JP3794732B2 - Automatic writing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic writing apparatus for a stadium that can automatically write electronic character information such as a sentence, a name, and a letter on a plate material for a stadium, using a predetermined typeface.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Plotters are conventionally known in which image line heads such as pen heads, ink jet heads, and thermal heads are controlled to move in the X and Y axes to draw electronic graphic information such as graphics and characters on paper. .
Further, a drawing machine for enforcing a scale on a belt is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 52-41199.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Traditionally, temple priests, etc., write funerals, rituals, etc. with a writing brush on a board of a certain size when making a stamen at a funeral.
However, when many stadiums had to be created, there was a problem that this work was not easy and time consuming.
It is an object of the present invention to automatically write a sentence, a title, etc. on a plate material so that a stadium can be easily created without being an expert.
[0004]
[Means for solving the problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes writing means and height position restricting means for restricting a facing distance of a wide flat surface of the stole board plate to the writing means to a predetermined value. A plate material support mechanism for supporting the plate material, a side position restricting means for pressing the plate material against a side reference surface and matching a side surface of the plate material with a reference position, and a position where the writing means and the plate material are opposed to each other in the longitudinal direction of the plate material. X-axis driving means for relatively changing along the direction, a controller for controlling the writing means and the X-axis driving means, and means for inputting character information such as a sentence and a title to the controller, Is set to the plate support mechanism, the height of the plate material is made to coincide with a predetermined reference surface by the height restricting means , and the side surface is made to coincide with the reference position by the side position restricting means. start The X-axis drive means changes the relative position of the plate and writing means, and the writing means controlled by the controller automatically writes text information such as sutras and rituals in a predetermined typeface on the flat surface of the board. It is made to be done.
[0005]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a base in which a controller, an X-axis drive motor, and a Y-axis drive motor are installed. A pair of support bases 4 and 6 are erected on the upper surface plate 2 a of the base 2 so as to be positioned on the Y-axis line of the upper surface plate 2 a, and a Y-axis rail 8 is installed on the support bases 4 and 6. Yes. The Y-axis rail 8 is set parallel to the upper surface plate 2 a of the base 2.
[0006]
A Y cursor 10 is attached to the Y-axis rail 8 so as to be movable along the Y-axis rail 8. A well-known writing means 12 such as a pen, a pen head including a brush, an ink jet device, and a thermal print head is attached to a substrate of a carrier (not shown) fixed to the Y cursor 10 in a replaceable manner. Reference numerals 14 and 16 denote height position restricting rollers disposed on the X-axis line of the upper surface plate 2a in front of and behind the Y-axis rail 8, and the upper surface plate 2a has a predetermined interval in the height direction. Thus, it is pivotally supported.
[0007]
The rotation center axis of the restriction rollers 14 and 16 is set parallel to the Y-axis rail, and the rotation guide direction of the restriction rollers 14 and 16 is thereby set in the X-axis direction. Reference numerals 18 and 20 denote side position regulating rollers of the plate material rotatably supported on the upper surface plate 2a with a predetermined interval. The surface of the rollers 18 and 20 supports the side surface of the stump heel plate material 22. It is configured as follows. Reference numeral 24 denotes a side pressing roller, which is disposed at a position facing the intermediate portion of the regulating rollers 18 and 20, and a support shaft 26 that rotatably supports the roller 24 is fixed to a slide block 28.
[0008]
The slide block 28 is fitted and supported so as to be slidable along the Y axis on a slide guide 30 provided on the upper surface plate 2a. The slide block 28 is biased by the coil spring 32 toward the intermediate portion of the rollers 18 and 20. Reference numerals 34 and 36 denote lower surface pressing rollers, which are rotatably disposed in openings formed in the upper surface plate 2a.
[0009]
As shown in FIG. 6, the lower surface pressing rollers 34 and 36 are rotatably supported on a support frame 38, and an arm 40 fixed to the frame 38 is fixed to a bracket 42 fixed to the upper surface plate 2a. The shaft 44 is rotatably supported by the shaft 44. One end of the arm 40 is connected to a coil spring 46, and the lower surface pressing rollers 34 and 36 are urged in the upward direction by the tensile force of the coil spring 46. Reference numeral 48 denotes a stopper that locks the lower surface pressing rollers 34 and 36 at the highest position, and protrudes from the bracket 42. As shown in FIG. 5, instead of the height position regulating rollers 14, 16, a collar portion 50 is provided on the side position regulating rollers 18, 20 and the side surface pressing roller 24. The height position may be regulated. The Y cursor 10 is connected to an output shaft of a Y-axis motor via a power transmission mechanism (not shown) including a wire rope, a roller, and a gear.
[0010]
Also, one or more of the rollers 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 34, 36, in this embodiment, the roller 18 is output from the X-axis motor via a power transmission mechanism comprising a belt, a pulley and a gear. It is connected to the shaft. Each of the X-axis motor, the Y-axis motor, and the writing means 12 is connected to a controller via a drive circuit. The base 2 is provided with a control box 52. The control box is provided with a panel switch 54 for inputting a command name, a letter of a sentence, a passage of a sentence, or a letter to the controller. The character information input from 54 or the passage of the selected sentence is configured to be displayed on the display unit.
[0011]
The controller converts the character information and sutra text input from the panel switch 54 of the control box 52 into signals for controlling the XY axis motor and the writing means 12 for printing on the upper surface of the stupor board 22 in a predetermined character form. A printing program is installed. As a method of inputting character information to the controller, a personal computer or a CAD host computer can be connected to the controller, and character information created by these computers can be transferred to the controller.
[0012]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, the operator of this machine operates the panel switch 54 to input the title, the sutra, and the character to be written on the board material 22 for the stadium. This information is displayed on the display unit of the operation panel. Next, the board member 22 for the stadium to which the title is to be entered is pushed against the spring force between the controllers 14 and 34, between the rollers 16 and 36, and between the rollers 18 and 20 to 24. Set on stand 2. This setting of the plate material 22 for the stadium is completed by setting the lower surface pressing rollers 34 and 36 and the side surface pressing roller 24 in the retracted position against the spring force, and the setting on the upper surface plate 2a of the plate material 22 is completed. Sometimes, the locking of the pressing rollers 34, 36, 24 is manually released so that the lower surface pressing rollers 34, 36 are pressed against the lower surface of the plate member 22 and the side pressing roller 24 is pressed against the side surface of the plate member 22. Anyway.
[0013]
The position of the plate 22 on the upper surface plate 2a is manually adjusted so that the character entry start point matches the position of the writing means 12. The lower surface of the plate 22 set on the upper surface plate 2a is urged by the lower surface pressing rollers 34 and 36, and the surface on which the text is to be written is pressed against the height position regulating rollers 14 and 16, The level is matched to a predetermined height level. Further, one side surface of the plate member 22 is brought into pressure contact with the side position regulating rollers 18 and 20 and is made to coincide with a predetermined position. Next, when the drawing start switch of the panel switch 54 is pressed, the XY axis motor and the writing means 12 are driven under the control of the controller.
[0014]
The roller 18 is rotated by the drive of the X-axis motor, and the plate material 22 for the stupa moves in the left-right direction, that is, the X-axis direction in FIG. 1, and the Y-cursor 10 is moved in FIG. The writing means 12 such as a pen moves up and down with respect to the surface of the plate member 22 by driving of an elevating drive means (not shown). By these operations, character information such as sutras and ritual names is drawn on the plate material 22 with a predetermined typeface, and a sword tower is formed. The completed stupa is pulled in the X-axis direction, pulled out from between the rollers 14 and 34, between the rollers 16 and 36, and between the rollers 24, 18, 20 and removed from the base 2. The rollers 14, 34, 16, 36, 24, 18, and 20 constitute a plate material support mechanism. According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, there is an effect that the work area becomes long because the plate material moves.
[0015]
When an ink jet apparatus or a thermal print head is used as the writing unit 12, character information is supplied as raster data to the control unit of the writing unit 12. Then, by the reciprocation of the Y cursor 10 in the Y-axis direction and the movement of the plate material 22 in one direction in the X-axis direction, the writing means 12 such as an inkjet is operated on the plate surface in the main operation direction and the sub-scanning direction, Character information is printed on the surface of the plate material 22. When the printing width of the ink jet device and the thermal print head is longer than the width of the plate member 22, the Y cursor 10 is fixed at a fixed position, and the Y axis driving device for moving the Y cursor 10 along the Y rail 8 is omitted. Is done. In the above-described embodiment, the structure in which the plate material 22 for the stadium is moved in the X-axis direction with respect to the Y rail 8 is fixed. It is good also as a structure which moves a rail in parallel.
A Y-rail moving type embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. FIG.
[0016]
Reference numeral 56 denotes a base, on which a plate material support mechanism 58 is provided.
The support mechanism 58 includes a groove 60 for storing the plate material 22 for the stadium, the stopper plates 62 and 64 constituting the height position restricting means of the plate material 22, and a plurality of presses for urging the lower surface of the plate material 22 upward. The block 66 and a plurality of pressing blocks 68 that bias the side surface of the plate member 22 to the side are configured. The pressure block 66 and the pressure block 68 are biased in the direction in which the guide surface protrudes into the groove 60 by springs 74 and 76 disposed in the block housing holes 70 and 72, respectively. X-axis rails 78 and 80 are disposed on the upper surface of the base 56, and X cursors 82 and 84 are movably attached to the X-axis rails 78 and 80, respectively.
Belt pulleys 86 and 88 are rotatably supported on the base 56 at both ends of the X-axis rail 78, and an endless timing belt 90 is stretched around the belt pulleys 86 and 88. Yes.
[0017]
The support shaft of the belt pulley 86 is connected to the output shaft of the X-axis motor 92 built in the base 56. The lower part of the X cursor 82 is connected to the timing belt 90 through a slit formed in the upper surface plate of the base 56. A Y-axis rail 94 is installed on the X cursors 82 and 84, and a Y cursor 96 is movably attached to the Y-axis rail 94. A Y-axis motor 98 is mounted on the Y cursor 96, and a pinion fixed to the output shaft of the Y-axis motor 98 meshes with a rack gear provided on the Y-axis rail 94. A carrier 100 is attached to the Y cursor 96, and writing means 102 such as a pen image line head, a stroke line head, an ink jet device, and a thermal print head is supported on the carrier 100 via an elevating drive device.
[0018]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, the operator inputs a text selection signal or character information such as a text, a title, etc., from the switch panel 106 of the control box to the controller. Next, the plate material 22 for the stadium is inserted into the groove 60. The lower surface and the side surface of the plate member 22 inserted into the groove 60 are pressed by the pressing block 66 and the pressing block 68, the side surface of the plate member 22 is in close contact with the reference surface 60 a of the groove 60, and both sides of the upper surface are the stopper plates 62. , 64 are closely attached to each other, and the height and side surface position of the plate member 22 are matched with the reference position in the groove 60. Further, the longitudinal position of the plate member 22 is matched with a predetermined position by an operator's manual operation. Next, when the operator presses the start switch, the XY axis motors 92 and 98 and the writing means 102 are driven by the control of the controller.
[0019]
The driving of the X-axis motor 92 causes the timing belt 90 to rotate, and the Y-axis rail 94 moves along the X-axis rails 78 and 80 in the X-axis direction. Further, by driving the Y-axis motor 92, the Y cursor 96 moves along the Y-axis rail 94, and the writing means 102 is controlled by the controller. By these operations, character information such as sutras and ritual names is drawn on the plate material 22 with a predetermined typeface, and a sword tower is formed. The completed stupa is manually pulled out from the groove 60 in the X-axis direction and removed from the base 56. According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, since the plate material does not move, the plate material can be stably supported.
[0020]
Next, another embodiment of the system for driving the image line head along the stadium board will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Reference numeral 108 denotes a drive board. A Y-axis rail 110 is installed on one of the drive boards, and a Y cursor 112 is attached to the rail 110 so as to reciprocate along the rail 110. A hollow portion 114 is formed in the drive substrate 108 so that the stadium board plate 22 can penetrate the base 108. A roller 116 that receives the lower surface of the plate member 22 and a pair of rollers 118 and 120 that receive the upper surface of the plate member 22 are rotatably supported on the drive base 108. The support shaft 122 of the roller 116 is slidably supported in the vertical direction, and the support shaft 122 is biased upward by a spring (not shown). Reference numerals 124 and 126 denote a pair of rollers rotatably supported by the drive base 108, and the rollers 124 and 126 are configured to support the side surface of the plate member 22.
[0021]
Reference numeral 128 denotes a side surface pressing roller for pressing the side surface of the plate member 22 against the rollers 124 and 126, and is rotatably supported by the drive base 108.
The support shaft 130 of the roller 128 is slidably supported in the left-right direction in FIG. 12, and is urged leftward in FIG. 12 by a spring (not shown).
The rollers 116, 118, 120, 124, 126, and 128 constitute a plate material support mechanism including means for regulating the height position and side position of the plate material 22.
An X-axis motor 132 and a Y-axis motor 134 are mounted on the drive base 108, and an output shaft of the X-axis motor 132 is provided with the rollers 116, 118, 120, 124, via a power transmission mechanism (not shown). At least one of 126 and 128, which is connected to the roller 126 in this embodiment. Pulleys 136 and 138 are rotatably supported on the drive base 108 at both ends of the Y-axis rail 110, and an endless rope is hung between the pulleys 136 and 138. The Y cursor 112 is connected to one of the mutually parallel portions of the rope, and is configured to reciprocate along the Y-axis rail 110 in conjunction with the rotation of the rope when the rope rotates. ing.
[0022]
One of the pulleys 136 and 138 is connected to the output shaft of the Y-axis motor 134 via a power transmission mechanism. The Y cursor 112 supports a writing means 140 such as a pen line head, a stroke line head, a thermal print head, and an ink jet apparatus. The writing means 140 such as the XY axis motors 132 and 134, the thermal print head, and the ink jet apparatus are connected to a controller. Reference numeral 142 denotes a mounting block disposed on the base 145, and includes a plate support surface 146 and a vise type mounting tool 148. The base 145 is provided with a control box (not shown).
[0023]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, the operator inputs text information such as a text selection signal or a text, a title, etc., from the switch panel of the control box to the controller. Next, the plate member 22 for the stadium is inserted into the hollow portion 114 of the drive base 108 on the base 145. The plate member 22 inserted into the hollow portion 114 is pressed on the lower surface and the side surface by the rollers 116 and 128, and the side surface of the plate member 22 is brought into close contact with the rollers 118 and 120 constituting the side reference surfaces. The height and the side surface position are matched with the reference position in the hollow portion 114 of the drive base 108. Next, the operator fixes both ends of the plate member 22 to the mounting blocks 142 and 144 by operating the vise type fixture 148. Next, the operator operates the jog switch of the control box to drive the XY-axis motors 132 and 134 to position the writing means 140 at the start point of the printing execution portion of the plate 22.
[0024]
Next, when the operator presses the start switch, the XY axis motors 132 and 134 and the writing means 140 are driven by the control of the controller. By driving the X-axis motor 132, the roller 126 rotates, and the drive base 108 moves in the X-axis direction along the longitudinal direction of the plate material 22 by the frictional force between the roller 126 and the plate material 22 surface. Further, the Y cursor 112 moves along the Y axis rail 110 by driving the Y axis motor 134, and the writing means 140 is controlled by the controller. By these operations, character information such as sutras and ritual names is drawn on the plate material 22 with a predetermined typeface, and a sword tower is formed. The completed stupa is removed from the mounting blocks 142 and 144 by manual operation, and further pulled out from the hollow portion 114 of the drive base 108 in the X-axis direction by manual operation. In addition, when a thermal head or an ink jet apparatus is used as the writing means 140 and the printing width has a dimension that sufficiently covers the lateral width of the plate member 22, the Y cursor 112 is moved in the sub scanning direction with respect to the rail 110. Therefore, the movement mechanism in the sub-scanning direction of the writing means 140 is unnecessary and is omitted. According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, there is an effect that the apparatus can be small.
[0025]
【effect】
Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to automatically print a script, a name, or a letter on a stadium board, and a stadium can be easily created.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall plan view of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a side view of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a side view of a plate material support mechanism.
FIG. 5 is a side view showing another embodiment of the plate material support mechanism.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a mechanism for urging a plate material upward.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a mechanism for urging a plate material laterally.
FIG. 8 is an overall plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a cross-sectional view of the plate material support mechanism of the embodiment shown in FIG.
FIG. 10 is a front view showing another embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a plan view of an essential part of the embodiment shown in FIG. 10;
12 is a side view of the main part of the embodiment shown in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 Base 2a Top plate 4 Support base 6 Support base 8 Y-axis rail 10 Y cursor 12 Writing means 14 Height position restriction roller 16 Height position restriction roller 18 Side position restriction roller 20 Side position restriction roller 22 Side plate 24 Side face 24 Pressure roller 26 Support shaft 28 Slide block 30 Slide guide 32 Coil spring 34 Lower surface pressure roller 36 Lower surface pressure roller 38 Support frame 40 Arm 42 Bracket 44 Shaft 46 Coil spring 48 Stopper 50 Brim 52 Control box 54 Panel switch 56 Base 58 Plate material Support mechanism 60 Groove 62 Stopper plate 64 Stopper plate 66 Press block 68 Press block 70 Block storage hole 72 Block storage hole 74 Spring 76 Spring 78 X axis rail 80 X axis rail 82 X cursor 84 X cursor 86 Belt pulley 88 Top pulley 90 Timing belt 92 X axis motor 94 Y axis rail 96 Y cursor 98 Y axis motor 100 Carrier 102 Writing means 104 Control box 106 Switch panel 108 Drive base 110 Y axis rail 112 Y cursor 114 Hollow portion 116 Roller 118 Roller 120 Roller 122 Support shaft 124 Roller 126 Roller 126 Roller 128 Roller 130 Support shaft 132 X-axis motor 134 Y-axis motor 136 Pulley 138 Pulley 140 Writing means 142 Mounting block 144 Mounting block 146 Plate support surface 148 Vise type fixture

Claims (5)

Writing means, a plate material support mechanism that includes a height position restricting means for restricting a facing distance of a wide flat surface of the plate material for stupa to the writing means to a predetermined value, and removably supports the plate material; and X-axis which presses against the side reference surface and changes the relative position of the writing means and the plate material in the longitudinal direction of the plate material, and lateral position regulating means for matching the side surface of the plate material with the reference position Drive means, a controller for controlling the writing means and the X-axis drive means, and means for inputting character information such as a sentence and a title to the controller, and a script on the flat surface of the plate material by the control of the controller. An automatic writing device for a stadium, characterized by automatically writing character information such as a name in a predetermined typeface. 2. The automatic writing apparatus for a stadium according to claim 1, wherein the plate material support mechanism further includes side position restricting means for aligning a side surface of the plate material with a predetermined reference surface. The writing means is a pen or a brush, and the writing means can be moved up and down with respect to the flat surface of the plate by an elevating drive device, and the writing means can be moved in a direction across the plate. 2. The automatic writing apparatus for a stupa as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elevating drive device and the Y-axis drive means are controlled by the controller. 2. The automatic writing apparatus for a stadium according to claim 1, wherein the writing means is an ink jet apparatus. 2. The automatic writing apparatus for a stadium gourd according to claim 1, wherein the writing means is a thermal print head.

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