JP6286235B2 - Marking apparatus and marking method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a marking device and a marking method.

  For example, in Patent Document 1 below, a technique is started in which a mark is attached to an IC inlet that is determined to be defective from a plurality of IC inlets that are sequentially pulled out from an IC inlet roll and conveyed using, for example, an inkjet printer.

  In this case, the mark given to the defective IC inlet is drawn with oil-based ink or the like, and the IC inlet can be discriminated when it is visible.

  Therefore, for example, in the case of stacking with other IC inlets, it is difficult to discriminate among the IC inlets.

JP 2004-86649 A

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a marking device and a marking method that can easily find a tag determined to be defective from a plurality of stacked tags. There is.

The present invention is grasped by the following composition.
(1) The marking device according to the present invention is a marking device for cutting a continuous paper in which a plurality of papers to be cut into a single sheet is continuously formed, and includes a lower base on which the continuous paper is conveyed, An upper blade that is disposed above and has a cutting edge for cutting the paper into the paper that has been found to be defective from the continuous paper, and is formed on the lower base, and extends in the paper transport direction to accept the upper blade. And a convex portion projecting toward the side surface of the slit in the vicinity of the cutting edge of the upper blade.
(2) In the configuration of (1), the marking device according to the present invention is provided with a slope that is inclined in a direction in which the notch is bent on a side surface of the slit that faces the convex portion when the upper blade is received. Features.
(3) In the marking device of the present invention, in the configuration of (2), the protrusion is urged by the spring embedded in the blade edge and the spring, and the protrusion from the upper blade is restricted. And a sphere.
(4) The marking device of the present invention is characterized in that, in any one of the constitutions (1) to (3), the paper is provided with an RFID inlay.
(5) The marking method according to the present invention is a marking method in which a plurality of sheets to be cut into a single leaf are continuously formed, and a step of conveying the continuous paper on a lower base, A step of cutting the paper, which has been found to be defective from continuous paper, with an upper blade having a convex portion protruding in the vicinity of the blade edge, and formed in the lower base, extending in the paper conveyance direction, and And a step of bending the cut portion of the sheet in the slit capable of receiving the blade by pressing the convex portion of the upper blade.

  According to the marking device and the marking method configured as described above, it is possible to easily find a tag determined to be defective from a plurality of stacked tags.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram which shows the tag formation apparatus with which this invention is applied, (a) is a general view, (b) is a continuous paper supply apparatus, (c) is a continuous paper discharge apparatus, (d) is a figure which shows a cut stack apparatus. It is. 1A and 1B are diagrams showing a continuous paper to which the present invention is applied, in which FIG. 1A is a top view, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing a bar code or the like printed for each tag on the surface of the continuous paper. (A) is a perspective view which shows the structure of a marking apparatus, (b) is a front view which shows the relationship between an upper blade and a lower stand. (A), (b) is the figure which showed the pattern in which a notch is formed with the upper blade in the continuous paper arrange | positioned on a lower stand. It is the enlarged view which showed the blade edge | tip of the upper blade. It is sectional drawing which showed the pattern in which a notch is formed in the continuous paper on a lower stand. It is a perspective view which shows the back surface of the tag by which the notch | incision was put. It is a figure which shows the state by which the tag was stacked by the cut stack apparatus. It is a top view which shows the relationship between an upper blade drive device and a lower stand, (a) shows the several lower stand arrange | positioned corresponding to each upper blade drive device, (b) is formed in common with each upper blade drive device. The lower platform is shown. It is the figure which has arrange | positioned the cut stack apparatus adjacent to the tag formation apparatus.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the same number is assigned to the same element throughout the description of the embodiment.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an entire tag forming apparatus to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the tag forming device 10 includes a continuous paper feeding device 1, an encoding device 2, a printing device 3, an inspection device 4, a marking device 5, A continuous paper discharge device 6 is provided.

  In the continuous paper supply device 1, as shown in FIG. 1B, the continuous paper P is folded into a 'Z' shape, and one end of the continuous paper P is inserted into the encoding device 2, whereby the continuous paper P is illustrated. It is conveyed to the printing device 3, the inspection device 4, and the marking device 5 by the conveying means that does not. In the encoding device 2, information is read from and written to each tag formed on the conveyed continuous paper P. 2A is a plan view of a part of the continuous paper P, and a plurality of (six in the figure) tags T (dotted lines in the figure) arranged in the width direction (y direction in the figure) of the continuous paper P. FIG. The inside of the frame) is formed continuously in the transport direction (x direction in the figure). A dotted line in the figure is a cut line to be cut, and a tag hole TH is formed at one end of each tag T, for example. Sprocket holes SH are continuously formed in the vicinity of each longitudinal side of the continuous paper P, and the continuous paper P is conveyed by driving a sprocket (conveying means) (not shown) meshed with the sprocket hole SH. It has become so. In addition, the continuous paper P has a so-called RFID inlay 15 built in or laminated in the formation region of each tag T, and the RFID inlay 15 has an IC chip 15A and an antenna 15B. In this specification, the tag T may be referred to as a sheet that is cut into a single sheet.

  Returning to FIG. 1A, in the printing apparatus 3, printing is performed on the surface of the conveyed continuous paper P by, for example, a laser. On the surface of each tag T of the continuous paper P, as shown in FIG. 2B, for example, a bar code 11, a number 12, a character 13, and other information are printed. Returning to FIG. 1A, the inspection device 4 inspects the operation of each RFID inlay 15 based on the output of the encoding device 2. In the marking device 5, a mark by cutting is attached to a tag T (defective tag) that is determined to be defective based on the inspection result of the inspection device 4. The detailed configuration of the marking device 5 will be described later. In the continuous paper discharge device 6, the continuous paper P from the marking device 5 is folded in a “Z” shape as shown in FIG. Here, the continuous paper P folded in a “Z” shape is normally conveyed to a cut stack device 7 arranged at a position separated from the tag forming device 10 as shown in FIG. It has become. Then, by inserting one end of the continuous paper P into the cut stack device 7, the continuous paper P is cut for each tag T, and the plurality of cut tags T are brought into contact with the front and back surfaces inside the box 7A. It is supposed to be stacked.

  Next, the marking device 5 will be described in detail. FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the marking device 5. The marking device 5 shown in FIG. 3A is a view seen from the upstream side in the conveyance direction (x direction in the drawing) of the continuous paper P.

  FIG. 3A shows one marking device 5 out of six, for example, arranged in the y direction in the drawing. The marking device 5 is provided corresponding to the number (for example, six) of tags T formed in the width direction (y direction in the figure) of the continuous paper P. That is, as shown in the top view of FIG. 9A, six marking devices 5 are provided in parallel in a direction (y direction in the drawing) orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper P. Each of the marking devices 5 is arranged by extending an upper blade driving device 51 indicated by a dotted frame and a predetermined length from the lower side of the upper blade driving device 51 in the conveyance direction (x direction in the figure) of the continuous paper P. The lower base 52 is configured to be included.

  Returning to FIG. 3A, the marking device 5 has an upper blade driving device 51 on the upstream side of the lower base 52 on which the continuous paper P is conveyed. In the upper blade driving device 51, a drive source 51A is disposed in the upper stage, and an upper blade 51B that is rotated by the drive source 51A is disposed in the lower stage, and the rotation shaft 51C of the upper blade 51B extends in the y direction in the drawing to drive the upper blade. It is configured to be supported by an outer frame 51F of the device 51.

The upper blade 51B extends in two directions facing the rotation shaft 51C and has a pair of cutting edges 51E at each of the extended ends. In addition, the lower base is formed with a slit 52A for inserting and receiving each blade edge 51E by the rotation of the upper blade 51B. The slit 52 </ b> A is formed so as to extend in the conveyance direction of the continuous paper P in the vicinity of one longitudinal side of the lower base 52.
Here, FIG. 3B is a diagram showing the relationship between the cutting edge 51E of the upper blade 51B and the slit 52A of the lower base 52. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3B shows a state where the blade edge 51 </ b> E of the upper blade 51 </ b> B is inserted into the slit 52 </ b> A of the lower base 52. As shown in FIG. 3B, the cutting edge 51E of the upper blade 51B is formed by having a vertical surface 51P on one surface of the upper blade 51B and an inclined surface 51S on the other surface. In addition, the slit 52A of the lower base 52 is formed so as to have a slope 52S inclined outward in the depth direction on the side surface on the vertical surface 51P side of the cutting edge 51E and a vertical surface 52P on the other side surface.

  Further, a convex portion 51Q is formed on the vertical surface 51P in the vicinity of the cutting edge 51E of the upper blade 51B. This convex portion 51Q is formed so as to face the slope 52S of the slit 52A of the lower base 52 (on the side surface side of the slit). For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the convex portion 51 </ b> Q includes a spring 60 embedded in the blade edge 51 </ b> E, and a sphere 62 that is urged by the spring 60 and is restricted from protruding from the vertical surface 51 </ b> P of the blade edge 51 </ b> E. Is formed by. As a result, the convex portion 51Q is normally configured such that the sphere 62 protrudes from the cutting edge 51E, but is easily retracted when a force is applied from the outside.

  By forming the cutting edge 51E of the upper blade 51B and the slit 52A of the lower base 52 in this way, as will be apparent from the following description, the bent portion BD (see FIG. 6) is reliably formed in the cut formed in the tag T. It becomes possible to form.

  As described above, the upper blade 51B having the pair of blade edges 51E is, for example, cut into one tag T by one blade edge 51E and cut into the subsequent tag T by the other blade edge 51E. The operation is repeated.

  On the other hand, the slits 52A of the lower base 52 have substantially the same width along the longitudinal direction, and have a function as a lower blade that receives (inserts) the blade edge 51E of the upper blade 51B. As a result, when the tag T of the continuous paper P is positioned above the lower base 52, a cut is formed in the tag T by the blade edge 51E of the upper blade 51B.

  4A and 4B are diagrams showing a pattern in which the upper blade 51B of the upper blade driving device 51 forms a cut in the continuous paper P disposed on the lower base 52. FIG. 4A and 4B are front views of the upper blade driving device 51 viewed from the conveyance direction of the continuous paper P. FIG.

  First, FIG. 4A shows a state where the cutting edge 51E of the upper blade 51B is not inserted into the slit 52A of the lower base 52. FIG. The notch is not yet formed in the tag T of the continuous paper P on the lower base 52. FIG. 4B shows a state in which the blade edge 51E is inserted into the slit 52A of the lower base 52 due to the rotation of the upper blade 51B. By inserting the cutting edge 51E of the upper blade 51B into the slit 52A of the lower base 52, a cut is formed in the tag T of the continuous paper P, and the bent portion BD is formed by the cut.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the bent portion BD is formed on the continuous paper P because the slit 52 </ b> A of the lower base 52 has an inclined surface 52 </ b> S inclined outward on the side surface on the vertical surface 51 </ b> P side of the blade edge 51 </ b> E. The bent portion BD has an acute angle θ (0 ° <θ <90 °) with respect to the continuous paper P, and can be reliably bent. In this case, since the convex portion 51Q formed on the cutting edge 51E of the upper blade 51B pushes the bent portion BD toward the inclined surface 52S side of the slit 52A, the bent portion BD is bent so as to have the acute angle θ. Is certain.

  According to such a marking device (marking method), the tag T into which the cut has been made has a bent portion BD formed along one longitudinal side as shown in FIG. The BD is formed while maintaining an upright state with respect to the tag T.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the continuous paper P obtained by cutting the defective tag T is stacked after being cut for each tag T by the cut stack device 7 (see FIG. 1A). As shown in FIG. 8, the cut stack device 7 has a box body 7A having a rectangular cross-sectional view formed along one direction, and a plurality of tags T are in contact with the front and back surfaces in the box body 7A. It is stored. In this case, since the defective tag T has a bent portion BD bent on one surface, a gap S is formed between the adjacent tag T by the bent portion BD, and the defective tag T is defective. It becomes possible to discriminate at a glance the tag T.

(Embodiment 2)
In the first embodiment, the lower base 52 of the marking device 5 is configured to be provided for each upper blade driving device 51 so as to be paired with each upper blade driving device 51 as shown in FIG. . However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 9B, it is needless to say that the lower bases 52 may be formed integrally with each other. Each upper blade driving device 51 is driven independently according to the tag T that has been found to be defective, but each lower base 52 can be formed as a common member regardless of the operation of the corresponding upper blade driving device 51. It is.

(Embodiment 3)
In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1A, the cut stack device 7 is arranged at a position separated from the tag forming device 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. 10, the cut stack device 7 is disposed adjacent to the tag forming device 10, and the continuous paper P conveyed from the marking device 5 of the tag forming device 10. Of course, it is also possible to send the data directly to the cut stack device 7. In this case, the continuous paper discharge device 6 required in FIG. 1A can be dispensed with. The operation of the cut stack apparatus 7 shown in FIG. 10 is the same as that of the cut stack apparatus 7 shown in FIG.

(Embodiment 4)
In the embodiment described above, the continuous paper P in which a plurality of tags T are continuously formed is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to continuous paper in which a plurality of labels are continuously formed. In short, any continuous paper in which a plurality of paper sheets (tags, labels, etc.) to be cut into single sheets are continuously formed can be applied.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, it cannot be overemphasized that the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiments. Further, it is apparent from the description of the scope of claims that embodiments with such changes or improvements can also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Continuous paper supply apparatus 2 Encoding apparatus 3 Printing apparatus 4 Inspection apparatus 5 Marking apparatus 6 Continuous paper discharge apparatus 7 Cut stack apparatus 7A Box 10 Tag forming apparatus 51 Upper blade drive apparatus 51A Drive source 51B Upper blade 51C Rotating shaft 51E Cutting edge 51F Outer frame 51P Vertical surface 51Q Convex portion 51S Slope 52 Lower base 52A Slit 52S Slope 52P Vertical surface 60 Spring 62 Spherical SH Sprocket hole T Tag P Continuous paper BD Bending part

Claims (5)

A marking device for cutting a continuous paper formed by continuously forming a plurality of papers to be cut into a single sheet,
A lower base on which the continuous paper is conveyed;
An upper blade that is disposed above the lower base and has a cutting edge for cutting the cut into the paper that has been found to be defective from the continuous paper;
A slit formed in the lower base and extending in the conveyance direction of the paper and capable of receiving the upper blade;
In the vicinity of the cutting edge of the upper blade, a convex portion protruding to the side surface side of the slit,
A marking device comprising: The marking device according to claim 1, wherein a slope that is inclined in a direction in which the notch is bent is provided on a side surface of the slit that faces the convex portion when the upper blade is received.   The marking according to claim 2, wherein the convex portion includes a spring embedded in the blade edge, and a sphere that is biased by the spring and restricted from protruding from the upper blade. apparatus.   The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the paper is provided with an RFID inlay. A marking method in which a plurality of sheets to be cut into single sheets are cut continuously into a continuous sheet formed,
Conveying the continuous paper on a lower base;
Cutting with an upper blade having a convex portion protruding in the vicinity of the blade edge of the paper that has been found to be defective from the continuous paper; and
Bending the cut portion of the paper by pressing the convex portion of the upper blade in a slit formed in the lower base and extending in the paper conveyance direction and capable of receiving the upper blade;
A marking method comprising:

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