JPH11129605A - Label with braille display and its manufacture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label with a braille display having a high durability by preventing a recess of braille protrusions due to a user's friction or press by integrally molding the protrusions for displaying the braille on a surface of a display label to improve durability and beauty of the label in the label with the braille display used by adhering to a ticket machine, an ATM of a bank, a vending machine, i.e., a vender or to various indication therefor and a method for manufacturing it. SOLUTION: In the display label made of a transparent or translucent plastic sheet 1 having a normally healthy person display 2 by a rear surface printing, a braille display made of a braille protrusions 3 by a sheet material pushing-out is provided on a front surface of the sheet, and sheet material recesses corresponding to the protrusions 3 are provided on the rear surface of the sheet. Thus, a filler such as a printing ink, solidifying material or the like is filled in plane in the recesses corresponding to the protrusions 3 on an overall rear surface of the sheet to reinforce the protrusions 3 from its rear surface.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a ticket vending machine and a bank
The present invention relates to a display label that is attached to a TM, a vending machine for various products, and displays an operation method and a behavior method, and particularly to a display label having Braille display and a manufacturing method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A display label 11 as shown in FIG. 6 is attached to a machine used by an unspecified number of people, such as a ticket vending machine at a station or an ATM at a bank. 1 for pictures and characters for healthy people
2 is printed. In the case where such a display label 11 is to be provided with Braille display, conventionally, a Braille projection 14 for Braille display is formed on the surface of a narrow band-shaped tape 13 made of a plastic material such as vinyl chloride, and this tape is used. 13 is attached to the surface of the display label 11. Such braille processing on the tape 13 generally involves extruding from the back surface of the tape 13 with a relatively simple braille printing machine such as a typewriter for braille extrusion to form a braille projection 14 on the front surface. .

[0003] In the conventional Braille display of the display label 11, the tape 13 is simply extruded to form the Braille projections 14 as described above. Therefore, as shown in FIG. A concave cavity portion 15 is formed on the back surface of. For this reason, the Braille projection 14 is likely to return to its original flat state by repeated contact and friction with the Braille projection 14, and the durability of the Braille display of the tape 14 is not very high. Further, since the conventional label with Braille display is obtained by sticking the tape 13 subjected to Braille processing on the surface of the display label 11 as described above, the display label 11 and the tape 13
And color differences often occurred. This difference in color gives the user a sense of incongruity, impairs aesthetics, and is one of the factors that delay the spread of labels with braille display.
Furthermore, since the tape 13 that has been attached protrudes above the display label 11 by the thickness of the tape, it is easily caught and peeled off, and the durability is not very high.

A method of directly forming a Braille projection for displaying Braille on the surface of a sheet or the like has been developed (not shown). However, this method drops a molten plastic material in a Braille shape. This is to form a Braille projection on the surface of a sheet or the like by hardening after the application or by attaching a foamable material in the form of Braille and then foaming to form Braille. Therefore, the bonding force between the surface of the sheet or the like and the Braille projection is not so large as that of the integrally molded product, and the Braille projection is easily peeled off by the user's contact. For this reason, a display label provided with Braille display by such a method is not suitable for a ticket vending machine at a frequently used station.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and improves the aesthetic appearance by integrally forming a Braille projection for displaying Braille on the surface of a display label. An object of the present invention is to provide a label with a Braille display in which the durability of the Braille convex portion against friction and pressure is increased, and a method for manufacturing the same.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a label with a Braille display, comprising a transparent or translucent plastic sheet having a display for a healthy person by printing on the back side. Has a Braille display consisting of a Braille protrusion by sheet material extrusion on the sheet surface, and has a sheet material recess corresponding to the Braille protrusion on the back surface of the sheet, and the back surface of the sheet material is filled with the filling material flush with the entire back surface. It is characterized by being filled. In the present specification, "filling material" means ink or a coagulated material by printing for display for a healthy person, and "coagulating material" means a solidifying material such as an adhesive.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for manufacturing a label with Braille display, wherein the label is extruded from the back surface of a transparent or translucent plastic sheet, and the Braille projection for displaying Braille on the sheet surface corresponds to the Braille projection. A sheet material recess is formed on the back surface of the sheet, a display for a healthy person is printed on the back surface of the plastic sheet, and then the solid material is filled into the sheet material recess to finish the back surface of the plastic sheet to a smooth surface.

Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a label with Braille display, wherein the Braille projection is extruded from the back surface of a transparent or translucent plastic sheet and the Braille projection for Braille display on the sheet surface corresponds to the Braille projection. A sheet material recess is formed on the back surface of the sheet, the solid material is filled in the sheet material recess to finish the back surface of the plastic sheet to a smooth surface, and then a display for a healthy person is printed on the back surface of the plastic sheet.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for manufacturing a label with a Braille display, wherein a display for a healthy person is printed on the back of a transparent or translucent plastic sheet, and the Braille display is extruded from the back of the plastic sheet to display the Braille on the sheet surface. Forming a sheet material concave portion on the back surface of the sheet corresponding to the Braille convex portion and the braille convex portion, and then filling the concave portion of the sheet material with a solidifying material to finish the back surface of the plastic sheet into a smooth surface. .

The operation of the above means will be described below. The label with braille display according to claim 1, wherein a braille projection is directly formed on a plastic sheet to be a display label,
The display label and the Braille display for healthy persons have been integrated. Here, the plastic sheet is preferably a hard plastic material such as hard vinyl chloride. However, in the present invention, the recesses on the back surface of the Braille convex portion are filled with filling material to fill the holes, so that even a semi-rigid material can be used without denting the Braille convex portion. In other words, it is necessary to print the display label for the healthy person on the back of a transparent or translucent plastic sheet, but since the printing material such as ink or coagulant filled the sheet material recess on the back, Braille projections are reinforced from behind.

According to the method of manufacturing a label with Braille display according to the second aspect, the Braille display is extruded from the back surface of the plastic sheet to form a Braille projection for Braille display on the front surface, so that the Braille display is integrated with the display label. Can be formed. In this case, in all of the following inventions of claim 3 and claim 4, when the plastic sheet material is a hard thermoplastic material, it is heated to an appropriate temperature and extruded for embossing. In addition, since the printing required for the normal display label is performed on the back surface of the plastic sheet after the braille protrusion is extruded, the printing ink flows into the sheet material recesses on the back surface. The flowing ink has an effect of reinforcing the braille convex portion after solidification from the back surface. The reason why the printing is performed on the back surface of the transparent or translucent plastic sheet is to prevent the printing from being worn even if the front surface is repeatedly touched. Furthermore, by filling the concave portion of the sheet material with a coagulant in addition to the filling of the ink, the back surface of the plastic sheet can be smoothed and the reinforcement of the Braille convex portion can be improved.

According to the method of manufacturing a label with Braille display according to the third aspect, similarly to the method of manufacturing the label with Braille display according to the second aspect, the Braille display can be formed integrally with the display label. In addition, the solid material is filled in the sheet material concave portion formed on the back surface of the plastic sheet, and the braille convex portion for displaying Braille can be reinforced from the back. However, the manufacturing method of the label with the Braille display is such that the sheet material concave portion on the back of the plastic sheet is filled only with the coagulating material and is not filled with the printing ink, so that the solidifying material having a large strength after solidification is directly selected. In addition, the reinforcing power of the braille projection can be enhanced. In addition, since printing is performed on the back surface of the smooth plastic sheet in which the solidified material is filled in the sheet material concave portions, the printing is not distorted.
In addition, by making the solidifying material transparent or translucent,
The printing is not shielded by the braille projections.

According to the method of manufacturing a label with Braille display according to the fourth aspect, similarly to the method of manufacturing the label with Braille display according to the second and third aspects, the Braille display is integrally formed on the display label. The solidification material can be filled in the sheet material concave portion formed on the back surface of the plastic sheet to reinforce the braille convex portion for displaying Braille from the back. However, in the method of manufacturing the label with the Braille display, after printing on the back of the plastic sheet, the braille projection for the Braille display is extruded and formed, so that the transparent or translucent plastic sheet and the printing are in close contact. Also, printing is not shielded by a solidified material or the like. Further, the sheet material concave portion on the back surface of the plastic sheet is reinforced mainly by a solidified material, similarly to the method of manufacturing a label with Braille display according to the third aspect. For this reason, the efficiency of enhancing the reinforcing power of the Braille projection by selecting the solidified material is high. Further, since the surface of the solidified material to be filled in the sheet material concave portion is covered with the printing ink, the solidified material cannot be seen from the surface side of the display label. Therefore, the solidified material does not need to be transparent or translucent, and can be selected in consideration of only the hardness after solidification.

[0014]

1 to 5 show several embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a label with Braille display according to the present embodiment, and FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C are diagrams with Braille display according to the first, second and third forms, respectively. FIGS. 3 and 4 are process diagrams showing a method of manufacturing a label.
5 and FIG. 5 are schematic cross-sectional views showing the vicinity of the Braille projection of the Braille display label manufactured by the method of manufacturing the first, second, and third forms of the Braille display label, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, a label with Braille display according to the present invention is provided on a transparent or translucent rectangular plastic sheet 1 made of a hard plastic material such as vinyl chloride or polycarbonate, for displaying Braille. It consists of three steps: Braille processing for directly forming the protrusions 3, printing on the back surface, and filling the solidified material 5 into the sheet material recesses 6 on the back surface. Hereinafter, each step will be described.

In the Braille processing step, Braille projections 3 are formed on the surface of a relatively wide rectangular plastic sheet 1 by protruding from the back side, and the Braille processing generally used is so-called Braille. Use a plate making machine. Today, there are two ways to print Braille on newspapers and magazines.
A braille printing method is used in which a braille projection for displaying braille is protruded from a heavy metal or plastic original plate, and paper is sandwiched between the projections and pressed to form a braille projection for displaying braille on the paper surface. Have been. A Braille plate making machine for projecting Braille projections on the original plate is used, and a plastic sheet 1 is used instead of the original plate to form Braille projections 3 on the plastic sheet 1. if,
When the material is a thermoplastic plastic sheet 1, it is formed by appropriately heating to a thermoplastic temperature.

In the printing step, a pattern 2 such as a picture or a character indicating the meaning of the display label is printed on the plastic sheet 1. Like the conventional display label, this pattern 2 is printed.
Was reversed and printed on the back surface of the plastic sheet 1 so that the pattern 2 could be correctly seen from the front surface of the plastic sheet 1. In this way, even if the surface of the display label is repeatedly contacted, the ink is not worn. For this printing,
Silk screen printing, which can print on films and the like, is optimal. In addition, offset printing and inkjet printing are also applicable.

The coagulating material 5 is an acrylic adhesive or the like, and uses a material that solidifies upon drying. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the filling step of the solidified material 5 is performed using the plastic sheet 1.
The back surface of the plastic sheet 1 is coated with the solidified material 5 thinly, so that the sheet material concave portion 6 on the back surface of the plastic sheet 1 is filled with the solidified material 5.
After a lapse of a predetermined time, the sheet material recess 6 is filled with the solidified solidified material 5, and the back surface of the plastic sheet 1 becomes smooth.

As a method of manufacturing the label with Braille display, the plastic sheet 1 is subjected to the three steps of Braille processing, printing, and solidification material coating as described above. Although there is a form, even if the solidification material coating is applied before the Braille processing, the coagulation material 5 cannot be filled in the sheet material concave portion 6 formed for the Braille processing. ) To (b). These are shown below in order.

The method of manufacturing a label with a Braille display according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2A is performed in the order of Braille processing, printing, and coating of a solidified material. The braille projection 3 of the label is as shown in FIG.
In other words, the ink 4 flows into the sheet material recess 6 on the back surface of the plastic sheet 1 formed by the Braille processing by printing in the next step. The volume of the ink 4 in the sheet material concave portion 6 is reduced by drying, and the surface is slightly dented. The recess 7 is filled with the solidified material 5 by the final solidified material coating, and the back surface is flattened. Therefore, the Braille display is reinforced by the ink 4 and the coagulating material 5 embedded in the sheet material concave portion 6, and the durability is improved. The braille display can be sufficiently reinforced only by the flow of the ink 4. In some cases, printing is performed only on a part of the back surface of the plastic sheet 1 and the sheet material recess 6 is not filled with the ink 4. In such a case, the sheet material recess 6 may be filled only with the solidified material 5.

The method for producing a label with a Braille display of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2B is performed in the order of Braille processing, coating with a solidified material, and printing. The braille projection 3 of the label is as shown in FIG.
That is, the sheet material concave portion 6 on the back surface of the plastic sheet 1 formed by the Braille processing is filled with the solidified material 5 coated with the solidified material in the next step. Thereafter, printing is performed on the back surface of the smoothed plastic sheet 1. Therefore, the sheet material concave portion 6 of the label with braille display of the manufacturing method is filled with only the solidified material 5 and the ink 4 does not enter. Therefore, by increasing the hardness of the solidified material 5, it is possible to directly increase the reinforcing force of Braille display. In addition, printing can be performed on a flat surface.

The method of manufacturing a label with Braille display according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 2C is performed in the order of printing, Braille processing, and solidification material coating. The braille projection 3 of the label is as shown in FIG.
That is, after printing on the back surface of the plastic sheet 1, Braille processing is performed, and the plastic sheet 1 formed thereby is formed.
The sheet material concave portion 6 on the back surface is finally filled with the solidified material 5. Accordingly, the plastic sheet 1 and the ink 4 coated thereon form a sheet material recess 6 and the sheet material recess 6 is filled with the solidified material 5.

The label with Braille display manufactured by the above-described manufacturing method is coated with an adhesive or a double-sided adhesive tape on the back surface, usually covered with a release paper for portable convenience, and peeled when used. By peeling the paper to expose the adhesive surface, it is attached to a ticket vending machine at a station, an ATM at a bank, or a vending machine for various commodities to provide a guide for a user. At this time, in the label with Braille display according to the present invention, the Braille projections 3 for Braille display are directly formed on the surface of the plastic sheet 1 to improve the appearance and the durability of the Braille display portion. Further, the coagulant 5 is filled in the sheet material concave portion 6 on the back surface of the plastic sheet 1 to reinforce the Braille convex portion 3,
The durability of the braille display is dramatically improved. Therefore, it is most suitable for a display label of a ticket vending machine or the like that is repeatedly rubbed by an unspecified number of people as described above.

[0024]

According to the label with braille display of the first aspect, since the display label is provided with the braille display integrally,
There is no inconvenience of the conventional label with Braille display in which the Braille display tape is attached to the label surface, that is, the Braille display tape is easily peeled off and has low durability, and the appearance is not spoiled by the color difference between the display label and the Braille display tape. In addition, since the braille projections are reinforced by the filling of the sheet material recesses on the back surface, the durability of braille display can be improved. Therefore, it is most suitable for a label with a Braille display attached to a ticket vending machine at a station or an ATM at a bank which is repeatedly touched by many people. Further, it is possible to improve the durability of the Braille display by filling the concave portions of the sheet material with ink without passing through a special process only by printing on the back surface usually applied to the display label.

According to the method for manufacturing a label with Braille display according to the second aspect, the label with Braille display according to the first aspect can be manufactured, and the above effects can be exhibited. In addition, the reinforcement of the braille projections of the label with braille display by the manufacturing method involves a large portion of the printing ink flowing into the sheet material recess on the back surface, so the braille display is performed by ordinary printing work normally required for the production of display labels. Can be improved in durability. However, if the printing ink is not sufficiently filled, it can be further replenished with a solidifying material, and this is a manufacturing method capable of reliably reinforcing the back surface.

According to the method for manufacturing a label with Braille display according to the third and fourth aspects, similarly to the method for manufacturing a label with Braille display according to the second aspect, the method with the Braille display according to the first aspect is provided. A label can be manufactured, and the above effects can be exhibited. In the method of manufacturing these labels with Braille display, the solidification material is filled after the Braille processing, so that the braille projection is reinforced by the solidification material filled in the sheet material recess on the back surface. Therefore, the reinforcement strength can be arbitrarily adjusted by selecting the solidified material. It should be noted that the method of manufacturing a label with Braille display according to claim 3 is different from the method of manufacturing a label with Braille display according to claim 4 in whether the printing operation is first or last.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a label with Braille display manufactured by a method for manufacturing a label with Braille display according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 (a), (b) and (c) are first, respectively.
It is process drawing which shows the manufacturing method of the label with a braille display which concerns on 2nd and 3rd form.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a braille projection of the label with braille display manufactured by the method of manufacturing the label with braille display of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a Braille projection of a Braille display label manufactured by a method of manufacturing a Braille display label according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a Braille projection of a Braille display label manufactured by a method of manufacturing a Braille display label according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view showing a conventional general label with braille display.

FIG. 7 is a schematic end view showing a Braille projection of a conventional general label with Braille display.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Plastic sheet 2 Pattern 3 Braille protrusion 4 Ink 5 Solidification material 6 Sheet material recess 7 Depression

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display label made of a transparent or translucent plastic sheet having a display for a healthy person by printing on the back side, the display label having a Braille projection formed by extruding a sheet material on the sheet surface, and corresponding to the Braille projection. A label with a Braille display, characterized in that a concave portion of the sheet material to be formed is provided on the back surface of the sheet, and the concave portion of the sheet material is filled with a filler over the entire back surface. 2. A transparent or translucent plastic sheet is extruded from the back surface to form a Braille projection for displaying Braille on the surface of the sheet and a sheet material recess on the back surface of the sheet corresponding to the Braille projection. A method for producing a label with braille display, characterized by printing a display for a healthy person on the back surface, and then filling the recesses of the sheet material with a coagulating material to finish the back surface of the plastic sheet to a smooth surface. 3. A transparent or translucent plastic sheet is extruded from the back surface to form a Braille projection for displaying Braille on the sheet surface and a sheet material recess on the back surface of the sheet corresponding to the Braille projection, wherein the sheet material recess is formed. A method for producing a label with a Braille display, comprising: filling a solid surface of a plastic sheet to finish the back surface of a plastic sheet, and then printing a display for a healthy person on the back surface of the plastic sheet. 4. A display for a healthy person is printed on the back surface of a transparent or translucent plastic sheet, and is extruded from the back surface of the plastic sheet to correspond to the Braille projections for displaying Braille on the sheet surface and the Braille projections. A method for producing a label with a Braille display, characterized in that a concave portion of a sheet material is formed on the back surface of a sheet, and then the concave portion of the sheet material is filled with a solidifying material to finish the rear surface of the plastic sheet with a smooth surface.