JP-7856280-B2 - Label printing device

JP7856280B2JP 7856280 B2JP7856280 B2JP 7856280B2JP-7856280-B2

Inventors

込山峰義
細谷暢
岩野守

Assignees

株式会社寺岡精工

Dates

Publication Date: 20260511
Application Date: 20210729

Claims (2)

A label issuing device that issues labels to be contained in a cassette to be attached to a product, It comprises a label application unit, an identification information acquisition means, a determination means, and a label replacement assistance means, The aforementioned identification information acquisition means is a first antenna, which is configured to acquire identification information of a tag attached to a label roll at the loading position. The determination means determines whether the identification information of the currently set label roll matches the identification information of the tag attached to the label roll housed in the cassette that has been replaced or is about to be replaced. The label replacement assisting means moves the transport unit of the issuing device away from the application position when the label roll is replaced, and the label issuing device is characterized in that it does not return the print head of the label application unit to the print position when the determination means determines that they do not match.
The label issuing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the first antenna is provided on the top or side surface of the label body.

Description

This invention relates to a label issuing device. A label issuing device that affixes labels to products on a conveyor belt is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The label issuing device described in Patent Document 1 is equipped with multiple labeling machines (so-called "labelers," and this name may be used hereafter) that affix labels to products on a conveyor belt, and these multiple labeling machines issue labels in rotation. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2000-318227 This is an overall diagram showing an example of a label issuing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, where (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, and (c) is a right side view.This figure shows an example of the electrical functional block of a label printing device.This diagram illustrates an example of the placement of an antenna for detecting RFID tags.Figure 4 shows the cassette and the labeler unit, with (a) showing only the cassette, (b) showing only the labeler unit, and (c) showing the labeler unit with the cassette loaded, including the antenna configuration. (d) is an example showing a different antenna configuration.This is a perspective view showing how the antenna is positioned on the labeler unit.This is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of the operation of a label printing device in its normal mode (alternating mode).This is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of the operation of a label issuing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention in one-sided mode (single-sided labeling mode).This is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of a label issuing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.These are diagrams illustrating an example of the operation of a label issuing device. (a) is a diagram showing an example of a test label. (b) is a diagram showing an example of a display screen prompting the user to read the test label. (c) is a diagram showing an example of a display screen confirming that the test label has been read.This flowchart shows an example of the steps taken when preparing to change a label.These are examples of screen displays indicating whether a label replacement was successful or not. (a) shows an example of the display when the replacement was performed correctly, and (b) shows an example of the display when the replacement was performed incorrectly.This flowchart shows an example of how a label issuing device operates during near-end detection.These are examples of detailed displays that allow you to check the type of label that has been set. (a) shows that the correct label has been placed, (b) shows that an incorrect label has been placed, and (c) shows that the label has ended and an incorrect label has been placed. As mentioned above, the problems that the present invention aims to solve apply to both nonstop label issuing devices with twin labelers (usually two sets of labelers, one for top-side and one for bottom-side application) and conventional label issuing devices with single labelers (usually one set of labelers, one for top-side and one for bottom-side application). We will first explain the case where the invention is implemented using the nonstop method. [First Embodiment (Example of Application in Nonstop Method)] The label issuing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention has a plurality of labelers that affix labels to products on a conveyor belt. This label issuing device includes a control unit that performs control to switch the operation of generating print data and affixing labels for the plurality of labelers, and an instruction means that receives a command output from the control unit and instructs the timing of generating print data to be printed on the labels and executing the operation of affixing labels at a first predetermined interval. The control unit outputs a command to the instruction means to change the timing of executing the label affixing operation to a second predetermined interval that is shorter than the first predetermined interval, in response to the switch to the operation of affixing labels on one of the plurality of labelers. Furthermore, the label issuing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention acquires identification information of tags attached to label rolls in storage under predetermined conditions, determines whether the currently set identification information of label rolls matches the identification information of tags attached to label rolls in storage, and notifies the operator of the result. The first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The first embodiment of the present invention includes, but is not limited to, the illustrated content. In the following descriptions of each figure, parts common to those already described will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and some redundant explanations will be omitted. Figure