JPS63246774A - Film coating method using plain paper copying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable only the film consisting of a hot melt resin to easily coat paper by mating the hot melt resin surface provided on a synthetic resin film and the surface of the paper to be coated and executing the adhesion by heating in the fixing part of an electrophotographic copying machine for plain paper. CONSTITUTION:The plain paper electrophotographic copying machine which executes fixing by heating copies the image of an original to the supplied paper by the stages consisting of electrostatic charging of the photosensitive body exposing to the photosensitive body development by a toner transfer of the toner to the paper fixing of the toner by heating. More specifically, the paper is heated at the time of fixing with the plain paper electrophotogra phic copying machine 100 which executes fixing by heating. The paper 130 and the film 110 are, therefore, heated in the fixing part if the resin surface of the film, 110 and the paper 130 are mated and are inserted into the machine 100 from a paper supply port thereof and when the film and the paper are passed through the fixing part of the machine 100 by carrying out a copying operation. The paper and the film are thus easily adhered by the hot melt resin surface provided to the film and the paper is coated with the film.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for closely covering paper with a film.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in order to improve the durability such as water resistance and weather resistance of paper cards, posters, etc.
BACKGROUND ART In order to give gloss to the surfaces of posters and improve their aesthetic appearance, the surfaces of posters and the like are coated with films. Additionally, cards such as New Year's cards are decorated by pasting colored films on them.

That is, a heat-sealable resin surface provided on a synthetic resin film,
The surface of the card, poster, etc. to be coated is placed together, heated, and brought into close contact to coat the surface with the film.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, conventionally, in order to coat with a film, an expensive dedicated machine is used, and therefore it has not been possible to easily coat with a film. For example, paper commuter passes, ID cards, etc. are required to be durable, but because they are not easily coated with film, they often become stained by getting wet with water, etc. It is.

[Means for solving the problems] The present invention employs the following means to solve the above problems.

That is, the gist of the present invention is to provide the method for coating paper with a film, in which a heat-sealing resin surface provided on a synthetic resin film and a surface to be coated of paper are brought together and brought into close contact by heating, wherein the heating comprises: A film coating method using a plain paper copying machine is characterized in that the method is carried out in a fixing section of a plain paper electronic copying machine which performs heat fixing.

Here, the material of the synthetic resin film is not particularly limited, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or the like can be used. Further, as the film, in addition to a transparent film, a colored film or a film having a metallic luster formed by forming a metal layer by vapor deposition or the like can be used. Furthermore, a film made only of a heat-fusible resin kneaded with a pigment may also be used. This film made only of heat-fusible resin may be formed as a membrane-like film by applying the heat-fusible resin onto a base film such as the above-mentioned PET, for example. The film made of this heat-sealable resin is overlapped with paper and heated while being adhered to the base film. Then, only the film made of the heat-sealable resin covers the paper.

Further, the heat-sealing resin used in the present invention is not particularly limited, and a commonly used heat-sealing emulsion may be used. As this heat-fusion resin, the following two types may be used depending on the purpose. The first heat-sealing resin is used to bond the film and paper together when heated. The second heat-sealing resin has a strong adhesive force with the toner-adhered area formed in advance on the paper using a copying machine, etc., but has a weak adhesive force with the non-adhesive area of the paper. It is something. If this second heat-sealing resin is used, only the toner-attached portions of the paper can be selectively covered with a film.

Furthermore, a commercially available laminating film made of PET coated with a heat-sealing emulsion may also be used.

The film may cover not only one side of the paper but also both sides. In that case, it is best to fold the film in half so that the resin-coated side of the film is on the inside, and sandwich the paper between them.

Alternatively, a film may be used in which the negative side is a smooth surface and the other side is a rough surface with minute irregularities, and the heat-sealing resin may be applied to the smooth surface. In this way, after the paper is covered with the film, the rough surface becomes the front surface, and it becomes possible to write notes or the like with a pencil or the like on this surface.

As a plain paper electronic copying machine that performs heat fixing, a commonly used so-called PPC copying machine may be used.

For heating in the fixing section of a plain paper electronic copying machine, the resin-coated surface of the film and the coated surface of paper may be aligned and inserted through the paper supply port of the copying machine, and a copying operation may be performed. So-called,
This operation can be performed more easily by inserting the above-mentioned combined film and paper as paper for manual copying. Also,
During this copying operation, if an original is not used, the paper will simply be covered with a film, but by using a suitable original, it is also possible to cover the paper with a film and copy characters, etc. onto the film.

Further, in order to prevent the film and paper from being misaligned when inserted into a copying machine, it is preferable to temporarily fix them with adhesive tape, adhesive, double-sided tape, or the like.

For example, a weakly adhesive adhesive may be placed in a pen-shaped container, applied from the tip of the container onto the paper or the resin-coated surface of the film, and then the film and paper may be temporarily fixed together. This is preferable because the adhesive can be applied only to the necessary locations, and if the film and paper are misaligned, they can be peeled off and reattached.

Alternatively, a roll of film may be set in the copying machine in advance so that when paper is inserted, the paper and film are automatically overlapped.

Furthermore, the film cut into a predetermined shape may be placed on a predetermined portion of the paper and the copying operation described above may be performed to cover only the predetermined portion of the paper. At that time, colored film or a desired figure in advance,
A film with characters printed thereon may also be used. Alternatively, by overlapping the above-mentioned paper with a base film to which colored heat-sealing resin films of various shapes are attached, and performing the above-described copying operation, the heat-sealing film of the desired shape is printed on the paper. It may be coated.

Further, images, characters, etc. are formed using toner on the paper using an electronic copying machine in advance, and 1. It is preferable to use the second heat-fusible resin as the heat-fusible resin because only the images and characters on the paper can be selectively covered with the film. For example, if a film with metallic luster is used, only the images and characters formed with toner can have metallic luster, and the aesthetic appearance can be greatly improved. In this case, it is preferable to use a film made of the above-mentioned second heat-sealable resin because it allows for easier covering of finer parts.

[Operation of the invention] A plain paper electronic copying machine that performs fixation by heating fixes an image on a document through the steps of charging a photoreceptor → exposing the photoreceptor → developing with toner → transferring toner to paper → fixing toner with heat. is copied onto the paper supplied from the paper supply port.

In other words, in plain paper electronic copying machines that perform fixing by heating,
The paper is heated during fusing.

Therefore, by aligning the resin surface of the film with the paper, inserting it into the paper supply port of a plain paper electronic copying machine, and performing a copying operation to pass it through the fixing section of the plain paper electronic copying machine, the paper and film can be combined. is heated in the fixing section. Then, the paper and the film are bonded to each other by the heat-sealing resin surface provided on the film, and the paper is covered with the film.

[Example] The present invention will be described in detail. The present invention is not limited to these, but includes various embodiments without departing from the gist thereof.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described using a perspective view in FIG. 1 and a partial cross-sectional view in FIG.

This example uses polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
The present invention relates to a method of covering a paper identification card 20 with a laminating film 10 which is a film coated with a heat-sealing emulsion.

First, adhesive for temporary fixing is applied to the necessary parts of the identification card 20, and the identification card 20 and the film 10 are stacked so that the emulsion-coated surface 30 of the film 10 is on the inside.

Next, the above-mentioned laminate is inserted into a manual copy paper insertion slot (not shown) of a plain paper electronic copying machine.

As a result, the laminate is heated in the fixing section in the copying machine, and the emulsion applied to the film 10 is melted to firmly adhere the ID card 20 and the film 10, so that the ID card 20 is covered with the film 10. Ru.

FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view showing the state in which the identification card 20 is covered with the film 10, and shows the identification card 20 and the film 10.
This indicates that the emulsion melted by heating is bonded.

In this embodiment, the film 10 and the identification card 20 are laminated,
By simply inserting the paper into the manual copying paper feed slot of the very popular plain paper electronic copying machine, the ID card 20 can be inserted into the film 1.
It can be covered by 0. Therefore, in addition to identification cards, items that require durability such as commuter passes can be coated very easily.

The second embodiment will be explained with reference to the plan view of FIG.

In this embodiment, a film 60 is closely coated along the long sides of a recording sheet 50 using an electronic copying machine in the same manner as in the first embodiment. In this way, the long sides of the recording paper 50 covered and reinforced with the film 60 will not be damaged even if it is sandwiched between paper clips.

Further, when holes 70 are punched in the portion covered by the film 60, the holes 70 are reinforced by the film 60. Therefore, 50 sheets of recording paper are stored in a binder, etc.
When the paper is closed, unlike conventional recording paper in which holes are simply punched, the holes 70 do not sag.

Conventionally, to reinforce holes in recording paper, first a hole is made in the recording paper, and then a disc-shaped reinforcing tape (so-called patch tape) having holes of approximately the same size as the hole is aligned with the hole in the recording paper. It was tense. However, it was difficult to match the holes in the tape with the holes in the recording paper, and sufficient reinforcement could not be achieved.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, before opening the hole 70, it is reinforced with the film 60 using a very simple operation using an electronic copying machine. Therefore, the holes 70 can be easily reinforced without having to do the difficult work of aligning the holes in the tape and the recording paper as in the past.

The third embodiment will be explained with reference to the configuration diagram in FIG.

In this embodiment, the electronic copying machine 100 includes a roll film 1.
When the stand 120 on which the film 10 is set is attached and the paper 130 is inserted, the films 110 are automatically superimposed.

This table 120 is provided with a pair of rollers 140 driven by a motor (not shown), which superimposes the paper 130 and the film 110 and conveys them to the electronic copying machine 100.

Further, the table 120 is provided with a paper detection sensor 150 that detects the trailing edge of the paper 130. When the sensor 150 detects the trailing edge of the paper 130, the cutter 1
60 is operated to cut the film 110 into a predetermined length.

When the above configuration is used, the paper 130 and the film 11 are
Since there is no need to overlap paper 1 with
Covering with 30 films 110 is possible.

The fourth embodiment will be described with reference to the perspective centroid of FIG.

This embodiment relates to a method of sandwiching and covering a document 210 with a laminating film 200 made of a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film coated with a heat-sealing emulsion.

The film 200 used in this example is made by folding one film in half with the coated side facing inside, or by overlapping two films with the coated side facing inside, and then thermally melting one end of the film. The closing part 220 is fixed by attaching, and two closing holes 2 are formed in the closing part 220 as necessary.
30.

By sandwiching the document 210 between the films 2000 constructed in this way and inserting it from the paper 7 insertion slot of the electronic copying machine in the same manner as in the previous embodiment, both sides of the document 210 are covered with the film 200.

Conventionally, when storing documents, the documents were cut to an appropriate size and then pasted on a mount. However, if the paper was simply pasted on a mount, the back side of the document would get dirty and the document would oxidize and become tattered, making it impossible to preserve it for a long time.

In this embodiment, the document 210 is sandwiched between the films 200 and covered using an electronic copying machine.
Documents 210 can be stored. In this way, document 210
Since it is covered with the film 200, its surface does not get dirty, and since it is blocked from air, it does not oxidize, and can be stored well for a long period of time.

A fifth embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the plan view of FIG.

This embodiment relates to a method of decorating a paper 300 such as a birthday card by adhering colored laminating films 310a to 310h, which have been previously cut into stacked shapes such as hearts, to the paper 300. In this case, there are two methods: a method of decorating using a colored laminate film coated with a heat-fusible resin, and a method of decorating using a colored film itself made of a heat-fusible resin.

First, a method of decorating using a colored laminate film coated with a heat-sealable resin will be explained.

In this case, the laminating films 310a to 310h to be used
This uses an opaque colored film made by kneading red, blue, green, etc. dyes as raw materials, or a metallic luster film made by vapor-depositing metal onto a transparent film. this film 3
A heat-sealing emulsion is applied in advance to the back surfaces of 10a to 10h.

Laminating film 310a cut into desired shape
-h is temporarily fixed at a desired position on the paper 300 with adhesive tape or the like. The colored films 310a to 310h cover desired positions of the paper 300 by inserting the paper 300 through the paper insertion slot of the electronic copying machine in the same manner as in the previous embodiment.

Film 3 adhered to paper 300 as described above
10a-h are fixed without using adhesive, so
The adhesive will not loosen or peel off due to moisture, etc.

Alternatively, a transparent film may be used to cover important parts such as the membership number of a membership card or the like. If you do this, you can freely modify the name etc. after the membership card is issued, but like the membership number etc.
You cannot change something that you would not want to be corrected.

Next, a method of decorating using a colored film made of a heat-sealing resin will be described.

In this case, colored heat-sealing films 310 a=h of various shapes and colors are formed on a transparent base film (not shown) by a method such as screen printing.

Adhesive for temporary fixing is applied to predetermined locations on this base film.

The heat-sealing films 310a-h on this base film and the card 300 are stacked facing each other. At this time, since the base film is transparent, the colored heat-sealing film 310a=h
positioning is very easy.

The base film and paper 300 overlapped in this way
As described above, the colored films 310a to 310h cover desired positions of the paper 300 by inserting the colored films 310a to 310h through the paper insertion slot of the electronic copying machine and removing only the base film.

A sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the perspective views of FIGS. 7 and 8.

In this embodiment, only characters 410 such as "Happy New Year" printed on paper 400 such as a New Year's card in advance using an electronic copying machine are covered with a laminating film 420 of a desired color to form colored characters 430. It is. In this case, as in the fifth embodiment, there are two methods: one is to decorate using a colored laminate film 420 coated with a heat-sealing resin, and the other is to decorate using a colored film 420 which itself is made of a heat-sealing resin. There is. However, no matter which method you use,
The heat-sealing resin used is one that has strong adhesion to the toner-adhered area previously formed on the paper using a copying machine or the like, but has very weak adhesion to the toner-free area of the paper.

First, colored laminate film 4 coated with heat-sealing resin
A method of decorating using 20 will be explained.

In this case, the laminating film 420 coated with the heat-sealing resin as described above is placed on the characters 410 formed by toner on the paper 400, and inserted into the paper insertion slot of the electronic copying machine in the same manner as in the previous embodiment. By inserting the character 410 from the toner into the film 4, the part of the character 410 formed by the toner
Glue with 20. Then, by removing 440 ft of the film from the portion of the paper 400 that is not bonded to the characters 410, only the characters 430 are covered with the film 420.

Next, a colored film 42 itself made of a heat-sealable resin
A method of decorating using 0 will be explained.

In this case, a heat-fusible resin as described above with pigment kneaded is applied onto the base film to form a film-like hot-fusible M'M resin film 420 for lamination, and the heat-fusible resin film of this base film is coated onto the base film. The base film is placed on the characters 41θ formed by the toner on the paper 400 so that the base film 420 faces the paper 400, and the base film is inserted from the paper insertion slot of the electronic copying machine in the same manner as in the previous embodiment. The portion of the formed character 410 is covered with the film 42.
Glue with 0. Then, if you remove the base film,
The heat-sealing resin film 420 in the character 4300 portion covers the character 430, and the heat-sealing resin film 4 in other parts covers the character 430.
20 remains attached to the base film.

For example, if a transparent film made of gold by vapor-depositing metal or a film kneaded with gold pigment is used as the laminating film 420, the letters 410 become golden letters 430, which are used for New Year's holidays, etc. It can be a very beautiful looking character.

Furthermore, instead of placing only one type of film on the characters 410 and performing the copying operation, if you place a film of a different color on each character and perform the copying operation, each character is covered with a different color of film, and the characters 430 is very colorful and more beautiful.

[Effects of the Invention] Plain paper electronic copying machines are currently very popular. Therefore, using the present invention, it is possible to cover paper with a film very easily.

For example, paper commuter passes, identification cards, and the like can be easily covered with a film, which prevents them from getting dirty due to getting wet with water.

Furthermore, by covering only specific parts of posters, birthday cards, New Year's cards, etc., the aesthetic appearance can be greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view thereof, FIG. 3 is a plan view illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the fourth embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating the fifth embodiment of the present invention; FIGS. The figure is a perspective view illustrating a sixth embodiment of the present invention. 10.60.100.200. 310a ~ 310h, 420...Synthetic resin film (rolled film) 20・◆
・Identification card 30...Emulsion coated surface 50...Recording paper 70・φ◆hole 100...Electronic copying machine 120φφφ unevenness 130...Paper 140φφ rotation roller 150...Paper detection sensor 160...Cutter 210...Document 220◆・◆Closing part 230...Closing hole 300...Paper (birthday card) 400...Paper (New Year's card)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In the above-mentioned film coating method for paper, in which the heat-sealable resin surface provided on the synthetic resin film and the surface to be coated of the paper are brought into close contact by heating, the heating comprises: 1. A film coating method using a plain paper copying machine, characterized in that the film coating method is carried out in a fixing section of a plain paper electronic copying machine which performs fixing by a method.