JP5441761B2 - Label sticking device and label sticking method in portable label sticking machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a label affixing device and a label affixing method in a portable label affixing machine, in particular for loading and transferring a strip-shaped label and affixing this label on a desired object to be affixed. The present invention relates to a label sticking device and a label sticking method in a portable label sticking machine.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a label is attached to various products and other objects to be attached using a portable label applicator, and the price of the product and other necessary information are displayed.
An example of the portable label sticking machine 1 will be outlined based on FIGS. 4 and 5.
FIG. 4 is a side view of a conventional portable label applicator 1, which includes a pair of left and right (front and back) side plates 2, a holding portion 4 for a label 3, an operation lever 5, , Transfer unit 6, printing unit 7, peeling unit 8, and pasting unit 9.

The pair of left and right side plates 2 are integrally formed with a grip 10 that can be gripped by an operator, and the operation lever 5 can be rotated around the lever shaft 11 with respect to the grip 10.
An arbitrary urging member, for example, a coil spring 12 is provided between the operation lever 5 and the grip 10 so that the operation lever 5 is always on the grip 10 as shown in FIG. When released) Can be energized in a separated state.
The operator holds the grip 10 and the operation lever 5 against the biasing force of the coil spring 12 to drive the transfer unit 6, the printing unit 7 and the peeling unit 8 in the portable label sticking machine 1. After releasing the gripping operation, the label 3 is affixed by the portable label affixing machine 1.

    The label 3 is obtained by temporarily attaching a plurality of label pieces 14 to a belt-like mount 13, winding it in a roll shape and holding it in the holding unit 4, and by operating the operation lever 5, The label 3 is fed in a strip shape in the direction of the printing unit 7, the label piece 14 is peeled off from the mount 13 by the peeling unit 8, and the label piece 14 can be stuck to the adherend M (FIG. 5) by the sticking unit 9.

    The holding unit 4 has a pair of left and right (front and back) holding plates 15 attached to the upper surfaces of the pair of left and right side plates 2, and can hold or turn one of the holding plates 15 with respect to any side plate 2. The roll-shaped label 3 can be held between the pair of left and right holding plates 15.

    The transfer unit 6 includes a transfer roller 17 that rotates around the roller shaft 16. By gripping and releasing the operation lever 5 together with the grip 10, the transfer unit 6 rotates around the roller shaft 16 via a link mechanism (not shown). Further, the transfer roller 17 is rotated by a predetermined pitch so that the label 3 can be transferred.

    The printing unit 7 includes a printer 18 attached to the tip of the bifurcated yoke 5A of the operation lever 5, a platen 19 that can be rotated and opened around the roller shaft 16, and an ink roller 20. Then, ink is applied to the type of the printer 18 by the ink roller 20, and predetermined information is printed on the label 3 (label piece 14) transferred to the upper surface of the platen 19.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of the main part of the peeling part 8 and the pasting part 9 in a state where one side plate 2 is removed, and the peeling part 8 uses the downstream arcuate part of the platen 19 as a peeling turning ridge 19A. As the label 3 is transferred by the transfer unit 6, only the mount 13 is turned rearward at the peeling turning ridge 19 </ b> A, and the label piece 14 is peeled off from the mount 13.
The mount 13 from which the label piece 14 has been peeled off at the peeling portion 8 is reengaged with the transfer roller 17 and then discharged to the outside of the side plate 2.

The affixing portion 9 includes a label receiving pin 21 (label receiving member) located on the downstream side of the peeling turning ridge 19 </ b> A, and an affixing roller 22 located on the lower side of the tip of the side plate 2 on the downstream side of the label receiving pin 21. Have. The affixing roller 22 can rotate around the roller shaft 23.
The label receiving pin 21 is located on the upstream side of the sticking roller 22 and is fixed to the side plate 2 so that the label piece 14 can be temporarily held, and the mount 13 is turned at the portion of the peeling turning ridge 19A. As a result, the label piece 14 peeled off from the mount 13 is temporarily held, and as the entire portable label applicator 1 is applied, the operation of applying the label piece 14 to the adherend M with the application roller 22 is guaranteed. To do.
That is, the affixing roller 22 is located at the end of the side plate 2 (the lower end at the left end in FIG. 4), and its circumferential portion is exposed to the outside of the side plate 2 so that it is discharged to the outside of the side plate 2. The label piece 14 that is transported to the object can be attached, and the label piece 14 can be attached to the adherend M by rotating the attaching roller 22 so as to strike the adherend M.

    As the label receiving member, in addition to the pin member (label receiving pin 21), a label receiving piece having a triangular cross section may be employed.

In the portable label sticking machine 1 having such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 5 in particular, from the side plate 2 of the label piece 14 in the state of being temporarily held by the label receiving pin 21 and positioned below the sticking roller 22. The longer the exposure length to the outside is, the easier the pasting operation is.
In addition, it is also necessary that the angle formed by the bottom surface of the side plate 2 and the surface side of the label piece 14 is within 90 degrees with the adhesive layer on the back side of the label piece 14 facing downward.
Furthermore, the angle range with respect to the to-be-adhered body M of the bottom face of the portable label applicator 1 in which the label piece 14 can be attached to the to-be-adhered body M by the attaching roller 22, that is, the angle range in which the label piece 14 can be attached. It can be said that it is the portable label sticking machine 1 which is easy to perform sticking operation, so that (sticking angle) is large.

    However, particularly when the length of the label piece 14 (pitch in the transfer direction) is small, the length of the label piece 14 protruding from the side plate 2 to the lower part of the sticking roller 22 is shortened. There is a problem that the angle range in which can be pasted becomes small.

In addition, when the label 3 on which the sales promotion information or the advertisement information is printed in advance is attached, the label 3 (label piece 14) is peeled off and attached only by operating the operation lever 5 without providing the printing unit 7. Although it can be attached, even in the case of the portable label sticking machine configured as described above, there is a similar problem with respect to the discharge of the label piece 14 from the mount 13 and its sticking.
Further, when the so-called non-mounting label having a pressure sensitive adhesive layer on the back surface of the label base material and having a peelable surface on the surface of the label base material is not provided, the same problem as described above occurs. .

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    The present invention has been considered in view of the above problems. A label sticking apparatus and a label sticking method in a portable label sticking machine capable of obtaining a wide range of sticking angles regardless of the length or pitch of a label piece. The issue is to provide.

    Another object of the present invention is to provide a label affixing device and a label affixing method in a portable label affixing machine in which the length of the label piece exposed to the outside of the side plate is made as large as possible and the label affixed easily by the affixing roller. And

    Moreover, this invention makes it a subject to provide the label sticking apparatus and label sticking method in the portable label sticking machine which can stick a label piece stably, regardless of the kind of label, such as the presence or absence of a mount. .

    Moreover, this invention makes it a subject to provide the label sticking apparatus and the label sticking method in a portable label sticking machine which enabled it to discharge the label piece itself to the exterior of a side plate by sticking operation by a sticking roller.

    That is, the present invention focuses on making the label receiving member interlock with the rotation of the sticking roller, and the first invention is located on the side plate and the end of the side plate and is discharged to the outside of the side plate. A label in a portable label applicator having an adhering roller capable of adhering a label piece transferred to the surface, and a label receiving member which is located upstream of the adhering roller and can temporarily hold the label piece. It is an affixing device, and the label receiving member is a rotatable label receiving roller, and the label receiving roller and the affixing roller are interlocked to transmit the rotation of the affixing roller to the label receiving roller. The label piece can be discharged from the temporary holding position to the outside of the side plate. A label application device in only machine.

    The second invention includes a side plate, a pasting roller that is located at an end of the side plate and that can be pasted to the outside of the side plate so as to be discharged, and upstream of the pasting roller. A label receiving method in a portable label applicator having a label receiving member capable of temporarily holding the label piece, wherein the label receiving member serves as a rotatable label receiving roller. The label receiving roller and the pasting roller are interlocked, the rotation of the pasting roller is transmitted to the label receiving roller, the label piece is discharged from the temporary holding position to the outside of the side plate, and the pasting roller It is a label affixing method in a portable label affixing machine, wherein the label piece is affixed.

    The label receiving roller and the pasting roller can be interlocked by a gear.

    The label receiving roller and the pasting roller can be interlocked by a friction roller.

    The label receiving roller temporarily holds the upstream end portion of the label piece, and the downstream end portion of the label piece can be positioned below the sticking roller.

    The label may have a configuration in which a plurality of label pieces are temporarily attached to a strip-shaped mount (release paper), or a label without a mount that does not have the mount.

    In the label affixing device and the label affixing method in the portable label affixing machine according to the present invention, the label receiving member adopts a rotatable label receiving roller instead of a pin member or a single member fixed to the side plate. Since the roller and the application roller are linked, the rotation of the application roller can be transmitted to the label receiving roller, and the label piece is discharged from the temporary holding position to the outside of the side plate. It is possible to increase the length by which the label piece is exposed to the outside of the side plate by a predetermined length.

    In particular, according to the label affixing device in the portable label affixing machine of the first invention, the label receiving roller and the affixing roller are interlocked so that the rotation of the affixing roller can be transmitted to the label receiving roller, and the temporary holding position of the label piece Since it can be discharged to the outside of the side plate more, the protruding length of the label piece can be made longer, and the range of angles that can be pasted by the pasting roller is expanded, allowing stable pasting regardless of the label pitch. Enable operation.

In particular, according to the label sticking method in the portable label sticking machine of the second invention, the label receiving roller and the sticking roller are interlocked, the rotation of the sticking roller is transmitted to the label receiving roller, and the label piece is temporarily held at the position. Since the sheet is discharged to the outside of the side plate, the pasting operation can be performed more easily regardless of the label pitch.

It is a principal part expansion perspective view of the label sticking apparatus 30 by the Example of this invention with which the portable label sticking machine 1 is equipped. FIG. It is a principal part enlarged side view which shows the example which applied the label sticking apparatus 30 to the structure which transfers and sticks the label 35 without mount similarly. It is a side view of the conventional portable label sticking machine. It is the principal part enlarged side view of the peeling part 8 and the sticking part 9 of the state which removed the one side plate 2 similarly.

    In the present invention, the interlocking operation of the label receiving member (label receiving roller) and the attaching roller makes the length of the label piece discharged to the outside of the side plate longer, and an easy and stable attaching operation even if the pitch of the label piece is short. Realized a label sticking device and a label sticking method in a portable label sticking machine.

Next, a label sticking device and a label sticking method in a portable label sticking machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. However, the same parts as those in FIGS. 4 and 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of a label sticking device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention installed in the portable label sticking machine 1 described above, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of the main part.
In the label sticking device 30, a label receiving roller 31 is employed instead of the label receiving pin 21 as a label receiving member, and the label receiving roller 31 can be rotated around its rotating shaft 32 and the label receiving roller 31 is interlocked with the attaching roller 22. Let

Specifically, a first gear 33 that is coaxial and integral with the affixing roller 22 and a second gear 34 that is coaxial and integral with the label receiving roller 31 are meshed with each other, and the label receiving roller 31 and the affixing roller 22 are Can be interlocked, and the rotation of the affixing roller 22 can be transmitted to the label receiving roller 31.
In addition, as an engagement structure of the 1st gear 33 and the 2nd gear 34, only the one end part of the sticking roller 22 and the label receiving roller 31 may be sufficient, and this can also be employ | adopted for the both ends.

In the label sticking device 30 having such a configuration, the label sticking operation by the portable label sticking machine 1, that is, the operator holds the grip 10 and hits the entire portable label sticking machine 1 against the adherend M and pulls it forward. Specifically, when the sticking roller 22 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 2 so that the sticking roller 22 rolls on the surface of the adherend M, the label receiving roller 31 is moved by the interlocking of the first gear 33 and the second gear 34. The label piece 14 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, that is, in the feeding direction of the label piece 14 so that the label piece 14 jumps out of the side plate 2 by the amount of the rotation.
Therefore, the label receiving roller 31 temporarily holds the upstream end portion 14 </ b> A of the label piece 14 and holds the downstream end portion 14 </ b> B of the label piece 14 in a state where it can be positioned at the lower portion of the sticking roller 22. The label piece 14 can be discharged to the outside of the side plate 2 from the temporary holding position, and the length of the label piece 14 exposed to the outside of the side plate 2 can be increased.

    Thus, the rotation of the sticking roller 22 can be transmitted to the label receiving roller 31, the label receiving roller 31 is rotated by a predetermined amount, and the sticking roller 22 is discharged from the temporary holding position to the outside of the side plate 2. Thus, the label piece 14 can be attached.

    In the present invention, the label receiving roller 31 and the affixing roller 22 are not gear structures such as the first gear 33 and the second gear 34 but are linked by a friction roller (not shown) having a large friction coefficient. It can also be made.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view of an essential part showing an example in which the above-described label sticking device 30 is applied to a configuration in which the label 35 without mount is transferred and stuck.
That is, the endless belt 36 having a peelable surface is transferred to the label receiving roller 31 with the rotation of the rotary drive shaft 37, and the upstream label 35 A on the upstream side of the single-sheet mountless label 35 is transferred. Is temporarily held by the label receiving roller 31, and the downstream end 35 </ b> B of the mountless label 35 is held in a state where it can be positioned below the sticking roller 22.
As described above, the affixing roller 22 and the label receiving roller 31 can be linked by the first gear 33 and the second gear 34.

In this way, even if the label has a configuration such as the label 35 without mount, the length for causing the label 35 without mount to jump out of the side plate 2 is increased in accordance with the application operation of the application roller 22. The range that can be attached according to the attitude of the portable label applicator 1 is expanded, and an easy and stable application operation can be realized even if the pitch of the mountless label 35 is relatively small.

1 Portable labeling machine (Fig. 4)
2 A pair of left and right side plates 3 Label 4 Holding portion 5 Operation lever 5A Yoke portion of operation lever 5 Transfer portion 7 Printing portion 8 Peeling portion 9 Attaching portion 10 Grip 11 Lever shaft 12 Coil spring 13 Mount 14 Label piece 14A Label piece 14 Upstream end (Figure 2)
14B Downstream end 15 of the label piece 14 Holding plate 16 Roller shaft 17 Transfer roller 18 Printer 19 Platen 19A Turning edge 20 for peeling the platen 19 Ink roller 21 Label receiving pin 22 Pasting roller 23 Roller shaft 30 of the pasting roller 22 Carrying Label applicator in the type label applicator 1 (Example, FIG. 1, FIG. 2)
31 Label receiving roller (label receiving member)
32 Rotating shaft 33 of the label receiving roller 31 First gear 34 Second gear 35 Label without mount (FIG. 3)
35A Upstream end 35B of the mountless label 35 Downstream end 36 of the mountless label 35 Endless belt 37 Rotation drive shaft M Attached object (FIGS. 2 and 5)

Claims (5)

Side plates,
A sticking roller that is located at the end of the side plate and that allows the label piece to be transported to be discharged to the outside of the side plate;
It is located on the upstream side of this sticking roller, and is a label sticking device in a portable label sticking machine having a label receiving member capable of temporarily holding the label piece,
The label receiving member serves as a rotatable label receiving roller,
The label receiving roller and the affixing roller are interlocked, and the rotation of the affixing roller can be transmitted to the label receiving roller, and the label piece can be discharged from the temporary holding position to the outside of the side plate. Labeling device in portable labeling machine. The label affixing device in the portable label affixing machine according to claim 1, wherein the label receiving roller and the affixing roller are interlocked with each other by a gear. The label affixing device in the portable label affixing machine according to claim 1, wherein the label receiving roller and the affixing roller are interlocked by a friction roller. 2. The label receiving roller temporarily holds an upstream end portion of the label piece and can position a downstream end portion of the label piece at a lower portion of the sticking roller. The label sticking apparatus in the portable label sticking machine in any one of thru | or 3. Side plates,
A sticking roller that is located at the end of the side plate and that allows the label piece to be transported to be discharged to the outside of the side plate;
A label affixing method in a portable label affixing machine, which is located on the upstream side of this affixing roller and has a label receiving member capable of temporarily holding the label piece,
The label receiving member serves as a rotatable label receiving roller,
Interlocking this label receiving roller and the pasting roller, transmitting the rotation of the pasting roller to the label receiving roller, discharging the label piece from the temporary holding position to the outside of the side plate,
A label affixing method in a portable label affixing machine, wherein the label piece is affixed by the affixing roller.

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