KR100406473B1 - Rotary type ball printing apparatus and method of processing it - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a rotary spherical printing apparatus and a method for performing the printing process performed on the spherical body by improving the productivity of the printed spherical product and the printing state of the product to be implemented by a rotary type automated device.

To this end, the present invention, the frame for each component is installed; A supply unit installed at one side of the frame and supplying a single printed matter one by one; A transfer unit which is installed on the upper side of the frame and has a plurality of holders on the upper surface for holding the to-be-printed material supplied by the supply unit at regular intervals, and which transfers the to-be-printed material held by the holder to a position to be printed; A printing unit installed at an upper side of the frame and provided with at least one plurality to print a pattern on the printed matter transferred by the transfer unit; It is provided on one side of the frame, and provides a rotary spherical printing apparatus and a method for performing the apparatus, characterized in that consisting of a discharge portion for discharging the printed matter printed in the printing portion.

Description

Rotary type ball printing apparatus and method of processing thereof

The present invention relates to a rotary spherical printing apparatus and method, and in detail, the printing process performed on the spherical body is implemented by a rotary type automation device, so that the productivity of printed spherical products is improved and the printing state of the product is excellent. It was to lose.

In general, the sphere may be a type of ball, such as golf balls, ping-pong balls, such a sphere is printed with a logo or various advertising stationery of the manufacturer.

In order to print on the outer surface of the above-described sphere, there was a method in which a worker performs a printing job individually with a print stamp, etc., and such a printing method requires a plurality of workers to increase the productivity, resulting in the cost of hiring a worker. Problems such as spending and delays in work have occurred.

To solve this problem, conventionally, when a sphere is supplied at a predetermined position, an apparatus for performing a printing operation on the surface of the supplied sphere has been provided.

This printing apparatus is a device that can be applied to the device that can perform the printing of various products, rather than a device for printing the specific sphere, the device is registered in Korean Patent No. 1989-0004511 (curved surface printing method) And the device, hereinafter referred to as the registered invention).

The apparatus is configured by installing a transfer printing structure on a frame for printing a pattern on one surface of a printed object supplied to a seat, and the transfer printing structure comprises a silk screen portion and a silk screen in which an original pattern is formed. It is composed of a transfer mechanism that transfers and prints the pattern on the printed object.

Here, the transfer mechanism is a plurality of cylinders are installed as a driving means for reciprocating between the silk screen and the printed object so that the transfer pad transfers the pattern, and the printing operation is performed by driving the cylinder.

The above-described registered invention has to perform a print job by supplying a print on the base, and the process of supplying the print may be performed by the operator by hand, so that the printing process may be one-time accurate and fast. The process of supplying the printed matter to perform printing eventually results in a drawback that is not suitable for mass production because it is difficult to expect a delay in working time and thus a significant increase in productivity due to manual dependence.

Since the sphere is printed in a state where it is placed on the base, a problem arises in that a poor printing state is generated by the pressing force of the printing pad and the vibration of the machine.

Since the pedestal is generally formed according to the shape of the to-be-printed object and the work is to be performed after the to-be-printed object is mounted on the groove, it is assumed that the spheres to be printed on both sides are printed on one side and the other side is printed. In order to print the printout, it is necessary to turn it back on and then print it. Therefore, there is a disadvantage in that it is impossible to perform the print job at the correct position and delay of working time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the automation of the whole process from the supply of the sphere to the discharge to discharge is implemented to obtain improved productivity and a better printing state, the outer surface of the printed matter It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing apparatus capable of printing multicolor tea ceremony.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for effectively performing a printing operation by the above-described printing apparatus.

1 is a front view of a printing apparatus according to the present invention.

2 is a plan view of a printing apparatus according to the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view of the supply unit of the printing apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a side view of the holding portion of the printing apparatus according to the present invention.

5 is a side view of a printing unit of the printing apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 6 is a side view of the discharge portion of the printing apparatus according to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart of a process performed by a printing apparatus according to the present invention.

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10: frame 20: supply part

30: holder 40: transfer part

50: printing section 60: discharge section

The present invention has the configuration of the following features to achieve the above object.

According to claim 1, the present invention comprises a frame for installing each component; A supply unit installed at one side of the frame and supplying a single printed matter one by one; A transfer unit which is installed above the frame and has a holder for holding the to-be-printed material supplied by the supplying unit at a predetermined interval on the upper surface thereof, and transfers the to-be-printed material held by the holder to a position to be printed; A printing unit installed at an upper side of the frame and printing a pattern on the printed matter transferred by the transfer unit; It is installed on one side of the frame, it characterized in that consisting of a discharge unit for discharging the printed matter printed in the printing unit.

According to claim 8, The present invention comprises a supplying step of supplying the printed matter by the conveyor and holding it by the holder when the printed matter is supplied in place; A transfer step of transferring the supplied printed matter to a printing unit; A printing step of driving a printing unit to print a pattern on one side of the printed object and to dry it when the printed matter is transferred; A determination step of determining whether the printing is a job performed in the last printing unit; A judgment execution step of feeding back the printed matter to the discharge unit if the job is not performed in the last printing unit in the determination step and feeding back to the transfer step; When the to-be-transferred material is transferred to the discharge part, the holding state of the holder is released to discharge the to-be-printed object through the discharge part.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention to which the above features are applied will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a front view showing the overall configuration of a printing apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of a printing apparatus according to the present invention.

1 and 2, the printing apparatus according to the present invention holds and moves the frame 10, the supply unit 20 for supplying the object B to the frame 10, and the supplied object B. FIG. It consists of a conveying unit 40, a printing unit 50 for printing a pattern on the to-be-moved printed matter (B), the discharge unit 60 for discharging the printed matter (B) to the outside.

The frame 10 is in the form of a table that provides a space for installing each component, and includes a cover 11 of a transparent body installed on an outer circumferential surface thereof in order to ensure that each component is safe from an external impact or the like.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the supply unit 20.

1, 2 and 3, the supply unit 20 is a conveyor for moving the to-be-printed material (B) in the hopper 21, the hopper 21 in which a plurality of to-be-printed material (B) is put and stored therein. (22), a supply pipe 23 for guiding the to-be-moved to-be-printed object B to a holding position, and an interruption mechanism 24 for intermittently controlling the supply state of the to-be-printed object B to be supplied.

The conveyor 22 is composed of a combination of the belt 25 and the pulley 26 and the motor 27 to transport the printed matter (B) contained in the hopper 21, the outer surface of the belt 25 It is configured by mounting a plurality of partition walls 28 at regular intervals to form a space for each one to be printed (B).

In addition, the conveyor 22 is installed to be inclined so that one side is upward, one end of the supply pipe 23 is coupled to the upward end.

The other end of the supply pipe 23 extends to a holding position of the transfer part 40, and an interruption mechanism 24 is installed at the extended end (see FIG. 4).

The intermittent mechanism 24 comprises a solenoid device or a motor driving device for interfering the lever 24a to the supply pipe 23, and opening it once for each time difference so that one printed matter can be supplied.

4 is a side view showing the configuration of the transfer unit.

1, 2 and 4, the transfer unit 40 is composed of a rotor 41 rotated on the frame 10, a drive mechanism 42 for rotating the rotor 41.

The rotor 41 is installed in the form of a circular table on the upper surface of the frame 10, a plurality of holders 30 are installed at equal intervals per pitch of the rotor 41 on the outer peripheral surface.

The drive mechanism 42 is installed between the rotor 41 and the frame 10 by interference, and is provided as a stepping motor rotating device for stepping the rotor 41 by one pitch.

Here, the holder 30 is a body 31 to which the to-be-printed object B is inserted, the finger 32 for holding and holding the injected to-be-printed object B from both sides, and linearly moving or rotating the finger 32. It consists of a drive mechanism 33.

The body 31 is installed on the rotor 41, more specifically, on the bracket 41a which is mounted on the rotor 41, and corresponds to the size of the printed matter B on the upper surface to which the printed matter B is supplied. Supply groove 31a is formed

The fingers 32 are installed through the partition walls 31b on both sides formed by the supply groove 31a, respectively, and a driving mechanism for moving or rotating the fingers 32 inward on the outer surface of the partition walls 31b. 33 is installed.

The drive mechanism 33 can be installed by applying a cylinder or a motor drive mechanism.

5 is a side view showing the configuration of the printing unit.

1, 2 and 5, the printing unit 50 is a mounting table 51 installed on the frame 10, the ink supply unit 52 for supplying ink in the original pattern to be transferred, to transfer the original pattern And a drive mechanism 54 for driving the transfer device 53, the ink supply unit 52, and the transfer device 53.

The ink supply unit 52 is mounted on the mounting table 51, so that the ink to be printed on one side is engraved on the one side to be supplied with ink.

The transfer device 53 is installed on the upper portion on which the printed matter B is transferred on the mounting table 51.

Here, the printing unit 50 may be equipped with a plurality of printing devices capable of performing transfer printing, but more specifically, the printer device disclosed in Patent Application No. 10-1999-0044476 previously filed by the present applicant Can be applied, which is provided with a flat plate 55 in which the original pattern is engraved and drives the ink cup 56 and the transfer pad 57 of the transfer apparatus 53 in a series of operations to the printed matter B. FIG. It is to perform a print job.

The printing unit 50 is arranged in a circular form a plurality of (6 in the drawing, 6 degrees, 6 colors printable) to perform the multi-color and multi-color printing according to one side rotation direction of the sphere.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the discharge unit.

1, 2 and 6, the discharge portion 60 is a bracket 61 installed in the close position of the header 30 on the frame 10, more specifically the cover 11 and the bracket, When the holding state of the to-be-printed object (B) is released from the holder (30) and is released, the discharge body (62) guides and discharges the to-be-printed object (B) dropped by its own weight.

The printing apparatus configured as described above forms a drying unit 70 for drying the ink of the pattern printed by each printing unit 50 on the outer circumferential upper surface of the frame 10 and the rotor 41. The unit 70 may be the easiest to adopt the drying method mainly by hot air, which can be installed between each printing unit 50, the last printing unit is complete the tea ceremony, multi-color printing for cost reduction It is preferable that the ink formed on the 50 side to form the pattern is dried and then discharged.

In the drawing, reference numeral 71 denotes a means of preventing ink from spreading by charging and friction due to static electricity before performing a printing operation on a sphere, and 80 denotes an electronic configuration for performing a series of operations of a printing apparatus. It is a built-in controller.

7 is a flowchart of a state in which a series of processes are performed by the printing apparatus according to the present invention and printed on the printed object.

Referring to Figure 7, the operation of the printing apparatus according to the present invention is to put the to-be-printed object (B) to the hopper 21, the to-be-printed object (B) by the conveyor 22 of the supply unit 20 ) Is introduced into the space formed by the partition wall 28 of the conveyor 22 and transported.

The to-be-printed object B transported as described above falls on the upper side of the conveyor, and the dropped to-be-printed object B is guided by the guide pipe 23 and supplied to the supply groove 31a of the holder 30. S10)

As described above, the to-be-printed object B moved through the induction pipe 23 is introduced into the supply groove 31a of the holder 30 by the opening and closing mechanism 24 being opened and closed (S20). ) Is maintained by the pressing force to which the fingers 32 of the holder 30 are moved inward, respectively. (S30)

When the to-be-printed material B is held in this manner, the rotor 41 is rotated by the drive mechanism 42 of the transfer part 40 so that the holder 30 holding the to-be-printed material B is moved to the print job position. (S40)

When the printed matter B is transferred to the work position as described above, the printing unit 50 drives the driving mechanism 54 to transfer the original pattern formed on the flat plate 55 to the transfer pad 57 of the transfer mechanism 53. Is transferred to print the pattern on the upper surface of the to-be-printed object B (S50).

Here, the printing unit 50 is arranged in a plurality of circular forms in accordance with the operation in which the rotor 41 is rotated in a rotary manner to enable the multi-color and multi-color printing, which is the last printing step performed If it is determined in the step 50 or not (S60) if the step is not performed in the last printing unit 50 is transferred to the next printing unit 50 to perform the printing step again (S40).

Here, the conveyed to-be-printed object B is rotated by the driving mechanism 33 of the holder 30 at the same time as it moves so that the next surface to be printed is shifted upward so that printing of another surface is possible.

In addition, if the printing is performed in the last printing unit 50, the printed matter (B) is transferred to perform a drying step (S70-S80) and then discharged (S90) discharge of the discharge unit 60 is discharged. Release the holding state applied to the to-be-printed object B in the holder 30 has reached the position so that the to-be-printed material B is discharged to the outside through the discharge pipe 62 by its own weight to complete the printed product. (S90)

Here, the drying step is the act of drying them all at once after performing the last printing as described above, in order to obtain a higher quality printing state by performing the drying process after each printing step, multi-color, multi-color printing It is also possible to solve a phenomenon such as ink bleeding during overlap printing.

In addition, whether or not the last printing may be performed by the setting of the controller 80 described above. If all of the plurality of printing units 50 are operated, such setting is not required, but a plurality of printing units is required. The above setting is required when only a part of the printing section 50 of 50 is driven.

As described above, the present invention provides a holder for stably holding a sphere, which can be mass-produced as the productivity of the product is greatly improved by the entire process from supplying to printing to printing and discharging the spherical body. According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an excellent printing state, and to print multi-colored tea ceremony on the outer surface of the sphere, thereby improving the customer's satisfaction by providing a more advanced product.

Claims (8)

A frame 10 for installing each component; A supply unit 20 installed at one side of the frame 10 and supplying each of the printed matters B one by one; Is installed above the frame 10, a plurality of holders (30) for holding the to-be-printed material (B) supplied by the supply unit 20 on the upper surface is provided at regular intervals, holding by the holder 30 A transfer part 40 for stepping and transporting the printed object B to a position to be printed; A printing unit 50 installed at an upper side of the frame 10 and provided with one or more pieces to print a pattern on the printed matter transferred by the transfer unit 40; Is installed on one side of the frame 10, the rotary type printing apparatus, characterized in that consisting of a discharge unit (60) for discharging the printed matter printed in the printing unit (50). The method of claim 1, wherein the supply unit 20 A hopper 21 into which a plurality of printed matters are placed; It is composed of a combination of the belt 25 and the pulley 26 and the motor 27 to transport the printed matter (B) contained in the hopper 21, the outer surface of the belt (25) A conveyor 22 having a plurality of partition walls 28 which form a space for inputting one by one at a predetermined interval and the opposite side coupled to the hopper 21 is provided on the upper portion of the frame 10; A supply pipe 23 coupled to the conveyor 22 to guide the printed matter falling from the upper portion of the conveyor 22 to the transfer part 40; Rotary spherical printing apparatus, characterized in that the intermittent mechanism (24) is installed on the frame 10 side end of the supply pipe (23) to control the supply state of the printed matter (B) supplied to the holder (30). The method of claim 1, wherein the transfer unit 40 A rotor (41) installed on the frame (10) and the plurality of holders (30) installed on an outer circumferential surface and stepping the holder (30) by one pitch on the frame (10); Rotary sphere printing apparatus characterized in that the interference mechanism is installed between the rotor (41) and the frame (10) is made of a drive mechanism (42) for stepping the rotor (41). The method of claim 3, wherein the holder 30 A body 31 installed on the rotor 41 and having a supply groove 31a corresponding to the size of the to-be-printed object B on an upper surface on which the to-be-printed material B is supplied; A finger 32 which is installed to penetrate each of the partition walls 31b formed by the supply groove 31a, respectively, and presses the printed matter B located in the supply groove 31a on both sides to provide a fixing force; Rotary spherical printing apparatus, characterized in that formed on the outer surface of the partition (31b) comprises a drive mechanism (33) for moving or rotating the finger (32) inward respectively. The method of claim 1, wherein the printing unit 50 An installation table 51 provided on the frame 10; An ink supply unit 52 mounted on the mounting table 51, in which ink is supplied to the original drawing in which the original drawing to be printed on one side is engraved; A transfer device (53) installed on an upper portion to which the printed matter (B) is transferred on the mounting table (51) and transferring the original pattern supplied with ink by the ink supply unit (52) to the printed matter (B); Rotary spherical printing characterized in that it is provided on the mounting table 51 made of a drive mechanism 54 for driving the ink supply unit 52 and the transfer device 53 to transfer the original pattern to the printed matter (B). Device. The method of claim 1, wherein the discharge unit 60 When the to-be-printed object B is released from the holder 61 and the holder 61 to be installed in the vicinity of the holder 30 on the frame 10, the to-be-printed object B is dropped by its own weight and guided to the outside. Rotary spherical printing apparatus, characterized in that consisting of a discharge pipe (62). According to claim 1, characterized in that the drying unit 70 is provided on the proximal position frame 10 of the printing unit 50 to dry the pattern printed on the printed matter (B) in the printing unit 50. Rotary sphere printing device. A supply step of supplying the to-be-printed object B by the conveyor 22 and holding the to-be-printed object B by the holder 30 when the to-be-printed object B is supplied in the correct position; A transfer step of transferring the supplied printed matter (B) to the printing unit (50); A printing step of driving the printing unit 50 to print the pattern on one surface of the printed object B and drying it when the printed matter B is transferred; A determination step of determining whether the printing is a job performed in the last printing unit 50; If it is not the job performed in the last printing unit 50 in the determination step, the feed back to the transfer step, and if the job was performed in the last printing unit 50, the judgment execution for transferring the printed matter (B) to the discharge unit 60 Steps; When the printed matter (B) is transferred to the discharge unit 60, the rotary printing is characterized in that the discharge step of releasing the holding state of the holder 30 to discharge the printed matter (B) through the discharge unit 60 How to print from the device.