JP2003063098A - Printer mounting base with stacker mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer mounting base with a stacker mechanism, which allows a printing sheet to be received in a stable position, enables the easy recovery of the stacked printing sheets, and can be easily moved. SOLUTION: This printer mounting base 1 is composed of a base 2, the stacker mechanism 23 which is built in the base 2, and wheels 4 for moving the mounting base 1, which are provided under the base 2. Printing labels, which are discharged from a side surface of a label printer 5, are stacked on a stacker tray 17 in a cartridge 7 via a printing-sheet introducing part 3. The printing labels 15, which are accumulated on the stacker tray 17, are collectively held by the cartridge 7 so as to be taken out.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing apparatus stand, and more particularly to a cartridge and a stacker mechanism-equipped printing stand provided with a cartridge for facilitating removal of accumulated printing sheets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a paper collecting (hereinafter referred to as a stacker) mechanism in a printing apparatus typified by a conventional copying machine or printer, a separate stacker apparatus is provided on the front or side of the printing apparatus and is ejected from the printing apparatus. It is common to introduce the printed sheets into the stacker device and stack them on the stacker tray. A technique for stacking and collecting papers by sequentially moving the stacker tray downward in the vertical direction according to the stacking amount of printing papers is known from Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-217793.

[0003]

In these conventional printing devices, the separate stacker devices are simply installed side by side in the vicinity of the paper discharge port of the printing device, and the paper can be received at a stable position. It was difficult. Also,
These printing apparatuses are basically installed permanently and are not designed for portability, and a printing apparatus that can be easily relocated has been desired. The present invention has been made on the basis of the above-mentioned drawbacks. The purpose of the present invention is that the stacker mechanism can receive paper at a stable position, the stacked printing papers can be easily collected, and the transfer can be easily performed. It is to provide a printing device stand with a stacker mechanism that can be used.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention as set forth in claim 1 is provided with a base on which a printing apparatus can be placed, and a position which is incorporated in the base and faces the printing apparatus. And a stacker mechanism-equipped printing device stand including the stacker mechanism and the wheels provided on the base. According to the present invention, by incorporating the stacker in the printing apparatus stand, it is possible to always receive the paper at a stable position, and the wheels provided on the base facilitate the movement.

Further, the stacker mechanism is characterized in that the cartridge for collecting the printing paper is detachable from the printing apparatus stand, so that the paper can be easily taken out after printing.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a printing apparatus mount with a stacker mechanism according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings by using a label printer as a printing apparatus.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic structure of a printing apparatus stand 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The printing device stand 1 includes a base 2, a stacker mechanism 23 incorporated in the base 2, and a base 2
It is composed of wheels 4 for moving the printing device stand provided at the bottom. A label printer 5 is mounted on the rear of the upper part of the printing apparatus stand 1 in the vicinity of a print paper introducing section 3 provided so as to project upward from the base 2, and a print label discharge port 6 provided on the front upper part of the label printer 5. Is the printer stand 1
It is positioned in the vicinity of the printing paper introducing section 3 provided above. Further, in front of the printing apparatus stand 1, there is provided a stacker mechanism 23 including a printing paper introducing section 3, a cartridge 7, and an operation section 31 having a collecting button 30 and displaying a stacker status by a lamp 32.

In FIG. 2, the cartridge 7 has bottom surfaces 8 and 3
It is composed of a side wall 9 of the side surface and a handle 10 provided on the upper end of the side wall 9 for facilitating holding of the cartridge 7, and a guide groove which is tapered downward at the lower part of the side wall 9 of the side surface. 11 is formed. The bottom surface 8 is cut into a shape that does not interfere with the stacker tray 17 described later.
a is formed.

In FIG. 3, the cartridge 7 is held by a cartridge receiver 12 that opens and closes to a certain angle by drawing an arc from the front of the printing apparatus mounting base 1, and the lower portion thereof is housed in the housing of the printing apparatus mounting base 1.

Next, the path of the printing paper will be described in detail. The print label 15 discharged from the label printer 5 is discharged from the print label discharge port 6 and then introduced into the print sheet introducing section 3 provided on the printing apparatus stand 1. Printed label 15
Roller 16 for introducing the label from the label printer 5
Is provided on the upper part of the printing paper introducing section 3, and the introducing roller 1
The print label 15 guided to 6 is discharged from the cartridge 7 side provided on the opposite side of the label printer 5. A stacker tray 17 that vertically moves up and down the inside of the cartridge 7 is provided below the printing paper introducing section 3. A printed label 15 is provided on the top of the stacker tray 17.
Are stacked and accumulated as the printed label aggregate 15a. This stacker tray 17 has its base part as a base 2
It is fixed to a timing belt 20 driven by a drive motor 19 provided therein and is guided by a guide (not shown) to be vertically spaced from the center of the front face of the print sheet introducing section 3 on the cartridge 7 side in FIG. It vertically moves up and down along the provided slots 18, 18.

An optical sensor 21 provided below the introducing roller 16 on the cartridge side detects the stacking state of the print label stack 15a on the stacker tray 17, and the drive motor 1
The integrated information is transmitted to the control unit 22 having a speaker in the vicinity of 9, and the rotation signal of the drive motor 19 is transmitted from this control unit 22.

As shown in FIG. 4, a height adjusting mechanism of a table 28 using a nut 26 and a screw 27 is provided at a portion on which the leg portion 25 of the label printer 5 of the printer stand 1 is mounted, so that the arrow C The height of the label printer 5 can be adjusted in any direction.

The operation of the printing apparatus stand 1 configured as described above will be described. In order to store the cartridge 7 in the printing device stand 1, in FIG. 1, the cartridge receiver 12 is opened from the front of the printing device stand 1 to the front and the cartridge receiver 12 is opened.
After inserting the guide groove 11 of the cartridge 7 along the guide 13 provided therein, the cartridge 7 is housed in the printing apparatus mount 1 together with the cartridge receiver 12. The guide groove 11 of the cartridge 7 is tapered downward so that it can be easily inserted into the printer installation base 1.

In FIG. 3, when the print label 15 on which print information is printed is cut at a predetermined interval by a cutting device (not shown) provided inside the label printer 5, and discharged from the print label discharge port 6 of the label printer 5. From the label printer 5 side of the printing paper introducing section 3, the sheet is inserted into the introducing roller 16 and guided, and is ejected from the cartridge 7 side.

The print labels 15 discharged from the introduction roller 16 are sequentially stacked on the stacker tray 17 and accumulated as a print label stack 15a. When the print label stacks 15a are stacked over a certain amount, the optical sensor 21 senses them and transmits information to the control unit 22 provided under the introduction roller 16, and the control unit 22 causes the drive motor 19 to move clockwise (arrow A). ) Give a rotation instruction. Drive motor 1
The timing belt 20 rotates (arrow B) with the rotation of 9, and the stacker tray 17 lowers its position vertically downward. It should be noted that this drop amount may be a minute distance in accordance with the accumulated amount of the print label stack 15a, and if the drop amount is too large, there is a problem that the print label 15 is turned over when it is stacked on the top of the print label stack 15a. Because it occurs, 5
It is preferably about 6 mm.

From the above, the stacker tray 17 is moved down by a small amount in the vertical direction according to the stacking amount of the print label stacks 15a stacked on the stacker tray 17, so that the stacking of the print label stacks 15a with the introducing roller 16 becomes the maximum. The stack position with the upper surface is kept substantially constant, and the print labels 15 discharged from the introduction roller 16 are smoothly accumulated on the stacker tray 17.

Since the upper surface of the stacker tray 17 comes into contact with the bottom surface 8 of the cartridge 7, the stacking amount becomes the limit, and a warning sound from the control unit 22 and the printing apparatus stand 1 are provided.
A warning lamp indicating the limit of the stack amount is displayed blinking on the operation unit 31 of. It should be noted that the stacker tray 17 at the time of blinking the warning lamp that displays the stacking amount limit is desirably located at a position higher than the upper surface of the bottom surface 8.
A position elevated by about mm is preferable.

Next, an example of a collecting operation of the printed label stack 15a stacked on the stacker tray 17 will be shown below. First, by pressing the recovery button 30 provided on the operation unit 31, an instruction to rotate in the direction of arrow A is transmitted from the control unit 22 to the drive motor, and the stacker tray 17 is lowered to the lowermost end. At the bottom end, the top surface of the stacker tray 17 is located lower than the bottom surface 8 of the cartridge 7. As a result, the print label stack 15a stacked on the stacker tray 17
After the cartridge 7 is placed on the bottom surface 8 of the cartridge 7, the cartridge 7 on the printing apparatus stand may be temporarily pulled out together with the cartridge receiver 12 and tilted, and the cartridge 7 may be pulled out upward along the guide 13. As a result, the printed label aggregates 15a can be taken out while being collectively held in the cartridge 7, so that the order is not misaligned.

Further, when the printing apparatus is relocated, the wheels provided on the lower portion of the printing apparatus stand can easily move the printing apparatus stand together.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a height adjusting mechanism for the table 28 is provided by a nut 26 and a screw 27, so that the height can be adjusted in the direction of arrow C and the position of the printing paper discharge port 6 is different. It can also be used with a wide variety of label printers.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and by replacing the label printer 5 with a printing device such as a printer, a large-capacity stacking mechanism that can be easily relocated at home can be introduced. . Further, by providing a drive motor for driving the introducing roller 16 in the vicinity of the print paper introducing section 3, the print label 15 may be reliably guided to the stacker tray 17 by the introducing roller 16.

Further, the stacker tray 17 and the drive motor 1
9. By omitting the timing belt 20 and the like, the vertical thickness of the base 2 can be reduced and the weight can be reduced. In this case, since the introduction roller 16 and the bottom surface 8 of the cartridge 7 are close to each other, it is not possible to increase the capacity, but the print labels 15 can be stacked on the bottom surface 8 in order without disturbing the stacking.

[0023]

As described above, according to the printing apparatus stand with the stacker mechanism according to the present invention, the stacker mechanism is provided in the printing apparatus stand, and the accumulated print sheets can be collected collectively by the removable cartridge. By doing so, it is possible to always receive the paper at a stable position, and it is possible to easily take out a large number of stacked printing papers. Further, since the printing device is installed on the printing device stand, a wide variety of printing devices such as a printer can be used.
Further, the wheels provided at the bottom of the printing apparatus stand allow the printing apparatus to move.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a printing device stand with a stacker mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a structure of a cartridge of a printing apparatus stand with a stacker mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the configuration of a printing device stand with a stacker mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a height adjusting mechanism of the printing device of the printing device stand with the stacker mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Printer stand, 2 ... Base, 4 ... Wheels, 5 ... Label printer, 7 ... Cartridge, 15 ... Printed label, 15
a ... Printed label stack, 17 ... Stacker tray, 23 ...
Stacker mechanism

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A printing device with a stacker mechanism comprising a base on which a printing device can be placed, a stacker mechanism incorporated in the base at a position facing the printing device, and wheels provided on the base. Table. 2. The stacker mechanism-equipped printing device stand according to claim 1, wherein the stacker mechanism is configured such that a cartridge for collecting printing paper is detachable from the printing device stand.