CN1069268C - Printing device used in carding clock - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a printer for a timer recorder capable of fetching characters to be required as the time recorder, quietly performing printing with low printing sound and performing normal color printing for normal work and different color printing for irregular work without using two color printing ribbons and the switching device for which the quality of printing characters is improved and the characters are extremely easily readable. This printer comprises: two cup wheel type bodies for which a many radially formed spoke pieces are respectively bent and raised approximately vertically towards the inside and type elements are provided on the tip part outside surfaces of the respective spoke pieces, printing solenoids for pressing the type elements of the respective spoke pieces to the time card, punching the time and performing the printing and respective ink roller for the normal color printing and for the different color printing for applying ink to the type elements.

Description

Printer for telltale clock

The present invention relates to the telltale clock of lettering on time card, be specifically related to use the printer for telltale clock of plain cup wheel type type body as print-member.

Be used for aspect the printing device of telltale clock, existing have the use type wheel of the Japanese Utility Model of seeing bulletin No. 40086 communique in 1979 or a mint-mark word formula of beating of lettering percussion hammer, see the belt type formula that Japanese Utility Model discloses the use belt type of No. 40368 communique in 1992, and see the printer formula of the use of Japanese patent of invention bulletin No. 62029 communique in 1988 as the printer of a printer.

In addition, in existing telltale clock, the time of normally turning out for work is to come lettering with black or blue general look, the undesired time of turning out for work such as late or leave early is not then come lettering so that redness etc. is homochromy, utilize the color of lettering can be used for differentiating and normally turn out for work and undesired difference of turning out for work, the transformation series of this dichromatism lettering adopts dichromatism lettering colour band conversion equipment to carry out, and this dichromatism lettering colour band conversion equipment sees 1971 No. 16057 communique of Japanese patent of invention bulletin, 1984 No. 19357 communique of Japanese Utility Model bulletin, or Japanese Utility Model discloses No. 172166 communiques in 1981 etc.

On the other hand, will change the data of turning out for work of remembering into each one according to the record that is printed on the time card after utilizing the telltale clock record constantly, carry out various calculating such as wage, so do not allow to make mistakes, especially requirement can be seen clearly easily; In addition, because its environment for use major part in indoor places such as office mechanism or companies, so it is quiet to require lettering sound to try one's best, and requires to have economy, can provide telltale clock with suitable cost; For the various requirement of text type, also require to have the degree of freedom that can freely realize in addition.

The existing quarter formula printing device beaten that adopts above-mentioned type wheel or lettering percussion hammer is because the use type, so have the advantage that reads easily, its shortcoming is to carry out lettering to certain numeral and the mark literal that is formed on the lettering wheel face, and because lettering order and print position system is predetermined according to the formation position of type, so the combination of numeral and mark etc. can not freely show; Again because be to use percussion hammer to beat the mint-mark word, so the percussive sounds during lettering is very noisy, existence causes problems such as harmful effect to environment.

Aforementioned type belt-type printing device does not have percussive sounds, the quiet advantage of lettering when then having lettering, and its shortcoming is that the formation position of type on belt and order are certain, lettering can not freely show, and because use belt, so there is the variety of issue of permanance deterioration.

In addition, under the situation of aforementioned printer formula printing device, especially put printer and different with type utilize some point sets to share to form literal because be, so aspect watching easily and reading easily, its quality will make the close number that then must increase point of quality and type, so at hardware not as type, the structure of software two aspects becomes very complicated, has the problem that has influence on the telltale clock cost.

And, the used lettering colour band of existing dichromatism lettering colour band conversion equipment that adopts on the above-mentioned various printing device all is that upper and lower region is divided into dichromatism, by this lettering colour band itself or ribbon cartridge type or print head are done above-below direction conversion action, be combined into normal look (general look) and heterochromatic (not homochromy) dichromatism conversion and come lettering, so in existing various printing devices, when comparing with inker, this dichromatism lettering colour band conversion equipment proportion is very high, and because dichromatism lettering colour band conversion equipment is bigger than printing device, complex structure, so exist whole device to maximize the problem of expensiveization; In addition, upper and lower region is divided into the price comparison height of the dichromatism lettering colour band of dichromatism, so there is problem economically.

In addition, above-mentioned existing dichromatism lettering colour band conversion equipment is owing to be to make up and down the lettering colour band of dichromatism do to go up the down conversion action to carry out the dichromatism conversion for type or print head, so use the back because dichromatism conversion lettering between long-term, the colour band face can be contaminated gradually and cause colour mixture, therefore has the problem that can not carry out the assertive colours lettering; In addition, in dichromatism lettering colour band, because the access times of the higher and heterochromatic lettering look of usage frequency of normal look lettering colour band are fewer, so normal look lettering colour band one side comparatively fast consumes, may not use just essential this dichromatism lettering colour band that upgrades as yet in heterochromatic lettering colour band side, therefore very uneconomical.

Therefore, the printing device that the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of telltale clock of exquisiteness to use, can put into the needed literal of telltale clock, and print the literal quality and well and very read easily, lettering sound is little and quiet, for normal look lettering of normally turning out for work and improper heterochromatic lettering of turning out for work, do not need to use dichromatism lettering colour band and conversion equipment thereof, but utilize special-purpose inker to come lettering respectively.

(1) for achieving the above object, printer for telltale clock of the present invention is when telltale clock inserts time card, make card transport the lettering fragment position that roller rotates and time card is transported to the same day, utilize stencil set to print off the time data in this lettering section, be characterized in comprising: laterally zygomorphic two sections plain cup wheel type type bodies, its structure is: do laterally also a plurality of radial spoke sheets inwards to be bent into the right angle on the parallel mobile carriage at the lettering face of the time card that above-mentioned stencil set is inserted into along the rotation because of leading axle, and be provided with the type element at the leading section lateral surface of each spoke sheet; Type is selected to use motor, is used for the revolution that follow procedure is controlled the plain cup wheel type type body of above-mentioned two sections; Two lettering solenoids are used for follow procedure above-mentioned each spoke sheet are got to the outside and the type element is beaten at time card up and down; Two ink rollers contact and are coated with the printing ink of different color up and down in order to the type face with the above-mentioned type of the plain cup wheel up and down type body that is rotating up and down; Control gear, it comprises: lettering time band decision maker, be used to judge that whether the time band that inserts time card is the normal attendance time band with normal look lettering such as black or blueness, or with the undesired attendance time band of heterochromatic letterings such as redness; Card transports/stop device, when the result of determination according to this decision maker is judged to be normal attendance time band, just the time card that inserts is transported to normal look lettering in the plain cup wheel type body that is located at two sections with the printing device of a side plain cup wheel type type body and stop, and when being judged to be undesired attendance time band, just the time card that inserts is transported to heterochromatic lettering with the print position of the opposing party's plain cup wheel type type body and stop; And lettering solenoid movement device, according to the lettering time band of judging with above-mentioned lettering time band decision maker, be used to make a generation of two lettering solenoids of plain cup wheel type type body about being located to move to carry out lettering.

(2) in this device, be characterized on the turning axle of the plain cup wheel type type body that two sections are installed, being equipped with the linkage gear that the selection of transmission type is used with motor rotary speed, be provided with type origin position sensor at this linkage gear downside, be convexly equipped with the detection head on the linkage gear bottom surface and detect the origin position of each plain cup wheel type type body of two sections in order to detection.

(3) in the said apparatus, be characterized in being provided with side by side by date and each numeral, the type element that each literal that week is used is formed of usefulness constantly according to same direction up and down at each spoke sheet leading section lateral surface of each plain cup wheel type type body of two sections.

The effect of the various technical schemes in above-mentioned (1)-(3) is as described below.

When adopting the technical scheme of above-mentioned (1), this stencil set is to select with motor each plain cup wheel type type body that the normal look lettering that is located at two sections is used and heterochromatic lettering is used to be rotated by type, can utilize ink roller to carry out the printing ink coating respectively and utilize the lettering solenoid to beat the mint-mark word plain cup wheel type type body up and down, its lettering utilizes the type element that is located on each spoke sheet because be, so the lettering quality is good, reads easily; In addition, for type element up and down, can utilize each ink roller of the heterochromatic usefulness that normal look uses to come transfer ink respectively; And,, also do not have Chang Se and heterochromatic printing ink produces colour mixture even use between long-term so lettering sound is very little because up and down the lettering solenoid pushes each spoke sheet and carries out lettering, can carry out lettering with strikingly color.

In addition, when adopting the technical scheme of above-mentioned (1), because do not need dichromatism lettering colour band conversion equipment, the software that lettering is used is the rotation that makes mobile and each plain cup wheel type type body of stencil set, and the software that the lettering solenoid is used about using, compare with the used software of a printer much simple, so even have up and down normal look lettering with and heterochromatic lettering use each plain cup wheel type type body the time also it doesn't matter, whole device can be simplified and cost degradation.

In addition, when adopting the technical scheme of above-mentioned (1), when the time band that inserts card is normal attendance time band with normal look lettering such as black or blueness, just time card is transported to plain cup wheel type type body (being generally the type body of the hypomere) position of carrying out just often (normal look) lettering one side, then by making this type body rotation so that lettering solenoid sequentially-operating stamps the moment etc. with normal look lettering section of this day on time card; On the other hand, when the time band that inserts time card is undesired attendance time band with heterochromatic letterings such as redness, just time card is transported to the opposing party's plain cup wheel type type body (being generally the type body of epimere) position of carrying out heterochromatic lettering, then by making the rotation of this type body and make lettering solenoid sequentially-operating, can with heterochromatic on time card the lettering section of this day stamp the moment etc.

When adopting the technical scheme of above-mentioned (2), because utilize type origin position sensor often to detect by the origin position of type selection with each plain cup wheel type type body of two sections of motor Spin Control, so selecting can make plain cup wheel type type body with motor by type is that starting point is correctly rotated with this origin position, can required type correctly be set in print position by program and carry out lettering.

When adopting the technical scheme of above-mentioned (3), on each plain cup wheel type type body of two sections, be formed with date and the numeral of moment usefulness and each type elements such as literal of using in week, amenable to process is controlled the lettering solenoid and both the shared types that are located on each type body respectively and is selected to move with motor, because all available normal look of any type that forms on the plain cup wheel type type body up and down or the heterochromatic mint-mark word of on time card, beating, so can utilize up and down two plain cup wheel type type bodies or constantly to the date, or various colors of variation such as essential various numerals of attendance record institute such as week and literal and as freely manifesting.

As mentioned above, can realize purpose of the present invention, solve the problem that aforementioned prior art exists by technique scheme.

Describe the preferred embodiment of printer for telltale clock of the present invention in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.

The accompanying drawing simple declaration:

Fig. 1 is an outside drawing, and used telltale clock one example of printing device of the present invention is implemented in expression.

Fig. 2 is the part section front elevation, is used to illustrate the internal structure of telltale clock shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a cut-open view, is used to illustrate the internal structure of stencil set used herein.

Fig. 4 is 2 sections the positive view of plain cup wheel type type body up and down.

Fig. 5 is a block scheme, is used to illustrate the content of electrical control of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a process flow diagram, is used to illustrate each processing sequence according to black lettering of the present invention and red lettering.

Fig. 7 is a process flow diagram, is used to represent the subsequent step of process flow diagram shown in Figure 6.

Fig. 8 block scheme is used to illustrate that the integral body of the used control device of the present invention is formed.

Fig. 1 is an outside drawing, used telltale clock one example of printing device of the present invention is implemented in expression, 1 is telltale clock among the figure, 1a is the insertion mouth of time card TM, 2 ... be to be configured to the horizontal on and off duty selected configuration switch of holding concurrently side by side in insertion mouthful 1a front, 2a is provided in a side of these switches 2 ... the sign of this switching function of expression of front, the 3rd, the display of the various data of demonstration, 18T represents clock.

Fig. 2 is the part section front elevation, is used to illustrate the internal structure of above-mentioned telltale clock 1.Among the figure 4 and the 4S card that is provided in a side of above-mentioned insertion mouth 1a inboard detect connecting rod and card detecting sensor; Card guide about 1b, 1b are is used to guide the time card TM that is inserted into insertion mouthful 1a; The 6th, roller shaft is to utilize left and right sides bearing 6a, 6b along card path and with horizontal parallel setting up; 5M is that card transmits motor, is used to make the sensor 4S that time card TM is detected and moves.

In addition, 5W is mounted in the worm screw on the above-mentioned card transmission motor 5M driving shaft, this worm screw 5W and the worm gear 6W engagement that is installed on the above-mentioned rollers axle 6, be used for the rotation that card transmits motor 5M is delivered to roller shaft 6 so that card transports roller 6R rotation, and the time card TM that inserts of Dou introduces the insertion mouth 1a between this roller 6R and the follower rollers (not shown); When discharge is transported, detect the revolution of the scrambler that is installed in these roller shaft 6 front ends by scrambler 6S with disk 6T, transporting the conveying capacity of roller 6R card detection time TM by card, thereby can control transporting of card.

In addition, the 7th, card lower end detecting sensor, the surface/back side that is used to read the breach Ma of above-mentioned time card TM lower end formation and judges card; When under surface/back side reverse situation of time card TM, insert inserting among mouthful 1a, can by this sensor 7 detect and on display 3 display abnormality, and make the action of alarm (not shown) simultaneously to arouse attention.

In addition, 1T is provided in a side of the fixed frame of telltale clock 1 inside, and above-mentioned left and right sides card guide 1b is housed on this framework 1T, 1b, roller shaft 6, sensor 4S, 6S, 7 and motor 5M.

Whole stencil set respectively with symbol 8 expressions, is used for printing off the data of turning out for work etc. on the lettering hurdle of the time card TM that card guide guiding in the above-mentioned left and right sides is sent in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, and this stencil set 8 is made up of following member.

9T is the leading axle that is erected between left and right installation board 1Ta, the 1Tb among the figure, installing plate 1Ta, 1Tb then is located on the said fixing framework 1T, on the periphery of this leading axle 9T, be formed with the spiral fashion cam path of guiding usefulness, when type laterally moves when with step motor 9M this leading axle 9T being rotated, the carriage 9 that is installed on the leading axle 9T just carries out laterally mobile at left and right directions.

In addition, 10 upper shells that are mounted in above the above-mentioned carriage 9; The 11st, vertically the revolving shaft that is provided with can rotate freely in the enclosure interior that is covered by upper shell 10; 11M is that type is selected to use step motor, is installed in the bottom side of carriage 9; 11b is a pinion wheel, is installed on the driving shaft 11a of motor 11M; Be installed in linkage gear 11c and this pinion wheel 11b engagement on the above-mentioned turning axle 11, be used for the revolution of said motor 11M is sent to revolving shaft 11.

The expression plain cup wheel type type body that is positioned at the hypomere of housing of above-mentioned upper shell 10 and epimere is relative up and down and be fixed at the pars intermedia of above-mentioned revolving shaft 11 respectively with symbol 12 and 15 equally in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3; Type body 12 and 15 constitutes the metal sheet of use respectively (spring material) as shown in Figure 4 and forms radial a plurality of spoke sheet 12b in the surrounding edge punching press of central circular portion 12C and 15C ... and 15b ... be bent into approximate right angle respectively to the inside along the vertical direction, make its monolithic molding be approximate plain cup wheel type; Simultaneously at each spoke sheet 12b ... and 15b ... leading section type element 12a by date and necessity of constantly being formed with the literal of using in numeral and week etc. outwards is installed ... and 15a In addition, inner embedding the as shown in the figure correcting ring 13 and 16 are arranged.

In addition, 14 and 17 is lettering solenoids of hypomere (black is used) and epimere (red using) among the figure, also be installed in the shell of upper shell 10, when this solenoid 14 and 17 receives from the ON signal of the described control part in back and when excitatory, print head 14a or 17a are protruded, select to be set at the epimere of print position or the plain cup wheel type type body 12 of hypomere by above-mentioned type with step motor 11M, 15 type element 12a, 15a, even also spoke sheet 12b, 15b is forced out along the direction of platen PT, makes this type element 12a or 15a insert and be pressed to the lettering face of time card TM to carry out lettering along platen PT.

In addition, in Fig. 3,11e is the detection head that is convexly equipped with on above-mentioned linkage gear 11c bottom surface; 11d is a sensor, is by detecting the origin position of this detection head 11e with the horizontal direction of rotation that detects these two plain cup wheel type type bodies 12 and 15; 18 and 19 is ink rollers, is the revolution by type element 12a and 15a, normal look (black) and heterochromatic (redness) printing ink is coated on each type element 12a of each plain cup wheel type type body 12 and 15 ... on 15a; 18a and 19a are the revolving shaft of this ink roller 18,19; 10T is the installing plate of above-mentioned lettering solenoid 14 and 17, and 9N is the auxiliary guide shaft of carriage 9.

In addition, in Fig. 2,9Sa is convexly equipped with at wheel to send detection head on the frame 9; 9S is a sensor, is by detecting this detection head 9Sa to detect the origin position that this carriage 9 is plain cup wheel type type body 12 and 15 horizontal moving directions; 15 expression printed base plates.

Fig. 5 is the block scheme of explanation the invention described above electrical control content, among the figure, 20 and 21 is CPU and the memories that constitute the control part center, trample 22 by mother therebetween and be connected to interface circuit 23, be connected with the above-mentioned selected configuration switch 2 of holding concurrently on and off duty at this interface circuit 23 ... display 3, card detecting sensor 4S, card transmits motor 5M, scrambler 6S, card lower end detecting sensor 7, type laterally moves and uses step motor 9M, the horizontal mobile origin position sensor 9S of type, type selects to use step motor 11M, type origin position sensor 11d, and black lettering solenoid 14 and red with lettering solenoid 17; Be connected with clock circuit 18 in addition, carry out control action according to the system program that is stored in the memory 21 in order to send reference clock signal.

In other words, in the present invention, when card detecting sensor 4S detected free card TM and inserts, card transmitted motor 5M and just is rotated and makes card to transport roller 6R to begin to transport card; When beginning to transport, detection time, card TM lower edge place had non-notch Ma to form to judge its surface/back side to card lower end detecting sensor 7 immediately; Correct as surface/back side, promptly make card transmit motor SM rotation, and utilize coding transducer 6S to detect its rotating speed to be the card upwards of movement, according to program this time card TM to be transported to the lettering fragment position on the same day simultaneously according to the program in the memory 21 of being stored in.

When above-mentioned card transported end, type laterally moved with step motor 9M and promptly turns round and make leading axle 9T revolution; According to the program that is stored in the memory 21, decide the lettering field of stencil set 8 to put by making the selected switch 2 of person at quarter, even also the stencil set lettering field that moves laterally to time card TM appointment is put; Secondly, according to the program that is stored in the memory 21, by repeating to select the control revolution of the plain cup wheel type type body 12 that carries out with step motor 11M and 15 and the lettering action of lettering solenoid 14 or 17 successively with type, the data of turning out for work that will comprise date and present moment etc. one by one with black or red with the lettering hurdle of the selected time card TM appointment of above-mentioned switch 2 (for example turn out for work hurdle or from diligent hurdle etc.) last lettering.

When this printing ending, make card transmit motor 5M reversing according to the program in the memory 21 equally, utilize conveyance roller 6R that time card TM is sent back to and insert a mouthful 1a, a lettering circulation is promptly accused and is finished.

Concrete processing sequence when being inserted into time card TM with the black lettering with red lettering according to Fig. 6 and flowchart text shown in Figure 7 below.

Select lettering on and off duty hurdle at beginning step S1 shown in Figure 6 by switch 2, then judge at step S2 whether the type portion of stencil set 8 puts at selected lettering field, as then entering step S3 for YES, as be the then laterally mobile usefulness step motor of type 9M rotation of NO, so that moving to selected lettering field, puts by stencil set 8.

At step S3 time card TM is inserted, when detecting the fashionable step S5 that promptly enters of this card insert, card detecting sensor 4S judges whether present moment is the time band of normal lettering at step S4, that is judge it is with the normal attendance time band of black lettering or with the undesired attendance time band of red lettering, as be when band black lettering time with regard to execution in step S6-S10, as be when being with the red lettering time with regard to execution in step S11-S15.

That is, make card transmit motor 5M at above-mentioned steps S6 and turn round and time card TM is introduced; Then enter step S7, time card TM is transported to the date position of the lettering of wanting; Then this time card TM is stopped at the print position place of hypomere plain cup wheel type type body 12 at step S8; Select to repeat lettering successively with solenoid 14 by step S9 type then and move with step motor 11M and step S10 black lettering, on the same day of time card TM lettering hurdle with black (usually) lettering of normally turning out for work.

Relative therewith, at above-mentioned steps S11-S15, be transported to and make it want the lettering portion of lettering date position lettering field inserting time card TM, carry out the undesired lettering of turning out for work of redness on this lettering hurdle with the action of solenoid 17 by red lettering in epimere plain cup wheel type type body 15.

After above lettering is finished, promptly carry out step S16 shown in Figure 7, S17, each operation of S18, the lettering processing finishes.

In addition, Fig. 8 is the block scheme that the used control device of explanation the present invention is formed situation.

As mentioned above, when adopting printer for telltale clock of the present invention, because use extremely special plain cup wheel type type body as stencil set, only need the action of mobile and the rotation and the lettering solenoid of this type body of the open-and-shut software control of use, just can carry out the lettering that uses the richer variation of type wheel lettering than existing; Compare with the used printing device of existing printer, its software is more simple and can more low-cost manufacturing; Because the use type, so can obtain to read easy high-quality lettering; Because the lettering solenoid is to push the spoke sheet to carry out lettering, so lettering sound is very little, have can quiet use excellent results; Because adopt the plain cup wheel type type body of two sections, do not need to use dichromatism lettering colour band conversion equipment just can carry out Chang Se and heterochromatic two kinds of letterings, so whole printing device can be simplified and cost degradation; And can solve colour mixture problem in the double-colored use, lettering is in bright gay color.

Claims (3)

1. printer for telltale clock when inserting time card in described telltale clock, makes the rotation of card conveyance roller, and time card is transported to the lettering fragment position on the same day, and stencil set carries out lettering in this lettering section to the time data; It is characterized by, comprise: laterally zygomorphic two sections plain cup wheel type type bodies, its structure is: make above-mentioned stencil set do along the lettering face of the time card that inserts because of the rotation of leading axle laterally on the parallel mobile carriage to form radial spoke sheet respectively and inwards be bent into the right angle a plurality of, and be provided with the type element at the leading section lateral surface of each spoke sheet; Type is selected to use motor, is used for the revolution that follow procedure is controlled the plain cup wheel type type body of above-mentioned two sections; Two lettering solenoids are used for follow procedure above-mentioned each spoke sheet are got to the outside and the type element is beaten at time card up and down; Two ink rollers contact and are coated with the printing ink of different color up and down in order to the type face with the above-mentioned type of the plain cup wheel up and down type body that is rotating up and down; Control gear, it comprises: lettering time band decision maker, be used to judge that whether the time band that inserts time card is the normal attendance time band with normal look lettering such as black or blueness, or with the undesired attendance time band of heterochromatic letterings such as redness; Card transports/stop device, when the result of determination according to this decision maker is judged to be normal attendance time band, just the time card that inserts is transported to normal look lettering in the plain cup wheel type type body that is located at two sections with the print position of a side plain cup wheel type type body and stop, and when being judged to be undesired attendance time band, just the time card that inserts is transported to heterochromatic lettering with the print position of the opposing party's plain cup wheel type type body and stop; And lettering solenoid movement device, according to the lettering time band of judging with above-mentioned lettering time band decision maker, be used for making a generation of two lettering solenoids of plain cup wheel type type body about being located to move to carry out lettering.

2. printer for telltale clock according to claim 1 is characterized by: be equipped with on the turning axle of the plain cup wheel type type body that two sections are installed and transmit type and select the linkage gear used with motor rotary speed; On the other hand, be provided with type origin position sensor, be convexly equipped with the detection head on the linkage gear bottom surface and detect the origin position of each plain cup wheel type type body of two sections in order to detection at this linkage gear downside.

3. printer for telltale clock according to claim 1 is characterized by: be provided with side by side by date and each numeral, the type element that each literal that week is used is formed of usefulness constantly according to same direction up and down at each spoke sheet leading section lateral surface of each plain cup wheel type type body of two sections.

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