JPS631333Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to improvements in continuous display pieces with detection marks, such as labels, tags, tickets, etc., which print and display information regarding products as appropriate and are attached to products.

Generally, each continuous display piece attached to a product is printed with information about the product, such as the product code, manufacturer code, store name code, product price, etc., in barcodes or OCR characters, and this information can be sent to the POS. (point of sale) system.

Here, each of the display pieces is arranged in a continuous form, and the information is printed on the display piece by transporting it in its longitudinal direction and placing it at the print position of the printer.In order to detect this print position, each display piece is A detection mark is placed on each piece in advance.

The first purpose of the present invention is to detect the detection mark, which is printed with visible light ink that can be seen with the naked eye, on the edge of the surface of each display piece of a continuous label on which a barcode is displayed. By printing with invisible light ink that is impossible to distinguish with the naked eye and moving this detection mark to the barcode display area, the actual area of the label is reduced and the unit manufacturing cost of the label is reduced. It is in.

Furthermore, since the detection mark was the same black color as the barcode, since the label was attached to the product and displayed, it was visually unsightly and was a factor in lowering the product value. The objective is to improve the image as a display label with a colorless and transparent detection mark.

The second purpose is to omit the process of drilling detection holes in a part of each display piece of continuous tags where OCR characters are displayed, and to eliminate the various cutting and suction devices involved in this process. In addition to reducing the unit price of the tag device, this tag is omitted, and since the tag display piece is hung and displayed on the product at the same time as the label, the cutout is visually obtrusive and reduces the product value. The purpose is to solve this problem and improve the image as a display tag with a colorless and transparent detection mark.

Therefore, in view of the above points, the present invention has been devised using invisible light ink that cannot be discerned with the naked eye by detecting the detection marks made with visible light ink on each display piece, and by using invisible light ink to detect the detection holes as perforated holes. The purpose is to reduce the effective area of each display piece, reduce its manufacturing cost, and provide smart display pieces by printing with colorless transparent ink containing .

Below, as an example, a continuous barcode label,
Explain using consecutive tags of OCR characters.

The continuous display piece consisting of the continuous label 1 shown in Figs. 1 and 2 shown as the first embodiment of the present invention has an area in the pitch direction and width direction of the label that was occupied by the detection mark of the conventional label piece. A large number of labels 2 temporarily attached to a tape-like mount 3 made of a reduced size
Each label 2 is formed into a single label piece by a separation line 4 provided in the longitudinal direction, and an adhesive is applied to the back surface of the label so that it can be attached to a product or the like.

Thus, as shown in FIG. 1, below the part of each label 2 where the barcode is printed, there is a detection mark 5 for detecting the printing position for printing information about the product, and above each label there is a store name. 6 is printed in advance. Here, the store name 6 is printed with general visible light ink that can be discerned with the naked eye, and the detection mark 5 is printed with, for example, invisible light ink that is colorless and transparent and contains ultraviolet light that reacts only with ultraviolet rays and cannot be discerned with the naked eye. This is the configuration.

Next, a case will be described in which the continuous label 1 shown in FIG. 1 is set in, for example, the thermal printer 20 shown in FIG. 3, and product information consisting of a bar code is printed thereon.

A continuous label 1 wound into a roll is passed from a supply reel at the top of the printer to a label inlet 21.
The ultraviolet light emitting element 23a is guided into the inside of the machine by the guide roller 22, with the 2nd side of the label facing downward and the 13th side of the tape-like mount facing upward.
The light passes through a transmission-type invisible light sensor 23 consisting of a light beam and a photoreceptor 23b, is turned by a platen 24, and is wound up by a take-up reel 25.

On the other hand, the device that prints the product information on each label 2 is of a thermal type, and the carbon 26 is passed from the supply reel 27 through a carbon sensor 28 that detects the presence or absence of carbon, and then sent to the thermal head 2.
9, and is wound up by a take-up reel 31 via a guide roller 30.

Thus, in the process of transporting the continuous labels 1, the invisible light detection mark 5 made of ultraviolet-containing ink applied to a part of each label 2 is detected by a non-visible light detection mark 5 made of ink containing ultraviolet rays applied to a part of each label 2. It absorbs ultraviolet light from the light emitter 23a of the visible light sensor 23. When the photoreceptor 23b detects this absorption, the thermal head 29 is brought into pressure contact with the platen 24 via the carbon 26. By this operation, a bar code 7 as shown in FIG. 2, a group of numbers 8 corresponding thereto, a product price 9, etc. are thermally printed on the surface of the label 2.

The invisible light sensor 23 does not detect the store name 6 made of visible light ink, but only detects the detection mark 5 made of invisible light ink.

Further, although this sensor generally activates the printing device when it absorbs ultraviolet rays, it may be of a reflective type as long as it reflects the ultraviolet rays on the ink.
Furthermore, a detection mark 5 made of this invisible light ink
may contain infrared ink that can be detected by a detector such as a thermocouple, thermistor, or bolometer, or may contain magnetic ink that can be detected electromagnetically.

Next, the continuous display piece consisting of the continuous tag 10 shown in FIG. Each virtual line perpendicular to the perforation 13 indicates a planned cutting position 14, and this perforation 1
The upper part of 3 is a customer part 11 that is attached to the sold product and handed to the customer, and the lower part is a tally part 12 that is cut off at the time of sales.

Next, the corners of each tally section 12 where the perforation 13 of the continuous tag 10 intersects with each scheduled cutting position 14 are not made with conventional detection holes, but are colorless and transparent and can be discerned with the naked eye, similar to the label. A detection mark 15 containing invisible light ink and a store name 16 made of visible light ink that can be discerned with the naked eye are printed above each tag.

Thus, such a continuous tag 10 is set in, for example, a price tag printer (not shown), and the detection mark 15 of the continuous tag 10 is detected by the invisible light sensor and a printing hammer installed inside the machine. When detected, the printing hammer operates and the customer part 11 of the continuous tag, which is a two-part system, is activated.
, OCR characters 17 as information regarding the product as partially shown in FIG.
The product price 18 etc. are printed.

In addition, in this invention, barcodes and barcodes are used as product information.
Although OCR characters have been described, the invention is not limited to this, and the detection mark of the present invention may be attached to general readable product information labels or tags, price tags such as tickets.

As described above, the present invention includes a detection mark containing colorless and transparent invisible light ink for detecting the printing position on a part of each continuous display strip that prints product information such as barcodes and OCR characters. Since it is a configuration that has been applied, there is no problem in applying it in a position that overlaps the barcode and OCR characters that are product information. That is, since the optical character reader at the time of sales or tally reads only information printed with visible light ink, the original purpose of the distribution system can be achieved. Therefore, the detection mark is generally placed in a position that does not overlap with the product information, but by placing it in the barcode area, it is possible to reduce the area occupied by the detection mark in the pitch direction and width direction of the display piece. Therefore, it is effective in reducing the manufacturing cost of the display piece.

Furthermore, since this detection mark is indistinguishable to the naked eye, it eliminates the unsightliness caused by conventional visible light ink, and the store name and product price are more clearly expressed, which is useful for improving the product image.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 and 2 show the first embodiment of the continuous display strip with a detection mark of the present invention. Figure 1 is a plan view of the continuous label, and Figure 2 is the same, with product information (barcode) printed on it. A plan view, FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a thermal printer for printing product information on the continuous label of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the continuous display piece with a detection mark of the present invention. , FIG. 4 is a plan view of the continuous tag, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the same with product information (OCR characters) printed thereon. In the figure, 1, 10... continuous display piece, 5, 15...
Detection mark, 7...Product information (barcode), 1
7...Product information (OCR characters).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A continuous display piece with a detection mark for printing product information, characterized in that a detection mark containing colorless and transparent invisible light ink is applied to a part of each display piece.