KR100778718B1 - Device for Engraving Stone Photograph - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lithographic photographic engraving device for carving a photographic image provided by a computer into a slab precisely close to an actual photograph. Lithographic photographic engraving device 1 according to the present invention, the work table 10 made of a flat plate shape and the slab 2 is placed thereon, the carrier 20 mounted on the upper side of the work table 10 so as to be movable back and forth. And a piece head portion 30 installed on the carrier 20 so as to be movable left and right and up and down and provided with a needle 31 for stipple the surface of the slab 2 by vibration of up and down. : The surface of the slab 2 mounted on the work table 10 while the engraving head portion 30 moves back, forth, left and right on the work table 10 by the photographic image 4 transmitted from the computer 3. It is characterized by carving the photographic image 4 by varying the point density according to the brightness of the photographic image 4.

Description

Device for Engraving Stone Photograph

1 is a schematic perspective view of a lithographic engraving apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is an external perspective view of the engraving head portion applied to the lithographic engraving apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 3 is a block diagram of an exemplary engraving head portion applied to the present invention,

4 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary control panel;

5 is a front view of an exemplary photographic slab manufactured by the lithographic engraving apparatus according to the present invention.

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1: Lithographic photographic engraving device of the present invention 2: Lithographic

3: computer 4: photo image

5: power cable 6: communication cable

10: Workbench 11: Control Panel

12: Power switch 13: Control button

14: On-line button 15: Pause button

12A, 13A, 15A: Indicator 20: Carrier

21: rung 22: rung

23: carrier drive mechanism 30: engraving head portion

31: needle 32: lever

32A: support point 33: bedding mechanism

34: Restoration Spring 35: Guide

35A: Hole 36: Clearance adjusting screw

37: Stroke adjusting screw 38: Head height adjusting mechanism

38A: Head height adjusting screw 38B: Set screw

40: head support

(Technology)

The present invention relates to a lithographic photographic engraving apparatus, and more particularly, to a lithographic photographic engraving apparatus that precisely sculpts a photographic image provided by a computer on a slab close to an actual photograph.

(Background)

For events with special meanings such as marriage, graduation, appointment, promotion, portrait, award, etc., it is common to take pictures to celebrate the meaning of the event for a long time. It is often the case that they want to make it with more luxurious and decorative items, and the representative monuments widely used in everyday life include photo frames, commemorative plaques, gratitude plaques, and monuments.

In addition, as the standard of living has improved and personal preferences have been diversified, the needs of these monuments have been diversified, and various forms of monuments have been developed and distributed to meet these needs.

Considering the characteristics of such monuments, the value as monuments will shine even more if the photographs of people and landscapes, which are the objects of commemoration, can be collected and collected in close proximity to actual photographs on slabs such as granite.

For example, if you create a commemorative plaque, a plaque of honor, a monument, a crypt, and a photo of a wedding, a picture of a winner, and a photograph of a deceased person, you can keep the monument without change for a long time. It will also provide new decorative effects that will be differentiated.

However, until now, it has been common to manufacture slabs by hand by skilled workers, and it is not only difficult to require a high level of skill, but also to sculpt photographs on the slabs so that the photographs have a realistic feel. Because it is a time-consuming task and it is difficult to maintain uniform quality, it was difficult to hold a piece of lithograph that was actually manipulated.

In order to overcome these difficulties, some devices have been proposed to sculpt photo images on slabs with laser or high-strength needles according to photographic images input to computers on the same principle as printing photo images on paper with computers and printing presses. In reality, it is not practical to manufacture monuments.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a lithographic photographic engraving apparatus capable of engraving a realistic photographic image close to an actual photographic image on the surface of a slab in accordance with the technical background as described above.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lithographic photographic engraving device that can automatically engrave realistic photo images on the slabs by computer, to commemorate various events such as marriage, graduation, appointment, promotion, portrait, award, etc. It is intended to make it easier and cheaper to apply realistic photo images to pieces such as commemorative plaques, gratitude plaques, monuments, and crypts.

According to the invention, a lithographic engraving apparatus is provided.

Lithographic photographic engraving device according to the present invention, the worktable is made of a flat plate and the slab is placed thereon, a carrier mounted on the upper side of the worktable so as to be movable back and forth, and installed on the carrier so as to move left and right and up and down and vibrate up and down It includes a engraving head portion provided with a needle to stipple the surface of the slab.

Lithographic photographic engraving device according to the present invention, by the photographic image transmitted from the computer by the photographing head portion moving the front, rear, left and right on the work table to increase the point density according to the brightness of the photograph image on the surface of the slab mounted on the work table. Sculpture the photographic image differently by stipple.

Preferably, the engraving head portion, the needle to stipple the surface of the slab with vertical vibration, the lever is mounted on one end of the needle, by applying a periodic force to the other end of the lever so that the needle hits the surface of the slab And a restoring spring configured to press the lever to apply the restoring force of the needle to be spaced apart from the surface of the slab so that the needle vibrates up and down together with the bedding driving mechanism. It is connected to the carrier so as to be movable up and down by a support.

Preferably, the engraving head portion, a guide for protecting the circumference of the needle, a gap adjusting screw for adjusting the gap between the bottom of the guide and the end of the needle, the stroke for adjusting the stroke length of the vertical vibration of the needle Adjusting screw, and the head height adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of the engraving head portion relative to the head support.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the lithographic engraving apparatus according to the present invention. The following embodiments are merely illustrative of the lithographic engraving apparatus according to the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a lithographic engraving apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an external perspective view of the engraving head portion applied to the lithographic engraving apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a configuration diagram of an exemplary engraving head portion applied to the present invention, Figure 4 is a schematic view of an exemplary control panel, and FIG. 5 is a front view of an exemplary photographic slab manufactured by the lithographic engraving apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 1, the lithographic engraving apparatus 1 according to the present invention is configured to include a work table 10, a carrier 20, and a carving head portion 30 as a whole.

The worktable 10 is a flat plate-like surface to put the slab 2 to engrave the photographic image 4 horizontally stably, and a rubber plate or the like on the surface to securely fix the slab 2 Can be covered.

The carrier 20 is installed above the work table 10 as a member for moving the engraving head portion 30 back and forth of the work table 10 by moving back and forth (arrow A direction) with respect to the work table 10.

In the illustrated embodiment, the carrier 20 is a crosspiece 21 on which the engraving head part 30 is mounted, and the crosspiece 21 is kept on the worktable 10 while keeping the crosspiece 21 at the worktable 10. 10 and a carrier drive mechanism 23 for moving the carrier 20 back and forth in both directions.

The carrier driving mechanism 23 is a mechanism for precisely moving the carrier 20 to the front and rear of the work table 10 under the control of the computer 3, for example, for precisely moving the ink head in accordance with the printing contents in a printer or the like. A drive mechanism (for example, a motor and a timing belt) to be used can be applied according to the present invention, and the specific illustration thereof is omitted.

The engraving head portion 30 is a member to which a needle (31: needle made of a high-strength material such as diamond) to stipple the surface of the slab 2 is mounted, the needle 31 is vertically on the slab (2) By vibrating, the surface of the slab 2 is stippled.

The engraving head part 30 is provided in the carrier 20 so that the movement to the left and right (arrow B direction) is possible. The lateral movement of the engraving head portion 30 relative to the carrier 20 is made by the head portion driving mechanism 24 controlled by the control of the computer 3. The head drive mechanism 24 may also be applied to a drive mechanism (for example, a motor and a timing belt) used for moving the ink head in a printer or the like in accordance with the present invention.

In addition, the engraving head portion 30 is mounted so as to be movable up and down (arrow C direction) with respect to the carrier 20, the shangdong of the engraving head portion 30 for such a carrier 20 is the thickness of the slab (2) It is for setting the position of the needle 31 suitably in consideration of etc.

According to the configuration of the worktable 10, the carrier 20, and the engraving head portion 30 described above, the engraving head portion 30 with respect to the carrier 20 and the back and forth movement of the carrier 20 with respect to the worktable 10. By moving left and right, the needle 31 moves on the entire surface of the slab 2 while engraving the photographic image 4 transmitted from the computer 3 at a point angle.

The engraving head portion 30 may be configured to include a needle 31, a lever 32, a bedding driving mechanism 33 and a restoring spring 34.

The needle 31 is installed at one end of the lever 32 of elongated lever action, and the other end of the lever 32 is provided with a bedding driving mechanism 33, and the bedding driving mechanism 33 is a lever 32 periodically. For example, a motor, a solenoid, or the like can be used as the electric mechanism for applying a force to the needle 31 on the opposite side of the support point 32A to strike the surface of the slab 2.

The restoring spring 34 restores the lever 32 to its original position when the force applied by the bedding mechanism 33 to the lever 32 disappears, thereby allowing the needle 31 to be spaced apart from the surface of the slab 2, thereby continuing the bedding drive. The force applied to the lever 32 of the mechanism 33 serves to allow the needle 31 to strike the slab 2 again.

According to the carving head 30 as described above, the needle 31 vibrates up and down by the force of the bedding driving mechanism 33 applied to the lever 32 and the restoring force of the restoring spring 34, while It hits the surface periodically, and eventually a photographic image 4 is stippled on the surface of the slab 2.

In the illustrated embodiment, the engraving head portion 30 is connected to the carrier 20 via the head support 40 so as to be movable up and down. The head support 40 maintains the carving head 30 firmly between the carrier 20 and the carving head 30 to move up and down along the head support 40 to the work table 10. It is possible to adjust the height level of the needle 31.

The engraving head part 30 may include a guide 35. The guide 35 is wrapped around the needle 31 to protect the needle 31 while slidingly in contact with the surface of the slab 2 to guide the movement of the needle 31. Therefore, in the retreating stroke of the needle 31, the needle 31 remains in the state of the guide 35, and in the striking stroke, the needle 31 protrudes through the hole 35A formed in the center of the guide 35. To hit the slab (2).

Preferably, the guide 35 may be installed to be movable up and down, and the gap adjusting screw 36 may be adjusted to adjust the distance (gap) between the bottom of the guide 35 and the end (end) of the needle 31 in the retrograde. Can be installed.

The engraving head portion 30 may include a stroke adjusting screw 37 for adjusting the stroke length (length from the retreating stroke to the strike stroke) of the shanghai 31 of the needle 31. Stroke control of the needle 31 is to change the striking force of the needle 31, the impact force becomes larger and smaller depending on the length and length of the stroke. The stroke adjusting screw 37 may be located in the vibration path of the lever 32 to limit the vibration width of the lever 32.

As described above, the engraving head portion 30 may include a head height adjustment mechanism 38 that can adjust the height of the engraving head portion 30 itself. In the illustrated embodiment, the head support 40 and the engraving head portion 30 are screwed together to move the engraving head portion 30 up and down with respect to the head support 40 by the head height adjusting screw 38A. The example which adjusts the height of the engraving head part 30 by fixing by 38B) is shown.

Lithographic photographic engraving device 1 of the present invention is provided with a control panel 11 on the worktable (10). The control panel 11 has a power switch 12 and a computer 3 to move the engraving head portion 30 to a proper position of the slab 2 before the engraving on the slab 2 is carried out. Control button 13, on-line button 14 for connecting to the computer 3, pause button 15 for pausing the work, and a power indicator (POWER: 12A) indicating the above operations ) And the indicators for ON-LINE (14A) and PAUSE (15A).

The lithographic engraving apparatus 1 according to the present invention is controlled by a computer 3: a normal personal computer. That is, the lithographic engraving apparatus 1 of the present invention is supplied with power through a power cable 5 and connected to the computer 3 via a communication cable 6, the lithographic photographic engraving of the present invention to the computer 3 A program for operating the device 1 is installed.

Hereinafter, a process of sculpting a photographic image on the slab 2 with the lithographic photographic engraving device 1 according to the present invention will be described briefly.

First of all, the slab photograph engraving apparatus 1 should be prepared by setting the slab 2 to carve the desired photographic image. The carving preparation process of such a slab photograph engraving apparatus 1 is carried out using a communication cable. Connecting the photo engraving device (1) to the computer (3) and supplying power to the lithographic picture engraving device (1), placing the slab (2) to be sculpted at the set position of the work table 10, head height adjustment Loosen the fixing screw 38B of the mechanism 38 and turn the head height adjusting screw 38A to raise the engraving head portion 30 to a height at which the slab 2 does not touch the slab 2, and then the control button 11 of the control panel 11 13) to move the engraving head portion 30 to the engraving start point of the slab 2, after turning the head height adjustment screw (38A) to reverse the guide 35 to the surface of the slab (2) Fixing by tightening the fixing screw 38B, the engraving head portion 30 is pressed to the initial position by pressing the on-line button 14 of the control panel 11. A step of setting so.

When the engraving preparation process of the lithographic engraving device (1) is completed, maintaining the photographic image on the computer to scan the photo to be sculpted while the lithographic engraving device operating program is installed on the computer (3), various Modifying the photo image to a desired state by an image processing program (e.g., Photo Shop), operating the program to retrieve the photo image, and executing engraving by inputting the start of the lithograph engraving apparatus operating program. The final step is to complete the piece.

According to the lithographic photographic engraving device 1 according to the present invention as described above, as shown in the photographic drawing in FIG. As shown, the photo image 4 carved on the slab 2 is represented by the contrast and the outline of the image by the point density. In the illustrated black granite, the higher the density of the dots, the more black is removed from the surface of the slab 2, and the more white is exposed and brightly expressed.

The lithography 2 carved photo image produced by the lithographic photographic engraving device 1 according to the present invention, can be produced in various memorial plaques, gratitude plaques, monuments, crypts, etc., depending on the purpose of use of the slabs.

According to the lithographic photographic engraving device 1 according to the present invention described above, it is possible to easily carved slab article carved on the surface of the slab realistic photo image close to the actual photographic image at a low cost, marriage, graduation When the photographic image sculpture by the engraving device of the present invention is applied to the memorial plaques, thank-you plaques, monuments, and ossuary boxes to commemorate various events such as appointments, promotions, portraits and awards, it is more luxurious than conventional photo paper photographs. It is expected to have the effect of providing a decorative and new monument.

Claims (3)

A work table 10 having a flat plate shape and on which a slab 2 is placed; A carrier 20 mounted on the upper side of the work table 10 so as to be movable back and forth; It is installed on the carrier 20 to move left and right and up and down, and the needle 31 to stipple the surface of the slab 2 by vibration of up and down, the lever 32 is mounted on one end of the needle 31, the A needle driving mechanism 33 for applying the periodic force to the other end of the lever 32 so that the needle 31 hits the surface of the slab 2, and the lever 32 to press the needle 31 Engraving head portion 30 including a restoring spring (34) for applying the restoring force spaced apart from the surface of the slab (2) and the needle 31 to vibrate up and down with the bedding driving mechanism (33); And a head support 40 for connecting the engraving head part 30 to the carrier 20 so as to be movable up and down. The slab 2 mounted on the work platform 10 while the engraving head portion 30 moves back and forth, left and right on the work platform 10 by a photographic image 4 transmitted from the computer 3. Lithographic photographic engraving device, characterized in that to engrave the surface of the photo image (4) by varying the point density according to the brightness of the photo image (4). delete The said engraving head part 30 is a clearance gap between the guide 35 which protects the periphery of the said needle 31, the bottom face of the said guide 35, and the edge part of the said needle 31. A gap adjusting screw 36 for adjusting the height, a stroke adjusting screw 37 for adjusting the stroke length of the vertical vibration of the needle 31, and the height of the engraving head portion 30 with respect to the head support 40 Lithographic photographic engraving device, characterized in that it comprises a head height adjustment mechanism (38) for adjusting.

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