JPH0931836A - Cutting plotter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a cutting plotter provided with a roll sheet guide to dispense with the cutting work of a roll sheet to the size of a cutting table, having improved cutting yield of a mark pattern, enabling the cutting work in high efficiency at a low cost and having high cost-performance. SOLUTION: This cutting plotter is provided with a transfer table 10 driven in X direction relative to a cutting table of a mark fabric in controlled manner and an iron 24 or a cutter blade 22 driven in Y and Z directions relative to the transfer table in controlled manner to cut the fabric with heat or blade. A roll sheet guide 44 for inserting a roll sheet 46 is attached to the plotter, directing the longitudinal direction of the sheet guide nearly parallel to the X-direction guide rail, at a position avoiding an X direction guide rail 42 to guide a side of the transfer table in X direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutting plotter, and in particular, a uniform number such as baseball, soccer, basketball or the like, or letters, numbers or patterns used for decoration of T-shirts or displays such as show windows. It relates to a cutting plotter that cuts marks such as from the mark ground.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, a schematic structure of a conventional cutting plotter will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. The body cover 4 of the cutting plotter 2 (hereinafter referred to as the plotter 2) covers the body of the plotter 2 (not shown), and the cutting table 6 is provided near the center of the body cover 4.
Is formed, and the key input portion KEYS and the display device LCD are arranged adjacent to the concave portion 8.

A key input section KEYS is used to select a mark pattern to be cut and input a cutting operation instruction, and a display device LCD is displayed.
Displays the content of the operation instructed by the key input section KEYS, the operating state of the plotter 2, and the like.

The floppy disk drive FDD reads the mark data of the mark pattern selected by the input key KEYS from the floppy disk FD in which the mark data for a large number of mark patterns are stored, and the internal storage device RAM (hereinafter RAM) of the plotter 2 is read. Read into the data buffer area of.

The carriage 10 is controlled to move in the X direction in FIG. 4 with respect to the body of the plotter 2 and the body cover 4 together with the cover 12 thereof. The carrier table 10 is integrally attached to a swing table (not shown) of the carrier table 10, and the trowel cover 1
Trowel mount 16 and plunger mount 18 with 9
1 is controlled to move in the Y direction of FIG. 1, and a Z motor ZM is used to approximate a trowel 24 or a blade cutting cutter blade (not shown) attached to the trowel 24 and the plunger 23 in the Z direction of FIG. Move control to.

The carrier table 10 is constructed by fixing side plates on both sides with two parallel Y-axes (not shown), and the vicinity of one side plate is guided by the X-axis (not shown). It is connected to the belt of the output shaft pulley of the X motor XM fixed to the X axis fixed base and the belt driven by the other driven pulley, and when the X motor XM rotates, the carrier 10 moves in the X direction via the belt. Controlled.

During this movement control, a pair of vertical guide rollers 36 (see FIG. 1) provided inside the other side plate of the carrier 10 and a pair of horizontal guide rollers 40 provided outside.
(See FIG. 1) contacts the X-direction guide rail 42 from above and laterally and guides the movement of the carrier table 10 in the X-direction.

The plunger mounting portion 18 mounted on the trowel mounting portion 16 is vertically moved by the Z motor ZM, moved to a desired position by the XY movement control when the Z motor ZM is moved up, and is moved to the X position when these are lowered. -From the mark ground by the iron 24 attached to the iron body (not shown) whose Y movement is controlled, or by the cutter blade when the plunger 23 having the cutter blade is attached to the plunger attachment portion 18. The mark pattern is cut.

X position sensor X-SEN, Y position sensor Y
-SEN and Z position sensor Z-SEN is a sensor which detects the X position, the Y position, and the Z position in this order, respectively. The temperature sensor T-SEN detects the temperature of the iron 24 during heat cutting by the iron 24 and outputs the detection result to the central processing unit CPU via the I / O interface I / O, and the heater driver HD performs central processing. Upon receiving a control signal from the device CPU, the temperature of the iron 24 is controlled to be constant.

The central processing unit CPU has a control memory RO.
The control program stored in M controls the entire plotter 2. The work area of the RAM temporarily stores various data necessary for executing the control program.

The X drive mechanism 26 controls the iron mounting portion 16 and the plunger mounting portion 18 in the X direction during the mark cutting operation. The Y drive mechanism 28 controls the iron mounting portion 16 and the plunger mounting portion 18 in the Y direction during the mark cutting operation with respect to the carrier 10.

The X drive mechanism 26 and the Y drive mechanism 28 are
It is controlled by an X-direction motor XM and a Y-direction motor YM, and these motors are respectively controlled by an X motor driver XMD.
And driven by the Y motor driver YMD.

Regarding the control of the iron mounting portion 16 (and the plunger mounting portion 18 attached thereto) in the X, Y and Z directions, Japanese Patent Application No. 2-8982, which is the same applicant as the applicant of the present invention. Since it is basically the same as the "mark cutting device", please refer to it as necessary.

Using the plotter 2 of the type provided with such an X-direction guide rail 42, conventionally, the uniform number of a baseball, soccer, basketball or other uniform, the alphabet letters to be stuck to a T-shirt or the like, and the original. I was cutting out such marks.

As other uses of the plotter 2,
As the use of cutouts such as mark patterns used for display of company names and advertising signboards increases, the size of the mark patterns to be cut out also varies, and it may be difficult to cut out the mark pattern from the mark ground with good yield. However, improvement was desired. .

In order to deal with this problem, a free-size roll sheet 46 may be used on the cutting table 6 of the plotter 2 as shown in FIG. However, in the case of the guide rail type plotter 2 including the guide rail 42 as shown in the figure, there were the following problems.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the roll sheet 46 is set in a predetermined position without cutting the roll sheet 46 in the original usage of the roll sheet 46, the roll sheet 46 is guided in the X direction as shown in FIG. 42, and as a result, the pair of vertical guide rollers 36 provided inside the other side plate of the carrier 10 and the pair of horizontal guide rollers 40 provided outside the side plate sandwich the roll sheet 46 so that the guide rail 42 is sandwiched. May get on top. As a result, the movement control of the carrier 10 in the X direction is not accurately performed, and the vertical direction (Z direction) is not accurately controlled due to the thickness of the roll sheet or the like, which affects the cut quality of the mark pattern. there were.

[0018]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that, in the case of a guide rail type plotter, even if the mark sheet of the roll sheet type is set at a predetermined position of the plotter without cutting, the mark sheet will not be removed. This is to ensure that the movement in the X direction and the control in the up-down direction (Z direction) are also performed accurately without the need for the guide rails in the X direction.

[0019]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention relates to a carrier table which is controlled to move in the X-axis direction with respect to a mark cutting table, and to the carrier table. In a cutting plotter that heat-cuts or blade-cuts a mark with a trowel or a cutter blade that is controlled to move in the Y and Z directions, a roll sheet is placed at a position avoiding the X-direction guide rail that guides one end of the carrier in the X-direction. The present invention provides a cutting plotter in which a roll sheet guide portion for insertion is formed.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention provides the above cutting plotter,
The present invention provides a cutting plotter in which the width direction of the roll sheet guide portion is formed substantially parallel to the X-direction guide rail.

[0021]

According to the present invention, by using the roll sheet guide portion, it is not necessary to cut the roll sheet in advance in accordance with the size of the cutting table, so that the yield rate of cutting the mark pattern is improved, which is economical. However, cutting work can be performed efficiently, and a cutting plotter with high cost performance can be provided.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The schematic construction of a cutting plotter will be described below mainly with reference to FIGS. The difference between the plotter of the present embodiment and the plotter of the conventional example is that the present embodiment has a carrier table whose movement is controlled in the X direction with respect to the mark cutting table, and an X guiding one end of the carrier table in the X direction.
Plotter 2 of the type with direction guide rail 42
The roll sheet guide portion 44 for inserting the roll sheet 46 is formed at a position avoiding the X-direction guide rail 42.

Further, the width direction of the roll sheet guide portion is X.
This is a point formed substantially parallel to the direction guide rail 42. In the description of the present embodiment, the same parts and parts as those in the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a roll sheet 46 is inserted near the X-direction guide rail 42 which guides one end of the carrier 10 in the X-direction, at a position avoiding the X-direction guide rail 42. Roll sheet guide portion 44 for
Are formed.

The width direction of the roll sheet guide portion 44 is formed substantially parallel to the X-direction guide rail 42. As a result, the roll sheet 46 can be inserted into and removed from the plotter 2 from the Y direction orthogonal to the X direction without being obstructed by the X-direction guide rail 42.

The roll sheet 46 is inserted from the insertion side 44a of the guide portion 44 as shown in FIG.
It is designed to be guided from the cutting table 6 side. Therefore, unlike the conventional X-direction guide rail type plotter 2 shown in FIG. 5, the roll sheet 46 is set at a predetermined position of the plotter 2 main body without cutting the plotter 2 into a predetermined size in advance. You can

As a result, as shown in the conventional example of FIG. 5, the roll sheet 46 is caught on the guide rail 42 in the X direction,
A pair of vertical guide rollers 36 provided on the inner side of the other side plate of the carrier 10 and a pair of horizontal guide rollers 40 provided on the outer side of the carrier 10 ride on the guide rail 42 with the roll sheet 46 sandwiched therebetween, and It is possible to solve the problem that the movement quality in the X direction is not accurately controlled, and the vertical direction (Z direction) is not accurately controlled, which affects the cut quality of the mark pattern.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, by using the roll sheet guide portion, it is not necessary to cut the roll sheet in advance according to the size of the cutting table, so that the yield of cutting the mark pattern is improved. In addition, it is economical and the cutting work can be performed efficiently, and a cutting plotter with high cost performance can be provided.

Further, according to the present invention, since the mark ground which has been cut by the conventional cutting plotter is heavy and takes up space, it takes a lot of time to carry the mark ground when supplying it, and Although it was necessary to consider the storage location of the ground, in the case of the cutting plotter of the present invention, since it is relatively lightweight and roll-shaped, a cutting function for a roll sheet that does not take up space is added, and moreover it is relatively conventional. Rolled sheets can often be used as substitutes for thick-marked fabrics, so compared to conventional cutting plotters dedicated to marked fabrics, the roll-sheets can be easily transported as marked fabrics, and there is no problem with storage space. There is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cutting plotter.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cutting plotter.

[Figure 3] Block diagram of cutting plotter

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional cutting plotter.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a usage state of a roll sheet by a conventional cutting plotter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Cutting plotter 6 Cutting table 10 Transfer table 22 Cutter blade 24 Trowel 42 X direction guide rail 44 Roll sheet guide section 46 Roll sheet

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mark table is heat-cut by a carrier table which is controlled to move in the X direction with respect to a mark table and a trowel or a cutter blade which is controlled to move in the Y and Z directions with respect to the carrier table. Alternatively, in a cutting plotter for blade cutting, a roll sheet guide portion for inserting a roll sheet is formed at a position avoiding an X-direction guide rail that guides one end of the transport table in the X direction. 2. The cutting plotter according to claim 1, wherein the width direction of the roll sheet guide portion is formed substantially parallel to the X-direction guide rail.