JP4443684B2 - Cover opening / closing device for portable printing machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cover opening / closing device of a portable printing machine, and in particular, a portable printing machine cover used by loading a belt-like print medium such as a continuous label or a tag in a roll shape and mounting it on an operator's body. The present invention relates to a switchgear.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventional portable printers include a method that is lowered from the operator's shoulder or a device that is mounted on the waist of a belt or the like. Unlike a desktop printer, a printed label or tag is used. In order to discharge to a position that can be seen by the operator, a structure is adopted in which the printing unit is arranged on the upper side in the vertical direction and the paper, that is, the printing medium (roll paper) is arranged on the lower side in the vertical direction.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional portable printing machine 1, and the portable printing machine 1 includes a printing machine body 2, an opening / closing cover 3, a printing unit 4, and an operation unit 5. A roll-shaped continuous label body 6 (printing medium) is loaded into the opening / closing cover 3. The operating unit 5 is operated with the open / close cover 3 closed, and printing is performed on the label continuous body 6. The label continuum 6 includes a strip-shaped mount 6A and a plurality of label pieces 6B temporarily attached to the mount 6A.
In addition, the portable printer 1 is equipped on the operator's body 7 (for example, the waist).
[0003]
In the portable printing machine 1 having such a configuration, as described above, the printing unit 4 is disposed at the upper part and the roll-shaped continuous label body 6 is disposed at the lower part in order to discharge the printed label or tag to a position where it can be seen by the operator. The opening / closing cover 3 is opened / closed around an opening / closing shaft 8 (horizontal direction) orthogonal to the transport direction (transfer direction) of the label continuum 6.
[0004]
However, since the opening / closing shaft 8 of the opening / closing cover 3 is below the printing unit 4 for fixing the label continuous body 6, the label continuous body 6 can be opened or closed when the label continuous body 6 is replaced when being carried. There is a problem that it rolls off from the main body 2 and there is a problem in loading.
Alternatively, the label continuous body 6 is loaded from the lowermost side of the printing machine body 2 having a predetermined length, and there is a problem that the work is difficult to perform.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been considered in view of the above problems. A cover opening / closing device for a portable printing machine that prevents a printing medium such as a continuous label or a tag from rolling off from the printing machine main body when loaded is provided. The issue is to provide.
[0006]
In addition, the present invention provides a cover opening / closing device for a portable printing machine capable of reliably and easily loading a printing medium even when the portable printing machine is still mounted on an operator's body. This is the issue.
[0007]
It is another object of the present invention to provide a cover opening / closing device for a portable printer capable of facilitating a loading operation of a print medium and easily performing a printing operation and other operations using the portable printer. Let it be an issue.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
That is, the present invention focuses on opening / closing the opening / closing cover in the horizontal direction (horizontal direction) instead of the vertical direction (vertical direction), and providing the printing medium supply shaft on the inner wall surface of the opening / closing cover. A printing machine main body equipped on the body, a medium loading unit for loading the printing medium in a roll shape and feeding it in a belt shape, a printing unit for printing on the printing medium fed from the medium loading unit, and the printing A cover opening / closing device for a portable printing machine, comprising an opening / closing cover that enables loading / unloading of the medium to / from the medium loading unit, wherein the printing machine is mounted on the body of the operator. the medium loading portion and the vertical direction lower side of the main body provided with the cover, the printing portion is provided on the upper side said having a medium loading portion and the cover of the printing machine body, opening and closing of the cover It is provided with it in the vertical direction of the printing machine body in a state equipped to the body of the operator, erected a supply shaft of the printing medium in the medium loading portion in a central portion of the inner wall surface of the cover A cover opening / closing device for a portable printing machine, wherein the supply shaft is provided to move in the horizontal direction as the opening / closing cover is opened / closed.
[0009]
The printing unit may include a thermal head and a platen roller that can print on the printing medium, and the platen roller may be provided on the opening / closing cover.
[0010]
The printing machine main body is in contact with the operator's body, a support surface that is positioned substantially in a vertical plane, an operation surface that is visible to the operator and is positioned substantially in a horizontal plane, and the printed The above-mentioned printing medium can be fed out of the printer main body, and can have a feeding surface located substantially in the vertical plane.
[0011]
In the cover opening / closing device of the portable printing machine according to the present invention, the opening / closing axis of the opening / closing cover is parallel to the vertical direction of the printing machine main body (with respect to the printing machine main body) in a state in which the operator's body is equipped. Since the directional opening / closing structure is adopted and the supply shaft for the printing medium is provided on the opening / closing cover side, the opening / closing cover is set at a predetermined angle, for example, about 90 degrees in the lateral direction (horizontal direction) of the printer body when the printing medium is loaded. In addition, since the supply shaft is exposed in a horizontally protruding state along with this, the print medium does not roll from the supply shaft due to its own weight. As a result, it is possible to load the print medium onto the supply shaft of the print medium from the front of the user's body, and the workability can be improved.
In addition, when loading the print medium, the operator can easily set it without any obstacles covering or hiding the supply shaft as viewed from the operator.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, a portable printer 10 provided with a cover opening / closing device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. However, the same parts as those in FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a portable printer 10, and the portable printer 10 includes a printer body 11, an opening / closing cover 12, and a cover opening / closing device 13.
[0013]
FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the portable printing machine 10 with the opening / closing cover 12 opened, and the printing machine main body 11 is in contact with the operator's body 7 and is a support surface located substantially in the vertical plane. 11A, an operation surface 11B that can be visually recognized by the operator, a feeding surface 11B that is positioned substantially in the horizontal plane, and a printing medium that has been printed out to the outside of the printer main body 11 and that is positioned substantially in the vertical plane. And left and right side surfaces 11D positioned substantially in the vertical plane.
[0014]
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the portable printing machine 10 in which a waist equipment clip 14 is provided on the support surface 11A.
A printing unit 15 is provided inside the printer main body 11, and the printing unit 15 includes a thermal head 16, a platen roller 17, and a pitch sensor 18. A peeling pin 19 is provided in the vicinity of the platen roller 17.
[0015]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the operation surface 11 </ b> B is provided with a power switch 20, a first switch button 21, a second switch button 22, and a display lamp 23 for driving the printing unit 15. It is.
[0016]
A peeling / continuous issue switching unit 24 and an opening / closing lever 25 are provided on the feeding surface 11C.
The peeling / continuous issue switching unit 24 can reciprocate in the up and down direction in FIG. 1 (left and right direction in FIG. 3) on the feeding surface 11C. In particular, as shown in FIG. The label continuous body 6 is fed out from the first feeding window 26 in the printer main body 11 to the outside of the printer main body 11 in a continuous issuing state while being printed on the label piece 6B of the continuous body 6.
When the peeling / continuous issue switching unit 24 is moved to the virtual line state, the label piece 6B is peeled from the mount 6A at the portion of the peeling pin 19, and the mount 6A is moved from the first feeding window 26 to the first feeding window. 26 Further, the label piece 6B is fed out from the second feeding window 27 in the peeling / continuous issue switching unit 24 to the outside of the printer main body 11, respectively.
[0017]
The opening / closing lever 25 is operated upward in FIG. 1 to release the engagement between the engagement flange 28 inside the opening / closing cover 12 and the engagement protrusion 29 below the opening / closing lever 25. 12 is in the open state of FIG. If the open / close cover 12 is closed, the engagement flange 28 and the engagement protrusion 29 engage to maintain the closed state.
[0018]
On one of the left and right side surfaces 11D, a battery cover 30, a data connection portion 31, and a direction switching lever 33 of the infrared sensor 32 are provided in a concentrated manner.
[0019]
FIG. 4 is a plan view of the portable printing machine 10 as viewed from above the operation surface 11B with the opening / closing cover 12 opened. The opening / closing cover 12 is in a closed state and is parallel to the feeding surface 11C. And a side wall portion 12B perpendicular to the feeding surface portion 12A, and the side wall portion 12B is openable and closable with respect to the printer main body 11 by an opening / closing shaft 34.
[0020]
The supply shaft 35 of the label continuous body 6 is erected at the center of the inner wall surface of the side wall portion 12B so that the label continuous body 6 can be loaded, and the label continuous body 6 can be supplied in the direction of the printing unit 15 in a belt shape. is there. That is, the medium loading unit 36 is formed between the opening / closing cover 12 and the printer main body 11.
[0021]
The opening / closing shaft 34 of the opening / closing cover 12 is provided in parallel with the transfer direction from the supply shaft 35 of the label continuum 6 to the printing unit 15, that is, the support surface 11 </ b> A of the printer main body 11 and one of the left and right side surfaces. 11D is provided at the connecting end (the lower left end of the support surface 11A in FIG. 4), so that the opening / closing cover 12 is not on the lower side with respect to the printer main body 11, but in a horizontal direction in a substantially horizontal plane. It opens and closes.
[0022]
The platen roller 17 is attached to the feeding surface portion 12A of the open / close cover 12, and the drive motor 37 is attached to the side wall portion 12B.
[0023]
In the portable printing machine 10 and the cover opening / closing device 13 configured as described above, the waist portable clip 14 is attached to the belt of the operator's body, the print data is received via the data connection unit 31 or the infrared sensor 32, and the operation surface. The printing unit 15 is driven by operating the first switch button 21 or the second switch button 22 of 11B, and printing is performed on the label piece 6B of the label continuum 6.
[0024]
When the label continuous body 6 is replaced or newly loaded, the engagement lever 28 and the engagement projection 29 are disengaged by operating the opening / closing lever 25 upward in FIG. 12 can be opened laterally around the opening / closing shaft 34 and in a horizontal plane with respect to the printer main body 11.
Since the opening / closing shaft 34 of the opening / closing cover 12 is in the vertical direction of the main body of the printing press when the operator's body is mounted , the supply shaft 35 does not face downward as in the prior art (see FIG. 5). Since it is in a horizontal state, the label continuous body 6 does not fall from the supply shaft 35 and is in a position that can be easily seen by the operator, so that the loading operation is easy. By closing the open / close cover 12 with the leading end of the label continuous body 6 facing outward from the peeling pin 19,
Engagement of the engagement flange 28 and the engagement protrusion 29 and setting of the label continuous body 6 between the thermal head 16 and the platen roller 17 complete preparation for the next printing operation.
[0025]
Furthermore, the operation surface 11B of the portable printing machine 10 is concentrated on the upper surface portion of the printing machine body 11 that is easy to see from the operator, and the label continuous body 6 can be easily loaded without any mistake as described above. Furthermore, since the front end of the printed label continuous body 6 is drawn out from the operation surface 11B, it can be visually recognized reliably.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, since the opening / closing shaft of the opening / closing cover is provided in parallel with the transfer direction of the print medium such as a label continuous body, the opening / closing cover can be opened and closed in a horizontal plane, and the portable printing machine can be operated by the operator. The print medium can be exchanged or loaded easily without any trouble while it is still attached to the body.
In addition, when loading the print medium, the operator can easily set it without any obstacles covering or hiding the supply shaft as viewed from the operator.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a portable printing machine 10 provided with a cover opening / closing device 13 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the portable printing machine 10 with an opening / closing cover 12 opened.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the portable printing machine 10;
4 is a plan view seen from above the operation surface 11B in a state where the opening / closing cover 12 of the portable printing machine 10 is opened. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the conventional portable printer 1 with the opening / closing cover 3 opened.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Portable printer (Figure 5)
2 Printer body 3 Open / close cover 4 Printing unit 5 Operation unit 6 Label continuum (printing medium)
6A Mount of label continuous body 6B Label piece of label continuous body 6 Body of operator (for example, waist)
8 Opening and closing shaft 10 Portable printing machine (Figs. 1 and 2)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Printer main body 11A Support surface 11B of the printer main body 11 Operation surface 11C of the printer main body 11 Feeding surface 11D of the printer main body 11 Left and right side surfaces 12 of the printer main body 11 Open / close cover 12A Opening surface portion 12B of the open / close cover 12 Open / close cover 12 Side wall portion 13 Cover opening / closing device of portable printing machine 10 (embodiment, FIG. 2)
14 Waist carrying clip 15 Printing unit 16 Thermal head 17 Platen roller 18 Pitch sensor 19 Peeling pin 20 Power switch 21 First switch button 22 Second switch button 23 Display lamp 24 Peeling / continuous issue switching unit 25 Open / close lever 26 First feeding window 27 Second feeding window 28 Engagement flange 29 Engagement projection 30 Battery cover 31 Data connection part 32 Infrared sensor 33 Direction switching lever 34 Opening / closing axis 35 of opening / closing cover 12 Supply axis of label continuous body 6 36 Medium loading unit 37 Drive motor

Claims (3)

The printer body to be equipped on the operator's body;
A medium loading unit for loading the print medium in a roll and feeding it in a belt shape;
A printing unit for printing on the printing medium fed out from the medium loading unit;
A cover opening / closing device for a portable printing machine, comprising: an opening / closing cover that enables attachment / detachment of the printing medium to / from the medium loading unit,
In the state in which the printer body is mounted on the operator's body, the medium loading unit and the opening / closing cover are provided on the lower side in the vertical direction of the printer body,
A printing unit is provided on the upper side of the printer main body provided with the medium loading unit and the opening / closing cover,
The opening / closing shaft of the opening / closing cover is provided in the vertical direction of the printer main body in a state equipped on the operator's body ,
The print medium supply shaft in the medium loading section is erected at the center of the inner wall surface of the opening / closing cover, and the supply shaft is moved in the horizontal direction as the opening / closing cover is opened / closed. A cover opening / closing device for a portable printing machine.   2. The cover opening / closing device of the portable printing machine according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit includes a thermal head and a platen roller capable of printing on the printing medium, and the platen roller is provided on the opening / closing cover.   The printing machine main body is in contact with the operator's body, is substantially in a vertical plane, a support surface that is visible to the operator, and an operation surface that is substantially in a horizontal plane. 2. The cover opening / closing device for a portable printing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a feeding surface that is fed out of the printing machine main body and is positioned substantially in a vertical plane.

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