CN1124208A - Ribbon cassette from which a supply reel or a take-up reel can be pulled out, and a thermal transfer printing apparatus using the ribbon cassette - Google Patents
Ribbon cassette from which a supply reel or a take-up reel can be pulled out, and a thermal transfer printing apparatus using the ribbon cassette Download PDFInfo
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The printer has a thermal printing head, each ribbon box has a supply disc for winding new ribbon, and a receiving disc for winding used ribbon. When the first color ribbon box is selected, the lifting mechanism makes the first box move downwards, thus drawing out the receiving disc from the first ribbon box and tensioning the ribbon vertically near the printing position. Then the thermal printing head moves to the printing part and contacts with the ribbon for printing.
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The present invention relates to thermal transfer printer, its feed reel or reception tep reel can be extracted from ribbon cartridge, thereby ink ribbon (ink ribbon) is contacted with thermal printer head.
Common thermal transfer printer comprises a printing (heat shifts part), and printing has a thermal printer head and impression wheel, drives the drive unit and the data processing device of print head and impression wheel.The ink ribbon cassette housing that contains a volume colour band is installed on the thermal printer, and it can take off, and print head is transferred to ink on the paper from ink ribbon, prints off data like this.
Fig. 1 is the partial cross section figure of ink ribbon box 1, and it comprises one section ink ribbon, and the part of colour band contacts with the printing of common thermal printer.As shown in Figure 1, box 1 comprises colour band supply part 3 and colour band receiving unit 3 '.Colour band is supplied with part 3 a tep reel fixing hole 2 and feed reel 4, and feed reel 4 is fixed in the hole 2 pivotally.Similarly, colour band receiving unit 3 ' has a tep reel retaining hole 2 ' and receives tep reel 4 ', and tep reel 4 ' is fixed in the hole 2 ' pivotally.When receiving the rotation of tep reel 4 ' clockwise direction or press the direction rotation of arrow A, ink ribbon 5 is sent to along the direction of arrow B, by the impression wheel 6 of printing and the gap between the thermal printer head 7.
The printing that includes impression wheel 6 and thermal printer head 7 is placed in the opening 8 of ink ribbon box 1 of thermal printer.Impression wheel 6 is rotated along counter-clockwise direction by the drive unit (not shown) driving that is contained on the printing machine.Print head 7 is positioned on the impression wheel 6, and is staggered relatively with the impression wheel, and can move up and down.When not printing data, print head 7 leaves impression wheel 6.For data being imprinted on the paper P, print head 7 moves downward, and ink ribbon 5 and paper P are pressed on the impression wheel 6.
Paper P sends one by the feeding-in roll (not shown) to along the arrow C direction and is sent to impression wheel 6 from lower right end position, is sent to higher left position again.After data finished printing, paper P was sent to lower left position again.When reception tep reel 4 ' rotated according to the arrow A direction, ink ribbon 5 was sent from feed reel 4.Heat is added on the ink ribbon 5 by the thermal printer head 7 at impression wheel 6 places, like this ink just from colour band 5 transfer to paper P above.The part that colour band 5 usefulness are crossed is wound onto and receives on the tep reel 4 '.After all colour bands 5 are all sent from feed reel 4, just need to change old ribbon cartridge 1 with new ribbon cartridge.
The length of print head 7 equates in fact with the width of paper P.Printed element (being heater element) number is identical with the maximum number of points that can arrange on main scanning direction (being the width of paper P).When printing machine was driven, each printed element all produced heat, was melted in the ink on the colour band 5, and ink transfer to paper P, on paper, print off idea.The width of ink ribbon 5 equates fully with the length of thermal printer head 7 and the width of paper P, and is installed in the ink ribbon box 1.When box 1 is installed on the thermal printer, comprise that the printing of impression wheel 6 and thermal printer head 7 must be placed between feed reel 3 and the reception tep reel 3 '.In other words, must insert printing in the ink ribbon box 1.Box 1 has an opening 8, and it is enough big, can allow printing to pass through.Because opening 8 is big, so ink ribbon box 1 can not be done more lessly.
In addition, be difficult to accomplish both to make thermal printer to have many this big ribbon cartridges, less relatively again.For example,, after colorful image has printed, must from printing machine, take off the ink ribbon that has yellow, peony and blue green, insert another box that contains black bars then and go to print black character in order to print the colorful image that has black character.It is time-consuming changing ribbon cartridge, and reduces printing efficiency greatly.
The objective of the invention is to provide a kind of ink ribbon box, and when it being placed on printing machine outside or being placed on the printing machine but time spent not, it all keeps is a widget, and a kind of thermal printer that uses this ink ribbon box, is used for printed material also will be provided simultaneously.
Another object of the present invention is that a kind of thermal transfer printer will be provided, and it has many little ink ribbon box, and these ribbon cartridges can be used alternatingly, and once uses one.
In order to reach these purposes, the invention provides following ink ribbon box and following thermal transfer printer.
Ribbon cartridge comprises:
Feed reel, the not used part of ink ribbon is wound thereon;
Receive tep reel, be used to receive the part that ink ribbon was used; With
Ink ribbon cassette housing is used for fixing feed reel and receives tep reel, makes feed reel and receives one of tep reel and can extract.
Thermal transfer printer comprises:
Thermal printer head;
Main body is used for fixing ribbon cartridge, and tape drum comprises: feed reel, and the not used part of ink ribbon is wound thereon; One is used to receive reception tep reel and ink ribbon cassette housing that ink ribbon was used part, and it is used for fixing feed reel and receives tep reel, makes feed reel and receive one of tep reel to be pulled out; And
Be located at the extracting apparatus on the main body, be used for one of feed reel and reception tep reel are extracted the position that can touch thermal printer head to ink ribbon from ink ribbon cassette housing.
Thermal transfer printer also comprises:
Many ribbon cartridges, each ribbon cartridge comprise a feed reel, and the not used part of ink ribbon is wound thereon; One receives tep reel, is used to receive part and ink ribbon cassette housing that ink ribbon was used, and is used for fixing feed reel and receives tep reel, makes feed reel and receives one of tep reel and can be pulled out;
The ribbon cartridge erecting device is used to install numerous ribbon cartridges; And
The ribbon cartridge mobile device is used for the tape drum that many ribbon cartridges are specific and moves to the position that is predetermined.
Other purpose of the present invention and advantage will be mentioned in the following description, and can partly check on from explanation, maybe can learn by practice of the present invention.Objects and advantages of the present invention can realize and obtain by the tool and method that particularly points out in appending claims.
Be attached in the specification, and the accompanying drawing of a book part is represented preferred embodiment of the present invention as an illustration that it is used to explain principle of the present invention with general remark that provides above and DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED given below.
Fig. 1 is the sectional view of the existing ribbon cartridge of expression;
Fig. 2 is the schematic sectional view of thermal transfer printer according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the perspective view that is shown in greater detail in the ribbon cartridge that uses in the printing machine shown in Figure 2;
Fig. 4 is the partial cross section figure of the tep reel supporting of the ribbon cartridge shown in Figure 3 of expression in detail;
Fig. 5 is for representing when ribbon cartridge is installed on the printing machine partial cross section figure of the position of hoisting mechanism and tep reel driver relation;
Fig. 6 is explanation tep reel driver and hoisting mechanism interactional view how;
Fig. 7 is explanation tep reel driver and hoisting mechanism interactional another view how;
Fig. 8 is contained in the decomposition view of the ribbon cartridge switching mechanism on the printing machine for expression;
Fig. 9 is the front view of ribbon cartridge switching mechanism.
Now, describe embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail.
Fig. 2 represents the thermal transfer printer according to the embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 2, this printing machine comprises housing 11, paper supply/paper delivery part 12, and printing 13 and ribbon cartridge are supplied with part 14.Label 12,13,14 indications part is all in housing 11.Paper supply/paper delivery part 12 extends to the left end of housing 11 from following mid portion.Printing 13 is placed on the lower right of housing.Ribbon cartridge is supplied with the top that part 14 is arranged on printing 13.
The Sheng carton 15 that one stacker P is housed is connected with paper supply/paper delivery part 12 versatilely.Containing carton 15 has one to push away cardboard 16, one stacker P and be placed on and push away on the cardboard 16 in its bottom.Push rod 17 is connected with hinge with the bottom surface of containing carton 15, and can turn round, and pushes to from below will push away cardboard 16.
Paper feeding/paper delivery endless belt 18 flatly is placed on to be contained on the carton 15, and can inhour, be driven along arrow D direction.The Lower Half of endless belt 18 abuts against and is pushed on the top layer of a stacker P that cardboard 16 pushes to.Like this, when driving according to arrow D direction, 18 1 of endless belt connect a ground, from contain carton 15, paper P are sent to printing 13.The first half of endless belt 18 is used for the paper P that will print, is transferred to the left end of housing 11 from printing 13.
Be provided with the roller 19 with the preceding end in contact of the Lower Half of endless belt 18, roller 19 can inhour, or rotates along the arrow E direction, to prevent that a piece of paper P sends into printing 13 with last a piece of paper P down.In other words, roller 19 pushes back to paper P and contains in the carton 15.In addition, also be provided with a paper delivery roller 20 with the back end in contact of the first half of endless belt 18.Be provided with holder paper disc 22 in the downstream of paper delivery roller 20, it is protruding by the exit slot 21 that is located on housing 11 left surfaces.When driving by the direction of arrow shown in Figure 2, roller 20 transports each endless belt 18 from printing 13 printed paper P is sent on the holder paper disc 22.
Printing 13 comprises an impression wheel 24 and thermal printer head 25.Impression wheel 24 and thermal printer head 25 form image transfer part T.Following belt 26a is placed in below the impression wheel 24, contacts with impression wheel 24, in order to paper P is sent into image transfer part T.Last belt 26b is placed in above the impression wheel 24, contacts with impression wheel 24, is used for printed paper P is sent from image transfer part T.Thermal printer head 25 is fixing by support 27.When printing machine was set at printing mode, thermal printer head 25 was in position shown in the solid line, and ink ribbon and paper P are pressed on the impression wheel 24, and this names a person for a particular job and is illustrated below.When printing machine was set at non-printing mode, print head uncoupling gear (not shown) made the revolution of thermal printer head 25 counter-clockwise direction, is in position shown in the dotted line 28.
Ribbon cartridge is supplied with part 14 and is had, for example, and two tooth bar 29a and 29b.Two tooth bar 29a and 29b can be according to sliding before and after the direction of arrow F.Tooth bar 29a drives the ribbon cartridge 30a that multi-color ink colour band 31 is housed, and tooth bar 29b drives the ribbon cartridge 30b that the black ink colour band is housed.When the toothed rack in selected two tooth bars was used, another tooth bar was in holding fix.
Under situation shown in Figure 2, use tooth bar 29a, tooth bar 29b stays holding fix, because at the printing 13 selected ribbon cartridge 30a that the multi-color ink colour band is housed that use.When using multi-color ribbon 31, thermal printer head 25 is in retracted position 28, and ribbon cartridge 30a draws in printing 13 with the feed reel 32 that ink ribbon 31 is housed downwards from tooth bar 29a.Like this, receive tep reel 33 and be drawn out ribbon cartridge 30a, and still stay on the tooth bar 29a.Like this, ink ribbon 31 is just vertically stretched between feed reel 32 and reception tep reel 33, by image transfer part T.
When the printing beginning, thermal printer head 25 returns back to the printing position shown in the solid line.Print head 25 is pressed in ink ribbon 31 and paper P on the impression wheel 24.Impression is taken turns 24 inhours, is turned round along the direction of arrow G, and cooperates with following belt 26a, and paper P is sent into image transfer part T.Simultaneously, impression wheel 24 cooperates with last belt 26b, and printed paper P is delivered to paper supply/paper delivery part 12.Simultaneously, receive tep reel 33 and driven by tep reel driving mechanism (not shown), along the direction of arrow H, the same speed of sending to along impression wheel 24 garden perimeter surface with paper P receives ink ribbon 31.So thermal printer head 25 is transferred to ink on the paper P from colour band 31, thereby on paper P, print off the image of multiple color.
Fig. 3 is one the perspective view of representing in detail among ribbon cartridge 30a or the 30b, is called " ribbon cartridge 30 " later on, and Fig. 4 represents the tep reel supporting of ribbon cartridge 30 in detail.
As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, ribbon cartridge 30 comprises bottom 30-1 and a pair of tep reel supporting 30-2.Bottom 30-1 has an inner surface, and it is designed to along the side face bending that is wound on ink ribbon 31 volumes on the feed reel 32.Tep reel supporting 30-2 and bottom 30-1 make an integral body, and correspondingly the end by bottom 30-1 extends upward.The tip of the axis of feed reel 32 is bearing in the hole of the end portion that is located at tep reel supporting 30-2.The tip of the axis that receives tep reel 33 is bearing in work in the U-lag of tep reel supporting 30-2 upper part.The reception tep reel 33 that is being supported like this by tep reel supporting 30-2 when the position that moves up to shown in Fig. 3 dotted line, can unload from ribbon cartridge 30.
Two embedding garden dish 33-1 are connected with the tip of the axis that receives tep reel 33.Garden dish 33-1 and reception tep reel 33 are on same axis.Each garden dish 33-1 has the recess of an annular, is used for meshing with receiving belt disk drive (back description).Each garden dish 33-1 has an axial hole, and pin 33-2 cooperates with this hole with a gap, and can slide front and back.There are four groove 33-3 at the edge of each garden dish 33-1, and they are in the equidistant distribution of garden Zhou Fangxiang of garden dish 33-1.When garden dish 33-1 and the engagement of receiving belt disk drive, the jut of receiving belt disk drive cooperates with groove 33-3.Like this, dish 33-1 in embedding garden can be passed to power and receive tep reel 33 from the receiving belt disk drive.
Pin 33-2 contacts with spline cam 33-4.Spline cam 33-4 is installed in the helical spring 33-5 that receives on the reel shaft and outwards heads on, and bias voltage supports 30-2 to tep reel in other words.Like this, unless ribbon cartridge 30 is installed in the housing 11, spline cam 33-4 is because the bias effect of helical spring 33-5 keeps cooperating with the Cam rest 30-3 of tep reel supporting 30-2.Therefore, cam 33-4 stops freely rotating of reception tep reel 33.
Two embedding garden dish 32-1 correspondingly are connected with the tip of the axis of feed reel 32.The design of these gardens dish 32-1 is identical with the embedding garden dish 33-1 that is connected with the shaft end that receives tep reel 33.Each garden dish among the dish 32-1 of these gardens all has an axial hole, and pin cooperates with this hole loosely, and can slide front and back.When each garden dish 32-1 and feed reel driver (below describe) engagement, the protuberance of feed reel driver coils the groove at 32-1 edge with the garden that is located at and cooperates, and therefore, 32-1 is coiled in the embedding garden can pass to feed reel 32 from the feed reel driver with power.Above-mentioned pin contacts with a spline cam, under the effect that is installed in the helical spring (not shown) on the feed reel axle, outside the spline cam is biased to, in other words towards tep reel supporting 30-2 direction.Unless colour band 30 is placed in the housing 11, the spline cam is because helical spring bias keeps cooperating with the Cam rest 30-2 of tep reel supporting, and like this, cam stops freely rotating of feed reel 32.
Therefore, unless ribbon cartridge 30 is placed in the housing 11, even for example box 30 is subjected to external force vibration, ink ribbon 31 can not unclamp yet.Ink ribbon 31 can not damage, and can not be drawn out unnecessaryly yet.
Boss 30-4 flatly goes out from the distal process of bottom 30-1.Boss 30-4 and the claw engagement that is located at the ribbon cartridge clamper in the hoisting mechanism (back narration), ribbon cartridge 30 can be fixed in the hoisting mechanism like this.
Fig. 5 represents when ribbon cartridge 30 is placed in the housing 11, the position of hoisting mechanism and tep reel driver relation.Hoisting mechanism 34, receiving belt disk drive 35 and the feed reel driver 36 of having represented ribbon cartridge 30, clamping ribbon cartridge 30 among Fig. 5.
As seen from Figure 5, hoisting mechanism 34 comprises ribbon cartridge clamper 34-1, claw 34-2, cam hole 34-3 and lifting arm 34-4.Claw 34-2 curves letter U shape, can mesh with the boss 30-4 of ribbon cartridge 30.Cam hole 34-3 is the hole of the lengthening of making on the underbeam of ribbon cartridge clamper 34-1, and along continuous straight runs extends.Lifting arm 34-4 has a cam in the top.Cam and cam hole 34-3 are slidingly matched.When the boss 30-4 of claw 34-2 and ribbon cartridge 30 entered engagement, ribbon cartridge 30 in ribbon cartridge clamper 34-1 clamping stably.
As shown in Figure 5, receiving belt disk drive 35 has an end 35-1, and it is relative with the embedding garden dish 33-1 that is fixed on reception tep reel 33 1 ends.
With reference to figure 5,6 and 7, can explain hoisting mechanism 34, receiving belt disk drive 35 and feed reel driver 36 are how to move, ink ribbon 31 is placed into printing 13 and drives ink ribbon 31.
At first, as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, receiving belt disk drive 35 moves towards ribbon cartridge 30 directions along the direction of arrow J (Fig. 6), thereby its end 35-1 is cooperated with the embedding garden dish 33-1 that receives tep reel 33.Like this, pin 33-2 is pushed in the axial hole of garden dish 33-1.The spline cam 33-4 that is installed on the pin 33-2 moves right, and breaks away from Cam rest 30-3 to cooperate.Receive tep reel 33 and from the U-lag (Fig. 3) of ribbon cartridge 30, unclamp, and it is fixing to be received tep reel driver 35.The end 35-1 of receiving belt disk drive 35 has 1-4 boss (not illustrating among Fig. 5,6 or 7) on its garden perimeter surface, these boss can cooperate with four grooves (Fig. 3) on the edge that is located at garden dish 33-1.Therefore, driver 35 can rotate tep reel 33 with transmission of power to receiving on the tep reel 33.Receiving belt disk drive 35 with include motor, gear, the drive system (not shown) of toothed timing belt etc. connects, and can be forward and backward rotation.The guiding end of ink ribbon 31 is wrapped in and receives on the tep reel 33.More much longer from the distance that tooth bar 29a or 29b move downward in the guide end of colour band 31 than ribbon cartridge 30.
Secondly, as shown in Figure 7, the lifting arm 34-4 of hoisting mechanism 34 centers on the fulcrum (not shown) to turning down along the direction of arrow K (Fig. 6), and stops on the horizontal level.Ribbon cartridge clamper 34-1 and the ribbon cartridge 30 that is held device 34-1 clamping move along being directed downwards of arrow L, until the lower end position that reaches regulation, or till the image transfer part T.Feed reel driver 36 is positioned near this lower end position, and is relative with the embedding garden dish 32-1 of feed reel 32.Receive tep reel 33 and remain on upper end position shown in Figure 2,35 clampings because it is received the tep reel driver.The guiding end of colour band 31 is sent in the revolution of receiving belt disk drive 35 counter-clockwise direction to.
Then, as shown in Figure 7, feed reel driver 36 moves to the right or towards ribbon cartridge 30 directions along the direction of arrow M.The embedding garden dish 32-1 of its end 36-1 and feed reel 32 enters engagement.Described in the situation that receives tep reel 33 and receiving belt disk drive 35, feed reel 32 unclamped from the groove (Fig. 3) of ribbon cartridge 30, and was connected with feed reel driver 36 as before.Now, feed reel 32 can be clockwise or counter-clockwise direction rotate.
Ribbon cartridge clamper 34-1 and ribbon cartridge 30 have been in image transfer part T place now, and thermal printer head 25 can be transferred to ink on the paper P from the colour band of being sent here by feed reel 32 31.
Like this, can print off the image of multiple color, this point can be learnt from Fig. 2.When must be on printed colorful image during the process black character, thermal printer head 25 will turn on the retracted position shown in Figure 2 28.Then, reception tep reel 33 counter-clockwise direction shown in Figure 7 revolution receives ink ribbon 31 not used (Fig. 2) and extends that part of image transfer part (being printing) from feed reel 32.Then, feed reel driver 36 moves to left end backward, and feed reel 32 is cooperated with the Cam rest 30-3 of ribbon cartridge 30.In addition, the drive system counter-clockwise direction of hoisting mechanism 34 is driven, thereby lifting arm 34-4 is upwards rotated.The ribbon cartridge clamper 34-1 of clamping ribbon cartridge 30 is back to original position shown in Figure 5.The revolution of receiving belt disk drive 35 clockwise directions receives the part of using that tep reel 33 receives the colour band 31 of extension between tep reel 33 and image transfer part (being printing).
After this, receiving belt disk drive 35 unclamps with the embedding garden dish 33-1 that receives tep reel 33, cooperates with ribbon cartridge 30 and receive tep reel 33.Then, tooth bar 29a and 29b (Fig. 2) move to left end, make ribbon cartridge 30b be positioned at the residing position of ribbon cartridge 30a.Then, ribbon cartridge 30b motion, and as before ribbon cartridge 30a, enter image transfer part T, with black ink colour band stretched vertically, like this, thermal printer head 25 just can be on the broken colour image process black character.
Fig. 8 is the decomposition view of the ribbon cartridge switching mechanism that is provided with on thermal transfer printer, and Fig. 9 is the front view of this mechanism.In Fig. 9, the part-structure of Fig. 8 has been omitted.Below, light colour tape drum switching mechanism according to Fig. 8 and Fig. 9.
Ribbon cartridge 30a and 30b are placed on tooth bar 29a and the 29b, and by the boss 29a-2 and the 29b-2 guiding that are located on the relative side with 29b of tooth bar 29a.As previously mentioned, two kinds of multi-form ribbon cartridges can be installed in the present embodiment, for example, the ribbon cartridge of black and comprise yellow, peony and blue ribbon cartridge green, that be used for multiple color printing.
In Fig. 8, tooth bar 29a and framework 101a are separated from each other, and can more clearly represent structure like this.But in practical structures, these two parts are mounted to and contact with each other, as shown in Figure 9.Tooth bar 29b also is the same with framework 101b.
Two seat 101a-1 and 101b-1 are outstanding from the relative side of framework 101a and 101b, and the bottom surface that can support ribbon cartridge 30.The jagged 101a-2 (not shown) of seat 101a-1, and the jagged 101b-2 of seat 101b-1.Hoisting mechanism 34 is placed in below breach 101a-2 and the 101b-2.
When motor 102 drove tooth bar 29a and 29b motion, ribbon cartridge 30 (containing the ink ribbon 31 by yellow, peony and the blue green multiple color of forming) was among breach 101a-2 and the 101b-2.Then, ribbon cartridge 30 is raised mechanism 34 and promotes to move downward to image transfer part T through breach 101a-2 and 101b-2 guiding.
In this way, in the above-described embodiment,, can select and use two or more ribbon cartridges automatically, once use a ribbon cartridge in order to print colorful image or monochrome image.
In the above-described embodiments, ribbon cartridge is supplied with part 14 and is located on the printing 13, and ribbon cartridge 30 and feed reel 32 be moved downward to printing 13 from part 14, extracts from ribbon cartridge 30 thereby will receive tep reel 33.The present invention is not confined to this embodiment.Another kind of scheme is, ribbon cartridge supply with part 14 can be placed on printing 14 below, and ribbon cartridge 30 can be placed upside down, like this, when ribbon cartridge 30 with when receiving tep reel 33 and moving upward, feed reel 32 can be extracted from ribbon cartridge 30.In addition, each tep reel does not only need in movement in vertical direction.Otherwise tooth bar 29a and 29b can horizontal positioned, result, feed reel 32 or receive tep reel 33 and can move in the horizontal direction.
Such as already explained, the present invention can provide a kind of little ink ribbon box to be used for thermal transfer printer, be characterized in, feed reel and reception tep reel are still stayed in the ribbon cartridge, almost contact with each other, ribbon cartridge then is placed on the printing machine outside, and perhaps ribbon cartridge is installed in the printing machine, and printing machine is in non-printing mode.Therefore, ribbon cartridge is carried easily.Because ribbon cartridge is little, so can make printing machine less, the present invention also provides the thermal transfer printer of using this ink ribbon box.
Can also the some other advantage of very fast understanding and improve for those people that are skilled in technique.Therefore, in a broad sense, the invention is not restricted to specific detail and representational device represented and explanation here.Correspondingly, can do the various improvement that can not depart from the spirit and scope of the inventive concept that appended claims and its suitable file determined.
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1, a kind of ribbon cartridge, it comprises:
Feed reel, the not used part of ink ribbon is wound thereon;
Receive tep reel, be used to receive the part that ink ribbon was used; With
Ink ribbon cassette housing is used for described feed reel of clamping and described reception tep reel, and one of described feed reel and described reception tep reel can be pulled out.
2, according to the ribbon cartridge of claim 1, it is characterized by, described feed reel and described reception tep reel utilize two counterparts to be fixed on the described ink ribbon cassette housing respectively, can't move out and rotation from described colour band box body.
3, according to the ribbon cartridge of claim 2, it is characterized by, described counterpart is connected with described reception tep reel with described feed reel respectively and on same axis, the while is subjected to spring action and is offset on inceptive direction, thereby fixing with described ink ribbon cassette housing.
4, according to the ribbon cartridge of claim 3, it is characterized by, described counterpart with and the coaxial pin of described feed reel or described reception tep reel cooperate, and can move forward and backward, when being subjected to described pin promoting on the second direction opposite with described inceptive direction, described counterpart can unclamp from described ink ribbon cassette housing.
5, according to the ribbon cartridge of claim 1, it is characterized by, on each at least one in its end face of described feed reel and described reception tep reel counterpart is arranged, described counterpart and the tep reel drive unit engagement that is located on the printing machine.
6, according to the ribbon cartridge of claim 1, it is characterized by, described reception tep reel in described ink ribbon cassette housing clamping, make when unclamp with described ink ribbon cassette housing, during by the cooperating of counterpart realization, described reception tep reel can take off from described ink ribbon cassette housing.
7, according to the ribbon cartridge of claim 1, it is characterized by, described feed reel in described ink ribbon cassette housing clamping, make when unclamp with described ink ribbon cassette housing, during by the cooperating of counterpart realization, described feed reel can take off from described ink ribbon cassette housing.
8, according to the ribbon cartridge of claim 1, it is characterized by, described ink ribbon cassette housing has a boss, and it is connected with the device that moves described ink ribbon cassette housing.
9, a kind of thermal transfer printer, it comprises:
Thermal printer head;
The main body that is used for fixing ribbon cartridge, ribbon cartridge comprise a feed reel, and the not used part of ink ribbon is wound thereon; One receives tep reel, is used to receive part and ink ribbon cassette housing that ink ribbon was used, and this housing is used for the clamping feed reel and receives tep reel, makes feed reel can be pulled out with one that receives in the tep reel; And
Be arranged on the extracting apparatus in the described main body, be used for described feed reel is extracted from described ink ribbon cassette housing to making ink ribbon and described thermal printer head position contacting with one that receives tep reel.
10, according to the thermal transfer printer of claim 9, it is characterized by, described ink ribbon cassette housing has a boss, and each of feed reel and reception tep reel all has a counterpart; Described extracting apparatus comprises: the tep reel drive unit, it is used for respectively two counterparts engagements with described feed reel and described reception tep reel, the housing mobile device, be used for the engagement of described boss to move described ink ribbon cassette housing and to be used for the device of drive shell mobile device; The counterpart engagement of described extracting apparatus and described reception tep reel, the described reception tep reel of clamping also moves described housing mobile device, thereby promote described ink ribbon cassette housing and the described feed reel that is included in the described ink ribbon cassette housing, and described reception tep reel is extracted from described ink ribbon cassette housing; Thereby therefore that part of described ink ribbon that is stretched between described feed reel and the described reception tep reel is placed with described thermal printer head contacts.
11, according to the thermal transfer printer of claim 9, it is characterized by, described ink ribbon cassette housing has a boss, and in feed reel and the reception tep reel each all has counterpart; Described extracting apparatus comprises: the tep reel drive unit, it is used for respectively two counterparts engagements with described feed reel and described reception tep reel, a housing mobile device is used for and the device of described boss engagement with mobile described ink ribbon cassette housing and drive shell mobile device; The counterpart engagement of described extracting apparatus and described feed reel, clamping described feed reel and is moved described housing mobile device, thereby promote described colour band housing and the described reception tep reel that is placed in the described ink ribbon cassette housing, and described feed reel is extracted from described ink ribbon cassette housing; Thereby the described that part of ink ribbon that is stretched between described feed reel and the described reception tep reel is contacted with described thermal printer head.
12, a kind of thermal transfer printer, it comprises:
A plurality of ribbon cartridges, each box comprises a feed reel, the not used part of ink ribbon is wound thereon, one receives tep reel, be used to receive the part that ink ribbon was used, with an ink ribbon cassette housing, this housing is used for described feed reel of clamping and described reception tep reel, makes one in described feed reel and the reception tep reel can be pulled out;
The ribbon cartridge erecting device is used to install described a plurality of ribbon cartridge; With
The ribbon cartridge mobile device is used for moving specific one of described a plurality of ribbon cartridges to predefined position.
13, according to the thermal transfer printer of claim 12, it is characterized by, described ribbon cartridge mobile device comprises drive unit and power transmission, and the latter is used for power is passed to described ribbon cartridge erecting device from described drive unit.
14, according to the thermal transfer printer of claim 12, also comprise thermal printer head and be arranged on extracting apparatus in the described main body, be used for described feed reel and receive of tep reel extracting to making ink ribbon and the described thermal printer head position contacting of stating from described ink ribbon cassette housing.
15, a kind of ribbon cartridge, it comprises:
Feed reel, the not used part of ink ribbon is wound thereon;
Receive tep reel, be used to receive the part that ink ribbon was used; With
Ink ribbon cassette housing is used for described feed reel of clamping and described reception tep reel, makes one in feed reel and the reception tep reel can be pulled out;
It is characterized by, described feed reel and described reception tep reel, a distance that is predetermined separates each other in printing mode, thereby thermal printer head is placed between described feed reel and the described reception tep reel, and contact, and in non-printing mode, then place close to each otherly with described ink ribbon.
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