JP2000344399A - Portable information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the displacement of continuous business form by vibration by mounting a continuous business form holder capable of accomodating the continuous business form in a folded state, on a housing of an information portable terminal, and executing the printing onto the continuous business form taken out from the continuous business form holder. SOLUTION: In a state that an upper cover is closed, a continuous business form 21 is folded into two to be accomodated. By folding the continuous business form 21 to be accomodated in a continuous business form holder 22, the displacement of the continuous business form 21 in the holder 22 can be prevented by the bounce obtained in the folding of the continuous business form 21. Predetermined items are printed on the business form inside of the folded continuous business form 21. As the continuous business form holder 22 is mounted on a housing 12 for accomodating the continuous business form 21 in a folded state, the continuous business form 21 can be fixed in the continuous business form holder 22 by the bounce obtained in the folding of the continuous business form 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information portable terminal device having a built-in printer for printing, for example, a delivery note on continuous slip paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a portable information terminal device carried by a gas meter reader prints a gas meter reading result on continuous paper.

The continuous paper is stored in a holder externally attached to the housing of the portable information terminal device. In this holder, the continuous paper was stored in a straightened state without being bent.

[0004]

When a bundle of continuous paper is stored in a holder and printing is performed and the thickness of the continuous paper is reduced, if the continuous paper is weak in stiffness, Rattling occurs in the stack of paper. As described above, when rattling occurs, there has been a problem that printing cannot be performed at a correct position on continuous paper.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable information terminal that prints on continuous slip paper, thereby suppressing continuous rattle of continuous slip paper. An object of the present invention is to provide an information portable terminal device capable of printing at a correct position on a sheet.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an information portable terminal device for printing various data using a continuous chit sheet, wherein the continuous chit sheet is provided on a housing of the information portable terminal. A continuous slip holder for storing the folded continuous slip is attached, and printing is performed on the continuous slip paper taken out from the continuous slip holder.

[0007] According to the portable information terminal device of the first aspect of the present invention, since the continuous slip sheet is attached to the case of the portable information terminal device in the folded state, the continuous slip sheet is attached to the housing. The continuous slip sheet can be fixed in the continuous slip holder by the repulsive force when the sheet is folded. Therefore, even when the portable information terminal device is used while walking or in a place where it vibrates, such as in a car, it is possible to prevent the continuous slip form from being displaced due to the vibration and being unable to print at a regular position. can do.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information portable terminal device comprising a cylindrical holder having a C-shaped cross section for storing the continuous slip sheet according to the first aspect, and the cylindrical holder can be stored in the continuous slip holder. According to the portable information terminal device of the present invention, since the continuous chit paper is stored in the cylindrical holder having the C-shaped cross section, the continuous chit paper can be further fixed. it can.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable information terminal device, wherein a guide for suppressing the widthwise movement of the continuous slip sheet can be mounted in the cylindrical holder.

According to the portable information terminal device of the third aspect, since the guide is provided in the cylindrical holder to suppress the movement of the continuous chit paper in the width direction, the continuous chit paper is provided in the width direction. Moving can be prevented.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention;
An embodiment will be described. First, the appearance of the portable information terminal will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes an information portable terminal device. On the surface of the housing 12 of the portable information terminal device 11, a touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 13, a cursor key unit 14, a ten key unit 15, and an execution key 16 are provided.

A pair of grips 17a and 17b are provided on both side surfaces of the housing 12.

A discharge port 18 is provided on the surface of the housing 12 for discharging a continuous slip sheet after the printing process.

A continuous slip sheet 21 is provided on the upper end face of the housing 12.
Is attached to the continuous slip holder 22 which is stored in a folded state. Here, the continuous slip sheet 21
Is folded as shown in FIG. 5 (A).
1 from the state in which the continuous chit paper 21 is superimposed on the base sheet 51 and the state in which the continuous chit paper 21 superimposed thereon is folded together as shown in FIG. Say. A thermal printer (not shown) is built inside the above-described discharge port 18. That is, the continuous chit paper 21 is taken into the housing 12 from a paper insertion port (not shown) provided on the side surface to which the continuous chit holder 22 is attached, and the continuous chit paper 21 is printed by the thermal printer. After
It is discharged from the discharge port 18.

FIG. 2 shows a state where the continuous slip holder 22 is opened. The continuous slip holder 22 includes a lower lid portion 31 and an upper lid portion 33 which is automatically and rotationally supported by a hinge 32 made of, for example, polypropylene with respect to the lower lid portion 31. The lower lid part 31 and the upper lid part 33 are formed of, for example, polycarbonate.

A plurality of beads 34 are provided on the lower cover 31 at predetermined intervals in the direction in which the paper 21 is discharged.

At the lower part of the lower cover 31, a continuous slip holder 2 is provided.
2 is provided with a flange (indicated by reference numeral 35 in FIG. 3). The flange 35 is fixed to the back surface of the housing 12 with a screw.

When the upper lid 33 and the lower lid 31 are closed, the claws 33a, 33 provided on both sides of the upper lid 33 are provided.
b are claw receiving portions 31a, 31 provided on both side surfaces of the lower lid portion 31;
b.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the portable information terminal device 11 shown in FIG. FIG. 3 illustrates two states, that is, a state in which the upper cover 33 is closed and a state in which the upper cover 33 is opened. As shown in FIG. 3, when the upper cover 33 is closed, the continuous slip sheet 21 is folded and stored in two. In this manner, by folding the continuous slip sheet 21 and storing it in the continuous slip holder 22, it is possible to prevent the continuous slip sheet 21 from being displaced in the holder 22 due to the repulsive force when the continuous slip sheet 21 is bent. Preventing. The slip sheet 21a inside the folded continuous slip sheet 21 is formed by a slit 2 formed in the lower lid 31.
2a, and through an insertion opening 12a provided in the housing 12, a predetermined item is printed by a built-in thermal printer (not shown). Then, the continuous slip sheet 21 after printing is discharged from the discharge port 18. Here, the height of the end of the bead 45 is determined by the slit 2
By setting the same height as that of 2a, the continuous slip sheet 21 can be easily inserted into the insertion slot 12a.

As described above, since the continuous chit holder 22 for accommodating the continuous chit paper 21 in a folded state is attached to the housing 12, the continuous chit paper 21 is rebounded when the continuous chit paper is folded. Can be fixed in the continuous slip holder 22. Therefore, even when the portable information terminal device 11 is used while walking or in a place where it vibrates, such as in a car, it is necessary to prevent the continuous slip form from being displaced due to the vibration and being unable to be printed at a regular position. Can be prevented.

Next, the structure of the continuous slip sheet 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. When the continuous chit sheet 21 is straightened, it is in a state as shown in FIG. This continuous slip sheet 21 is a continuous slip sheet of three copies. That is, three slip sheets 41, 42,... Are attached at predetermined intervals.

Then, when the continuous chit paper 21 shown in FIG. 4 is folded in a zigzag shape as shown in FIG. 5B and overlapped, the result becomes as shown in FIG. 5A. FIG.
In (A) and (B), 51 is a flexible backing paper.

In the first embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the width of the continuous slip sheet 21 is slightly smaller than the width of the continuous slip holder 22.

However, when the width of the continuous chit sheet 21 is significantly smaller than the width of the continuous chit holder 22, in order to prevent the continuous chit sheet 21 from rattling in the width direction, as shown in FIGS. Cylindrical C-shaped holder 61
Use

As shown in FIG. 7B, the cylindrical holder 61 has a C-shaped cross section and is formed of a flexible member. The cylindrical holder 61 is provided with a slit 62.

The continuous slip sheet 2 is placed in the cylindrical holder 61.
1, a side plate disc 63,
64 can be attached. That is, the side plate disk 6
Adjustment holes 63 for inserting screws
a and 64a are opened. Holes 61a and 61b are formed in the cylindrical holder 61 in the circumferential direction so as to align with the adjustment holes 63a and 64a. Then, the adjusting holes 63a, 64a and the holes 61a, 61b
Are pinned to fix the side plates 63 and 64 to the cylindrical holder 61.

Further, from each of the holes 61a and 61b,
On the circumferential surface of the holder 61 at a position near the end of the holder 61,
Holes 61c and 61d are respectively formed in the circumferential direction.

That is, the side plates 63 and 64 are
By attaching to the positions of c and 61d, FIG.
A wider continuous chit sheet 21 can be stored.

Here, when the continuous slip paper 21 is set in the holder 61, the width of the slit 62 is increased.

Then, the holder 61 is stored in the holder 22 as shown in FIG. 6 in a state where the continuous chit sheet 21 is set as shown in FIG. 7A. After the upper lid 33 is closed, the holder 22 is attached to the housing 12.

In the above-described embodiment, the cross section of the cylindrical holder 61 may be elliptical as long as the cross section is C-shaped.

[0032]

According to the portable information terminal device of the present invention, a continuous slip holder for storing the continuous slip sheet in a folded state is attached to the housing of the information portable terminal device. The continuous slip sheet can be fixed in the continuous slip holder by the repulsive force when the sheet is bent. Therefore, even when the portable information terminal device is used in a place where it vibrates, such as in a car, it is possible to prevent the continuous slip form from being displaced due to the vibration and being unable to print at a regular position. .

According to the portable information terminal device of the present invention, since the continuous chit sheet is stored in the cylindrical holder having the C-shaped cross section, the continuous chit sheet can be further fixed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the guide is provided in the cylindrical holder to suppress the movement of the continuous slip sheet in the width direction, the continuous slip sheet moves in the width direction. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an information portable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a continuous slip holder attached to the portable information terminal device of FIG. 1 is opened.

3 is a side view of the information terminal device shown in the perspective view of FIG. 2,

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state where a continuous slip sheet is spread.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a continuous slip sheet.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where a cylindrical holder having a C-shaped cross section is housed in a continuous slip holder.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a cylindrical holder having a C-shaped cross section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 ... case, 18 ... discharge port, 21 ... continuous slip paper, 22 ... continuous slip holder, 31 ... lower lid, 32 ... hinge, 33 ... upper lid, 35 ... flange, 61 ... cylindrical holder.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information portable terminal device for printing various data by using a continuous slip sheet, wherein a continuous slip holder for storing the continuous slip sheet in a folded state is attached to a housing of the information portable terminal. An information portable terminal device, wherein printing is performed on a continuous slip sheet taken out of a slip holder. 2. An information carrying device according to claim 1, further comprising a cylindrical holder having a C-shaped cross section for storing said continuous chit sheet, said cylindrical holder being capable of being stored in said continuous chit holder. Terminal device. 3. The information portable terminal device according to claim 2, wherein a guide for suppressing the widthwise movement of the continuous slip sheet can be mounted in the cylindrical holder.