeding out the continuous label body from this holding means and transporting the continuous label body within a predetermined passage, and a continuous label body to be transported. a printing mechanism having a printing means for applying a desired print thereon and a label peeling means for peeling the printed label piece from the mount; and a suction mechanism provided adjacent to the label peeling means to hold the label piece to be peeled off. A pasting mechanism having pasting arm means having a pad, pasting arm driving means for driving the pasting arm means in the direction of the pasted object and pasting a label piece on the pasted object, and the printing mechanism and pasting mechanism. A label printing and pasting device that has an integral base that integrally supports them and can be attached in a desired posture. (2) A holding means for a continuous label body in which a plurality of label pieces are temporarily attached to a backing paper, a label transporting means for feeding out the continuous label body from this holding means and transporting the continuous label body within a predetermined passage, and a continuous label body to be transported. a printing mechanism having a printing means for applying a desired print thereon and a label peeling means for peeling the printed label piece from the mount; and a suction mechanism provided adjacent to the label peeling means to hold the label piece to be peeled off. A pasting mechanism having pasting arm means having a pad, pasting arm driving means for driving the pasting arm means in the direction of the pasted object and pasting a label piece on the pasted object, and the printing mechanism and pasting mechanism. A label printing and pasting device comprising: an integral base that can be integrally supported and mounted in a desired posture; and a pedestal that supports the integral base in a desired posture and position.