JP5103970B2 - Printer device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a plurality of processing mechanism units such as a composite processing type printer device including a printer unit, a cutting processing unit, a laminating unit, and a multicolor printer device including a plurality of printer units having different printing colors. In particular, the present invention relates to a printer device that is reduced in size.

Printer apparatuses that perform multicolor thermal transfer printing on resin sheets and paper, and printer apparatuses that perform cutting processing, laminating processing, and the like along with printing are widely known. As an example, the printer devices of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are arranged with a plurality of thermal head units each having an ink ribbon of a different color arranged in series on a planar sheet guide table at regular intervals, and the sheets are linearly arranged. In this case, single color printing is performed for each thermal head while feeding, and multicolor printing is performed by passing a plurality of thermal heads. Further, the printer device of Patent Document 3 has a structure in which a plurality of thermal heads are arranged at regular intervals around a cylindrical sheet guide drum and can be made smaller overall than those of Patent Documents 1 and 2. It has become.
JP 2002-254769 A Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 8-1967 JP 2000-263878 A

  In a configuration in which a plurality of thermal heads are linearly arranged as in the printer devices of Patent Documents 1 and 2, the overall length of the device is increased and the size is increased. In addition, when a sheet or sheet is fed linearly, the sheet needs to be locally raised by a platen roller or a rib in order to bring the sheet into line contact with the flat thermal head, and printing is performed on an adhesive sheet with release paper. In this case, there is a problem that a tunneling phenomenon occurs in which the sheet is partially lifted from the release paper due to the protrusion. If the end face type thermal head is used, printing is possible without raising the sheet, but the end face type thermal head is more expensive than the flat type thermal head, and the manufacturing cost increases.

  If the conveyance path of paper or the like is curved as in the printer device of Patent Document 3, the length of the device can be suppressed, and the contact surface of the paper with respect to the thermal head becomes a curved surface, so a planar thermal head is used. However, since the printer device of Patent Document 3 has a plurality of thermal head units fixed around the drum, it is difficult to perform the removal process when a paper jam or a sheet jam occurs. Also, this printer device has a structure in which a ribbon cartridge is pulled out and inserted from the side of the thermal head unit when replacing the ink ribbon. If the ink ribbon is loose when the cartridge is inserted, the ink ribbon is caught by the thermal head and the ink is Ribbons can be damaged and care must be taken when changing cartridges.

  Therefore, there are technical problems to be solved in order to provide a printer apparatus that can reduce the size of the apparatus as much as possible and that can be easily maintained such as removal processing of a jammed sheet and ink ribbon replacement. The present invention aims to solve the above problems.

This invention is proposed to achieve the above object, and the invention according to claim 1 is a printer apparatus in which a printer unit, a laminate processing unit, a cutting processing unit, and the like are arranged on a conveyance path of a printing sheet.
The printer device includes a printing sheet roll storage chamber, a thermal head type printer unit,
A laminating unit disposed downstream of the printer unit;
A first conveying path for printing sheets;
A cutting processing unit that performs cutting on a print sheet based on cutting data arranged downstream of the first transport path ;
A second conveyance path arranged in the conveyance direction within the first conveyance path and the printer device;
Path switching means for switching the path of the printing sheet from the first transport path to the cutting processing unit;
The printing sheet conveyed from the lamination unit, and conveyed to the cutting unit by said route switching means,
By cutting means provided separately from the cutting processing unit, the printing sheet conveyed to the cutting processing unit is cut,
By switching to transport to the second transport path route by the path switching means,
The present invention provides a printer apparatus characterized in that a printing sheet cut in a second conveyance path is moved back and forth and cutting is performed by a cutting processing unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the printer device includes:
A first conveying path for a printing sheet, comprising a reversing curved surface portion that reverses upward in an arc from the side of the printing sheet roll storage chamber, and a non-reversing curved surface portion such as a flat surface or a curved surface that extends from the upper end of the reversing curved surface portion ,
A thermal head type printer unit disposed on a peripheral surface of the inverted curved surface unit;
A laminating section disposed on the non-inverted curved surface section;
A cutting processing unit that performs cutting on a print sheet based on cutting data arranged downstream of the first transport path;
A second conveyance path disposed in the direction of the conveyance path in the printer apparatus and the first conveyance path;
A path switching means for switching the path of the printing sheet from the first transport path to the cutting processing section and the second transport path;
The printing sheet conveyed from the lamination processing unit is conveyed to the cutting processing unit and the second conveyance path by the path switching unit,
By cutting means provided separately from the cutting processing unit, the printing sheet conveyed to the cutting processing unit is cut,
By switching to transport to the second transport path route by the path switching means,
2. The printer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing sheet cut in the second conveyance path is moved back and forth and cutting is performed by the cutting processing unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, at least one of the thermal head type printer unit and the other processing unit disposed on the conveyance path is hinged to either one of the front and rear ends of the frame, and the other end side is connected to the frame. The printer device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the printer device is formed so that the conveyance path can be opened by being pulled up.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, at least one of the thermal head type printer unit and the other processing unit disposed on the conveyance path is hinged to either one of the front and rear ends of the frame, and the other end side is connected to the frame. Pull up to open the transport path,
3. The printer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printer device is formed so that consumables such as an ink ribbon roll and a laminate sheet roll can be exchanged from above in an open state.

  The printer apparatus according to the present invention has a shape that extends horizontally by reversing the conveying path of the printing sheet upward in an arc shape from the side of the printing sheet roll storage chamber, so that the printer apparatus has a linear conveying path. In addition, the length in the conveyance path direction can be reduced, and the size of the apparatus can be reduced. In addition, since the printer unit is arranged on the reverse curved surface portion of the conveyance path, it is not necessary to locally raise the sheet, so that there is little possibility of occurrence of a phenomenon in which the sheet with release paper and the release paper are partially peeled off. . In addition, it is not necessary to use an end face type thermal head by the above arrangement, and a more general and wide choice of a flat type thermal head can be used, which is advantageous in terms of cost.

Also, the cutting processing unit and the second conveyance path are arranged below the conveyance path, and the printing sheet that has been subjected to processing such as printing on the upper conveyance path is sent to the second conveyance path by the path switching unit, and the other By configuring so as to perform the processing, it is possible to further reduce the length in the conveyance path direction. Then, the printing sheet conveyed from the laminating unit is conveyed to the cutting processing unit and the second conveying path by the path switching unit, and is conveyed to the cutting unit by a cutting unit provided separately from the cutting processing unit. Cutting the printed printing sheet, moving the printed sheet cut in the second conveyance path back and forth, and performing cutting by the cutting processing unit, cutting the printed adhesive sheet with release paper S At the time of starting, the first printing path 8 side enters the next printing step, and the cutting speed and the next sheet printing are processed in parallel to improve the processing speed.

  In addition, the thermal head type printer unit and other processing mechanism units arranged on the conveyance path are attached by a hinge mechanism and formed so that one end side can be pulled up to open the conveyance path, thereby removing jammed sheets, etc. Maintenance is facilitated.

  In addition, it is easy to replace consumables by reversing and opening the printer unit and other processing mechanisms so that consumables such as ink ribbon rolls and laminate sheet rolls can be replaced from above. Consumables in a form that does not use can be used, and the running cost can be reduced.

  The present invention relates to a reversing curved surface that reverses upward in a circular arc shape from the side of a printing sheet roll storage chamber in a printer apparatus in which a printer unit, a laminating processing unit, and / or a cutting processing unit are disposed on a printing sheet conveyance path. And a non-inverted curved surface portion that extends from the upper end of the inverted curved surface portion, and a thermal head type printer portion is disposed on the peripheral surface of the inverted curved surface portion and laminated on the non-inverted curved surface portion By arranging at least one processing unit among processing units or cutting processing units, the length in the conveyance path direction can be reduced as compared with a printer apparatus having a linear conveyance path, and the dimensions of the apparatus can be made as much as possible. The purpose of miniaturization was achieved.

  FIG. 1 shows a printer device 1 that performs two-color printing, surface lamination processing and cutting processing on an adhesive sheet with release paper, the first printer unit 2 on the left side, the second printer unit 3 on the upper left side, and the upper surface Laminate processing part 4 is arranged on the right, and these three mechanism parts 2, 3, and 4 are hinged to the frame, respectively, and as shown in FIG. Can be exposed. In addition to the above configuration, each mechanism part 2, 3, 4 is hinged to the frame on one side in the width direction of the adhesive sheet with release paper, and the inner surface side is exposed by pulling up one end and inverting it. You may make it make it.

  FIG. 3 is a front view of the printer apparatus 1 with the front cover removed, and FIG. 4 is a simplified front view in which portions other than the main parts are not displayed. As shown in FIG. 4, the lower side of the center portion of the frame 5 is a sheet roll storage chamber 6, and the adhesive sheet roll SR with release paper attached to the sheet roll support shaft 7 is supported in the air. A first transport path 8 is arranged from the left to the top of the sheet roll storage chamber 6, and this first transport path 8 is a semicircular shape that reverses rightward from the left to the top of the sheet roll storage chamber 6. The reversing curved surface portion 8a and the non-reversing curved surface portion 8b extending horizontally from the upper end of the reversing curved surface portion 8a toward the right side of the frame 5, and below the first conveying path 8 are the first conveying path 8 and A second transport path 71 is arranged in parallel.

  The first conveyance path 8 has the apex of the motor-driven conveyance roller 9 and the driven guide roller 10 exposed from the inner surface side through slits formed at important points, and is counted from the entrance on the sheet roll housing chamber 6 side. The second roller is a grid roller 11 in which the surface of a hard material such as metal or ceramic is subjected to anti-slip processing, and in the printing process described later, the feeding amount of the adhesive sheet with release paper is precisely controlled by the grid roller 11. It is configured.

  A pinch roller 12 is elastically in contact with the motor-driven transport roller 9, and the pinch roller 12 facing the grid roller 11 is supported by a cam-driven link (not shown), and other than the printing process. In this feeding process, it is separated from the grid roller 11 and is controlled so as to elastically contact the grid roller 11 only by the printing process by the control unit. That is, the conveyance roller 9 and the pinch roller 12 sandwich the release sheet-attached adhesive sheet S and feed it in the forward direction (downstream from the release sheet-attached adhesive sheet roll SR). During printing, the conveyance roller 9 and the grid roller 11 and the pinch roller 12 And the adhesive sheet S with release paper is fed in the opposite direction across the adhesive sheet S with release paper.

  A shaft B in the vicinity of the sheet roller SR in FIG. 4 is rotatably fixed to the frame 5 by an arm C and is in contact with the sheet S. On the other hand, a sensor (not shown) is disposed in the vicinity of the arm C, and detects the angle of the arm C due to the contact between the shaft B and the sheet S. By controlling the rotation of the sheet roll SR according to this detection angle, in cooperation with the shaft B, the sheet S is given a moderate slack when the sheet S is fed, and the extra slack of the sheet S is absorbed when the sheet is rewound. By doing so, a constant amount of slack is always secured.

  A first printer unit 2 arranged in a vertical posture facing the left end of the inverted curved surface portion 8a of the first transport path 8, and a second printer unit 3 arranged in a horizontal posture facing the upper end of the inverted curved surface portion 8a. Have the same configuration, and a planar thermal head 13 is attached to a printer unit housing 13 which is a cradle for the ink ribbon roll IR. 4 moves from the floating position to the lowered position in contact with the guide roller 10 to perform thermal transfer printing on the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet S with release paper. For example, two-color printing of black and red can be performed by attaching a black ink ribbon to the first printer unit 2 and attaching a red ink ribbon to the second printer unit 3.

  By disposing the thermal head 14 so as to face the inverted curved surface portion 8a of the first transport path 8, the lateral width of the apparatus can be suppressed as compared with a structure in which a plurality of thermal heads are disposed on the straight transport path, and a platen roller or a rib, etc. Therefore, it is not necessary to locally raise the sheet, so that satisfactory print quality can be obtained with the planar thermal head instead of the end face type thermal head, and there is no possibility of causing tunneling of the sheet floating from the release paper.

  The first printer unit 2 and the second printer unit 3 have a shaft hole 15 at the upstream end engaged with a shaft 16 provided in the main body frame 5, and are latched with a hook shape and a wedge shape as shown in FIG. 17 is fixed to the frame 5 in a closed state. By operating the latch 17 biased to the lock position by the spring in the unlocking direction, the first printer unit 2 and the second printer unit 3 can be opened by rotating about the shaft 16 as a fulcrum. The latch 17 is automatically engaged and fixed to a locking portion (not shown) of the frame 5.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of front and rear open bearings 18 are formed on the left and right side surfaces of the printer housing 13, and the core of the ink ribbon roll IR is received by the open bearings. Gears are arranged in the vicinity of each of the pair of open bearings 18, the upstream side gear (the side near the sheet roll storage chamber) is the take-up gear 19, and the downstream side gear is the supply gear 20. 21 is connected to a gear G provided at the end of the core of the ink ribbon roll IR.

  A pair of front and rear intermediate gears 21 are attached to the tips of swing levers 22 coaxial with the shafts of the take-up gear 19 and the supply gear 20, respectively, and are stretched over the other ends of the two front and rear swing levers 22. Due to the spring force of the coil spring 23, the intermediate gear 21 is in elastic contact with the gear G at the end of the ink ribbon core. A torque limiter type brake (not shown) is connected to the shaft of the supply gear 20, and an appropriate back tension is applied to the ink ribbon when winding the ink ribbon.

  A link portion 22a extending in a direction approaching each other is formed at an intermediate portion between the two front and rear swing levers 22, and is a link attached to the side surface of the printer unit housing 13 by an axis A separately from the swing lever 22. A pin at the tip of the lever 24 engages with an elongated hole at the tip of the link portion 22a of the two swing levers 22 to constitute an interlocking link mechanism for the two swing levers 22.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the first printer unit 2 and the second printer unit 3 are closed, the intermediate gear 21 is urged outward by the spring force of the tension coil spring 23, and the end of the core of the ink ribbon IR. The rear end of the link lever 24 is in contact with a first stopper pin 25 provided on the main body frame 5 and is prevented from rotating counterclockwise. That is, the intermediate gear 21 cannot move away from the gear G of the ink ribbon roll IR, and power is reliably transmitted from the take-up gear 19.

  On the other hand, in the state where the first printer unit 2 and the second printer unit 3 are rotated about the axis as shown in FIG. 5 and the surface on the thermal head side is exposed, the rear end of the link lever 24 is provided on the frame 5. The two swing levers 22 are rotated counterclockwise by hitting the two stopper pins 26, and the link lever 24 is rotated in the direction in which the intermediate gear 21 approaches against the spring force of the tension coil spring 23. As a result, the intermediate gear 21 is separated from the gear G of the ink ribbon roll IR, and the ink ribbon roll IR can be attached and detached.

  In the above configuration, the first printer unit 2 and the second printer unit 3 can be rotated and reversed to easily remove and load the ink ribbon roll IR from above, so it is necessary to use a cartridge type ink ribbon. There is an advantage that the cost of consumables can be reduced as compared with the cartridge replacement type.

  The laminating section 4 disposed in the upper right part of the main body is a unit that presses the laminating sheet L onto the surface of the adhesive sheet S with release paper printed by the printer units 2 and 3 using the laminate sheet roll LR with release paper. In addition, instead of the thermal head 14 of the printer units 2 and 3, a pressure roller 27 that moves up and down by a cam mechanism is provided, and the rotation direction when opening and closing is opposite to that of the first printer unit 2 and the second printer unit 3. Also, since the winding diameter of the laminate sheet roll LR with release paper is large, the number of intermediate gears is larger than that of the intermediate gear 21 of the printer units 2 and 3, and the basic configuration is the same as that of the first printer unit 2 and the second printer unit 3. Due to the same structure, the tension coil spring 23 'and the link mechanism similar to those of the printer units 2 and 3, the intermediate gear 21' is separated from the core gear G of the laminate sheet roll LR with release paper when opened, and the intermediate gear when closed. 21 'elastically contacts the gear G of the laminate sheet roll LR with release paper.

  The laminate sheet with release paper comprises a first adhesive layer a, a laminate film layer b, a second adhesive layer c, and a release paper layer d as shown in FIG. The force is set so as to be larger than the adhesive force of the second adhesive layer c. Therefore, when the laminate sheet with release paper and the adhesive sheet S with release paper pulled out from the laminate sheet roll LR with release paper pass through the pressure roller 27 in a laminated state, the first adhesive layer a and the laminate film layer b Only the laminate sheet L is adhered to the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet S with release paper, and only the release paper is taken up by the take-up roller as shown in FIG.

  A cutter blade 28 for cutting the laminate sheet L is disposed slightly downstream of the guide roller 10 of the first conveyance path 8 facing the pressure roller 27 of the laminating unit 4, and the cutter blade is used during the laminating process. 28 is driven obliquely downward toward the upstream direction of the first conveying path 8 to cut the end portion of the laminate sheet L attached to the surface of the adhesive sheet S with release paper.

  A path switching flap 51 is provided immediately after the cutter blade arrangement position of the first conveyance path 8, and a cutting processing unit 61 is disposed on the lower right side of the path switching flap 51. Further, the right end of the second conveyance path 71 disposed below the first conveyance path 8 faces the path switching flap 51.

  The path switching flap 51 switches the path of the release sheet-attached adhesive sheet S sent on the first transport path 8 to the end direction of the first transport path 8 or the cutting processing unit 61 direction. 4), the horizontal position in FIGS. 4 and 8 and the position rotated clockwise by a certain angle are switched.

  The route switching flap 51 has three layers of upper, middle, and lower seat passages 53, 54, and 55 formed therein. The upper seat passage 53 and the lower seat passage 55 are horizontal, and the middle seat passage 54 is inclined downwardly to the right. The middle sheet path 54 and the lower sheet path 55 are respectively expanded on the side that becomes the entrance of the adhesive sheet S with release paper, that is, the left side in the middle sheet path 54 and the right side in the lower sheet path 55. Thus, the adhesive sheet S with release paper can be reliably introduced.

  Immediately after the path switching flap 51, a motor-driven ridge 56 is disposed. When the printed adhesive sheet with release paper S is sent to the cutting processing section through the middle sheet path 54 of the path switching flap 51. Then, the adhesive sheet S with release paper is cut at the end of the printing range of the adhesive sheet S with release paper.

  The cutting processing unit 61 has the same configuration as a normal cutting plotter and includes a cutting head 62 that is controlled to move in the width direction of the sheet. Based on the cutting data, the cutting processing unit 61 removes the adhesive sheet S with release paper by a feeding mechanism by the grid roller 63. While moving in both the front and rear directions, the cutting head 62 is driven in the sheet width direction to cut only the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet S with release paper according to the cutting data.

  Next, a series of operations of the printer apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 4, when the tip of the release sheet adhesive sheet S of the release sheet roll SR is inserted into the entrance of the first transport path 8, the first sheet sensor 29 disposed at the entrance detects the insertion of the sheet. Then, the motor of the feeding mechanism is activated, the sheet is sandwiched by the conveying roller 9 and the pinch roller 12, and is fed upward along the first conveying path 8. At this time, the pinch roller 12 facing the grid roller 11 that is the second conveying roller from the entrance is floating, and the sheet is fed by the conveying roller 9 excluding the grid roller 11.

  When the leading edge of the adhesive sheet S with release paper reaches the position of the second sheet sensor 30 disposed immediately before the pressure roller 27 of the laminating unit 4, the feeding is stopped by the detection signal of the second sheet sensor 30. At the same time, the pinch roller 12 facing the grid roller 11 is brought into elastic contact with the grid roller 11 to sandwich the adhesive sheet S with release paper.

  Since the conveyance path length from the position of the second sheet sensor 30 to the position of the thermal head 14 of the second printer unit 3 is known, the sheet is sent downstream or wound upstream according to the sheet length data to be printed. When the printing start point on the sheet is located immediately below the thermal head 14 of the second printer unit 3, the printing process is started while the adhesive sheet S with release paper is rewound.

  The first printer unit 2 with the black ink ribbon and the second printer unit 3 with the red ink ribbon each perform printing by bringing the thermal head 14 into pressure contact with the sheet surface under the control of the print control unit based on the print data. .

  As described above, the sheet is conveyed along a guide (not shown) in the sheet width direction before the sheet is sandwiched between the grid roller 11 and the pinch roller 12, thereby ensuring the straightness of the sheet. Also, when printing while rewinding the sheet, the leading edge of the sheet is not constrained. Therefore, compared to the configuration in which the sheet is printed while being pulled out from the sheet roll, the vertical skew caused by the accumulation of skew and direction displacement of the sheet is reduced. The possibility of occurrence and sheet clogging is greatly reduced.

  When printing is finished, the pinch roller 12 that is elastically in contact with the grid roller 11 is lifted, and the adhesive sheet S with release paper is sent downstream, and the tip of the adhesive sheet S with release paper is detected again by the second sheet sensor 30. From here, the leading edge of the adhesive sheet S with release paper is sent to the end of the conveyance roller 9 next to the second sheet sensor 30.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the pressure roller 27 of the laminating section 4 is lowered, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet S with release paper is sent downstream until the end of the lamination range of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet S with release paper reaches the pressure roller position. Then, the laminate sheet L is pressure-bonded to the surface of the printed adhesive sheet S with release paper. The leading end portion of the adhesive sheet S with release paper passes through the horizontal upper sheet path 53 of the path switching flap 51 and is sent out from the right end of the first conveyance path 8.

  After completion of the laminating process, the pressure roller 27 of the laminating unit 4 is raised, and as shown in FIG. 7, the cutter blade 28 is driven obliquely downward toward the upstream side of the first conveying path 8, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet with release paper S The end portion of the laminate sheet L attached to the surface of the sheet is cut.

  Next, reverse the sheet feeding direction, as shown in FIG. 8, rewind until the leading edge of the adhesive sheet S with release paper passes the path switching flap 51, rotate the path switching flap 51 in the clockwise direction, The entrance on the upstream side of the sheet passage 54 is lifted and opposed to the first conveyance path 8. Then, the feeding direction of the feeding mechanism is reversed again, and the adhesive sheet with release paper S is sent downstream.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the adhesive sheet S with release paper passes through the middle sheet passage 54 of the path switching flap 51 and moves obliquely downward to the right, and is sent to the cutting processing unit 61. When the end of the print range (including the margin) of the sheet based on the print data reaches the position of 鋏 56, the sheet feeding is stopped and the pinch roller 12 facing the grid roller 63 of the cutting processing unit 61 is lowered. Then, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet S with release paper is sandwiched, and the pressure sensitive adhesive 56 is driven to cut the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet S with release paper.

  Subsequently, the sheet feeding direction is reversed, and as shown in FIG. 10, the sheet switching adhesive sheet S with release paper is rewound until the leading edge passes the path switching flap 51, and the path switching flap 51 is rotated counterclockwise. Return to the initial position. At this time, the rear end of the adhesive sheet S with release paper that has been cut and remained on the cutting processing unit 61 faces the entrance of the lower sheet passage 55 of the path switching flap 51, and as shown in FIG. The part 61 performs the cutting operation by reciprocating the cutting head 62 in the width direction of the sheet while switching the feeding of the adhesive sheet S with release paper in both forward and reverse directions, and the adhesive sheet S with release paper is directly under the first conveying path 8 Enters the second conveyance path 71 arranged in the area.

  At the point when the cutting process is started on the printed adhesive sheet with release paper S, the first printing path 8 side enters the next printing process, and the cutting and the next sheet printing are processed in parallel to improve the processing speed. I am trying.

  When the cutting process is completed, the pinch roller 12 that is elastically in contact with the grid roller 63 of the cutting processing unit 61 is raised, and the adhesive sheet S with release paper that has been subjected to the cutting process is transferred by the conveying roller 9 and the pinch roller 12 as shown in FIG. It is discharged outside.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the technical scope of the present invention, and it is natural that the present invention extends to those modifications.

1 is a perspective view of a printer apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the printer device in a state where a printer unit, a laminating unit, and a front door are opened. FIG. 3 is a front view of the printer device with the front cover removed. The front view which simplified and displayed only the main mechanism part. The front view of the state which open | released the printer part and the lamination process part. The front view which shows a lamination process process. FIG. 7 is a front view showing a laminate sheet cutting step subsequent to FIG. 6. FIG. 8 is a front view showing a rewinding process following FIG. FIG. 9 is a front view showing a feeding process to the cutting processing section following FIG. 8. FIG. 10 is a front view showing a sheet cutting process following FIG. 9. FIG. 11 is a front view showing a cutting process step following FIG. FIG. 12 is a front view showing a cutting sheet discharging process subsequent to FIG. Illustration of structure of laminate sheet with release paper. Illustration of the lamination process.

Explanation of symbols

1 Printer device
2 First printer section
3 Second printer section
4 Laminating section
5 frames
6 Sheet roll storage chamber
8 First transport path
9 Transport roller
10 Guide roller
11 Grid roller
12 Pinch roller
13 Printer housing
14 Thermal head
18 Open bearing
19 Winding gear
20 Supply gear
21 Intermediate gear
22 Swing lever
22a Link part
23 Tension coil spring
24 Link lever
25 First stopper pin
26 Second stopper pin
27 Crimp roller
28 Cutter blade
29 First sheet sensor
30 Second sheet sensor
51 Route switching flap
53 Upper seat passage
54 Middle seat passage
55 Lower seat passage
56 鋏
61 Cutting processing section
62 Cutting head
63 Grid roller
71 Second transport path
SR Adhesive sheet roll with release paper
S Adhesive sheet with release paper
IR ink ribbon roll
G (Roll core end face) gear
LR Laminate sheet roll with release paper
L Laminate sheet

Claims (4)

In a printer apparatus in which a printer unit, a laminate processing unit, a cutting processing unit, and the like are arranged on a conveyance path of a printing sheet,
The printer device includes a printing sheet roll storage chamber, a thermal head type printer unit,
A laminating unit disposed downstream of the printer unit;
A first conveying path for printing sheets;
A cutting processing unit that performs cutting on a print sheet based on cutting data arranged downstream of the first transport path ;
A second conveyance path arranged in the conveyance direction within the first conveyance path and the printer device;
Path switching means for switching the path of the printing sheet from the first transport path to the cutting processing unit;
The printing sheet conveyed from the lamination unit, and conveyed to the cutting unit by said route switching means,
By cutting means provided separately from the cutting processing unit, the printing sheet conveyed to the cutting processing unit is cut,
By switching to transport to the second transport path route by the path switching means,
A printer apparatus, wherein a printing sheet cut in a second conveyance path is moved back and forth and cutting is performed by a cutting processing unit. The printer device includes:
A first conveyance path for a printing sheet, comprising a reversing curved surface portion that reverses upward in a circular arc shape from the side of the printing sheet roll storage chamber, and a non-reversing curved surface portion such as a flat surface or a curved surface that extends from the upper end of the reversing curved surface portion; ,
A thermal head type printer unit disposed on a peripheral surface of the inverted curved surface unit;
A laminating section disposed on the non-inverted curved surface section;
A cutting processing unit that performs cutting on a print sheet based on cutting data arranged downstream of the first transport path;
A second conveyance path disposed in the direction of the conveyance path in the printer apparatus and the first conveyance path;
A path switching means for switching the path of the printing sheet from the first transport path to the cutting processing section and the second transport path;
The printing sheet conveyed from the lamination processing unit is conveyed to the cutting processing unit and the second conveyance path by the path switching unit,
By cutting means provided separately from the cutting processing unit, the printing sheet conveyed to the cutting processing unit is cut,
By switching to transport to the second transport path route by the path switching means,
2. The printer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing sheet cut in the second conveyance path is moved back and forth, and cutting is performed by the cutting processing unit. At least one of the thermal head type printer unit and other processing units arranged on the transport path is hinged to one of the front and rear ends of the frame, and is formed so that the other end can be pulled up to open the transport path. The printer apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 . At least one of the thermal head type printer unit and other processing units arranged on the conveyance path is hinged to one of the front and rear ends of the frame, and the conveyance path can be opened by opening the other end side. 3. The printer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein consumables such as an ink ribbon roll and a laminate sheet roll can be exchanged from above in a state.

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