KR100460534B1 - Digital Textile Printer Having Heat Transfer Device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A digital textile printer having a thermal printing device is provided to realize high-quality thermal printing, to eliminate the inconvenience of separately purchasing a digital textile printer and a thermal printing device, and to minimize the place to install by integrating the thermal printing device with the digital textile printer. CONSTITUTION: A printing body(710) is symmetrically installed between the front of a base(320) and a winding roller unit(500). A drum heater(730) rotating by a speed reducing motor(720) and heated at the high temperature is installed between the printing body and the reducing motor. Plural driven rollers(740) are installed around the drum heater. A flat belt(750) is installed on the driven rollers. A printed medium(600) is pressurized and transferred between the flat belt and the drum heater from the base. Thereafter, the medium is wound on the winding roller unit.

Description

Digital Textile Printer Having Heat Transfer Device

The present invention, as well as performing a live-print printing as a digital textile printer device, by printing a desired pattern by spraying the transfer ink of the digital textile printer device to the media of various materials, and then printed on the thermal transfer machine combined with the printer device A digital textile printer device equipped with a thermal transfer machine that not only induces high-quality thermal transfer by pressurizing the media to a high temperature for a predetermined time, but also enables faster and smoother thermal transfer than conventional thermal transfer. It is about.

In general, a digital textile printer device is frequently (magenta; M), yellow (yellow; Y), cyan (c), black, etc. to a head for ejecting ink after digitizing a desired output signal from a digital control unit. In addition, it is a state-of-the-art printer device that draws color onto printing paper (hereinafter referred to as media) by supplying ink to draw a pattern desired by a user.

Then, using a transfer paper, the thermal transfer machine for thermally pressurizing and transferring various patterns such as letters, symbols, and figures on the surface of media such as fabric or paper, the drum heater 110, the reduction motor 120 as shown in FIG. ), Flat belt 130 and a plurality of driven rollers (1

40). The drum heater 110 is provided with a heater and a temperature sensor therein, the heat of the heater heated to the appropriate temperature is transmitted to the surface, and when the heat is applied to the transfer paper while rotating about the axis of the inner center, the pattern of the transfer paper is transferred to the media. do. The reduction motor 120 rotates the drum heater 110 by connecting the chain 150 to the shaft of the drum heater 110. The plurality of driven rollers 140 rotate in parallel with the upper and lower portions of the drum heater 110 to have a height difference around the drum heater 110. The flat belt 130 is installed to have a zigzag shape on the outer surface of the plurality of driven rollers 140 so that the predetermined region is engaged with the predetermined region of the drum heater 110 by the rotation of the driven roller 140, and the remaining predetermined region Travel flat.

In the transfer process by the thermal transfer machine configured as described above, the thermal transfer paper and the media are drums by the flat belt 130 while the drum heater 110 maintained at a constant temperature by the internal temperature sensor is rotated by the reduction motor 120. The step of feeding into the heater 110, the transfer paper and the media is thermally pressurized by the drum heater 110 and the flat belt 130, the pattern printed on the transfer paper is transferred to the media, and the transfer paper and the transferred media to the drum The discharge is made to the outside of the heater 110, etc.

As described above, in the related art, a digital textile printer device is used to perform a yarn printer, and a thermal transfer machine must be used separately to perform thermal transfer. Therefore, it is expensive to purchase them, and sufficient space for installing them is secured. There was a problem that it should be.

In addition, conventionally, when thermal transfer using the thermal transfer machine, since the thermal transfer paper and the media can be sufficiently thermally pressurized for about 30 seconds by the drum heater 110, the output speed of thermal transfer is very high. Not only is it slow, but the printed pattern of the transfer paper is thermally pressurized and transferred to the media as it is, so the pattern transferred from the transfer paper to the media is not clearly expressed and spreads somewhat. Therefore, very fine patterns cannot be used for thermal transfer. There was a problem.

Therefore, the present invention has been researched and developed in view of the above problems, and since the thermal transfer machine is integrated into the digital textile printer device, after printing the desired pattern by spraying the transfer ink of the digital textile printer device to the media of various materials, By pressing the media printed on the thermal transfer machine in front of the digital textile printer apparatus at a high temperature for a predetermined time to perform thermal transfer, high quality thermal transfer is required, as well as a digital textile printer apparatus and a thermal transfer machine must be purchased separately. It is an object of the present invention to provide a digital textile printer device having a transfer machine to prevent the hassle and minimize the installation space thereof.

In addition, the present invention is installed between the digital textile printer device and the thermal transfer machine by installing a prebelt means that can control the printing speed of the thermal transfer machine to perform faster and smoother thermal transfer than conventional thermal transfer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a digital textile printer device provided.

1 is a block diagram of a thermal transfer machine according to the prior art,

2 is a block diagram showing a digital textile printer device having a thermal transfer machine according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the operating state of the digital textile printer device having a thermal transfer machine according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

300: digital textile printer 320: base

330: head 400: paper feed roller means

500: sweet roller means 600: media

700: thermal transfer machine 710: transfer body

720: deceleration motor 730: drum heater

740: driven roller 750: flat belt

800: prebelt means 810,820: upper and lower frames

830,840: Upper and lower rollers 850,860: Pulley

870: belt 880: variable position roller

The present invention for achieving the above object is a head portion for receiving ink from one cartridge while reciprocating along the rail-shaped transfer table on the upper base supported by the both legs in contact with the bottom surface and sprayed to the media It is installed, the conveying means having a plurality of rollers to guide the media forward to the inside of the base is installed, the paper feed roller means for releasing the rolled media is installed in the rear of the base, the front of the base is printed In a digital textile printer provided with a rolling roller means for inducing and winding a media as a motor,

The transfer body is installed between the front of the base and the winding roller means, and between the transfer body is provided a drum heater which is rotated by the reduction motor on one side and generates heat at a high temperature. After the plurality of driven rollers are installed in the vicinity, the driven rollers are mounted in a caterpillar manner and at the same time, a flat belt which is operated with one surface pressed by the drum heater is installed to form a flat belt and a drum. After being pressurized for a predetermined time between the heaters, it is characterized in that the wound around the roller means.

In addition, the present invention is installed between the front of the base and the drum heater of the thermal transfer machine pre-belt means for adjusting the printing speed of the digital textile printer apparatus and the thermal transfer machine, the pre-belt means is the upper, lower frame in front of the base The upper and lower rollers are installed on the upper and lower frames at regular intervals at equal intervals, and the pulleys are respectively installed on the upper and lower rollers at positions perpendicular to each other. After interlocking, each of the belts between the upper and lower rollers is rotatably fixed to the media variable rollers corresponding to the media, so that the two variable rollers are spaced apart or close to each other while the pulley rotates according to the media pull. It is characterized by one.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a digital textile printer device having a thermal transfer machine according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an operating state of the digital textile printer device having a thermal transfer machine according to the present invention.

Receiving ink from one cartridge (not shown) while reciprocating along a rail-shaped transfer table (not shown) on the base 320 supported by both legs 310 in contact with the bottom surface and spraying the media. The head portion 330 is installed, and the transport means (not shown) having a plurality of rollers (not shown) for guiding the media 600 to the inside of the base 320 is installed, the base ( 320, a feed roller means 400 for releasing the wound media 600 is installed at the rear, and in front of the base 320, the roll roller which guides and rolls the printed media 600 as the motor 510. In the digital textile printer 300, the means 500 is installed,

First, a thermal transfer machine 700 is installed together with the digital textile printer 300. The thermal transfer machine 700 has a transfer body 710 between the front of the base 320 and the winding roller means 500. Opposite installation, between the two transfer body 710 is provided with a drum heater 730 is rotated by the reduction motor 720 on one side of the heat generating at a high temperature.

Then, a plurality of driven rollers 740 are installed on the transfer main body 710 around the drum heater 730, and then mounted on the driven rollers 740 in a caterpillar manner and one side of the drum heater ( The media belt 600 printed from the base 320 is pressurized for a predetermined time between the flat belt 750 and the drum heater 730 by installing the flat belt 750 operated in a pressurized state in the 730. It is to be wound on the roller means (500). That is, since one surface of the flat belt 750 is in close contact with the drum heater 730, when the drum heater 730 is rotated by the reduction motor 720, the flat belt 750 pressurized also rotates together. In this case, the media 600 between the flat belt 750 and the drum heater 730 is pressurized to a high temperature to implement a desired thermal transfer.

On the other hand, between the front of the base 320 and the drum heater 730 of the thermal transfer machine 700, the prebelt means 800 for adjusting the printing speed of the digital textile printer apparatus 300 and the thermal transfer machine 700 is provided. The prebelt means 800 is installed in the upper and lower frames 810 and 820 maintaining a predetermined distance in front of the base 320, respectively in the upper and lower frames 810 and 820, respectively. The upper and lower rollers 830 and 840 are equally spaced at regular intervals and the pulleys 850 and 860 are respectively installed on the upper and lower rollers 830 and 840 at positions perpendicular to each other. As the belt 870, the upper and lower rollers 830 and 840 are interlocked with each other.

Then, the variable position rollers 880 corresponding to the media 600 are rotatably installed on both sides of the belt 870 between the upper and lower rollers 830 and 840, wherein the belt 870 is installed. Fixing brackets 881 are respectively installed on both sides of the pulleys, and both ends of the positionable rollers 880 are rotatably installed on the fixing brackets 881 according to the pull of the media 600. As the 860 rotates, the two position variable rollers 880 are spaced apart or close to each other.

In addition, the paper feed roller means 400 is provided with a rear tension means 410 that can be rotated at an angle in an eccentric state under the rear surface of the leg 310, and the media 600 in the upper position of the rear tension means 410. The rear position sensing sensor corresponding to the rear eccentric shaft 411 wound is installed, and the bobbin 420 in which the media 600 is wound on the upper portion of the rear tension means 410 receives the signal of the rear position sensing sensor. An operating paper feed motor (not shown) is installed. That is, the rear tension means 410 of the paper feed roller means 400 is the media 600 by the rear tension means 410 pulls the media 600 with a constant force when the media 600 is a flexible material. It is possible to prevent poor printing.

Referring to the operation of the digital textile printer device having a thermal transfer machine configured as described above in detail as follows.

First, when performing thermal transfer as the digital textile printer apparatus 300, as shown in Figure 2 by releasing the media 600 from the bobbin coupled to the bobbin shaft of the paper feed roller means 400, the rear eccentricity of the rear tension means 410 After connecting the shaft 411 to the base 320 through a plurality of guide rollers, and then the media 600, which is conveyed to the front of the base 320, the variable position rollers 880 of the prebelt means 800. And the media 600 passing through the variable position roller 880 is led to the upper part between the drum heater 730 and the flat belt 750 of the thermal transfer machine 700 and drawn out to the lower part, and then the sense of the front of the media 600 is passed. This roller means 500 is wound up.

When the installation of the media 600 is completed as described above, the output speed of the media 600 passing through the thermal transfer machine 700 in the process of performing the thermal transfer process is always constant, while the digital textile printer apparatus 300 The output speed of the media 600 printed out is somewhat variable, because the head 330 on the base 320 prints the thermal transfer ink remaining at its end in the middle of printing the media 600. This is because the automatic cleaning process for a predetermined time.

When the head 330 on the base 320 prints the media 600 as described above, the printed media 600 is guided to the prebelt means 800 in front of the media 600. When the output speed of the media 600 passing through is lower than the output speed of the media 600 printed from the digital textile printer apparatus 300, the prebelt means 800 close to the base 320 as shown in FIG. The two position variable rollers 880 are spaced apart as far as the top and bottom of the pulleys 850 and 860 to prevent the printed media 600 from sagging.

Then, the head 330 on the base 320 is being washed, or the media 600 is driven by the decoupling roller 500 and the drum heater 730 and the flat belt 750 of the thermal transfer machine 700. When pressurized to a high temperature for about 30 seconds while passing between the winding roller means 500, the media 600 is pulled and the prebelt means 800 in close proximity to the drum heater 730 as shown in FIG. Position variable rollers 880 are as close as possible to the middle of the pulleys 850 and 860 located on the upper and lower sides.

That is, when the output speed of the media 600 printed from the digital textile printer apparatus 300 is faster than the output speed of the media 600 passing through the thermal transfer machine 700, two positions of the prebelt means 800 are changed. When the rollers 880 are spaced apart from each other to prevent the media 600 from sagging, the media 600 passes between the drum heater 730 and the flat belt 750 of the thermal transfer machine 700 and pulls them. By the pulling force, the pulleys 850 and 860 of the upper and lower rollers 830 and 840 rotate to rotate the belt 870 so that the two position variable rollers 880 installed on the belt 870 are close to each other. do.

Therefore, since the present invention integrates the thermal transfer machine 700 to the digital textile printer apparatus 300, the desired ink is printed by spraying the transfer ink of the digital textile printer apparatus 300 onto the media 600 of various materials. By pressing the media 600 printed on the thermal transfer machine 700 in front of the digital textile printer apparatus 300 at a high temperature for a predetermined time to perform thermal transfer, as well as realizing high quality thermal transfer, the digital textile printer apparatus The 300 and the thermal transfer machine 700 has a very useful effect to prevent the hassle to purchase separately and to minimize its installation space.

In addition, the present invention by installing a pre-belt means 800 that can control the printing speed between the digital textile printer device 300 and the thermal transfer machine 700 more quickly and smoothly than the conventional thermal transfer There is one very useful effect that can be done.

Claims (2)

A head portion is installed in the upper part of the base supported by the both legs in contact with the bottom surface and reciprocates along the rail-shaped transfer table and receives ink from one cartridge thereof and sprays it into the media. While a conveying means having a plurality of rollers for guiding the body is installed, a feeding roller means for releasing the rolled media is installed at the rear of the base, and in the front of the base a winding roller for guiding and printing the printed media as a motor. In a digital textile printer equipped with means, The transfer body 710 is installed between the front of the base 320 and the winding roller means 500, and rotated by the reduction motor 720 on one side between the transfer body 710. At the same time, the drum heater 730 is installed to generate heat at a high temperature, and a plurality of driven rollers 740 are installed around the drum heater 730, and then mounted in the driven roller 740 in an endless orbit manner. By installing a flat belt 750 whose surface is pressed in the drum heater 730, the media 600 printed from the base 320 is fixed between the flat belt 750 and the drum heater 730 for a predetermined time. Digital textile printer device having a thermal transfer machine, characterized in that after being conveyed under pressure during the transfer roller means (500). The method of claim 1, Between the front of the base 320 and the drum heater 730 of the thermal transfer machine 700 is provided with a prebelt means 800 for adjusting the printing speed of the digital textile printer apparatus 300 and the thermal transfer machine 700, The prebelt means 800 is provided with upper and lower frames 810 and 820 in front of the base 320 and upper and lower rollers 830 and 820 respectively in the upper and lower frames 810 and 820. 840 is installed at equal intervals at regular intervals and at the same time, the pulleys 850 and 860 are respectively installed on the upper and lower rollers 830 and 840 at positions perpendicular to each other. After the rollers 830 and 840 are interlocked with each other, the variable position roller 880 corresponding to the media 600 is rotatable on both sides of the belt 870 between the upper and lower rollers 830 and 840. Each of the two fixed-position rollers 880 are spaced apart or in close proximity as the pulleys 850 and 860 rotate as the media 600 is pulled. Transferring a digital textile printer device having a group.