KR19980069501A - Gum double-sided printing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a double-sided printing device of chewing gum, the conventional printing device for printing a plate-shaped gum has a drawback that can not print a precise shape and does not recognize the printing surface of the chewing gum sheet accurately printed on the printing surface of the gum There was a problem that can not be printed in the center without the front and rear left and right bias.

Thus, the present invention is the entrance portion 60 is provided with an injection port 14 is supplied with a chewing gum sheet as shown in Figure 4 to 5 and a dust collector 16 for absorbing the powdered powder of the chewing gum sheet, and gum Transfer parts 70 attached to the conveyor line 20 are sensors 21, 22 and 23 for detecting the supply of the gum sheet and stoppers 18 and 19 for supplying the gum sheet for a predetermined time for accurate supply of the sheet. ), A printing unit 80 consisting of a transfer roller spacer 82 and a print matching device 84 for printing at a desired position of the gum sheet, and cutting the printed gum sheet in the longitudinal direction. It is made of a cutting unit (90).

Thus, accurate duplex printing is achieved and the effect of meeting the needs of the consumer is obtained.

Description

Gum double-sided printing device

The present invention relates to a double-sided printing device of the gum, and more particularly to a double-sided printing device of gum to meet the taste and taste of consumers by printing letters or pictures of educational content on both sides of the gum.

In general, gum is prepared in a predetermined shape by mixing white sugar, glucose, syrup, gum arabic solution and flavoring to a common gum base made by mixing a pre-heated mixer with vinyl acetate resin, wax, emulsifier, inorganic filler.

These gums contain unique flavors and aromas in response to consumers' tastes, and it is well known that the gums are made of solids having excellent malleability so as not to cause discomfort to consumers when chewing gum. As shown in 1, it is manufactured in various ways.

Figure 1 (a) is an exemplary representation of the plate-shaped gum, the plate-shaped gum (5) is packaged in a case of double packaging with silver foil (1) and wrapping paper (2) is supplied back to the case and supplied to the consumer, As shown in the accompanying drawing (b) together with the wrapping paper 4, the gum 3 has various shapes according to consumer's preferences, and FIG. 1 (c) shows a plate-shaped gum 5 The pattern 6 'is printed on the surface.

Therefore, the plate-shaped gum is packed with silver foil (1) in a state in which the gum sheet has a thickness of 1.65 ~ 1.70 ㎜ cut to a certain form, so that the gum does not stick to high temperature and humidity weather, such as summer, Sugar gum is a sugar coated with carnauba wax and shella solution on the outer peripheral surface of the gum 5, which is a malleable solid.

2 shows a conventional plate-shaped gum manufacturing process as shown in FIG. 2, as is well known, the overall process includes a raw material mixing process for producing a gum base and a molding process for producing a gum sheet (6) and a transfer process (8). ) And packaging process (9), the molding process (6) for manufacturing a gum sheet for producing a large amount of the plate-shaped gum is again divided into multiple stages.

That is, the raw material mixing process is a process of kneading the gum base by dispensing and mixing a predetermined amount of the raw material and fragrance in a heated mixer, the kneaded gum base is placed in a state to be transferred to the next process.

In addition, the molding process (6) is passed to the extruder through the process of discharging the gum base of the wide plate shape to the gum sheet and the gum sheet conveyed through the extruder is sprayed by the two-stage rolling roller, the thickness of the conventional gum sheet The sheet is then rolled, whereby the gum sheet prints a predetermined pattern 6 ′ as shown in FIG. 1C through the printing apparatus 7 as necessary.

As shown in FIG. 3, the printing apparatus 7 transfers the gum sheet between the upper and lower rollers so that the ink buried in the rollers is printed on the upper and lower surfaces of the gum sheet. The pattern 6 'is printed to increase the marketability of the finished gum.

After that, the gum sheet is cut into a rectangular size that is generally enjoyed by consumers while undergoing the process of terminating and transversal cutting, and then the conveying process (8) by the conveyor line, passing through the packaging process (9) to the consumer. It is finished in the form of gum that can be supplied.

As described above, the process of manufacturing a conventional plate-shaped gum is finally made into a rectangular plate-shaped gum while the gum base taken out from the blender goes through a multi-step process, and the plate-shaped gum is the upper and lower sides of the printing apparatus 7. It is produced in response to consumer's taste and taste by printing simplified figure or pattern (6 ') by roller.

However, the printing device 7 for printing the plate-like gum as described above is suitable for a pattern 6 'in which the shape of printing is simple or the pattern of printing is regularly repeated, but the shape of printing is irregular and requires precision. There was a drawback in that it could not print the precise shape desired by the user.

In addition, the conventional printing apparatus does not recognize the printing surface of the chewing gum sheet cut to a certain length when printing irregularly shaped and precise pictures, the desired position of the finished gum that is delivered to the rectangular size (to print There is a problem causing a defective product is not printed on the printing surface of the gum is printed on the center of the gum without the front and rear left and right bias.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art described above, it prints exactly the desired position to print the picture or letters that require precision, meets the tastes and tastes of consumers, and prints the educational content It is an object of the invention to provide a printing device of the plate-shaped gum with the addition of the improved educational effect.

The present invention for realizing the above object forms an injection hole for supplying the gum sheet and the entry portion 60 is installed dust collector to absorb the powdered powder of the gum sheet, and the gum sheet for the accurate supply of the gum sheet Transfer roller spacer consisting of a sensor to detect supply and a stopper for supplying a gum sheet for a certain time, a transfer part attached to the conveyor line, an air cylinder for precisely printing at a desired position of the gum sheet, and a return spring. And a cutting part for cutting the printed gum sheet in the longitudinal direction, consisting of a printing matching adjusting device engaged with a plurality of gears, and the gum sheet supplied to the inlet port to the printing roller and the transfer roller along the conveyor line. It is supplied to the printing unit that is made to achieve accurate duplex printing.

Therefore, the present invention prints an English word on one side of irregular pictures or letters and fine and precise pictures or letters, such as gum, and prints the phonetic symbols and meanings of words on the other side to meet consumer's preferences and prints conventionally. By overcoming the limitations of technology, precise pictures can be printed, and the quality of products can be improved, and English words can be printed on chewing gum, which is a favorite food, and educational effects can be expected for young children.

1 (a) is a partially cut perspective view showing a conventional plate-shaped gum,

(B) is a partial cutaway perspective view of a conventional sugar gum,

(C) is a perspective view showing a plate-shaped gum with a conventional pattern printed,

2 is a block diagram showing a conventional plate-shaped gum manufacturing process,

3 is a schematic view showing a printing apparatus for printing a conventional plate-shaped gum,

4 is a schematic view showing a printing apparatus of a plate-shaped gum according to the present invention;

5 is a view showing each part of the printing apparatus, (a) is a view showing a structure in which the printing roller and the transfer roller combined;

(B) is the cross sectional view of the printing roller and the transfer roller,

(C) shows the engagement state of the printing roller shaft gear and the transfer roller shaft gear.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: printing roller 12: transfer roller

14: CHUTE 16: dust collector

18, 19: stopper 20: conveyor line

21, 22, 23: sensor 24: scraper

26: air cylinder 28: return spring

30: ink tray 32: vertical cutting machine

34: tapered fixing 36: printing roller shaft

38: fixed gear 40: rotating gear

42: transfer roller shaft 44: drive gear

46: adjusting screw part 48: atactic

50: proximity sensor 60: entry part

70: transfer unit 80: printing unit

82: transfer roller spacer 84: printing matching device

90: cutting part

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention detects the supply of the gum sheet for the correct supply of the gum sheet for the injection portion 14 is installed, the entry portion 60 is installed and the dust collector 16 is installed to absorb the powdered powder of the gum sheet, Sensors (21, 22, 23) and stoppers (18, 19) for supplying the gum sheet for a certain time is attached to the conveying line 70 to the conveyor line 20, and the printing is exactly in the desired position of the gum sheet It is a double-sided printing device of a gum consisting of a printing unit 80 consisting of a transfer roller spacer device 82 and a print matching device 84 to make a made, and a cutting unit 90 for cutting the printed gum sheet in the longitudinal direction. .

The entry part 60 is an inlet 14 for supplying a gum sheet is installed to be inclined with the conveyor line 20, and the dust collector 16 is composed of a brush unit and an absorption fan.

Transfer roller spacer device 82 of the printing unit 80 is an exemplary drawing, as shown in Fig. 5 (a), the printing roller 10 and the transfer roller 12 is a pair of upper and lower pairs in the form of a cylindrical roller is engaged. The air cylinder 26 is mounted on the left side of the transfer roller 12 so that the transfer roller 12 can be separated from the printing roller 10, and the return spring 28 is mounted on the right side of the printing roller 10. An ink tray 30 is installed at the lower end of the roller 10, and a scraper 24 is installed at one side thereof.

Here, the printing roller 10 is formed with an intaglio portion in which a plurality of pictures or letters are corroded on the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical shape, and the transfer roller 12 rotates in engagement with the printing roller 10. The outer circumference is a rubber material that surrounds the cylindrical roller.

Also, as shown in (b) of FIG. 5, the print matching adjusting device 84 has a tapered fixing part for holding the rollers 10 and 12 inside the printing roller 10 and the transfer roller 12. 34 is mounted, the fixed roller 38 and the rotary gear 40 is mounted on the printing roller shaft 36, and the drive gear 44 is mounted on the transfer roller shaft 42.

Hereinafter, the operation and expected effects of the present invention are as described below.

The gum sheet is supplied through the inclined inlet 14 and the dust collector 16 shakes off the powdered powder on the surface of the gum sheet by the operation of the brush unit and the absorption fan and sucks it into the duct, which cleans the surface of the gum sheet. Bar to increase the accuracy of printing, and the gum sheet past the dust collector 16 is supplied to the transfer roller 12 along the conveyor line 20 so that the gum sheet supplied to the transfer roller 12 can be sequentially supplied. The sensors 21, 22, 23 and the stoppers 18, 19 act as follows.

The sensor 21 detects the gum sheet conveyed along the conveyor line 20 so that the stopper 18 is opened by the operation of a driving motor not shown, and the stopper 19 is provided for regular supply of the gum sheet. After passing about 200 mm after opening, the stopper 18 opens.

In addition, the stopper 19 waits for the gum sheet conveyed by the opening of the stopper 18 to a stationary state, and the proximity sensor 50 for detecting the sensor 22 and determining the position of the attachment 48. If the signal is matched, the stopper 19 is opened.

The attachment 48 is a projection-shaped attachment that is installed in the conveyor line 20 between the sensor 22 and the sensor 23 to finally transfer the gum sheet to the printing unit 80, which is It is driven at a constant gear ratio to supply the gum sheet to the printing unit (80).

The gum sheet conveyed to the printing unit 80 prints both sides of the gum sheet, which is transferred to the transfer roller 12 into which the coated ink of the printing roller 10 is joined by the rotation of the driving motor.

It is natural to use not only the ink applied to the surface of the printing roller 10 supplied from the ink tray 30 but also edible without harm to the human body, and the scraper 24 is mounted on one side of the printing roller 10 to actually The printing roller 10 does not print, but scrapes the ink on the surface of the printing roller 10 so that the printing roller 10 passes through the scraper 24 so that the ink is covered only on the intaglio which prints letters or pictures. .

In addition to the printing roller 10 and the transfer roller 12, the air cylinder 26 and the return spring 28 to space the transfer roller 12 plays a very important role in the present machine.

In other words, when the rod of the air cylinder 26 moves the transfer roller 12 to the right, the return spring 28 moves the transfer roller 12 moved to the right to release the operating pressure of the air cylinder 26. It acts to return to the left.

Here, the sensor 23 finally detects whether the gum sheet has entered, and when the gum sheet is not supplied, the air cylinder 26 is operated to push the transfer roller 12 to the right to print roller 10. ), The ink applied to the ink) is not transferred, and unnecessary transfer of ink is prevented.

The printing device operating in the above-described configuration prints irregular pictures or letters on both sides of the gum sheet, and cuts them to the required size. Above all, it is important that the upper and lower rollers are printed at regular intervals from the reference line of the gum sheet. And, the initial setting of the printing apparatus is made to work for this.

That is, a large range of roller adjustment based on the initial printing result of the gum sheet is corrected by rotating the roller by a predetermined angle by releasing the bolt of the tapered fixing part 34 installed inside the printing roller 10 and the transfer roller 12. do.

In addition, after the above-mentioned large range adjustment is made, the fine dimension of the vertical roller is precisely adjusted as shown in FIG.

Here, the fixed gear 38 and the rotary gear 40 attached to the printing roller shaft 36 rotates with the fixed gear 38 fixed to the printing roller shaft 36 by tightening and loosening the adjusting screw portion 46. Gear 40 is staggered by a certain angle.

The drive gear 44 fixed to the transfer roller shaft 42 in correspondence with the staggered teeth is engaged, and as a result, the transfer roller 12 is rotated by the circumference of the length (A) shown in the drawing, so that a fine correction desired by the user is achieved. will be.

Therefore, the gum sheet passed through the printing apparatus of the present machine is always printed pictures or letters on both sides of a certain position of the gum sheet, even if a constant and regular supply is not made, the double-sided gum sheet supplied to the cutting unit 90 is a conveyor It is conveyed along the line 20 to be cut in the longitudinal direction in the longitudinal cutting machine 32 to complete the required work.

As described above, the present invention provides a pair of transfer rollers for controlling a supply of a gum sheet, a printing roller eroded by a sensor, a letter and a picture, and a gum sheet conveying ink of the printing roller through a conveyor line. It consists of irregular pictures or letters and fine and fine pictures or letters, for example, one side of the gum prints the English word and the other side can print the phonetic symbols and meanings of the word, in response to consumer preferences By overcoming the limitations of the conventional printing technology, it is possible to print a precise picture to improve the quality of the product and to print English words on the gum, which is a favorite food, to improve the educational effect for young children.

Claims (4)

An inlet portion 14 to which a gum sheet is supplied is installed and a dust collector 16 for absorbing powdered powder of the gum sheet is installed, and an entry part 60 and a sensor for detecting the supply of the gum sheet for accurate supply of the gum sheet. 21, 22, 23 and the stopper (18, 19) for supplying the gum sheet with a certain time to the printing unit 70 attached to the conveyor line 20, and to ensure that the printing on the desired position of the gum sheet A gum double-sided printing device comprising a printing unit 80 including a transfer roller spacer 82 and a print matching device 84, and a cutting unit 90 for cutting the printed gum sheet in a longitudinal direction. . 2. The double-sided printing apparatus of a gum according to claim 1, wherein the dust collector 16 comprises a brush unit and an absorption fan for absorbing powdered powder adhering to the surface of the gum sheet to improve the printing feed of the gum sheet. . The transfer roller spacer of claim 1, wherein the transfer roller spacer 82 is configured such that the ink of the printing roller 10 is not transferred to the transfer roller 12 when the gum sheet is not continuously supplied. 12) A double-sided printing apparatus of a gum, characterized in that a return spring 28 is mounted on a corresponding surface of the air cylinder 26 so that the air cylinder 26 is detached from the air cylinder 26 and the air cylinder 26 is detached. According to claim 1, the print matching device 84 is tapered fixing part 34 is mounted on both sides of the printing roller 10 and the transfer roller 12 to ensure that the printing is made exactly to the desired position of the gum sheet, Both sides of the gum, characterized in that the fixed gear 38 and the rotary gear 40 is mounted at one end of the printing roller shaft 36, and the drive gear 44 is mounted at one end of the transfer roller shaft 42 to be engaged with it. Printing device.