CN113829764A - Print label box and label printer comprising same - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a printing label box and a label printer comprising the same. This print label box includes the casing and sets up label paper outlet channel and carbon ribbon passageway in it, and the label paper outlet channel corresponds the setting with the nearly straight line of casing exit slot, and the casing is inside still to be equipped with and to be used for placing the recess that beats printer head, and the carbon ribbon passageway is around recess setting and the carbon ribbon that is located the recess open end and label paper are close to. The inside first and second half district that is divided into of casing, first half district lower part is equipped with the label paper winding up roller, and upper portion is reserved has the label and rolls back release space, and second half district lower part is equipped with carbon ribbon confession area winding up roller and carbon ribbon take-up winding up roller, and the recess setting is on second half district upper portion, and label play paper passageway sets up along second half district top, and corresponds with the exit slot straight line. According to the invention, through arranging the straight label paper outlet channel and the label backing release space, the convenience and smoothness of paper feeding and returning can be ensured, and the label paper can be prevented from backing and wrinkling. The inner structure of the shell is compact, the path is tight, the space utilization rate is high, and the miniaturization of the label box is realized.

Description

Print label box and label printer comprising same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of label printers, in particular to a printing label box and a label printer comprising the same.

Background

At present, a printing label box used by label printers at home and abroad has a single paper roll box only with label paper and also has a label box integrating a carbon ribbon and the label paper. However, the existing printing label box has relatively fixed functions, and all the functions are carried out forward according to the paper outlet direction of the label paper, and the carbon ribbon is tightened along the paper outlet direction, so that the reverse label paper returning and the carbon ribbon returning cannot be realized. When the label is cut after printing is finished, a blank label with a certain length is left between the heating line of the printing head and the cutting position of the label paper, and the blank label is not printed. Meanwhile, the thermal transfer ribbon advancing along the blank label section is not used, so that label paper and the thermal transfer ribbon of the blank label section are wasted when the label paper and the thermal transfer ribbon are printed next time, the material utilization rate is reduced, and the cost is high.

It is therefore apparent that the above-mentioned conventional label printer has disadvantages and drawbacks in structure, method and use, and further improvements are desired. How can establish a new printing label box and include its label printer, make it through to the improvement of label box internal structure, can realize smooth and easy the returning back of label paper to and the smooth and easy recovery of carbon ribbon, promote material utilization, become the current industry and need the target of improvement greatly.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a printing label box, which can realize the smooth retraction of label paper and the smooth recovery of a carbon ribbon by improving the internal structure of the label box, thereby improving the material utilization rate and overcoming the defects of the existing label box.

In order to solve the technical problem, the invention provides a printing label box which comprises a shell, and a label paper outlet channel and a carbon ribbon channel which are arranged in the shell, wherein the label paper outlet channel in the shell is approximately linearly arranged corresponding to a paper outlet of the shell, a groove for placing a printing head is further arranged in the shell, the opening end of the groove is arranged close to the paper outlet, the carbon ribbon channel is arranged around the groove, and a carbon ribbon positioned at the opening end of the groove is closely attached to label paper.

The improved structure is characterized in that the label paper outlet channel is arranged along the inner side line of the side wall of the shell, the groove and the side wall form an acute angle, and a printing head arranged in the groove is in inclined contact with a carbon ribbon.

Further improve, the casing is nearly square casing, square casing is inside to be divided into first half district and second half district, first half district lower part is equipped with the label paper winding up roller, the upper portion in first half district is reserved has the label to roll back the release space, second half district lower part is equipped with the carbon ribbon and supplies to take up the winding up roller and the carbon ribbon to take up the winding up roller, the recess sets up the upper portion in second half district, the exit slot sets up the upper portion of the vertical lateral wall in second half district, the label goes out the paper passageway and follows the topmost setting in second half district, and with the exit slot straight line corresponds.

Further improve, all be equipped with a plurality of support columns or supporting roller on label play paper passageway and the carbon ribbon passageway.

In a further improvement, a supporting baffle for separating the first half area and the second half area is arranged in the shell.

In a further improvement, the upper part of the supporting baffle is provided with at least two raised arc structures.

Further improve, the axle core inside carbon ribbon confession tape-wound roll and carbon ribbon receipts tape-wound roll all is equipped with the sawtooth that is used for controlling the winding up roller pivoted.

In a further improvement, the label paper roll is used for placing a die-cut label paper roll, a continuous label paper roll, a heat-shrinkable tube roll or a label strip roll.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the present invention also provides a label printer comprising the above-described print label cassette.

The label printer is internally provided with a power mechanism and a control mechanism for controlling the paper outlet of the printing label box and the retraction and release of the carbon ribbon, and a printing head for realizing label printing.

After adopting such design, the invention has at least the following advantages:

1. according to the printing label box, the internal space of the shell is reasonably planned, the straight label paper outlet channel is arranged in the shell, and the label returning and releasing space is arranged, so that the convenience and smoothness of paper feeding and returning can be ensured, the paper is not blocked, the space is released for the label paper, and the label paper is prevented from being wrinkled or folded in the returning process; and the inside carbon ribbon of this casing supplies the setting of taking up winding up roller and carbon ribbon to take up the setting of taking up winding up roller, makes to receive and unreel compact structure, and the carbon ribbon route is inseparable, and space utilization is high, realizes the miniaturization of label box.

2. Still through the setting of band saw tooth axle center to carbon ribbon confession tape-wound roll and carbon ribbon receipts tape-wound roll, can realize that forward and reverse carbon ribbon tightens up, makes carbon ribbon and label paper realize advancing and retreating in step, for satisfying the label not extravagant provide the advantage, practices thrift raw and other materials cost.

3. Still through the setting of backplate and the bellied arc structure of area, make the label box on compact structure's basis, further realize the subregion neat, effect that mutual noninterference to can further realize the good laminating of label facial tissue and label base stock at label paper printing in-process, promote and print the effect.

Drawings

The foregoing is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and in order to make the technical solutions of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of the printing label cassette of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the label printer of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1, the print label cassette of the present embodiment includes a housing 1, and a label discharge path and a ribbon path provided inside the housing 1. This label goes out paper passageway and the nearly straight line of exit slot 11 of this casing 1 and corresponds the setting, and this casing 1 is inside still to be equipped with the recess 12 that is used for placing printer head 2, and the open end of this recess 12 is close to this exit slot 11 and sets up, and this carbon ribbon passageway sets up around this recess 12, and the carbon ribbon 20 that is located this recess open end is close to with label paper 10, is convenient for beat printer head 2 and prints the label.

In this embodiment, the casing 1 is a substantially square casing, the square casing is divided into a first half area and a second half area distributed left and right, a label paper roll 21 is disposed on a lower portion of the first half area, a label retraction release space 22 is reserved on an upper portion of the first half area, a carbon ribbon supply roll 23 and a carbon ribbon take-up roll 24 are disposed on a lower portion of the second half area, the groove 12 is disposed on an upper portion of the second half area, and the groove 12 and the sidewall are disposed at a certain angle, such as an acute angle in fig. 1, so that the print head 2 disposed inside the groove 12 is in inclined contact with the carbon ribbon 20. This exit slot 11 sets up on the upper portion of the vertical lateral wall in this second half district, and this label goes out paper passageway along the topmost in this second half district and with casing side wall parallel arrangement, still corresponds with this exit slot 11 straight line. This linear type label goes out paper passageway and label and rolls back the setting in release space, for the retroversion of label paper 10 provides reliable guarantee, can not only realize that label paper rolls back smoothly under the rubber roll effect, still rolls back for the label and provides the release space, prevents that label paper from rolling back the back and becoming pleat and folding, influences label paper's printing effect.

All be equipped with a plurality of support columns or supporting roller on this label goes out paper passageway and the carbon ribbon passageway to make label paper 10 and carbon ribbon 20 have certain tension all the time advancing or the process of rolling back, guarantee smooth and easy operation. If the label paper outlet channel is provided with supporting columns a1, a2, a3, a4 and a5, and the carbon ribbon channel is provided with supporting rollers b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6 and b 7.

Also, a support baffle 13 for partitioning the first half area and the second half area is provided inside the casing 1. This supporting baffle 13's upper portion sets up the arc structure of taking two at least bellyings 14, like the crescent moon shaped plate, enables label paper 10 at the advancing in-process, receives the structural bellied rolling of arc many times in succession, guarantees the laminating of label facial tissue and base stock, promotes and prints the effect.

In addition, the carbon tape supply/take-up roll 23 and the carbon tape take-up roll 24 are provided with serrations 25 inside the cores thereof for controlling the rotation of the rolls. The saw teeth 25 can be rotated by both manual and electric operations. When the carbon tape winding roller 24 is a driving wheel, the carbon tape supply winding roller 23 is an idle wheel, which is beneficial to the positive tightening of the carbon tape 20; when the tape supply winding roller 23 rotates as a driving wheel, the tape winding roller 24 serves as an idle wheel, which is beneficial to reverse tightening of the carbon tape 20.

This label paper roll 21 in this embodiment can be used to place the cross cutting label paper roll, realizes the printing of cross cutting label paper roll. The label can also be used for placing a continuous label paper roll, a heat-shrinkable tube roll or a label strip roll, and the printing of various label materials is met.

Referring to fig. 2, when the above-mentioned printing label box is applied inside the label printer 3, a power mechanism and a control mechanism for controlling paper discharge and paper ejection of the printing label box and forward and reverse tightening of the thermal tape, and a printing head 2 for printing the label paper are arranged inside the label printer 3.

When this label printer 3 uses, will print the label box and install in label printer 3's inside to make and beat printer head 2 and just in time be arranged in the recess 12 in the label box, beat printer head heating wire and be arranged in the position that the carbon ribbon 20 and the label paper 10 of recess 12 open end are close to, be convenient for realize label printing. When the printing is started, the position of the heating wire of the printing head is in a position to be printed, the power mechanism drives the rubber roller 31 which is in close contact with the label paper 10 to rotate, and the label paper 10 is driven to advance by means of the friction between the rubber roller 31 and the label paper 10. Meanwhile, the power mechanism drives the carbon tape take-up roller 24 to actively rotate, so that the carbon tape 20 is positively tightened, and the printing action of the printing head 2 is controlled in the process that the label paper 10 and the carbon tape 20 synchronously advance. When the printing is started, the position of the heating wire of the printing head is not at the position to be printed, the power mechanism drives the rubber roller 31 which is in close contact with the label paper 10 to rotate reversely, the label paper 10 is driven to retreat by the friction between the rubber roller 31 and the label paper 10, and the retreated label paper is released in the label retreat release space 22. Meanwhile, the power mechanism drives the carbon tape supply roll 23 to rotate actively, so that the carbon tape 20 is tightened reversely, and the label paper 10 and the carbon tape 20 are synchronously retracted.

According to the printing label box, the internal space of the shell is reasonably planned, the straight label paper outlet channel is arranged in the shell, and the label returning and releasing space is arranged, so that the convenience and smoothness of paper feeding and returning can be ensured, the paper is not blocked, the space is released for the label paper, and the label paper is prevented from being wrinkled or folded in the returning process; and the inside carbon ribbon of this casing supplies the setting of taking up the winding up roller and carbon ribbon to take up the setting of taking up the winding up roller, makes to receive and unreel compact structure, and the carbon ribbon route is inseparable, and space utilization is high, provides to implement probably for small-size label box.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the present invention in any way, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the above description of the present invention can be applied to various modifications, equivalent variations or modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a print label box, is in including casing and setting inside label play paper passageway and carbon ribbon passageway of casing, its characterized in that, the inside label play paper passageway of casing with the nearly straight line of exit slot of casing corresponds the setting, the inside recess that is used for placing printer head that still is equipped with of casing, the open end of recess is close to the exit slot sets up, the carbon ribbon passageway winds the recess sets up, and is located groove open end's carbon ribbon and label paper are close to.

2. A printing label cassette according to claim 1, wherein the label discharge path is arranged linearly along the inside of the side wall of the housing, the groove is arranged at an acute angle to the side wall, and the print head arranged inside the groove is in inclined contact with the carbon ribbon.

3. The printing label box of claim 2, wherein the housing is a substantially square housing, the interior of the square housing is divided into a first half area and a second half area, a label paper roll is disposed on a lower portion of the first half area, a label retraction release space is reserved on an upper portion of the first half area, a carbon ribbon supply roll and a carbon ribbon take-up roll are disposed on a lower portion of the second half area, the groove is disposed on an upper portion of the second half area, the paper outlet is disposed on an upper portion of a vertical side wall of the second half area, and the label paper outlet channel is disposed along an uppermost end of the second half area and linearly corresponds to the paper outlet.

4. A print label cassette according to claim 3, wherein the label exit path and the ribbon path are each provided with a plurality of support posts or support rollers.

5. A printed label cassette according to claim 4, wherein a support baffle is provided inside the housing for separating the first and second halves.

6. A print label cassette according to claim 5, wherein the upper portion of the support fence is arranged in an arcuate configuration with at least two projections.

7. A print cartridge as in claim 3, wherein said cores of said ribbon supply and take-up rollers are provided with serrations for controlling rotation of said rollers.

8. A printed label cassette according to claim 3, wherein the roll of label paper is for placing a roll of die cut label paper, continuous label paper, heat shrink tubing or label stock.

9. A label printer comprising a print cassette according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The label printer according to claim 9, wherein a power mechanism and a control mechanism for controlling the paper discharging of the printing label box and the retraction and release of the carbon ribbon, and a printing head for printing a label are provided inside the label printer.

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