Transfer tool

• US 7,819,164 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2005
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kokuyo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kokuyo Company Limited
• Inventors: Matsushita, Kinya
• Primary Examiner(s): Osele; Mark A
• Application Number:
  US10/572,942
• Publication Number:
  US 20070098462A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,009 Days
• Field of Search: 156/574, 156/577, 156/579, 118/207
• US Class Current: 156/577
• CPC Class Codes: B43L 19/00 Erasers, rubbers, or erasing devices; Holders therefor rubbers or erasing knives combined with writing implements B43K29/02, B43K29/18
• CPC Class Codes: B43L 19/0068 Hand-held holders
• CPC Class Codes: B43M 11/06 Hand-held devices
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 37/007 Applicators for applying coatings, e.g. correction, colour or adhesive coatings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1788 Work traversing type and/or means applying work to wall or static structure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1795 Implement carried web supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/18 Surface bonding means and/or assembly means with handle or handgrip

Abstract

To provide a transfer tool which realizes both of a mode of transferring a transferring object of any dimension and a mode of continuously transferring the transferring object by a certain dimension, there is provided an operating part (7) which functions as a feeding mechanism (X) for feeding a paper (P) by a certain dimension in a counter-transfer direction by rotating an auxiliary roller (R1) in a use state (O) and a switching mechanism (Z) for selectively switching a feeding state (x) by the action by the feeding mechanism (X) and a normal use state (y) where the feeding state (x) is released still in the use state (O).

Claims

1. A transfer tool used when a transferring object is transferred on a transferred object comprising:

a transfer tool main unit having at least a transfer head capable of bringing the transferring object into contact with the transferred object, the transfer head having a transfer face which comes into contact with the transferred object and on which the transferring object is transferred on the transferred object at the time of the transfer of the transferring object, wherein, in a normal use state, the transferring object is transferred on the transferred object by bringing the transfer face into contact with the transferred object and moving the transfer face in a predetermined transfer direction;

a feeding mechanism for feeding the transferring object to the transferred object by a certain dimension through the transfer face in the state where the transfer face is stopped and pressed with respect to the transferred object;

a switching mechanism for selectively switching between a feeding state by the action of the feeding mechanism and the normal use state where the feeding state is released while holding the transfer face in contact with the transferred object; and

a rotatable auxiliary roller having a backing face which comes into contact with a back face of a transferred face of the transferred object in the state where the transferred face of the transferred object is brought into contact with the transfer face of the transfer head at the time of the transfer.

2. A transfer tool according to claim 1, wherein the transfer head has a transfer roller including the transfer face capable of rotating at the time of the transfer.

3. A transfer tool according to claim 2, wherein the feeding mechanism can feed the transferring object to the transferred object by the certain dimension by rotating the transfer roller by a certain angle due to an external force.

4. A transfer tool according to claim 3, wherein the switching mechanism switches between the feeding state where the transfer roller can be rotated by the certain angle depending on the feeding mechanism and the normal use state where the transfer roller can rotate without depending on the feeding mechanism.

5. A transfer tool according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary roller is provided at a position opposed to the transfer face of the transfer head.

6. A transfer tool according to claim 1, wherein the backing face of the auxiliary roller is located as opposed to the transfer face, thereby relatively separating the backing face from the transfer face.

7. A transfer tool according to claim 1, wherein, by rotating the auxiliary roller by a certain angle due to the an external force and thus moving the transferred object by the certain dimension in a counter-transfer direction reverse to the transfer direction, the transferring object is drawn from the transfer face of the transfer head such that the feeding mechanism can feed the transferring object to the transferred object by the certain dimension.

8. A transfer tool according to claim 7, wherein the switching mechanism switches between the feeding state where the auxiliary roller can be rotated by the certain angle depending on the feeding mechanism and the normal use state where the auxiliary roller can rotate without depending on the feeding mechanism.

9. A transfer tool according to claim 1, further comprising a transferred object supporter capable of contacting the transferred object from the back face corresponding to the area which is in contact with the transfer face of the transfer head in the state where the transfer face is brought into contact with the transferred object,

wherein an inserting space into which the transferred object can be inserted is formed between the transferred object supporter and the transfer tool main unit, and

wherein the transfer head is disposed in the inserting space so that at least the transfer face is exposed from the transfer tool main unit and the auxiliary roller is disposed so that the backing face is exposed from the transferred object supporter.

10. A transfer tool according to claim 9, wherein by rotating the auxiliary roller by a certain angle due to an external force and thus moving the transferred object by the certain dimension in a counter-transfer direction reverse to the transfer direction, the transferring object is drawn from the transfer face of the transfer head such that the feeding mechanism can feed the transferring object to the transferred object by the certain dimension, and

wherein the transfer tool further comprises an operating part capable of rotating the auxiliary roller by the certain angle due to the external force and the operating part is formed at the transferred object supporter.

11. A transfer tool according to claim 10, wherein the switching mechanism switches between the feeding state where the auxiliary roller can be rotated by the certain angle by the operating part and the normal use state where the auxiliary roller can rotate without depending on the operating part.

12. A transfer tool according to claim 10, wherein the auxiliary roller has an auxiliary roller main unit capable of contacting the transferred object and a pinion rotating together with the auxiliary roller main unit, and

wherein the operating part rotates the pinion by the certain angle, thereby rotating the auxiliary roller by the certain angle.

13. A transfer tool according to claim 12, wherein the operating part has an operating lever operably attached to the transferred object supporter and a floating engaging member capable of engaging with the pinion following the operation of the operating lever,

wherein the floating engaging member includes a rack part engaged with the pinion, which is capable of rotating the backing face of the auxiliary roller in the counter-transfer direction, and

wherein the floating engaging member is configured so as to be capable of taking an engaging attitude in which the rack part engages with the pinion and a retreating attitude in which the rack part is separated from the pinion.

14. A transfer tool according to claim 13, wherein the operating lever is rotatably and pivotally attached to the transferred object supporter at one end thereof and supports the floating engaging member at the other end thereof, and

wherein a moving direction of the floating engaging member and a pivotally moving direction of the other end of the operating lever substantially corresponds to a tangent line direction of the pinion.

15. A transfer tool according to claim 13, wherein the switching mechanism switches between the feeding state where the floating engaging member takes the engaging attitude and the normal use state where the floating engaging member takes the retreating attitude.

16. A transfer tool according to claim 13, wherein the operating lever is rotatably and pivotally attached to the transferred object supporter at one end thereof and supports the floating engaging member at the other end thereof, and

wherein the switching mechanism is configured such that the floating engaging member takes the engaging attitude when the operating lever is rotated in a predetermined operating direction so that the pinion rotates the backing face of the auxiliary roller in the counter-transfer direction, and the floating engaging member takes the retreating attitude when the operating lever is rotated in a direction reverse to the operating direction.

17. A transfer tool according to claim 13, wherein the operating lever is rotatably and pivotally attached to the transferred object supporter at one end thereof and supports the floating engaging member at the other end thereof,

wherein a supporting shaft supporting the floating engaging member is provided at the other end of the operating lever,

wherein an oval-shaped attitude switching hole supported by the supporting shaft is formed at the floating engaging member, wherein an engaging position is set at one end of the attitude switching hole and a retreating position is set at the other end of the attitude switching hole, and

wherein the switching mechanism is configured such that the floating engaging member takes the engaging attitude by locating the supporting shaft at the engaging position in the attitude switching hole when the operating lever is rotated in a predetermined operating direction so that the pinion rotates the backing face of the auxiliary roller in the counter-transfer direction, and the floating engaging member takes the retreating attitude by locating the supporting shaft at the retreating position in the attitude switching hole when the operating lever is rotated in a direction reverse to the operating direction.

18. A transfer tool according to claim 17, wherein the floating engaging member includes an elastic deforming part for accumulating a force of moving the supporting shaft from the retreating position to the engaging position therein when the supporting shaft is located at the retreating position in the attitude switching hole.

19. A transfer tool according to claim 13, wherein the operating lever includes an elastic deforming part for accumulating a force rotating the operating lever in a direction reverse to a predetermined operating direction due to elastic deformation when the operating lever is rotated in the operating direction so that the pinion rotates the backing face of the auxiliary roller in the counter-transfer direction.

20. A transfer tool according to claim 13, wherein the operating lever is rotatably and pivotally attached to the transferred object supporter at one end thereof and supports the floating engaging member at the other end thereof,

wherein a supporting shaft supporting the floating engaging member is formed at the other end of the operating lever,

wherein an oval-shaped attitude switching hole is provided at the floating engaging member, wherein an engaging position is set at one end of the attitude switching hole and a retreating position is set at the other end of the attitude switching hole, and

wherein the switching mechanism is configured such that the floating engaging member takes the engaging attitude by locating the supporting shaft at the engaging position in the attitude switching hole when the operating lever is rotated in a predetermined operating direction so that the pinion rotates the backing face of the auxiliary roller in the counter-transfer direction, and the floating engaging member takes the retreating attitude by locating the supporting shaft at the retreating position in the attitude switching hole in the normal use state when the rack part comes into contact with the pinion and the floating engaging member is repulsed due to the rotation of the pinion with the rotation of the auxiliary roller caused by moving the transferred object in the counter-transfer direction.

21. A transfer tool according to claim 13, wherein the rack part includes a plurality of transmitting teeth each having a transmitting face facing a direction of rotating the pinion and an inclined face connecting the transmitting faces,

wherein the pinion includes a plurality of engaging teeth each having an engaging face capable of engaging with the transmitting face,

wherein the feeding mechanism is configured so that when the transmitting teeth of the rack part operates in the direction in which the transmitting face of one of the transmitting teeth comes into contact with the engaging face of one of the engaging teeth in the feeding state where the floating engaging member takes the engaging attitude, the pinion rotates in conjunction with the rack part with the floating engaging member being taking the engaging attitude, and

wherein the switching mechanism is configured so that when the engaging teeth of the pinion moves and the front end of one of the engaging teeth comes into contact with the inclined face of one of the transmitting teeth in the feeding state, the rack part is separated from the pinion and the floating engaging member switches from the engaging attitude to the retreating attitude, thereby switching to the normal use state where the pinion runs idle relative to the rack part.

22. A transfer tool according to claim 12, wherein the operating part has an operating lever operably attached to the transferred object supporter and a floating engaging member capable of engaging with the pinion following the operation of the operating lever,

wherein the floating engaging member includes a rack part engaged with the pinion, which is capable of rotating the backing face of the auxiliary roller in the counter-transfer direction, and

wherein the transfer tool further comprises a releasing mechanism to separate, in the normal use state, the rack part from the pinion so as not to contact with each other.

23. A transfer tool according to claim 22, wherein the releasing mechanism is configured so as to switch the floating engaging member from an engaging attitude in which the pinion engages with the rack part to a releasing attitude in which the pinion is separated from the rack part with the operation of the operating lever.

24. A transfer tool according to claim 23, wherein the releasing mechanism is configured so as to bring the floating engaging member into the releasing attitude when the operating lever is substantially positioned at an end of a rotating range of the operating lever.

25. A transfer tool according to claim 24, wherein the releasing mechanism has a floating engaging member supporting mechanism capable of movably supporting the floating engaging member so as to take the engaging attitude or the releasing attitude and an operating force converting mechanism for converting the rotating operation of the operating lever into a retreating operation to switch the floating engaging member from the engaging attitude to the releasing attitude.

26. A transfer tool according to claim 25, wherein the floating engaging member supporting mechanism has a supporting shaft formed at one of the operating lever and the floating engaging member, and an attitude switching part formed at the other of the operating lever and the floating engaging member,

wherein the supporting shaft supports the floating engaging member, and

wherein the attitude switching part movably supports the supporting shaft so that the floating engaging member may take the engaging attitude and the releasing attitude.

27. A transfer tool according to claim 25, wherein the floating engaging member supporting mechanism has an elastic deforming part for accumulating a repulsive force returning the floating engaging member from the releasing attitude to the engaging attitude when the floating engaging member takes the releasing attitude.

28. A transfer tool according to claim 25, wherein the operating force converting mechanism has a cam face provided at one of the transferred object supporter and the floating engaging member, and an urging part provided at the other of the transferred object supporter and the floating engaging member, and

wherein the urging part can slidingly contact the cam face.

29. A transfer tool according to claim 28, wherein the cam face is formed on the upper face of the floating engaging member and the urging part is provided at a position opposed to the cam face on the lower face of the transferred object supporter.

30. A transfer tool according to claim 28, wherein the cam face includes a positioning part for coming into contact with the urging part to position the floating engaging member in the releasing attitude when the operating lever is located at the end of the rotating range.

31. A transfer tool according to claim 22, wherein the operating lever includes an elastic member for accumulating an elastic repulsive force in a direction reverse to a rotating direction of the operating lever when the operating lever is rotated.

32. A transfer tool used when a transferring object is transferred on a transferred object comprising:

a transfer tool main unit having at least a transfer head capable of bringing the transferring object into contact with the transferred object, the transfer head having a transfer face which comes into contact with the transferred object and on which the transferring object is transferred on the transferred object at the time of the transfer of the transferring object, wherein, in a normal use state, the transferring object is transferred on the transferred object by bringing the transfer face into contact with the transferred object and moving the transfer face in a predetermined transfer direction;

a feeding mechanism for feeding the transferring object to the transferred object by a certain dimension through the transfer face in the state where the transfer face is stopped and pressed with respect to the transferred object; and

a switching mechanism for selectively switching between a feeding state by the action of the feeding mechanism and the normal use state where the feeding state is released while holding the transfer face in contact with the transferred object.