JP2863259B2 - How to print on cassette half - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a printing technique for a cassette half having a bulging portion in a part such as an audio compact cassette.

[Summary of the Invention]

The present invention, for example, in a printing method in which a blanket is pressed against a compact cassette for audio to perform transfer printing, by providing a relief recess corresponding to the bulge portion of the cassette half on the blanket, it is possible to perform printing on the entire surface of the cassette half In addition, by providing a plurality of relief recesses in one blanket, it is possible to easily cope with multi-color (color) printing.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, in audio compact cassettes,
Due to the diversification of designs, cassette half printed with various patterns, characters, etc. on its surface is becoming popular.

Conventionally, an outline of a printing method for the cassette half will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6, where (1) is a cassette half, (2) is a plate, (3) is a roll-type rubber blanket, Reference numeral 4) denotes each of the ink setting rollers.

The cassette half (1) and the plate (2) are arranged on the same plane, and the blanket (3) and the ink damper roller (4) move with respect to the cassette half (1) and the plate (2). . The ink roller (4) moves while rotating together with the blanket (3) to apply ink to the plate (2), and the blanket (3) removes ink from the plate (2) and further rotates and moves the cassette half ( Then, the ink is transferred and printed on the surface of the cassette half (1).

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

By the way, the cassette half (1) of the compact audio cassette as in the present embodiment is formed with a trapezoidal bulge (1a) constituting a front opening into which a magnetic head or the like is inserted. For this reason, the bulging portion (1a) hinders the printing operation, so that the printable area on the surface of the cassette half (1) is limited to the hatched portion in FIG. 6, and therefore the design is greatly restricted. .

In addition, in the conventional method, since only the end of the blanket (3) can be used as apparent from FIG. 5, printing cannot be performed on a large number of cassette halves at a time. Therefore, when performing multi-color (color) printing, a blanket is prepared for each color plate, and the printing operation with each blanket is repeated a plurality of times for one cassette half. In this case, it takes time and effort to print. It is difficult to adjust the blanket accuracy, and high-level printing of photographs and the like is practically impossible.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to enable printing over a wide range of a cassette half by a simple method, and to be able to cope with multi-color (color) printing.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, the blanket is provided with an escape recess corresponding to the bulge of the cassette half. Further, it is preferable that a plurality of the recesses are provided in one blanket.

[Action]

By providing the escape concave portion in the blanket as described above, printing can be performed on the entire surface of the cassette half except for the bulging portion without the bulging portion being in the way. Also, by providing multiple escape recesses in one blanket,
Printing can be performed on a plurality of cassette halves at a time, and multicolor printing can be easily performed by setting the printing color for each plate.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, and portions corresponding to those in FIGS. 4 to 6 will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

This embodiment differs from the conventional example in that a blanket (3)
Of the cassette half (1) trapezoidal bulge (1a)
And a trapezoidal recess (5) corresponding to the above is provided.

Also, a plurality of the recessed recesses (5) are provided on one blanket (3) so as to support multi-color (color) printing, that is, the blanket (3) in the present embodiment is formed longer than the conventional example. Five recesses (5) are provided at equal intervals in the axial direction, and five plates (2) are also arranged corresponding to the five recesses (5). The plates (5) are plates for different colors, so that these plates (5) are each provided with a different color of ink by means of an ink setting roller (4).

In addition, a plurality of cassette halves (1) are supplied and arranged in a loop, and each time a printing operation of one stroke is completed, each cassette half (1) is sequentially moved to a position corresponding to each plate (2) by a feed mechanism. The pitch is fed.

And in the above configuration, the blanket (3)
When the transfer printing to the cassette half (1) is performed, the blanket (3) is set in such a manner that the bulge (1a) just enters the escape recess (5), so that the blanket (3) can be satisfactorily bulged. 1a) can be escaped, that is, printing can be performed on the entire surface of the cassette half (1) except for the bulging portion (1a) (the portion indicated by oblique lines in FIG. 3) without obstructing the bulging portion (1a). .

Further, in this example, by providing five escape recesses (5) in one blanket (3), it is possible to cope with simultaneous printing of five cassette halves (1), and each plate (2) Are prepared for different colors, so that five colors are printed simultaneously by one printing operation. As described above, each time the printing operation of one stroke is completed, the cassette half (1)
Are continuously pitch-fed, and when this series of cassette halves (1) has just completed one round, color printing by five-color printing is completed for all cassette halves (1).

In this continuous printing operation, the cassette half (1)
Since only the slide operation is performed, high-precision positioning with respect to the plate (2) is possible, and it can sufficiently cope with advanced printing such as a color photograph.

〔The invention's effect〕

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the blanket is provided with a relief recess corresponding to the bulge portion of the cassette half, so that printing can be performed over a wider area than before, that is, the entire surface excluding the bulge portion of the cassette half. It became. In addition, the provision of a plurality of relief recesses in one blanket enables multi-color (color) printing, thereby providing a tape cassette of a new image excellent in design effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a printing operation on a cassette half according to the embodiment, FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view schematically showing a conventional example, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a printing operation on a cassette half according to the conventional example, and FIG. 6 is a view showing a printing state in the cassette half. In the figure, (1) is a cassette half, (1a) is a bulging portion thereof,
(2) is a plate, (3) is a blanket, and (5) is a relief recess.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A printing method in which a blanket is pressure-bonded to a cassette half having a bulging portion to perform transfer printing, wherein the blanket is provided with a relief recess corresponding to the bulging portion of the cassette half. A method for printing on a cassette half that enables printing on the entire surface of the half except for the bulging portion. 2. The method for printing on a cassette half according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said relief recesses are provided in one blanket.