JP3042014B2 - Tape recorder - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tape recording apparatus having a function of recording desired characters and symbols on a tape and cutting the recorded tape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of tape recording apparatus, that is, a tape writer, inputs desired characters and symbols by a character selection dial and a character conversion function, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 1-85050, for example. The characters and symbols input by pressing the print key are sequentially recorded one character at a time in the longitudinal direction on the tape as the printing medium by the thermal head, and a release paper having an adhesive layer is attached to the printed tape. Send the tape together. Then, the tape is cut using a tape cutting mechanism, thereby creating a tape piece for sticking on which desired characters, symbols, and the like are recorded.

[0003]

However, when attempting to create a monthly calendar with this tape writer, the dates of each week are made to correspond to each day at the same intervals as the seven days recorded on the tape. It had to be recorded and the user had to enter the numbers and spaces and then the spaces as appropriate to adjust the spacing. Furthermore, creating a one-month calendar required inputting each date of four weeks or more into the corresponding position, which was very difficult.

[0004] Further, as described above, even if the tape is recorded every week, if the length of the blank portion of each tape piece is different, a calendar is created from the tape on which the dates of the seven days and each week are recorded. Sometimes, it was troublesome to finely adjust each date in the column direction of each day of the week, and the tape in the margin was wasted. To prevent this, it is possible to input the cutting position, cut the tape with a knife or scissors, etc. according to the recorded cutting position, and then paste the tapes together. However, there was a problem that it was uneven and it was hard to see.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and a neat and easy-to-view calendar can be formed by using a tape piece of a predetermined length without selecting a complicated character.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a tape recording device that can be more easily created by using the same.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a tape recording apparatus according to claim 1 comprises a storage means for storing at least monthly calendar data, and a setting means for setting a desired month. Recording control means for reading calendar data corresponding to the month set by the setting means from the storage means, and recording a date on a tape at a predetermined position corresponding to each day of the week based on the calendar data; a tape feeding means for the sending tape a predetermined length was, together and a cutting means for cutting the tape sent by the tape feeding means, said recording control means records seven day to tape, then to record the date a week basis, the vertical ruled lines recorded between each day is to record an vertical line of the same interval as the vertical ruled lines between each date.

[0007] The tape recording apparatus according to claim 2
Remembered calendar data at least monthly
Storage means, setting means for setting a desired month to be recorded,
The setting Calendar corresponding to the month set by the setting means
Is read from the storage means, and based on the data.
Each week, each day of the week for a given length of tape
Recording control means for recording a date in seven corresponding predetermined positions
And tape feeding means for feeding the recorded tape by a predetermined length
And cut the tape sent by the tape feeding means.
Cutting means.

[0008] A tape recording device according to claim 3.
3. The recording control means according to claim 2, wherein
First, record the name of the day of the week on a tape of a predetermined length,
Next, record the date on a tape of the specified length in weekly units
Is what you do.

[0009] A tape recording apparatus according to claim 4.
Remembered calendar data at least monthly
Storage means, setting means for setting a desired month to be recorded,
Calendar corresponding to the month set by the setting means
Is read from the storage means, and based on the data.
The date corresponding to each day of the week of the month follows the name of the day of the week.
Recording control means for recording on the tape for each day of the week,
A tape that feeds the tape recorded for each day of the week for a specified length
A predetermined length by the tape feeding means and the tape feeding means.
Cutting means for cutting the sent tape.
You.

[0010]

According to the tape recording apparatus of the present invention, the storage means stores calendar data at least on a monthly basis. The recording control unit reads calendar data corresponding to the month set by the setting unit from the storage unit, and records a date on a tape at a predetermined position corresponding to each day of the week based on the data. And
The tape feeding means feeds the recorded tape under the control of the recording control means by a predetermined length, and the cutting means cuts the tape sent by the tape feeding means. Then, the recording control means, first, for seven days, for example, "Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu,
Gold, the soil "was recorded on the tape, then, the date that corresponds to the day of the week sequentially recorded in one week units. Recording control means or
Also, when recording the seventh day, a vertical ruled line is recorded between each day of the week, and when recording a date, a vertical ruled line having the same interval as the vertical ruled line is recorded between each date.

[0011] Further, the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, and has a second aspect.
According to the tape recording device of the above, the storage means is at least
Calendar data is stored in units. And the setting
When the desired month to be recorded is set by the
The control means corresponds to the month set by the setting means.
Reading the calendar data from the storage means,
Based on the data, each week,
Dates are recorded at seven predetermined positions corresponding to each day of the week. Ma
In addition, the tape feeding means is configured to transfer the recorded tape to a predetermined length.
Feeding and cutting means was sent by the tape feeding means
Cut the tape.

A third aspect of the present invention has the above configuration.
According to the tape recording device of the present invention,
Further, the recording control means firstly stores the name of the day of the week
On a tape of the specified length, and then
Is recorded on the tape of the predetermined length.

[0013] A fourth aspect of the present invention has the above configuration.
According to the tape recording device of the above, the storage means is at least
The calendar data is stored in units, and the setting means
When the desired month to be recorded is set, the recording control means
Calendar data corresponding to the month set by the setting means
Data from the storage means, and based on the data,
The date corresponding to each day of the week of the month follows the name of the day of the week.
Recording on the tape for each day of the week,
The tape recorded for each day of the week is advanced by
The cutting means feeds the predetermined length by the tape feeding means.
Cut the tape.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tape writer 10 as a tape recording apparatus according to the present invention. On the upper surface of the tape writer 10, a function input unit 12, a character selection dial 14, a decision key 15, and a liquid crystal display 16
And so on.

The function input unit 12 includes a power key 20 for switching ON / OFF the power of the tape writer 10, a calendar key 18 for setting a calendar mode for printing a calendar, and a printing device provided in the tape writer 10. Print key 22 for executing printing by 68
And various other function keys. Here, when the calendar mode is set by pressing the calendar key 18, the desired month is selected by the character selection dial 14 and the confirmation key 15, and the print key 22 is operated, whereby the tape writer 10 selects the selected month. Prints the calendar data of on the tape.

The character selection dial 14 is used to select desired characters, symbols, and the like.
2 is provided on the right side. The enter key 15 is for confirming the character or symbol selected by the character selection dial 14 and the character conversion function.
It is provided in the center of. Further, the liquid crystal display 16
Displays characters and symbols selected by the character selection dial 14 and the character conversion function.
It is provided above.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main portion of the tape writer 10 without the upper lid of the tape storage cassette 26 mounted on the back surface thereof. The tape storage cassette 26 described later and a mechanism for cutting the recording tape 54 by the tape cutting device 56 used in this embodiment are disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-106555 filed by the present applicant. Therefore, only a brief description will be given here.

In a cutout of the lower case 24 of the tape writer 10, a tape storage cassette 26 containing a supply spool of various tapes and ribbons, a take-up spool and the like is detachably mounted. The tape storage cassette 26 includes a film tape spool 30 around which a transparent film tape 28 is wound, a ribbon supply spool 34 around which a thermal transfer ribbon 32 is wound with its ink surface inside, and a thermal transfer drawn out from the ribbon supply spool 34. A ribbon take-up spool 36 for winding the ribbon 32, a double-sided adhesive tape spool 40 wound around a double-sided adhesive tape 38 having substantially the same width as the film tape 28 and having release paper adhered on one side, and This double-sided adhesive tape 38 and film tape 2
8, and accommodates therein the spools 30, 34, 36, 40 and the roller 42 rotatably via an upper cover (not shown) and a support portion.

The ribbon take-up spool 36 and the alignment roller 42 are driven to rotate by a pulse motor (not shown) via an appropriate power transmission mechanism.

Further, a thermal head 46 fixed to the lower case 24 is disposed in a concave portion 44 provided in the tape storage cassette 26.
On the opposite side of the thermal head 46, a feed roller 50 and a platen roller 52 disposed on a support 48 rotatably supported with respect to the lower case 24 are disposed to face each other. The support member 48 is rotatably supported about a shaft 49. The platen roller 52 is pressed against the thermal head 46 by being selectively urged by an urging member (not shown). 50 is pressed against the alignment roller 42.

In the lower case 24, a recording tape 54 formed by aligning the film tape 28 on which desired characters and symbols are printed with the double-sided adhesive tape 38 is cut outside the tape storage cassette 26. Tape cutting device 56
Are arranged. As shown in FIG. 1, the tape cutting device 56 pulls the tape cutting lever 55 in the direction of arrow A, whereby the cutter holder 57 whose gear meshes with the gear of the tape cutting lever 55 rotates in the direction of arrow B in FIG. And
The recording tape 54 is cut by the cutter 58. Next, an electrical control unit of the tape writer 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

The electronic control circuit 59 includes a CPU 60, a ROM
62, a RAM 64, and an input / output circuit 66 for performing input / output with external devices are connected via a bus 68, respectively, and are connected to the respective devices of the tape writer 10.

The CPU 60 has a function input unit 1
2. When signals from input devices such as the character selection dial 14 and the enter key 15 are input through the input / output circuit 66, the signals are stored in the ROM 62 based on the signal data and the program data stored in the ROM 62. In addition to storing print pattern data such as characters and symbols in the image buffer area of the RAM 64, the liquid crystal display 1
6. Control for operating output devices such as the thermal head 46 and the tape feeding device 70 is performed.

The ROM 62 stores print data of seven days, print data of weekly dates in a monthly calendar (seven day table), pattern data of printable characters and symbols, and a control program for controlling each device. Etc. are stored.

The RAM 64 has a work memory area for storing a selected printing month, an image buffer area for expanding data for printing, a feed amount memory area for storing a tape feed amount, various memory areas, and registers. An area or the like is provided.

Next, the operation of the tape writer 10 thus configured will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When a calendar (seven days table) 72 as shown in FIG. 6 is created by using the tape writer 10, the creator first presses the calendar key 18 to set the calendar mode, and the tape mode is set. The writer 10 starts the calendar creation process.

Next, the creator operates the character selection dial 14 and the enter key 15 to input a printing month (S).
1) The printing month is displayed on the liquid crystal display 16 and stored in the work memory area of the RAM 64.

Thereafter, when the print key 22 is pressed (S
2. Yes), based on the print data of the seven days stored in the ROM 62, read the print pattern from the ROM 62 and store it in the image buffer area of the RAM 64. Then, the print pattern for seven days stored in the image buffer area of the RAM 64 is printed on the film tape 28 (S3).

Subsequently, based on the data stored in the work memory area of the RAM 64, a print pattern corresponding to one week of the month is read out from the ROM 62 based on the data stored in the work memory area of the RAM 64.
4 is stored in the image buffer area (S4). Then, one character is printed on the film tape 28 with the print pattern of the date stored in the image buffer area of the RAM 64 (S5).

Next, at the time when the print pattern of the date is printed by one character, the CPU 60 calculates the tape feed amount stored in the feed amount memory area of the RAM 64 based on the feed amount of the tape.
It is determined whether the cut position of the recording tape 54 has reached the cutting position of the tape cutting device 56 (S6). When it is determined that the cut position of the recording tape 54 has reached the cutting position of the tape cutting device 56 (S6 · Ye)
s) The tape feeding operation is stopped, and the liquid crystal display 1 is stopped.
In step S7, a message "cutting required" indicating that the creator operates the tape cutting lever 55 of the tape cutting device 56 is displayed.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, vertical ruled lines and horizontal ruled lines are printed at regular intervals between the seven days and the date at the time of recording, as shown in FIG.

In accordance with the message displayed on the liquid crystal display 16, the creator operates the tape cutting lever 55 to cut the recording tape 54, and creates a tape piece 74 shown in FIG. Then, the print key 22 is used to resume printing.
Press.

Then, the CPU 60 determines whether or not the print key 22 has been pressed (S8), and deletes the message displayed on the liquid crystal display 16 (S9).

On the other hand, when it is determined in S6 that the cut position of the recording tape 54 has not reached the cut position of the tape 56, or after the message is deleted in S9,
The PU 60 determines whether the date print pattern stored in the image buffer area of the RAM 64 has been completely printed on the film tape 28 (S10).

If it is determined that all of the date print patterns have not been printed (S10: No), the process proceeds to S5.
Then, the printing operation is restarted again, and the print pattern following the date stored in the image buffer area of the RAM 64 is printed on the film tape 28 by one character. In this way, these processes are repeated until all the print patterns of the date stored in the image buffer area of the RAM 64 are printed.

When all the print patterns of the date are printed (S10: Yes), the CPU 60 stores the print patterns of all the dates of the selected month from the ROM 62 into the RAM.
It is determined whether all the data have been read into the 64 image buffer areas (S11). If it is determined that the print patterns for all dates of the selected month have not been read from the ROM 62 (S11: No), the process returns to S4, where the print patterns for the next week are read from the ROM 62, and R
It is stored in the image buffer area of AM64. Therefore,
These processes are repeatedly executed until the print patterns of all dates in the selected month are printed on the film tape 28. If the print patterns of all dates in the selected month have been printed on the film tape 28 (S1
0, S11, Yes), the CPU 60 prints the date of the last week of the month on the recording tape 54 based on the tape feed amount stored in the feed amount memory area of the RAM 64.
Is sent until the cut position reaches the tape cutting position by the tape cutting device 56 (S12).

Then, the CPU 60 displays on the liquid crystal display 16 a message indicating that the creation of the last recording tape 54 has been completed and that the creator has to operate the lever 55 of the tape cutting device 56, that is, a message “completed creation” and a message “cut required”. Display alternately. The creator operates the tape cutting lever 55 of the tape cutting device 56 to cut the recording tape 54, and ends the operation of creating the calendar 72 for the selected printing month.

As described above, the creator simply performs a simple input and tape cutting operation to record the tape piece 74 on which the pattern of the seven days is recorded and the pattern of the desired month date at the position corresponding to each day. Weekly tape strips 76, 7
8, 80, 82, 84 can be obtained.

The creator peels off each of the tape pieces 74, 76, 78, 80, 82 and 84 thus obtained by peeling off the release paper stuck thereon, and aligning the edges in order and in order. A calendar 72 of a desired month can be created by attaching it to a favorite place.

The thus-prepared calendar 72 can be easily created because it can be pasted in order and with the edges aligned, and the completed calendar 72 is easy to see and beautiful because both ends are aligned.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the tape pieces 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, and 84 on which the pattern of the seven days or the pattern of the date of each week of the input month is recorded.
Was created, but a tape piece may be created for each day of the week on a calendar (seven-day table). Also, at that time, the tape pieces on Sunday and Saturday are printed using a tape cassette having a ribbon of red or blue so that the tape pieces are printed in a color such as red or blue, and then the tape cassette is replaced with a black ribbon. May be exchanged with a tape storage cassette having a mark, and the tape pieces on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday may be controlled to be printed in black.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, frames such as vertical ruled lines and horizontal ruled lines are printed at equal intervals between the seven days and the date, as shown in FIGS. The frame may be printed only on the appropriate part.

Further, a clock function may be provided in the tape writer so that a piece of tape on which a calendar for the month when the print key is pressed is printed is created.

In the above-described embodiment, a calendar for each month is created. However, a calendar for a plurality of months may be created. In this case, for example, three weeks of seven days and three months of weekly dates are set. Alternatively, tape pieces that are printed at predetermined intervals every month may be created.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the tape has been fed until the recording tape cutting position reaches the position where the tape cutting device cuts the tape, a "cutting required" message is displayed on the liquid crystal display. Although the creator manually cuts the recording tape in accordance with the message, a mechanism for automatically cutting the recording tape using a solenoid or the like may be provided to enable automatic cutting.

[0049]

As is clear from the above description ,
According to the tape recording device of the present invention, complicated character selection can be performed.
A clean and easy-to-read calendar
It can be more easily created using a tape piece.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tape writer of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part shown excluding a part of a lower case of a tape writer and an upper lid of a tape storage cassette.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection and processing system of the tape writer.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the tape writer when creating a recording tape on which a calendar is printed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a tape piece created by a tape writer.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a calendar created from a tape piece.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Tape writer 14 Character selection dial 15 Confirmation key 18 Calendar key 22 Print key 28 Film tape 54 Recording tape 55 Tape cutting lever 56 Tape cutting device 60 CPU 62 ROM 64 RAM 68 Printing device 70 Tape feeder 72 Calendar

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B41J 3/36 B41J 11/66 B41J 21/00 B41K 3/00 G06F 3/12

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. Recording desired characters and symbols on a tape,
In a tape recording apparatus having a function of cutting the recorded tape, a storage means for storing calendar data at least on a monthly basis, a setting means for setting a desired month for recording, and a setting means for setting the desired month Recording control means for reading calendar data corresponding to a month from the storage means and recording a date on the tape at a predetermined position corresponding to each day of the week based on the data; and a tape for feeding the recorded tape by a predetermined length. Feeding means, and cutting means for cutting the tape sent by the tape feeding means , wherein the recording control means records seven days on the tape,
Dates are recorded in weekly units, with vertical lines between each day of the week.
Record a line and add a vertical ruled line at the same interval as the vertical ruled line between each date.
Tape recording apparatus and recording the. 2. Recording desired characters and symbols on a tape,
Tape recorder with the function of cutting the recorded tape
In a recording device, storage of calendar data stored at least on a monthly basis
Means, setting means for setting a desired month to be recorded, and a calendar corresponding to the month set by the setting means
Is read from the storage means, and based on the data.
Each week, each day of the week for a given length of tape
Recording control means for recording a date in seven corresponding predetermined positions
A tape feeding means for feeding the recorded tape by a predetermined length; and a cutting means for cutting the tape sent by the tape feeding means.
And a disconnecting means. Wherein the recording control means first seven days of the week
First name is recorded on a predetermined length of tape, and then
Characterized in that the attachment is recorded on the tape of the predetermined length.
The tape recording device according to claim 2 . 4. Recording desired characters and symbols on a tape,
Tape SL having a function of cutting the recorded tape
In a recording device, storage of calendar data stored at least on a monthly basis
Means, setting means for setting a desired month to be recorded, and a calendar corresponding to the month set by the setting means
Is read from the storage means, and based on the data.
The date corresponding to each day of the week of the month follows the name of the day of the week.
Recording control means for recording on the tape for each day of the week, and a tape for feeding the tape recorded for each day by a predetermined length for each day of the week.
Feeding means, and the tape fed by the predetermined length by the tape feeding means.
Cutting means for cutting the tape
Recording device.