JP2000025304A - Portable printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save spaces for the installation place of a portable terminal and portable printer or accommodation place during carrying period by providing the receiving part of an AC adaptor being substantially the same as the configurations of a battery on the accommodation interior wall of a portable printer, and the outlet of an electric source code capable of being connected to the portable terminal on the exterior peripheral surface of the AC adaptor. SOLUTION: An AC adaptor 11 has a structure of the AC adaptor 11 and a battery disposed in the same case, namely, by connecting a DC plug 14 to a DC housing 26 provided on the side surface of a battery case set on a portable printer 1, a housing 11a being used both as the AC adaptor and battery supplies electricity to a portable printer, and is accommodated in integrated relation in the portable printer 1. Also, by disposing a DC plug 42 to the extremity of a DC code 41 provided on the interior peripheral surface of the housing 11a and connecting the DC plug 42 to a DC jack 45 set on the side surface of the portable terminal 40, electricity can be supplied to the portable terminal 40. By this structure. the portable terminal and portable printer are operated by one AC adaptor.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a handheld PC.
More particularly, the present invention relates to a structure suitable for portability and compactness when an AC adapter is used for power supply.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional portable terminal and portable printer AC
Each adapter used an independent AC adapter. In this case, two AC adapters are required,
It is inconvenient to store and carry, and has the drawback of increasing the total space and total weight.

[0003]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that when a portable printer is commercialized as a small and thin portable device, the place where the portable terminal and the portable printer are placed and the place where the portable printer is stored are space-saving. The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the complexity of handling the AC adapter.

[0004]

As means for solving the above problems, a receiving portion of an AC adapter having substantially the same shape as the battery is provided on the inner wall of the portable printer accommodating portion, and four inner walls are formed on the outer peripheral surface of each AC adapter. The structure was in contact with. Further, an outlet of a power cord connectable to a portable terminal is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the AC adapter which is not in contact with the portable printer.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable terminal, a portable printer, and an AC adapter showing an overall structure showing one embodiment of the present invention.

The print data information 44 is transmitted from the optical communication section 43 provided in the portable terminal 40 to the portable printer 1, and the print data information 44 is printed on thermal paper or plain paper.

The AC adapter 11 of the present invention has a structure in which the AC adapter 11 and the battery are arranged in the same case, that is, a structure of the AC adapter and battery housing like 11a. The housing 11a supplies electricity to the portable printer 1 by connecting a DC plug 14 to a DC jack 26 provided on a side surface of a battery case provided in the portable printer 1, and is integrated with the portable printer 1. It is done. A DC jack 26 is provided on the right side of the portable printer 1, and further on the left side of the housing 11a,
The DC plug 14 is disposed at a position where it contacts the DC jack 26 provided on the portable printer 1 side.

To mount the housing 11a, first, the positioning slit 31 is aligned with the upper surface of the housing of the portable printer 1 and the slit 32 provided on the upper surface of the housing 11a, and then pushed down in this state, and the direction of the right wall surface of the portable printer 1 is adjusted. Slide to set. When the setting is completed, the battery fixing ribs 23a and 23b are inserted into the grooves 33a and 33b provided on the bottom surface of the housing 11a, and
a is fixed so as not to shift in the lateral direction.

When the AC plug 6 at the end of the AC cord 5 is inserted into a power supply of 100 V,
This is a structure in which electricity is supplied to the DC jack 26 of the portable printer 1 which is in contact via the DC plug 14. When the AC plug 6 is not inserted into the power supply of 100 V, the portable printer 1 is in contact with the battery fixing terminals 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d provided on both short sides of the housing 11a. Battery fixing terminals 22a, 2
The mechanism supplies electricity to 2b, 22c, and 22d.

The portable printer 1 and the housing 11
The respective contacts on the a side are engaged by sliding the housing 11a, and are completed. This fitting prevents the housing 11a from coming off in the vertical direction.

Further, the battery fixing terminal 3 of the housing 11a
0a, 30b, 30c, and 30d are leaf spring structures, and the battery fixing terminals 22a, 22b, and 22 on the portable printer 1 side.
It is assumed that c and 22d are each pressurized at a constant pressure.

A DC plug b42 is provided at the tip of a DC cord 41 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the housing 11a. DC jack b4 provided on the side of portable terminal 40
5 can be connected to the DC plug b42 to supply electricity to the portable terminal 40.

With the above configuration, one AC adapter 1
1, the power can be supplied to both the portable terminal 40 and the portable printer 1, and the integrated structure saves space, facilitates storage when carried, and improves portability. It is possible to provide customers with easy-to-use products.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, one A
The mobile terminal and the mobile printer can be operated by the C adapter, and the weight and space saving can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable terminal, a portable printer, and an AC adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Portable printer, 5: AC code, 6: AC plug,
11 AC adapter, 11a Housing, 14 DC
Plug, 22a: Battery fixing terminal (upper left), 22b: Battery fixing terminal (upper right), 22c: Battery fixing terminal (lower left), 22d: Battery fixing terminal (lower right), 26, 45 ...
DC jack, 33a, 33b ... groove, 40 ... portable terminal,
41 DC code, 42 DC plug b, 43 optical communication unit, 44 print data information.

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Ryoichi Kobayashi 1-1-1, Higashitaga-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture F-term (reference) 2C055 CC01 CC03 2C061 AQ01 AQ04 AS14 BB02 CD23 CG12 HN05

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A portable printer that performs printing based on a signal from a portable terminal, wherein the portable printer has a structure in which an AC adapter capable of supplying electricity to both the portable terminal and the portable printer can be housed integrally with the portable printer. A portable printer with a special feature. 2. The AC printer according to claim 1, wherein the outer peripheral surface of the AC adapter is installed on substantially the same surface as the upper surface or side surface of the portable printer, and the AC adapter does not contact the portable printer.
A portable printer characterized in that an outlet for a power cord to a portable terminal is provided on an outer peripheral surface of an adapter.