JPH0911692A - Plotter device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To record even in a light and thin medium such as cloth by setting a sliding support member slidably on the support rail intersecting a wide medium to be recorded, and mounting a plotter on the sliding support member. CONSTITUTION: A sliding support member 30 is put slidably on a support rail 20 intersecting a cloth medium 50 to be recorded. The sliding support member 30 is provided with a plotter 40 mounted thereon. In the event of any defects and the like existing in. e.g. a transferring cloth medium 50 to be recorded, the sliding support member 30 is moved so as to position the plotter over the defect parts and to drive each part of the plotter 40 through signals to put specific marks on the defect parts. Thus, marks and the like can be put even in a thin and light medium such as cloth automatically or semi-automatically by a machine.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plotter device for recording on a medium according to a signal, and is particularly suitable for a plotter device for recording a figure, a mark or the like on a thin, wide and lightweight medium such as cloth. Applied to.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a cloth inspection line for inspecting cloth or the like, generally woven cloth having a wide width is successively drawn out and wound into a roll. Then, in the case where there is a necessary identification mark such as a lot number or a portion such as tear or weaving defect in the fabric which is sequentially developed in this way, a defective mark is manually written in the defective portion.

[0003]

As a method of writing marks and the like on such a fabric manufacturing line, the presence or absence of scratches or weaving defects is checked while observing the surface of the fabric which is successively developed and wound into a roll. It is common for an observer to monitor When the observer finds scratches or poor weaving, the fabric that is being wound up is stopped, and this observer or another observer manually fills in the necessary marks on the scratches and poor weaving. The present invention has been made to improve such points, and provides an apparatus for automatically or semi-automatically marking a mark or the like on a cloth by a machine.

[0004]

Therefore, according to the present invention, in a plotter for recording a figure, a mark, or the like on a medium using a writing instrument according to a signal, a support shaft and a support member for sliding the support shaft are provided. A plotter for recording a figure or mark by moving the writing instrument in response to a signal was mounted on the support member.

[0005]

The function of the plotter is such that it is suspended on the support shaft. By arranging the moving fabric under the suspended plotter, and when the observer finds scratches or weaving defects, the movement of the fabric is stopped and the mark recording signal is given to the plotter by remote control. Required mark recording and the like can be performed. In this case, it is possible to form an automated system by interlocking with an inspecting machine that detects scratches on fabrics and defective weaving.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment of the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the construction of the plotter device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing the recording portion of the plotter device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a writing instrument used in this embodiment device.
In the figure, 10 is an upright plate, 20 is a support rail which is a support shaft, 30 is a sliding support member capable of sliding on the support rail 20, 40 is a plotter attached to the sliding support member 30, and 50 is cloth recording. The medium, 60 is a recording panel, and 70 is a writing instrument.

First, a plotter device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Although not shown in detail in FIG. 1, the cloth recording medium 50 is normally transported from the upper left to the lower right of the drawing at a constant speed. Then, it is rolled up in the lower right part of the drawing. The plotter device according to the present invention is installed in the preceding stage of the winding.

That is, a pair of upright plates 10 to be pillars are installed on both sides of the conveyance path of the fabric recording medium 50. Then, the support rail 20 is bridged over the upright plate 10. A pair of slide support members 30 that slide on the support rail 20 are mounted on the support rail 20. The lower part of each of the pair of slide supporting members 30 is bent so that the plotter 40 can be mounted.

The plotter 40 has an X rail 41, a Y rail 42, and a recording section 43. The X rail 41 is mounted and fixed on the lower bent portion of the pair of sliding support members 30 mounted on the support rail 20. In addition, an X motor (not shown) that moves a Y rail 42, which will be described later, in the X direction according to a signal is mounted on the right bent portion of the pair of sliding support members 30.
Below the X rail 41, the Y rail 4 is movable along the X rail in the X direction by the X motor.
2 are provided. Furthermore, this Y rail 42 has
A recording unit 43 having a writing instrument 70 for recording on the fabric recording medium 50 is attached so as to be movable along the Y rail 42. The Y rail 42 is also equipped with a Y motor (not shown) because the recording unit 43 is moved in the Y direction in response to a signal.

As shown in FIG. 2, the recording section 43 is provided with a base 431 having a mounting surface 432 to be mounted on the Y rail 42 described above, and is installed at a predetermined position on the base 43 to respond to a signal. Writing tool up / down motor 4 for moving the writing tool 70 up and down
33, a rack 434 that moves up and down by engaging with the writing instrument 433, and a writing instrument holder 4 coupled to the rack 434.
36, a guide member 435 that is a guide member for the vertical movement of the rack 434 and the writing instrument holder 436, and the writing instrument holder 4 slidably attached to the guide member 435.
It has a contact prevention member 437 attached immediately below 36 via a spring.

The writing implement vertical motor 433 rotates in the forward and reverse directions according to the signal, and when rotated in the forward direction, the writing implement 70 is lowered through the rack 434 and the writing implement holder 436 to enable recording on the cloth recording medium 50. Also,
The contact prevention member 437 is attached below the writing instrument holder 436 via a spring. This contact prevention member 437
Is lowered as the writing implement holder 436 descends, but does not descend after the lower surface of the writing implement holder 436 contacts the base 431, and thereafter only the writing implement holder 436 carrying the writing implement 70 descends. A through hole is provided in the left protruding portion of the contact prevention member 437 so that the tip of the lowered writing instrument 70 can pass through. And writing instrument 7
In the non-recording state in which 0 is raised, the tip of the writing instrument 70 is configured to be covered by the contact prevention member 437.

When recording on the fabric recording medium 50, it is preferable to use a material having a high water absorbing property as the recording panel 60 which serves as a support. That is, the cloth recording medium 5
Since 0 is generally thin and has coarse eyes, it is for preventing bleeding and the like. Therefore, in this embodiment, the cork containing rubber is used. Further, by using such a cork, the frictional force between the cloth recording medium 50 and the cloth recording medium 50 can be made larger than that between the writing instrument 70 and the cloth recording medium 50. No special means for securing 70 is required.

Writing instrument 70 used in the apparatus of this embodiment
As shown in FIG. 3, the ball has a ball 71 at its tip, which freely rotates during contact movement with the recording medium. The ball 71 has a penetrating material 72 such as felt that guides the water-soluble ink 73. At the time of writing, since the ball 71 at the tip of the handwriting is performed while rotating, smooth recording can be performed.

Next, the operation of the above-described first embodiment apparatus will be described. First, reference is made to FIG. When the cloth recording medium 50 to be transferred has a flaw or a weaving defect, the transfer of the cloth recording medium 50 is stopped so that the defective portion of the cloth recording medium 50 is below the plotter 40. Then, each part of the plotter 40 is driven by a signal so that a specific mark is attached to the defective part. Then, the fabric recording medium 50 is transported until the next defective portion is found.

In this case, since the cloth recording medium 50 is transferred at a relatively high speed in a normal state, the wave phenomenon may occur in the transferred cloth recording medium 50. Due to this wave phenomenon, the cloth recording medium 50 and the writing instrument 70 attached to the plotter 40 come into contact with each other so that unnecessary recording is not performed.
37 works.

In this case, the contact prevention member 437 as described above may not be provided, and the same effect can be obtained by the vertical movement stroke of the writing instrument 70. That is, in the non-recording state, the writing instrument 70 is held at a high position, for example, at a height 30 to 40 mm away from the transported fabric recording medium 50, and in the recording state, the contact position for recording and the recording are performed. The difference from the non-contact rising position which is not performed can be set to about 2 to 3 mm. With this configuration, during transfer of the fabric recording medium 50,
It is possible to prevent contact between the cloth recording medium 50 and the writing instrument 70.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a second embodiment device of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, the sliding support member 30 carrying the plotter 40 supported by the support rail 20 is also automatically moved. Further, the transfer of the cloth is automatically stopped and the plotter is operated to draw a specific mark or the like from the defective portion information from the inspecting machine for inspecting the cloth.

Information such as scratches and weaving defects on the cloth is detected by the inspection machine 8.
1, and converted into position information of the defective part. This position information is based on the XY coordinate system, and for example, the width direction of the cloth is the X direction and the longitudinal direction of the cloth is the Y direction. Then, the coordinate position of the sense unit of the inspector 81 and the coordinate position of the plotter 40 are set in advance in a predetermined relationship.

The defect location information from the inspector 81 is input to the control means 82. The control means 82 constantly monitors the transfer amount of the cloth, and separately counts the transfer amount of the cloth from the time when the defective position information is input from the inspecting machine 81, and records the defective position in the Y direction of the plotter 40. At the stage of entering the range, a command is issued to the cloth transfer control unit 83 to stop the cloth transfer.

Next, the control means 82 issues a command signal to the plotter XYZ control section 85. First, the plotter 40 mounted on the sliding support member 30 is transferred along the support rail 20 in the width direction of the cloth, and the defective portion of the cloth is controlled so as to be within the recording range of the plotter 40 in the X direction. . Then, after positioning the writing instrument 70 of the plotter 40 at a predetermined position, a specific mark is given.

In this embodiment, the sliding support member 30 is also moved by a motor and a transmission wire, although not shown, like the transfer of the Y rail 42 of the plotter 40 to the X rail 41. . Furthermore, in the apparatus of this embodiment, the plotter for recording on the cloth is described as an example, but the apparatus is not limited to this and can be used for other purposes.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to excellently record on a light and thin medium such as cloth. In addition, making the plotter so-called hanging type with respect to the support rail is
It is effective for recording on a wide range of recording media, and has the effect that even if the support rail is bent, the plotter is hardly affected by the bending.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration explanatory diagram of a plotter according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration explanatory view showing a recording unit of the plotter of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an example of a writing instrument used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a structural explanatory view of a plotter according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Upright board 20: Support rail 30: Sliding support member 40: Plotter 50: Cloth (cloth recording medium) 60: Recording panel 7
0: Writing instrument 80: Control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plotter for recording a figure, a mark, or the like on a medium using a writing instrument in response to a signal, a support shaft, a support member for sliding the support shaft, and the above-mentioned support member for responding to the signal. A plotter device equipped with a plotter for recording a figure, a mark, or the like by moving a writing instrument. 2. A plotter for recording a figure, a mark, or the like on a medium according to a signal using a writing instrument, wherein a cork is used as a recording panel for supporting the medium. 3. A plotter for recording a figure, a mark, or the like on a medium by using a writing instrument according to a signal, wherein the writing instrument is brought into contact with or close to a medium to be recorded based on a recording signal, and based on a non-recording signal A writing tool up-and-down device for moving the writing tool away from or away from the medium to be recorded, and a recording medium A plotter device comprising contact preventing means for preventing contact of the medium with the writing instrument in order to prevent unnecessary recording on the medium due to floating.