JPS6236163B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a weighing label applicator.

In general, the specific method of using this type of device is to first enter the unit price, date, etc. of the product from the operation panel, then place the product on the weighing platform, and when the product is placed on the weighing platform, vibrations are detected. When the correct weight value is obtained after decay, the label printing and issuing device automatically calculates the price and issues a label with the product name, date, unit price, weight, etc. printed along with this price. One pasting operation is completed by pasting it at an appropriate position.

In this case, work efficiency becomes a problem, and so conventional efforts have been made to improve this work efficiency. Therefore, to explain one example with reference to FIG. 1, this device is normally placed on a work table, but when facing the front, the weighing platform 1 and operation panel 2 are placed on the left side, and the label 3 is placed on the right side. , a label printing and issuing device 5 including a label issuing section 4 and a pasting table 6 are arranged. This results in
First, the product 7 prepared on the left side of the device is placed on the weighing platform 1 with the left hand. Then, as soon as the vibration of the weighing platform 1 subsides, printing on the label 3 begins, so the operator hears the sound and moves the product 7 on the weighing platform 1 onto the pasting table 6 with his right hand. At this time, the next product 7 is placed on the weighing table 1 at the same time with the left hand. Then, while the vibrations of the weighing platform 1 have subsided, use your right hand to pick up the label 3 issued by the label issuing unit 4, attach it to the product 7 placed on the applicator 6, and attach this product 7 to the right side of the device. leave. This will be repeated continuously, and the movements of the left and right hands at this time will be schematically shown in Figure 2 (in Figure 2, the solid line indicates the right hand, and the dotted line indicates the left hand). ). Therefore, when working in this manner under the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the operator has less waiting time in terms of weighing time in the device and printing and issuing time of the label 3, and can work with both hands at the same time. It allows you to work efficiently.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, in order to simplify the operation of attaching the printed labels 3 to the product 7, a label conveying mechanism 8 is provided that conveys the labels 3 one by one from the label issuing unit 4 to the front side. Some are equipped with Therefore, the worker places the product 7 prepared on the left side of the device on the weighing platform 1 with his left hand, and when the vibration of the weighing platform 1 subsides, the label 3 is automatically printed and issued, and this label 3 is transferred to the label transport mechanism. Since the item 7 is peeled off from the backing paper and conveyed to the front side by 8, the product 7 on the weighing platform 1 is lifted up with the right hand and pressed against the attachment surface of the label 3 that is being conveyed to the front side to affix the label 3. Then, move product 7 to the right side of the device. This kind of work is repeated continuously, and the movements of the right and left hands at this time are shown in Figure 4 (in Figure 4, the solid line represents the right hand, and the dotted line represents the left hand). . Therefore, compared to the case shown in FIG. 1, the movement of the right hand is reduced and the working speed is further improved.

However, in the case of the one shown in Fig. 1, the operation of the right hand to peel off the label 3 from the label issuing unit 4 and attach it to the product 7 is troublesome, and when the work is continued for a long time, it is difficult to use the right arm. Fatigue becomes particularly significant. In addition, in the case of the item shown in Fig. 3, the operation of lifting the product 7 upward and pressing it against the label 3 is cumbersome and causes great fatigue, and the right arm is particularly fatigued when working for a long time. be.

However, although there are many products in use that have a conveyor that transports products and automatically weighs and labels the products while transporting them, they are large and occupy a large footprint. It cannot be used at all.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a weighing label pasting device that can improve work efficiency and reduce fatigue in a manual weighing label issuing device that does not have an automatic product transport mechanism. The purpose is to

The present invention includes a weighing platform for measuring the weight of a product, and a label to be attached to the product by printing the price of the product calculated from a preset unit price and the weight measured by the weighing platform. In a manual weighing label issuing device that is integrally connected to a label printing and issuing device and does not have an automatic transport mechanism for the product, weighing ends when the weighing platform is positioned on one side when viewed from the operator side. A pasting table on which the product is temporarily placed is placed on the other side, and above the pasting table, the label issued by the label printing and issuing device is attached to the product placed on the pasting table. It is characterized by being equipped with a pasting device that automatically pastes. Therefore, by providing a pasting device above the pasting table that automatically pastes labels onto products, it is possible to omit the label pasting work with both hands, thereby improving work efficiency. It is designed to reduce fatigue even when the work lasts for a long time.

An embodiment of the present invention will be explained based on FIGS. 5 to 10. This device is primarily used to weigh and label products such as meat, fish and shellfish, fruits and vegetables, and prepared foods that are placed on trays and wrapped in transparent film, such as those found in the food section of supermarkets. The external appearance is shown in Fig. 5. That is, this device is normally installed on a work table, and the weighing platform 9 and the operation panel 10 are arranged on the left side when facing the front, and the pasting table 11 and the label printing/issuing device 12 are placed on the right side. A pasting device 13 is arranged above. Here, the operation panel 10 is provided with a key group 14 and a display section 15. The label printing/issuing device 13 also includes a label 18 affixed in large numbers to a mount 17 wound around a roller 16 provided at the top of the device, a label feed control device 19, and a predetermined printing process on the label 18. A printer mechanism 20 that performs
It consists of a label peeling plate 21 to be peeled off from 7, a mount feed roller 22, and a mount take-up roller 23. Here, the labels 18 are wound around a roller 16 while being arranged in a continuous line of label paper coated with adhesive on the back side on a strip-shaped mount 17.
The mount 17 is silicon-treated to facilitate the peeling of the label 18, and the label 18 can be peeled off by bending the mount 17 at an acute angle. Further, the pasting device 13 includes a label suction unit 24 adjacent to the label peeling plate 21 and facing the pasting table 11, and a suction mechanism including a fan 25 that sucks the label 18 to the label suction unit 24, as well as the label suction unit. 24, a compressed air control device 27, and a blowing mechanism that blows a blowing airflow stronger than the adsorption airflow by the fan 25 onto the label 18 using a connecting hose 28 connected to a compressor or the like. It can be opened and closed by a hinge 29 with respect to the label printing and issuing device 13. Further, the pasting base 11 is made of a metal plate, and the pasting base 11 is made of a metal plate.
This pasting base 11 is formed into an L-shape on the top and has a magnet on the bottom surface so that it can be fixed in any position.
A positioning gauge 31 is provided for positioning the product 30 placed thereon. Furthermore, pasting table 1
A hole 32 is formed in the center of the pasting base 11.
A sensor 33 for detecting that the product 30 is placed on the pasting table 11 is provided at the bottom of the pasting table 11 .
That is, this sensor 33 has a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and emits light from the light emitting element towards the hole 32, and when the hole 32 is blocked by the product 30, the light is reflected and detected by the light receiving element. It is something that will be done. Although not particularly shown in the drawings, a timer is provided to control the time so that there is a margin of time from when the detection signal from the sensor 33 is received to when the pasting device 13 is activated. This timer is variable.

Note that 34 is a product name stamp case in which a product name stamp for printing the name of the product 30 on the label 18 is stored. Here, the product name stamp is attached to the printer mechanism 20, and since it is a letterpress mainly made of sponge-like rubber and is impregnated with ink, it can be printed continuously without replenishing the ink. It is.

In such a configuration, the work procedure and the operation at that time will be explained. First, the most common operating procedure is to attach the product name mark corresponding to the product 30 to be weighed and labeled to the printer mechanism 20, and then enter the unit price of the product 30 on the operation panel 10. At this time, data such as the tare weight and date of the product 30 are also input as necessary.
The contents of these numbers are displayed on the display section 15.
After completing such setting preparation work, the work moves on to weighing and labeling. Then, place the unweighed product 30 placed on the left side of the device on the weighing stand 9 with your left hand. As a result, the weighing table 9 vibrates, but the vibration usually converges in about 0.5 to 1.5 seconds (this time is referred to as the weighing time), and correct weighing measurements are performed. When a correct weighing value of the weight of the product 30 is obtained by the weighing platform 9 in this manner, a short signal sound is emitted to inform the operator that the weighing process has been completed. At the same time, the price of the product 30 is calculated in the internal circuit from the weighed weight and the preset unit price, and is input to the printer mechanism 20, so the ink operation for the label 18 begins (therefore, (The above-mentioned signal sound is not necessarily necessary because the operator can judge that the weighing is completed by the sound of the operation of the printer mechanism 20.) In any case, when the worker recognizes that the weighing has been completed, the weighed product 30 on the weighing table 9 is attached to the pasting table 1 with his right hand.
1, and at the same time place the next product 30 on the weighing table 9 with the left hand. During this operation, the printer mechanism 20 prints price data based on the measurement, weight data, date, etc. on the label 18, and as the mount 17 is conveyed, the label peeling plate 21 peels off the label 18 from the mount 17. The peeled label 18 is suctioned and held by the label suction section 24 by the fan 25 in the pasting device 13, and has a pasting instruction signal. On the other hand, with the right hand, product 3
When 0 is transferred from the weighing table 9 to the pasting table 11, this is detected by the sensor 33 and a product detection signal is generated.
A pasting instruction signal based on this product detection signal is given to the pasting device 13. As a result, a strong blowing air current is ejected from the blow-off pipe 26 of the pasting device 13 to the label 18, and the label 18 is automatically spray pasted onto the product 30 placed on the pasting table 11. After the label 18 is affixed to the product 30 in this manner, the product 30 on the affixing table 11 is removed to the right side of the apparatus with the right hand. Although such operations are repeated, the time chart in FIG. 7 shows the relationship between the left hand motion, right hand motion, and various times. In addition, in this FIG. 7, each pulse in the left hand operation is the time for placing the product 30 on the weighing platform 9 with the left hand, and in the right hand operation, pulse A is the time for placing the product 30 on the weighing platform 9 with the right hand. Time to move to 11,
Pulse B shown by the dotted line is the time when the right hand escapes from the top of the pasting table 11, and pulse C is the time when the product 30 escapes from the top of the pasting table 11.
indicates the time to remove with the right hand.

Further, the motion of the left hand with the right hand at this time is schematically shown in FIG. 8 (in FIG. 8, the solid line indicates the right hand, and the dotted line indicates the left hand). Therefore, compared to the operation shown in FIG. 2, the operation of taking the label 18 from the label issuing unit and attaching it to the product 30 among the right hand operations can be omitted, improving the overall processing speed. At the same time, the movement of the right hand becomes nearly horizontal, reducing fatigue even during long hours of work. Furthermore, compared to the operation shown in FIG. 7, the degree of fatigue is reduced because the operation of lifting the product 30 upward on the attachment table 11 and attaching the label 18 is unnecessary.

Furthermore, the pasting table 11 is moved from the weighing table 9 by the right hand.
When transferring the product 30 to the product 30, the label 18 can be pasted to the product 30 at a fixed position by the pasting device 13 since the pasting table 11 is provided with a positioning gauge 31. Further, since the positioning gauge 31 has a magnet on its lower surface and can be fixed at any position with respect to the affixing table 11, it can be set to affix the label 18 at a predetermined position depending on the shape and dimensions of the product 30. Moreover, since the pasting table 11 is provided with a sensor 33 that detects that the product 30 is placed on the pasting table 11, the pasting device 13 is installed before the weighed product 30 is transferred to the pasting table 11. There is no possibility that the label 18 will be sprayed due to operation.

By the way, when the sensor 33 detects that the product 30 has been placed on the pasting table 11 and the pasting operation is performed by the pasting device 13, the right hand carrying the product 30 onto the pasting table 11 is placed on the pasting table 11. There is also a risk that the label 18 will be sprayed and pasted on the upper right hand before the person escapes from the person 11. Therefore, such a case can be prevented by using a timer to provide a certain margin of time between the time when the sensor 33 detects the product 30 and the time when the pasting device 13 starts the pasting operation. FIG. 9 shows a time chart when extra time is secured by this timer. In this case, since the timer is variable, it is of course possible to set an optimal margin time depending on the work.

In addition, if the time from the end of measurement to the printing of the label is long and the printing of the label ends later than the timer time-up, the label printing and issuing end signal will cause the label printing and issuing end signal to be activated by the pasting device 13, as shown in the time chart of FIG. What is necessary is to start the pasting operation.

Further, depending on the product 30, the label 18 may not be affixed to the product 30 by the affixing device 13 of the present device due to reasons such as a complicated shape. However, in this device, the pasting device 13 can be opened and closed with respect to the label printing and issuing device 12, so in the case of such a product 30, the pasting device 13
By opening the label peeling plate 21 and exposing the vicinity of the label peeling plate 21, the label 18 can be attached manually. Of course, the pasting device 13 may be detachably attached to the label printing and issuing device 12.

As described above, the present invention is provided with a pasting device that is positioned above the pasting table and automatically pastes a label on a product, so that the label pasting work can be omitted using both hands, thereby improving work efficiency. In addition, since the label is equipped with a positioning gauge on the labeling stand, it is possible to apply the label at a fixed position on the product, and at the same time, this positioning gauge can be fixed at any position. Because of this, the position can be set according to the shape and dimensions of the product, and a sensor is installed to detect when the product is placed on the attachment table.
It is possible to prevent the label from being pasted when there is no product present, and a timer is provided to allow time for the pasting device to operate, thereby preventing the label from being pasted to the hand. At the same time, since this timer is variable, it is possible to set the optimal margin time according to the work.Furthermore, since the pasting device can be attached to and detached from the label printing and issuing device, or can be opened and closed, This has the advantage that for products that cannot be pasted automatically, it is possible to switch to manual pasting.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one conventional example, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of its working procedure, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing another conventional example, Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of its working procedure, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a vertical side view thereof, FIG. 7 is a time chart, FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the work procedure, FIG. 9 is another time chart, and FIG. 10 is yet another time chart. 9... Weighing stand, 11... Pasting stand, 12... Label printing and issuing device, 13... Sticking device, 18... Label, 30... Product, 31... Positioning gauge,
33...Sensor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A weighing platform for measuring the weight of a product, and a label on which the price of the product calculated from a preset unit price and the weight measured by the weighing platform is printed and affixed to the product. In a manual weighing label issuing device that is integrally connected to a label printing and issuing device for issuing a product and does not have an automatic product conveyance mechanism, the weighing platform is located on one side when viewed from the operator side, and A pasting table on which the weighed product is temporarily placed is arranged on the other side, and the label issued by the label printing and issuing device is placed on the pasting table above the pasting table. A weighing label pasting device characterized by being equipped with a pasting device for automatically pasting labels on products. 2. A weighing platform that measures the weight of a product, and a label printing and issuing service that prints the price of the product calculated from a preset unit price and the weight measured by the weighing platform and issues a label to be attached to the product. In a manual weighing label issuing device that is integrally connected to the device and does not have an automatic transport mechanism for the product, the weighing platform is positioned on one side when viewed from the operator side, and the product has been weighed. A pasting table on which a label is temporarily placed is disposed on the other side, and above the pasting table, the label issued by the label printing and issuing device is automatically attached to the product placed on the pasting table. A weighing label pasting device comprising: a pasting device for pasting, and a positioning gauge for positioning the product provided on the pasting base so that the pasting position of the label by the pasting device is fixed. 3. Claim 2, characterized in that the positioning gauge can be fixed at any position with respect to the affixing base.
Weighing label affixing device as described in section. 4. A weighing platform that measures the weight of a product, and a label printing and issuing service that prints the price of the product calculated from a preset unit price and the weight measured by the weighing platform and issues a label to be attached to the product. In a manual weighing label issuing device that is integrally connected to the device and does not have an automatic transport mechanism for the product, the weighing platform is positioned on one side when viewed from the operator side, and the product has been weighed. A pasting table on which a label is temporarily placed is disposed on the other side, and above the pasting table, the label issued by the label printing and issuing device is automatically attached to the product placed on the pasting table. A weighing label pasting device comprising: a pasting device for pasting, and a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a product placed on the pasting table. 5. A weighing platform that measures the weight of the product, and a label printing and issuing unit that prints the price of the product calculated from the preset unit price and the weight measured by the weighing platform and issues a label to be attached to the product. In a manual weighing label issuing device that is integrally connected to the device and does not have an automatic transport mechanism for the product, the weighing platform is positioned on one side when viewed from the operator side, and the product has been weighed. A pasting table on which a label is temporarily placed is disposed on the other side, and above the pasting table, the label issued by the label printing and issuing device is automatically attached to the product placed on the pasting table. A weighing label pasting device comprising: a pasting device for pasting the label; the pasting device can be attached to and detached from the label printing and issuing device or can be opened and closed to enable switching between automatic pasting and manual pasting of the label.