JPS6328097Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to an improvement of a hand labeler that prints numbers or symbols on a tape-shaped label and affixes the printed label to a suitable position on a product or the like.

Conventionally, by operating a handle lever elastically supported on the labeler body, an ink roller is pressed and rolled onto the printing section of the printing mechanism to apply ink, and this printing section is linked to the operation of the handle lever. Various hand labelers have been proposed, which press and print on a tape-shaped label delivered to a stamp pad, then transfer the tape-shaped label to a peeling mechanism, and attach the printed label to a product while peeling it from the tape. It is provided for the convenience of users such as supermarkets.

By the way, the printing and pasting of labels using this type of hand labeler reaches several thousand sheets per day at supermarkets, etc., so ink must be supplied to the ink roller as needed to prevent the ink impregnated into the ink roller from running out. There is a need to.

However, in conventional hand labelers, the ink roller is attached to the labeler body, making it troublesome to supply ink.
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 56896, a labeler body is provided with a cover that covers a printing mechanism that can be opened and closed, an ink roller is installed on the inner surface of the cover, and ink can be easily supplied to the ink roller by opening the cover. It was planned. However, it is not possible to supply inks of different colors to each pair of number or symbol printing portions of the printing mechanism.

The present invention is a hand labeler for the purpose of simply and quickly supplying ink to a pair of number or symbol printing sections using separate ink rollers.

In the present invention, by operating a handle lever 16 elastically supported on the labeler main body 12, an ink roller is pressed and rolled onto a printing section of a printing mechanism to apply ink, and this printing section is transferred to the handle lever 16. In a hand labeler that presses and prints on a tape-shaped label sent to the stamp stand 22 in conjunction with the operation of A printing mechanism 32 consisting of 34 and 36 is attached to a mounting frame 30 that is the same body as the handle lever 16, and a shaft 46 is attached to the front lower part of the labeler body 12.
The printing mechanism 32 and the mounting frame 30 are covered by a cover 48 which is attached so as to be openable and closable.

Furthermore, arms 50 and 52 that hold the two front and rear ink rollers 38 and 40 are provided on the inner surface of this cover 48.
The upper ends of the arms are pivotally connected by shafts 54 and 54, respectively, and the ink rollers 38 and 40 extend into the printing sections 34 and 36, respectively. It should be long enough to pass through.

Then, a spring 56 is attached to the shafts 54, 54 to force each ink roller backward, and by operating the handle lever, both arms 50, 52 are rotated in the same direction and pressed individually to the lower surface of each print. This is a hand labeler consisting of:

Then, when you squeeze the handle lever 16, the printing mechanism 3
2 is lowered, the two front and rear printing sections 34 and 36 push the two front and rear ink rollers 38 and 40 forward, and the rolling ink rollers apply ink to each printing section 34 and 36, and Numbers and symbols are printed on the front and back of the label on the wound tape-like label 18 by each printing section that further descends.

Next, when the handle lever 16 is released, the printing mechanism 3
2 rises to the old position, and each of the ink rollers 38, 40 returns to the rear under the urging force of the spring 56, and contacts and presses each of the printing portions 34, 36.

Furthermore, when the cover 48 is opened, the arms 50 and 5 that hold both ends of the two ink rollers 38 and 40 are opened.
The tip of the mounting frame 30 of the printing mechanism 32 comes out from between 2 and the ink rollers 38 and 40 are exposed to the inner surface of the cover 48.
Ink is supplied to the rollers 8 and 40, respectively, or ink of a different color is supplied to the rollers 38 and 40, respectively.

Next, a preferred embodiment of the hand labeler according to the present invention will be described.

1 to 3, the hand labeler according to the present invention includes a labeler main body 12 having a grip 10, a handle lever 16 elastically pivoted to this main body via a pivot 14, and a large number of labels ( A delivery wheel 24 that sequentially sends out the tape-shaped labels 18 pasted at predetermined intervals (not shown) to the stamp pad 22; The front number printing device 26 prints numbers such as prices, the rear symbol printing device 28 prints symbols for machine reading of the numbers or product names, and these two printing devices 26 and 28 are connected to the handle lever 16. a printing mechanism 32 which is attached to a mounting frame 30 that is integral with the printer;
A pair of front and rear ink rollers 38, 40 press and roll to apply ink to the printing portions 34, 36 of No. 8.
and a peeling unit 42 that inverts and peels off the printed label on the tape-like label 18 with a small radius of curvature.
and a pasting roller 44 that presses the peeled label when pasting it to the appropriate location on the product.

A shaft 46 is provided at the front lower part of the main body 12 above the pasting roller 44, and a cover 48 that covers the printing mechanism 32 together with the mounting frame 30 is provided on the shaft 46.
The main body 12 is attached so that it can be opened and closed to prevent foreign matter such as dust from entering the main body 12. Furthermore, two ink rollers 38 and 40, front and rear, are installed on the inner surface of this cover 48. The upper ends of two sets of arms 50 and 52 that hold both ends of the ink rollers 38 and 40 are connected to shafts 5 and 52, respectively.
The arms 50 and 5 are pivotally connected to the inner surface of the cover 48 via the arms 50 and 54, and extend between each set of arms so as to straddle the printing parts 34 and 36, respectively.
A pair of ink rollers 38, 40 are elastically pressed and held against the lower surfaces of printing portions 34, 36, respectively (see FIG. 4a).
Each arm 50, 52 has an ink roller 38,
40 has a length that allows it to pass under the front and rear of the mounting frame 30.

When the handle lever 16 is squeezed, the mounting frame 30 of the printing mechanism 32 descends in the direction of the stamp pad 22.
The ink rollers 38,
40 are rolled forward along the lower surfaces of both legs of the shape mounting frame 30 while being pressed by the printing parts 34 and 36, and one ink roller 38 is pressed against the printing parts 34 and 36 along the lower surfaces of both legs of the shape mounting frame 30.
The other ink roller 40 has a recess 58 formed in the middle part of both legs of the mounting frame 30.
(see Figure 4b).

A stopper is provided protruding from the inner surface of the outer cover 48,
Needless to say, when the cover 48 is opened, the arms 50 and 52 biased by the spring 56 are prevented from rotating beyond a certain degree.

Next, the operation of the hand labeler according to the present invention constructed as described above will be explained.

First, the tape-shaped label 18 wound around the tape holder 20 is attached, and the stamp pad 22 is attached to the end of the tape-like label 18.
A product that is engaged with the outer periphery of the delivery wheel 24 through the peeling part 42, and then the operating knobs (not shown) of the printing units 26 and 28 are appropriately rotated to affix a desired number or a label printed with this number. The symbol is displayed on the front and rear two printing sections 34 and 36. Next, when the cover 48 is opened using the shaft 46 as a fulcrum, the rear ink roller 40 fits into the recess 58, so that both sides of the ink roller 40 rearward from the gap between the cover 48 and the main body 12 that are formed on both sides of the slightly opened cover 48 are While holding down the ink roller 40 with your fingertips, move the ink roller 40 away from the recess 58 against the spring 56 and push it forward around the support shaft 54, moving it along with the front ink roller 38 through each arm 50, 52 to the front end of the shaped mounting frame 30. Pass through the bottom and fully open the cover 48.

Then, ink is supplied to the ink rollers 38 and 40 exposed on the inner surface of the opened cover 48 using a suitable applicator such as a dropper-shaped ink applicator.

When closing the cover 48, press the front and rear ink rollers 38, 40 with your fingertips against the spring 56.
When the cover is closed while moving forward as shown by the broken line in the figure, each ink roller 38, 40 is connected to each arm 5.
The cover 48 passes through the lower front end of the mounting frame 30 via the holes 0 and 52 and is fully closed.

When the handle lever 16 is grasped and brought close to the grip 10, the printing units 26 and 28 are lowered, and the printing units 34 and 36 push the ink rollers 38 and 40 forward. The printing devices 26 and 28 roll in contact with the surface to apply ink, and then descend further and are guided to the stamp stand 22 to print on the tape-shaped label.

Next, when the handle lever 16 is released from the grip 10, the delivery wheel 24 rotates, and the printed label is guided to the peeling section 42, reversed, and separated from the tape-shaped label 18, and is separated from the delivery port provided at the bottom of the tip of the main body 12. (not shown), the label is placed so as to face a predetermined location on a desired product and is pressed and adhered via a pasting roller 44.

As described above, according to the hand labeler of the present invention, the two front and rear ink rollers 38, 40 are installed on the inner surface of the cover 48, which is configured to be openable and closable. By supplying the liquid and closing the cover 48, it is possible to prevent dust from adhering to the printing mechanism 32. In addition, in the present invention, since ink is supplied to the two front and rear printing sections 34, 36 by the two rollers 38, 40, respectively, it is possible to not only produce clear printing without uneven ink coating, but also to provide the two printing sections 34, 36 with ink. Different colors of ink can be easily and easily supplied to each type of ink.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the ink rollers 38 and 40 are rotated in the same direction forward or backward while ink is applied to the lower surface of each printing section 34 and 36, so the two ink rollers can be rotated back and forth without any trouble even in a narrow space. Therefore, the front and rear lengths of the hand labeler can be shortened, resulting in improved operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side view showing a preferred embodiment of the hand labeler according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side explanatory view showing the hand labeler shown in Fig. 1 with the cover removed, and Fig. 3 is the same as Fig. 1. FIGS. 4a and 4b, a side view showing the hand labeler with the cover open, are explanatory diagrams showing the relationship between the ink roller of the hand labeler shown in FIG. 1 and the printing mechanism. 10...Grip, 12...Labeler body, 1
4... Axis, 16... Handle lever, 20... Tape holder, 22... Stamp stand, 24... Delivery wheel, 26... Number printing device, 28... Symbol printing device, 30... Mounting frame, 32 ...printing mechanism, 3
4, 36... Printing section, 38, 40... Ink roller, 42... Peeling section, 44... Pasting roller, 4
6...Shaft, 48...Cover, 50, 52...Arm, 54...Shaft, 56...Spring, 58...Roller fitting portion.

Claims (1)

[Claim for Utility Model Registration] By operating a handle lever that is elastically supported on the labeler body, an ink roller is pressed and rolled onto the printing section of the printing mechanism to apply ink, and this printing section is transferred to the handle lever. A hand labeler that presses and prints on a tape-shaped label that is sent out in conjunction with the operation of the hand labeler, and then transfers the tape-shaped label to a peeling section and peels off the printed label. The printing mechanism 32 is attached to a mounting frame 30 that is integral with the handle lever 16, and the printing mechanism 32 and the mounting frame 30 are covered by a cover 48 that is attached to the front lower part of the labeler main body 12 so as to be openable and closable by a shaft 46. Arms 50 and 52 hold the two front and rear ink rollers 38 and 40 on the inner surface of the cover 48.
whose upper ends are pivoted by shafts 54, 54, respectively,
These ink rollers 38 and 40 are inserted into the printing portions 34 and 36, respectively, and each arm has a length that allows the ink rollers 38 and 40 to pass under the front end of the mounting frame 30, and the shaft 54,
54 is attached with springs 56, 56 to press each ink roller backward, and by operating the handle lever, both arms 50, 52 are rotated in the same direction and pressed individually to the lower surface of each print.