Stencil plate set
The stencil plate set with edge-connected transfer plates addresses the inefficiency of conventional systems by enabling versatile writing arrangements and improved alignment, enhancing work efficiency through integrated masking and spraying operations.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2024014379
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-02-01
- Publication Date
- 2025-08-14
- Estimated Expiration
- 2044-02-01
AI Technical Summary
Conventional stencil plates require separate plates for horizontal and vertical writing, leading to inefficiencies in masking and alignment during the transfer process.
A stencil plate set with transfer plates featuring uneven edges that allow for connection and disconnection in specific directions, enabling versatile arrangements such as horizontal, vertical, or two-line markings without misalignment, and optionally including masking plates for improved workability.
Enhances work efficiency by preventing misalignment during masking and spraying, allowing easy rearrangement into various display formats without the need for multiple stencil plates.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical Field]
[0001] The present invention relates to a stencil plate set for use in buildings, parking lots, etc. [Background technology]
[0002] Various letters, numbers, and symbols are painted on floors and walls inside buildings, on the surfaces of parking lots, and other areas to provide guidance and warnings to users, and stencil plates are widely used as tools for this purpose.
[0003] A stencil plate, also known as a stencil template, spray plate, or template, is a metal or plastic plate with openings for the letters, numbers, or symbols to be transferred. By placing the plate in the desired location and spraying mist-like paint onto it, letters or symbols can be easily transferred to the desired location.
[0004] Such stencil plates can transfer the same letters or numbers repeatedly, making them much easier to use than painting them each time, for example when applying signs such as "Watch your step" or "No open flames" in multiple work areas or areas where flammable materials are placed at a construction site. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]
[0005] [Patent Document 1] Publication No. 56-129199 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0006] However, conventional stencil plates have text such as "No open flames" written in a single horizontal or vertical row, which creates the problem that if you want to use either horizontal or vertical writing, you have to prepare separate stencil plates for each.
[0007] For example, if you want to display the floors "20F," "21F," etc. at the elevator exits of a multi-story parking garage or a building under construction, you would use a stencil plate set consisting of multiple transfer plates with openings such as "0," "1," "2," "F," etc. In this case, you would need to mask them to prevent paint from splattering into the surrounding area, but sometimes the transfer plates that should be placed next to each other end up misaligned, creating the problem that the masking process takes time and effort. [Means for solving the problem]
[0008] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and aims to provide a stencil plate set that allows for various display formats such as horizontal and vertical writing, and that can also improve the workability of masking.
[0009] In order to achieve the above object, the stencil plate set according to the present invention is, as set forth in claim 1, composed of a plurality of stencil plates, and the plurality of stencil plates includes at least one transfer plate having characters, numbers, symbols, figures or other transfer images formed as apertures, The plurality of stencil plates are each configured so that their peripheral edges consist of two first edge portions opposite each other and two second edge portions perpendicular to the first edge portions and opposite each other, and one of the two first edge portions is formed with an uneven surface, and the other is formed with an uneven surface having a shape that allows it to fit into the uneven surface from the out-of-plane direction and restricts separation in the in-plane direction, and one of the two second edge portions is formed with an uneven surface, and the other is formed with an uneven surface having a shape that allows it to fit into the uneven surface from the out-of-plane direction and restricts separation in the in-plane direction.
[0010] Furthermore, the stencil plate set according to the present invention includes at least one masking plate among the plurality of stencil plates.
[0011] Furthermore, as described in claim 3, the arrangement structure of the stencil plate set of the present invention is such that multiple stencil plates as described in claim 2 are placed on the area to be transferred so that the masking plate is arranged in a frame-like shape and the transfer plate is arranged in its inner area.
[0012] In the stencil plate set of the present invention, the multiple stencil plates are each configured so that their peripheral edges consist of two first edge portions opposite each other and two second edge portions opposite each other at a position perpendicular to the first edge portions, in other words, so that they are approximately square-shaped, and one of the two first edge portions has a concave-convex shape, and the other has a concave-convex shape that can be fitted into the concave-convex shape from the out-of-plane direction but is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction, and one of the two second edge portions has a concave-convex shape, and the other has a concave-convex shape that can be fitted into the concave-convex shape from the out-of-plane direction but is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction.
[0013] In this way, two adjacent juxtaposed stencil plates among a plurality of stencil plates can be connected to each other at their opposing edges, and together with the fact that the whole becomes one piece as a result of the connecting action, there is no risk of the stencil plates shifting relative to each other in the in-plane direction.
[0014] Therefore, there is no risk of the stencil plates being displaced relative to each other in the in-plane direction during the masking or spraying work, and thus the efficiency of these work operations is greatly improved.
[0015] Furthermore, two adjacent stencil plates can be easily disconnected by shifting them out of plane, making it possible to easily rearrange them into various arrangements such as a single vertical line, a single horizontal line, or two-line markings, eliminating the need to prepare separate stencil plates for each arrangement as was previously required.
[0016] The irregularities to be formed on the other of the two first edge portions may be of any shape as long as they can be fitted into the irregularities formed on one side from the out-of-plane direction and are restricted from separating in the in-plane direction, but typical examples are convex portions that have an extension on the outermost edge side and concave portions that have an extension on the side farther from the periphery.
[0017] The two second edge portions are similar to the two first edge portions, and the unevenness to be formed on the other side can be of any shape as long as it can be fitted into the unevenness formed on one side from the out-of-plane direction and is shaped so that separation in the in-plane direction is restricted.However, a typical example is a convex portion that has an extension on the outermost edge side, and a concave portion that has an extension on the side farther from the periphery.
[0018] The transfer image (transfer pattern) formed on the stencil plate can include letters, numbers, symbols, and figures, and letters can include kanji, hiragana, katakana, and the alphabet, but it is up to the user to decide what type of transfer image to form as an opening.
[0019] In this application, plates on which no transfer image is formed, i.e., plates without openings, can also be used for masking, and are therefore included in the stencil plates of the present invention as masking plates, but are distinguished from transfer plates on which a transfer image is formed.
[0020] The stencil plate consists of the following: (a) Consists of only a transfer plate (b) Consists of a transfer plate and a masking plate In the case of (a), it is composed of two or more transfer plates, and in the case of (b), it is composed of one or more transfer plates and one or more masking plates.
[0021] Here, in the case of (b), if a masking plate is arranged in a frame shape and placed on the area to be transferred so that the transfer plate is placed in its inner area, masking will become unnecessary, and the work efficiency of transfer by spraying paint will be dramatically improved. [Brief explanation of the drawings]
[0022] [Figure 1] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the layout of the stencil plate set according to the present embodiment when transferring vertical writing. [Figure 2] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing transfer plates as stencil plates that make up the stencil plate set, along with how they are connected together. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the layout of the stencil plate set according to the present embodiment when transferring writing horizontally. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a layout diagram for transferring the stencil plate set according to the present embodiment in two-line notation. [Figure 5] 10A and 10B are explanatory views showing a transfer plate according to a modified example together with a state of being connected. [Figure 6] Layout diagram of a stencil plate set consisting of a transfer plate and a masking plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0023] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a stencil plate set according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0024] 1 is a diagram showing a stencil plate set according to this embodiment. As can be seen from the figure, the stencil plate set 1 of this embodiment is made up of four transfer plates 2 as a plurality of stencil plates.
[0025] The transfer plate 2 can be made of a plastic material such as polypropylene.
[0026] As shown in Figure 1, the four transfer plates 2 each have an opening formed in the kanji characters to be transferred, namely "fire," "air," "strict," and "prohibited." By spraying paint onto these in a vertically aligned state, the vertically written string of characters "fire strictly prohibited" consisting of the four kanji characters is transferred to the desired transfer target area.
[0027] The four transfer plates 2 are all identical in shape except for the edges and openings, so they are basically all treated as the same, but since the openings formed are different, when explaining the transfer, they will be distinguished from one another as transfer plates 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d.
[0028] As can be clearly seen in Figure 2, the four transfer plates 2 are each configured so that their peripheral edges consist of two first edge portions 3a, 3b opposite each other and two second edge portions 4a, 4b opposite each other at a position perpendicular to the first edge portions 3a, 3b; in other words, so that they are roughly square-shaped. In this embodiment, the first edge portion 3a is formed with an unevenness 5a, and the first edge portion 3b is formed with an unevenness 5b that has a shape that can be fitted into the unevenness from the out-of-plane direction and is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction. Also, the second edge portion 4a is formed with an unevenness 6a, and the second edge portion 4b is formed with an unevenness 6b that can be fitted into the unevenness from the out-of-plane direction and is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction.
[0029] As described above, the unevenness 5b has a shape that allows it to fit into the unevenness 5a from the out-of-plane direction and is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction. When viewed as a convex portion, it has a shape that expands on the outermost edge side, and when viewed as a concave portion, it has a shape that expands on the side farther from the periphery.
[0030] As described above, the unevenness 6b has a shape that allows it to fit into the unevenness 6a from the out-of-plane direction but is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction, and like the unevenness 5b, when viewed as a convex portion, it has a shape that has an expansion on the outermost edge side, and when viewed as a concave portion, it has a shape that has an expansion on the side farther from the periphery.
[0031] To transfer a transfer image engraved on a stencil plate set 1 consisting of four transfer plates 2 to a desired transfer target area, the stencil plate set 1 is first placed on the transfer target area.
[0032] The transfer target area can be a floor of a building, for example, a work area on the floor of a building under construction where flammable building materials are temporarily placed.
[0033] When arranging four transfer plates 2, if you want to transfer the string ``No open flames'' vertically, as shown in Figure 1, place the four transfer plates 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d vertically so that adjacent transfer plates 2, 2 on the top and bottom are connected to each other at their opposing edges.If you want to transfer it horizontally, as shown in Figure 3, place the transfer plates 2, 2 horizontally so that adjacent transfer plates 2, 2 on the left and right are connected to each other at their opposing edges.If you want to transfer it in two lines, place the transfer plates 2, 2 vertically and horizontally so that adjacent transfer plates 2, 2 on the top, bottom, left, and right are connected to each other at their opposing edges.
[0034] Once the stencil plate set 1 is placed on the area to be transferred, the periphery is masked if necessary, paint is sprayed onto the stencil plate set 1, and then the stencil plate set 1 is removed.
[0035] As described above, according to the stencil plate set 1 of this embodiment, the peripheral edges of the four transfer plates 2 are each configured to consist of two first edge portions 3a, 3b opposite each other and two second edge portions 4a, 4b opposite each other at a position perpendicular to the first edge portions 3a, 3b, in other words, to be approximately square-shaped.The first edge portion 3a has an unevenness 5a, and the first edge portion 3b has an unevenness 5b that can be fitted into the unevenness from the out-of-plane direction and is restricted from separation in the in-plane direction.The second edge portion 4a has an unevenness 6a, and the second edge portion 4b has an unevenness 6b that can be fitted into the unevenness from the out-of-plane direction and is restricted from separation in the in-plane direction.Therefore, it is possible to connect two adjacent transfer plates 2, 2 arranged side by side to each other at their opposing edges.Thus, the four transfer plates 2, 2 are integrated as a whole as a result of the connecting action, and there is no risk of them shifting relative to each other in the in-plane direction.
[0036] Therefore, there is no risk of the four transfer plates 2 being misaligned in the in-plane direction during the masking or spraying work, and the efficiency of these work operations is greatly improved.
[0037] Furthermore, according to the stencil plate set 1 of this embodiment, adjacently arranged transfer plates 2, 2 can be easily disconnected by shifting them in an out-of-plane direction, making it possible to easily rearrange them into various arrangements such as a single vertical row, a single horizontal row, or two-line arrangement, eliminating the need to prepare individual stencil plates for each arrangement as in the conventional case.
[0038] In this embodiment, the unevenness 5a, the unevenness 5b, the unevenness 6a, and the unevenness 6b are formed in a shape in which convex portions and concave portions are repeated in a wave-like pattern along the periphery, but it is sufficient for the unevenness to be formed on the first edge portion or the second edge portion of the present invention to be formed so that one of the concave portions can be fitted into the other of the concave portions from the out-of-plane direction and is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction.As shown in Figure 5, of the two first edge portions 3a', 3b', one of the concave portions 5a' may be a flared concave portion located near the center of the edge, and the other of the concave portions may be a convex portion shaped to fit into the concave portion, and the second edge portions 4a', 4b' may also be formed so that one of the concave portions 6a' is a flared concave portion located near the center of the edge, and the other of the concave portions may be a convex portion shaped to fit into the concave portion.
[0039] In addition, in this embodiment, the multiple stencil plates that make up the stencil plate set of the present invention are composed of only transfer plates, but instead, the multiple stencil plates can be composed of transfer plates and masking plates.
[0040] Figure 6 shows an example of a stencil plate set of the present invention made up of multiple stencil plates, consisting of four transfer plates 2 and 14 masking plates 61, where the four transfer plates 2 can be placed in the inner area of the 14 masking plates 61 arranged in a frame-like shape.
[0041] As can be seen in the figure, the 14 masking plates 61 are used for masking when spraying paint and have no openings, but as for their other shapes and structures, like the transfer plate 2, their peripheral edges are configured to consist of two first edge portions 3a, 3b that are opposite each other and two second edge portions 4a, 4b that are opposite each other and perpendicular to the first edge portions 3a, 3b, in other words, to be approximately square in shape, and the first edge portion 3a has an unevenness 5a, and the first edge portion 3b has an unevenness 5b that can be fitted into the unevenness from the out-of-plane direction and is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction, and the second edge portion 4a has an unevenness 6a, and the second edge portion 4b has an unevenness 6b that can be fitted into the unevenness from the out-of-plane direction and is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction.
[0042] With this configuration, it is possible to connect two adjacent masking plates 61, 61 placed side by side to each other at their opposing edges, and to connect an adjacent masking plate 61 and a transfer plate 2 placed side by side to each other at their opposing edges. Thus, the four transfer plates 2 and the fourteen masking plates 61 are integrated as a whole as a result of the connecting action, and there is no risk of them shifting relative to each other in the in-plane direction.
[0043] Therefore, there is no risk that the four transfer plates 2 and the fourteen masking plates 61 will become misaligned in the in-plane direction during the spraying operation.
[0044] In addition, since on-site masking work is no longer necessary, the overall work efficiency of the transcription process is greatly improved. [Explanation of symbols]
[0045] 1 stencil plate 2,2a,2b,2c,2d Transfer plate (stencil plate) 3a, 3b First edge 4a, 4b Second edge 5a,5b,6a,6b unevenness 3a', 3b' First edge 4a´, 4b´ Second edge 5a´,5b´,6a´,6b´ unevenness
Claims
1. A stencil plate set is comprised of a plurality of stencil plates, and the plurality of stencil plates includes at least one transfer plate having characters, numbers, symbols, figures, or other transfer images formed as apertures, The stencil plate set is characterized in that the multiple stencil plates are each configured so that their peripheral edges consist of two first edge portions that are opposite to each other and two second edge portions that are perpendicular to the first edge portions and are opposite to each other, and one of the two first edge portions is formed with a concave-convex shape, and the other of the two first edge portions is formed with a concave-convex shape that can be fitted into the concave-convex shape from the out-of-plane direction and is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction, and one of the two second edge portions is formed with a concave-convex shape, and the other of the two second edge portions is formed with a concave-convex shape that can be fitted into the concave-convex shape from the out-of-plane direction and is restricted from separating in the in-plane direction.
2. 2. The stencil plate set according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of stencil plates includes at least one masking plate.
3. 3. A stencil plate set arrangement structure, characterized in that a plurality of stencil plates according to claim 2 are placed on a transfer target area so that the masking plate is arranged in a frame shape and the transfer plate is arranged in the inner area thereof.
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