JPS5854998B2 - Color Gazou Irika Doruino Seizou Souchi - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention is constructed so that a color image of the owner's facial photograph can be directly transferred onto the surface of cards such as credit cards, bank cards, membership cards, etc. made of vinyl chloride materials. The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing cards with color images.

In recent years, cards have come into widespread use for various transactions, purchases, and as proof of identity, but these cards also use magnetic surfaces, embossed symbols, etc., and are not colored. When a photo of the person's face was placed on the card surface, the photograph was pasted on the card surface along with the photographic paper, and this was covered with a transparent sheet lamination process.

However, with this configuration, the card becomes thicker due to the thickness of the card photographic paper and the oversheet, and in addition, the work of pasting the photo on the card surface and the lamination process are involved.

Moreover, in the case of pasting photographs in this manner, there is a drawback that it may lead to counterfeiting of the pasting of photographs.

On the other hand, electrostatic photography and embedding methods are used to directly insert photographs onto cards, but these methods have drawbacks such as inability to form color images and poor image quality.

The present invention eliminates the drawbacks of the prior art described above and provides a structure in which a card with a color image can be produced extremely easily, and a color image without peeling property can be transferred onto the card surface.

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to an illustrated embodiment.

First, to give an overview of this device, this manufacturing device transfers a required face photo of a person onto a predetermined size of positive transfer paper (baryta paper coated with a color photosensitizer) received from a transfer paper supply mechanism. A guide rail that has an endless process of taking close-up pictures from the ground, then coloring and developing the exposed transfer paper, and a transfer paper transport trolley that automatically runs along the guide rail in intermittent step motions. a transfer photo production device consisting of a transfer photo production device; and a transfer photo production device that is connected to the transfer photo production device and transfers the development processed transfer paper to the next step, and in synchronization with the running of the cart, the photo transfer paper is placed under the cart. Cards (hereinafter simply referred to as cards)
After the card and the transfer paper are stacked together, a transfer liquid is applied to the back side of the transfer paper so that the color developing dye of the transfer paper can be transferred to the surface of the vinyl chloride-based card. It consists of a color photo transfer mechanism that transfers a color photo by making it seep through, and a color photo transfer device that further includes a delivery mechanism that takes out the card after the color photo transfer has been completed.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, a carriage 1 for transferring transfer paper has guide rollers 3 that engage guide rails 2, 2' arranged in a triangular plane at three locations. 1 is in contact with one guide roller, and the bogie 1 has a simple mechanism that does not change or deviate the pivot position of each part of the guide roller even on a straight course or on a curve. This is to ensure smooth operation with high precision and no sagging.

For this reason, in the curved part of the guide rails 2 and 2', one guide rail forms a perfect circle, but the other guide rule corresponds to the travel trajectory of the bogie 1 and forms a deformed circle at an interval that is not parallel to the relative rail. I am doing it.

The trolley 1 has a holder 4 on its lower surface that can hold a transfer paper P of a predetermined size flat by vacuum action and can move up and down along a guide 5.5.The holder 4 has a roller 6 attached to the side thereof. It is in contact with the cam rail 7,
The cam rail 7 is configured so that it can be lowered by a set height at each predetermined position in correspondence with a cam (recess) 7' provided by cutting out a predetermined position of the cam rail 7.

Therefore, the holder 4 moves in the running direction of the truck 1 along the guide rails 2, 2' while moving up and down in correspondence with the cam 7' of the cam rail 7 installed along the guide rail 2, and A gear 8' of an electric drive unit 8 attached to each trolley engages with a rack gear 9 erected along the kite rail 2 to enable automatic operation.

Note that the roller 3' is connected to the guide rails 2, 2' and the frame plate 1.
0, and serves to prevent the truck 1 from swinging in the vertical direction.

The trolley 1 is also connected to cables 12 such as a vacuum line and a power supply line branching off from a pole 11 located at the center of the entrus guide rail. This allows it to rotate freely.

A vacuum effect is always exerted on the truck 1, and the drive section 8 can be driven by operation of a start switch or an auxiliary start switch of the control circuit, and is normally on standby at the position shown in FIG.

In the illustration, three carts 1 are shown, but when in use, one cart is used at a time, and the next cart is used to carry out the same operation one after another after the first cart makes one revolution.

2S indicates the center locus of the holder 4.

The trolley 1 started by operating the auxiliary start switch first reaches the transfer paper supply mechanism 13, where the holder 4 captures a predetermined amount of the reversal type roll-wound transfer paper stored in the magazine and supplies it to the next reserve. When the exposure mechanism 14 is reached, it stops and waits.

In the above, a cam 7' into which the rollers 6 of the holder 4 are inserted is provided on the cam rail 7 at a position where the transfer paper supply mechanism 13 and the cart 1 match, so that when the holder 4 reaches the position and descends, As a result of the lowering, a microswitch (not shown) inside the truck 1 is turned off, stopping the power supply to the drive unit 8, and the truck 1 remains at this position.

On the other hand, a transfer paper P fed out to a predetermined length by the operation of a transfer paper supply mechanism 13 driven in conjunction with the auxiliary start switch of the cart is waiting at a position corresponding to the lowering of the holder 4. is lowered and vacuum holds this transfer paper with the photosensitive surface facing down on the holding surface 4', and cuts a predetermined edge ridge.

Here, the drive unit power supply circuit of the trolley 1 is provided with a secondary power supply circuit that sets a time lag for the holder 4 to hold the transfer paper P in addition to stopping the power supply using the microswitch described above, and this power supply circuit stops the power supply for a set time. The rear drive unit 8 rotates again and the truck 1 moves in the next direction.

As shown in Fig. 1, the cam 7' has a sawtooth shape with an inclined surface that rises in the direction of movement of the roller 6, and the front side is vertical, so that the roller 6 can descend instantly. In addition, when the carriage 1 is moved forward, the holder 4 is gradually raised along the above-mentioned inclined surface so as to be able to move to the next carriage.

Similarly, when the carriage 1 reaches the next pre-exposure mechanism 14, the roller 6 stops the carriage 1 and lowers the holder 4, which has been lowered, in correspondence with the cam 7' at that position in the same manner as described above. With the descending pressure, the transfer paper P is held by the holder 4 by suction and brought into close contact with the surface of a light-shielding mask 142, which has a light-shielding portion 14' formed on the surface of a transparent plate such as crow.

Here, only the area necessary for transfer on the surface of the transfer paper P is blocked by the light shielding part 14', so that only the surrounding area can be exposed.

14b is a light source such as a strobe.

In the above, the standby preliminary drive until the transfer paper P comes into close contact with the surface of the light-shielding mask 14a was performed by operating the auxiliary start switch, but this drive is performed by moving the above-mentioned standby cart 1 to the next close-up photographing mechanism 15 side. In connection with the operation of the transfer start switch, the next carriage 1 is moved to the transfer paper supply mechanism 1 in the same manner as described above.
The operation from picking up the transfer paper P at step 3 to waiting at the preliminary exposure mechanism 14 position is automatically performed.

Therefore, the actual operating order of this device is to perform one cycle of work in the steps after the standby step, which is activated by operating the start switch.

F in FIG. 1 is a light-shielding cover that protects the inside of the main body from external light.

Next, when operating the start switch, first place the color photographic material X of the person required for transfer on the table 15a of the close-up photographing mechanism 15, and adjust the magnification and focus while looking at it through the viewfinder. After this, turn on the start switch.

In the figure, 15b is a motor that moves the table 15a up and down to adjust the magnification, and 15C and 15d are motors that are used to adjust the focus and aperture.

When the start switch is turned on, the transfer paper P in the standby position (see FIG. 6) is exposed to light by the light source 14b except for the light-shielding area covered by the light-shielding mask 14a, and then the trolley 1 is photographed in close-up. Proceed to the photographing mechanism 15 side.

When the cart reaches the close-up photographing mechanism 15 side, the holder 4 stops the lowering of the holder 4 at the cam 7' installation position and the movement of the cart 1 thereby due to the engagement relationship between the roller 6 and the cam rail 7, as described above. Then, the so-called stop position of the holder 6 is performed, and the unexposed part P' (see FIG. 7) of the transfer paper P formed by the preliminary exposure mechanism 14 matches the image frame and focus plane of the photographing mechanism 15, and then the above-mentioned proper positioning is performed. Close-up photography is performed using a strobe light source under exposure.

In the above, the close-up photographing mechanism 15 including the strobe light source 15e and the preliminary exposure mechanism 14 are housed in independent light-shielding chambers within the light-shielding cover F.

After the close-up time is over, the cart 1 moves toward the next color development processing mechanism 16 while floating the holder 4 so that the transfer paper P does not shift laterally in the cam 7' mechanism configured as described above using the cam rail 7.

The developing processing mechanism 16 has the same shape as the transfer paper photographing portion P' in which the transfer paper P is placed in a solution tank shape through a mechanism with the cam rail 7 when the cart 1 reaches the tank-shaped first development processing section 16A that performs negative development. The shutter 16C, which is brought into close contact with the frame 16b by the downward pressure of the holder 4 and opens in conjunction with the downward movement of the holder 4, slides to one side as shown in FIG.

Here, in the solution tank of the first development processing section 16A, the first developer solution is kept at an appropriate temperature by an internal heater 16d, and in conjunction with the pump mechanism 16e, the solution is constantly spouted from the nozzle 16f onto the closed shutter surface. The structure is such that agitation is performed to equalize the quality of the solution.

The shutter 16C is used not only to prevent the solution from flowing out in this case, but also to prevent concentration changes due to air oxidation and evaporation of the solution.

16g indicates the drain.

When the shutter 16C opens, the photographed portion P' of the transfer paper is exposed to the solution jetted from the nozzle 16f through the inner frame 16b of the same shape, and development processing is performed for a predetermined time (approximately 30 seconds) by setting a timer.

Next, after the above-mentioned development processing, the shutter is closed according to the order of power supply, and the rear carriage 1, accompanied by the holder 4 floating, reaches the next cleaning processing section 16B. The developing solution is washed with water for a predetermined time (approximately 90 seconds).

The cleaning processing section 16B has substantially the same structure as the first development processing section 16A, and has a frame 16b1 and a shutter 16c above, and wash water is constantly spouted from the nozzle 16f, so that the operation of the trolley 1 and The opening and closing of the shutter 16c is the same as described above.

Cart 1 undergoes the second development process 16 A'l after the set timer.
11, where the color development process necessary for the positive is performed for a predetermined period of time (approximately 60 seconds).
Then, the fixing and hardening processing section 16A'' performs processing for about 60 seconds, and the next cleaning processing section 16B'' performs water washing for about 10 seconds. After this, the predetermined development process of the transfer paper P is completed, and the carriage 1 sends the transfer paper P as it is to the next stage, the card feeding mechanism 17 side.

Card C is placed in the card case 1.8 in the card feeding mechanism 17.
A card clip 17a is provided for taking out cards one by one from inside, and this clip is attached to the tip of a rotating shaft 17C having a bevel gear 17b at the rear end,
．． The card dispensing mechanism 17 having a cart configuration moves forward along the line 19 (
(towards the left in the figure), the upper end of the clip passes under the fixing arm 20 on the card case side, comes into contact with it, and moves forward while opening the tip, and the clip is closed when the upper end of the clip ends in contact with the arm 20. Te card case 18
The cards C are pushed out one by one by the slide rod 21 and are held in place by the clip.

In the above, the card dispensing mechanism 17 and the slide rod 21 are driven synchronously, and the card dispensing mechanism is driven by pulling a rope 22 stretched in parallel with two horizontally parallel rails 19 on a plane. The rope 22 is pulled by the rotation of the reel 23, and the card feeding mechanism 17 moves forward to a predetermined position by the repeated rotation of the reel 23 connected to the reversible motor, and after the card C is caught by the clip 17a, the reel 23 is reversed and the card dispensing mechanism 17 retreats to a position where the entire card C is pulled out from the card case 18.

During the above-mentioned retraction, the arm 20 and the upper end of the clip are configured so that the arm 20 swings in the direction of releasing the collision with the clip and does not impede its retraction, and synchronizes with the retraction of the card feeding mechanism 17 to move the next card. C is pushed out again by the repeated advancement of the slide rod 21 to the position where it is held by the clip 17a.

The card dispensing mechanism 17 further has a bevel gear 17b fixed to the mechanism frame and is combined with a bevel gear 17d, and a rotating shaft 17c has a Geneva cam 17e.
It is supported on the upper end of 7f by a fixed T-shaped shaft 17g, and the Zenega cam 17h is driven by a synchronous motor 171.
When rotated, the Zenega cam 17e combined with this becomes the 12th
As shown in the figure, the card C is rotated V44 and the card C captured by the clip 17a is transferred to the guide rail 2 side where the holder 4 passes, as shown in FIG.

In the above, the synchronous motor 17i is driven when the rotary shaft 17c of the card dispensing mechanism 17 retreats to a predetermined position (indicated line m in Fig. 2.11), and the attached microswitch is turned on. 17 is temporarily stopped at the retracted position of the above instruction line.

Continuing to this state, when the cart 1 after the development process reaches the position of the instruction line m, the holder 4 descends and stops due to the correspondence between the holder 4 and the cam rail 7, as shown in FIG. Transfer paper P, which had been suctioned and held, is pressed onto the transfer card C at a predetermined position (color photo transfer position) with the developing film surface facing downward by automatically switching the vacuum in the transfer paper suction system path to the pressure side. .

17j is a pedestal that prevents the card C from bowing downward when the holder 4 is lowered.

The cart 1 after transferring the transfer paper P to the card C side completes one cycle of work, returns to the next starting position, and waits.

When the trolley 1 reaches the point beyond the instruction line m as described above, the actuator 24 is actuated by the microswitch that is turned ON when the trolley passes, and the press roller mechanism 25, which had been tipped over, is moved to the 15th As shown in the figure, it stands up, and in synchronization with this, the card feeding mechanism 17 moves to the right side in the figure along the rail 19°19, and the card C in the area where the transfer paper P is overlapped is transferred to the press rollers 25', 25'.
The transfer paper P is brought into close contact with the surface of the card C by passing the paper between them.

(See Figure 16) In the above, card C is a card based on a synthetic resin material such as vinyl chloride or acrylic, and the transfer paper P that comes in close contact with it has a softened film surface because it has been developed. Good adhesion.

After the card C has passed through the press roller mechanism 25, the movement of the card feeding mechanism 17 is stopped again, and the clip 17a and the card C are moved further 90 degrees from the indicated line m by the rotation of the Geneva cam 17e driven by the synchronous motor 17i.
Rotate the plane counterclockwise.

Here, when the above clip and card are first rotated in the opposite direction by water force as shown in FIG. 13, the gear portion of the bevel gear contact area on the side of the bevel gear 17d is removed, so the bevel gear 17b does not rotate. Card C is rotated 900 times horizontally with the ejection side facing up.

However, when the clip 17a rotates further counterclockwise around the rotating shaft 17f from the indicated line m position, the bevel gears in this range form a mechanism that engages with each other, and the rotating shaft 17
18 in the process of C moving 900 counterclockwise with T-shape shaft 17g
After 00 rotations, the so-called card C turns the transfer paper P downward.

Subsequently, the next V44 rotating card C is rotated 90° counterclockwise while remaining horizontal and reaches the transfer mechanism 26 side as shown in FIG. 17.18.

As shown in FIG. 18, the transfer mechanism 26 is configured so that a card C with the transfer paper P facing downward can be transferred into the gap 27 from the side, and the surface of the transfer paper P is pressed into the press section 26a by the operation of the actuator 28. The frame surface (square and having a transfer inner area) 26b located at the upper end of the opening of the transfer liquid storage bottle 29, which is attached, can be pressed into close contact with the back surface of the transfer paper P.

Reference numeral 26C indicates an internal heater in the transfer mechanism 26, and during operation, a built-in thermostat is used to heat the card C being pressed to approximately 60°C.

The transfer mechanism 26 is further provided with a gear 31 that rotates when an actuator 30 operates, and when one actuator 28 operates, the card C and the transfer paper P move into the gap 2.
When the other actuator 30 is actuated after the card C is pressed and held in the bottle 29 in the bottle 29, the transfer mechanism 26 rotates around the spindle 32 to a position where the card C is approximately horizontal as shown by the arrow. The transfer liquid permeates into the transfer paper P from the back side.

In the above, after the card C is held by the transfer mechanism 26, the clip 17a moves the card surface held by the transfer mechanism 26 in the remaining one round of the Zenega cam mechanism (returns to the inside for the next card removal) before the actuator 30 operates. It is designed to come off in a rotating manner while sliding.

After being reversed, the transfer mechanism 26 remains in this state for a required period of time (approximately 15 minutes) by the operation of the actuator 30, and during this time, the transfer liquid permeates from the back side of the transfer paper P to the card C side, transferring the image pigment to the card C. Image transfer is performed by permeating the surface.

In the above, since the transfer mechanism 26 is used for a long time, a plurality (three in the illustration) of the same structure are prepared.
In relation to the operation time of the trolley 1 and the card dispensing mechanism 17 that is driven in synchronization with this, the supply of the card C with transfer paper to the transfer mechanism 26 by the card dispensing mechanism 17 is controlled by the guide rail 1.
This can be done by selecting an empty position of the card dispensing mechanism 17 traveling along the line 9.19.

Therefore, the above-mentioned selection is configured such that the transfer mechanism 26 can be stopped at a corresponding vacant position in relation to the microswitch provided opposite to each transfer mechanism 26.

On the other hand, when the transfer mechanism 26 returns to the old position where the bottle 29 is below the card C by deactivating the actuator 30 after the transfer for the required time is completed, the guide rail 19.
The card ejecting mechanism 34 (first
, 2) is driven by the built-in motor to the transfer mechanism 26 side, and the clip 34a passes under the stopper cam 33 of the transfer mechanism 26 holding the card C, and the clip 34a engages the card C with the contact pressure. When the clip 34a passes the contact with the stopper cam 33 as the carry-out mechanism 34 moves, the clip 34a engages the card C.

After this gripping, the microswitch provided in the mechanism 34 is turned OFF to stop its own movement, and then, in synchronization with this, the actuator 28 is deactivated and the press part 26a returns to its lowered position, allowing the transfer mechanism to move. The holding of card C by 26 is released.

Continuing from the above, the card ejecting mechanism 34 is operated by the rotary solenoid 3.
4b rotates in the 900II direction, transfers the card C held by the clip 34b in the same direction, and then transfers the card C held by the clip 34b to the card ejecting mechanism 3.
4 retreats to a predetermined position on the right side in the drawing, and carries out the so-called card C for which the transfer has been completed.

After the card is removed by the card removal mechanism, the rotary solenoid 3
When the clip 4b returns, the clip 34a returns to the direction ■, and at this point, the unnecessary transfer paper P attached to the top surface of the color photo transfer portion of the card C is peeled off from the surface of the card C by spraying air or water.
As shown in FIG. 19, a desired card C containing a color image P' by color photographic transfer onto the card surface is obtained.

Therefore, from now on, remove the card C from the clip 34a by appropriate means.
All you have to do is remove it and send it to the card stocker or card ejection path.

Since the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, it is possible to produce a color photograph of the card holder on the surface of each plastic card almost automatically, easily and in a short time. The color image P' of the card obtained by the transfer mechanism 2 transfers the color pigments of the positive transfer paper P.
In step 6, the transfer liquid permeates from the back side of the transfer paper and is transferred onto the surface of the plastic-based card C, so that the transferred image and the card surface are on the same surface and color image 2 is obtained.
Since the 7th part is a see-through image on the card surface, there is no peeling property, and the card with color image has excellent abrasion resistance and clarity.
can be manufactured according to

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire structure, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a truck and a cam rail, and FIG. 5 is a rear view of the truck, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the preliminary exposure mechanism, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the photosensitive surface of the transfer paper after preliminary exposure, Fig. 8 is a front view of the close-up photographing mechanism partially cut away, Fig. 9 is a front view of the developing processing mechanism partially cut away, Fig. 10 is a right side view of the same as above, and Fig. 11 is partially cut away. A front explanatory view of the card dispensing mechanism in cross section, FIG. 12 is a plan explanatory view of the Zenegacam used in the above,
Fig. 13 is a plan view of the main parts of the card dispensing mechanism, Fig. 14 is a left side view of the cart and the card dispensing mechanism in a state where the transfer paper is transferred to the card, Fig. 15 is a cross-sectional explanatory diagram of the press roller mechanism, and Fig. 16 The figure is a left side view of the same as above, FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of the main part when feeding a card from the card dispensing mechanism to the next transfer mechanism, and FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of the operation related to the transfer mechanism, with a part cut away. FIG. 19 is a perspective view of a card with a color image. In the figure, 1...truck, 2, 2'...guide rail, 15...close-up photographing mechanism, 16...
...Development processing mechanism, 26...Transfer mechanism, C.
...Cards, P...Transcription

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The cart is rotated once along the guide rail, and during the traveling process of the cart, a transfer paper of a predetermined size coated with a color photosensitive agent is supplied to the cart via a transfer paper supply mechanism, and the transfer paper is fed to the cart while the cart is running. In the process, a close-up photographing mechanism and a developing processing mechanism are used, and the transfer mechanism brings the developed transfer paper into close contact with a predetermined surface of a card having synthetic resin on the surface, and transfers the transfer paper from the back side after the close contact. A manufacturing device for cards containing color images, which is constructed so that a colored portion of the transfer paper can be transferred to the card side by permeation of a liquid.