JPH01222565A - Manual scanning type picture input/output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the drawn recording tape to be taken up in the device main body by devising the device such that a tape take-up reel shaft is driven in the tape take-up direction when the slider plate is operated to restore the recording head in a direction to be drawn into the device main body. CONSTITUTION:When the slider plate 22 is operated while the recording head 3 is projected and the recording head 3 is restored by an energizing means in a direction to be drawn into the device main body, rotary driving means 90, 91 drive a tape take-up reel shaft 89a in the tape taking-up direction. Then the recording tape drawn from the device main body is wound into the device main body. Thus, the recording tape is taken up surely and the stain of read information matter due to the recording tape drawn at the outside of the device main body is prevented.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The invention will be described in the following order.

A. Industrial application field B. Prior art C0 Problems to be solved by the invention 1 Means for solving the problems 80 Effects F. Embodiment F-1 Schematic configuration of manual scanning type image input/output device ( (Figs. 2, 3, and 4) F-2 Image information reading unit (Figs. 2 and 6) F-3 Thermal head and thermal head retraction mechanism (Fig. 1A, Fig. 1B, Fig. 3, Fig. 5 to Fig. 9) F-4 movable roller (Fig. 1A, Fig. 1B).

Figures 5 to 8) F-5 thermal head and movable roller locking mechanism (first
(Figure A, Figure 1B, Figures 5 to 8) F-6 Reading scanning amount detection mechanism (Figure 1A)

(Figs. 5 and 6) F-7 tape cartridge housing (Fig. 1B, Fig. 4, and Fig. 6) F-8 thermal transfer ink tape feeding mechanism and slack prevention mechanism (Fig. 1A, Fig. 5) - FIG. 9) F-9 Forcible retraction operation mechanism of thermal head (FIGS. 4, 6, 8, and 10) F-10 Image information reading scanning (FIG. 5)

(Figs. 6 and 11) F-11 image information recording scanning (Figs. 7, 8, and 1)
(Figure 2) C9 Effect of the invention A, Industrial field of application The present invention reads image information of a desired portion of an object to be read such as a printed matter, and then records this read information on a desired portion of an object to be recorded such as paper. This invention relates to a manual scanning type image input/output device.

B. Prior Art Conventionally, a device has a built-in reading means for reading desired image information from a predetermined read information object such as a printed matter, and a recording means for recording the read image information on a predetermined recording object such as paper. A manual scanning type device that makes it possible to read the desired image information and record the read image information with one device by manually scanning the main body over the reading information object or the recording object. Image input/output devices have been proposed.

This type of image input/output device reads desired image information from a predetermined read information object, and then uses a recording head such as a thermal head to record the read image information on a predetermined recording object. The image information is recorded by protruding from the main body and pressing a recording tape such as an ink tape against the recording object using the recording head.

C0 invention tries to solve the problem! ! By the way, as described above, an image input device that is capable of reading and recording this type of image information has a recording head that protrudes from the device body only when recording image information, and the recording head is placed on the recording surface side of the recording head. Recording is performed by pressing an extending recording tape onto an object to be recorded.

Then, when the recording head is protruded from the main body of the device,
The recording tape is fed out from within the tape cartridge by the protrusion of the recording head so as to extend toward the recording surface of the recording head. Here, when the recording head is drawn into the main body of the apparatus to read and scan image information, the recording tape is also wound into a tape cartridge installed inside the main body of the apparatus, following the drawing of the recording head. If the recording tape is left pulled out of the device body without being returned, it will not only damage the recording tape, but also leave the recording tape pulled out outside the device body and placed on the object to be read. If the object is scanned, the ink attached to the recording tape will stain the object to be read.

Therefore, in the present invention, when the image information recording head is pulled into the apparatus main body and brought into a state where the image information can be read, the image information is pulled out by the recording head to the outside of the apparatus main body. A manual scanning type image input device that pulls a recording tape into a tape cartridge in the main body of the device, protects the recording tape, and prevents the object to be read from being soiled by the pulled-out recording tape. It was proposed for the purpose of providing an output device.

01 Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a manual scanning type image input device that reads recorded information of a desired part of an object to be read and records this read information on the desired part of the object to be recorded. In the output device, the recording head is provided on the main body of the device to move and scan over the object to be read or recorded, and the recording head is moved in and out through an opening formed on the lower surface of the main body. a slider plate, a biasing means for biasing the slider plate in the direction of the return position, a tape winding reel shaft for winding the recording tape mounted in the apparatus main body, and a return operation for the slider plate. and a rotational drive operating means for rotating the tape winding reel shaft in the tape winding direction.

86 Effect According to the present invention, when the slider plate is operated, the recording head protrudes from the retractable opening formed on the lower side of the apparatus main body, and the read image information becomes ready to be recorded on a desired portion of the recording object. When the slider plate is operated in a state where the recording head is projected and the biasing means returns the recording head in the direction of drawing the recording head into the main body of the apparatus, the rotational driving means causes the tape winding reel shaft to be retracted. is rotated in the tape winding direction, and the recording tape that has been pulled out from the apparatus main body is wound into the apparatus main body.

F. Examples Specific examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

F--l Schematic configuration of manual scanning type image input/output device (Figs. 2, 3, and 4) The manually operated image input/output device according to the present invention is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. As shown, the device includes a casing l that constitutes a flat, substantially rectangular main body of the device that is large enough to be held with one hand. This housing 1 includes an image information reading section 2 constituting a reading means for reading image information of a desired part of an object to be read such as a book or other printed matter, and an image information reading section 2 that reads image information read by the image information reading section 2. A thermosensitive head 3 constituting a recording means for recording on a predetermined recording object is built-in. As shown in FIG. 3, the image information reading section 2 has a reading opening 4 provided at one end side of the lower surface of a housing 1 that slides over the object to be read during scanning to read desired image information.
are arranged with the information reading surfaces facing each other. Further, the heat-sensitive helad 3 has a retractable opening 5. which is provided at approximately the center of the lower surface of the housing 1. It is installed so that it appears from.

At a position between the reading opening 4 and the retracting opening 5 on the lower surface of the housing 1 and close to the heat-sensitive head 3, there is a hole formed at the periphery of the reading opening 4 during image information reading and scanning. A movable roller 7 is provided that moves forward and backward so that the reading reference surface 6 can be brought into sliding contact with the object to be recorded, and is locked at a position protruding from the reading reference surface 6 when recording and scanning the image information.

Further, on the other end side of the lower surface of the housing 1, there is provided a running track that guides the housing 1 so that it can smoothly run over an object to be read and an object to be recorded during scanning for reading image information and scanning for recording image information. A guide roller 8 serving as a guide portion is attached. This guide roller 8 is formed of an elastic body such as rubber, and is perpendicular to the moving direction (direction of arrow A in FIG. 2) of the housing 1 that is scanned when reading or recording image information via a support shaft 8a. It is installed as follows.

Further, on one side of the housing 1, as shown in FIG.
and the tape cartridge 1 wound between the take-up reel 11 and the take-up reel 11.
A tape cartridge storage section 13 is formed in which a tape cartridge 2 is stored.

The cartridge loading/unloading opening 13a of the tape cartridge storage section 13 is opened and closed by a lid 1'4 rotatably attached to the housing 1.

The manual scanning type image input/output device according to the present invention reads the image information of a desired part of the object to be read by keeping the heat-sensitive heating pad 3 in a submerged state without protruding from the retractable opening 5. This is carried out by the image information reading section 2 by gripping the casing 1, sliding the reading reference surface 6 on the lower surface of the casing 1 onto the reading surface of the object to be read, and scanning the desired image information.

Further, in order to record the read image information on a desired portion of the recording object, the heat-sensitive heater pad 3 is made to protrude from the retractable opening 5, and the movable roller 7 is locked at a position protruding from the reading reference surface 6. Then, by gripping the casing 1 and pressing the heat-sensitive pad 3 and movable roller 7 onto the recording target to scan a desired portion of the recording target,
The transfer ink of the thermal transfer ink tape 9 extending on the recording surface of the thermal head 3 is melted to transfer and record the image information onto the recording target.

The detailed configuration of the manual scanning type image input/output device according to the present invention, which performs the above-described image information reading and recording operations, will be explained in order below.

F-2 Image information reading section (Figs. 2 and 6) Image information reading section 2 of the manual scanning type image input/output device according to the present invention
As shown in FIG. 6, the reading head 17 includes a line sensor 15 and a lens array 16 that forms a read image on the light receiving surface 15a of the line sensor 15;
A light source 18 is provided for illuminating the read image portion on the object to be read. The line sensor 15 constituting the reading head 17 is composed of a photoelectric conversion element such as a CCD, and the lens array 16 has a diameter of, for example, 1 to 2 mm.
A cell-hoc lens array is used in which a plurality of 11I11 distributed index columnar lenses are arranged in a flat plate. Furthermore, a light emitting diode array is used as the light source I8.

The reading head 17 has the image information input surface side on one end surface of the lens array 16 facing the reading opening 4 provided on the lower surface of the housing 1, and the image information facing the reading opening 4 is transferred to the line sensor 15. It is disposed within the housing l so as to form an image on the light-receiving surface 15a. At this time, in order to improve the resolution of the image information so that it can be imaged on the light-receiving surface 15a of the line sensor 15, the reading reference is the periphery of the reading opening 4 that slides on the object to be read when scanning the image information. The surface 6 is formed to be located within the depth of field of the lens array 16. Also,
The light source 18 is disposed with a light emitting surface facing one side of the reading opening 4 so as to illuminate the image information facing the reading opening 4. Control of reading and scanning of image information by the image information reading section 2 is performed by pressing a reading and scanning control operation button 19 provided on the top surface of the housing l.

F-3 thermal head and thermal head retraction operation mechanism (
Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Figure 3.

5 to 9) The thermal head 3 used in this image input/output device selectively energizes a plurality of heating elements to generate heat according to recorded image information to melt the transfer ink in the thermal transfer ink member 19. It is configured to transfer and record onto a recording target.

As shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 9, this heat-sensitive helad 3 is supported by a slider plate 22 that is slidably attached to one side of a chassis board 21 disposed within the housing l. The head is attached via a plate 23, and when the slider plate 21 is slid, it is moved in and out of the opening 5 formed on the lower surface of the housing 1.

As shown in FIG. 5, the slider plate 22 has a first slide guide arm part 25 and a second slide guide arm part 26 formed in parallel to each other at both ends of a connecting plate 24,
Approximately in the center is a tape cartridge storage section 13 as described later.
It is configured to form a cutout opening 27 through which a take-up reel shaft rotation gear attached to the base end of the tape take-up reel shaft protruding therein faces. And this slider board 2
Reference numeral 2 denotes a slide guide in which a pair of slide guide holes 28 and 29 formed in the first slide guide arm portion 25 and a slide guide hole 30 formed in the second slide guide arm 26 are respectively planted in the chassis substrate 21. pin 3
1, 32, and 33 for support, it is slidably attached to one side of the chassis board 21. The slider plate 22 is stretched between a spring locking piece 35 formed upright on one side of the first slide guide arm portion 25 and a spring locking piece 36 formed by cutting and raising the chassis board 21. It is biased to slide in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 6, which is above the housing 1, by a first tension spring 37.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, the head mounting plate 23 is attached to the slider plate 22 by bending a head mounting portion 39 on the lower end side of the support portion 38 to form an abbreviated shape. It is formed. As shown in FIG. 1B, the heat-sensitive head 3 has the head mounted on the lower surface side of the section 39, and when scanning the object to be recorded, it follows the surface of the object to be recorded. One support shaft 40 so that the recording surface comes into sliding contact
The head mounting is swingably supported by the portion 39. In the head mounting portion 39, a swing regulating protrusion 39a for regulating the amount of swing of the heat-sensitive head 3 is formed to protrude from the heat-sensitive head mounting surface side. The head mounting plate 23 to which the heat-sensitive helad 3 is attached is arranged such that the support part 38 is superimposed on the connecting plate 24 of the slider plate 22, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 9. The above-mentioned installation is carried out by pivoting the vicinity of one corner of the lower end of the support part 38 by a pivot shaft 41, and bending it at one side of the upper end opposite to the position pivoted by the pivot shaft 41. The formed spring locking piece 42 is inserted into the notch opening 2 of the slider plate 22.
7 and is attached to the slider plate 22 so as to engage with the upper edge of the connecting plate 24. The head mounting plate 23 that is attached to the slider plate 22 in this manner has a second tensioning member that is stretched between the spring locking piece 42 and a spring locking piece 43nfl that is bent on the lower end side of the slider plate 22. A spring 44 urges the heat-sensitive disk 3 to rotate about the pivot shaft 41 in the direction of arrow C in FIGS. In this way, when the head is mounted, the plate 23 is biased to rotate, thereby applying a pressing force to the heat-sensitive disk 3 to press the surface of the object to be recorded when recording and scanning the read image information.

As described above, the heat-sensitive head 3, which is supported by the slider plate 22 and is attached via the plate 23, is attached to the slider plate 22 by the operating lever 45 for switching read and record states, which is slidably supported by the chassis board 21. By moving the slider plate 22 forward and backward, the slider plate 22 is operated to protrude and retract from the protruding and retracting opening 5 of the housing 1, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8.

The operation lever 45 is formed of a molded synthetic resin and is pressed and operated by fitting on the upper end side! [ ] 46 is the Japanese type opening 4 opened on the top surface of the housing 1 as shown in Figure 2.
As shown in FIG. 1B and FIG. The chassis board 21 is inserted into the chassis board 21 through a protrusion hole 49 which is bent on the side and cut out in the chassis board 21.
A pair of slide guide holes 51 whose major axis is in the long plane direction are brought into contact with a lock piece 50 protruding from the other side of the chassis board 21, and a spring/earth slide guide pin 53 and a cam lever are placed upright on the other side of the chassis board 21. It is engaged with the operating slide r guide pin 54 and is slidably supported on the other side of the chassis board 21 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction of the chassis board 21 . Then, the operation lever 45
, a spring locking portion 56 formed at the end of the rising wall 55 on the side located on the tape cartridge storage section 13 side when attached to the chassis board 21, and a spring at the tip of the spring locking slide guide pin 53. A third tension spring 57 stretched between the locking parts urges the pressing operation part 48 to slide in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. ing.

In addition, a cam lever is provided in the middle of the operating lever 45, as shown in FIG. A cam lever 59 formed with a cam groove 58 that engages with the tip of the operating slide guide pin 54 to lock the operating lever 45 at a predetermined pressing position, and further operates to release the lock by a second pressing operation. is installed. Therefore, the operating lever 45 is configured as a so-called button-button type operating lever.

By the way, the cam lever 59 is operated by the bar 45.
A tear coil spring 6 is mounted with its base end pivotally supported on a support shaft 60 set up in the middle, and is wound around the support shaft 60.
1, the cam groove 58 is rotated in the direction of arrow E in FIG. Guide pin 5
It is designed not to deviate from 4.

The head is mounted by sliding the slider plate 22 against the biasing force of the second tension spring 44 as shown in FIG. 8 by the first pressing operation of the operating lever 45. The heat-sensitive heat-sensitive radar 3 attached through the housing 1 is made to protrude from the retractable opening 5 of the housing 1. At this time, the slider plate 22 is locked by a lock lever as described later, so that the pressing force applied to the slider plate 22 through the heat-sensitive head 3 during the recording operation is not directly applied to the operation lever 45. ing.

Further, when the second pressing operation is performed from the state shown in FIG. 8 in which the cam lever 59 is engaged with the cam lever operating slide guide pin 54 and the operating lever 45 is locked at a predetermined pressing position, the cam lever 57 is The engagement with the cam lever operating slide guide pin 54 is released, and the operating lever 45 is returned to the return position as shown in FIG. 6 by the third tension spring 57, and the lock lever is released. Then, the slider plate 22 is slid by the second tension spring 44 to draw the heat-sensitive head 3 into the housing l through the retractable opening 5.

F-4 Movable roller (Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Figures 5 to 8)
(Figure) Also, when scanning image information, the reading reference surface 6 formed at the periphery of the reading opening 4 moves back and forth so as to be able to come into sliding contact with the object to be recorded, and when scanning and recording the image information, the reading reference surface 6 As shown in FIG. 1B and FIG. It is installed so that it can move forward and backward.

The roller mounting plate 62 is configured by forming a U-shaped roller mounting portion 64 on the tip side of a slide support portion 63 that is slidably supported on the chassis substrate 21. Furthermore, the movable roller 7 is configured by fitting an elastic cylindrical rubber body 66 onto a support shaft 65. This movable roller 7 has a spindle 65 on the tip side of the roller mounting portion 64.
I am supported and can be transferred freely through the company. To install the roller supporting the movable roller 7, the temporary 62 engages with the slide guide protrusion 68 formed by cutting out a part of the chassis board 21 to form a slide guide hole 67 whose major diameter is in the longitudinal direction. A U-shaped slide guide groove 69 is engaged with a slide guide bin 70 set on the chassis board 21, so that it is attached to the chassis board 21 so as to be movable in the vertical direction.

At this time, the roller mounting plate 62 has an abutting protrusion 71 protruding from the base end side of the slide support portion 63 and a locking piece 50 formed on the slider plate 22 and protruding from the other side of the chassis board 21. is faced with.

Further, the plate 62 for mounting the roller is formed by bending the plate 62 to connect the spring locking piece 72 and the chassis board 21.
The fourth tension spring 74 stretched between the spring locking pieces 73 bent in the direction of the arrow in FIG. It is urged to move in the F direction.

The movable roller 7, which is biased to move by the fourth tension spring 74, moves back and forth so that the reading reference surface 6 on the bottom surface of the housing 1 comes into sliding contact with the reading surface of the object to be read when scanning image information. At the same time, the housing 1 is pressed against the reading surface under the biasing force of the fourth tension spring 74.
It is rolled according to the amount of movement.

Furthermore, when recording image information, the movable roller 7 is moved at a position protruding from the lower surface of the casing l, which is biased and moved by the biasing force of the fourth tension spring 74, as shown in FIG. 8, as will be described later. Locked with no way forward or backward.

F-5 thermal head and movable roller locking mechanism (first
(A, FIG. 1B, FIGS. 5 to 8) Then, as described above, the heat-sensitive helad 3 which is protruded and scanned from the retractable opening 5 of the housing 1 is moved to the eighth
As shown in the figure, the lock piece 50 of the slider plate 22 is locked by a lock lever 75 disposed on the chassis board 21, and the slider plate 22 is connected to the first tension spring 3.
By being locked in the slid-scanned state against the biasing force of 7, it is locked in the position projected from the retractable opening 5. Moreover, the movable roller 7 is shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.
As shown in the figure, when the slider plate 22 is locked in the slid position, the abutting protrusion 71 comes into contact with the lock piece 50 of the slider plate 22, and the roller installation is performed by the fourth tension of the plate 62. By restricting forward and backward movement against the biasing force of the spring 74, the housing 1 is locked in a position protruding from the lower surface thereof.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the lock lever 75 that locks the thermal head 3 and the movable roller 7 as described above has a rotating arm portion attached to a pivot piece 76 formed by cutting and raising a part of the chassis board 21. 77 so as to be rotatable in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the chassis board 21, and a retaining piece 78 that engages with the locking piece 50 is formed on the distal end side of the rotating arm part 77. . This engagement piece 78 extends onto an inclined cam surface 79 formed on one side of the operating lever 45 .

The lock lever 75 also has a fifth tension spring 82 stretched between a spring locking piece 8o formed upright from the chassis base [21] and a spring locking piece 81 formed at one end of the locking piece 78. This causes the engagement piece 78 to engage the inclined cam surface 7.
It is rotationally biased so as to come into pressure contact with 9. The lock lever 75 is rotated against the biasing force of the fifth tension spring 82 by moving the engaging piece 78 on the inclined cam surface 79 in response to the sliding operation of the operating lever 45. .

Then, the first pressing operation is performed so that the operating lever 45 protrudes the heat-sensitive heating pad 3 from the retractable opening 5, and as shown in FIG. -75 has an engaging piece 78 with an inclined cam surface 79
The slider w! is rotatably biased so as to come into pressure contact with the lower horizontal surface portion 79a of the w! ,2
The locking piece 7 is engaged with the second locking piece 50 to lock the slider plate 22, and furthermore, the plate 62 is locked when the roller is mounted in contact with the locking piece 50. Therefore, when recording image information, the load applied to the slider plate 22 via the thermal head 3 and the load applied to the roller attachment plate 62 via the movable roller 7 are prevented from being transmitted to the operating lever 45.

Further, when the operating lever 45 is released from the locked state with respect to the cam lever 59 by the second pressing operation and is slid in the return direction by the third tension spring 57, the retaining piece 78 locks onto the inclined surface portion of the inclined cam surface 79. 79b to the upper horizontal surface portion 79c, and as shown in FIG. 6, the lock lever 75 is rotated against the biasing force of the fifth tension spring 82 to the lock piece 5o of the engagement piece 78. release the bond. Then, the slider plate 22 and the roller mounting plate 62 are unlocked. By this unlocking, the slider plate 22 is moved to the fifth position by the first tension spring 37.
It is slid in the direction of arrow B in the figure, and the heat-sensitive rad 3 is drawn into the housing 1.

Further, the roller attachment temporary 62 can move forward and backward against the biasing force of the fourth tension spring 74, as shown in FIG.

Therefore, the image input/output device becomes ready to read image information.

F-6 Reading scanning amount detection mechanism (Fig. 1A, Fig. 5, and Fig. 6) Also, inside the housing 1, there is a mechanism for detecting the amount of movement of this housing 1 to detect the reading scanning amount of image information. A rotary encoder 83 that constitutes a reading scanning amount detection mechanism is mounted on the chassis board 2.
1.

As shown in FIGS. 1A and 5, this rotary encoder 83 is rotatably operated by the rotation of a movable roller rough, and is connected to a transfer gear attached to one end of the support shaft 65 of the movable roller rough. It is connected via a rubber belt 87 to a double gear 86 meshed with 84 via an intermediate gear 85. The intermediate gear 85 and the double gear 86 are mounted on rollers and are pivoted on the plate 62, and move forward and backward together with the movable roller 7.
3 are connected by an elastically extensible rubber belt 87, so that the connected state is always maintained by expanding and contracting the rubber belt 87 as the movable roller moves forward and backward.

Furthermore, when reading image information, the movable roller 7 is moved to the sixth position.
As shown in the figure, since the reading surface is always pressed against the biasing force of the fourth tension spring 74, movement is always guaranteed as the housing l moves. Therefore, the movable roller 7 can accurately rotate the rotary encoder 83 in accordance with the amount of operation of the housing 1, and the amount of image information read and scanned can be detected accurately.

F-7 tape cartridge storage section (Figure 1B).

(FIGS. 4 and 6) Further, in the tape cartridge storage section 13 provided on one side of the housing 1, as shown in FIG.
A tape supply reel shaft 88 and a tape winding reel shaft 89 which are engaged with each other are provided in a protruding manner so as to stand upright. The tape supply reel shaft 88 is connected to the chassis board 21.
In order to prevent the supply reel lO from freely rotating and unintentionally feeding out the thermal transfer ink tape 9 when the tape cartridge 12 is mounted and supported by a support shaft 88a set up above, a feeding force is applied to the ink tape 9. It is supported with a load applied to it so that it can rotate when applied.

On the other hand, the tape winding reel shaft 89 is connected to the chassis board 2.
It is supported by a support shaft 89a set up on an auxiliary board (not shown) disposed on one side of the chassis board 1, and protrudes into the tape cartridge housing 13 through a through hole 96 formed in the chassis board 21. There is.

This tape winding reel shaft 89 is rotatably attached, and a tape winding gear 90 is provided on the base end side. When the tape winding gear 90 is rotated, the tape winding reel shaft 89 is rotated.
The take-up reel 11 engaged with is rotated to wind up the thermal transfer ink tape 9.

As shown in FIG. 4, the tape cartridge 12 has a head fitting recess 12a formed on the front end side, and the thermal transfer ink chip 19 is pulled out and extended on the open front end surface of the head fitting recess 12a. ing. The tape cartridge 12 includes a supply reel 10 and a take-up reel 1.
1 is engaged with the tape supply reel shaft 88 and the tape take-up reel shaft 89, respectively, and installed in the tape cartridge storage section 13, the thermal transfer ink tape 19 pulled out from the tape cartridge 12 is transferred to the thermal head. 3 along the front recording surface.

F-8 Thermal transfer ink tape feeding mechanism and sagging prevention mechanism (FIG. 1A, FIGS. 5 to 9) By the way, the thermal transfer ink tape 19 applies new transfer ink to the recording surface of the thermal head 3 when recording image information. It is fed out sequentially to feed the side. This heat transfer ink 1
The feeding operation 9 is performed by rotating the tape winding reel shaft 89 in response to the rotational force of the movable roller luff that presses against the surface of the recording object and transfers when the device is in the recording operation mode. .

That is, the first pressing operation of the operating lever 45 is performed,
When the thermal head 3 protrudes from the protruding/retracting opening 5 of the housing 1 and becomes ready to record image information, FIGS. 1A and 7
As shown in the figure, when installing the rollers, a tape feeding gear 91 meshes between a double gear 86 pivotally supported on the plate 62 and a tape winding gear 90. The above roller is installed on plate 6.
The rotation of the movable roller rough supported by 2 is transmitted to the tape winding gear 90 via the tape feeding gear 91, and the winding reel 11 of the tape cartridge 12 engaged with the tape winding reel shaft 89 is rotated. The thermal transfer ink tape 9 is rotated and fed out.

By the way, the tape feeding gear 91 engages between the tape winding gear 90 and the double gear 86 only in the recording scanning mode to feed out the thermal transfer ink tape 9, and in the image information reading scanning mode, the thermal transfer ink is drawn out. In order to prevent the tape 9 from being fed out, the tape winding gear 90 and the double gear 86 are connected as shown in FIG. 8 in conjunction with the switching operation between the recording scanning mode and the reading scanning mode.

Therefore, the tape feeding gear 91 is pivotally supported on a slider plate 22 that is slidably operated in accordance with the switching operation between the recording scanning mode and the reading scanning mode. Then, when the slider plate 22 is slid so that the heat-sensitive head 3 protrudes from the retractable opening 5, the tape feeding gear 91 is moved together with the slider plate 22, and the tape winding gear 90 and the double gear are moved together. 86 are engaged.

Further, image information is recorded in one direction by scanning the housing l in one direction in the order in which the image information is read. In order to constantly supply new thermal transfer ink tape 9 to the recording surface of the thermal head 3 and to feed out the thermal transfer ink tape 19 while preventing it from sagging, the tape feeding gear 91 is used for tape winding. The gear 90 is rotatably mounted only in one direction, that is, in the direction of the arrow G in FIGS. 1A and 7, which rotates the gear 90 only in the direction in which the thermal transfer ink tape 9 is wound up. That is, a ratchet 92 mounted on the slider plate 22 engages with the ratchet gear portion 91a on the upper surface of the tape feeding gear 91, and moves the tape winding gear 90 in one direction in the direction of arrow G in FIGS. 1A and 7. It is possible to rotate only in this direction.

Further, the tape feeding gear 91 is moved in one direction in the clockwise direction of the arrow G in FIG. 7 and the direction of the arrow G in FIG. Since the tape winding gear 90 rotates only when the slider plate 22 rotates in the direction in which the slider plate 22 is drawn into the heat sensitive mold by the first tension spring 37, the tape winding gear 90 rotates. 7. The thermal transfer ink tape 9 is rotated counterclockwise in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Therefore, when the tape feeding gear 91, by which the slider plate 22 is slid in the direction in which the thermal head 3 is pulled in, is separated, the tape feeding gear 91 rotates the tape winding gear 90 in the tape winding direction.

Then, since the winding operation on the take-up reel 11 is performed in synchronization with the retracting operation of the thermal head 3, the thermal transfer ink tape 9 is unwound in excess due to the protrusion of the thermal head 3 from the lower surface of the housing 1. is tape cartridge 12
This prevents the tape cartridge 12 from sagging outward.

In order to ensure that the tape winding gear 90 rotates when the slider plate 22 is withdrawn, the tape feeding gear 91 engages with the tape winding gear 90 as shown in FIG. This tape winding gear 9
0 and the rotation center of the tape feeding gear 91 is arranged so as to be substantially orthogonal to the sliding direction of the slider plate 22.

Forcible retraction operation mechanism of F-9 thermal head (Figures 4, 6, 8, and 10) The image input/output device that enables reading and recording of image information is The thermal head 3 is projected from the opening 5 of the housing 1, and the thermal transfer ink tape 9 extending toward the recording surface of the thermal head 3 is pressed onto the object to perform recording. Therefore, while the thermal head 3 remains protruding from the retractable opening 5 of the housing l, the thermal transfer ink tape 9 is extended to the recording surface side of the thermal head 3 and the tape cartridge 12 is housed in the tape cartridge. Not only cannot the tape cartridge 12 be attached to the tape cartridge 13, but also the tape cartridge 12 cannot be removed.

Therefore, when the lid 14 for opening and closing the tape cartridge storage section 13 is operated to open or close, the thermal head 3 is pulled into the housing 1.

That is, the first pressing operation is performed on the lid body 14, and the operating lever 45, which is locked to the cam lever 59, is pressed at this pressing operation position, and the cam lever 59 is pressed.
A lock release bin 93 is provided which is used to release the lock. As shown in FIG. 4, this lock release pin 93 is a raised piece 94 that is planted on the inner surface of the lid body 14 on the free end side so as to protrude into the disk cartridge storage portion 13. It is protruded at the tip. Further, on one side of the rising wall 55 of the operation lever 45, as shown in FIG. , the pressed operation piece 95 is located in the rotation locus Q of the lock release pin 93 and the pressed operation piece 95
It is formed to protrude inward. As shown in FIG. 10A, this pressed operation piece 95 has a lid body 14 that can be rotated in the direction of arrow Y1 in FIG. When the lock release pin 93 is pressed, the first pressed surface 95a and the opening 13a are pressed.
A second pressed inclined surface 95b, which is pressed by the lock release pin 93 when the lock is rotated in the direction of arrow Y2 in FIG. 1OA, is formed in a dogleg shape. These first and second pressed inclined surfaces 95a.

95b has a length that, when pressed by the lock release pin 93, pushes the operating lever 45 enough to unlock the operating lever 45 locked to the cam lever 59. Note that even if the side along the lower surface of the casing l that is spaced apart from the position where the lock release bin 93 is provided is operated when the lid body 14 is rotated in the opening direction, the pressed operation piece 95 In order to prevent the lid body 14 from deflecting due to the large force applied to the pressing operation, the first pressed inclined surface 95a is formed to be elongated with a smaller slope direction than the second pressed inclined surface 95b. When the operating lever 45 is pressed and locked to the cam lever 59, that is, when the heat-sensitive head 3 is protruded from the retractable opening 5 as shown in FIG. 8, the lid 14 is opened as shown in FIG. 10A. When the lid or lid closing operation is performed, the 10th
As shown in UgJA and B, the lock release pin 93 presses the first pressed slope surface 95a or the second pressed slope surface 95b of the pressed operation piece 95, and the operation lever 45 is moved by the third tension spring. A second pressing operation is performed against the urging force of the cam lever 57 to release the lock from the cam lever 59.

When the lock from the cam lever 59 is released, the operation lever 45 is returned to the return position by the third tension spring 57 as shown in FIG. The plate 22 is unlocked. When the slider plate 22 is unlocked, the heat-sensitive head 3 is pulled into the housing 1 as described above. Therefore, the heat-sensitive heating pad 3 protruding from the retractable opening 5 of the housing 1 is always drawn into the housing 1 by the opening/closing operation of the lid 14.

Further, when the operation lever 45 is not locked by the cam lever 59 and receives the biasing force of the third tension spring 57 that prevents the heat-sensitive head 3 from protruding from the retractable opening 5, the pressed operation piece 95 is in the return position. is shown in Figure 1OB
As shown in , the lock release pin 93 is placed at a position out of the rotation trajectory Q.

Note that the lid 14 has a tape cartridge storage section 1.
Supply reel 1 of tape cartridge 12 stored in 3
A remaining tape viewing window 97 is provided corresponding to 0.

F-10 Reading and scanning of image information (FIGS. 5, 6, and 11) In order to read and scan image information with the image input/output device according to the present invention, it is possible to read and scan image information without pressing the operation lever 45. The mold blade 3 is kept from protruding from the protruding/retracting opening 5. Then, touch the housing 1 with your fingers.

As shown in FIG. 11, the lower surface of the housing 1 is pressed against the surface of the read information object R on which the desired image information is recorded, and the reading reference surface 6 is pressed against the image information recording surface. By scanning in the direction of arrow X in FIG. 11, the desired image information is read.

At this time, the movable roller 7 becomes freely movable and moves forward and backward, being pressed against the image information recording surface and moving forward and backward, following the distortion of the image information recording surface and always moving over the image information recording surface. , the rotary encoder 83 is rotated accurately in accordance with the amount of movement of the housing 1, and the amount of reading is accurately detected.

F-11 Image information recording scanning (Figures 7, 8 and 1)
(Figure 2) To record the image information read by the image extraction device according to the present invention, the slider plate 22 that performs the first pressing operation of the operating lever 45 is moved against the biasing force of the first tension spring 37. The thermosensitive head 3 is then slid to protrude from the retractable opening 5 and locked in this protruding position, and the movable roller 7 is made to protrude from the lower surface of the housing 1.

In this state, the thermal head 3 and the movable roller 7 are pressed onto the recording object P as shown in FIG. When the movable roller 7 scans the housing 1 in the transferable direction of the arrow X in FIG. , the read image information is recorded on the recording object P by the heat-sensitive helad 3.

When recording the above image information, the movable roller 7 protrudes and is fixed, so that the reading reference surface 6 is lifted from the recording object P and runs along the recording surface of the thermosensitive type rad 3, as shown in FIG. The sliding friction of the ink tape 9 is reduced to ensure smooth running of the housing 1.

G0 Effects of the Invention In the present invention, when the slider plate is operated with the recording head projected and the biasing means returns the recording head in the direction of drawing the recording head into the main body of the apparatus, the rotational drive means The tape winding reel shaft is rotated in the tape take-up direction, and the recording tape that has been pulled out from the device body is wound into the device body, thereby achieving reliable protection of the recording tape. This makes it possible to prevent the read information material from being soiled by the recording tape pulled out to the outside of the apparatus main body.

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1A and 1B are perspective views showing essential parts of a manual scanning type image input/output device according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1A shows one side of the chassis board; B shows the other side of the chassis board. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the home of the image input/output device, FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the tape cartridge storage section, and FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the inside of the tape cartridge storage section. It is. FIG. 5 shows the main parts of the manual scanning type image input/output device according to the present invention, and is a plan view of one side of the chassis board in a state of reading image information, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a plan view of one side of the chassis board in an image information recording state, and FIG. 8 is a plan view of the other side of the chassis board. No. 90 is a perspective view showing the mounting state of the slider plate and the head. FIGS. 10A and 10B are side views showing the relationship between the lock release bottle and the plate pressing operation piece. FIG. 11 is a schematic side view showing the image information reading state, and FIG. 12 is a schematic side view showing the image information recording state. 1・・・・・・・・・・Housing

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A manual scanning image input/output device that reads recorded information on a desired part of an object to be read and records the read information on the desired part of the object to be recorded, comprising: A slider plate is provided on the main body of the apparatus that moves and scans the upper surface of the apparatus, and is movable back and forth to operate the recording head that appears and retracts from the opening formed on the lower surface of the main body, and the slider plate is attached in the direction of the return position. a tape winding reel shaft for winding up a recording tape mounted in the apparatus main body; and a tape winding reel shaft for winding the recording tape mounted in the apparatus main body; and for moving the tape winding reel shaft in the tape winding direction when the slider plate is returned A manual scanning type image input device comprising: a rotation drive operation means for rotating the image input device;