Label printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11267670-B2
Application number	US-202016986576-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2020
Priority date	Aug 9, 2019
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

A label printer includes a print head, a transporting roller, a peeling roller, and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls a current value to be supplied to a peeling motor configured to rotate the peeling roller such that a transport force of the peeling roller for transporting the backing sheet is equal to or greater than a minimum force required for peeling the label and is greater than a maximum friction force between the peeling roller and the backing sheet, and the maximum friction force and a maximum friction force between the transporting roller and the label sheet are set such that the maximum friction force between the peeling roller and the backing sheet is equal to or smaller than a transport force of the peeling roller that sets a transport error of the label sheet by the transporting roller to be within an acceptable value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A label printer comprising:
a print head configured to perform printing onto a label sheet including a backing sheet to which a label is attached;
a transporting roller disposed upstream of the print head in a transport path of the label sheet, and configured to transport the label sheet to downstream in the transport path by rotating in a state where the transporting roller is in contact with the label sheet;
a peeling roller disposed downstream of the print head in the transport path, and configured to rotate in a state where the peeling roller is in contact with the backing sheet, the peeling roller being configured to peel the label from the backing sheet by transporting the backing sheet in a direction different from a travelling direction of the label; and
a control unit configured to control rotation of the transporting roller and rotation of the peeling roller, wherein
the control unit controls a current value to be supplied to a peeling motor configured to rotate the peeling roller such that a transport force of the peeling roller for transporting the backing sheet is equal to or greater than a minimum force required for peeling the label and is greater than a maximum friction force between the peeling roller and the backing sheet, and
the maximum friction force and a maximum friction force between the transporting roller and the label sheet are set such that the maximum friction force between the peeling roller and the backing sheet is equal to or smaller than a transport force of the peeling roller that sets a transport error of the label sheet by the transporting roller to be within an acceptable value.

2. The label printer according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the transporting roller and the print head such that a transport period and a printing period alternate, with the transport period being a period in which the label sheet is transported to downstream in the transport path by the transporting roller and the printing period being a period in which the printing on the label sheet is performed by the print head, and controls the current value to be supplied to the peeling motor such that the peeling roller idles with respect to the backing sheet while the transport period and the printing period alternate.

3. The label printer according to claim 1 , wherein a static friction coefficient between the peeling roller and the backing sheet is smaller than a static friction coefficient between the transporting roller and the label sheet.

4. The label printer according to claim 1 , wherein a static friction coefficient between the peeling roller and the backing sheet is equal to or greater than 0.1 and is equal to or smaller than 0.3.

5. The label printer according to claim 4 , wherein a static friction coefficient between the transporting roller and the label sheet is 1.0.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Takami Toru

Classifications

• B65H29/54 Primary

  Article strippers, e.g. for stripping from advancing elements · CPC title

• B65H2801/75

  Labelling machines · CPC title

• B65H2701/11332

  strip, tape, narrow web · CPC title

• B41J3/4075

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• B65H2701/194

  Web supporting regularly spaced adhesive articles, e.g. labels, rubber articles, labels or stamps · CPC title