CN211764333U - Ribbon cartridge for ribbon printing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a ribbon cartridge for ribbon printing equipment, ribbon cartridge includes the typewriter ribbon, is used for releasing the band pulley of putting of the typewriter ribbon for use, is used for withdrawing the take-up pulley of used typewriter ribbon, is used for controlling the band when putting the area ribbon transmission guide bar of putting of typewriter ribbon transmission route and the receipts area guide bar that is used for controlling typewriter ribbon transmission route, ribbon cartridge includes box body and upper cover, wherein, the typewriter ribbon, put band pulley, take-up pulley, put the area guide bar and receive the area guide bar and hold in the internal cavity that forms after box body and the upper cover assembly. The utility model discloses a ribbon cartridge can conveniently install on ribbon printing apparatus, has easy operation, the accurate advantage in location.

Description

Ribbon cartridge for ribbon printing equipment

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of biomedical experimental apparatus, concretely relates to ribbon cartridge for typewriter ribbon printing apparatus, the ribbon cartridge of the user of especially being convenient for change.

Background

The ribbon printer is one kind of printing consumable material in biomedicine, and can increase information mark automatically in the mark area of the medium to be printed and ensure the reliable long term storage of the mark information. The working principle of ribbon printing is that a ribbon printing head heated by machinery and circuit control directly presses a specific ribbon on a marking area of a medium to be printed to increase information marks. The color tape is usually a commercially available wax-based carbon tape, a mixed-based carbon tape, a resin-based carbon tape, or the like. The medium to be printed is usually a glass slide for medical use, an embedding box made of plastic, or the like.

An ink ribbon type printing apparatus generally has an ink ribbon supply unit that controls the winding and unwinding of an ink ribbon, and includes a ribbon unwinding assembly and a ribbon winding assembly, and a ribbon unwinding guide assembly and a ribbon winding guide assembly that are respectively used to control an ink ribbon drive path during unwinding and an ink ribbon drive path during winding. A new ribbon in the form of a cylindrical roll is placed on the unwind assembly and the take-up assembly retracts the printed ribbon. Ribbon type printer on the existing market usually needs the user to place new typewriter ribbon on unreeling the area subassembly earlier, takes out the typewriter ribbon again and walks around unreeling area direction subassembly and receipts area direction subassembly, and on last fixed connection took up the area subassembly, manual change complex operation, and easily take place the mistake when just walked around the direction subassembly.

CN107284045A relates to a ribbon type printing apparatus, which comprises a preheating mechanism, a printing mechanism, a ribbon device, a slide conveying mechanism, a discharging and stacking mechanism, etc. The ribbon device of the device comprises a supply roller and a take-up roller, and the ribbon needs to pass through a plurality of ribbon guide rods and be leveled when being installed. In actual use, the operation of a user is complicated, and the situation that the ribbon is buckled due to the curling of the ribbon is easy to occur.

CN110228301B relates to an ink ribbon type slide printing device, which comprises a sheet discharging unit, a slide conveying unit, a print head unit, a printing positioning unit, an ink ribbon unit and a sheet collecting unit. The color ribbon unit of the slide printing device is provided with a ribbon take-up component and a ribbon release component which are respectively independent and can control the take-up and the release of the color ribbon. The ribbon unit can respectively control the retraction driving coordination between the ribbon take-up assembly and the ribbon pay-off assembly, and the ribbon can be accurately retracted and extended during printing. However, the consumable ribbon in the prior art devices also required manual installation by the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a ribbon cartridge for solving above the typewriter ribbon formula printer of problem can satisfy the demand that the user installed the typewriter ribbon fast.

Particularly, the utility model provides a ribbon cartridge for ribbon printing equipment, ribbon cartridge includes the typewriter ribbon, is used for releasing the band pulley of putting of the typewriter ribbon for use, is used for retrieving the take-up pulley of used typewriter ribbon, is used for controlling the band guide bar of putting of typewriter ribbon transmission route when putting the area and is used for controlling the receipts area guide bar of typewriter ribbon transmission route when receiving the area, its characterized in that, ribbon cartridge includes box body and upper cover, wherein, typewriter ribbon, put the band pulley, take-up pulley, put the area guide bar and receive the area guide bar and hold in the internal cavity that forms after box body and upper cover assembly; the box body is provided with a box body positioning concave hole which allows a positioning table of the printing equipment to be inserted and is used for installing and positioning the box body; the cartridge body includes: the device comprises an upper cover, a clamping flange or a groove for clamping with the upper cover, a first box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove for limiting a belt releasing wheel, a second box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove for limiting a belt collecting wheel, a first box body guiding concave hole for fixing a belt releasing guide rod and a second box body guiding concave hole for fixing a belt collecting guide rod; the upper cover includes: the clamping groove or the flange is used for being clamped with the box body, the first upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove is used for placing a belt wheel in a limiting mode, the second upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove is used for taking up a belt wheel in a limiting mode, the first upper cover guiding concave hole is used for fixing a belt placing guide rod, and the second upper cover guiding concave hole is used for fixing a belt taking up guide rod.

In one or more embodiments, the cartridge further comprises a cartridge retaining recess for allowing insertion of a retaining shaft of the printing apparatus for cartridge installation retention.

In one or more embodiments, the cartridge further comprises a paramagnetic iron plate for magnetically attracting the permanent magnet steel on the printing device and maintaining the mounting position of the cartridge.

In one or more embodiments, the cartridge further comprises a chip slot for mounting a cryptographic chip.

In one or more embodiments, the first cassette pulley-defining flange or groove is coaxially opposite the first upper cover pulley-defining flange or groove for radial definition of a take-up pulley, and the second cassette pulley-defining flange or groove is coaxially opposite the second upper cover pulley-defining flange or groove for radial definition of a take-up pulley; the first box body guide concave hole is coaxially opposite to the first upper cover guide concave hole and is used for fixing the tape placing guide rod; the second box body guiding concave hole is coaxially opposite to the second upper cover guiding concave hole and used for fixing the tape collecting guiding rod.

In one or more embodiments, the unwinding wheel comprises an unwinding driving wheel and an unwinding auxiliary wheel clamped on the unwinding driving wheel, the unwinding driving wheel is used for connecting an unwinding assembly of the printing equipment and inputting driving force, the unwinding driving wheel and the unwinding auxiliary wheel both comprise belt wheel flanges for preventing an ink ribbon from deviating on a belt wheel axis, the unwinding driving wheel and the unwinding auxiliary wheel are clamped to form a belt wheel with an axial cross section in an i shape, the ink ribbon to be used is wound on the middle of the unwinding wheel, and the unwinding driving wheel and the unwinding auxiliary wheel respectively comprise an unwinding driving wheel limiting groove or flange and an unwinding auxiliary wheel limiting groove or flange for limiting the unwinding wheel; and the take-up wheel comprises a take-up driving wheel and a take-up auxiliary wheel clamped on the take-up driving wheel, the take-up driving wheel is used for connecting a take-up component and an input driving force of the printing equipment, the take-up driving wheel and the take-up auxiliary wheel comprise belt wheel flanges used for preventing the color tape from deviating in the axial direction of the belt wheel, the take-up driving wheel and the take-up auxiliary wheel are clamped to form the belt wheel with an I-shaped axial cross section, the used color tape is wound at the middle part of the take-up wheel, and the take-up driving wheel and the take-up auxiliary wheel respectively comprise a take-up driving wheel limiting groove or flange used for limiting the take-up wheel and a take-up auxiliary wheel.

In one or more embodiments, after the upper cover is engaged with the case, the first case pulley-limiting flange or groove and the first upper cover pulley-limiting flange or groove are designed to fit into the belt-releasing driving wheel-limiting groove or flange and the belt-releasing auxiliary wheel-limiting groove or flange, respectively, and limit the radial swing range of the belt-releasing wheel, and the second case pulley-limiting flange or groove and the second upper cover pulley-limiting flange or groove are designed to fit into the belt-retracting driving wheel-limiting groove or flange and the belt-retracting auxiliary wheel-limiting groove or flange, respectively, and limit the radial swing range of the belt-retracting wheel.

In one or more embodiments, the tape-releasing driving wheel further comprises a tape-releasing wheel shaft hole for allowing a tape-releasing wheel shaft of the printing device to pass through, the bottom end of the tape-releasing wheel shaft hole is fixedly provided with a paramagnetic iron sheet, and the paramagnetic iron sheet is used for magnetically attracting with permanent magnetic steel on the tape-releasing wheel shaft of the printing device, so that the tape-releasing wheel continues to move to a tape-releasing wheel mounting position for a certain distance under the attraction of magnetic force; and/or the belt-collecting driving wheel further comprises a belt-collecting wheel shaft hole for a belt-collecting wheel shaft of the printing equipment to pass through, a paramagnetic iron sheet is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the belt-collecting wheel shaft hole and is used for magnetically attracting with permanent magnetic steel on the belt-collecting wheel shaft of the printing equipment, so that the belt-collecting wheel continuously moves for a certain distance to the belt-collecting wheel installation position under the attraction of magnetic force.

In one or more embodiments, the tape discharging wheel further comprises a tape discharging driving clamping groove for inputting the tape discharging driving force of the printing device, and the tape discharging driving clamping groove is connected with the driving pin of the tape discharging shaft of the printing device to transmit the power; and/or the take-up pulley further comprises a take-up driving clamping groove used for inputting the take-up driving force of the printing equipment, and the take-up driving clamping groove is connected with a driving pin of a take-up pulley shaft of the printing equipment so as to transmit power.

In one or more embodiments, the tape-releasing drive card slot is a plurality of card slot groups which are circularly and symmetrically arranged on a central axis of a shaft hole of the tape-releasing wheel, each card slot can be used for being clamped into a drive pin of the tape-releasing wheel shaft of the printing equipment, and the periphery of the card slot is in a rounded shape so that the drive pin can conveniently enter the card slot; and/or, the tape take-up driving clamping groove is a plurality of clamping groove groups which are circularly and symmetrically arranged by using a central shaft of the tape take-up wheel shaft hole, each clamping groove can be used for clamping a driving pin of the tape take-up wheel shaft of the printing equipment, and the periphery of the clamping groove is in a rounded angle shape so that the driving pin can conveniently enter the clamping groove.

In one or more embodiments, the standby ribbon of the ribbon is wound around the middle of the unwinding wheel, and the standby ribbon is wound around the unwinding guide rod to the printing head; the used ribbon of the ribbon is wound around the ribbon take-up guide rod and is finally wound in the middle of the ribbon take-up wheel.

The utility model also provides a ribbon cartridge for ribbon printing equipment, ribbon cartridge includes the typewriter ribbon, is used for releasing the band pulley of putting of the typewriter ribbon for use, is used for withdrawing the take-up pulley of used typewriter ribbon, is used for controlling the band guide bar of putting of typewriter ribbon transmission route when putting the area and is used for controlling the receipts area guide bar of typewriter ribbon transmission route when receiving the area, its characterized in that, ribbon cartridge includes box body and upper cover, wherein, typewriter ribbon, put the band pulley, take-up pulley, put the band guide bar and receive the band guide bar and hold in the internal cavity that forms after box body and upper cover block;

wherein, the box body includes: (1) a clamping flange or a groove for clamping with the upper cover; (2) the first box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove is used for limiting the belt wheel; (3) a second box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove used for limiting a belt take-up wheel; (4) the first box body guiding concave hole is used for fixing the tape placing guiding rod; (5) a second box body guiding concave hole for fixing the tape collecting guide rod; (6) the two box body limiting concave holes are used for installing and limiting the box body and respectively allow a limiting shaft of a tape releasing assembly and a limiting shaft of a tape collecting assembly of the printing equipment to be inserted; (7) the two box body positioning concave holes are used for installing and positioning the box body, are coaxially opposite to a positioning table of a tape releasing assembly and a positioning table of a tape collecting assembly of the printing equipment respectively, and allow the corresponding positioning tables to be inserted; (8) the two paramagnetic iron sheets are respectively used for magnetically attracting the magnetic steel of the tape releasing assembly and the magnetic steel of the tape collecting assembly of the printing equipment;

the upper cover includes: (a) the device comprises a box body, a first upper cover, a second upper cover, a first upper cover guiding concave hole, a second upper cover guiding concave hole, a first upper cover limiting flange or a first upper cover limiting groove, a second upper cover limiting flange or a second upper cover limiting groove, a first upper cover guiding concave hole and a second upper cover guiding concave hole, wherein the first upper cover guiding concave hole is used for being clamped with the box body;

the first box body guiding concave hole and the second box body guiding concave hole on the box body are coaxially opposite to the first upper cover guiding concave hole and the second upper cover guiding concave hole of the upper cover respectively;

the first box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove and the second box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove on the box body are coaxially opposite to the first upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove and the second upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove on the upper cover respectively and are used for radial limiting of a belt releasing wheel and a belt collecting wheel respectively;

wherein, the new ribbon arranged on the ribbon releasing wheel is connected on the ribbon collecting wheel by winding the ribbon releasing guide rod and the ribbon collecting guide rod.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing a ribbon slide printer and a ribbon unit thereof which can be used in conjunction with the ribbon cartridge of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the ribbon cassette of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the ink ribbon cassette of the present invention after the upper cover is detached.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view showing an embodiment of the ink ribbon cassette of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a structural view showing the outside and inside of the case body in the embodiment of the ribbon cartridge of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a structural view showing the outside and inside of the upper cover in the embodiment of the ribbon cartridge of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is an exploded view showing a tape feed roller in an embodiment of the ink ribbon cartridge of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is an axial sectional view showing a tape feed roller in an embodiment of the ink ribbon cassette of the present invention.

Detailed Description

It is understood that within the scope of the present invention, the above-mentioned features of the present invention and those specifically described below (e.g., in the examples) can be combined with each other to form preferred embodiments.

In the description of the present invention, references to relative terms such as "front", "rear", "left", "right", "up", "down", "horizontal", "vertical", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description and simplification of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The utility model provides a ribbon cartridge for ribbon printing equipment can simplify the operation of installing the typewriter ribbon on the printing equipment. The utility model discloses a ribbon cartridge includes upper cover, box body, typewriter ribbon, unreels band pulley and take-up pulley. The ribbon cartridge of the present invention may further comprise a guide bar, such as a ribbon-placing guide bar and a ribbon-collecting guide bar. After the box body and the upper cover are assembled together, the belt releasing wheel, the belt collecting wheel, the belt releasing guide rod and the belt collecting guide rod can be fixed, and a new color belt arranged on the belt releasing wheel is connected to the belt collecting wheel by bypassing the belt releasing guide rod and the belt collecting guide rod. The box body and the upper cover can be assembled together in a clamping mode. After the box body and the upper cover device are combined together, a cavity is formed in the box body and used for accommodating the belt releasing wheel, the belt collecting wheel, the belt releasing guide rod, the belt collecting guide rod and other components. The box body can include the spacing shrinkage pool of box body that is used for the box body installation spacing and the box body location shrinkage pool that is used for the box body installation location. When the ribbon cartridge is installed, the spacing concave hole of the cartridge body and the positioning concave hole of the cartridge body are matched with the spacing shaft and the positioning table on the printing equipment, and a user can manually push the ribbon cartridge. The cartridge may include an iron plate having paramagnetism (also referred to herein as a paramagnetic iron plate). And finally, the ribbon cartridge is pushed in, and the paramagnetic iron sheet on the cartridge body is magnetically attracted with the permanent magnetic steel of the printing equipment to maintain the mounting position of the ribbon cartridge. The unwinding wheel and the winding wheel may comprise paramagnetic iron sheets. Paramagnetic iron sheets on the belt releasing wheel and the belt collecting wheel are also magnetically attracted with permanent magnet steel of the printing equipment, and the belt wheel continues to move for a certain distance to the mounting position of the belt wheel under the attraction of magnetic force. When the belt wheel is positioned at the belt wheel mounting position, the belt releasing wheel and the belt collecting wheel are not in contact with the box body and the upper cover. The utility model discloses a ribbon cartridge can conveniently install on ribbon printing apparatus, has easy operation, the accurate advantage in location.

Therefore, the utility model discloses a ribbon cassette for ribbon printing apparatus includes: the upper cover, the box body, the ribbon releasing wheel, the ribbon collecting wheel, the optional ribbon releasing guide rod and the optional ribbon collecting guide rod. The components of the ribbon cartridge for a ribbon printing apparatus of the present invention are described below. It should be understood that these descriptions are illustrative only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Box body

The box body comprises a clamping flange or a groove, a box body belt wheel limiting flange or a groove, an optional box body guiding concave hole, an optional box body limiting concave hole, an optional box body positioning concave hole and an optional paramagnetic iron sheet.

The clamping flange or groove of the box body is used for being clamped with the clamping groove or flange of the cover body relatively to form an inner cavity capable of containing the color tape, the tape releasing wheel, the tape collecting wheel, the tape releasing guide rod and the tape collecting guide rod. When the case includes a snap-fit flange, the upper cover typically includes a snap-fit groove. When the case includes a snap groove, the upper cover typically includes a snap flange.

The box body guiding concave hole is coaxially opposite to the upper cover guiding concave hole and used for fixing the guiding rod. The box body can include two box body direction shrinkage pools, and first box body direction shrinkage pool and second box body direction shrinkage pool are relative with the axle center with two upper cover direction shrinkage pools respectively, are used for fixed putting to take the guide bar and receive the area guide bar respectively. The ribbon collecting guide rod and the ribbon releasing guide rod are respectively used for controlling a ribbon transmission path during ribbon collection and a ribbon transmission path during ribbon release, so that the carbon ribbon is closer to the surface of a medium to be printed when the carbon ribbon is at a printing position, the stroke of the printing head for pushing the ribbon to the printing position is reduced, and the printing efficiency is improved.

The box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove is coaxially opposite to the upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove and is used for radial limiting of the belt wheel. When the cassette includes cassette pulley retention flanges, the cover may include cover pulley retention flanges or grooves. When the cassette includes a cassette pulley retaining groove, the cover may include a cover pulley retaining flange or groove. The box body can comprise two box body belt wheel limiting flanges or grooves, namely a first box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove and a second box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove which are coaxially opposite to the two upper cover belt wheel limiting flanges or grooves respectively and are used for radial limiting of the belt releasing wheel and the belt collecting wheel respectively.

The box body limiting concave hole is used for installing and limiting the ribbon box and can allow a limiting shaft of the printing equipment to be inserted. The box body can include the spacing shrinkage pool of two at least box bodys, can allow the spacing axle of putting the area subassembly of printing apparatus and the spacing axle of receiving the area subassembly to insert respectively. The box body positioning concave hole is used for installing and positioning the ribbon box, is coaxially opposite to the positioning table of the printing equipment and can allow the positioning table of the printing equipment to be inserted. The cassette may include two cassette positioning recesses that are coaxially opposite the positioning stages of the tape unwind assembly and the tape wind-up assembly of the printing apparatus, respectively, and that allow insertion of the corresponding positioning stages. The paramagnetic iron sheet is used for magnetically attracting with the permanent magnetic steel of the printing equipment to maintain the installation position of the ribbon cartridge. The box body can comprise two paramagnetic iron sheets which are respectively used for being magnetically attracted with the magnetic steel of the tape releasing assembly and the magnetic steel of the tape collecting assembly of the printing equipment.

The box body can also be provided with a chip groove for installing the encryption chip, and the chip groove can adopt a mechanical clamping groove and/or a bonding mode to fix the encryption chip.

Upper cover

The upper cover comprises a clamping groove or flange, an upper cover wheel limiting flange or groove and an optional upper cover guiding concave hole.

The clamping groove or the clamping flange of the upper cover is used for being clamped with the clamping flange or the clamping groove of the box body relatively to form an inner cavity capable of containing the belt releasing wheel, the belt receiving wheel, the belt releasing guide rod and the belt receiving guide rod.

The upper cover guiding concave hole is coaxially opposite to the box body guiding concave hole and used for fixing the guiding rod. The upper cover can include two upper cover direction shrinkage pools, and first upper cover direction shrinkage pool and second upper cover direction shrinkage pool are relative with the axle center with two box body direction shrinkage pools respectively, are used for fixed putting to take the guide bar and receive the area guide bar respectively.

The upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove is coaxially opposite to the box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove and used for radial limiting of the belt wheel. The upper cover can comprise two upper cover belt wheel limiting flanges or grooves, namely a first upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove and a second upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove which are coaxially opposite to the two box body belt wheel limiting flanges or grooves respectively and are used for radial limiting of the belt releasing wheel and the belt retracting wheel respectively.

Unreeling wheel

The belt releasing wheel comprises a belt releasing driving wheel, a belt releasing auxiliary wheel and an optional paramagnetic iron sheet.

The tape unwinding driving wheel is used for being connected with a tape unwinding assembly of the printing equipment and inputting driving force. The belt-releasing driving wheel and the belt-releasing auxiliary wheel are clamped to form a belt wheel with an I-shaped shaft section, and the new color belt is wound on the middle part of the belt-releasing wheel. The unwind drive wheel and the unwind auxiliary wheel may each include a pulley cuff for preventing the ink ribbon from shifting in the axial direction of the pulley.

The belt releasing driving wheel and the belt releasing auxiliary wheel comprise a belt releasing driving wheel limiting groove or flange and a belt releasing auxiliary wheel limiting groove or flange which are used for limiting the belt releasing wheel respectively. When the unwind driving wheel comprises an unwind driving wheel retaining groove, the cassette typically comprises a cassette pulley retaining flange, and the unwind accessory wheel may comprise an unwind accessory wheel retaining groove or flange. When the unwind driving wheel includes an unwind driving wheel limit flange, the cassette typically includes a cassette pulley limit groove, and the unwind accessory wheel may include an unwind accessory wheel limit groove or flange. When the tape laying auxiliary wheel includes a tape laying auxiliary wheel limit groove, the upper cover generally includes an upper cover wheel limit flange. When the tape laying auxiliary wheel includes a tape laying auxiliary wheel limit flange, the upper cover generally includes an upper cover wheel limit groove. After the upper cover is clamped with the box body, the belt wheel limiting flange of the box body and the belt wheel limiting flange of the upper cover can be respectively arranged in the belt releasing driving wheel limiting groove and the belt releasing auxiliary wheel limiting groove, and the radial swing range of the belt releasing wheel is limited; the belt-placing driving wheel limiting flange and the belt-placing auxiliary wheel limiting flange can be respectively arranged in the box body belt wheel limiting groove and the upper cover belt wheel limiting groove, and the radial swing range of the belt wheel can be limited.

The tape unwinding driving wheel may further comprise a tape unwinding shaft hole for the tape unwinding shaft of the printing apparatus to pass through. The bottom end of the shaft hole of the belt wheel is fixedly provided with a paramagnetic iron sheet which is magnetically attracted with the permanent magnetic steel on the shaft of the belt wheel, so that the belt wheel continues to move for a certain distance to the mounting position of the belt wheel under the attraction of magnetic force.

The tape releasing wheel can also comprise a tape releasing driving clamping groove capable of inputting the tape releasing driving force of the printing equipment, and the tape releasing driving clamping groove is connected with a driving pin of a tape releasing wheel shaft of the printing equipment so as to transmit power. In a further scheme, the tape-releasing driving clamping grooves are a plurality of clamping groove groups which are circularly and symmetrically arranged on a central shaft of the tape-releasing wheel shaft hole, each clamping groove can be clamped into a driving pin of the tape-releasing wheel shaft of the printing equipment, and the peripheries of the clamping grooves are rounded off so that the driving pin can enter the clamping grooves.

Take-up pulley

The belt-retracting wheel comprises a belt-retracting driving wheel, a belt-retracting auxiliary wheel and an optional paramagnetic iron sheet.

The tape collecting driving wheel is used for being connected with a tape collecting assembly of the printing equipment and inputting driving force. The belt-collecting driving wheel and the belt-collecting auxiliary wheel are clamped to form a belt wheel with an I-shaped shaft section, and the printed ribbon is collected and wound on the middle part of the belt-collecting wheel. The take-up drive pulley and the take-up idler may each include a pulley cuff for preventing the ink ribbon from shifting in the axial direction of the pulley.

The belt-collecting driving wheel and the belt-collecting auxiliary wheel comprise a belt-collecting driving wheel limiting groove or flange and a belt-collecting auxiliary wheel limiting groove or flange which are used for limiting the belt-collecting wheel respectively. When the take-up drive wheel includes a take-up drive wheel retaining groove, the cassette body typically includes a cassette body pulley retaining flange and the take-up idler may include a take-up idler retaining groove or flange. When the take-up drive wheel includes a take-up drive wheel limit flange, the cassette body typically includes a cassette body pulley limit groove and the take-up idler may include a take-up idler limit groove or flange. When the auxiliary take-up wheel includes a secondary take-up wheel retaining groove, the cover typically includes a cover wheel retaining flange. When the auxiliary take-up wheel includes a flange for limiting the auxiliary take-up wheel, the cover typically includes a cover wheel limiting recess. After the upper cover is clamped with the box body, the box body belt wheel limiting flange and the upper cover belt wheel limiting flange can be respectively arranged in the belt collecting driving wheel limiting groove and the belt collecting auxiliary wheel limiting groove, and the radial swing range of the belt collecting wheel is limited; the belt-collecting driving wheel limiting flange and the belt-collecting auxiliary wheel limiting flange can be respectively arranged in the box body belt wheel limiting groove and the upper cover belt wheel limiting groove, and the radial swing range of the belt-collecting wheel is limited.

The take-up drive wheel may further comprise a take-up wheel axle bore through which a take-up wheel axle of the printing apparatus passes. The bottom end of the belt-collecting wheel shaft hole is fixedly provided with a paramagnetic iron sheet which is magnetically attracted with the permanent magnet steel on the belt-collecting wheel shaft, so that the belt-collecting wheel continues to move for a certain distance to the mounting position of the belt-collecting wheel under the attraction of magnetic force.

The take-up pulley can also comprise a take-up driving clamping groove which can input the take-up driving force of the printing equipment and is connected with the driving pin of the take-up pulley shaft of the printing equipment so as to transmit power. In a further scheme, the tape take-up driving clamping grooves are a plurality of clamping groove groups which are circularly and symmetrically arranged on a central shaft of a tape take-up wheel shaft hole, each clamping groove can be clamped into a driving pin of a tape take-up wheel shaft of the printing equipment, and round corners are arranged around the clamping grooves so that the driving pin can enter the clamping grooves conveniently.

Color band

A new ribbon in the ribbon is wound on the middle part of the ribbon releasing wheel, and the new ribbon is wound to the printing head by the ribbon releasing guide rod to perform printing work; the printed ribbon is wound around the ribbon take-up guide rod and finally wound on the middle part of the ribbon take-up wheel in a long way.

Fig. 1 shows an example of a ribbon cartridge used in a ribbon type printing apparatus according to the present invention. As shown, the slide glass printing apparatus 8 has a ribbon unit that can control the take-up and take-up of the ribbon and a ribbon print head 83. The ink ribbon unit includes a payout assembly 81 and a take-up assembly 82. The structural components of the tape releasing assembly 81 and the tape collecting assembly 82 are the same. The belt releasing assembly 81 comprises a belt releasing wheel shaft 810, a positioning table 811, a limiting shaft 812, a magnetic steel 813, a magnetic steel 814 and a driving pin 815. The belt take-up assembly 82 comprises a belt take-up hub 820, a positioning table 821, a limit shaft 822, magnetic steel 823, magnetic steel 824 and a drive pin 825. The arrangement of the components of the tape feeding unit 81 is the same as the arrangement of the components of the corresponding tape rewinding unit 82, and the arrangement of the components of the tape feeding unit 81 will be described as an example. The driving force of the belt releasing component 81 is transmitted to the belt releasing shaft 810 through a gear; the belt placing wheel shaft 810 is fixed on a positioning table 811 through a bearing, and the positioning table 811 is installed on a support plate 80 of the slide printing device; the limiting shaft 812 is also fixed on the bracket plate 80; the magnetic steel 813 is used for attracting a paramagnetic iron sheet of a belt placing wheel in the ribbon cartridge to fix the mounting position of the belt placing wheel, and the magnetic steel 813 is fixed on the shaft end face of the belt placing wheel shaft 810 through a screw; magnetic steel 814 is used for attracting the paramagnetic iron sheet of the ribbon cassette to fix the mounting position of the ribbon cassette, and magnetic steel 814 is fixed on the end face of positioning table 811 by screws. The driving pin 815 is fixed on the belt releasing wheel shaft 810 by screws or glue and is used for being clamped with a belt releasing driving clamping groove of the belt releasing wheel.

As shown in fig. 2, 3 and 4, the ribbon cartridge includes an upper cover 2, a cartridge body 1, an ink ribbon 5, a tape releasing roller 3, a tape collecting roller 4, a tape releasing guide 6 and a tape collecting guide 7. The box body 1 and the upper cover 2 are clamped and fixed with the tape releasing wheel 3, the tape collecting wheel 4, the tape releasing guide rod 6 and the tape collecting guide rod 7, and a new color tape arranged on the tape releasing wheel 3 is connected to the tape collecting wheel 4 by winding the tape releasing guide rod 6 and the tape collecting guide rod 7. The color tape 5 may be a commercially available carbon tape, including a wax-based carbon tape, a mixed-based carbon tape, a resin-based carbon tape, and the like, and is preferably a resin-based carbon tape having high solvent resistance.

As shown in fig. 5, the cartridge 1 includes a catching flange 100, cartridge guide recesses 101 and 102, cartridge pulley limit flanges 103 and 104, cartridge limit recesses 107 and 108, cartridge positioning recesses 105 and 106, and paramagnetic iron pieces 109 and 110. The box body guiding concave holes 101 and 102 and the box body belt wheel limiting flanges 103 and 104 are arranged in the clamping inner cavity; the box positioning concave holes 105 and 106 and the paramagnetic iron sheets 109 and 110 are arranged on the outer surface of the box 1.

The box body limiting concave holes 107 and 108 are hollow concave holes, and can be inserted into the limiting shafts 812 and 822 of the printing device respectively for installing and limiting the ribbon cartridge. The cartridge positioning concave holes 105 and 106 are hollow concave holes coaxially opposed to the positioning tables 811 and 821 of the printing apparatus for insertion positioning of the ribbon cartridge mounted on the positioning tables 811 and 821. Paramagnetic iron sheets 109 and 110 are used to magnetically attract the permanent magnet 814 and 824 of the printing device, respectively, to maintain the mounting position of the ribbon cartridge.

As shown in fig. 6, the upper cover 2 includes a snap groove 200, upper cover guide recessed holes 201 and 202, and upper cover pulley limit flanges 203 and 204. The upper cover guiding concave holes 201 and 202 and the upper cover wheel limiting flanges 203 and 204 are arranged in the clamping inner cavity.

The clamping flange 100 of the box body 1 is used for clamping with the clamping groove 200 of the cover body 2 to form an inner cavity capable of accommodating the belt releasing wheel 3, the belt receiving wheel 4, the belt releasing guide rod 6 and the belt receiving guide rod 7. The box body guiding concave holes 101 and 102 and the upper cover guiding concave holes 201 and 202 are hollow concave holes, and the box body guiding concave hole 101 and the upper cover guiding concave hole 201 are coaxially opposite and are used for inserting and fixing two shaft ends of the tape placing guide rod 6; the case body guide concave hole 102 and the upper cover guide concave hole 202 are coaxially opposite to each other for inserting and fixing both shaft ends of the tape take-up guide rod 7. The box body belt wheel limiting flanges 103 and 104 and the upper cover belt wheel limiting flanges 203 and 204 are annular flanges, the box body belt wheel limiting flange 103 and the upper cover belt wheel limiting flange 203 are coaxially opposite, the annular flange of the box body belt wheel limiting flange 103 is arranged in the belt placing driving wheel limiting groove 302, and the annular flange of the upper cover belt wheel limiting flange 203 is arranged in the belt placing auxiliary wheel limiting groove 312 so as to limit the radial positioning of the belt placing wheel 3; the box body belt wheel limiting flange 104 and the upper cover belt wheel limiting flange 204 are coaxially opposite, the annular flange of the box body belt wheel limiting flange 104 is arranged in the belt winding driving wheel limiting groove, and the annular flange of the upper cover belt wheel limiting flange 204 is arranged in the belt winding auxiliary wheel limiting groove so as to limit the radial positioning of the belt winding wheel 4.

The cassette comprises an unwind reel 3 and a take-up reel 4. The components and the arrangement of the take-up pulley 4 are the same as those of the unwind pulley 3, and the unwind pulley 3 will be described as an example. As shown in fig. 7 and 8, the unreeling wheel 3 includes a unreeling driving wheel 30, a unreeling auxiliary wheel 31 and a paramagnetic iron piece 315. The belt-releasing driving wheel 30 comprises a belt wheel flanging 300, a driving belt roller 301, a belt-releasing driving wheel limiting groove 302, a connecting flange 303, a belt-releasing wheel shaft hole 304 and a belt-releasing driving clamping groove 305. The belt-releasing auxiliary wheel 31 comprises a belt wheel flanging 310, an auxiliary wheel belt roller 311, a belt-releasing auxiliary wheel limiting groove 312, a connecting concave hole 313 and an iron sheet fixing concave hole 314.

The unwind driving wheel 30 is used to connect with an unwind shaft 810 of the printing apparatus and inputs a driving force. The driving belt roller 301 of the tape feeding driving wheel 30 has a coupling flange 303, and the sub-wheel belt roller 311 of the tape feeding sub-wheel 31 has a coupling concave hole 313. The drive belt roller 301 has the same outer diameter as the sub-wheel belt roller 311. The connecting flange 303 and the connecting concave hole 313 are clamped to form a tape releasing wheel 3 with an I-shaped axial section, and a new ink ribbon is wound on the middle part of the tape releasing wheel 3. The pulley flange 300 of the payout driving wheel 30 and the pulley flange 310 of the payout auxiliary wheel 31 are provided to prevent the ink ribbon 5 from being displaced in the axial direction of the payout roller 3. The belt releasing driving wheel 30 and the belt releasing auxiliary wheel 31 comprise a belt releasing driving wheel limiting groove 302 and a belt releasing auxiliary wheel limiting groove 312 which are used for limiting the belt releasing wheel respectively. After the upper cover 2 is clamped with the box body 1, the box body belt wheel limiting flange 103 and the upper cover belt wheel limiting flange 203 can be respectively arranged in the belt-releasing driving wheel limiting groove 302 and the belt-releasing auxiliary wheel limiting groove 312, and the radial swing range of the belt-releasing wheel 3 is limited. The paramagnetic iron sheet 315 can be fixed by placing or adding glue into the iron sheet fixing concave hole 314 of the tape placing auxiliary wheel 31, and after the tape placing driving wheel 30 and the tape placing auxiliary wheel 31 are clamped, the flange end face of the connecting flange 303 presses the outer edge of the paramagnetic iron sheet 315. The unwind drive wheel 30 also includes an unwind axle aperture 304 for the unwinding axle 810 of the printing apparatus to pass through. The bottom end of the belt wheel releasing shaft hole 304 is fixedly provided with a paramagnetic iron sheet 315, and the paramagnetic iron sheet 315 and the permanent magnet steel 813 on the belt wheel releasing shaft 810 are magnetically attracted, so that the belt wheel releasing 3 continuously moves for a certain distance to the mounting position of the belt wheel releasing 3 under the attraction of the magnetic force after the box body is mounted. The tape discharge driving card slot 305 is connected to a driving pin 815 of a tape discharge shaft 810 of the printing apparatus to transmit power. The tape-releasing drive card slot 305 is a plurality of card slot groups arranged in a circular symmetry arrangement with the central axis of the tape-releasing wheel shaft hole 304, each card slot 306 can be clamped into the drive pin 815 of the tape-releasing wheel shaft of the printing device, and the periphery of the card slot 306 is rounded to facilitate the drive pin 815 to enter the card slot.

Examples

When the ribbon cartridge is installed, the tape releasing shaft hole 304 and the tape collecting shaft hole of the ribbon cartridge are approximately opposite to the tape releasing shaft 810 and the tape collecting shaft 820 of the printing device, a user slightly pushes the ribbon cartridge by hand, the ribbon cartridge releasing shaft 810 penetrates the tape releasing shaft hole 304, and the tape collecting shaft 820 penetrates the tape collecting shaft hole. After the ribbon cartridge is pushed into a certain distance, the box body limiting concave holes 107 and 108 are respectively opposite to the limiting shafts 812 and 822 on the printing equipment, the limiting shafts 812 are inserted into the box body limiting concave holes 107, and the limiting shafts 822 are inserted into the box body limiting concave holes 108, so that the mounting position of the ribbon cartridge is further limited. After the ribbon cartridge is pushed into the printing apparatus for a certain distance, the cartridge positioning concave holes 105 and 106 are coaxially opposite to the positioning tables 811 and 821 of the printing apparatus, respectively, and the positioning table 811 is inserted into the cartridge positioning concave hole 105 and the positioning table 821 is inserted into the cartridge positioning concave hole 106, so that the ribbon cartridge is limited to be pushed into the printing apparatus continuously only in the axial direction of the tape placing shaft 810. The ribbon cartridge is pushed into the box body to the end, the hole bottom surfaces of the box body positioning concave holes 105 and 106 are contacted with the end surfaces of the positioning platforms 811 and 821, and the paramagnetic iron sheets 109 and 110 on the box body 1 are respectively attracted with the permanent magnetic steels 814 and 824 of the printing equipment in a magnetic way, so that the mounting position of the ribbon cartridge at the moment is maintained; and paramagnetic iron sheets on the releasing wheel 3 and the collecting wheel 4 are also magnetically attracted with the permanent magnet steel 813 and 823 of the printing equipment, and under the attraction of the magnetic force, the releasing wheel 3 and the collecting wheel 4 continue to axially move for a certain distance to the mounting position of the wheels. At this time, the releasing wheel 3 and the retracting wheel 4 are not in contact with the box body 1 and the upper cover 2.

Claims (12)

1. A ribbon cartridge for a ribbon printing apparatus, said ribbon cartridge comprising an ink ribbon, a payout roller for releasing an ink ribbon to be used, a take-up roller for taking up a used ink ribbon, a payout guide lever for controlling a transmission path of the ink ribbon when the ink ribbon is paid out, and a take-up guide lever for controlling the transmission path of the ink ribbon when the ink ribbon is taken up, characterized in that:

the ribbon box comprises a box body and an upper cover, wherein the ribbon, the ribbon releasing wheel, the ribbon winding wheel, the ribbon releasing guide rod and the ribbon winding guide rod are accommodated in an internal cavity formed after the box body and the upper cover are assembled;

the box body is provided with a box body positioning concave hole which allows a positioning table of the printing equipment to be inserted and is used for installing and positioning the box body;

the cartridge body includes: the device comprises an upper cover, a clamping flange or a groove for clamping with the upper cover, a first box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove for limiting a belt releasing wheel, a second box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove for limiting a belt collecting wheel, a first box body guiding concave hole for fixing a belt releasing guide rod and a second box body guiding concave hole for fixing a belt collecting guide rod;

the upper cover includes: the clamping groove or the flange is used for being clamped with the box body, the first upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove is used for placing a belt wheel in a limiting mode, the second upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove is used for taking up a belt wheel in a limiting mode, the first upper cover guiding concave hole is used for fixing a belt placing guide rod, and the second upper cover guiding concave hole is used for fixing a belt taking up guide rod.

2. The ribbon cartridge of claim 1, wherein the cartridge body further comprises a cartridge body limiting recess hole for allowing a limiting shaft of the printing apparatus to be inserted therein for cartridge body installation limiting.

3. The ribbon cartridge of claim 1, wherein the cartridge body further comprises a paramagnetic iron plate for magnetically attracting the permanent magnetic steel on the printing device and maintaining the mounting position of the cartridge body.

4. The ribbon cartridge of claim 1, wherein the cartridge body further comprises a chip slot for mounting a cryptographic chip.

5. The ribbon cartridge of claim 1,

the first box belt wheel limiting flange or groove is coaxially opposite to the first upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove and is used for radial limiting of a belt wheel, and the second box belt wheel limiting flange or groove is coaxially opposite to the second upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove and is used for radial limiting of a belt take-up wheel;

the first box body guide concave hole is coaxially opposite to the first upper cover guide concave hole and is used for fixing the tape placing guide rod;

the second box body guiding concave hole is coaxially opposite to the second upper cover guiding concave hole and used for fixing the tape collecting guiding rod.

6. The ribbon cartridge of claim 1,

the tape releasing wheel comprises a tape releasing driving wheel and a tape releasing auxiliary wheel clamped on the tape releasing driving wheel, the tape releasing driving wheel is used for connecting a tape releasing component of the printing equipment and inputting driving force, the tape releasing driving wheel and the tape releasing auxiliary wheel both comprise belt wheel flanges used for preventing a color tape from deviating on a belt wheel axis, the tape releasing driving wheel and the tape releasing auxiliary wheel are clamped to form a belt wheel with an I-shaped shaft section, the color tape to be used is wound at the middle part of the tape releasing wheel, and the tape releasing driving wheel and the tape releasing auxiliary wheel respectively comprise a tape releasing driving wheel limiting groove or flange and a tape releasing auxiliary wheel limiting groove or flange used for limiting the tape releasing wheel; and

the ribbon winding device is characterized in that the ribbon winding wheel comprises a ribbon winding driving wheel and a ribbon winding auxiliary wheel clamped on the ribbon winding driving wheel, the ribbon winding driving wheel is used for being connected with a ribbon winding assembly and an input driving force of printing equipment, the ribbon winding driving wheel and the ribbon winding auxiliary wheel comprise belt wheel flanges used for preventing ribbons from deviating in the axial direction of a belt wheel, the ribbon winding driving wheel and the ribbon winding auxiliary wheel are clamped to form a belt wheel with an I-shaped axial cross section, the ribbons are wound on the middle portion of the ribbon winding wheel, and the ribbon winding driving wheel and the ribbon winding auxiliary wheel respectively comprise a ribbon winding driving wheel limiting groove or flange used for limiting the ribbon winding wheel and a ribbon winding auxiliary wheel limiting groove or flange.

7. The ribbon cartridge of claim 6, wherein the first cartridge pulley-retaining flange or groove and the first cover pulley-retaining flange or groove are configured to fit into the unwind drive wheel-retaining groove or flange and the unwind idler wheel-retaining groove or flange, respectively, and limit the radial range of motion of the unwind wheel after the cover is engaged with the cartridge body, and wherein the second cartridge pulley-retaining flange or groove and the second cover pulley-retaining flange or groove are configured to fit into the wind-up drive wheel-retaining groove or flange and the wind-up idler wheel-retaining groove or flange, respectively, and limit the radial range of motion of the wind-up wheel.

8. The ribbon cartridge of claim 6,

the belt-releasing driving wheel also comprises a belt-releasing wheel shaft hole for a belt-releasing wheel shaft of the printing equipment to pass through, the bottom end of the belt-releasing wheel shaft hole is fixedly provided with a paramagnetic iron sheet, and the paramagnetic iron sheet is magnetically attracted with permanent magnetic steel on the belt-releasing wheel shaft of the printing equipment, so that the belt-releasing wheel continues to move for a certain distance to the belt-releasing wheel mounting position under the attraction of magnetic force; and/or

The belt-collecting driving wheel also comprises a belt-collecting wheel shaft hole for a belt-collecting wheel shaft of the printing equipment to pass through, a paramagnetic iron sheet is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the belt-collecting wheel shaft hole and is used for magnetically absorbing with permanent magnet steel on the belt-collecting wheel shaft of the printing equipment, so that the belt-collecting wheel continues to move for a certain distance to the mounting position of the belt-collecting wheel under the attraction of magnetic force.

9. The ribbon cartridge of claim 8,

the tape releasing wheel also comprises a tape releasing driving clamping groove used for inputting the tape releasing driving force of the printing equipment, and the tape releasing driving clamping groove is connected with a driving pin of a tape releasing wheel shaft of the printing equipment so as to transmit power; and/or

The take-up pulley also comprises a take-up driving clamping groove used for inputting the take-up driving force of the printing equipment, and the take-up driving clamping groove is connected with a driving pin of a take-up pulley shaft of the printing equipment so as to transmit power.

10. The ribbon cartridge of claim 9,

the tape-releasing driving clamping groove is a plurality of clamping groove groups which are circularly and symmetrically arranged on a central shaft of a tape-releasing wheel shaft hole, each clamping groove can be used for clamping a driving pin of a tape-releasing wheel shaft of printing equipment, and the periphery of each clamping groove is in a rounded angle shape so that the driving pin can enter the clamping groove; and/or

The tape take-up driving clamping grooves are a plurality of clamping groove groups which are arranged in a circular symmetry mode through a central shaft of a tape take-up wheel shaft hole, each clamping groove can be used for clamping a driving pin of a tape take-up wheel shaft of the printing equipment, and the peripheries of the clamping grooves are rounded corners so that the driving pin can enter the clamping grooves.

11. The ribbon cartridge as in claim 1, wherein the standby ribbon of the ribbon is wound around a middle portion of a payout roller, the standby ribbon being routed around the payout guide to the printhead; the used ribbon of the ribbon is wound around the ribbon take-up guide rod and is finally wound in the middle of the ribbon take-up wheel.

12. A ribbon cartridge for a ribbon printing device, the ribbon cartridge comprises a ribbon, a releasing wheel for releasing a standby ribbon, a receiving wheel for receiving a used ribbon, a releasing guide rod for controlling a ribbon transmission path during releasing and a receiving guide rod for controlling the ribbon transmission path during receiving, and the ribbon cartridge is characterized by comprising a cartridge body and an upper cover, wherein the ribbon, the releasing wheel, the receiving wheel, the releasing guide rod and the receiving guide rod are accommodated in an internal cavity formed after the cartridge body and the upper cover are clamped;

wherein, the box body includes: a clamping flange or a groove for clamping with the upper cover; the first box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove is used for limiting the belt wheel; a second box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove used for limiting a belt take-up wheel; the first box body guiding concave hole is used for fixing the tape placing guiding rod; a second box body guiding concave hole for fixing the tape collecting guide rod; the two box body limiting concave holes are used for installing and limiting the box body and respectively allow a limiting shaft of a tape releasing assembly and a limiting shaft of a tape collecting assembly of the printing equipment to be inserted; the two box body positioning concave holes are used for installing and positioning the box body, are coaxially opposite to a positioning table of a tape releasing assembly and a positioning table of a tape collecting assembly of the printing equipment respectively, and allow the corresponding positioning tables to be inserted; the two paramagnetic iron sheets are respectively used for magnetically attracting the magnetic steel of the tape releasing assembly and the magnetic steel of the tape collecting assembly of the printing equipment;

the upper cover includes: the device comprises a box body, a first upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove, a second upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove, a first upper cover belt wheel guiding concave hole and a second upper cover guiding concave hole, wherein the first upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove is used for clamping with the box body;

the first box body guiding concave hole and the second box body guiding concave hole on the box body are coaxially opposite to the first upper cover guiding concave hole and the second upper cover guiding concave hole of the upper cover respectively;

the first box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove and the second box body belt wheel limiting flange or groove on the box body are coaxially opposite to the first upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove and the second upper cover belt wheel limiting flange or groove on the upper cover respectively and are used for radial limiting of a belt releasing wheel and a belt collecting wheel respectively;

wherein, the new ribbon arranged on the ribbon releasing wheel is connected on the ribbon collecting wheel by winding the ribbon releasing guide rod and the ribbon collecting guide rod.

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