JP2018065298A5

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Publication number: JP2018065298A5
Application number: JP2016205536A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2016-10-19
Publication date: 2019-07-25
Anticipated expiration: 2036-10-19

Description

本発明の一態様に係る印刷装置は、第１側面を含む第１側端領域と、前記第１側面と対向する第２側面を含む第２側端領域と、一端が前記第１側端領域に繋がり他端が前記第２側端領域に繋がっている第３側面を含む第３側端領域と、を有し、被印刷媒体を内蔵するカセットが収容される空間が形成されているカセット収容領域と、前記カセット収容領域を外部に露出させる開状態、又は、前記カセット収容領域を外部に露出させない閉状態、に設定される蓋部材と、を備え、前記カセットは、前記カセットの前記第１側端領域が一つの手の第１の指で支持され、前記第２側端領域が前記手の、前記第１の指と異なる第２の指で支持され、前記第３側端領域が前記手の、前記第１及び第２の指と異なる第３の指で支持されている状態で、前記カセット収容領域から取り出されるか、又は、前記カセット収容領域に収容され、前記カセット収容領域は、前記カセットが前記カセット収容領域に収容されている状態で、前記第１側端領域の少なくとも一部と前記カセット収容領域の内壁との間に、前記第１側端領域を支持している状態の第１の指が挿入可能な第１の空間と、前記カセット収容領域に前記カセットが収容されている状態で、前記第３側端領域の少なくとも一部と前記カセット収容領域の内壁との間に、前記第３側端領域を支持している状態の第３の指が挿入可能な第２の空間と、前記カセット収容領域に前記カセットが収容されていて、前記蓋部材が前記開状態に設定されている場合に、前記カセットの前記第２側端領域の少なくとも一部を外部に露出させて、前記第２側端領域を支持している状態の第２の指が挿入可能な空間を形成する開口領域と、を有する。 A printing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first side end area including a first side surface, a second side end area including a second side surface opposing the first side surface, and one end of the first side end area And a third side end area including a third side surface whose other end is connected to the second side end area, and a cassette accommodating space in which a cassette incorporating a print medium is formed is formed And a lid member set in an open state for exposing the cassette storage area to the outside, or a closed state in which the cassette storage area is not exposed to the outside, and the cassette includes the first part of the cassette The side end area is supported by a first finger of one hand, the second side area is supported by a second finger different from the first finger, and the third side area is Said hand being supported by a third finger different from said first and second fingers, The cassette storage area is taken out from the set storage area, or is stored in the cassette storage area, and the cassette storage area is at least a part of the first side end area in a state in which the cassette is stored in the cassette storage area. The cassette is accommodated in a first space, into which the first finger supporting the first side end area can be inserted, with the inner wall of the cassette accommodation area, and the cassette accommodation area. In the state, a second space in which the third finger supporting the third side end area can be inserted between at least a part of the third side end area and the inner wall of the cassette receiving area And, when the cassette is accommodated in the cassette accommodation area and the lid member is set in the open state, at least a part of the second side end area of the cassette is exposed to the outside. Said second It has an opening region where the second finger in a state of supporting the end regions form a possible insertion space, the.

Claims

A printing device,
A first side end region including a first side surface, a second side end region including a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and one end is connected to the first side end region, and the other end is the second side end region And a third side end area including a third side connected to the second side area, wherein a cassette accommodation area is formed in which a space for accommodating a cassette incorporating the print medium is formed.
A lid member set to an open state in which the cassette storage area is exposed to the outside, or a closed state in which the cassette storage area is not exposed to the outside;
Equipped with
In the cassette, the first side end area of the cassette is supported by a first finger of one hand, and the second side end area is supported by a second finger different from the first finger of the hand And the third side end area is removed from the cassette containing area with the third side end area supported by a third finger different from the first and second fingers, or the cassette containing area Housed in
The cassette accommodation area is a state in which the first side end area is interposed between at least a part of the first side end area and the inner wall of the cassette accommodation area in a state where the cassette is accommodated in the cassette accommodation area. A first space into which the first finger in a supported state can be inserted;
In a state in which the third side end region is supported between at least a part of the third side end region and the inner wall of the cassette receiving region while the cassette is stored in the cassette receiving region A second space into which the third finger can be inserted;
When the cassette is accommodated in the cassette accommodation area and the lid member is set to the open state, at least a part of the second side end area of the cassette is exposed to the outside, An open area forming a space into which the second finger supporting the two side end areas can be inserted;
Have.

In the printing device according to claim 1,
The opening area is a central area of the second side end area of the cassette in the thickness direction of the cassette, and an area from the central area of the second side end area in the thickness direction to the upper side It is formed in the shape exposed outside.

In the printing device according to claim 1 or 2,
The cassette accommodation area can accommodate any of a plurality of types of cassettes having different thicknesses of the cassettes,
Each of the plurality of types of cassettes is housed in the cassette housing area so that the center in the thickness direction of the cassette is at a constant position.

The printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The first space has a size such that the first finger can be inserted along the insertion direction of the cassette into the cassette storage area until it contacts the bottom surface of the cassette storage area.
The second space has a size that allows the third finger to be inserted along the insertion direction until it contacts the bottom surface of the cassette storage area.

In the printing device according to claim 4,
The distance in the first space between the first side and the inner wall of the cassette accommodation area along the direction orthogonal to the surface direction of the first side has a length of 2 cm or more ,
The distance between the third side surface and the inner wall of the cassette storage area in the second space along the direction orthogonal to the surface direction of the third side surface has a length of 1 cm or more ing.

In the printing device according to claim 1,
The cassette has an upper surface which is an upper side and a lower surface which is a lower side when the cassette is accommodated in the cassette accommodation area,
When the cassette stored in the cassette storage area is taken out of the cassette storage area:
The first space may support at least one of a portion of the lower surface of the cassette and a portion of the first side end region by the first finger inserted into the first space. It is formed in the size that enables it,
The second space may support at least one of a portion of the lower surface of the cassette and a portion of the third side end region by the third finger inserted in the second space. It is formed in the size that enables it,
The open area is sized to allow the second finger to support at least one of the lower surface of the cassette and the exposed second side end area. It is done.

In the printing device according to claim 1,
The cassette has an upper surface which is an upper side in a state of being accommodated in the cassette accommodation area,
In the open area, the cassette is accommodated in the cassette accommodation area, and the second side end area of the cassette is viewed from the outside along a direction along a surface of the upper surface of the cassette. Sometimes, the second side end area of the cassette is formed in a shape having a recess that exposes an area including a part of the center in the thickness direction of the cassette to the outside.

In the printing apparatus according to claim 7,
The lid member includes a convex portion formed to face the concave portion of the opening area,
When the lid member is set in the closed state, the convex portion fits into the concave portion in the opening region to close the opening region.

In the printing apparatus according to claim 8,
The first space is continuous with the second space to form an L-shaped space by the first and second spaces when viewed from the direction of accommodating the cassette to the cassette accommodation area. Is formed.

The printing apparatus according to claim 9 further includes:
A print head for printing on the print medium;
A conveyance roller configured to convey the print medium in a direction along the first side surface while sandwiching the print medium with the print head;
A discharge port for discharging the printing medium on which the printing has been performed by the print head to the outside;
Equipped with

In the printing device according to claim 10,
The second space of the cassette accommodation area is provided at a position opposite to the side where the discharge port is provided in the printing apparatus.

In the printing device according to claim 11,
The lid member is brought into the open state or the closed state by pivoting through a support shaft provided in the printing apparatus.
The support shaft is provided at a position outside the second space in the printing apparatus.

The printing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 12,
The discharge port is directed to the print medium in a direction in which the surface direction of the printing surface of the print medium on which printing is performed by the print head is orthogonal to the surface on which the printing apparatus is mounted. Discharge.

The printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13.
The lid member has a pressing portion configured to press the upper surface of the cassette stored in the cassette storage area in the closed state when the cassette is stored in the cassette storage area.