CN101332725B - Color-band guide parts and printing device - Google Patents

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CN101332725B
CN101332725B CN 200810110078 CN200810110078A CN101332725B CN 101332725 B CN101332725 B CN 101332725B CN 200810110078 CN200810110078 CN 200810110078 CN 200810110078 A CN200810110078 A CN 200810110078A CN 101332725 B CN101332725 B CN 101332725B
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The invention provides a printing apparatus for installing ribbon with dirtying hands and printing with ribbon. In the printing apparatus, a support section for supporting free movement of the ribbon 15 in a ribbon case, a guiding section 2 with slant on upper part, a ribbon protector 5 with upper part bending to a press paper reel side, and a meshing slice 4 for meshing the guiding section 2 and the a meshing section 21 on head of a printing head 19 are arranged on a ribbon guiding unit 1, and a, and an inosculating slice 9 inosculated with an inosculating section 10 of the printing apparatus head slide frame 18 is arranged.

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Color-band guide unit and printing equipment
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of color-band guide unit (ribbon guide unit) and printing equipment.
Background technology
Generally, in (hereinafter to be referred as " printing equipments ") such as impact printers (impact printer) that the impact (impact) of colour band (ink ribbon) printed to media such as printing papers by printhead, in the time of when printing equipment is set and because of the life-span of colour band, need to changing, ribbon cartridge (ribbon cartridge) must be installed on the printing equipment.
Installation by this ribbon cartridge, by the outstanding driving shaft of the printhead travelling carriage (carriage) of printing equipment (drive shaft) and mutually interlock of feeding-in roll (feed roller), feeding-in roll rotates because of the rotation of driving shaft, and colour band is admitted to and rolls when printing etc.
In the past when printing equipment arranges this ribbon cartridge; as shown in figure 13; rear by printhead 19 arranges the ribbon cartridge that does not indicate among the figure to printhead travelling carriage 18; then between the front end (nose) 11 of colour band protection carriage (ribbon protector bracket) 6 and printhead 19, shown in the arrow A of Figure 13 (a), insert colour band 15; shown in Figure 13 (b), be fixed; last rotation manual is rolled the knob (knob) of ribbon cartridge, makes colour band unlikely lax (example: with reference to patent documentation 1).
Patent documentation 1 (Japanese kokai publication hei 5-139006 communique)
But; protect in the structure of carriage at colour band in the past; when being arranged on ribbon cartridge on the printing equipment; shown in Figure 13 (a); because colour band 15 is obstructed in the b section of the front end 11 of printhead 19; it is set to the state of Figure 13 (b) must to win colour band 15 with hand, so the problem that exists operator's hand to be made dirty by the China ink of colour band 15.
Summary of the invention
For solving above-mentioned problem, the invention provides a kind of color-band guide unit, it is characterized in that having the support sector that the colour band of supporting to be contained in ribbon cartridge moves freely; And the colour band protector that between the described colour band of described support sector and printed medium, disposes, wherein said color-band guide unit is detachable for described ribbon cartridge and printing equipment.
In addition, color-band guide unit further of the present invention has the tabling piece with printhead travelling carriage tabling, and described tabling piece is positioned at the front end vertical direction of printhead and omits the position that prolongs.
In addition, color-band guide unit further of the present invention has the meshing flake that is meshed with the printhead travelling carriage, and described meshing flake is located at the top of color-band guide unit.
In addition, in color-band guide of the present invention unit, the top of color-band guide unit can have rake, and the top of this rake can have handle portion.
In addition, in color-band guide of the present invention unit, the top of colour band protector can have protuberance, and this protuberance is crooked along the platen direction.
In addition, in color-band guide of the present invention unit, can be provided with the color-band guide section of packing to prevent the colour band slippage into of guiding band near the protuberance of described colour band protector.
In addition, in color-band guide of the present invention unit, described color-band guide section can be arranged at the left and right sides either side of color-band guide unit.
Further, the present invention also provides a kind of printing equipment, has the color-band guide unit, it is characterized in that, this color-band guide unit has the support sector that the colour band of supporting to be contained in ribbon cartridge moves freely; The colour band protector that between the described colour band of described support sector and printed medium, disposes; With the tabling piece of printhead travelling carriage tabling, described tabling piece is positioned at the front end vertical direction of printhead and omits the position that prolongs; With the meshing flake that is meshed with the printhead travelling carriage, described meshing flake is located at the top of color-band guide unit, and wherein, described color-band guide unit is detachable for described ribbon cartridge and printing equipment; Have on the described printhead travelling carriage engaging piece that is meshed with described meshing flake and with the fitting portion of described tabling piece tabling.
The invention effect
According to the present invention, can make the color-band guide unit detachable for ribbon cartridge and printing equipment, can carry out at an easy rate installation and removal so need not to get with hand-held colour band.
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Fig. 1 is the oblique view of the demonstration color-band guide unit detailed construction of embodiment one.
Fig. 2 is the plane of the structure of the demonstration color-band guide unit of embodiment one and printhead.
Fig. 3 takes off the color-band guide unit of embodiment one and the oblique view of the structure behind the printhead.
Fig. 4 is the color-band guide unit of embodiment one and the structure chart of printing equipment.
Fig. 5 is the action specification figure (side view) of the color-band guide unit of embodiment one.
Fig. 6 is the action specification figure (side view) of the color-band guide unit of embodiment one.
Fig. 7 is the action specification figure (side view) of the color-band guide unit of embodiment one.
Fig. 8 is the color-band guide unit of embodiment one and the action specification figure of colour band.
Fig. 9 is the chamfer map of the color-band guide unit detailed construction of embodiment two.
Figure 10 is the plane of the color-band guide unit detailed construction of embodiment two.
Figure 11 is the action specification figure of the color-band guide unit of embodiment two.
Figure 12 is the action specification figure of the color-band guide unit of embodiment two.
Figure 13 is the action specification figure that colour band is in the past installed.
The specific embodiment
Describe relating to embodiments of the present invention below by picture.Key element identical among the figure represents with prosign.
Embodiment one
(structure)
Fig. 4 is the structure of color-band guide unit and printing equipment for expression.14 is ribbon cartridge, the colour band 15 that the printed medium that does not indicate in the tool digraph prints.Knob 16 is when colour band 15 relaxes, and rolls lax colour band 15 by rotation knob 16.
1 is the color-band guide unit, consisted of by guide portion 2 and colour band protection carriage 6, and be the support sector that supports that colour band 15 moves freely.In addition, color-band guide unit 1 can be by dismounting on ribbon cartridge 14 and the printing equipment 13.
13 is printing equipment, and printhead 19 writes type information by the colour band 15 of being supported by color-band guide unit 1 on printed medium.
Printhead travelling carriage 18 is mounted with printhead 19 and colour band protection carriage 6, along the travelling carriage axle (carriage shaft) 17 that be arranged in parallel with platen 12 to arrow A a-Ab direction control interval (spacing).Described platen 12 and described printhead 19 subtend settings, parallel with described travelling carriage axle 17 and can rotate freely.
Fig. 1 is the detailed construction oblique view of the color-band guide unit of embodiment one.Fig. 2 is the plane of the structure of color-band guide unit and printhead.Fig. 3 is the oblique view with the structure of color-band guide unit when taking off on the printhead.
In order in any direction to confirm the mobile status of colour band 15, color-band guide unit 1 is made of transparent materials such as Merlon (polycarbonate) resins.
The top of guide portion 2 is made as inclination along the direction of insertion (arrow B direction) of colour band 15.Described inclination is covered front end 11 by the end to front end 11, the top of the front end 11 of printhead 19, and it is shaped as spill, thereby can not interfere when mounted the end of the front end 11 of printhead 19.
In addition, for guaranteeing to guide the intensity of self, the top of guide portion 2 is box.The top of guide portion 2 also is provided with the handle portion 3 that holds for the operator when installing and dismantle color-band guide unit 1, omit prolongation place on the top of guide portion 2 to the vertical direction of the front end 11 of printhead 19 and be provided with the fixedly meshing flake 4 of color-band guide unit 1.
Meshing flake 4 is meshed with the engaging piece 21 on the top that is arranged on printhead 19; and be arranged on the tabling piece 9 and each fitting portion 10 tabling that is arranged on the printhead travelling carriage 18 of two bottoms of colour band protection carriage 6, thereby color-band guide unit 1 is fixed on the printhead travelling carriage 18.
The 7a of color-band guide section and 7b are except playing the guiding function when colour band 15 is installed, and its shape can also prevent the upward slippage of mounted colour band 15.
Colour band protection carriage 6 is the bending setting in platen 12 sides, and printed medium is guided.In addition, colour band protector 5 is not blocked colour band 15 along the shape setting of colour band protection carriage 6 when colour band 15 is installed, and makes its top at platen 12 lateral bends.
In addition, hole 8 is that impact by printhead 19 makes the colour band 15 of the end that is positioned at front end 11 contact with printed medium.
(action)
By said structure, color-band guide unit and the printing equipment of embodiment one carry out following action.Below use Fig. 5 to Fig. 8 that this action is elaborated.
At first, use Fig. 5 to 1 action that colour band 15 is installed describes in the color-band guide unit.The operator is under the state of color-band guide unit 1 by printhead travelling carriage 18 and printhead 19 disengagements; get with hand-held handle portion 3; the hand-held color-band guide unit 1 of taking, the hand-held ribbon cartridge 14 of taking of another inserts colour band 15 between guide portion 2 and the colour band protection carriage 6.
At this moment, owing to be provided with inclination in the guide portion 2, very successfully colour band 15 is inserted so can tilt along this.In addition, the top of colour band protector 5 is along colour band protection carriage 6 to platen 12 lateral bends, so colour band can not be obstructed on the top of colour band protector 5.
Next use Fig. 6 to illustrate color-band guide unit 1 is installed in action on the printhead travelling carriage 18.The operator holds and takes the handle portion 3 of having inserted the color-band guide unit 1 of colour band 15, and meshing flake 4 is inserted between the engaging piece 21, and the color-band guide unit is pressed to the arrow C direction.
At this moment, tabling piece 9 and fitting portion 10 tablings, hole 8 is positioned at the subtend position of front end 11, and color-band guide unit 1 is fixing at printhead travelling carriage 18.
With color-band guide unit 1 at printhead travelling carriage 18 fixedly the time, if colour band 15 slippages, when being in low temperature, printhead 19 can hold printhead 19, when being in high temperature, printhead 19 can hold the handle portion 3 of color-band guide unit 1, to the activity of arrow A a-Ab direction for several times, colour band 15 can along guide portion 2 landings, be state shown in Figure 7.
By the knob 16 of rotation ribbon cartridge 14 lax colour band 15 is rolled in addition, the setting of ribbon cartridge 14 is finished as shown in Figure 8.
In addition; when taking off color-band guide unit 1 on the printhead travelling carriage 18; hold adept shank 3; promote to colour band protection carriage 6 sides opposite with printhead 19; take off simultaneously meshing flake 4; to the direction pull-up color-band guide unit 1 opposite with the arrow C of Fig. 6, can be easily by taking off on the printhead travelling carriage 18.
When taking off colour band 15 on the color-band guide unit 1, with a hand-held adept shank 3, with the hand-held ribbon cartridge 14 of taking of another, promote ribbon cartridge 14 to guide portion 2 sides simultaneously, make it not impeded by the 7a of color-band guide section, 7b, being pulled upwardly colour band 15 can take off.
(effect of embodiment one)
As mentioned above; color-band guide unit and printing equipment according to embodiment one; the color-band guide unit be provided with support sector that the colour band of supporting to be contained in ribbon cartridge moves freely and; top to the colour band protector of platen lateral bend and; tabling piece with printhead travelling carriage tabling; also be provided with in addition the engaging piece that is meshed with the meshing flake of printing equipment; described color-band guide unit is detachable for described ribbon cartridge and printing equipment, so the operator's that can not make dirty hand can be installed in ribbon cartridge on the printing equipment.
Embodiment two
(structure)
Such as Fig. 9 and shown in Figure 10, for reducing as far as possible the obstruction when being installed in colour band 15 on the color-band guide unit, the color-band guide unit of embodiment two and printing equipment have been got rid of the 7b of color-band guide section of the colour band protection carriage 6 in the embodiment one.The color-band guide unit of other structure and embodiment one and the structure of printing equipment are identical, and therefore description is omitted.
In addition, for more clearly representing the 7a of color-band guide section, omitted the guide portion 2 that has illustrated in the embodiment one among Fig. 9 and Figure 10.
(action)
By above structure, the color-band guide unit of embodiment two and printing equipment can carry out following actions.Below use the action specification figure of Figure 11 that this action is elaborated.
Among Figure 11 and Figure 12, be Ribbon Change 15 more, printhead 19 is in original position (home position), the state when namely being in the figure left comer.Normally under this state, colour band 15 is changed.
Under this state, when colour band 15 is installed on color-band guide unit 1, shown in figure, the colour band 15 in printhead 19 left sides keeps the angle about 20 degree~30 degree to stretch out by the left comer of ribbon cartridge 14, color-band guide 7a can not form obstruction, the colour band 15 on printhead 19 right sides keeps acute angle to stretch out by the right corner of ribbon cartridge 14, and color-band guide 7b forms and hinders in the structure of embodiment one, colour band 15 can not be inserted smoothly.
In the color-band guide unit 1 of embodiment two, owing to there is not color-band guide 7b, when inserting colour band 15, the color-band guide 7b that can not be printed 19 right side hinders, and can insert smoothly.
In addition, the operator holds and takes the handle portion 3 of having inserted the color-band guide unit 1 of colour band 15, and the action that color-band guide unit 1 is fixed on the printhead travelling carriage 18 is identical with embodiment one, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted here.
When being fixed on color-band guide unit 1 on the printhead travelling carriage 18, if the colour band that has inserted 15 comes off, then identical with embodiment one, when being in low temperature, holds printhead 19 by printhead 19, when being in high temperature, holds printhead 19 handle portion 3 by color-band guide unit 1, to the activity of arrow A a-Ab direction for several times, colour band 15 can be along guide portion 2 landings.
At this moment, owing to got rid of color-band guide 7b, only leave color-band guide 7a, even reduce the number of times of printhead travelling carriage 18 along the direction activity of Aa-Ab, also colour band 15 can be set to the position of appointment.
The knob 16 of rotation ribbon cartridge 14 is rolled lax colour band 15, and namely as shown in figure 12, the setting of ribbon cartridge 14 is finished.
In addition; when taking off color-band guide unit 1 by printhead travelling carriage 18; identical with embodiment one; hold adept shank 3; promote to colour band protection carriage 6 sides with printhead 19 opposition sides; take off simultaneously meshing flake 4, to the direction pull-up color-band guide unit 1 opposite with the arrow C of Fig. 6, can be easily by taking off on the printhead travelling carriage 18.
When taking off colour band 15 on the color-band guide unit 1, with a hand-held adept shank 3, with the hand-held ribbon cartridge 14 of taking of another, promote ribbon cartridge 14 to guide portion 2 sides simultaneously, make it not cared for by the 7a of color-band guide section, 7b, being pulled upwardly colour band 15 can take off.
In the above description, the structure that only left side in the hole 8 of color-band guide unit 1 is arranged color-band guide section is illustrated, and with the right side of printing equipment during as the original position of printhead 19 etc., the structure that color-band guide section only is set on the right side in hole is also from needless to say.
(effect of embodiment two)
As mentioned above, according to color-band guide unit and the printing equipment of embodiment two, the color-band guide about the color-band guide unit only arranges one of them, thus printhead be positioned at printing equipment about when holding, also can carry out at an easy rate the installation of colour band.
Applicability on the industry
As mentioned above, the present invention's printing equipment that can be widely used in using that colour band prints etc.

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1. one kind with respect to the dismountable color-band guide of printing equipment unit, has: support to be contained in the support sector that the colour band of ribbon cartridge moves freely; And be configured in the described colour band of described support sector and the colour band protector between the printed medium; it is characterized in that: the top in described support sector (2); be provided with the rake of insertion of the described colour band of guiding, this rake covers by the end to front end, the top of the front end of printhead.
2. color-band guide according to claim 1 unit is characterized in that:
Wherein, have the tabling piece with printhead travelling carriage tabling, described tabling piece is positioned at the position that the front end vertical direction of printhead slightly prolongs.
3. color-band guide according to claim 2 unit is characterized in that:
Wherein, have the meshing flake that is meshed with the printhead travelling carriage, described meshing flake is located at the top of color-band guide unit.
4. color-band guide according to claim 3 unit is characterized in that:
Wherein, the top of described support sector has handle portion.
5. color-band guide according to claim 1 unit is characterized in that:
Wherein, the top of colour band protector has protuberance, and this protuberance is crooked along the platen direction.
6. color-band guide according to claim 5 unit is characterized in that:
Wherein, be provided with the color-band guide section of packing to prevent the colour band slippage into of guiding band near the protuberance of described colour band protector.
7. color-band guide according to claim 6 unit is characterized in that:
Wherein, described color-band guide section is arranged at the left and right sides either side of color-band guide unit.
8. a printing equipment has the color-band guide unit, it is characterized in that, described color-band guide unit has:
Support is contained in the support sector that the colour band of ribbon cartridge moves freely; And
Be configured in the described colour band of described support sector and the colour band protector between the printed medium;
Wherein, formed the rake of the insertion that guides described colour band above described support sector, this rake covers from the top of the front end of printhead to the end of front end,
Described color-band guide unit is detachable with respect to described ribbon cartridge and printing equipment.
9. printing equipment according to claim 8 is characterized in that:
Wherein, the top of described support sector has handle portion.
10. printing equipment according to claim 8 is characterized in that:
Wherein, the top of colour band protector has protuberance, and this protuberance is crooked along the platen direction.
11. printing equipment according to claim 10 is characterized in that:
Wherein, be provided with the insertion of guiding band near the protuberance of described colour band protector to prevent the color-band guide section of colour band slippage.
12. printing equipment according to claim 11 is characterized in that:
Wherein, described color-band guide section is arranged at the left and right sides either side of color-band guide unit.
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