CN215751509U

CN215751509U - Printer with a movable platen

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Publication number: CN215751509U
Application number: CN202120876187.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 袁兆祯; 施杰伟; 田俊杰; 周活民; 冯绍钧; 胡玲; 陈宙; 徐炜; 蒋志
Original assignee: JIANGMEN DASCOM COMPUTER PERIPHERAL CO Ltd; Great Wall Information Co Ltd
Current assignee: JIANGMEN DASCOM COMPUTER PERIPHERAL CO Ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-26
Filing date: 2021-04-26
Publication date: 2022-02-08
Anticipated expiration: 2031-04-26

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a printer, which comprises a shell, a conveying mechanism, a scanning mechanism, a driving mechanism and a controller. The conveying mechanism is arranged on the shell and provided with a conveying channel for conveying cards, one end of the conveying channel is provided with a card inlet which is communicated with the printing channel of the printing mechanism and is also communicated with the waste card collecting mechanism, and the other end of the conveying channel is provided with a card outlet; the scanning mechanism is arranged on the shell and positioned between the card inlet and the card outlet, faces the conveying channel and is used for scanning and obtaining an image of the card; the driving mechanism is arranged on the shell and is in driving connection with the conveying mechanism; the controller is electrically connected with the scanning mechanism and the driving mechanism. The printer realizes the separate collection of the cards with qualified image quality and the cards with unqualified image quality, and prints the invalidation mark on the cards with unqualified image quality, thereby effectively avoiding the problem that the waste cards with poor image printing quality flow into the market.

Description

Printer with a movable platen

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of printing, in particular to a printer.

Background

At present, color heat transfer printers are widely applied to the fields of finance, social security, transportation and the like for instantly manufacturing certificates such as bank cards, social security cards, hong Kong and Macau passes, the certificates belong to very important certificates and have strict requirements on the printing quality of the cards, and cards with poor quality are issued and used due to the reasons of incoming cards (serious stains exist on the surfaces of the cards and the surfaces of the cards are uneven) or equipment faults occur in the process of printing the cards by printing equipment, so that the cards with the poor printing content flow into the market.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the embodiment of this application is to provide a printer to solve current thermal transfer printer and can not effectively avoid printing the problem that the poor useless card of quality flows into market.

The embodiment of the application provides a printer for to the card print image, the printer includes:

a housing;

the conveying mechanism is arranged on the shell and provided with a conveying channel for conveying cards, one end of the conveying channel is provided with a card inlet, the card inlet is used for being communicated with a printing channel of the printing mechanism, the card inlet is also used for being communicated with the waste card collecting mechanism, and the other end of the conveying channel is provided with a card outlet which is used for being communicated with the finished product collecting mechanism;

the scanning mechanism is arranged on the shell and positioned between the card inlet and the card outlet, faces the conveying channel and is used for scanning and obtaining an image of the card;

the driving mechanism is arranged on the shell and is in driving connection with the conveying mechanism; and

the controller is electrically connected with the scanning mechanism and used for receiving and detecting the image sent by the scanning mechanism, the controller is also electrically connected with the driving mechanism, and when the quality of the image is detected to be qualified, the controller is used for controlling the driving mechanism to drive the conveying mechanism to continue to move forwards so as to drive the card to be output from the card outlet; when the quality of the image is detected to be unqualified, the controller is used for controlling the driving mechanism to drive the conveying mechanism to move reversely so as to drive the card to exit from the card inlet and enter the waste card collecting mechanism.

The printer is used for printing images on cards, and is provided with a conveying mechanism and a scanning mechanism, wherein the cards output from a printing channel of the printing mechanism already have images, enter the conveying channel through an inlet of the conveying channel, the conveying channel of the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the printed cards, the cards can pass through the scanning range of the scanning mechanism, the scanning mechanism scans and acquires the images of the cards and transmits the images to a controller, the controller detects and judges whether the quality of the images is qualified, and if the quality of the images is qualified, the controller controls the driving mechanism to drive positively to continuously drive the conveying mechanism to convey the cards to an outlet until the cards are output from the outlet, for example, the cards are conveyed to a finished product collecting mechanism; if the image quality is detected to be unqualified, the controller controls the driving mechanism to drive reversely to drive the conveying mechanism to convey the card to the card inlet until the card returns from the card inlet, and the card inlet is connected with the waste card collecting mechanism and can be used for collecting the card with unqualified image quality, so that the card with qualified image quality and the card with unqualified image quality can be separately collected, the card with unqualified image quality is prevented from being collected by the finished product collecting mechanism, and the problem that the waste card with poor image printing quality flows into the market is effectively avoided; and the conveying mechanism, the scanning mechanism, the driving mechanism, the controller and other structures are arranged in the printer, so that the size of the equipment is obviously reduced, and the overall working efficiency is improved.

In one embodiment, the printer further comprises a printing mechanism, the printing mechanism is provided with a printing channel communicated with the card inlet, and the printing channel is used for conveying a card with a printed image to the card inlet or receiving a card with unqualified image quality and withdrawn from the card inlet; the controller is electrically connected with the printing mechanism, the controller controls the printing mechanism to print images or printing invalidation marks on the cards, and when the controller detects that the quality of the images is unqualified, the controller controls the printing mechanism to print invalidation marks on the cards which are withdrawn from the card inlet to the printing channel; the printer still collects the mechanism including useless card, useless card is collected the mechanism and is located what print the mechanism deviates from go into one side of bayonet socket, useless card collect the mechanism with what print the passageway keeps away from go into the one end intercommunication of bayonet socket.

In one embodiment, the conveying mechanism comprises two conveying assemblies, the two conveying assemblies are arranged at intervals, the conveying channel is arranged between the two conveying assemblies, the scanning mechanism is positioned between the two conveying assemblies, the conveying assemblies comprise a card feeding roller and a driven roller, the card feeding roller and the driven roller are respectively arranged on the shell, the driving mechanism is in driving connection with the card feeding roller, and the driving mechanism drives the card feeding roller to rotate; the card feeding roller and the driven roller are vertically spaced to form the card inlet, and the other card feeding roller and the other driven roller are vertically spaced to form the card outlet; the card feeding roller and the driven roller are respectively used for being in static friction connection with a card; when the quality of the image is detected to be qualified, the controller is used for controlling the driving mechanism to drive the card feeding roller to continuously rotate in the forward direction so as to drive the card to be output from the card outlet; when the quality of the image is detected to be unqualified, the controller is used for controlling the driving mechanism to drive the card feeding roller to rotate reversely so as to drive the card to exit from the card inlet and enter the waste card collecting mechanism.

In one embodiment, the scanning mechanism is located below the transport path, the scanning mechanism having a scanning surface for sliding abutment with a card; when the driven roller is positioned below the card feeding roller, the height of the scanning surface is less than or equal to the height of the top of the driven roller; when the card feeding roller is positioned below the driven roller, the height of the scanning surface is smaller than or equal to the height of the top of the card feeding roller.

In one embodiment, the printer further comprises two sensors, two of the sensors are respectively arranged on the casing, one of the sensors is arranged between the scanning mechanism and one of the conveying assemblies and faces the conveying channel, and the other sensor is arranged between the scanning mechanism and the other of the conveying assemblies and faces the conveying channel; the controller is electrically connected with the sensor.

In one of them embodiment, the printer still includes the support bar, the support bar set up in on the casing, the support bar is located print mechanism with between the delivery component, the support bar top forms guide channel, guide channel's one end with go into the bayonet socket intercommunication, the other end with print the passageway intercommunication, the support bar is used for with card slip butt.

In one embodiment, the printer further comprises an orthopedic mechanism, the orthopedic mechanism comprises an orthopedic push plate and a driving member, the driving member is in driving connection with the orthopedic push plate, the driving member drives the orthopedic push plate to be slidably arranged on the housing and to be movably close to the scanning surface in a direction perpendicular to the scanning surface, and the orthopedic push plate is used for movably pressing the card.

In one embodiment, the scanning mechanism comprises a scanning head, an elastic member and a supporting seat, the supporting seat is connected with the casing, one end of the elastic member is connected with the supporting seat, the other end of the elastic member is connected with the scanning head, one end of the scanning head, which is far away from the supporting seat, is provided with the scanning surface, and the expansion direction of the elastic member is perpendicular to the scanning surface; the controller is electrically connected with the scanning head.

In one embodiment, the printing mechanism comprises a heating roller and a driving roller, the heating roller is positioned below the driving roller, the heating roller is used for printing images or printing invalidation marks on the cards, and the surface of the orthopedic push plate facing the scanning head is an arched surface.

In one embodiment, the scanning mechanism further includes a sliding rod, an extending direction of the sliding rod is perpendicular to the scanning surface, one end of the sliding rod is connected with the scanning head, the supporting seat has a supporting surface facing the scanning head, the supporting surface is provided with a sliding hole, the other end of the sliding rod penetrates through the sliding hole and slides relative to the supporting seat, the elastic member is an elastic sleeve member, the sliding rod is sleeved with the elastic sleeve member, one end of the elastic sleeve member is fixedly connected with or abutted against the scanning head, and the other end of the elastic sleeve member is fixedly connected with or abutted against the supporting surface.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the description which follows, or in part may be learned by the practice of the above-described techniques of the disclosure, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments of the present application will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and that those skilled in the art can also obtain other related drawings based on the drawings without inventive efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a printer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a portion of the printer of FIG. 1 of the present application;

fig. 3 is another schematic structural diagram of a portion of a printer according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

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 of the embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed application, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present application without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

In this application, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "middle", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings. These terms are used primarily to better describe the present application and its embodiments, and are not used to limit the indicated devices, elements or components to a particular orientation or to be constructed and operated in a particular orientation.

Moreover, some of the above terms may be used to indicate other meanings besides the orientation or positional relationship, for example, the term "on" may also be used to indicate some kind of attachment or connection relationship in some cases. The specific meaning of these terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

Furthermore, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "provided," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly. For example, it may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or a unitary construction; can be a mechanical connection, or a point connection; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, or may be an internal communication between two devices, elements or components. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used primarily to distinguish one device, element, or component from another (the specific nature and configuration may be the same or different), and are not used to indicate or imply the relative importance or number of the indicated devices, elements, or components. "plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In one embodiment, a printer for printing an image on a card includes a housing, a transport mechanism, a scanning mechanism, a drive mechanism, and a controller. The conveying mechanism is arranged on the shell and provided with a conveying channel for conveying cards, one end of the conveying channel is provided with a card inlet, the card inlet is used for being communicated with a printing channel of the printing mechanism, the card inlet is also used for being communicated with the waste card collecting mechanism, and the other end of the conveying channel is provided with a card outlet which is used for being communicated with the finished product collecting mechanism; the scanning mechanism is arranged on the shell and positioned between the card inlet and the card outlet, faces the conveying channel and is used for scanning and obtaining an image of the card; the driving mechanism is arranged on the shell and is in driving connection with the conveying mechanism; the controller is electrically connected with the scanning mechanism and used for receiving and detecting the image sent by the scanning mechanism, the controller is also electrically connected with the driving mechanism, and when the quality of the image is detected to be qualified, the controller is used for controlling the driving mechanism to drive the conveying mechanism to continue to move forwards so as to drive the card to be output from the card outlet; when the quality of the image is detected to be unqualified, the controller is used for controlling the driving mechanism to drive the conveying mechanism to move reversely so as to drive the card to exit from the card inlet and enter the waste card collecting mechanism.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of a printer 10 for printing an image on a card includes a housing 100, a conveying mechanism 200, a scanning mechanism 300, and a driving mechanism 400, and referring to fig. 3, the printer 10 further includes a controller 500. The conveying mechanism 200 is arranged on the casing 100, the conveying mechanism 200 is provided with a conveying channel 201 for conveying cards, one end of the conveying channel 201 is provided with a card inlet 202, the card inlet 202 is used for communicating with a printing channel of a printing mechanism, the card inlet 202 is also used for communicating with a waste card collecting mechanism, and the other end of the conveying channel 201 is provided with a card outlet 203 for communicating with a finished product collecting mechanism, such as a finished product bin; the scanning mechanism 300 is disposed on the casing 100 and located between the card inlet 202 and the card outlet 203, and the scanning mechanism 300 faces the conveying channel 201 and is configured to scan and acquire an image of a card; the driving mechanism 400 is disposed on the casing 100 and is in driving connection with the conveying mechanism 200; the controller 500 is electrically connected to the scanning mechanism 300, and is configured to receive and detect the image sent by the scanning mechanism 300, the controller 500 is further electrically connected to the driving mechanism 400, and when it is detected that the image quality is qualified, the controller 500 is configured to control the driving mechanism 400 to drive the conveying mechanism 200 to continue to move forward, so as to drive the card to be output from the card outlet 203; when the image quality is detected to be not qualified, the controller 500 is configured to control the driving mechanism 400 to drive the conveying mechanism 200 to move in a reverse direction, so as to drive the card to exit from the card inlet 202 and enter the waste card collecting mechanism. In this embodiment, the controller 500 is disposed on the casing 100. In this embodiment, the conveying mechanism 200, the scanning mechanism 300, the driving mechanism 400, and the controller 500 are respectively disposed on an inner wall of the housing 100. In one embodiment, the printer 10 includes a first mounting frame 11, the first mounting frame 11 is disposed on the housing 100, and the conveying mechanism 200, the scanning mechanism 300, the driving mechanism 400, and the controller 500 are respectively disposed on the first mounting frame 11. In this embodiment, the forward conveying is to convey the card in a direction from the card inlet 202 to the card outlet 203, that is, to convey the card from the card inlet 202 to the card outlet 203; the reverse feeding is to feed the card in a direction from the outlet 203 to the inlet 202, i.e. to feed the card from the outlet 203 to the inlet 202. In one embodiment, the printer 10 further includes a finished product collecting mechanism, the card outlet 203 is communicated with the finished product collecting mechanism, and the cards with qualified image quality enter the finished product collecting mechanism after being output through the card outlet 203.

The printer 10 is configured to print an image on a card, the printer 10 includes a conveying mechanism 200 and a scanning mechanism 300, the card output from a printing channel of the printing mechanism already has an image, the card enters the conveying channel 201 through the card inlet 202 of the conveying channel 201, the conveying channel 201 of the conveying mechanism 200 is configured to convey the printed card, the card passes through a scanning range of the scanning mechanism 300, the scanning mechanism 300 scans and obtains the image of the card and transmits the image to the controller 500, the controller 500 detects whether the quality of the image is qualified, and if the quality of the image is qualified, the controller 500 controls the driving mechanism 400 to drive forward to continuously drive the conveying mechanism 200 to convey the card forward to the card outlet 203 until the card is output from the card outlet 203, for example, the card is conveyed to a finished product collecting mechanism; if the image quality is detected to be unqualified, the controller 500 controls the driving mechanism 400 to drive reversely to drive the conveying mechanism 200 to convey the card to the card inlet 202 reversely until the card returns from the card inlet 202, and the card inlet 202 is connected with the waste card collecting mechanism and can be used for collecting the card with unqualified image quality, so that the card with qualified image quality and the card with unqualified image quality can be separately collected, the card with unqualified image quality is prevented from being collected by the finished product collecting mechanism, and the problem that the waste card with poor image printing quality flows into the market is effectively avoided; and the structures of the conveying mechanism 200, the scanning mechanism 300, the driving mechanism 400, the controller 500 and the like are arranged in the printer, so that the volume of the equipment is obviously reduced, and the overall working efficiency is improved.

In one embodiment, the scanning mechanism 300 is disposed adjacent to the conveying channel 201, so that the scanning mechanism 300 can be close to the card to be conveyed, and the scanning effect is ensured, and it is worth mentioning that the scanning mechanism 300 is not located in the conveying channel 201, so as to avoid blocking the conveying path of the card and causing interference with the conveying of the card. In one embodiment, the scanning mechanism 300 is used to abut a card.

In order to effectively identify the card with unqualified image quality, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the printer 10 further comprises a printing mechanism 600, the printing mechanism 600 is provided with a printing channel 601 communicated with the card inlet 202, and the printing channel 601 is used for conveying the card with printed image to the card inlet 202 or receiving the card with unqualified image quality exiting from the card inlet 202; the controller 500 is electrically connected with the printing mechanism 600, the controller 500 controls the printing mechanism 600 to print an image or a print invalidation mark on a card, and when the controller 500 detects that the image is not qualified, the controller 500 controls the printing mechanism 600 to print the invalidation mark on the card which is withdrawn from the card inlet 202 to the printing channel 601; printer 10 still includes the mechanism is collected to useless card, useless card is collected the mechanism and is located what print mechanism 600 deviates from go into bayonet socket 202's one side, useless card collect the mechanism with what print passageway 601 keeps away from go into bayonet socket 202's one end intercommunication. For a card with a normal unprinted image, the printing mechanism 600 is used for printing the image on the card from the card feeding mechanism of the printer and then conveying the image into the card inlet and the conveying channel; for the card with unqualified image quality, the card does not directly enter the waste card collecting mechanism after being retreated from the card inlet 202, but returns to the printing channel 601 under the action of the continuous driving of the conveying mechanism 200, the controller 500 controls the printing mechanism 600 to print the waste mark on the card with unqualified image quality, so that the card with unqualified image quality has the identifier of the waste card, is convenient for people to distinguish, after the card is printed with the invalidation mark, the card is continuously conveyed to the invalidation card collecting mechanism, thus realizing the double treatment of applying the invalidation mark to the invalidation card and collecting the invalidation card in a centralized way, the invalidation card is provided with the invalidation mark, people can distinguish the invalidation mark well, the invalidation card can be effectively prevented from flowing into the market at the later stage, to further ensure that the waste card is prevented from flowing into the market, in this embodiment, the printing mechanism 600 has a transport assembly for transporting the card with the voided marking printed thereon to the waste card collection mechanism. In one embodiment, the waste card collection mechanism is disposed on the housing 100. In one embodiment, the invalidation flag may be a flag pattern or text for marking invalidation of the card, for example, the invalidation flag may be an original printed image or may be an all-black image, and when the invalidation flag is an all-black image, information leakage on the card may be better prevented.

In one embodiment, the process of printing the invalidation flag on the card with unqualified image quality comprises the following steps: printing images on the card, collecting the images of the card by the scanning mechanism, receiving the images sent by the scanning mechanism by the controller, starting to detect the images, judging whether the printing data is consistent with the images printed on the surface of the card, if so, controlling the conveying mechanism to continue conveying the card until the card is output to the finished product collecting mechanism from the card outlet, if not, executing a waste program, namely controlling the conveying mechanism to reversely convey the card until the card exits from the card inlet to the printing channel, and then controlling the printing mechanism to print a waste mark on the card returned to the printing channel by the controller. The method for judging whether the printing data is consistent with the image printed on the surface of the card or not can comprise the following steps: the one-dimensional code and the two-dimensional code detection method comprises the following steps: respectively reading a one-dimensional Code (including but not limited to Code128, EAN13, Code39 and the like) or a two-dimensional Code (including but not limited to QR Code, PDF417, DataMatrix and the like) in the print data and the content printed on the surface of the card; and judging whether the content read from the printing data is consistent with the content read from the surface of the card after printing. The character information detection method comprises the following steps: respectively identifying the text content in the printing data and the content printed on the surface of the card by an optical character recognition technology (OCR); and judging whether the character content read from the printing data is consistent with the character content read from the surface of the printed card. Pattern and portrait feature detection: performing image difference processing using the card image before printing and the card after printing to confirm a printing area of the pattern or the portrait; then, the pattern or portrait printing area determined in the previous step is subjected to Local Binary Pattern (LBP) method to obtain texture feature matrixes of the pattern and the portrait printing area, and whether the printing data is consistent with the content printed on the surface of the card or not is judged according to the Euclidean distance (similarity) of the two feature matrixes.

In order to facilitate the card transportation, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the transportation mechanism 200 includes two transportation assemblies 210, the two transportation assemblies 210 are spaced apart from each other, the transportation channel 201 is formed between the two transportation assemblies 210, the scanning mechanism 300 is located between the two transportation assemblies 210, the transportation assemblies 210 include a card feeding roller 211 and a driven roller 212, the card feeding roller 211 and the driven roller 212 are respectively disposed on the housing 100, the driving mechanism 400 is in driving connection with the card feeding roller 211, and the driving mechanism 400 drives the card feeding roller 211 to rotate; the card feeding roller 211 and the driven roller 212 are vertically spaced to form the card inlet 202, and the other card feeding roller 211 and the other driven roller 212 are vertically spaced to form the card outlet 203; the card feeding roller 211 and the driven roller 212 are respectively used for being in static friction connection with a card; when the quality of the image is detected to be qualified, the controller 500 is configured to control the driving mechanism 400 to drive the card feeding roller 211 to continue to rotate in the forward direction, so as to drive the card to be output from the card outlet 203; when the quality of the image is detected to be unqualified, the controller 500 is configured to control the driving mechanism 400 to drive the card feeding roller 211 to rotate reversely, so as to drive the card to exit from the card inlet 202 and enter the waste card collecting mechanism. In this embodiment, one side of the card is stically connected to the card feeding roller 211, and the other side is stically connected to the driven roller 212. The conveying mechanism 200 comprises two conveying assemblies 210 arranged at intervals, for example, the two conveying assemblies 210 are arranged at intervals left and right, each conveying assembly 210 comprises a card feeding roller 211 and a driven roller 212 arranged at intervals up and down, a card inlet 202 is formed between a set of card feeding rollers 211 and the driven rollers 212, a card outlet 203 is formed between a set of card feeding rollers 211 and the driven rollers 212, when the card feeding rollers 211 are driven to rotate by the driving mechanism 400, a card is driven under the static friction force of the card feeding rollers 211, meanwhile, the driven rollers 212 are also driven to rotate by a card belt, the card interacts with the driven rollers 212, under the driving and limiting effects of the card feeding rollers 211 and the driven rollers 212 on the card, the conveying operation on the card is convenient to carry out, when the card passes through the scanning mechanism 300, the scanning mechanism 300 scans images and the controller 500 detects that the image quality is qualified, the controller 500 controls the driving mechanism 400 to drive the card feeding rollers 211 to rotate forwards, namely, the original rotation direction is kept, so that the card conveying direction is unchanged, and the card still moves from the card inlet 202 to the card outlet 203 until the card is output from the card outlet 203 and enters the finished product collecting mechanism; when the scanning mechanism 300 scans an image and the controller 500 detects that the image quality is not good, the controller 500 controls the driving mechanism 400 to drive the card feeding roller 211 to rotate reversely, i.e. to keep the rotation direction opposite to the original rotation direction, so that the card conveying direction is reversed, i.e. the card is moved reversely from the card outlet 203 to the card inlet 202, until the card is withdrawn from the card inlet 202 and enters the printing channel 601 to print the waste mark. In this embodiment, the top surface of the card feeding roller 211 is spaced from the top surface of the driven roller 212 up and down, i.e., the outer arc surface of the roller, i.e., the surface for contacting the card. In this embodiment, the rotation directions of the two card feeding rollers 211 of the two conveying assemblies 210 coincide at the same time. In one embodiment, the driving mechanism 400 includes a driving motor, which is drivingly connected to the card feed roller 211. In one embodiment, the driving mechanism 400 further includes a driving wheel, the driving wheel is connected to an output shaft of the driving motor, and the driving wheel is in transmission connection with the card feeding roller 211. In one embodiment, the driving wheel is in belt driving connection with the card feeding roller 211. In one embodiment, the driving motor is drivingly connected to the card feeding roller 211 of one of the conveying assemblies 210, so as to drive the card feeding roller 211 of only one of the conveying assemblies 210 to rotate, and during the card moving process, the card drives the card feeding roller 211 and the driven roller 212 of the other conveying assembly 210 to rotate, so as to output the card from the card outlet 203. In one embodiment, the gap between the card feed roller 211 and the driven roller 212 is less than or equal to the thickness of the card.

In other embodiments, the conveying mechanism 200 includes a conveying member having the conveying passage 201. The conveying member includes, but is not limited to, a conveyor belt or a conveyor belt.

In order to enable better scanning and transport of the card, in one embodiment, the scanning mechanism 300 is located below the transport path 201, the scanning mechanism 300 having a scanning surface for sliding abutment with the card; when the driven roller 212 is positioned below the card feeding roller 211, the height of the scanning surface is less than or equal to the height of the top of the driven roller 212; when the card feeding roller 211 is positioned below the driven roller 212, the height of the scanning surface is less than or equal to the height of the top of the card feeding roller 211. The scanning mechanism 300 is arranged below the conveying channel 201, so that when a card passes through, under the abutting joint of the scanning mechanism 300, the card can be stably conveyed to the card outlet 203 without the situation that one end of the card is bent and falls off, and the scanning surface is closest to the card, so that the scanning effect can be ensured. In this embodiment, the scanning surface is intended to face the side of the card on which the image is printed. In this embodiment, the card slides relative to the scanning surface. In one embodiment, the scanning surface of the scanning mechanism 300 is a transparent glass surface, so that the scanning effect is ensured, and the scanning surface of the scanning mechanism 300 is prevented from rubbing the card to scratch the image on the card. In one embodiment, the printing mechanism 600 includes a heated roller 610 and a drive roller 620, and the heated roller 610 is positioned below the drive roller 620, so as to ensure that the printed surface of the card is below for scanning by the scanning mechanism 300 positioned below the transport path 201.

To facilitate detecting whether a card enters and leaves the scanning range of the scanning mechanism 300 so as to determine that the scanning mechanism 300 scans the complete image of the card, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the printer further includes two sensors 700, two of the sensors 700 are respectively disposed on the housing 100, one of the sensors 700 is disposed between the scanning mechanism 300 and one of the transport assemblies 210 and faces the transport path 201, and the other sensor 700 is disposed between the scanning mechanism 300 and the other of the transport assemblies 210 and faces the transport path 201; the controller 500 is electrically connected with the sensor 700, so that when scanning is started, the controller 500 controls the driving mechanism 400 to drive the card feeding roller 211 at the card inlet 202 to rotate to drive the card to enter the card feeding channel, when the card passes through the sensor 700 between the scanning mechanism 300 and the card inlet 202, the sensor 700 senses the card and transmits a signal to the controller 500, the controller 500 receives the signal and controls the scanning mechanism 300 to start scanning, when the card is separated from the sensor 700 between the scanning mechanism 300 and the card outlet 203, the sensor 700 does not sense the card any more, the controller 500 controls the scanning mechanism 300 to stop scanning images, and at the moment, a complete card image data can be obtained. In one embodiment, the scanning mechanism 300 and the driven roller 212 are located on the same side, and the sensor 700 is disposed between the driven roller 212 and the scanning mechanism 300. In one embodiment, the scanning mechanism 300 and the card feed roller 211 are located on the same side, and the sensor 700 is disposed between the card feed roller 211 and the scanning mechanism 300.

In order to facilitate the card to stably enter the conveying channel 201 from the printing channel 601, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the printer 10 further includes a supporting strip 800, the supporting strip 800 is disposed on the casing 100, the supporting strip 800 is located between the printing mechanism 600 and the conveying assembly 210, a guiding channel is formed above the supporting strip 800, one end of the guiding channel is communicated with the card inlet 202, the other end of the guiding channel is communicated with the printing channel 601, and the supporting strip 800 is configured to be slidably abutted to the card. Since the printing mechanism 600 and the feeding mechanism 200 are sized, respectively, the printing mechanism 600 and the feeding mechanism 200 are spaced apart, so that a distance is provided between the printing channel 601 and the feeding channel 201, and a support bar 800 is disposed in the space to form a guide channel, so as to facilitate the transition of the card output from the printing channel 601 into the feeding channel 201 and the return of the card exiting from the feeding channel 201 into the printing channel 601. In one embodiment, the driven roller 212 is below the card feed roller 211, and the support bar 800 is located between the print mechanism 600 and the driven roller 212. In one embodiment, the card feed roller 211 is below the driven roller 212, and the support bar 800 is located between the print mechanism 600 and the card feed roller 211. This ensures that the support bar 800 can slidably receive a card.

In order to shape the card so that the scanning mechanism 300 can obtain an accurate image, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the printer 10 further includes a shape correcting mechanism 900, the shape correcting mechanism 900 includes a shape correcting push plate 910 and a driving member, the driving member is in driving connection with the shape correcting push plate 910, the driving member drives the shape correcting push plate 910 to slide on the housing 100 in a direction perpendicular to the scanning surface and to move close to the scanning surface, and the shape correcting push plate 910 is used for movably pressing the card. Because the printed card output from the printing channel 601 is curved and not straight when passing through the scanning mechanism 300, the distance between the scanning surface and the card is not constant, so that the scanning result is influenced to a certain extent, and the orthopedic push plate 910 is arranged to flatten the card passing through the scanning mechanism 300, so as to ensure the scanning effect, and the scanning mechanism 300 can acquire an accurate image.

In order to prevent the orthopedic pushing plate 910 from damaging the card when pressing the card, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the scanning mechanism 300 includes a scanning head 310, an elastic member 320, and a supporting base 330, the supporting base 330 is connected to the housing 100, one end of the elastic member 320 is connected to the supporting base 330, the other end is connected to the scanning head 310, one end of the scanning head 310 away from the supporting base 330 has the scanning surface, and the extending and retracting direction of the elastic member 320 is perpendicular to the scanning surface; the controller 500 is electrically connected to the scan head 310. The scanning head 310 can move downwards under the extrusion of the orthopedic push plate 910, and due to the arrangement of the elastic member 320, the scanning head 310 can play a role in buffering, so that the scanning head 310 and the orthopedic push plate 910 are prevented from being rigidly extruded, the card on the scanning head 310 is prevented from being crushed, and the scanning head 310 is prevented from being damaged; moreover, as the scanning head 310 moves downwards under the extrusion of the orthopedic push plate 910, the middle of the card above the scanning head 310 is extruded to be bent downwards, so that the arched card can be extruded more fully, and the orthopedic effect is enhanced; in addition, after the orthopedic push plate 910 slides back, the scanning head 310 can be lifted again under the action of the elastic member 320. In one embodiment, the scan head 310 is a CIS module. In one embodiment, the controller 500 is a PC or a smart terminal.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the printing mechanism 600 includes a heating roller 610 and a driving roller 620, the heating roller 610 is located below the driving roller 620, the heating roller 610 is used for printing an image or a print waste mark on a card, a side of the orthopedic push plate 910 facing the scanning head 310 is an arched surface, when the heating roller 610 prints the card, the output card will have a certain curvature and will arch upwards, and the orthopedic push plate 910 with the arched surface is provided, which not only can flatten the card, but also can press the card downwards due to the downwards movement of the scanning head 310, the arched surface of the orthopedic push plate 910 can bend the card downwards, the curvature is larger, and can avoid the two ends of the card being brought downwards, the flattening effect on the card arched upwards is better, so that the card can be kept straight without returning to the arched upwards state after being separated from the scanning mechanism 300, and the card is not carried downward at both ends, it is ensured that the card is still in the transport path 201. In this embodiment, the driving roller 620 drives the card from the printing channel 601 into the card inlet 202. In one embodiment, the printer 10 includes a second mounting frame 12, the second mounting frame 12 is disposed on the casing 100, and the heating roller 610 and the driving roller 620 are respectively disposed on the second mounting frame 12. In the present embodiment, the printer 10 is a thermal transfer printer.

In order to effectively achieve the sliding of the orthopedic push plate 910 on the housing 100 and the squeezing of the orthopedic push plate 910 on the middle portion of the card when the middle portion of the card is located above the scanning head 310, in one embodiment, the orthopedic mechanism 900 further includes a cam, the driving member is electrically connected to the controller 500, the driving member is in driving connection with the cam, the driving member drives the cam to rotate, the cam abuts against a surface of the orthopedic push plate 910 facing away from the scanning mechanism 300 and movably pushes the orthopedic push plate 910 to slide on the housing 100 close to the scanning mechanism 300, and when the middle portion of the card is located directly above the scanning mechanism 300, the longest end of the cam abuts against a surface of the orthopedic push plate 910 facing away from the scanning mechanism 300. Thus, when the middle portion of the card is positioned directly above the scanning mechanism 300, the driving member just under the control of the controller 500 drives the cam to rotate to the longest end to abut against the orthopedic push plate 910, so that the orthopedic push plate 910 slides down to the lowest position to maximize the squeezing amplitude of the card, just enough to perform a deeper orthopedic operation on the arched portion of the middle portion of the card. In one embodiment, the distance between the centers of the two sensors 700 is equal to the length of the card, the scanning mechanism 300 is located between the two sensors 700, such that the card just travels the distance of its own length from the first end of the card past the first sensor 700 to the first end of the card past the second sensor 700 for a fixed period of time, the middle of the card just above the scanning mechanism 300 when the first end of the card just passed the second sensor 700, and the longest end of the cam just abuts the orthopedic push plate 910, such that the maximum compression of the orthopedic push plate 910 against the middle of the card is achieved. In one embodiment, the drive member is a drive motor.

In order to facilitate the stable lifting of the scanning head 310, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the scanning mechanism 300 further includes a sliding rod 340, the extending direction of the sliding rod 340 is perpendicular to the scanning surface, one end of the sliding rod 340 is connected to the scanning head 310, the supporting seat 330 has a supporting surface facing the scanning head 310, the supporting surface is provided with a sliding hole, the other end of the sliding rod 340 penetrates through the sliding hole and slides relative to the supporting seat 330, the elastic member 320 is an elastic member, the elastic member is sleeved on the sliding rod 340, one end of the elastic member is fixedly connected or abutted to the scanning head 310, and the other end of the elastic member is fixedly connected or abutted to the supporting surface, so that the scanning head 310 can be stably lifted without being biased by the guiding of the sliding rod 340, the scanning effect is ensured, and the elastic member does not deviate, The sliding rod 340 can slide relative to the supporting seat 330, so that the elastic member can be ensured to stretch and contract between the scanning head 310 and the supporting seat 330. In one embodiment, the elastic member 320 is a spring, and the spring is sleeved on the sliding rod 340. In one embodiment, one end of the spring is fixed to the scan head 310, and the other end is fixed to the support surface, so that the spring can be more stably extended and contracted.

In order to prevent the sliding rod 340 from sliding out of the supporting seat 330, causing the scanning head 310 to bounce under the action of the elastic sleeve to affect the card transportation, in one embodiment, the slide hole penetrates through the support seat 330, one end of the slide bar 340 away from the scanning head 310 is disposed through the slide hole, one end of the sliding rod 340 far away from the scanning head 310 is provided with a limiting part, the limiting part is movably abutted with one surface of the supporting seat 330 far away from the scanning part, so that the sliding rod 340 can be prevented from sliding out of the supporting seat 330 under the action of the limiting part, after the orthopedic push plate 910 slides back, the elastic member exerts an action on the scanning head 310, so that the scanning head 310 ascends to drive the sliding rod 340 to ascend until the limiting portion at the lower end of the sliding rod 340 abuts against the bottom surface of the supporting seat 330, this prevents the scanning head 310 from rising further into the feed channel 201 and affecting the transport of the card.

In all embodiments of the present application, the terms "large" and "small" are relatively speaking, and the terms "upper" and "lower" are relatively speaking, so that descriptions of these relative terms are not repeated herein.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "in this embodiment," "in an embodiment of the present application," or "as an alternative implementation" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in this embodiment," "in the examples of the present application," or "as an alternative embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. Those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in this specification are all alternative embodiments and that the acts and modules involved are not necessarily required for this application.

In various embodiments of the present application, it should be understood that the size of the serial number of each process described above does not mean that the execution sequence is necessarily sequential, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A printer for printing an image on a card, the printer comprising:

a housing;

2. The printer of claim 1, further comprising a printing mechanism having a printing channel in communication with the inlet port, the printing channel being configured to deliver a card having a printed image to the inlet port or to receive a card having an unacceptable image quality exiting the inlet port; the controller is electrically connected with the printing mechanism, the controller controls the printing mechanism to print images or printing invalidation marks on the cards, and when the controller detects that the quality of the images is unqualified, the controller controls the printing mechanism to print invalidation marks on the cards which are withdrawn from the card inlet to the printing channel; the printer still collects the mechanism including useless card, useless card is collected the mechanism and is located what print the mechanism deviates from go into one side of bayonet socket, useless card collect the mechanism with what print the passageway keeps away from go into the one end intercommunication of bayonet socket.

3. The printer according to claim 2, wherein the conveying mechanism includes two conveying assemblies, the two conveying assemblies are spaced apart from each other, the conveying channel is formed between the two conveying assemblies, the scanning mechanism is located between the two conveying assemblies, the conveying assemblies include a card feeding roller and a driven roller, the card feeding roller and the driven roller are respectively disposed on the housing, the driving mechanism is in driving connection with the card feeding roller, and the driving mechanism drives the card feeding roller to rotate; the card feeding roller and the driven roller are vertically spaced to form the card inlet, and the other card feeding roller and the other driven roller are vertically spaced to form the card outlet; the card feeding roller and the driven roller are respectively used for being in static friction connection with a card; when the quality of the image is detected to be qualified, the controller is used for controlling the driving mechanism to drive the card feeding roller to continuously rotate in the forward direction so as to drive the card to be output from the card outlet; when the quality of the image is detected to be unqualified, the controller is used for controlling the driving mechanism to drive the card feeding roller to rotate reversely so as to drive the card to exit from the card inlet and enter the waste card collecting mechanism.

4. A printer according to claim 3, wherein the scanning mechanism is located below the feed path, the scanning mechanism having a scanning face for sliding abutment with a card; when the driven roller is positioned below the card feeding roller, the height of the scanning surface is less than or equal to the height of the top of the driven roller; when the card feeding roller is positioned below the driven roller, the height of the scanning surface is smaller than or equal to the height of the top of the card feeding roller.

5. The printer of claim 3, further comprising two sensors, one of said sensors being disposed on said housing and facing said transport path, the other of said sensors being disposed between said scanning mechanism and the other of said transport assemblies and facing said transport path; the controller is electrically connected with the sensor.

6. The printer of claim 3, further comprising a support bar disposed on the housing, the support bar being located between the printing mechanism and the conveying assembly, a guide channel being formed above the support bar, one end of the guide channel being communicated with the card inlet, the other end being communicated with the printing channel, the support bar being configured to slidably abut against a card.

7. The printer of claim 4, further comprising an orthopedic mechanism, wherein the orthopedic mechanism comprises an orthopedic push plate and a driving member, the driving member is in driving connection with the orthopedic push plate, the driving member drives the orthopedic push plate to be slidably disposed on the housing in a direction perpendicular to the scanning surface and to move close to the scanning surface, and the orthopedic push plate is used for movably pressing the card.

8. The printer according to claim 7, wherein the scanning mechanism comprises a scanning head, an elastic member and a supporting base, the supporting base is connected to the housing, one end of the elastic member is connected to the supporting base, the other end of the elastic member is connected to the scanning head, one end of the scanning head, which is far away from the supporting base, is provided with the scanning surface, and the elastic member extends and retracts in a direction perpendicular to the scanning surface; the controller is electrically connected with the scanning head.

9. The printer of claim 8, wherein the printing mechanism includes a heated roller and a drive roller, the heated roller is located below the drive roller, the heated roller is used for printing images or printing invalidation marks on cards, and a surface of the orthopedic push plate facing the scanning head is an arched surface.

10. The printer according to claim 8, wherein the scanning mechanism further includes a sliding rod, an extending direction of the sliding rod is perpendicular to the scanning surface, one end of the sliding rod is connected to the scanning head, the supporting seat has a supporting surface facing the scanning head, the supporting surface is provided with a sliding hole, the other end of the sliding rod penetrates through the sliding hole and slides relative to the supporting seat, the elastic member is an elastic sleeve member, the sliding rod is sleeved by the elastic sleeve member, one end of the elastic sleeve member is fixedly connected or abutted to the scanning head, and the other end of the elastic sleeve member is fixedly connected or abutted to the supporting surface.