CN208648239U - A kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer - Google Patents

A kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer Download PDF

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CN208648239U
CN208648239U CN201821214678.XU CN201821214678U CN208648239U CN 208648239 U CN208648239 U CN 208648239U CN 201821214678 U CN201821214678 U CN 201821214678U CN 208648239 U CN208648239 U CN 208648239U
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卢国钊
吴达豪
古丽洁
李国育
梁岐江
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The utility model discloses a kind of lower paper feed systems of ink-jet printer, it include for placing the paper storehouses of printing paper, paper feeding mechanism and page turner mechanism for overturning printing paper, page-turning roller wheel is provided in the page turner mechanism and forming page turning channel around the page-turning roller wheel;The paper feeding mechanism includes drive shaft, bracket and paper feed wheel, and the front end of the bracket is articulated with the drive shaft, and the paper feed wheel is rotatably connected on the rear end of the bracket and is sequentially connected with the drive shaft;The paper feeding mechanism is connected with supporting mechanism, the supporting mechanism includes shaft and the supporting plate that is rotatably connected in shaft, torsional spring is set in the shaft, the supporting plate tilts and holds up the bracket under the action of torsional spring, the side wall of the paper storehouses is provided with block, when paper storehouses are installed in place, block pushes torsional spring deformation and bracket is fallen, and paper feed wheel contacts the bottom surface of paper storehouses or the printing paper in paper storehouses to push printing paper to page turning channel.

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A kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer
Technical field
The utility model relates to printer technology field, the lower paper feed system of specifically a kind of ink-jet printer.
Background technique
Printer on the market at present, shows one's talent, reason is nothing more than price in numerous consumer electrical products It gradually decreases, and there is letter quality effect, so that personal photo, colour/black and white file image are closer true, distinct Color printer can be made to carry out large scale and high score and by the interface of high transmission speed (such as USB transmission interface) When the printing of resolution, faster, such user need not wait pending datas to transmit the consumed time to transmission speed, and then strengthen The efficiency of printer.
Either laser printer, ink-jet printer, facsimile machine or other printing devices, paper feed system be all can not or Scarce.Existing desk-top ink-jet printer be usually using rear paper feed structure, printing paper oblique cutting ink-jet printer rear side, But this structure the problem of causing printing paper to be bent because of self gravity, and printing paper is easy at random and influences printing matter Amount.
Summary of the invention
For overcome the deficiencies in the prior art, the utility model provides a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer,.
The technical scheme adopted by the utility model to solve the technical problem is as follows:
A kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer, includes for placing the paper storehouses of printing paper, paper feeding mechanism and use It is formed in being provided with page-turning roller wheel in the page turner mechanism of overturning printing paper, the page turner mechanism and surrounding the page-turning roller wheel Page turning channel;The paper feeding mechanism includes drive shaft, bracket and paper feed wheel, and the front end of the bracket is articulated with the driving Axis, the paper feed wheel are rotatably connected on the rear end of the bracket and are sequentially connected with the drive shaft;The paper feeding mechanism connection There is a supporting mechanism, the supporting mechanism includes shaft and the supporting plate that is rotatably connected in shaft, is set in the shaft Torsional spring, the supporting plate tilts and holds up the bracket under the action of torsional spring, and the side wall of the paper storehouses is provided with block, when Paper storehouses are installed in place, and the block pushes the torsional spring deformation and the bracket is fallen, the paper feed wheel contact paper storehouses Printing paper in bottom surface or paper storehouses is to push printing paper to the page turning channel.
As an improvement of the above technical solution, the supporting plate is provided with the axle sleeve being sleeved in the shaft, the bracket Side wall be provided with support supporting block, the end abutment of the supporting plate is in the bottom surface of the support supporting block.
As a further improvement of the above technical scheme, there are four biographies that is single and successively engaging for installation in the bracket Moving gear, the both ends of four transmission gears are engaged with the drive shaft, paper feed wheel respectively and are driven.
It is further improved, two friction rollers is additionally provided in the page turner mechanism, two friction rollers split described The two sides of page-turning roller wheel and fit in the page-turning roller wheel.
It is further improved, is additionally provided with two elasticity steel wires in the page turner mechanism, the every elasticity steel wire passes through The shaft of one friction roller is so that the friction roller fits in the page-turning roller wheel.
It is further improved, the front end of the page turner mechanism is additionally provided with lateral paper guide, and the rear end of the lateral paper guide connects institute Page turning channel is stated, is provided on the lateral paper guide and a plurality of leads paper muscle.
It is further improved, the page turner mechanism is connected with the upper paper block for being arranged in the paper storehouses rear, the upper paper The connection paper storehouses and page turning channel are provided on block leads paper convex ribs.
It is further improved, the paper convex ribs of leading are obliquely installed for two, and the rear end of the paper storehouses, which is provided with, leads paper with described The oblique conducting bar that convex ribs match leads to be provided between paper convex ribs for two and pushes up flat damping mechanism to push up the end of printing paper in paper storehouses It is flat.
It is further improved, the flat damping mechanism in top includes stop support, the first sliding block, the second sliding block and block pendulum Bar, the stop support are provided with sliding slot, and first sliding block and the second sliding block are slidably connected on the stop support simultaneously It can be moved along the sliding slot, second sliding block is provided with the guide pad protruded into the sliding slot, and the sliding slot is filled with lubrication Rouge;First sliding block is provided with the pushing part for contacting paper storehouses, and is provided between first sliding block and stop support One spring is connected between first sliding block and the second sliding block by second spring with keeping the pushing part to be located at outside stop support It connects, the lower end of the block swing rod is articulated with the stop support, and second sliding block is provided with and block swing rod position Corresponding linkage portion, the linkage portion are provided with end to end horizontal concrete chute and the vertical chute, and the block swing rod is provided with The guide post being caught in the horizontal concrete chute and the vertical chute, before being packed into paper storehouses, the block swing rod keeps vertical state.
It is further improved, the both ends of the second spring are separately connected the pushing part and guide pad, the second spring It is arranged in the sliding slot with the first spring.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are: when paper storehouses store a folded printing paper and are installed in place, the block of paper storehouses side wall It pushes torsional spring deformation and makes the supporting plate deflection for holding up bracket, and bracket falls, paper feed wheel contacts the printing paper in paper storehouses, driving Axis is driven by chart drive motor, drives paper feed wheel printing paper to be pushed to the page turning channel of page turner mechanism, printing paper is in page turner It is driven in mechanism by page-turning roller wheel and is turned to along page turning channel, complete paper feed and convey to go to print, using the structure of lower paper feed Form, printing paper overlay in paper storehouses, avoid the problem of printing paper is bent because of self gravity, also avoid printing paper and dissipate Disorderly, be conducive to improve print quality, while printing paper is accommodated in ink-jet printer in paper storehouses, avoids contamination dust, miscellaneous Object;When paper storehouses pull out, torsional spring resets, and the supporting plate of supporting mechanism tilts and hold up the bracket of paper feeding mechanism under the action of torsional spring, It avoids paper feed wheel from interfering paper storehouses, guarantees that paper storehouses smoothly pull out.
Detailed description of the invention
The utility model is described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram that the utility model paper storehouses are not loaded into;
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram that the utility model paper storehouses are packed into;
Fig. 3 is the structural schematic diagram before the loading paper storehouses for pushing up flat damping mechanism;
Fig. 4 is structural schematic diagram when pushing up the loading paper storehouses of flat damping mechanism;
Fig. 5 is the structural schematic diagram after the loading paper storehouses for pushing up flat damping mechanism.
Specific embodiment
Referring to Fig.1~Fig. 5, a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer, include for place the paper storehouses 1 of printing paper, Paper feeding mechanism 2 and page turner mechanism 3 for overturning printing paper are provided with page-turning roller wheel 31 simultaneously in the page turner mechanism 3 Page turning channel is formed around the page-turning roller wheel 31;The paper feeding mechanism 2 includes drive shaft 21, bracket 22 and paper feed wheel 23, the front end of the bracket 22 is articulated with the drive shaft 21, and the paper feed wheel 23 is rotatably connected on the rear end of the bracket 22 And it is sequentially connected with the drive shaft 21;The paper feeding mechanism 2 is connected with supporting mechanism, and the supporting mechanism includes shaft 51 And it is rotatably connected on the supporting plate 52 in shaft 51, it is set with torsional spring 53 in the shaft 51, under the action of torsional spring 53 The supporting plate 52 tilts and holds up the bracket 22, and the side wall of the paper storehouses 1 is provided with block 11, when paper storehouses 1 are installed in place, institute Block 11 is stated to push the torsional spring 53 to deform and the bracket 22 is fallen, the paper feed wheel 23 contact paper storehouses 1 bottom surface or Printing paper in person's paper storehouses 1 is to push printing paper to the page turning channel.Preferably, the supporting plate 52 be provided be sleeved on it is described Axle sleeve in shaft 51, the side wall of the bracket 22 are provided with support supporting block 221, and the end abutment of the supporting plate 52 is held in the support The bottom surface of block 221.Using the above structure, when paper storehouses 1 pull out (when being not loaded into), torsional spring 53 pushes supporting plate 52 to tilt and hold up branch Frame 22 namely paper feeding mechanism 2 lift up, and will not hinder the loading and pull-out of paper storehouses 1;Printing paper is installed in paper storehouses 1, is then charged into Ink-jet printer, the block 11 of 1 side wall of paper storehouses push the deformation of torsional spring 53 and bracket 22 are fallen, and paper feed wheel 23 contacts paper storehouses 1 In printing paper, drive shaft 21 drives by chart drive motor and paper feed wheel 23 driven to rotate, and paper feed wheel 23 drives printing paper to shift to and turns over The page turning channel of Ye Qi mechanism 3, then the driving of page-turning roller wheel 31 printing turns to simultaneously page turning along page turning channel, completes entire paper feed step Suddenly, printing paper overlays in paper storehouses 1, avoids the problem of printing paper is bent because of self gravity, and it is at random to also avoid printing paper, Be conducive to improve print quality, while printing paper is accommodated in ink-jet printer in paper storehouses 1, avoid contamination dust, sundries, Cleanliness is secure, even if deactivating for a long time, can also print at any time.
In the present embodiment, it is preferred that it is installed in the bracket 22 there are four transmission gear that is single and successively engaging, The both ends of four transmission gears are engaged with the drive shaft 21, paper feed wheel 23 respectively and are driven, and using gear drive, stabilization can It leans on.
In the present embodiment, it is preferred that two friction rollers 32, two frictions are additionally provided in the page turner mechanism 3 Idler wheel 32 splits the two sides of the page-turning roller wheel 31 and fits in the page-turning roller wheel 31.Preferably, the page turner mechanism 3 Two elasticity steel wires 33 are inside additionally provided with, the every elasticity steel wire 33 passes through the shaft of a friction roller 32 so that institute It states friction roller 32 and fits in the page-turning roller wheel 31.Preferably, the front end of the page turner mechanism 3 is additionally provided with lateral paper guide 34, the rear end of the lateral paper guide 34 connects the page turning channel, is provided on the lateral paper guide 34 and a plurality of leads paper muscle.Page-turning roller wheel 31 are equally driven by chart drive motor, and printing paper is passed through between page-turning roller wheel 31 and friction roller 32 by frictional force, along leading Cardboard 34 enters type channel, lateral paper guide 34 be arranged it is a plurality of lead paper muscle, reduce friction, it is mobile convenient for printing paper.
In the present embodiment, it is preferred that the page turner mechanism 3 is connected with the upper paper gear for being arranged in 1 rear of paper storehouses Block 4, the connection paper storehouses 1 and page turning channel are provided on the upper paper block 4 leads paper convex ribs 41, can by leading paper convex ribs 41 The case where printing paper is smoothly oriented to the page turning channel of page turner mechanism 3, avoids paper jam appearance.
Referring to Fig. 3~Fig. 5, in the present embodiment, it is preferred that the paper convex ribs 41 of leading are obliquely installed for two, the paper The rear end in storehouse 1 be provided with the oblique conducting bar 12 leading paper convex ribs 41 and matching, two are led that top is provided between paper convex ribs 41 is flat Damping mechanism is flat to push up the end of printing paper in paper storehouses 1.The flat damping mechanism in top includes stop support 61, the first sliding block 62, the second sliding block 63 and block swing rod 64, the stop support 61 are provided with sliding slot 611, first sliding block 62 and second Sliding block 63 is slidably connected on the stop support 61 and can move along the sliding slot 611, and second sliding block 63 is provided with The guide pad 631 in the sliding slot 611 is protruded into, the sliding slot 611 is filled with lubricating grease;First sliding block 62, which is provided with, to be used for The pushing part 621 for contacting paper storehouses is provided with the first spring 65 described in holding between first sliding block 62 and stop support 61 Pushing part 621 is located at outside stop support 61, is connected between first sliding block 62 and the second sliding block 63 by second spring 66, institute The lower end for stating block swing rod 64 is articulated with the stop support 61, and second sliding block 63 is provided with and the block swing rod 64 Corresponding linkage portion 632 is set, the linkage portion 632 is provided with end to end horizontal concrete chute and the vertical chute, the block pendulum Bar 64 is provided with the guide post 641 being caught in the horizontal concrete chute and the vertical chute, and before being packed into paper storehouses 1, the block swing rod 64 is protected Hold vertical state.It is mobile that 1 push-on process of paper storehouses will push the first sliding block 62, and the first sliding block 62 pushes the by second spring 66 Two sliding blocks 63, the forced compression of second spring 66 is a process, therefore the movement of the second sliding block 63 always lags behind first and slides Block increases resistance to sliding in addition being filled with enough lubricating grease in sliding slot 611, further decreases the movement of the second sliding block 63 Speed, therefore the second sliding block 63 is slowly slided along sliding slot 611.Second sliding block 63 moves into two processes, process first is that The state of Fig. 4 is transformed by the state of Fig. 3, the level that the guide post 641 of block swing rod 64 is in linkage portion 32 in the process is slided In slot, therefore the movement of sliding block 62 is not applied on block swing rod 64, i.e., block swing rod 64 is in a vertical state always;Process Second is that going to the state of Fig. 5 by the state of Fig. 4, guide post 641 moves in the vertical chute of linkage portion 632 in the process, Under the action of the vertical chute, linkage portion 632 generates a rotating torque to block swing rod 64 and block swing rod 64 is tilted backwards, Until the second sliding block 63 slide to the end as shown in figure 5, the side of final block swing rod 64 with lead paper convex ribs 41, oblique conducting bar 12 inclines Rake angle is consistent, therefore analyzes from whole process, and the swing of block swing rod 64 lags behind the movement of the second sliding block 63, and second is sliding The movement of block 63 lags behind the movement of the first sliding block 62 and paper storehouses 1, and the swing of block swing rod 64 significantly lags behind the shifting of paper storehouses 1 Dynamic, effect is when paper storehouses 1 promote backstop swing rod 64 not to be flapped toward immediately below, and the lag of block swing rod 64 is swung paper storehouses The end top of printing paper in 1 is flat, guarantees the paper feed device of printing paper and in the right direction, avoids print pattern lateral deviation, favorably In raising print quality.
In the present embodiment, it is preferred that the both ends of the second spring 66 are separately connected the pushing part 621 and guide pad 631, the second spring 66 and the first spring 65 are arranged in the sliding slot 611.It can be into using the lubricating grease in sliding slot 11 The compression process of one step slow second spring 66 and the first spring 65 reduces the movement speed of the second sliding block 33.
The above, the only better embodiment of the utility model, but the utility model is not limited to above-mentioned reality Example is applied, as long as its technical effect for reaching the utility model with any same or similar means, should all fall into the utility model Within protection scope.

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1. a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer, it is characterised in that: include for place the paper storehouses of printing paper (1), Mechanism of paper (2) and page turner mechanism (3) for overturning printing paper are provided with page-turning roller wheel in the page turner mechanism (3) (31) and around the page-turning roller wheel (31) page turning channel is formed;The paper feeding mechanism (2) includes drive shaft (21), bracket (22) and paper feed wheel (23), the front end of the bracket (22) are articulated with the drive shaft (21), paper feed wheel (23) rotation It is connected to the rear end of the bracket (22) and is sequentially connected with the drive shaft (21);The paper feeding mechanism (2) is connected with picking-up Mechanism, the supporting mechanism include shaft (51) and the supporting plate (52) being rotatably connected on shaft (51), the shaft (51) torsional spring (53) are set on, the supporting plate (52) tilts and holds up the bracket under the action of torsional spring (53) (22), the side wall of the paper storehouses (1) is provided with block (11), and when paper storehouses (1) are installed in place, the block (11) pushes the torsion Spring (53) deforms and the bracket (22) is fallen, in the bottom surface of paper feed wheel (23) contact paper storehouses (1) or paper storehouses (1) Printing paper to push printing paper to the page turning channel.
2. a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the supporting plate (52) sets It is equipped with the axle sleeve being sleeved on the shaft (51), the side wall of the bracket (22) is provided with support supporting block (221), the supporting plate (52) end abutment is in the bottom surface of support supporting block (221).
3. a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: in the bracket (22) Installation there are four the single and transmission gear that successively engages, the both ends of four transmission gears respectively with the drive shaft (21), Paper feed wheel (23) is engaged and is driven.
4. a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the page turner mechanism (3) two friction rollers (32) are additionally provided in, two friction rollers (32) split the two sides of the page-turning roller wheel (31) and Fit in the page-turning roller wheel (31).
5. a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer according to claim 4, it is characterised in that: the page turner mechanism (3) two elasticity steel wires (33) are additionally provided in, the every elasticity steel wire (33) passes through the friction roller (32) Shaft is so that the friction roller (32) fits in the page-turning roller wheel (31).
6. a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: the page turner mechanism (3) front end is additionally provided with lateral paper guide (34), and the rear end of the lateral paper guide (34) connects the page turning channel, the lateral paper guide (34) it is provided on and a plurality of leads paper muscle.
7. a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the page turner mechanism (3) it is connected with the upper paper block (4) for being arranged in the paper storehouses (1) rear, the connection paper is provided on the upper paper block (4) Paper convex ribs (41) are led with page turning channel in storehouse (1).
8. a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer according to claim 7, it is characterised in that: described to lead paper convex ribs (41) it is obliquely installed for two, the rear end of the paper storehouses (1) is provided with and the oblique conducting bar leading paper convex ribs (41) and matching (12), it leads and is provided with that push up flat damping mechanism flat to push up the end of printing paper in paper storehouses (1) between paper convex ribs (41) for two.
9. a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer according to claim 8, it is characterised in that: the flat damping machine in top Structure includes stop support (61), the first sliding block (62), the second sliding block (63) and block swing rod (64), the stop support (61) it is provided with sliding slot (611), first sliding block (62) and the second sliding block (63) are slidably connected at the stop support (61) and can be mobile along the sliding slot (611) on, second sliding block (63) is provided with the guiding protruded into the sliding slot (611) Block (631), the sliding slot (611) are filled with lubricating grease;First sliding block (62) is provided with the promotion for contacting paper storehouses (1) Portion (621) is provided with the first spring (65) to keep the pushing part between first sliding block (62) and stop support (61) (621) it is located at stop support (61) outside, between first sliding block (62) and the second sliding block (63) even by second spring (66) Connect, the lower end of the block swing rod (64) is articulated with the stop support (61), second sliding block (63) be provided with it is described The corresponding linkage portion (632) in block swing rod (64) position, the linkage portion (632) are provided with end to end horizontal concrete chute and erect To sliding slot, the block swing rod (64) is provided with the guide post (641) being caught in the horizontal concrete chute and the vertical chute, is packed into paper storehouses (1) before, the block swing rod (64) keeps vertical state.
10. a kind of lower paper feed system of ink-jet printer according to claim 9, it is characterised in that: the second spring (66) both ends are separately connected the pushing part (621) and guide pad (631), the second spring (66) and the first spring (65) It is arranged in the sliding slot (611).
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