JP2011136420A - Printer apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer apparatus which enables easy removal of printed matter even when the printed matter discharged from a printer is caught in a discharge path extending to a stacker. <P>SOLUTION: The printer apparatus 10 includes a main box 11, an opening and closing door 15 which is set freely rotatably to the main box 11 to open and close an opening surface 11a, and one or more printers 12 and 13 arranged in an up-down direction in the main box 11. A discharge box 20 with the discharge path 28 which communicates with discharge openings 12a and 13a of respective printers 12 and 13 is provided at a rear surface of the opening and closing door 15. The discharge box 20 is provided freely rotatably to the rear surface of the opening and closing door 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printer apparatus having a plurality of printers for printing photographs to produce photographic prints, and more particularly to a printer apparatus that can smoothly discharge photographic prints.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, printer apparatuses that have a plurality of printers are known as printer apparatuses that print a photograph to produce a photographic print. In such a printer apparatus, photographic prints discharged from each printer are guided to the same stacker and accumulated in the stacker.

  However, in a printer apparatus having a plurality of printers, photographic prints discharged from each printer may be caught in the middle of the discharge path, and in this case, the photographic prints caught in the middle of the discharge path should be removed. May be difficult.

JP 2005-111893 A JP 2006-1694 A

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and in a printer apparatus having a plurality of printers, when a photographic print discharged from each printer is caught in the discharge path to the stacker, It is an object of the present invention to provide a printer apparatus which can easily remove the caught photo print.

  The present invention relates to a printer device for obtaining printed matter, a main box having an opened opening surface, an opening / closing door that is rotatably provided to the main box via a first hinge portion, and opens and closes the opening surface; Are provided on the back surface of the opening / closing door and communicated with the discharge ports of the upper printer and the lower printer, respectively. And a discharge box having a discharge path. The discharge box is rotatably provided on the back surface of the open / close door via a second hinge portion.

  The present invention is a printer apparatus characterized in that an upper printer discharge port and a lower printer discharge port have mutually different arrangement positions along a discharge direction of a printed matter.

  In the present invention, an upper printer and a stacker for collecting printed matter discharged from the lower printer are provided below the discharge path of the discharge box, and the upper portion from the discharge port of the upper printer to the stacker is provided in the discharge path. 1. A printer apparatus comprising: a first guide plate that forms a printer discharge path; and a second guide plate that forms a lower printer discharge path from a lower printer discharge port to a stacker. It is.

  The present invention is the printer device characterized in that the stacker is located in the lower side of the discharge path and on the front side in the discharge direction of the printed matter.

  The present invention is the printer device characterized in that the stacker is located in the lower side of the discharge path and on the rear side in the discharge direction of the printed matter.

  The present invention is characterized in that the first guide plate and the second guide plate in the discharge path reversely guide the printed matter discharged from the upper printer discharge port and the lower printer discharge port to the stacker. A printer device.

  The present invention is characterized in that the first guide plate and the second guide plate in the discharge path guide the printed matter discharged from the discharge port of the upper printer and the discharge port of the lower printer to the stacker in the same direction. The printer device.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when the printed matter is caught in the discharge path of the discharge box and does not reach the stacker, the opening / closing door is rotated with respect to the main box to open the opening surface of the main box. . Next, the discharge box provided on the back of the door is rotated to expose the opening on the door side of the discharge box to the outside, and the printed matter caught in the discharge path of the discharge box from the opening of the discharge box Can be easily removed.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which an opening / closing door is opened in a first embodiment of a printer apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view showing an opening / closing door and a discharging box in a state where the discharging box is further rotated from the state where the opening / closing door of FIG. 1 is opened in the first embodiment of the printer apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which the door is closed in the first embodiment of the printer apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 4A is a side view showing a discharge path for photographic prints discharged from the upper printer of the printer apparatus, and FIG. 4B is a front view thereof. FIG. 5A is a side view showing a discharge path for photographic prints discharged from the lower printer of the printer apparatus, and FIG. 5B is a front view thereof. FIG. 6A is a side view showing the operation of the second embodiment of the printer apparatus, and FIG. 6B is a front view thereof. 7A is a side view showing the operation of the second embodiment of the printer apparatus, and FIG. 7B is a front view thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS First Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 are views showing a first embodiment of a printer apparatus according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the entire printer apparatus with an open / close door, and FIG. 3 is a view showing the door and the discharge box, FIG. 3 is a view showing the entire printer apparatus with the open / close door closed, FIG. 4A is a side view showing the operation of the printer apparatus, and FIG. 4B is an operation of the printer apparatus. FIG. 5A is a side view showing the operation of the printer device, and FIG. 5B is a side view showing the operation of the printer device.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the printer device 10 is provided with a main box 11 having an opened opening surface 11 a, and the main box 11 is rotatably provided via a first hinge portion 16 to open and close the opening surface 11 a. An openable / closable door 15 that freely covers, and an upper printer (upper printer) 12 and a lower printer (lower printer) 13 that are arranged in the main box 11 in the vertical direction are provided.

  A PC 30 for driving and controlling the upper printer 12 and the lower printer 13 is installed on the main box 11, and each of the upper printer 12 and the lower printer 13 has discharge ports 12a and 13a facing the opening surface 11a. is doing.

  That is, the upper printer 12 and the lower printer 13 print a photograph to produce a photographic print 1, and the photographic print 1 produced by the upper printer 12 and the lower printer 13 is discharged from the respective discharge ports 12 a and 13 a. The

  Here, the photographic print 1 has a base material 3 and a printing surface 2 provided on the base material 3.

  A discharge box 20 is provided on the rear surface of the open / close door 15 to form a discharge path 28 that communicates with the discharge port 12 a of the upper printer 12 and the discharge port 13 a of the lower printer 13. Further, the discharge box 20 is provided on the back surface of the open / close door 15 so as to be rotatable via the second hinge portion 17. Further, the open / close door 15 has an acrylic window 15a through which the inside of the discharge box 20 can be observed through the opening 20a. When the door 15 is opened and the discharge box 20 is rotated and opened with respect to the door 15, an operator can insert a hand into the discharge box 20 from the opening 20 a on the door 15 side.

  Next, referring to FIGS. 4A and 4B and FIGS. 5A and 5B, the structure inside the discharge box 20 will be described in detail.

  4 (a), 4 (b) and 5 (a), 5 (b), the upper printer 12 and the lower printer 13 are built in the main box 11, but FIG. 4 (a) (b) and FIG. a) The main box 11 is omitted for convenience in (b).

  As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B and FIGS. 5A and 5B, the discharge port 12a of the upper printer 12 and the discharge port 13a of the lower printer 13 are arranged on a plane (arrangement seen from above). The positions are different from each other along the discharge direction of the photographic printed matter 1 (the right direction in FIGS. 4A and 5A). That is, the discharge port 12a of the upper printer 12 is positioned in front of the discharge port 13a of the lower printer 13 in the discharge direction of the photographic print 1.

  A stacker 21 for collecting the photographic prints 1 discharged from the discharge ports 12a and 13a of the upper printer 12 and the lower printer 13 is provided below the discharge path 28 of the discharge box 20.

  Further, the discharge path 28 of the discharge box 20 includes an upper printer discharge path 28a from the discharge port 12a of the upper printer 12 to the stacker 21 and a lower printer discharge path 28b from the discharge port 13a of the lower printer 13 to the stacker 21. Have. In this case, the upper printer discharge path 28 a is formed by guide plates 22 a and 22 b and a reversing plate 22 c provided in the discharge box 20. These guide plates 22a, 22b and the reversing plate 22c constitute first guide plates 22a, 22b, 22c. The lower printer discharge path 28 b is formed by a second guide plate (reversing plate) 23 a provided in the discharge box 20.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the photographic print 1 discharged from the discharge port 12a of the upper printer 12 is discharged with its printing surface 2 facing upward, and passes through the guide plates 22a and 22b. The reversal plate 22c is reached. The photographic print 1 is reversed by the reversing plate 22c, and the photographic print 1 is accumulated on the stacker 21 with the printing surface 2 facing downward.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the photographic print 1 discharged from the discharge port 13a of the lower printer 13 is discharged with its printing surface 2 facing upward, and the second guide plate (reversing plate). Inverted by 23a. In this way, the photographic print 1 is accumulated on the stacker 21 with the printing surface 2 facing downward.

  As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B and FIGS. 5A and 5B, the stacker 21 is located behind the discharge direction of the photographic print 1 in the discharge path 28 (upper printer 12 and lower printer 13 side). Is arranged.

  By the way, the discharge box 20, the guide plates 22a and 22b, the reversing plate 22c, and the reversing plate 23a are all made of a rust-resistant metal such as stainless steel. In particular, the guide plates 22a and 22b, the reversing plate 22c, and the reversing plate 23a are made of a stainless steel plate and a fluorine-based sheet attached on the stainless steel plate from the viewpoint of preventing the printed matter from being scratched and preventing the printed matter from being caught. It is made up of.

  Thus, by providing the upper printer discharge path 28a and the lower printer method discharge path 28b in the discharge box 20, the photographic print 1 from the upper printer 12 and the photographic print 1 from the lower printer 13 are separated. It is possible to prevent the jamming of the photographic print 1 due to mixing.

  In addition, a single stacker 21 is provided below the discharge path 28 of the discharge box 20. By providing the single stacker 21 in this way, the stacker for the upper printer 12 and the lower stacker 13 are provided. Compared with the case where a plurality of stackers are provided, the operator only has to take out the photographic print 1 from the single stacker 21, so that it is possible to reliably prevent forgetting to take out the photographic print 1.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.

  When the photographic print 1 is produced by the printer device 10, the upper printer 12 or the lower printer 13 is used under desired conditions.

  The photographic print 1 produced by the upper printer 12 is discharged from the discharge port 12a with the printing surface 2 facing upward, and is formed in the discharge box 20 by the first guide plates 22a, 22b, 22c. It falls through the discharge path 28a (FIG. 4).

  In this case, first, the photographic print 1 falls along the guide plates 22a and 22b, and then reaches the reversing plate 22c. The photographic print 1 is reversed by the reversing plate 22c and accumulated on the stacker 21 with the printing surface 2 facing downward.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the photographic print 1 produced by the lower printer 13 is discharged from the discharge port 13 a with the printing surface 2 facing upward, and in the discharge box 20 by the second guide plate 23 a. Inverted and accumulated on the stacker 21 with the printing surface 2 facing downward.

  During this time, when the photographic print 1 is caught in the discharge path 28 of the discharge box 20 and does not reach the stacker 21, the open / close door 15 is opened from the main box 11 and the opening surface 11 a of the main box 11 is opened.

  Next, the discharge box 20 on the back surface of the door 15 is rotated to expose the opening 20a on the door 15 side of the discharge box 20 to the outside (see FIG. 2).

  In this state, when the operator inserts his hand into the discharge box 20 from the opening 20a, the photographic print 1 caught from the discharge path 28 of the discharge box 20 can be easily and reliably pulled out.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which the upper printer 12 and the lower printer 13 are arranged in the main box 11 is shown. However, the number of the printers 12 and 13 is not limited to two, but three in the vertical direction are four. A stand may be provided, and a discharge path corresponding to each printer may be provided in the discharge box 20. Moreover, although the example which produces the photographic printed matter 1 with the printer apparatus 10 was shown, you may produce another printed matter not only with this but the printer apparatus 10. FIG.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the printer apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b) and FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b).

  The second embodiment shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B and FIGS. 7A and 7B only differs in the structure inside the discharge box 20, and the other parts are the same as those shown in FIGS. ) Substantially the same as the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  In the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B and FIGS. 7A and 7B, the same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5A and 5B are shown. Are denoted by the same reference numerals and will not be described in detail.

  First, referring to FIGS. 6A and 6B and FIGS. 7A and 7B, the structure inside the discharge box 20 in the second embodiment will be described in detail.

  6 (a), 6 (b) and 7 (a), 7 (b), the upper printer 12 and the lower printer 13 are built in the main box 11. However, FIGS. a) The main box 11 is omitted for convenience in (b).

  As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B and FIGS. 7A and 7B, the discharge port 12a of the upper printer 12 and the discharge port 13a of the lower printer 13 are arranged on a plane (arrangement seen from above). The position) is almost the same.

  A stacker 21 for collecting the photographic prints 1 discharged from the discharge ports 12a and 13a of the upper printer 12 and the lower printer 13 is provided below the discharge path 28 of the discharge box 20.

  Further, the discharge path 28 of the discharge box 20 includes an upper printer discharge path 28a from the discharge port 12a of the upper printer 12 to the stacker 21 and a lower printer discharge path 28b from the discharge port 13a of the lower printer 13 to the stacker 21. Have. In this case, the upper printer discharge path 28 is formed by guide plates 22 a and 22 b provided in the discharge box 20. These guide plates 22a and 22b constitute first guide plates 22a and 22b.

  The guide plate 22b also functions as a second guide plate 22b that defines the upper limit of the lower printer discharge path 28b.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), the photographic print 1 discharged from the discharge port 12a of the upper printer 12 is discharged with its printing surface 2 facing upward, and passes through the guide plates 22a and 22b. Led up to. The photographic printed matter 1 is accumulated on the stacker 21 with the printing surface 2 facing upward.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the photographic print 1 discharged from the discharge port 13a of the lower printer 13 is discharged with its printing surface 2 facing upward, and jumps upward by the guide plate 22b. In this way, the photographic print 1 is accumulated on the stacker 21 with the printing surface 2 facing upward.

  6A, 6B and 7A, 7B, the stacker 21 is disposed in the discharge path 28 on the front side in the discharge direction of the photographic print 1. Further, a guard 25 for preventing the photographic print 1 from popping out is provided further forward in the stacking direction of the photographic print 1 from the stacker 21.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.

  When the photographic print 1 is produced by the printer device 10, the upper printer 12 or the lower printer 13 is used under desired conditions.

  The photographic print 1 produced by the upper printer 12 is discharged from the discharge port 12a with the printing surface 2 facing upward, and is formed in the discharge box 20 by the first guide plates 22a and 22b. It falls through 28a (FIGS. 6A and 6B).

  Thereafter, the photographic print 1 is accumulated on the stacker 21 with the printing surface 2 facing upward.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the photographic print 1 produced by the lower printer 13 is discharged from the discharge port 13a with the printing surface 2 facing upward, and in the discharge box 20, The guide plate 22b prevents the pop-up from protruding upward, and the sheet is accumulated on the stacker 29 with the printing surface 2 facing upward.

  During this time, when the photographic print 1 is caught in the discharge path 28 of the discharge box 20 and does not reach the stacker 29, the opening / closing door 15 is opened from the main box 11, and the opening surface 11a of the main box 11 is opened.

  Next, the discharge box 20 on the back surface of the door 15 is rotated to expose the opening 20a on the door 15 side of the discharge box 20 to the outside (see FIG. 2).

  In this state, when the operator inserts his hand into the discharge box 20 from the opening 20a, the photographic print 1 caught from the discharge path 28 of the discharge box 20 can be easily and reliably pulled out.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photo printed matter 2 Printing surface 3 Base material 10 Printer apparatus 11 Main box 12 Upper printer 13 Lower printer 15 Opening / closing door 20 Discharge box 21 Stacker 22, 22b Guide plate 22c Inversion plate 23a Guide plate 25 Guard

Claims (7)

In a printer device for obtaining printed matter,
A main box having an open aperture surface;
An open / close door provided in the main box so as to be rotatable via the first hinge part, and opening and closing the opening surface;
At least a pair of printers arranged vertically in the main box, each having a discharge port facing the opening surface;
A discharge box provided on the back surface of the open / close door and having a discharge path communicating with the discharge port of each of the upper printer and the lower printer;
A printer apparatus, wherein the discharge box is rotatably provided on the back surface of the open / close door via a second hinge portion.   2. The printer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the upper printer discharge port and the lower printer discharge port have different positions on the plane along the discharge direction of the printed matter. A stacker for collecting printed matter discharged from the upper printer and the lower printer is provided below the discharge path of the discharge box,
A first guide plate for forming an upper printer discharge path from the upper printer discharge port to the stacker and a lower printer discharge path from the lower printer discharge port to the stacker are formed in the discharge path. The printer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein two guide plates are provided.   4. The printer apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the stacker is located in the lower part of the discharge path and on the front side in the discharge direction of the printed matter.   4. The printer apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the stacker is located below the discharge path and on the rear side in the discharge direction of the printed matter.   The first guide plate and the second guide plate in the discharge path reversely guide the printed matter discharged from the discharge port of the upper printer and the discharge port of the lower printer to the stacker. The printer device described.   The first guide plate and the second guide plate in the discharge path guide the printed matter discharged from the discharge port of the upper printer and the discharge port of the lower printer to the stacker in the same direction. 3. The printer device according to 3.

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