JPH0890765A - Ink jet recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet recording apparatus for recording characters, patterns and patterns on a fabric ribbon or cord of a desired width and material on the spot. [Structure] The inkjet recording apparatus 10 is provided with a carriage 30 which can be moved along a belt-shaped cloth 16a by a predetermined input means, and a recording means 28 which records on the belt-shaped cloth 16. The device 10 is provided with a detachable cassette 18, and the cassette 18 has a strip-shaped cloth 16
The belt-shaped ribbon 16 in which a and the separator 16b are temporarily adhered is incorporated. Further, it is provided with a dryer 50 for drying the recorded strip-shaped cloth 16a, and a cutting means capable of cutting the recorded strip-shaped cloth 16a into a predetermined dimension in the length direction thereof.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ink jet recording apparatus for recording a character or a pattern on a cloth, especially a belt-shaped cloth or a cord.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a band-shaped cloth, a so-called cloth ribbon, has often been a plain cloth, but characters and patterns have been found on the cloth ribbons used for recent packaging and various plows and headbands. It is included. To put in the letters and patterns, weaving, printing with a stamp, printing with a transfer device or a screen was used. Similarly, a band-shaped cord, for example, a shoe lace has characters and patterns, which were also produced by weaving, imprinting, or transferring in the same manner as described above.

[0003]

However, the method of weaving characters and patterns described above requires large-scale equipment and is therefore difficult to implement in individuals and small shops. Generally, it is common to order from a specialized company and make a production request. Therefore, it is not suitable for a small amount of demand, and a desired cloth ribbon cannot be procured on the spot, and it takes a considerable number of days to obtain the cloth ribbon.

If a fixed character or pattern is to be recorded, it can be stamped on the spot,
Actually, such a case is rare, and when printing a desired character or pattern, it was necessary to manufacture a new stamp mark each time. If that happens, it will take days to make a stamp, and it is difficult for individuals and small shops to make the stamp.

On the other hand, in the method of printing with a transfer device or a screen, it is difficult to deal with multiple colors, and if a desired character or pattern is obtained, a new plate (screen) must be produced. There were problems such as taking days to complete.

That is, the conventional methods of weaving and printing require complicated steps and equipments, require a great deal of expense and labor, and are required for high-mix low-volume production from individuals or small stores. I couldn't say that I was able to satisfy.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to relatively easily prepare and replace a recording medium such as a cloth ribbon or a cord, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink jet recording apparatus that allows a user to easily perform recording on a band-shaped cloth by forming desired characters, patterns and patterns on the spot.

[0008]

In order to achieve this object, an ink jet recording apparatus of the present invention ejects ink to record characters and patterns on a recording medium.
A cassette containing a supply spool around which a long strip of cloth as a recording medium is wound, a cassette mounting portion to which the cassette can be detachably mounted, and a drive unit for feeding the strip of cloth in the cassette in a predetermined direction. Inkjet recording means for recording characters and patterns on the strip-shaped cloth conveyed by the driving means.

A fixing means for fixing the recorded characters and patterns on the belt-shaped cloth may be further provided.

A cutting means may be further provided for cutting the strip-shaped cloth on which the characters and patterns are recorded to a predetermined size in the lengthwise direction of the strip-shaped cloth.

The cassette contains the strip-shaped cloth and a strip-shaped separator having a width larger than the width of the strip-shaped cloth so that the strip-shaped cloth and the separator are overlapped with each other during recording by an ink jet recording means. Further, a guide member for guiding each of them may be provided, and the head portion of the ink jet recording means may be subjected to maintenance processing in the separator protruding from the width of the strip-shaped cloth. Further, the cassette accommodates the supply spool for winding and holding the strip-shaped cloth and the separator in an overlapping state and a take-up spool capable of winding only the separator, and the strip-shaped recording is completed. Only the cloth may be discharged out of the cassette.

The band-shaped cloth may be pretreated with a pretreatment material. Furthermore, the pretreatment is performed with a water-soluble metal salt and a cation-based substance, and the components of the ejected ink include at least a disperse dye, a coagulable anion-based substance and polyethylene glycol or a derivative thereof. May be.

A second cutting means may be provided for cutting at least one end portion in the width direction of the band-shaped cloth on which recording has been performed, with a predetermined width dimension. Further, the second cutting means may be provided in the cassette.

[0014]

According to the ink jet recording apparatus of the present invention having the above structure, the belt-shaped cloth as the recording medium is wound around the supply spool and stored in the cassette. Then, the cassette is detachably attached to the cassette attachment portion of the present apparatus. Therefore, when recording is performed on a band-shaped cloth having a desired material and width, the cassette to be mounted is replaced. Then, characters and patterns are recorded on the belt-shaped cloth conveyed by the driving means by using the ink jet recording means.

Further, in the ink jet recording apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention, the character and the pattern recorded by the ink jet recording means are fixed to the belt-like cloth by the fixing means so that the ink does not easily drop, and the ink robustness. Improve sex.

In the ink jet recording apparatus of the third aspect, the band-shaped cloth on which recording is performed is cut into a predetermined size in the lengthwise direction of the band-shaped cloth by the cutting means.

In the ink jet recording apparatus of the fourth aspect, the guide member causes the belt-shaped cloth and the belt-shaped separator having a width larger than the width of the belt-shaped cloth to overlap each other during recording by the ink jet recording means. Each will be guided. Then, the head portion of the ink jet recording means is subjected to a maintenance process on the separator protruding from the width of the strip-shaped cloth, and all the stains generated at that time are adsorbed by the separator.

Further, in the ink jet recording apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the invention, only the separator is taken up by the take-up spool from the supply spool that holds the belt-shaped cloth and the separator in a state of being overlapped with each other, and the recording is performed. Only the band-shaped cloth that has finished is discharged to the outside of the cassette. Therefore, the contaminated separator is not discharged to the outside due to the maintenance process and the like, and only the necessary strip-shaped cloth is provided to the user.

In the ink jet recording apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the belt-like cloth is pretreated with a pretreatment material so that the ink is easily fixed, and printing defects such as bleeding are prevented.

Further, in the ink jet recording apparatus according to the seventh aspect, the ink is more surely coagulated or gelled on the fiber structure of the band-shaped cloth by the pretreatment and the ink component.

In the ink jet recording apparatus according to the present invention, the second cutting means cuts the end portion of the band-shaped cloth on which the recording has been performed in the width direction with a predetermined width dimension, so that it is removed and the user Is only provided with the desired high quality recording.

Further, in the ink jet recording apparatus according to the ninth aspect, the second cutting portion provided in the cassette corresponds to the width of the strip-shaped cloth accommodated in the cassette, and both end portions have a predetermined width dimension. Is disconnected.

In the present specification, "recording" includes the meaning of "printing", and broadly means applying an image to a recording medium such as cloth or paper.

[0024]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of an ink jet recording apparatus (hereinafter simply referred to as an apparatus) 10 according to this embodiment. Various operation keys 11 are provided on the upper part of the device 10.
A liquid crystal display 12 for displaying various messages, a plurality of air holes 13, and a removable top cover 14 are provided. The top cover 14 is provided with a transparent window 15 for checking the recording state and the width of the strip-shaped cloth 16a described later. Further, a cassette cover 19 which can be freely opened and closed is provided on a side portion of the apparatus 10, and the strip-shaped cloth 16a is provided at the back of the cassette cover 19.
A cassette mounting portion 17 for detachably storing a cassette 18 (see FIG. 2) is formed. The figure shows a state in which the cassette 18 is mounted. Further, the cassette 18 is firmly fixed to the cassette mounting portion 17 with a tightening screw 48. Also, in the upper rear part of the device 10,
A cutting lever 58 of the cutting portion 54 (see FIG. 2) for cutting the recorded strip-shaped cloth 16a into a desired length is provided.

Then, as shown in FIG. 1, the device 10 and the computer terminal 20 are connected by a cable 26. A display device 22 and a keyboard unit 24 are connected to the computer terminal 20, respectively. The computer terminal 20, the display device 22, and the keyboard section 24 constitute a recording data forming mechanism, and characters and patterns recorded by the inkjet recording device are created by image processing such as computer graphics. The recorded data of the characters and patterns created here is the cable 26
It is transmitted to the inkjet recording device 10 through the inkjet recording device 10 and is printed and recorded on the belt-shaped cloth 16a by the inkjet recording device 10.

Next, description will be made with reference to FIGS. 2 shows a vertical cross-sectional view of the device 10, and FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of a separator winding section 76 of the device 10 described later.
FIG. 4 shows an inkjet recording mechanism. It should be noted that FIG. 4 shows only the main part, and the housing part such as the cassette 18 is omitted for convenience.

The internal mechanism of the ink jet recording apparatus 10 is roughly divided into a recording section 28 and an ink supply section 36.
, Cassette mounting unit 17, dryer 50, and cutting unit 54
And a separator winding section 76.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the recording unit 28
Is a carriage 30, an ink jet recording head (hereinafter simply referred to as a recording head) 32 fixed on the carriage 30, and a platen 33 fixed to a chassis 46.
It is composed of This carriage 30 is a chassis 4
6 and 47 are slidably locked to two guide shafts 34 extending in the horizontal direction, and reciprocated by a driving force of a motor 31 via a belt 35 connected to a lower portion of the carriage 30. As the carriage 30 moves,
The recording head 32 performs recording by a known inkjet recording method.

The recording head 32 is provided with a plurality of nozzle rows, and recording is sent from the computer terminal 20 (see FIG. 1) using a well-known ejection energy generating element such as a piezoelectric element or an electro-thermal converting element. A device having a dot-on-demand mechanism that selectively ejects ink from a nozzle array according to data is used. Moreover, this time, the inkjet recording head for color recording is used.

The ink supply unit 36 is disposed substantially above the inside of the apparatus 10, and as shown in FIG. 4, four types of independent inks of cyan (blue), magenta (red), yellow (yellow) and black. An ink reservoir 40 in which the jars 38 (38a to 38d) are arranged in a horizontal row is provided. Each ink fountain 38 is provided with a lid 41 that can be opened and closed in correspondence with an upper surface opening through which each ink is introduced. Each ink bottle 38 and the recording head 32 are connected by an ink supply pipe 44, and a predetermined ink is supplied from the ink supply unit 36 to the recording head 32 through the ink supply pipe 44 as necessary. The ink supply unit 36 has an ink pump (not shown), and ink is forcibly supplied to the recording head 32 by using the ink pump in the maintenance process described later.

As shown in FIG. 3, the platen 3 is
In the rear part of 3, the cassette cover 19 and the chassis 4
A cassette mounting portion 17 is formed in a predetermined space partitioned by 6. The cassette mounting portion 17 has a cassette 18
Can be detachably attached. Further, two positioning protrusions 132 and 134 are provided at a portion of the chassis 46 corresponding to the abutment of the cassette mounting portion 17 so that the cassette can be positioned when the cassette is mounted. Further, on the chassis 46, a photoelectric detector 141 including a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for detecting the end of a belt-shaped ribbon 16 described later housed in the cassette 18, and a separator drive for driving the take-up spool 104 of the cassette 18. A section 76 and a ribbon drive section 60 that drives a feed roller 106, which will be described later, are provided in a protruding manner.

As shown in FIG. 2, a guide plate 52 and a dryer 50 corresponding to the fixing means of the present invention are disposed near the upper portion of the cassette mounting portion 17. The dryer 50 fixes the recorded characters and patterns to the strip-shaped cloth 16a by blowing dry air. still,
The air holes 13 provided in the upper part of the device 10 prevent the temperature inside the device 10 from rising more than necessary. The guide plate 52 is arranged on the back surface of the dryer 50 and is fastened to the chassis 46. Guide plate 52
Prevents the belt-like cloth 16a from sagging due to the wind from the dryer 50, and guides the belt-like cloth 16a to the feed roller 106.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a cutting section 54 for cutting the strip-shaped cloth 16a into a desired length at the end of recording is provided at the upper rear portion of the apparatus 10. The cutting part 54
Is located in the vicinity of the discharge port 53 of the strip-shaped cloth 16a of the cassette 18, and is rotatable about the rotary shafts 56b and 58a in a state where the rotary cutter 56 to which the blade 56a is attached and the cutting lever 58 are engaged with each other. It has a locked configuration.
Then, when the cutting lever 58 is rotated in the direction C of the arrow in FIG.
It can be cut by pressing a. In addition, if the cutting lever 58 is released after cutting, the urging means (not shown) causes
The cutting lever 58 is designed to be restored to the position before the initial cutting.

Next, the ribbon drive section 60 and the separator winding section 76 will be described with reference to FIG. A ribbon drive unit 60 and a separator winding unit 76 for conveying the ribbon ribbon 16 stored in a cassette 18 described later are provided on the chassis 46. The ribbon drive unit 60 is a chassis 4
A sub-chassis 64 which is screwed to 6 and holds each component described later, a cloth winding motor 62 fixed to the sub-chassis 64, a ribbon drive shaft 68 projecting from the chassis 46, and a ribbon drive shaft 68 thereof. And a shaft 72 that is rotatably fitted and supported and is fixed to the sub chassis 64.
A gear 66 is provided on the rotation shaft of the cloth winding motor 62, and a tooth portion 70 meshed with the gear 66 is formed on the ribbon drive shaft 68 and an outer peripheral surface near the tip of the ribbon drive shaft 68. The serration 77 and the timing pulley 74 formed below the gear 70 are integrally provided.

On the other hand, the separator winding portion 76 is slightly below the ribbon drive shaft 68, and is also fixed to the shaft 78 fixed to the sub chassis 64 and the shaft 78 so as to be rotatable. A hollow rotating shaft 80, a timing pulley 84 rotatably fitted to the rotating shaft 80 and having teeth, a felt 94 adhered to the lower end of the timing pulley 84, and the rotating shaft 80. A cam 82 having a plurality of projections 88 formed on the outer peripheral surface and extending in the axial direction at angular intervals, and a compression coil spring 86 fitted between the cam 82 and the timing pulley 84. A retaining ring 92 for preventing the rotating shaft 81 and the cam 82 from coming off from the shaft 78, and a timing belt wound between the timing pulley 74 and the timing pulley 84. 6, and a.

When the cloth winding motor 62 is driven, the gear 6
The ribbon drive shaft 68 is rotated by a predetermined angle by the rotational force transmitted by the gear 6 and the gear 70. And
When the timing pulley 74 integrated with the ribbon drive shaft 68 is rotated, the timing pulley 84 is rotated via the timing belt 96. By the felt 94 and the spring 86 bonded to the timing pulley 84, the rotation of the timing pulley 84 is transmitted to the rotary shaft 80 by the frictional force between the felt 94 and the flange portion 81 of the rotary shaft 80, and the rotary shaft 80 is rotated. Is rotated. Further, with the above configuration, a slip mechanism is configured to slip when the load torque of the rotary shaft 80 exceeds a certain value (the frictional force).

Next, the cassette 18 will be described with reference to FIGS.
Will be explained. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the cassette 18 driven by the ribbon driving unit 60 and the separator winding unit 76 configured as described above includes the supply spool 102 around which the ribbon ribbon 16 is wound and the separator 16b. Take-up spool 104 and recorded strip 16
It is composed of a pair of feed rollers 106 and 108 for feeding a. Note that FIG. 7 is a diagram in which the case lid 100 of the case 98 is omitted for convenience.

The case 98 of the cassette 18 is composed of a case body 99 and a case lid 100 that closes the upper opening of the case body 99. Bottom wall 1 of case body 99
01 and the case lid 100, the ribbon drive shaft 68,
The rotary shaft 80, the take-up spool 104, and the like have centers that are in a relative relationship equal to the relative positional relationship between the respective axes.
Further, a pair of concentric openings 110, 112 and 114 are provided in the bottom wall 101 and the case lid 100, and the feed roller 106, the take-up spool 104 and the supply spool 102 are provided in these openings 110, 112 and 114. Is attached.

That is, both ends of the feed roller 106, the take-up spool 104, and the supply spool 102 are fitted into the openings 110, 112, and 114, and a large diameter portion formed in the intermediate portion of each of them. Bottom wall 10
By being sandwiched between 1 and the case lid 100, they are attached so as to be rotatable and immovable in the axial direction.

Further, the take-up spool 104 and the feed roller 1
A through hole 1 that penetrates in the axial direction at the center of 06.
16, 118 are formed, and as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of (four in the figure) grooves 120 corresponding to the protrusions 88 provided on the cam 82 are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 116. A serration 122 corresponding to the serration 77 formed on the ribbon drive shaft 68 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 118.

Further, a driven-side feed roller 108 that feeds the cloth in cooperation with the driving-side feed roller 106 is attached to a long hole 123 provided substantially above the opening 114. It is pressed against the feed roller 106 side by a biasing member.

The ribbon ribbon 16 wound around the supply spool 102 in the cassette 18 is guided by a plurality of rotatable ribbon guides 124 mounted in the case 98 as shown in FIG. The route is a route in which the section is routed and is guided to the cutting section 54 through between the feed rollers 106 and 108. Further, a pressing spring 128 sandwiched by an outer peripheral wall 126 of the case main body 99 near the supply spool 102 is provided, and the ribbon guide 1
Ribbon guide 1 by applying biasing force in 24 directions
The ribbon ribbon 16 is sandwiched between 24 and the pressing spring 128, and independent back tension is applied to the ribbon ribbon 16.

The opening 14 in the bottom wall 101 of the case body 99
Reference numerals 4 and 146 are provided to allow the above-mentioned photoelectric detector 141 including a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for detecting the end of the ribbon ribbon 16 wound around the supply spool 102 to enter the case 98. It is provided.

In the cassette 18 configured as described above, the ribbon ribbon 16 may sag regardless of whether it is installed in the apparatus 10 or removed from the apparatus 10. In such a case, the feeding roller The knob 140 fitted in the portion projected from 106 can be turned in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 6 to remove the slack.

Now, the ribbon 16 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the strip ribbon 16 is composed of a strip-shaped cloth 16a and a long strip-shaped separator 16b, which are vertically stacked. The two sheets are temporarily bonded to each other so that they can be easily separated, and in this state, they are wound around the supply spool 102 with the strip-shaped cloth 16a facing upward. The side of the strip-shaped cloth 16a is the recording surface, and as described later, it is pretreated with a water-soluble metal salt and a cation-based substance.

Further, the separator 16b is a strip-shaped cloth 16a.
It is a few mm larger. This is due to ejection failure due to nozzle clogging, dust adhesion, meniscus receding, etc.
Inevitably, recovery processing of the operating state must be performed regularly. The width of the separator 16b is slightly increased so that the recovery process can be performed in a series of operations together with the recording operation on the strip-shaped cloth 16a. That is, ink jet recording is started from the end of the separator 16b so that characters and patterns are recorded on the strip-shaped cloth 16a, and test printing and maintenance processing are periodically performed by the separator 16b protruding from the strip-shaped cloth 16a. I am trying.

In order to ensure the ink ejection stability of the head, a process called maintenance is performed in ink jet recording. For maintenance, first, an operation of pressurizing ink in the recording head 32 by using an ink pump to forcibly discharge air bubbles and dust mixed in the nozzles before the recording operation is started from the nozzles ( (Forced discharge)
Then, there is an operation (cleaning) of directly wiping off ink, dust and the like adhering to the peripheral portion of the nozzle. Usually, a special member (a member that receives or sucks ejected ink for forced ejection, a wiper-shaped member for cleaning) is required to perform these operations. However, in the present embodiment, it is possible to easily perform maintenance without providing the above-mentioned special member by performing forced discharge on the separator 16b or cleaning by the separator 16b. Further, from the above, the separator 16b
It is preferable to use a material having good ink absorbability.

The width A of the belt-shaped cloth 16a is not particularly limited, but when the size of the cassette 18 and the apparatus 10 is reasonable, a width of 100 mm or less is preferably used. The variation of the width of the usable strip-shaped cloth 16a is preferably any width, but in actual use, it is 5, 10,
The width of 15, 20, 30, 50, and 100 mm may be prepared. Of course, the present invention is not limited to this width.

Here, for example, the band-shaped cloth 1 having a width of 20 mm
The depth in which 6a is contained may be set to the minimum size, and the strip-shaped cloth 16a having a size of 20 mm or less may be accommodated in the same case 98. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the spacer 1 fixed to the case lid 100 by fastening a plurality of screws or the like.
By installing 30 in the cassette 18, the outer shape of the cassette 18 can be made the same and the strip-shaped cloth 16a of various widths can be accommodated. By doing so, the types of cases 98 can be reduced. In addition, the structure for mounting and fixing the cassette 18 on the cassette mounting portion 17 can be simplified accordingly. Of course, band-shaped cloth 16 of 20 mm or less
Also in the case of a, there is no problem even if dedicated cassettes 18 are used according to their widths.

The ink jet recording method has hitherto been mainly made of paper, and the main problems when it is applied to a fiber structure are as follows.
Bleeding and dyeability. The fibrous structure does not absorb water as much as paper and has various fiber structures and thread usages, so that ink bleeding is large and a clear pattern cannot be obtained. Therefore, it is preferable to pre-treat the band-shaped cloth 16a, which is the recording medium, in advance so that the ink can be easily transferred onto the band-shaped cloth 16a. Therefore, in this embodiment, JP-A-61-231 is used.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 285, the belt-shaped cloth 16a, which is a fiber structure, is pretreated with a water-soluble metal salt and a cation-based substance in advance, and as the ink component, a disperse dye, a coagulable anion-type A substance containing at least a substance and polyethylene glycol or a derivative thereof is used, and a substance which is solidified or gelled on a fiber structure is used.

Next, the operation of the apparatus 10 will be described. First, mounting the cassette 18 on the device 10 is performed by the chassis 46.
Positioning protrusion 132 of the cassette 18 provided in the
134 is fitted into the round hole 136 and the long hole 138 of the bottom wall 101 of the case main body 99, and is firmly fixed to the cassette mounting portion 17 by a plurality of tightening screws 48. Then, as described above, the knob 140 is rotated in the arrow direction D (see FIG. 6) to remove the slack of the ribbon ribbon 16.

Then, the width A of the strip-shaped cloth 16a in the cassette 18 attached to the apparatus 10 is input by the operation key 11. Of course, a means for automatically sensing the width A of the strip-shaped cloth 16a may be provided. A desired character, a design or a pattern is configured on the computer terminal 20, and a display device 22 is further provided.
Check the recorded contents again and start recording. As described above, the recording is performed by the ink jet recording method, and the recording head 32 fixed on the carriage 30 uses the guide shafts 34, 3 and 3.
4 is moved in a unidirectional or phase direction to record a single color or multicolors.

The ribbon ribbon 16 is fed by the ribbon drive unit 60, and more specifically, the feed rollers 106 and 10
8, the belt-shaped cloth 16a is fed, and in synchronization with the movement thereof, the rotating shaft 80 of the separator winding portion 76, the cam 82, etc.
The separator 16b is the take-up spool 10 in the cassette 18.
It is rolled up to 4. Then, in the dryer 50, the recorded characters, patterns, and patterns are dried in sequence, and when the desired length is reached, the cutting lever 58 is rotated in the direction of arrow C (see FIG. 2), and the strip-shaped cloth 16a is formed. Disconnect.

As is clear from the above description, in the ink jet recording apparatus 10 of this embodiment, the belt-like cloth 16a as the recording medium is built in the cassette 18, and the cassette 1
Since 8 can be detachably attached to the device 10, it can be replaced with a strip-shaped cloth 16a having a desired width and material relatively easily, and is excellent in handleability. Further, by using the cassette and the inkjet mechanism, the configuration of the entire apparatus 10 can be simplified and the number of recording steps can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to provide a device that is small and has good operability, and it is possible to print fine characters and patterns by high-quality recording, which is a characteristic of inkjet recording.

By connecting and using the computer terminal 20 or the like, desired characters, patterns and patterns can be constructed and recorded on the spot.

If the characters or patterns recorded by the fixing means such as the dryer 50 are fixed to the belt-shaped cloth 16a, the user can obtain the belt-shaped cloth 16a having a more robust recording. You can

Further, if the cutting means 54 is provided, the user can easily obtain the strip-shaped cloth 16a for the recorded amount.

It is needless to say that the present invention can be carried out in various modified and improved modes based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the above-described embodiments of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, recording is performed on the belt-shaped cloth 16a, but the recording medium may be a belt-shaped cord such as shoelaces.

Further, when the recorded strip-shaped cloth 16a has a desired length, it is cut manually, but an automatic cutting method may be used.

Further, in the present embodiment, a separate computer terminal 20 is connected to create the record data of characters and patterns.
A keyboard input device, a scanner, or the like may be integrated with the device 10 as a recording data creation unit in the device 10.

Further, a modification of the present invention will be shown here. In the above-described embodiment, the ribbon 18 made of the cloth 16a and the separator 16b is housed in the cassette 18 and used. However, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the ink jet recording apparatus 210 using the cassette in which the separator 16a is removed and only the strip-shaped cloth 16a is stored.

First, the cassette 2 used in this embodiment.
18 will be described. As shown in FIG. 10, the cassette 218 includes the supply spool 10 around which the strip-shaped cloth 16a is wound.
2, a pair of feed rollers 106 and 108 for feeding the recorded band-shaped cloth 16a, a second cutting section 150, and the like. Feed roller 106 and supply spool 1
Similarly to the cassette 18, 02 is attached so as to be rotatable and immovable in the axial direction.

A through hole 118 is formed at the center of the feed roller 106 so as to penetrate in the axial direction. Similarly, the ribbon drive shaft 68 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 118. The serrations 122 corresponding to the serrations 77 are formed.

Further, a driven side feed roller 108 for feeding cloth in cooperation with the driving side feed roller 106 is attached to a long hole 123 provided substantially above the opening 114. Is pressed against.

The ribbon ribbon 16 wound on the supply spool 102 in the cassette 18 is guided by a plurality of rotatable ribbon guides 124 mounted in the case 98 as shown in FIG. The part is routed and is guided to the cutting part 54 through between the feed roller 106 and the feed roller 108.
Further, a pressing spring 128 sandwiched by the outer peripheral wall 126 of the case main body 99 near the supply spool 102 is provided,
By applying a biasing force in the direction of the ribbon guide 124,
Ribbon guide 124 and presser spring 128 make ribbon ribbon 1
6 is sandwiched and the belt ribbon 16 is given an independent back tension.

The cassette 218 may also be provided with openings 144 and 146 provided to allow the above-mentioned photoelectric detector 141 to project into the case 98, or it may be fitted to remove the slack. The knob 140 may be provided.

Further, in this embodiment, the strip-shaped cloth 16a
2nd cutting part 150 for cutting out both ends of the width direction of is provided. The second cutting section 150 includes the feed roller 106 and the feed roller 10 as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.
8, a pair of cutters 151 having ring-shaped rotary blades fitted to the feed roller 106 and the feed roller 106 and the feed roller 108 are engaged with each other, and the driving force of the feed roller 108 is applied to the feed roller 106. A round belt 153 that transmits the The round belt 153 also functions as a biasing member that biases the feed roller 108 toward the feed roller 104. The band-shaped cloth 1 is formed by the second cutting section 150.
6a is conveyed and both ends thereof are cut into a predetermined width.

Next, the ink jet recording apparatus 210 equipped with this cassette 218 will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, the basic configuration is the same as that of the device 10 described above, and since the device 210 does not need to handle the separator 16b, the separator winding portion 76 is omitted. Device 2
10, the ribbon driving unit 60 conveys the strip-shaped cloth 16a,
Characters and patterns are recorded on the conveyed belt-like cloth 16a by the recording unit 28.

In this apparatus 210, the maintenance processing of the recording portion 28 is performed at the widthwise end portion of the strip-shaped cloth 16a instead of on the separator 16b. Since the portion of the strip-shaped cloth 16a that has been subjected to the maintenance process is naturally soiled with ink or the like, the soiled portion is cut by the second cutting section 150. Therefore, the band-shaped cloth 1 on which high-quality recording has been made by cutting off the soiled portion for the user 1
6a is discharged.

Since both ends of the discharged belt-like cloth 16a are cut, the width becomes narrower than the width when the cassette is stored. Therefore, the strip-shaped cloth 16a accommodated in the cassette 218 has a width larger than the width desired by the user.

Further, the width of the end portion cut by the second cutting portion 150 is not a constant value, but may be set by the user so that the width can be changed. Then, one kind of cassette can provide the user with the recorded strip-shaped cloth 16a having various widths.

The position where the second cutting portion 150 is provided is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and may be provided anywhere as long as it is on the conveyance route of the strip-shaped cloth 16a. Further, the second cutting unit 150 may be provided on the device 210 side instead of the cassette 218. However, the device side 21
When it is set to 0, it is necessary to prepare a control device that controls the second cutting unit 150 so as to change the cutting width for each type of cassette to be mounted.

However, as in this embodiment, the feed roller 106
Alternatively, if the ring-shaped rotary blades are arranged on the feed roller 108 so as to be concentric with the ring-shaped rotary blades, the second cutting portion 150 can be configured easily and in a small space. Further, the provision of the second cutting unit 150 for each cassette 218 does not require a control device for controlling the cutting width for each mounted cassette, as compared with the case where the second cutting unit 150 is provided on the device 210 side. The configuration of is simplified.

Further, both end portions cut by the second cutting means 150 are not discharged to the outside of the cassette 218, and the cassette 2
An end take-up spool (not shown) is provided in the cassette 218 so as to be wound inside the feed roller 106, 1.
You may make it drive with 08.

[0076]

As is apparent from the above description, in the ink jet recording apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the belt-shaped cloth as the recording medium is built in the cassette, and the cassette can be removably attached to the apparatus. Since it is configured as described above, it can be replaced with a band-shaped cloth having a desired width and material relatively easily, and is excellent in handleability. Further, by using the cassette and the ink jet mechanism, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the entire apparatus and reduce the steps involved in printing. Therefore, it is possible to provide a device that is small and has good operability, and it is possible to print fine characters and patterns by high-quality recording, which is a characteristic of inkjet recording.

By connecting and using a computer terminal or the like, desired characters, patterns and patterns can be constructed and recorded on the spot.

Further, as in the ink jet recording apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the characters or the pattern recorded by the fixing means such as the dryer is fixed on the belt-shaped cloth, the user can obtain a recording having higher robustness. Made strips are available.

Further, if the cutting means is provided as in the ink jet recording apparatus according to the third aspect, the user can easily obtain the band-shaped cloth for the recorded amount.

Further, by using the separator as in the ink jet recording apparatus according to the fourth aspect, it is possible to perform maintenance processing without providing a complicated device for maintenance. Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to continue recording on the belt-shaped cloth with proper print quality without contaminating the belt-shaped cloth or the inside of the apparatus. Furthermore, it is possible to record characters and patterns over the width of the band-shaped cloth.

Further, as in the ink jet recording apparatus according to the fifth aspect, if the strip cloth and the separator are superposed and wound around one supply spool, the mounting space for both tapes can be saved and the cassette can be miniaturized. To enable that. In the end, it also enables miniaturization of the inkjet recording device. Also, since the used separator is wound up by the take-up spool and only the band-shaped cloth is discharged, the dirt adsorbed on the separator does not go out of the cassette, and other devices and the band-shaped cloth are contaminated. There is no.

When the belt-like cloth is pre-treated with the pre-treatment material as in the ink jet recording apparatus according to the sixth and seventh aspects, the ink is easily fixed and printing defects such as bleeding are prevented.

If the second cutting means is provided as in the ink jet recording apparatus according to the eighth aspect, it is possible to perform maintenance processing on both ends of the cut, as in the case of the separator. It can be realized with a simple configuration without providing a complicated device for maintenance. Since the parts (both ends) that are soiled by the maintenance process are cut off as described above, the user can only be provided with the parts that have been recorded with high quality.

Further, in the ink jet recording apparatus according to the ninth aspect, it is necessary to change the cutting position one by one according to the type of tape used, as in the case where the second cutting means is provided in the ink jet means. Disappear.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an inkjet recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of an inkjet recording apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a winding unit of the inkjet recording device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a recording unit and an ink supply unit of the inkjet recording apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a ribbon drive unit of the inkjet recording apparatus.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of a cassette.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of a cassette.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a band-shaped cloth.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a modified example of the cassette.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of a cassette used in an inkjet recording apparatus which is a modified example of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a recording unit and an ink supply unit of an inkjet recording apparatus that is a modified example of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a ribbon drive unit of an inkjet recording apparatus that is a modification of the present invention.

[Explanation of Codes] 10 Inkjet recording device 16 Strip ribbon 16a Strip cloth 16b Separator 17 Cassette mounting section 18 Cassette 20 Computer terminal 28 Recording section 30 Carriage 32 Recording head 36 Ink supply section 50 Dryer 54 Cutting section 60 Ribbon drive section 76 Separator Winding unit 102 Supply spool 104 Winding spool 106 Feed roller 108 Feed roller 150 Second cutting unit

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An ink jet recording apparatus for ejecting ink to record a character or a pattern on a recording medium, and a cassette containing a supply spool around which a long strip of cloth as a recording medium is wound, and the cassette is attached or detached. A cassette mounting portion that can be freely mounted, a driving unit that feeds the band-shaped cloth in the cassette in a predetermined direction, and an inkjet recording unit that records characters or a pattern on the band-shaped cloth conveyed by the driving unit. An inkjet recording device characterized by the above. 2. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a fixing unit that fixes the recorded characters and patterns on a belt-shaped cloth. 3. A strip-shaped cloth on which the characters and patterns are recorded,
The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a cutting unit that cuts the strip-shaped cloth into a predetermined size in a length direction. 4. The cassette contains the strip-shaped cloth and a strip-shaped separator having a width larger than the width of the strip-shaped cloth, and the strip-shaped cloth and the separator are overlapped with each other during recording by an inkjet recording unit. A guide member for guiding each of the separators, and in the separator protruding from the width of the strip-shaped cloth,
The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein maintenance processing is performed on a head portion of the inkjet recording unit. 5. The recording cassette stores therein the supply spool, which holds the strip-shaped cloth and the separator in a state of being overlapped with each other, and a take-up spool, which is capable of winding only the separator. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein only the completed band-shaped cloth is discharged to the outside of the cassette. 6. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the belt-shaped cloth is pretreated with a pretreatment material. 7. The pretreatment is performed with a water-soluble metal salt and a cationic substance, and the components of the ink to be ejected include a disperse dye, a coagulable anionic substance and polyethylene glycol or a derivative thereof. At least 6 is contained.
The inkjet recording device according to item 1. 8. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second cutting unit that cuts at least one end portion in the width direction of the band-shaped cloth on which recording has been performed with a predetermined width dimension. 9. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the second cutting means is provided in the cassette.