CN220075940U - Card printing paper bin device and thermal printer - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a card printing paper bin device and a thermal printer, wherein the card printing paper bin device comprises: the shell is internally provided with a card paper bin, and card printing paper is stacked in the card paper bin; the shell is provided with a card paper outlet communicated with the card paper bin, and a paper feeding port communicated with the card paper bin is formed in the side wall of the shell, which is parallel to the card printing paper plane; the card printing paper stacked in the card paper bin is driven by a paper feeding roller which extends into the card paper bin through a paper feeding port, and is output from the card paper outlet. The card printing paper bin device is used as independent consumable, the card printing paper is stored in the card printing paper bin, the card printing paper can be subjected to thermal printing by matching the card printing paper bin device with a host of the thermal printer, and the card printing paper bin device can be used for printing word cards, character cards, pinyin cards and the like, so that the thermal printer can be compatible with printing roll printing paper and card printing paper by matching the card printing paper bin device.

Description

Card printing paper bin device and thermal printer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of thermal printing, in particular to a card printing paper bin device and a thermal printer.

Background

The thermal printing technology is widely applied at present, and is used for printing various documents in various fields of cashing, catering, banks, express delivery and the like throughout various industries of society. In recent years, the application field of the thermal printing technology is gradually covered from commercial applications to consumer products, such as home consumer products including student question printers, children's cameras, and the like, and the scale of the home market is gradually increased.

Most of the existing thermal printers adopt roll printing paper, and the roll printing paper is placed in a paper bin in the thermal printer, so that continuous printing is realized. For example, the utility model of China patent application No. 201710013693.1, entitled Portable high speed thermal Printer, relates to a portable high speed thermal printer, including a housing, a rubber roller assembly, a thermal printer core, a drive motherboard, and a motor. The shell is provided with the base, the upper cover and the top cover which can be mutually combined together, the paper outlet is arranged at the top of the shell, the thermal printer core is arranged in the installation cavity formed by the upper cover and the base and is close to the installation opening on the top cover, the rubber roller assembly is arranged on the top cover and is matched with or separated from the thermal printer core along with whether the top cover is opened or not, and the assembly of the whole structure is reasonable; the setting in interior scroll storehouse not only portable, also be convenient for load and unload the scroll, take out the back with the scroll from interior scroll storehouse, can also follow the top cap and directly advance A4 thermal paper with the junction clearance of base involution department, carry out the flatbed printing, enlarged the application scope of printer.

In addition, printing demands for card printing paper are increasing, such as word cards, character cards, spelling cards and the like, by adopting the card printing paper, and the existing thermal printers specially used for printing the card printing paper are increasing. However, for the application scenario that both the roll printing paper and the card printing paper are to be printed, the user needs to respectively realize printing through different printers, so that on one hand, the purchase cost of the user is increased, and on the other hand, more placement space is occupied, and inconvenience is caused to the use of the user.

In view of this, the present utility model aims to solve the technical problem of how to print with a thermal printer compatible with printing roll paper and card printing paper.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides a card printing paper bin device and a thermal printer, which concretely adopt the following technical scheme:

a card printing cartridge device comprising:

the shell is internally provided with a card paper bin, and card printing paper is stacked in the card paper bin;

the shell is provided with a card paper outlet communicated with the card paper bin, and a paper feeding port communicated with the card paper bin is formed in the side wall of the shell, which is parallel to the card printing paper plane;

the card printing paper stacked in the card paper bin is driven by a paper feeding roller which extends into the card paper bin through a paper feeding port, and is output from the card paper outlet.

As an alternative embodiment of the present utility model, the housing includes:

a lower cover housing having an open chamber therein;

the upper cover assembly comprises an upper cover shell and a paper pressing sheet arranged on the upper cover shell;

the upper cover shell install on the open end of lower cover shell enclose and close and form the card paper storehouse, the pressure scraps of paper support and press on the card printing paper in the card paper storehouse, the card paper export set up on the lateral wall of lower cover shell, the paper feed mouth set up on the diapire of lower cover shell.

As an alternative embodiment of the utility model, the first end of the paper pressing piece is arranged on the inner wall of the upper cover shell in a reversible way, an elastic piece is arranged between the second end of the paper pressing piece and the upper cover shell, and the second end of the paper pressing piece is arranged close to the paper feeding opening.

As an alternative embodiment of the utility model, a first buckle is arranged on the inner wall surface of the upper cover shell, a second buckle is arranged on the wall surface of the paper pressing sheet facing the inner wall surface of the upper cover shell, and the first buckle and the second buckle are clamped to limit the overturning angle of the second end of the paper pressing sheet relative to the upper cover shell.

As an alternative embodiment of the utility model, the card printing paper bin device comprises a paper blocking plate, an opening is formed in the side wall of the lower cover shell, the paper blocking plate is inserted into the opening and is clamped and fixed, and the card paper outlet is formed between the paper blocking plate and the opening.

As an alternative embodiment of the utility model, the inner wall of the paper blocking plate, which is close to the card paper outlet, is provided with a guiding bevel for guiding card printing paper in the card paper bin to be output from the card paper outlet.

As an optional embodiment of the present utility model, a card printing paper bin device of the present utility model includes a card reader, the card reader being fastened and fixed in the card paper bin, the card reader having a card frame, the card frame defining a width of loaded card printing paper smaller than a width of loaded card printing paper of the card paper bin.

The utility model also provides a thermal printer with the card printing paper bin device, which comprises:

the host machine comprises a shell and a paper feeding roller, wherein a paper feeding channel is formed in the shell, and the paper feeding roller is arranged in the paper feeding channel;

the machine shell is provided with a bin opening communicated with the paper feeding channel, the card printing paper bin device is inserted into the bin opening, and the paper feeding roller extends into the paper feeding opening;

card printing paper is stacked in a card paper bin of the card printing paper bin device, and is driven by a paper feeding roller extending into a paper feeding port to be output into a paper feeding channel from a card paper outlet for thermal printing.

As an alternative implementation mode of the utility model, two sides of one end of the shell extending into the bin opening are respectively provided with a clamping groove, an elastic buckle is arranged in the shell, the card printing paper bin device is inserted into the bin opening, and the elastic buckle is elastically deformed and clamped in the clamping groove.

As an alternative embodiment of the utility model, a roll paper bin communicated with the paper feeding channel is arranged inside the shell; the card printing paper bin device is pulled out of the bin opening, the roll paper bin is filled with roll printing paper, and the roll printing paper in the roll paper bin is conveyed into the paper feeding channel for thermal printing.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

the card printing paper bin device is used as independent consumable, card printing paper is stored in an internal card paper bin, and the card printing paper bin device can be matched with a host of a thermal printer to realize thermal printing of the card printing paper, so that the card printing paper bin device can be used for printing word cards, character cards, pinyin cards and the like. In this way, the thermal printer can be compatible with printing roll printing paper and card printing paper by matching with the card printing paper bin device.

The card printing paper bin device can be sold as a standard piece, is matched with a thermal printer host with different appearances like printing paper consumables, and reduces the mould cost and the whole machine material cost of the development of the thermal printer host.

The card printing paper bin device has the advantages that card printing paper exchanging operation is simpler and more convenient, and the color and the appearance of the shell can be changed according to the preference of customers.

The card printing paper bin device can be compatible with and store card printing paper consumables with different specifications and sizes, and can realize switching of the card printing paper consumables with different specifications and sizes.

Description of the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a thermal printer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the overall structure of a thermal printer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a host computer in an open state of a thermal printer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a host computer of a thermal printer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a host computer of a thermal printer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a thermal printer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of an upper housing of a thermal printer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view (front view) of a card printing paper magazine apparatus according to the embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view (back side) of a card printing cartridge device according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of a cover assembly of a card printing cartridge device according to the first embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing a perspective view of a cover assembly of the card printing cartridge device according to the second embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view of a lower cover housing of the card printing cartridge device according to the embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 13 is an exploded view of a card printing cartridge device of an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a card printing cartridge device of an embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view showing a structure in which a card holder is installed in a card hopper of a card printing hopper device according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 16 is an exploded view of a card printing cartridge device of an embodiment of the present utility model (a card reader is installed in a card cartridge);

FIG. 17 is an assembly view of a lower housing of a thermal printer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 18 is a schematic view showing the state of cooperation between the card printing paper hopper device and the paper feed roller according to the embodiment of the present utility model.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the utility model.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the utility model is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, as claimed, but is merely representative of some embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

It should be noted that, under the condition of no conflict, the embodiments of the present utility model and the features and technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other.

It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, the terms "upper", "lower", and the like indicate an azimuth or a positional relationship based on the azimuth or the positional relationship shown in the drawings, or an azimuth or a positional relationship conventionally put in use of the inventive product, or an azimuth or a positional relationship conventionally understood by those skilled in the art, such terms are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element to be referred must have a specific azimuth, be constructed and operated in a specific azimuth, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used merely to distinguish between descriptions and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, a thermal printer of the present embodiment includes:

the host 100 includes a housing having a paper feed passage 117 and a roll paper magazine 105 communicating with the paper feed passage 117 inside the housing;

the card printing paper bin device 200 is provided with a bin opening on the machine shell, and the card printing paper bin device 200 is detachably inserted into the bin opening and extends into the paper feeding channel 117;

the roll paper bin 105 is used for placing the roll paper 300, the card printing bin device 200 is used for stacking the card printing paper 400, the card printing paper bin device 200 is inserted into the bin opening, the card printing paper 400 in the card printing paper bin device 200 is transmitted into the paper feeding channel 117, the card printing paper bin device 200 is pulled out of the bin opening, and the roll printing paper 300 in the roll paper bin 105 is transmitted into the paper feeding channel 117.

In the thermal printer of the embodiment, a roll paper bin 105 is arranged in a shell and used for placing roll printing paper 300 to realize printing of the roll printing paper; in addition, the card printing paper magazine device 200 is detachably inserted into the casing, and the card printing papers 400 stacked in the card printing paper magazine device 200 can be continuously transferred into the paper feed passage 117 to realize printing of the card printing papers 400. Therefore, the thermal printer of the embodiment can be compatible with printing of the roll printing paper 300 and the card printing paper 400, meets different printing scene requirements of users, reduces purchase cost of the users, reduces occupied space for placement, and improves use experience of the users.

In addition, the card printing paper cartridge device 200 of the present embodiment adopts a separate design with the host 100, and has the following advantages:

1. the volume of the host 100 can be greatly reduced, and the structure of the host 100 can be simplified accordingly.

2. The card printing paper bin device 200 can be sold as a standard component, is matched with the host 100 with different appearances like consumable materials, and reduces the cost of a mould and the cost of the whole machine material developed by the host 100.

3. The card printing paper cartridge device 200 is simpler to exchange the card printing paper, and the appearance and the color of the card printing paper cartridge device 200 can be changed according to the preference of the customer.

4. The switching of the card consumables of different specifications and sizes is realized by replacing the card printing paper cartridge device 200 of different specifications.

5. The host 100 can be sold independently without the card printing paper bin device 200, so that the user only needing to print the roll printing paper can be satisfied, and the cost for purchasing the host 100 is greatly reduced; if the user needs to print card printing paper, only the accessories of the card printing paper holder device 200 need to be purchased separately.

As an alternative implementation manner of this embodiment, referring to fig. 1-14, a thermal printer of this embodiment includes a paper feeding assembly, where the paper feeding assembly includes a paper feeding roller 106 correspondingly disposed in a paper feeding channel 117, the paper feeding channel 117 is located at one side of a paper winding bin 105, a bin opening is formed on a housing at the other side of the paper winding bin 105, a card printing bin device 200 is inserted into the bin opening, and is abutted in the paper feeding channel 117 through the paper winding bin 105, a paper feeding opening 204 is formed on the card printing bin device 200, the paper feeding roller 106 contacts with a card printing paper 400 in the card printing bin device 200 through the paper feeding opening 204, and the paper feeding roller 106 rotates to pull the card printing paper 400 into the paper feeding channel 117.

The thermal printer of the present embodiment achieves thermal printing of the card printing paper 400 by providing the paper feed roller 106 in the paper feed path 117, contacting the card printing paper 400 in the card printing paper magazine apparatus 200, and driving the card printing paper 400 to rotate by controlling the paper feed roller 106 to be output from the card printing paper magazine apparatus 200 into the paper feed path 117.

The thermal printer of the embodiment comprises a printing head 108 and a printing roller 107, wherein the printing head 108 and the printing roller 107 are oppositely arranged at two sides of a paper outlet 117A of the paper feeding channel 117;

one end of the roll paper 300 is clamped between the printing head 108 and the printing roller 107, the printing roller 107 rotates to drive the printing paper feeding of the roll paper 300, and the printing head 108 performs thermal printing on the roll paper 300;

the card printing paper 400 in the card printing paper magazine apparatus 200 is pulled out into the paper feed path 117 by the paper feed roller 106, transferred between the print head 108 and the print roller 107, and printed and fed by the print roller 107 to rotate the card printing paper 400, and thermally printed on the card printing paper 400 by the print head 108.

When the thermal printer of the embodiment prints the roll paper 300, since the roll paper 300 is continuous, continuous paper feeding of the roll paper 300 can be realized by the printing roller 107, so that continuous printing can be performed; the card printing paper 400 is stacked in the card printing paper magazine device 200, and the individual card printing papers 400 are independent, so that the thermal printer of the present embodiment can realize continuous paper feeding of the card printing paper 400 by providing the paper feeding roller 106 for driving and conveying the card printing paper 400 exclusively in the card printing paper magazine device 200, thereby performing continuous printing.

As an alternative implementation manner of this embodiment, the casing in this embodiment includes an upper casing 101 and a lower casing 102, where one side of the upper casing 101 is connected with one side of the lower casing 102 in a reversible manner through a hinge 104, where the upper casing 101 and the lower casing 102 form a paper feeding channel 117 therebetween in a fastened state, an upper casing groove 122 is disposed on an inner wall of the upper casing 101, a lower casing groove 123 is disposed on an inner wall of the lower casing 102, and the upper casing groove 122 and the lower casing groove 123 together form an installation cavity for inserting the card printing paper cartridge device 200 in the fastened state of the upper casing 101 and the lower casing 102. In this way, the mounting chamber and the paper feeding channel 117 have overlapping portions in height, so that sharing of the height space inside the casing is realized, the overall height of the casing is reduced, and the miniaturized structural design of the host 100 is realized.

Moreover, the card printing paper bin device 200 of the embodiment is inserted into the host 100 from the back of the paper winding 105, and the paper winding 105 can be used for the installation chamber of the card printing paper bin device 200, so that the utilization rate of the internal space of the casing is improved, the size specification of the casing is reduced, and the miniaturized structural design of the host 100 is facilitated.

As an alternative implementation of this embodiment, the paper feeding assembly of this embodiment is disposed in the lower housing 102, the paper feeding roller 106 of the paper feeding assembly is disposed in the lower housing groove 123, the card printing paper housing device 200 has a card paper outlet 213, and the card printing paper housing device 200 is inserted into the housing opening, and the card paper outlet 213 is in abutting communication with the paper feeding channel 117.

As an alternative implementation manner of the embodiment, the thermal printer comprises a movable door 103, the movable door 103 is provided with a door rotating shaft 119, the door rotating shaft 119 is rotatably installed in the door opening, a rotary torsion spring is sleeved on the door rotating shaft 119, one end of the rotary torsion spring is abutted to the casing, and the other end of the rotary torsion spring is abutted to the movable door 103. Thus, after the card printing paper cartridge device 200 is pulled out, the rotary torsion spring rotates the movable door 103 around the door rotating shaft 119 until the movable door 103 is closed, so that the appearance integrity of the host 100 and the sealing of the internal space are ensured.

Specifically, in this embodiment, an upper paper bin opening is formed in the upper casing 101, a lower paper bin opening is formed in the lower casing 102, and the upper paper bin opening and the lower paper bin opening form the bin opening together when the upper casing 101 and the lower casing 102 are in a buckled state; the movable bin gate 103 is rotatably arranged in the upper paper bin notch.

Referring to fig. 5, a thermal printer of the present embodiment includes a position detection switch 118, the position detection switch 118 is disposed in the housing, the card printing cartridge device 200 is inserted into the cartridge opening, and when the position detection switch 118 is triggered to be closed by the card printing cartridge device 200, the card printing cartridge device 200 is mounted in place. Therefore, the present embodiment can determine whether the current printing consumable is roll paper or card paper by the trigger state set by the position detection switch 118.

The thermal printer of the present embodiment includes a main control board 109 and a battery 116, the main control board 109 is installed in the upper housing 101, and the battery 116 is installed in the lower housing 102.

Example two

Referring to fig. 8 to 15, the present embodiment provides a card printing cartridge device including:

a housing having a card stock inside which card printing paper 400 is stacked;

the shell is provided with a card paper outlet 213 communicated with the card paper bin, and a paper feeding port 204 communicated with the card paper bin is formed in the side wall of the shell parallel to the card printing paper plane;

the card printing paper 400 stacked in the card hopper is driven by a paper feed roller extending into the card hopper through the paper feed port 204, and is output from the card paper outlet 213.

The card printing paper bin device of this embodiment is as independent consumptive material, and inside card paper bin holds card printing paper, can realize the thermal print of card printing paper through the host computer cooperation with the card printing paper bin device of this embodiment and thermal printer, can be used to print word card, literacy card, pinyin card etc..

Therefore, the card printing paper bin device of the embodiment can be sold as a standard component, is matched with a thermal printer host with different appearances like printing paper consumables, and reduces the mould cost and the whole machine material cost of the development of the thermal printer host.

The card printing paper bin device of the embodiment has simpler card printing paper exchanging operation, and the color and the appearance of the shell can be changed according to the preference of customers.

The card printing paper bin device of the embodiment can be compatible with and store card printing paper consumables of different specification and sizes, and the card printing paper consumables of different specification and sizes are switched.

As an alternative implementation of this embodiment, the housing in this embodiment includes:

a lower cover housing 202 having an interior open chamber;

an upper cover assembly 201 including an upper cover case 201 and a paper pressing sheet 205 mounted on the upper cover case 201;

the upper cover shell 201 is mounted on the open end of the lower cover shell 202, the card paper bin is formed by enclosing, the paper pressing piece 205 is pressed against the card printing paper 400 in the card paper bin, the card paper outlet 213 is formed on the side wall of the lower cover shell 202, and the paper feeding port 204 is formed on the bottom wall of the lower cover shell 202.

The upper cover assembly 201 of this embodiment includes a paper pressing sheet 205, and after the upper cover housing 201 is mounted on the lower cover housing 202, the paper pressing sheet 205 presses the card printing paper 400, so that the card printing paper 400 is tightly attached to the paper feeding port 204, and the card printing paper 400 and the paper feeding roller are ensured to be in good contact, and the paper feeding roller feeds the card printing paper 400 through friction force.

Further, in this embodiment, a first end of the paper pressing piece 205 is mounted on the inner wall of the upper cover housing 201 in a reversible manner, an elastic member 208 is disposed between a second end of the paper pressing piece 205 and the upper cover housing 201, and the second end of the paper pressing piece 205 is disposed near the paper feeding port 204.

In this embodiment, a first buckle 210 is disposed on an inner wall surface of the upper cover housing 201, a second buckle 211 is disposed on a wall surface of the paper pressing piece 205 facing the inner wall surface of the upper cover housing 201, and the first buckle 210 and the second buckle 211 are clamped to define a turnover angle of the second end of the paper pressing piece 205 relative to the upper cover housing 201.

The paper pressing piece 205 of this embodiment is fixed on the upper cover housing 201, one end of the paper pressing piece 205 is propped against the elastic piece 208, the other end of the paper pressing piece can rotate around the fixed pivot 207, the rotating stroke of the first buckle 210 and the second buckle 211 is not too large due to the clamping fit control, and under the condition that the number of paper sheets of card printing paper is reduced continuously, the paper pressing piece 205 can still provide continuous pressure for the card printing paper, so that the card printing paper is ensured to be sent out by the paper feeding roller.

A plurality of connection buckles 206 are circumferentially arranged on the inner wall of the upper cover shell 201 in the embodiment, and the upper cover shell 201 is clamped on the open end of the lower cover shell 202 through the connection buckles 206.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, a card printing paper bin device of the present embodiment includes a paper blocking plate 212, an opening is formed on a side wall of the lower cover housing 202, the paper blocking plate 212 is inserted into the opening and is fastened and fixed, and the paper blocking plate 212 and the opening form the card paper outlet 213 therebetween.

Further, in this embodiment, a guiding bevel 214 is provided on an inner wall of the paper blocking plate 212 near the card paper outlet 213, so as to guide the card printing paper 400 in the card paper bin to be output from the card paper outlet 213.

In this embodiment, a guiding bevel 214 is disposed at the position of the card paper outlet 213 to guide the paper out, and the height D1 of the card paper outlet 213 is 1.5 times the thickness of the card printing paper, so as to ensure smooth paper out, and only one card printing paper is discharged at a time.

Referring to fig. 16 and 17, a card printing paper bin device of the present embodiment includes a card holder 215, the card holder 215 is fastened in the card paper bin, the card holder 215 has a card frame, and the card frame defines that the width of the loaded card printing paper is smaller than the width of the loaded card printing paper in the card paper bin.

The card printing paper bin device of the embodiment can realize compatibility of card printing paper with the same size specification aiming at card printing papers with different sizes specification through the card paper device 215, and meets the use requirement of a user on card printing papers with multiple sizes.

Referring to fig. 1 to 16, the card printing paper magazine apparatus of the present embodiment can be matched with the thermal printer of the first embodiment to realize printing of card printing paper, the thermal printer including:

the host 100 comprises a shell and a paper feeding roller 106, wherein a paper feeding channel 117 is formed in the shell, and the paper feeding roller 106 is arranged in the paper feeding channel 117;

the shell is provided with a bin opening communicated with the paper feeding channel 117, the card printing paper bin device 200 is inserted into the bin opening, and the paper feeding roller 106 extends into the paper feeding opening 204;

the card printing paper 400 is stacked in the card stock of the card printing paper stock device 200, and the card printing paper 400 is driven by the paper feed roller 106 extending into the paper feed port to be output from the card paper outlet 213 into the paper feed channel 117 for thermal printing.

As an alternative implementation manner of this embodiment, two sides of one end of the housing extending into the bin opening are respectively provided with a clamping groove 203, the housing is provided with an elastic buckle 121, the card printing paper bin device 200 is inserted into the bin opening, and the elastic buckle 121 is elastically deformed and clamped in the clamping groove 203.

As an alternative implementation of the present embodiment, the housing has a roll paper bin 105 inside that communicates with a paper feed passage 117; the card printing cartridge device 200 pulls out the cartridge opening, the roll paper cartridge 105 is loaded with the roll paper 300, and the roll paper 300 in the roll paper cartridge 105 is transferred into the paper feeding channel 117 for thermal printing.

In the thermal printer of the embodiment, a roll paper bin 105 is arranged in a shell and used for placing roll printing paper 300 to realize printing of the roll printing paper; in addition, the card printing paper magazine device 200 is detachably inserted into the casing, and the card printing papers 400 stacked in the card printing paper magazine device 200 can be continuously transferred into the paper feed passage 117 to realize printing of the card printing papers 400. Therefore, the thermal printer of the embodiment can be compatible with printing of the roll printing paper 300 and the card printing paper 400, meets different printing scene requirements of users, reduces purchase cost of the users, reduces occupied space for placement, and improves use experience of the users.

Example III

Referring to fig. 1 to 6 and 17 to 18, a thermal printer according to the present embodiment includes:

the host 100 comprises a shell, wherein a paper feeding channel 117 is formed in the shell, and a bin opening communicated with the paper feeding channel is formed in the shell;

a paper feed roller assembly disposed in the housing and including a paper feed roller 106 disposed in the paper feed passage 117;

a printhead assembly disposed in the housing and including a printhead 108 disposed in a paper exit 117A of the paper feed path 117;

a print roller assembly disposed in the casing and including a print roller 107 disposed in a paper outlet 117A of the paper feed path 117 opposite to the print head 108;

the card printing paper bin device 200 comprises a shell with a card paper bin inside, wherein the shell is provided with a card paper outlet and a paper feeding port which are communicated with the card paper bin;

the card printing paper 400 is stacked in the card paper bin of the card printing paper bin device 200, the card printing paper bin device 200 is inserted into the bin opening, the paper feeding roller 106 stretches into the paper feeding opening, the card printing paper 400 is driven to be output into the paper feeding channel 117 from the card paper outlet by controlling the paper feeding roller 106 to rotate, and the card printing paper 400 is conveyed between the printing head 108 and the printing roller 107 for thermal printing.

The thermal printer of the embodiment realizes continuous paper feeding of card printing paper through the paper feeding roller assembly, realizes thermal printing of the card printing paper, and can be used for printing word cards, character learning cards, spelling cards and the like.

As an alternative implementation of this embodiment, the paper feeding roller assembly of this embodiment includes a paper feeding roller motor 115 and a paper feeding roller transmission mechanism 112, where the paper feeding roller motor 115 drives the paper feeding roller 106 to rotate through the paper feeding roller transmission mechanism 112.

Specifically, the paper feeding roller transmission mechanism comprises a first motor shaft gear 115A, a multi-stage paper feeding duplex gear 112A and a paper feeding roller gear 112B, wherein the first motor shaft gear 115A is fixed on a motor shaft of the paper feeding roller motor 115, the paper feeding roller gear 112B is fixed on the paper feeding roller 106, and the first motor shaft gear 115A is in wheel engagement transmission with the paper feeding roller gear 112B through the multi-stage paper feeding duplex gear 112A. The paper feed roller motor 115 of this embodiment performs a speed reduction transmission through the paper feed roller transmission mechanism 112, and drives the paper feed roller teeth 112B to drive the paper feed roller 106 to rotate.

As an alternative implementation of this embodiment, the paper feeding roller 106 includes a hard shaft core 106C and a soft shaft sleeve 106A, the soft shaft sleeve 106A is sleeved on the hard shaft core 106C, and the paper feeding roller gear 112B is fixed on the hard shaft core 106C. The contact friction force to the card printing paper can be increased through the soft shaft sleeve 106A, so that the card printing paper can be pulled out of the card paper bin more conveniently.

Further, the paper feeding roller 106 includes a unidirectional bearing 106B, the unidirectional bearing 106B is sleeved on the hard shaft core 106C, the soft shaft sleeve 106A is sleeved on an outer ring of the unidirectional bearing 106B, and rotation of the hard shaft core 106C is unidirectionally transmitted through the unidirectional bearing 106B, so that the soft shaft sleeve 106A is driven to unidirectionally rotate to drive the card printing paper to be output from the card paper outlet.

In this embodiment, the paper feeding roller 106 is internally provided with the unidirectional bearing 106B, and has resistance in forward rotation and no resistance in reverse rotation, when the card printing paper is conveyed to the position of the printing roller 107, the printing roller 107 and the paper feeding roller 106 press the card printing paper at the same time, the paper feeding roller 106 stops rotating and no torque is output, the printing roller 107 continues to operate to convey the card printing paper forward, and the paper feeding roller 106 has no resistance in reverse rotation due to unidirectional rotation of the paper feeding roller 106, so that smooth paper output of the card printing paper is ensured, and no paper jam is caused.

As an alternative implementation manner of this embodiment, in order to increase the friction force of the paper feeding roller 106 on the card printing paper, a plurality of friction raised strips are uniformly distributed on the peripheral wall of the soft shaft sleeve 106A along the circumferential direction, and the friction raised strips are extended along the central axis of the soft shaft sleeve 106A.

Specifically, the hard shaft core 106C in this embodiment is a metal shaft core, the soft shaft sleeve 106A is a silica gel shaft sleeve, and the cross section of the silica gel shaft sleeve is a tooth-shaped outline, so that the contact friction coefficient between the silica gel shaft sleeve and the card printing paper is high, the friction force is large, and the paper feeding is smooth.

The outer diameter of the silica gel shaft sleeve is 12-16mm, and the outer diameter of the metal shaft core is 3-5mm; the interference value D3=0.3-0.7 mm between the paper feeding roller 106 and the card printing paper ensures that the silica gel sleeve and the card paper are well contacted; the relative position d2=8-15 mm of the paper feeding roller 106 and the card printing paper ensures that the stress position of the card paper is reasonable, and paper jam is not easy to occur in the paper feeding process.

As an alternative implementation manner of this embodiment, the printing roller assembly in this embodiment includes a printing roller motor 114 and a printing roller transmission mechanism 113, where the printing roller motor 114 drives the printing roller 107 to rotate through the printing roller transmission mechanism 113.

Specifically, the printing roller transmission mechanism 113 includes a second motor shaft gear 114A, a multi-stage printing duplex gear 113A and a printing roller gear 113B, the second motor shaft gear 114A is fixed on a motor shaft of the printing roller motor 114, the printing roller gear 113B is fixed on the printing roller 107, and the second motor shaft gear 114A is meshed with the printing roller gear 113B through the multi-stage printing duplex gear 113A for transmission.

Example IV

The embodiment also provides a control method of the thermal printer, which comprises the following steps:

a roll printing paper printing mode, wherein a host machine transmits roll printing paper in a roll paper bin into a paper feeding channel for thermal printing;

and in the card printing paper printing mode, the host detects that the card printing paper bin device is inserted into the bin opening, and the card printing paper in the card paper bin is transmitted into the paper feeding channel for thermal printing.

The control method of the thermal printer has a roll paper printing mode supporting roll paper and a card printing paper printing mode supporting card printing paper printing, so that compatible printing of the thermal printer on the roll paper and the card printing paper is realized.

Specifically, a control method of the thermal printer of the embodiment includes:

when the control end of the host receives a closing signal of the position detection switch, the control end of the host judges that the card printing paper bin device is inserted into the bin opening, the card printing paper bin device is switched to a card printing paper printing mode, the paper feeding roller is controlled to rotate to transmit card printing paper in the card printing paper bin into the paper feeding channel and between the printing head and the printing roller, the printing roller rotates to drive printing paper feeding of the roll printing paper, and thermal printing is performed on the roll printing paper through the printing head;

when the control end of the host computer does not receive the closing signal of the position detection switch, the roll paper bin is detected to be filled with roll paper, the roll paper is switched to a roll paper printing mode, the printing roller is controlled to rotate to drive the printing paper feeding of the roll paper, and the thermal printing is performed on the roll paper through the printing head.

The present embodiment also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program which, when executed, implements a control method of the thermal printer.

The computer readable storage medium of this embodiment may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, with readable program code embodied therein. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A computer readable storage medium may also be any readable medium that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable storage medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

The present embodiment also provides an electronic apparatus including a processor and a memory for storing a computer-executable program, which when executed by the processor, performs a control method of the thermal printer.

The electronic device is in the form of a general purpose computing device. The processor may be one or a plurality of processors and work cooperatively. The utility model does not exclude that the distributed processing is performed, i.e. the processor may be distributed among different physical devices. The electronic device of the present utility model is not limited to a single entity, but may be a sum of a plurality of entity devices.

The memory stores a computer executable program, typically machine readable code. The computer readable program may be executable by the processor to enable an electronic device to perform the method, or at least some of the steps of the method, of the present utility model.

The memory includes volatile memory, such as Random Access Memory (RAM) and/or cache memory, and may be non-volatile memory, such as Read Only Memory (ROM).

It should be understood that elements or components not shown in the above examples may also be included in the electronic device of the present utility model. For example, some electronic devices further include a display unit such as a display screen, and some electronic devices further include a man-machine interaction element such as a button, a keyboard, and the like. The electronic device may be considered as covered by the utility model as long as the electronic device is capable of executing a computer readable program in a memory for carrying out the method or at least part of the steps of the method.

From the above description of embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the present utility model may be implemented by hardware capable of executing a specific computer program, such as the system of the present utility model, as well as electronic processing units, servers, clients, handsets, control units, processors, etc. included in the system. The utility model may also be implemented by computer software executing the method of the utility model, e.g. by control software executed by a microprocessor, an electronic control unit, a client, a server, etc. It should be noted, however, that the computer software for performing the method of the present utility model is not limited to being executed by one or a specific hardware entity, but may also be implemented in a distributed manner by unspecified specific hardware. For computer software, the software product may be stored on a computer readable storage medium (which may be a CD-ROM, a usb disk, a removable hard disk, etc.), or may be stored distributed over a network, as long as it enables the electronic device to perform the method according to the utility model.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the present utility model and not for limiting the technical solutions described in the present utility model, and although the present utility model has been described in detail in the present specification with reference to the above embodiments, the present utility model is not limited to the above specific embodiments, and thus any modifications or equivalent substitutions are made to the present utility model; all technical solutions and modifications thereof that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the utility model are intended to be included in the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A card printing cartridge device, comprising:

the shell is internally provided with a card paper bin, and card printing paper is stacked in the card paper bin;

the shell is provided with a card paper outlet communicated with the card paper bin, and a paper feeding port communicated with the card paper bin is formed in the side wall of the shell, which is parallel to the card printing paper plane;

the card printing paper stacked in the card paper bin is driven by a paper feeding roller which extends into the card paper bin through a paper feeding port, and is output from the card paper outlet.

2. A card printing cartridge device according to claim 1, wherein said housing comprises:

a lower cover housing having an open chamber therein;

the upper cover assembly comprises an upper cover shell and a paper pressing sheet arranged on the upper cover shell;

the upper cover shell install on the open end of lower cover shell enclose and close and form the card paper storehouse, the pressure scraps of paper support and press on the card printing paper in the card paper storehouse, the card paper export set up on the lateral wall of lower cover shell, the paper feed mouth set up on the diapire of lower cover shell.

3. A card printing cartridge device according to claim 2, wherein the first end of the paper pressing sheet is rotatably mounted on the inner wall of the upper cover housing, an elastic member is provided between the second end of the paper pressing sheet and the upper cover housing, and the second end of the paper pressing sheet is provided close to the paper feed opening.

4. A card printing paper magazine apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein a first catch is provided on the inner wall of the upper cover housing, a second catch is provided on the wall of the paper pressing sheet facing the inner wall of the upper cover housing, and the first catch and the second catch are engaged to define a flip angle of the second end of the paper pressing sheet relative to the upper cover housing.

5. The card printing paper cartridge device according to claim 2, comprising a paper blocking plate, wherein an opening is formed in a side wall of the lower cover housing, the paper blocking plate is inserted into the opening and is fastened and fixed, and the card paper outlet is formed between the paper blocking plate and the opening.

6. A card printing cartridge device as in claim 5, wherein said paper blocking plate has a guide bevel on an inner wall thereof adjacent said card outlet for guiding the card printing paper in the cartridge to be output from the card outlet.

7. A card printing cartridge device according to claim 1, comprising a card reader which is secured in said cartridge, said card reader having a card edge frame defining a loaded card printing sheet having a width less than the width of the loaded card printing sheet of the cartridge.

8. A thermal printer having a card printing cartridge device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising:

the host machine comprises a shell and a paper feeding roller, wherein a paper feeding channel is formed in the shell, and the paper feeding roller is arranged in the paper feeding channel;

the machine shell is provided with a bin opening communicated with the paper feeding channel, the card printing paper bin device is inserted into the bin opening, and the paper feeding roller extends into the paper feeding opening;

card printing paper is stacked in a card paper bin of the card printing paper bin device, and is driven by a paper feeding roller extending into a paper feeding port to be output into a paper feeding channel from a card paper outlet for thermal printing.

9. The thermal printer of claim 8, wherein two sides of one end of the casing extending into the bin opening are respectively provided with a clamping groove, an elastic buckle is arranged in the casing, the card printing paper bin device is inserted into the bin opening, and the elastic buckle is elastically deformed and clamped in the clamping groove.

10. The thermal printer of claim 8 wherein said housing has a roll paper magazine therein in communication with a paper feed path; the card printing paper bin device is pulled out of the bin opening, the roll paper bin is filled with roll printing paper, and the roll printing paper in the roll paper bin is conveyed into the paper feeding channel for thermal printing.