JP3220536U - inkjet printer - Google Patents

Abstract

An inkjet printer capable of printing from a sheet-like recording medium to a three-dimensional recording medium is provided. When printing on a box-shaped recording medium, the box-shaped recording medium is placed in a state where the lifting platform 4 reaches the lowest point, and vertical and horizontal ruled lines 6a and 6b indicating a printing range 6 are provided. As a guideline, visually locate the part you want to print. Then, the elevator 4 is raised, and the height is adjusted with the scale 5 as a guide so that the space from the lower surface of the ink head to the printing surface of the box-shaped recording medium becomes a predetermined space, and printing operation is performed from the touch panel 2a. Do. Further, when printing on various types of sheet-like recording media, it is possible to perform printing by placing a stage with a guide on the lifting platform 4. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an ink jet printer capable of printing from a sheet-like recording paper to a box-shaped three-dimensional object.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a paper feeding unit capable of placing a plurality of recording media on top of each other is detachably attached to a printer main body, and an elevating mechanism capable of raising and lowering these recording media, and a recording medium raised by the elevating mechanism. 2. Description of the Related Art A printer having a conveying unit that carries out in a predetermined direction is known (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-214277 A

  However, in the printer described in Patent Document 1, a recording medium loaded on a bottom plate is raised by an elevating mechanism and conveyed in a predetermined direction by a conveying roller. It wasn't something to do.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an ink jet printer capable of printing from a sheet-like recording medium to a three-dimensional recording medium.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an ink jet printer according to claim 1 includes a printer main body including an ink head for printing on a recording medium, a portal base that supports the printer main body, and the base The elevator is detachably mounted on the elevator, and the elevator can be moved up and down by rotating a handle provided on the elevator.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the ink jet printer according to claim 2 is configured such that a stage with guide for positioning a recording medium is detachably mounted on the lifting platform.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the ink jet printer according to claim 3 is provided with a scale on the base so that a distance between the ink head and the lift or the stage with guide can be visually recognized. Is.

  The ink jet printer according to claim 1 is mounted on a printer main body including an ink head for printing on a recording medium, a portal base that supports the printer main body, and a removable base on the base. The elevator can be raised and lowered by rotating the elevator and the handle provided on the elevator, so that it is possible to print on three-dimensional recording media of various heights.

  In the ink jet printer according to claim 2, since a stage with a guide for positioning the recording medium is detachably mounted on the lifting platform, the sheet-like recording medium can be easily positioned, and the printing range is accurate. Can be printed on. It is also possible to easily switch from sheet-like recording medium to printing on a three-dimensional recording medium.

  Further, in the ink jet printer according to claim 3, since the scale is provided on the base so that the distance between the ink head and the lift base or the stage with guide can be visually recognized, various sheet-like thicknesses are provided. The distance from the ink head can be easily adjusted even with recording media having different heights or recording media having various three-dimensional heights.

1 is an overall perspective view of a printer main body and a base of an inkjet printer according to the present invention. It is a whole perspective view of the raising / lowering stand of the state which was mounted in the base of the inkjet printer which concerns on this invention, and reached | attained the lowest point. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a single unit in a state where a lifting platform placed on the base of the inkjet printer according to the present invention has reached the highest point. It is a whole perspective view of the state where the stage with a guide was further mounted in the raising / lowering base of the state which was mounted in the base of the inkjet printer which concerns on this invention, and reached the lowest point. It is a perspective view of the single stage of the stage with a guide further mounted in the raising / lowering base mounted in the base of the inkjet printer which concerns on this invention.

  In the following examples, an ink jet printer according to the present invention will be described in detail. In addition, about this invention, it is not limited only to detailed description of an Example, In the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, it can change suitably.

  FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a printer body and a base of an ink jet printer according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the lifting platform placed on the base of the ink jet printer according to the present invention and reaching the lowest point. In FIG. 1, the base 3 is composed of a base plate 3c and side frames 3a and 3b on both sides which are integrally provided upright from the base plate 3c, and the printer body 2 is supported by the side frames 3a and 3b on both sides. As described above, the ink jet printer 1 basically includes the printer main body 2 and the base 3.

  FIG. 2 shows a state where the lifting platform 4 is detachably mounted on the base plate 3c and the lifting platform 4 reaches the lowest point. Further, a scale 5 is attached to the left side frame 3a in the width direction, and the distance from the lower surface of the ink head (not shown) contained in the printer body 2 to the upper surface of the top plate 4d of the lifting platform 4 Is easily visible.

  Vertical and horizontal ruled lines 6 a and 6 b indicating the printing range 6 are formed on the upper surface of the elevator 4, while diagonal lines are formed in the printing range 6 so that it can be easily seen visually. The ink head is included in the printer main body 2 and is scanned in the width direction of the printer main body 2.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a single unit in a state in which the lifting platform placed on the base of the inkjet printer according to the present invention has reached the highest point. The handle 7 is formed integrally with a concentrically extending rotating shaft 8, and a right screw 8 a is formed on the front side (handle 7 side) of the rotating shaft 8, while the rear side (back side on the handle 7 side) is formed. A left screw 8b is formed, which is a reverse screw at the front and rear of the rotating shaft 8 and is screwed to the front and rear connecting rods 10, respectively. The front and rear connecting rods 10 are pivotally attached to the end portions of the link plates 9 provided on the inner and outer sides of the left and right sides in the width direction, and the respective link plates 9 can rotate around the connecting rod 10. It is like that.

  The support shafts 12 are pivotally mounted in the upper and lower stages at the center of each link plate 9, and each link plate 9 rotates around the support shaft 12. Further, a connecting rod 11 is pivotally attached to the other end of each link plate 9 so that each link plate 9 can be rotated around the connecting rod 11. On the other hand, side frames 4b are erected in a conical shape from both sides in the width direction of the bottom plate 4a. On the other hand, side frames 4c are suspended from both sides in the width direction of the top plate 4d in a cono-shape.

  A connecting rod 11 at the rear of the upper and lower stages (back side on the handle 7 side) is pivotally attached to the side frames 4b and 4c on both sides in the width direction, while the connecting rod 11 at the front of the upper and lower stages (handle 7 side). A long hole 4e is formed in front of the side frames 4b and the side frames 4c (on the side of the handle 7) so as to come into sliding contact with each other.

  Next, the operation of lowering the lifting platform will be described with reference to FIG. When the elevator 4 is lowered from the state where it reaches the uppermost point as shown in FIG. 3, first, the handle 7 is rotated clockwise. Then, the front connecting rod 10 screwed to the right screw 8a horizontally moves forward, and the rear connecting rod 10 screwed to the left screw 8b horizontally moves rearward. Then, the link plate 9 on which the connecting rods 10 and 11 are pivoted rotates in a direction in which the link plate 9 is folded around the support shaft 12, and the upper and lower connecting rods 11 are connected to the side frames 4b and 4c on both sides. While sliding in contact with the long hole 4e, it moves horizontally forward, and the top plate 4d always descends while maintaining the horizontal state. When the link mechanism is configured in this way and the top plate 4d is gradually lowered, the respective upper and lower link plates 9 on both sides in the width direction are folded and brought into contact with each other at the lowest point. It reaches the state reached. This state is shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when the elevator 4 is raised from the state where it reaches the lowest point as shown in FIG. 2, the handle 7 is rotated counterclockwise. Then, the front connecting rod 10 screwed to the right screw 8a horizontally moves backward, and the rear connecting rod 10 screwed to the left screw 8b horizontally moves forward. Then, the upper and lower link plates 9 inside and outside on both sides in the width direction folded by the link mechanism rotate in a direction to rise around the support shaft 12, and the connecting rods 11 at the front of the upper and lower steps are connected to the side frames on both sides. 4b and horizontally move backward while making sliding contact with the long holes 4e of the side frames 4c, and the top plate 4d always rises while maintaining the horizontal state.

  As the top plate 4d gradually rises, the upper and lower link plates 9 on both sides in the width direction rise, and the top plate 4d comes into contact with the lower surface of the printer body 2 and reaches the uppermost point. It becomes. This state is shown as a single lifting platform 4 in FIG.

  Here, a case where printing is performed on a three-dimensional box-shaped recording medium will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, a box-shaped recording medium is placed with the elevator 4 reaching the lowest point, and a position to be printed is visually positioned using the vertical and horizontal ruled lines 6 a and 6 b indicating the printing range 6 as a guide. . Then, the handle 7 is rotated counterclockwise to raise the top plate 4d, and the height is adjusted using the scale 5 as a guide so that a predetermined space is obtained from the lower surface of the ink head to the printing surface of the box-shaped recording medium. Then, a printing operation is performed from the touch panel 2a. When printing is completed, the handle 7 is rotated clockwise to lower the elevator 4 to a state where it reaches the lowest point as shown in FIG. 2, and the box-shaped recording medium is taken out.

  FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view of a state in which a guided stage is further placed on a lifting platform placed on the base of the ink jet printer according to the present invention and reaching the lowest point. When printing on various types of bag-like recording media and sheet-like recording media, a stage 13 with a guide that is further detachable is placed on the lifting platform 4. This state is shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a single stage of the stage with guide further placed on the lifting platform placed on the base of the inkjet printer according to the present invention. In FIG. 5, a positioning guide 14 in the width direction for positioning the recording medium W in the width direction is provided so as to be slidable in the width direction. On the other hand, a longitudinal positioning guide 15 for positioning the recording medium W in the longitudinal direction is provided so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction by a feed screw 18 when the knob 17 is rotated forward and backward.

  When printing on the sheet-like recording medium W, the widthwise positioning guide 14 is brought into contact with the recording medium W so as to match the printing position with the printing range, and then the widthwise positioning is performed, and then the rearward in the longitudinal direction. The lock lever 16 is pushed in and locked. On the contrary, when the lock lever 16 is pulled back, the lock is released, and the positioning guide 14 in the width direction moves slidably in the width direction. Next, the knob 17 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the longitudinal positioning guide 15 is brought into contact with the recording medium W to perform positioning in the longitudinal direction. On the other hand, when the knob 17 is rotated forward, it moves backward in the longitudinal direction and is released.

  In this embodiment, the case where printing is performed on a sheet-like recording medium W as an example of a sheet-like recording medium on a stage with a guide in FIG. 5 is described, but a three-dimensional box-like recording medium is placed. Needless to say, you can print.

  Conventionally, on a bag-shaped recording medium or a box-shaped recording medium laminated with a soft material, plastic or metal foil, etc., once the label was printed, the label was affixed to these recording media. In order to save these troubles, there is a demand for printing directly on a recording medium. Since the operation can be simplified by printing directly with an ink jet printer in response to these requirements, it has been widely used for printing various recording media.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inkjet printer 2 Printer main body 2a Touch panel 3 Base 3a, 3b Side frame 3c Base plate 4 Lifting plate 4a Bottom plate 4b, 4c Side frame 4d Top plate 4e Long hole 5 Scale 6 Printing range 6a Vertical ruled line 6b Horizontal ruled line 7 Handle 8 Rotating shaft 8a Right-hand screw 8b Left-hand screw 9 Link plate 10, 11 Connecting rod 12 Support shaft 13 Guided stage 14 Positioning guide 15 in the width direction Positioning guide 16 in the longitudinal direction Lock lever 17 Knob 18 Feed screw W Recording medium

Claims (3)

  A printer main body including an ink head for printing on a recording medium, a portal base that supports the printer main body, an elevator that is detachably mounted on the base, and an elevator provided on the elevator An ink jet printer, wherein the lifting platform can be raised and lowered by rotating a handle.   The inkjet printer according to claim 1, wherein a stage with a guide for positioning a recording medium is detachably mounted on the lifting platform.   The ink jet printer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a scale is provided on the base so that a distance between the ink head and the lifting platform or the stage with guide can be visually recognized.

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