CN114103410A - Heat transfer printing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a heat transfer machine, which comprises an upright post, a hot stamping module and an opening and closing mechanism, wherein the upright post is provided with an objective table, the bottom of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, the hot stamping module is used for hot stamping patterns on the surface of a printing stock, the opening and closing mechanism is arranged on the upright post, the opening and closing mechanism is detachably connected with the top of the hot stamping module in a driving way so as to drive the hot stamping module to be opened or closed, so that the printing stock can be placed or taken out in the hot stamping module, when the patterns are required to be hot stamped on the surfaces of the printing stocks with different shapes, the hot stamping module is only required to be detached and replaced by the hot stamping module corresponding to the printing stock, the whole heat transfer machine is not required to be manufactured or purchased, a frame assembly of one heat transfer machine can be matched with a plurality of hot stamping module accessories so as to meet the hot stamping patterns of the printing stocks with different shapes, the use is convenient, and the cost of the frame assembly is reduced, the functions are various, and the application range is expanded.

Description

Heat transfer printing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of transfer printing equipment, in particular to a thermal transfer printing machine.

Background

The heat transfer machine is a general name of machines used in the heat transfer technology, and comprises a plane pyrograph machine, a high-pressure pyrograph machine, a swinging pyrograph machine, a cup baking machine, a baking tray machine, a cap baking machine and other heat transfer machines. The range of printing can be widely including plane pyrographs and curved pyrographs such as cups, plates and hats.

In the prior art, the difference of the thermal transfer machines for printing cups, plates and caps lies in that the hot stamping modules of the thermal transfer machines are different, but the hot stamping modules on the base assembly of the existing thermal transfer machine are of an undetachable and replaceable structure, so that the requirement of hot stamping and printing on the surfaces of various articles in different shapes cannot be met, the application range is narrow, patterns to be printed on the surfaces of the articles in different shapes such as cups, plates and caps must be realized only by manufacturing or purchasing a special whole thermal transfer machine, the function of the thermal transfer machine is single, the use is inconvenient, and the cost is higher.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a thermal transfer printer to solve the technical problem that a hot stamping module of the thermal transfer printer in the prior art is of an undetachable and replaceable structure.

In order to achieve the above object, an aspect of the present invention provides a thermal transfer printer, including:

the upright post is provided with an objective table;

the bottom of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the hot stamping module is used for hot stamping patterns on the surface of a printing stock; and

the opening and closing mechanism is arranged on the stand column, and is in drive connection with the top of the hot stamping module in a detachable mode so as to drive the hot stamping module to be opened or closed, and therefore printing stock can be placed or taken out of the hot stamping module conveniently.

Furthermore, the bottom of thermoprint module with the objective table passes through buckle structure detachably and connects.

Further, the buckle structure includes:

the inserting column is arranged at the bottom of the hot stamping module and provided with a groove; and

the slot part is arranged on the objective table and matched with the plug columns, and an elastic buckling part is arranged in the slot part and matched with the groove.

Furthermore, the connecting rod of the opening and closing mechanism is in butt joint and buckling with the shaft end part at the top of the hot stamping module through a coupler so as to be in detachable driving connection.

Further, the outer surface of the shaft end is provided with an annular groove along the circumference, the coupling includes:

the upper end of the inner sleeve is provided with a flange ring, the flange ring is connected with the lower end of the connecting rod, the inner sleeve is radially provided with at least one through hole, a steel ball is arranged in the through hole, and the diameter of the steel ball is larger than the axial length of the through hole;

the upper abutting part is sleeved on the connecting rod;

the first spring is sleeved on the connecting rod, the upper end of the first spring is abutted against the upper abutting part, and the lower end of the first spring is abutted against the flange ring;

the lower abutting part is sleeved at the lower end of the inner sleeve;

the second spring is sleeved on the inner sleeve, the upper end of the second spring is abutted against the flange ring, and the lower end of the second spring is abutted against the lower abutting part; and

the outer sleeve is sleeved outside the inner sleeve, the upper end of the outer sleeve is connected with the upper abutting portion, and the lower end of the outer sleeve is sleeved outside the lower abutting portion.

Furthermore, the hot stamping module is a 3D hot stamping box, the bottom of a 3D hot stamping box body of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the top of a box cover of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism in a driving manner; or

The hot stamping module is a plane hot stamping module, the bottom of a lower hot stamping plane plate of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the top of an upper hot stamping plane plate of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism in a driving manner; or

The hot stamping module is a cambered hot stamping module, the bottom of a lower hot stamping cambered plate of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the top of an upper hot stamping cambered plate of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism in a driving manner; or

The hot stamping module is a cylindrical surface hot stamping module, the lower end of a hot stamping column panel of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the upper end of the hot stamping column panel of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism in a driving manner; or

The hot stamping module is a baking tray hot stamping module, the bottom of a lower baking tray panel of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the top of an upper baking tray panel of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism in a driving manner.

Further, the stand has hollow structure, just, the stand is provided with the guide way along the axial, the guide way with hollow structure intercommunication, the heat transfer machine still includes lift actuating mechanism, lift actuating mechanism includes:

a screw rod, the screw rod is rotatably arranged in the hollow structure along the axial direction,

the adjusting knob is in driving connection with the upper end of the screw rod, the screw rod is driven to rotate through the adjusting knob, the objective table is provided with a driving portion, the driving portion is located in the hollow structure, the driving portion is in threaded connection with the screw rod, and part of the structure of the driving portion can be clamped in the guide groove in a sliding mode, so that the screw rod drives the objective table to ascend or descend along the guide groove in a rotating mode.

Further, the stage includes:

the driving part is arranged at one end of the cantilever beam; and

the bottom of thermoprint module with the supporting body detachably is connected, just, the supporting body has the passageway that slides, the supporting body passes through slide the passageway suit and be in on the cantilever beam, so that the supporting body can follow the cantilever beam removes.

Further, the opening and closing mechanism includes:

the support is arranged at the upper end of the upright post;

the middle part of the lever is rotatably arranged on the support through a connecting shaft;

the swinging seat is arranged at the movable end of the lever in a swinging manner, and the connecting rod is connected with the swinging seat;

the opening and closing handle is in driving connection with the driving end of the lever, so that the lever is driven to swing around the connecting shaft through the opening and closing handle to drive the hot stamping module to be opened or closed.

Further, the mechanism that opens and shuts still includes:

one end of the chain link is rotatably connected with the driving end of the lever;

the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged on the support, and the opening and closing handle is arranged at one end of the rotating shaft;

the driving tooth is arranged on the rotating shaft;

the driven shaft is rotatably arranged on the support;

the driven tooth is arranged on the driven shaft, and the driven tooth is in meshed connection with the driving tooth;

one end of the connecting piece is connected with the driven shaft, and the other end of the connecting piece is connected with the other end of the chain link; and

the limiting rod is arranged on the support and is abutted against one side of the driving tooth through the limiting rod so as to position the driving tooth.

According to the technical scheme, the thermal transfer printer is detachably connected with the object stage of the upright post through the bottom of the hot stamping module, the top of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism above the upright post in a driving way, so as to drive the stamping module to open or close, thereby being convenient for placing or taking out the printing stock in the stamping module, when patterns need to be thermoprinted on the surfaces of printing stocks with different shapes, only the thermoprinting module needs to be detached and replaced by the thermoprinting module corresponding to the printing stock, the whole thermal transfer machine does not need to be manufactured or purchased, a frame assembly of one thermal transfer machine can be matched with a plurality of thermoprinting module accessories, so as to meet the requirement of hot stamping patterns of printing stocks with various shapes, has convenient use, reduces the cost of the frame assembly, has various functions, expands the application range, thereby effectively solving the technical problem that the hot stamping module of the hot transfer machine in the prior art is of an undetachable and replaceable structure.

In order to make the technical concept and other objects, advantages, features and functions of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a thermal transfer printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a thermal transfer printer according to another implementation manner provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a thermal transfer printer according to another implementation manner provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a thermal transfer printer according to another implementation manner provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a thermal transfer printer according to another implementation manner provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a portion of a thermal transfer printer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is an exploded view of a thermal transfer printer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an opening and closing mechanism of a thermal transfer printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a housing provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a locking device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is an exploded view of the embodiment of the present application providing a lever and link;

FIG. 12 is an exploded view of a linkage and coupling provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is an exploded view of a stamping die set and a stage according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged schematic view of a structure at A in FIG. 13 according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a column and a lifting drive mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 16 is an exploded view of the embodiment of the present application providing a mast and lift drive mechanism;

fig. 17 is an exploded view of the base and legs provided by the embodiments of the present application.

Wherein the figures include the following reference numerals:

100. a column; 110. a guide groove; 120. a hollow structure; 200. a thermoprinting module; 210. a cantilever beam; 211. a drive section; 212. an elastic pad; 220. a carrier; 221. a slot section; 222. an elastic buckling part; 2221. a protruding block; 2222. an inclined surface; 223. a slide channel; 224. a raised strip; 225. a notch; 226. a push-pull rod; 227. a fastening part; 228. a spring; 229. a chamber; 230. inserting the column; 231. a groove; 300. an opening and closing mechanism; 310. a support; 320. a lever; 321. a protective shell; 3211. a strip-shaped guide groove; 330. a connecting shaft; 340. a handle is opened and closed; 350. a connecting rod; 351. a manual knob; 360. a limiting rod; 370. driven teeth; 380. a chain link; 381. a connecting member; 390. a swing seat; 391. a shaft turning end; 400. an object stage; 500. a locking device; 510. a first slide member; 511. a first plate body; 512. a second plate body; 513. a first protruding arc surface; 514. a dovetail groove; 520. a second slide member; 521. a second outstanding cambered surface; 522. a dovetail block; 530. a threaded rod; 540. a locking portion; 600. a housing; 610. a main chassis; 611. a screw; 620. a lower housing; 621. positioning a groove; 630. an upper housing; 640. a corner housing; 700. a base; 710. a support leg; 711. a bump; 712. a through groove; 713. a stopper portion; 720. fixing grooves; 721. an elastic buckle; 800. a lifting drive mechanism; 810. a driven gear; 820. a driving gear; 830. adjusting a knob; 840. a screw rod; 900. a coupling; 910. a shaft end portion; 911. an annular groove; 920. an upper abutting part; 930. an outer sleeve; 940. a first spring; 950. a flange ring; 960. a second spring; 970. steel balls; 980. a lower abutting portion.

Detailed Description

The embodiment of the application provides a thermal transfer machine to the thermoprint module that has solved thermal transfer machine among the prior art carries out detachably with the objective table of stand and is connected through the bottom of thermoprint module for the problem of non-detachable change structure, and the top of thermoprint module carries out detachably drive with the mechanism that opens and shuts above the stand and is connected, thereby realizes that the thermoprint module of thermal transfer machine is for dismantling the change structure.

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions of the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1 to 17, the present embodiment provides a thermal transfer printer, including: a column 100, the column 100 being provided with an object stage 400; the bottom of the hot stamping module 200 is detachably connected with the objective table 400, and the hot stamping module 200 is used for hot stamping patterns on the surface of a printing stock; and the opening and closing mechanism 300 is arranged on the upright post 100, the opening and closing mechanism 300 is detachably connected with the top of the hot stamping module 200 in a driving manner, so that the hot stamping module 200 is driven to be opened or closed, printing materials can be placed or taken out of the hot stamping module 200, and the printing materials can be cups, plates, caps and the like.

It can be seen that the thermal transfer printer in this embodiment is detachably connected to the stage 400 of the column 100 through the bottom of the stamping module 200, the top of the stamping module 200 is detachably connected to the opening and closing mechanism 300 above the column 100, to drive the stamping module 200 to open or close so as to be convenient for placing or taking out the printing stock in the stamping module 200, when patterns need to be thermoprinted on the surfaces of printing stocks with different shapes, only the thermoprinting module 200 needs to be disassembled and replaced by the thermoprinting module 200 corresponding to the printing stocks, the whole thermal transfer printer is not required to be manufactured or purchased, a frame assembly of one thermal transfer printer can be matched with a plurality of thermoprinting module 200 accessories, so as to meet the requirement of hot stamping patterns of printing stocks with various shapes, has convenient use, reduces the cost of the frame assembly, has various functions, expands the application range, thereby effectively solving the technical problem that the hot stamping module 200 of the hot transfer machine in the prior art is of an undetachable and replaceable structure.

In this embodiment, the bottom of the stamping module 200 is detachably connected to the stage 400 by a snap structure.

In order to realize thermoprint module 200 and can dismantle fast and change to promote the rapidity of operation, this embodiment makes thermoprint module 200's bottom and the mutual lock of objective table 400 fixed through buckle structure, compares with fastening bolt's fixed mode, and buckle structure's fixed mode is dismantled more conveniently, fast, labour saving and time saving.

Specifically, the buckle structure includes: the inserting column 230, the inserting column 230 is arranged at the bottom of the hot stamping module 200, and the inserting column 230 is provided with a groove 231; and a slot part 221, wherein the slot part 221 is arranged on the object stage 400, the slot part 221 is matched with the plug-in post 230, and an elastic buckling part 222 is arranged in the slot part 221, and the elastic buckling part 222 is matched with the groove 231, so that the plug-in post 230 is inserted into the slot part 221 to buckle the elastic buckling part 222 on the groove 231 of the plug-in post 230, thereby buckling and installing the hot stamping module 200 on the object stage 400.

Wherein, the elastic buckling part 222 includes a spring 228 and a buckling part 227, the interior of the carrier 220 of the objective table 400 is provided with a cavity 229, the bottom of the carrier 220 is provided with a through slot 712, the buckling part 227 has a manual operation part (not shown) and a protruding block 2221, the manual operation part is located at the bottom of the carrier 220, a side edge of the elastic buckling part 222 has a positioning flange (not shown) to abut against the carrier 220 to perform positioning installation on the manual operation part to avoid dropping of the manual operation part, the protruding block 2221 passes through the through slot 712 to be installed on the inner wall of the slot part 221, the spring 228 is arranged in the cavity 229, one end of the spring 228 abuts against the inner wall of the cavity 229, the other end of the spring 228 abuts against a first side surface of the protruding block 2221, a second side surface of the protruding block 2221 is an inclined surface 2222, the second side surface is arranged opposite to the first side surface, so that when the inserting column 230 is inserted into the slot part 221 downwards, the bottom of the inserting column 230 moves downwards along the inclined surface 2222 of the protruding block 2221 and pushes the protruding block 2221 to press the spring 228, when the protruding block 2221 corresponds to the groove 231 on the side of the inserting column 230, the elastic force of the spring 228 pushes the protruding block 2221 to be locked in the groove 231, so that the stamping module 200 is locked and installed on the objective table 400, when the stamping module 200 needs to be removed and replaced, the protruding block 2221 of the elastic locking part 222 can be separated from the groove 231 of the inserting column 230 only by manually locking the manual operation part at the bottom of the supporting body 220 and moving the protruding block 2221 towards the direction of the pressing spring 228, and at this time, the inserting column 230 is taken out from the inserting groove part 221, so that the stamping module 200 can be removed and replaced.

Preferably, in order to improve the stability and reliability of the hot stamping module 200 fixed on the objective table 400 through the insertion column 230, the present embodiment employs two insertion columns 230 arranged at intervals to support the hot stamping module 200, and correspondingly, two slot portions 221 and two buckling portions 227 are arranged on the supporting body 220 of the objective table 400 at intervals, and the protruding blocks 2221 of the two buckling portions 227 are arranged on the same manual operation portion together, so that when the manual operation portion at the bottom of the supporting body 220 is manually buckled for operation, the two protruding blocks 2221 can be synchronously separated from the grooves 231 of the insertion columns 230, thereby making the buckling structure safer and more reliable.

In this embodiment, the connecting rod 350 of the opening and closing mechanism 300 is coupled to the shaft end 910 of the top of the stamping module 200 through the coupling 900 for detachable driving connection.

In order to realize that thermoprint module 200 can dismantle fast and change to promote the rapidity of operation, this embodiment makes the axle tip 910 at thermoprint module 200 top and the mutual lock of connecting rod 350 tip of mechanism 300 that opens and shuts fixed through the mode of shaft coupling 900 butt joint lock, compares with fastening bolt's fixed mode, and the mode of shaft coupling 900 butt joint lock is dismantled more conveniently, fast, labour saving and time saving.

Specifically, the outer surface of the shaft end 910 is circumferentially provided with an annular groove 911, and the coupling 900 includes: the upper end of the inner sleeve is provided with a flange ring 950, the flange ring 950 is connected with the lower end of the connecting rod 350, the inner sleeve is provided with at least one through hole along the radial direction, a steel ball 970 is arranged in the through hole, and the diameter of the steel ball 970 is larger than the axial length of the through hole; an upper abutting portion 920, wherein the upper abutting portion 920 is sleeved on the connecting rod 350; the first spring 940 is sleeved on the connecting rod 350, the upper end of the first spring 940 is abutted against the upper abutting part 920, and the lower end of the first spring 940 is abutted against the flange ring 950; the lower abutting part 980, the lower abutting part 980 is sleeved at the lower end of the inner sleeve; the second spring 960 is sleeved on the inner sleeve, the upper end of the second spring 960 is abutted against the flange ring 950, and the lower end of the second spring 960 is abutted against the lower abutting part 980; and the outer sleeve 930, the outer sleeve 930 is sleeved outside the inner sleeve, and the upper end of the outer sleeve 930 is connected with the upper abutting portion 920, and the lower end of the outer sleeve 930 is sleeved outside the lower abutting portion 980.

Wherein the flange ring 950 is a nut welded at the upper end of the inner sleeve, the flange ring 950 is in threaded connection with the lower end of the connecting rod 350, the outer sleeve 930 is sleeved outside the first spring 940, the second spring 960, the lower abutting portion 980, the inner sleeve and the flange ring 950, and the upper end of the outer sleeve 930 is in threaded connection with the upper abutting portion 920, so that the lower abutting portion 980 can be pushed by the outer sleeve 930 to move along the inner sleeve, the lower abutting portion 980 can push the steel balls 970 in the through holes of the inner sleeve to move from the exposed outer portions to the inner portions of the through holes, the exposed portions from the inner end portions of the through holes are clamped in the annular groove 911 of the shaft end portion 910 at the top of the stamping module 200, the shaft end portion 910 at the top of the stamping module 200 is in butt-joint and buckling connection with the end of the connecting rod 350 of the opening and closing mechanism 300 through the coupler 900, and the number of the through holes and the steel balls 970 is correspondingly large in order to improve the tightness of the connection of the coupler 900, the connecting rod 350 end coupler 900 and the shaft end 910 at the top of the hot stamping module 200 are arranged in a central symmetry mode around the axis of the inner sleeve, if the connecting rod 350 end coupler 900 and the shaft end 910 at the top of the hot stamping module 200 need to be separated from each other for disassembly, the lower abutting part 980 passes through the through hole of the inner sleeve, the steel balls 970 can be exposed from the outer end of the through hole, at the moment, the inner exposed parts of the steel balls 970 are separated from the annular groove 911 of the shaft end 910, and the hot stamping module 200 can be disassembled and replaced quickly by pulling out the connecting rod 900 from the shaft end 910 at the top of the hot stamping module 200.

In a first possible implementation, thermoprint module 200 is 3D thermoprint case, and, the bottom and the objective table 400 detachably of thermoprint module 200's 3D thermoprint box are connected, the top and the mechanism 300 detachably drive that opens and shuts of thermoprint module 200's case lid are connected, 3D thermoprint box mainly is used for the irregularly shaped stock to carry out the thermoprint pattern, place the stock inside 3D thermoprint box and can carry out the thermoprint pattern to it, the inside structure of 3D thermoprint box and principle are current technique, the innovation point of this embodiment is not here, the event is no longer repeated.

In the second possible embodiment, thermoprint module 200 is plane thermoprint module 200, and, the bottom and the objective table 400 detachably of the lower thermoprint plane board of thermoprint module 200 are connected, the top and the drive of opening and shutting mechanism 300 detachably of the last thermoprint plane board of thermoprint module 200 are connected, plane thermoprint module 200 mainly used carries out the thermoprint pattern for planar position on the stock surface, like the bottom of plate, place the plate on thermoprint plane board down, the bottom of going up thermoprint plane board and pushing down the plate can carry out the thermoprint pattern to it, and, the surface of lower thermoprint plane board is provided with the silica gel pad and the pad that generates heat, the silica gel pad is in order to play the effect of buffering, the pad that generates heat is in order to realize the function of thermoprint pattern through the heating.

In the third possible embodiment, thermoprint module 200 is cambered surface thermoprint module 200, and, the bottom and the objective table 400 detachably of the lower thermoprint arc panel of thermoprint module 200 are connected, the top and the mechanism 300 detachably that opens and shuts of the last thermoprint arc panel of thermoprint module 200 drive connection, cambered surface thermoprint module 200 mainly used carries out the thermoprint pattern for the position of cambered surface on the stock surface, like the front edge of cap, place the front edge of cap on the thermoprint arc panel down, the front edge that the cap was pushed down to last thermoprint arc panel can carry out the thermoprint pattern to it, and, the surface of lower thermoprint arc panel is provided with silica gel pad and the pad that generates heat, the silica gel pad generates heat with the effect that plays the buffering, the pad is in order to realize the function of thermoprint pattern through heating.

In a fourth possible embodiment, the stamping module 200 is a cylindrical stamping module 200, and the lower end of the stamping column panel of the stamping module 200 is detachably connected to the stage 400, the upper end of the stamping column panel of the stamping module 200 is detachably connected to the opening and closing mechanism 300 in a driving manner, the cylindrical stamping module 200 is mainly used for performing stamping on the surface of the printing material, such as the outer circumferential surface of a cup, placing the cup in the stamping column panel, the opening and closing mechanism 300 drives the upper end of the stamping column panel to be pressed down and closed so as to wrap the cup and perform stamping on the cup, the inner surface of the stamping column panel is provided with a silica gel pad and a heating pad, the silica gel pad plays a buffering role, the heating pad realizes the function of performing stamping on the pattern by heating, in other embodiments, the stamping module 200 is a baking tray module 200 for performing stamping on the surface of the plate, and, the bottom of the lower bakeware panel of the hot stamping module 200 is detachably connected with the objective table 400, and the top of the upper bakeware panel of the hot stamping module 200 is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism 300 in a driving manner.

In this embodiment, the column 100 has a hollow structure 120, and the column 100 is provided with a guide groove 110 along the axial direction, and the guide groove 110 is communicated with the hollow structure 120, and the thermal transfer printer further includes a lifting driving mechanism 800, and the lifting driving mechanism 800 includes: the lead screw 840 is axially and rotatably arranged in the hollow structure 120, the adjusting knob 830 is arranged on the hollow structure 830, the adjusting knob 830 is in driving connection with the upper end of the lead screw 840 to drive the lead screw 840 to rotate through the adjusting knob 830, the objective table 400 is provided with a driving part 211, the driving part 211 is arranged in the hollow structure 120, the driving part 211 is in threaded connection with the lead screw 840, and part of the structure of the driving part 211 is slidably clamped in the guide groove 110 to enable the lead screw 840 to rotate to drive the objective table 400 to ascend or descend along the guide groove 110.

Wherein, the hollow structure 120 of the upright 100 is cylindrical, the driving part 211 of the objective table 400 is cylindrical, the driving part 211 is provided with a threaded hole along the axis, the driving part 211 is in threaded connection with the screw rod 840 through the threaded hole, two ends of the screw rod 840 can be rotatably installed in the hollow structure 120 through bearings, the adjusting knob 830 is rotatably installed at one side above the upright 100, the rod part of the adjusting knob 830 is provided with a driving gear 820, the upper end of the screw rod 840 is provided with a driven gear 810, and the driven gear 810 is in orthogonal meshing connection with the driving gear 820, so that the driving gear 820 and the driven gear 810 are driven to be meshed with each other to rotate the screw rod 840 by operating the rotation of the adjusting knob 830, thereby the objective table 400 is lifted or lowered along the guide groove 110 at the side of the upright 100 through the driving part 211 to realize the height adjustment of the objective table 400, the application scope of the heat transfer machine is improved, moreover, lifting drive mechanism 800 is hidden in the upright 100, so that the appearance structure of the heat transfer machine is simple, smooth transition is realized between the hollow structure 120 of the upright 100 and the guide groove 110, the stress is uniform between the outer surface of the drive part 211 of the objective table 400 and the inner wall of the hollow structure 120, so that the stress of the objective table 400 is balanced, the structure is more stable and reliable, and the hot stamping module 200 is prevented from pressing down the hot stamping pattern to cause the equipment to shake.

Specifically, the upper end of the upright 100 is provided with a housing 600, the opening and closing mechanism 300 is at least partially disposed in the housing 600, the housing 600 includes a lower housing 620, an upper housing 630 and a corner housing 640, the lower housing 620 is rotatably disposed at the upper end of the upright 100, the upper housing 630 is fastened above the lower housing 620, the corner housing 640 is fastened at the corners of the lower housing 620 and the upper housing 620, the thermal transfer printer further includes a main chassis 610 to control the hot stamping module 200 to stamp patterns through the main chassis 610, the main chassis 610 is rotatably disposed at one side of the housing 600, and the main chassis 610 and the adjusting knob 830 are located at the same side, when the adjusting knob 830 needs to be operated to adjust the height of the stage 400, the main chassis 610 can be rotated to one side to vacate a space for operating the adjusting knob 830, and one side of the main chassis 610 is rotatably connected with the housing 600 through a screw 611.

Further, the bottom of the housing 600 is provided with a positioning groove 621, and the positioning groove 621 is located on the inner wall of the bottom of the lower housing 630, the thermal transfer printing machine further includes a locking device 500, the locking device 500 is movably disposed at the upper end of the guide groove 110, and a locking portion 540 of the locking device 500 is disposed corresponding to the positioning groove 621 so as to be inserted into the positioning groove 621 through the locking portion 540 to position the housing 600, thereby preventing the housing 600 from rotating and shaking, and further improving the accuracy of hot stamping the pattern by the hot stamping module 200, when the pattern is hot stamped by the printing material, the housing 600 is rotated to one side by unlocking the locking device 500, so as to take out the printing material from the hot stamping module 200, the locking device 500 includes a sliding portion and a locking portion 540, the sliding portion is slidably disposed at the upper end of the guide groove 110, the locking portion 540 is disposed on the sliding portion, and the locking portion 540 is matched with the positioning groove 621 so as to slide along the guide groove 110 to insert into the locking portion 540 and locate in the positioning groove 621, thereby positioning the housing 600.

Wherein, the sliding part comprises a threaded rod 530, a first sliding member 510 and a second sliding member 520, the first sliding member 510 and the second sliding member 520 are slidably connected with each other, and a first side of the first sliding member 510 is provided with a first protruding arc 513, a second side of the second sliding member 520 is provided with a second protruding arc 521, and the second side and the first side are away from each other, two opposite inner walls of the guide slot 110 are both provided with arc-shaped slots, and the arc-shaped slots extend along the length direction of the guide slot 110, the first protruding arc 513 and the second protruding arc 521 are slidably arranged in the two arc-shaped slots respectively, the threaded rod 530 is in threaded connection with the first sliding member 510, so as to adjust the first sliding member 510 and the second sliding member 520 to slide to a fixed position clamped in the arc-shaped slots through the threaded rod 530, the first sliding member 510 comprises an L-shaped plate, a locking part 540 is arranged on the side of a first plate body 511 of the L-shaped plate, a dovetail groove 514 is formed on the inner side of the second plate 512 of the L-shaped plate, a dovetail block 522 is formed on the inner side of the second sliding member 520, the dovetail block 522 is slidably disposed in the dovetail groove 514, the threaded rod 530 is threadedly coupled to the first plate 511 of the first sliding member 510, and the end of the threaded rod 530 is disposed corresponding to the second sliding member 520, so that the end of the threaded rod 530 pushes the second sliding member 520 to move along the dovetail groove 514 of the first sliding member 510 by rotating the threaded rod 530, and the first protruding arc surface 513 of the first sliding member 510 and the second protruding arc surface 521 of the second sliding member 520 are shifted forward and backward to be fixed in a predetermined position of the arc-shaped groove, where the locking portion 540 is inserted into the positioning groove 621 of the housing 600, or any position on another arc-shaped groove.

In the present embodiment, the stage 400 includes: the cantilever 210, the driving part 211 is arranged at one end of the cantilever 210; and the bottom of the hot stamping module 200 is detachably connected with the supporting body 220, the supporting body 220 is provided with a sliding channel 223, and the supporting body 220 is sleeved on the cantilever beam 210 through the sliding channel 223, so that the supporting body 220 can move along the cantilever beam 210.

In order to place or take out the printing stock, the cantilever beam 210 and the supporting body 220 of the object stage 400 of the embodiment are connected in a manner of mutually sliding and drawing, so that the hot stamping module 200 on the supporting body 220 can be pulled out, the operation space for placing or taking out the printing stock is increased, and the convenience and the rapidness of operation are improved.

Specifically, the two inner walls of the sliding channel 223 are provided with the protruding strips 224, and the protruding strips 224 extend along the length direction of the sliding channel 223, the two protruding strips 224 are respectively in slidable contact with the two side surfaces of the cantilever beam 210 to improve the stability and reliability of the movement of the supporting body 220 along the cantilever beam 210, the stage 400 further includes a push-pull rod 226 and a fixing rod, the push-pull rod 226 is in threaded connection with the end portion of the supporting body 220, a nut can be fixed in the end portion of the supporting body 220, the push-pull rod 226 is in threaded connection with the nut, the end portion of the cantilever beam 210 is provided with the elastic pad 212, the end of the push-pull rod 226 is arranged corresponding to the elastic pad 212, when the push-pull rod 226 is operated to push the supporting body 220 along the cantilever beam 210, the end of the push-pull rod 226 is in contact with the elastic pad 212 at the end portion of the cantilever beam 210 for positioning, and the elastic pad 212 plays a role of buffering to prevent mechanical damage caused by rigid collision contact, moreover, the length of the tail end of the push-pull rod 226 extending into the supporting body 220 is adjusted by rotating the push-pull rod 226, so that the positioning position of the supporting body 220 on the cantilever beam 210 is adjusted, the fixing rod is connected to the top of the cantilever beam 210 in a threaded manner, a notch 225 is arranged at the end part of the supporting body 220 corresponding to the fixing rod, the supporting body 220 is clamped on the notch 225 of the supporting body 220 by operating the fixing rod, and then the supporting body 220 is fixed on the cantilever beam 210, so that the situation that the supporting body 220 is displaced when the hot stamping module 200 is used for stamping patterns to influence the hot stamping effect is avoided.

Further, a base 700 is arranged at the bottom of the upright post 100, a plurality of support legs 710 are detachably arranged at intervals on the base 700, the support legs 710 are connected with the base 700 in a buckling manner so as to be convenient for disassembly, storage, transportation and quick assembly, a fixing groove 720 is arranged on the side surface of the base 700, an opening is arranged on the bottom wall of the fixing groove 720, an elastic buckle 721 is arranged on the inner wall of the fixing groove 720, the elastic buckle 721 is arranged adjacent to the opening, a bump 711 is arranged at the end of each support leg 710, the bump 711 is matched with the fixing groove 720, a through groove 712 is arranged on the side surface of the bump 711, the through groove 712 extends in the vertical direction, a stopping part 713 is arranged in the through groove 712, the stopping part 713 is arranged adjacent to the lower end of the through groove 712, the bump 711 is moved into the fixing groove 720 in the process of assembling the support legs 710 and the base 700, and the elastic buckle 721 moves along the through groove 712 until the elastic buckle 721 abuts against the top of the stopping part 713 in the through groove 712, the protrusion 711 is continuously pushed into the fixing groove 720, the elastic buckle 721 elastically deforms to go over the stopping portion 713 and abuts against the bottom of the stopping portion 713, and the protrusion 711 is buckled in the fixing groove 720, so that the base 700 and the supporting leg 710 are assembled together.

In the present embodiment, the opening and closing mechanism 300 includes: a support 310, wherein the support 310 is arranged at the upper end of the upright 100; a lever 320, the middle part of the lever 320 being rotatably disposed on the holder 310 through a connecting shaft 330; the swinging seat 390 is arranged at the movable end of the lever 320 in a swinging manner, and the connecting rod 350 is connected with the swinging seat 390; handle 340 opens and shuts, handle 340 is connected with the drive end drive of lever 320, thereby it opens or is closed to thereby drive thermoprint module 200 around connecting axle 330 to swing through handle 340 drive lever 320 opens and shuts, mechanism 300 adopts the lifting mode to compare with current opening and shutting, this embodiment adopts the mode drive thermoprint module 200 of lever 320 to open or close, the weight of having avoided thermoprint module 200 is collected and is saved on lifting mechanism 300 and lead to being difficult to open thermoprint module 200, through one handle 340 alright adopt the mode of lever 320 sled to open thermoprint module 200, time saving and labor saving more, and easy operation is convenient, high durability and convenient use, in order to be applicable to the old man, woman and child's weak force operation crowd such as.

Wherein, two opposite sides of the swing seat 390 are provided with a pivot end 391, the swing seat 390 is rotatably arranged in the movable end of the lever 320 through the pivot end 391, and the middle of the swing seat 390 is provided with a through hole, the lower end of the connecting rod 350 passes through the through hole and is in threaded connection with the coupler 900, the upper end of the connecting rod 350 is provided with a manual knob 351, the assembly of the connecting rod 350 is facilitated by the manual knob 351, the movable end of the lever 320 is provided with a protective shell 321, the protective shell 321 is divided into an upper shell and a lower shell which are mutually buckled so as to facilitate the assembly of the protective shell 321, the protective shell 321 is provided with a strip-shaped guide slot 3211, the strip-shaped guide slot 3211 extends along the length direction of the lever 320, the connecting rod 350 is slidably arranged in the strip-shaped guide slot 3211, the strip-shaped guide slot 3211 guides the connecting rod 350 to swing so that the connecting rod 350 swings to be vertical without left and right swinging through the swing seat 390 when the movable end of the lever 320 is lifted or lowered, the opening and closing mechanism 300 enables the top of the hot stamping module 200 to be vertically opened or closed through the connecting rod 350 and the swinging seat 390, so that the influence on the hot stamping effect caused by uneven local stress or hot stamping position deviation of printing materials in the hot stamping module 200 is avoided, a limiting block is arranged in the movable end of the lever 320, the swinging of the connecting rod 350 is positioned through the limiting block, and the situation that the movable end of the lever 320 is lifted higher when the hot stamping module 200 is opened, so that the hot stamping module 200 swings to vertically impact the upright post 100 through self gravity is avoided.

Specifically, the opening and closing mechanism 300 further includes: one end of the chain link 380 is rotatably connected with the driving end of the lever 320; a rotating shaft rotatably disposed on the support 310, and an opening and closing handle 340 disposed at one end of the rotating shaft; the driving tooth is arranged on the rotating shaft; a driven shaft rotatably disposed on the support 310; the driven teeth 370, the driven teeth 370 are arranged on the driven shaft, and the driven teeth 370 are meshed with the driving teeth; one end of the connecting piece 381 is connected with the driven shaft, and the other end of the connecting piece 381 is connected with the other end of the chain link 380; and the limiting rod 360 is arranged on the support 310, so that the limiting rod 360 is abutted against one side of the driving tooth to position the driving tooth.

Further, in order to improve the stability and reliability of the structure, two connecting members 381 and two chain links 380 are adopted, the two chain links 380 are arranged at intervals, two sets of structures of the driving teeth and the driven teeth 370 are meshed, the two sets of structures of the teeth are meshed, the driving teeth are partial arc sectors, so that the limited space resource in the shell 600 is saved, the driven teeth 370 are gears, when the hot stamping module 200 is opened or closed by operating the opening and closing handle 340, the driving teeth and the driven teeth 370 are driven to mesh and rotate by swinging the opening and closing handle 340, so that the driving end of the lever 320 is driven by the connecting members 381 and the chain links 380 to swing downwards, the movable end of the lever 320 swings upwards and rises to open the hot stamping module 200, in the process of opening the hot stamping module 200, the hot stamping module 200 swings to be vertical through the connecting rod 350 and the swinging seat 390, correspondingly, swing the handle 340 that opens and shuts to opposite direction and can be closed with thermoprint module 200, the most structure of the mechanism 300 that opens and shuts all hides in shell 600, and the handle 340 that opens and shuts of the mechanism 300 that opens and shuts is located one side of shell 600, and the whole outward appearance structure of heat transfer machine is comparatively succinct, does not have the space basically and shelters from, is favorable to using the operation, accomodates the transportation.

From the above description, it can be seen that the above-described embodiments of the present invention achieve the following technical effects:

the thermal transfer printer of the invention is detachably connected with the objective table 400 of the upright post 100 through the bottom of the hot stamping module 200, the top of the hot stamping module 200 is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism 300 above the upright post 100 in a driving way, to drive the stamping module 200 to open or close so as to be convenient for placing or taking out the printing stock in the stamping module 200, when patterns need to be thermoprinted on the surfaces of printing stocks with different shapes, only the thermoprinting module 200 needs to be disassembled and replaced by the thermoprinting module 200 corresponding to the printing stocks, the whole thermal transfer printer is not required to be manufactured or purchased, a frame assembly of one thermal transfer printer can be matched with a plurality of thermoprinting module 200 accessories, so as to meet the requirement of hot stamping patterns of printing stocks with various shapes, has convenient use, reduces the cost of the frame assembly, has various functions, expands the application range, thereby effectively solving the technical problem that the hot stamping module 200 of the hot transfer machine in the prior art is of an undetachable and replaceable structure.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

The relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present application unless specifically stated otherwise. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective portions shown in the drawings are not drawn in an actual proportional relationship for the convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the orientation words such as "front, back, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, longitudinal, vertical, horizontal", top, bottom ", etc. are usually based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and in the case of not making a reverse description, these orientation words do not indicate and imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore, should not be considered as limiting the scope of the present application; the terms "inside" and "outside" as used herein refer to the inner and outer sides of the outline of each member itself.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "on" or "connected to" another element, it can be directly on or directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected with the other element with intervening elements interposed therebetween. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on" or "directly connected to" another element, there are no intervening elements present between the two.

In addition, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, the terms "first", "second", and the like are used to define the components, and are only used for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and if not stated otherwise, the above terms do not have special meanings, and therefore, the scope of protection of the present application is not to be construed as being limited, and in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise stated, the meaning of "plurality" means two or more.

While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. A thermal transfer printer, comprising:

the upright post is provided with an objective table;

the bottom of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the hot stamping module is used for hot stamping patterns on the surface of a printing stock; and

the opening and closing mechanism is arranged on the stand column, and is in drive connection with the top of the hot stamping module in a detachable mode so as to drive the hot stamping module to be opened or closed, and therefore printing stock can be placed or taken out of the hot stamping module conveniently.

2. The thermal transfer printer of claim 1, wherein the bottom of the stamping die set is removably connected to the stage by a snap-fit arrangement.

3. The thermal transfer printer of claim 2, wherein the snap feature comprises:

the inserting column is arranged at the bottom of the hot stamping module and provided with a groove; and

the slot part is arranged on the objective table and matched with the plug columns, and an elastic buckling part is arranged in the slot part and matched with the groove.

4. The thermal transfer printer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the connecting rod of the opening and closing mechanism is detachably drivingly connected to the shaft end of the top of the stamping module by being engaged with the shaft end of the top of the stamping module through a coupling.

5. The thermal transfer printer of claim 4, wherein an outer surface of the shaft end is circumferentially provided with an annular groove, the coupler comprising:

the upper end of the inner sleeve is provided with a flange ring, the flange ring is connected with the lower end of the connecting rod, the inner sleeve is radially provided with at least one through hole, a steel ball is arranged in the through hole, and the diameter of the steel ball is larger than the axial length of the through hole;

the upper abutting part is sleeved on the connecting rod;

the first spring is sleeved on the connecting rod, the upper end of the first spring is abutted against the upper abutting part, and the lower end of the first spring is abutted against the flange ring;

the lower abutting part is sleeved at the lower end of the inner sleeve;

the second spring is sleeved on the inner sleeve, the upper end of the second spring is abutted against the flange ring, and the lower end of the second spring is abutted against the lower abutting part; and

the outer sleeve is sleeved outside the inner sleeve, the upper end of the outer sleeve is connected with the upper abutting portion, and the lower end of the outer sleeve is sleeved outside the lower abutting portion.

6. The thermal transfer printer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the stamping module is a 3D stamping box, and the bottom of the 3D stamping box body of the stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the top of the box cover of the stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism in a driving manner; or

The hot stamping module is a plane hot stamping module, the bottom of a lower hot stamping plane plate of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the top of an upper hot stamping plane plate of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism in a driving manner; or

The hot stamping module is a cambered hot stamping module, the bottom of a lower hot stamping cambered plate of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the top of an upper hot stamping cambered plate of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism in a driving manner; or

The hot stamping module is a cylindrical surface hot stamping module, the lower end of a hot stamping column panel of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the upper end of the hot stamping column panel of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism in a driving manner; or

The hot stamping module is a baking tray hot stamping module, the bottom of a lower baking tray panel of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the objective table, and the top of an upper baking tray panel of the hot stamping module is detachably connected with the opening and closing mechanism in a driving manner.

7. The thermal transfer printer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the column has a hollow structure, and the column is provided with a guide groove in an axial direction, the guide groove communicating with the hollow structure, the thermal transfer printer further comprising an elevating drive mechanism including:

a screw rod, the screw rod is rotatably arranged in the hollow structure along the axial direction,

the adjusting knob is in driving connection with the upper end of the screw rod, the screw rod is driven to rotate through the adjusting knob, the objective table is provided with a driving portion, the driving portion is located in the hollow structure, the driving portion is in threaded connection with the screw rod, and part of the structure of the driving portion can be clamped in the guide groove in a sliding mode, so that the screw rod drives the objective table to ascend or descend along the guide groove in a rotating mode.

8. The thermal transfer printer of claim 7, wherein the stage comprises:

the driving part is arranged at one end of the cantilever beam; and

the bottom of thermoprint module with the supporting body detachably is connected, just, the supporting body has the passageway that slides, the supporting body passes through slide the passageway suit and be in on the cantilever beam, so that the supporting body can follow the cantilever beam removes.

9. The thermal transfer printer of claim 4, wherein the opening and closing mechanism comprises:

the support is arranged at the upper end of the upright post;

the middle part of the lever is rotatably arranged on the support through a connecting shaft;

the swinging seat is arranged at the movable end of the lever in a swinging manner, and the connecting rod is connected with the swinging seat;

the opening and closing handle is in driving connection with the driving end of the lever, so that the lever is driven to swing around the connecting shaft through the opening and closing handle to drive the hot stamping module to be opened or closed.

10. The thermal transfer printer of claim 9, wherein the opening and closing mechanism further comprises:

one end of the chain link is rotatably connected with the driving end of the lever;

the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged on the support, and the opening and closing handle is arranged at one end of the rotating shaft;

the driving tooth is arranged on the rotating shaft;

the driven shaft is rotatably arranged on the support;

the driven tooth is arranged on the driven shaft, and the driven tooth is in meshed connection with the driving tooth;

one end of the connecting piece is connected with the driven shaft, and the other end of the connecting piece is connected with the other end of the chain link; and

the limiting rod is arranged on the support and is abutted against one side of the driving tooth through the limiting rod so as to position the driving tooth.

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