JP4666598B2 - Electronics - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus including a control unit having a control board and the like and an interface.

  As a general electronic device, an electronic device including a control unit that controls each unit of the device and a power supply unit that supplies power is known. There is also known an electronic device that is provided with an interface that enables communication by connecting another electronic device such as a computer, thereby improving the convenience of data exchange and various settings.

In order to facilitate the maintenance of the electronic device, a power supply unit that is handled only during special maintenance and a control unit that requires connection by a general user are arranged separately, and a first switching unit and a power supply unit that open and close the control unit There is known a control device provided with a second opening / closing portion for opening and closing the first opening / closing portion and allowing the first opening / closing portion and the second opening / closing portion to rotate (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-274466 A

However, if an interface is provided in the first opening / closing section in Patent Document 1, the interface board may be damaged when the first opening / closing section is opened (rotated). That is, since the interface board on one end side of the interface is fixed to the control device main body side, and the other end side of the interface is fixed to the first opening / closing portion, the first opening / closing portion is separated from the control device main body. If it rotates in the direction, the interface board will be damaged.
For this reason, it is necessary to remove the interface before opening the first opening / closing section. However, if the interface is broken due to forgetting to remove it, or if multiple interfaces are provided, each interface is opened. There was a problem that it had to be removed individually.
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device that can easily remove a plurality of interfaces while preventing forgetting to remove the interface when the cover covering the control unit is opened. And

An electronic device according to the present invention is attached to a control unit, a first cover and a second cover that cover the control unit and are rotatably provided on the device main body, and the first cover or the second cover. The interface mounting portion, the engagement holes provided in the first cover and the second cover, the engagement pieces provided in the interface attachment portion, and the first cover or the second cover, A second cover or an extended piece that overlaps the first cover, wherein one of the engagement holes is provided in the extended piece, and the other of the engagement holes overlaps with the engagement hole of the extended piece. An engagement hole is provided in the second cover or the first cover, and the rotation of the first cover and the second cover is restricted by engaging the engagement piece in the engagement hole. To do .
In addition, a plurality of interfaces are attached to the interface attaching portion.

By restricting the rotation of the first cover and the second cover by the interface mounting portion, the interface cannot be rotated unless the interface mounting portion is removed. it can.
That is, the engagement hole is provided in the engagement hole of the extending piece provided in the first cover or the second cover and the first cover or the second cover overlapping the engagement hole. Since the engagement piece of the interface mounting portion engages, the cover cannot be rotated unless the interface mounting portion is removed, so that damage to the interface due to forgetting to remove can be prevented.
In particular, even if a plurality of interfaces are attached to the interface attachment portion, there is no need to remove each interface, and the cover can be opened simply by removing the interface attachment portion.

The best mode for carrying out the invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a printer as an example of the electronic apparatus of the present invention and a label sticking apparatus incorporating the printer, and FIG. 2 is a side view showing a printing unit of the printer. The label sticking device 1 mainly has a label supply shaft 2, a printer 3, a sticking mechanism 4, and a mount winding shaft 5.

The label supply shaft 2 rotatably holds a roll paper 70 in which a label continuous body 71 having a plurality of labels 73 temporarily attached on a mount 72 having a surface coated with a release agent is wound in a roll shape.

The printer 3 includes a printing unit 10 shown in FIG. 2 and a control unit 20 described later. The printing unit 10 is arranged on the front side (front side in FIG. 1) and the rear side (in FIG. 1) with the intermediate frame 50 as a boundary. The control unit 20 is arranged on the back side. The printing unit 10 includes a sensor 11, a thermal transfer unit 12, a thermal head 13, a platen roller 14, and a release plate 15.

The sensor 11 includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, and the light received from the light emitting unit toward the label continuum 71 is received by the light receiving unit, and the position of the label 73 is detected by the intensity of the light received by the light receiving unit. To do.

The thermal transfer unit 12 has a ribbon supply shaft 16 and a ribbon take-up shaft 17, and the ribbon transfer shaft 17 is wound from the ribbon supply shaft 16 through the thermal head 13 and the platen roller 14. The ribbon winding shaft 17 is driven by driving a motor (not shown) to wind the thermal transfer ribbon 75.

The thermal head 13 heats a heating resistor (not shown) arranged in the width direction of the label 73 and prints by transferring the ink of the thermal transfer ribbon 75 to the label 73.

The platen roller 14 is connected to a stepping motor (not shown) and conveys the label continuous body 71 from the label supply shaft 2 by continuously rotating the platen roller 14 step by step.

The peeling plate 15 is formed in an acute angle shape, and peels the highly rigid label 73 from the mount 72 by turning the transport direction of only the mount 72 in the label continuous body 71.

The sticking mechanism 4 includes a suction plate 30, a rod 31 that supports the suction plate 30, and a cylinder 32 that moves the suction plate 30 up and down. The suction plate 30 communicates with a vacuum device (not shown). The label 73 peeled off by the peeling plate 15 of the printer 3 is sucked and held by the suction action of the vacuum device, and the rod 31 and the suction plate 30 are moved toward the object 80 to be transferred by a conveyor (not shown). When 30 is positioned in the vicinity of the object to be pasted 80, air is jetted by a vacuum device to stick the label 73 to the object to be stuck 80.

The mount winding shaft 5 is connected to a motor (not shown), and rotates the mount winding shaft 5 in the clockwise direction by driving the motor to wind the mount 72 rotated by the peeling plate 15 in a roll shape.

Next, the control unit 20 of the printer 3 will be described. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the opening / closing cover covering the control unit of the printer is opened, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the opening / closing cover covering the control unit of the printer is closed, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the interface attaching portion is attached to the opening / closing cover.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 20 is provided at a position symmetrical to the printing unit with the intermediate frame 50 as a boundary, and includes motors 21 and 21, a control board on which a CPU and a memory are provided. The control unit 20 is covered with an opening / closing cover 40 and is protected from an external environment such as dust and moisture.
The opening / closing cover 40 includes a first cover 41 and a second cover 42, and can be rotated in directions away from each other by hinges 43, 43 provided on the printer casing 51 as an apparatus body and the opening / closing cover 40, respectively. It is said.

The first cover 41 includes an insertion hole 44 into which an interface board 61 of an interface 62 described later is inserted, an engagement hole 45 engaged with an engagement piece 64 of an interface mounting portion 60 described later, and a printer housing 51. And a plurality of screw holes 46 for fixing the first cover 41 and the second cover 42 to each other with screws 66.

The second cover 42 includes an extension piece 47 positioned so as to overlap the inside of the first cover 41 with the opening / closing cover 40 closed, and an engagement hole of the first cover 41 with the opening / closing cover 40 closed. 45, the engagement hole 48 provided in the extending piece 47, the printer casing 51, the first cover 41, the second cover 42, and the interface mounting portion 60 are mutually connected by screws 66. A plurality of screw holes 49 for fixing are provided.
The extending piece 47 may be provided not on the second cover 42 but on the first cover 41.

When the first cover 41 and the second cover 42 are rotated in the directions approaching each other from the state in which the opening / closing cover 40 shown in FIG. 3 is opened, the first cover 41 and the second cover are shown in FIG. The control unit 20 is covered by 42 and the open / close cover 40 is closed. At this time, the extended piece 47 of the second cover 42 overlaps the inside of the first cover 41, and the engagement hole 45 of the first cover 41 and the engagement hole 48 of the second cover 42 overlap at the same position. . The interface attachment portion 60 is attached to the first cover 41 in this closed state.

The interface mounting portion 60 includes an interface 62 having an interface board 61, an expansion slot 63 to which other interfaces can be added, an engagement piece 64 that engages with the engagement holes 45 and 48, and a screw on the first cover 41. A screw hole 65 is provided to be fixed at 66.

As shown in FIG. 5, the interface attaching portion 60 is attached by inserting the interface board 61 into the fitting insertion hole 44 of the first cover 41 and closing the engagement piece 64 with the engagement hole 64 in a state where the opening / closing cover 40 is closed. The screw 66 is screwed into the screw holes 46, 49, 65 and fixed to the first cover 41 as shown in FIG.

When opening the opening / closing cover 40, the plurality of screws 66 are removed, the interface mounting portion 60 is removed, and the first cover 41 and the second cover 42 are rotated in directions away from each other by the hinge 43. The maintenance work of the control unit 20 that is widely exposed by the rotation of the opening / closing cover 40 can be efficiently performed.
Further, even if the opening / closing cover 40 is opened without removing the interface mounting portion 60, the engagement pieces 64 of the interface mounting portion 60 engage with the engagement holes 45, 48 of the first cover 41 and the second cover 42. Therefore, the opening / closing cover 40 cannot be opened. That is, since the opening / closing cover 40 cannot be opened unless the interface mounting portion 60 is removed, the interface board 61 can be prevented from being damaged when the opening / closing cover 40 is opened.

In addition, when adding another interface, it can add to the expansion slot 63. FIG. In this case, when opening the opening / closing cover 40, it is not necessary to remove each interface, and it is only necessary to remove the interface mounting portion 60, so that the removal work efficiency can be improved.

In the best mode for carrying out the invention, a printer is used as an example of an electronic device. However, any electronic device having a control unit may be used.
Also, in the best mode for carrying out the invention, as a sticking mechanism, the peeled label is once sucked and held by a suction disk, the label is moved toward the sticking object, and the label is sprayed and pasted with air. The air jet type is used, but it can be applied to any application method, such as a pressing method in which the label sucked and held by the suction disk is pressed against the object to be applied, or a roller application method in which the peeled label is applied to the object with an application roller. Can be changed.
Moreover, although the label continuous body 71 to be printed has been described as an example in which the label continuous body 71 is temporarily attached to the mount 72, it may be a belt-like label without the mount. In this case, a cutter for cutting the strip-shaped label can be provided.

Schematic perspective view of a printer and a label attaching apparatus incorporating the printer Side view of the printer printing section The perspective view which shows the state which opened the opening-and-closing cover which covers the control part of a printer The perspective view which shows the state which closed the open / close cover which covers the control part of a printer Enlarged view of the main part for explaining the work of attaching the interface mounting part The perspective view which shows the state which attached the interface attaching part to the opening / closing cover

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Label sticking apparatus 2 Label supply axis | shaft 3 Printer 4 Sticking mechanism 5 Mount winding axis | shaft 10 Printing part 11 Sensor 12 Thermal transfer unit 13 Thermal head 14 Platen roller 15 Release plate 16 Ribbon supply axis | shaft 17 Ribbon winding axis | shaft 20 Control part 21 Motor 30 Suction plate 31 Rod 32 Cylinder 40 Open / close cover 41 First cover 42 Second cover 43 Hinge 44 Insertion hole 45, 48 Engagement hole 46, 49, 65 Screw hole 47 Extension piece 50 Intermediate frame 51 Printer housing 60 Interface mounting portion 61 Interface board 62 Interface 63 Expansion slot 64 Engagement piece 66 Screw 70 Roll paper 71 Label continuous body 72 Mount 73 Label 75 Thermal transfer ribbon 80

Claims (2)

A control unit;
A first cover and a second cover that cover the control unit and are rotatably provided on the device main body,
An interface mounting portion attached to the first cover or the second cover;
Engagement holes provided in the first cover and the second cover;
An engagement piece provided in the interface mounting portion;
The first cover or the second cover has an extending piece that overlaps the second cover or the first cover,
One of the engagement holes is provided in the extension piece, and the other of the engagement holes is provided in the second cover or the first cover overlapping the engagement hole of the extension piece, and the engagement hole is provided. An electronic device characterized in that rotation of the first cover and the second cover is restricted by the engagement piece engaging with the joint hole . The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of interfaces are attached to the interface attachment portion.

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