JPH02175273A - Image forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve recording sheet operating properties in recording by a construction wherein a recording means can move in conjunction with the opening/closing of a display means. CONSTITUTION:A rotatable printer 3 rotates in conjunction with the rotation of a display 2 so that a sheet insertion port 15 of the printer 3 is disposed on an extension of the lower part of the display 2. Therefore, in the use state, a recording sheet 4 can be set to the printer 3 from the side of a keyboard 1 through the lower part of the display 2. In addition, because a recording start switch key 1b and a release button 5i can be operated from the side of the keyboard 1, operating properties in recording are improved.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

<Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus having an input means, a display means, and a recording means. <Prior Art> Today, information input/output devices such as word processors and personal computers are being developed, and among these devices, lamp-top type devices have become widely used in recent years. As shown in FIG. 6, the Lapton type word processor and the like are configured so that the information entered from the keyboard can be confirmed on the display and the input information can be printed out on the spot. Therefore, these devices are equipped with an input means 50, a display means 51, and a recording means 52, and the -C characteristic is that these are integrally constructed. Therefore, when printing out with the above-mentioned device, insert and set the recording means 52 > No. I try to do that. <Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, as shown in FIG. In order to input the recording sheet 53 into the sort insertion slot 52a, the operation input directed to the keyboard 50 must be made so that the display means 51 is turned off. The next recording sheet 53 is tJ[out[T
The same thing happened when taking it out from l52b, and the operability was poor. Furthermore, although the recording means 52 shown in FIG. 6 is an example in which the recording sheet 53 is conveyed in a U-turn, in the first recording stage in which the sheet 53 is moved straight, the recording sheet 53 must be inserted from the bottom of the recording means. As a result, there were problems such as the operability becoming even worse. The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and to provide an image forming apparatus with good operability of a recording sheet during recording. <Means for Solving the Problems> Typical means according to the present invention for solving the above problems include an input means for inputting information and a display means for displaying information input from the input means. and a recording means for recording the input information, and the display means is configured to be openable and closable with respect to the input means, and the recording means is movable in conjunction with opening and closing of the display means. It is characterized by its composition. Further, the recording sheet is inserted into the recording means from the input means side through the lower part of the display means. According to the lower stage, the recording means is movable in conjunction with the opening and closing of the display means, and for example, it is possible to arrange the sort insertion opening of the recording means at the bottom of the display means, and when recording, the recording sort can be inputted to the input means. It can be set from the side via the 1: section of the display means. <Example> Next, an image forming apparatus according to an example of the present invention to which the above-mentioned lower part is applied will be explained. Fig. 2 is a perspective explanatory diagram showing the Ii view when not in use. Ia, a recording start switch key 1b, etc. are provided.Furthermore, at the center of the rear of the input means 1, a sort guide section IC is formed for guiding recording sheets when performing recording, which will be described later. Further, a display 2 constituting a display means is attached to the rear of the keyboard l.This display 2 displays information inputted by the input means 1, and supports are provided at both ends of the display 2. Legs 2a, 2b
is provided protrudingly, and this support leg 2a is k.1 for the 4-board.
It is attached so that it can be rotated. In addition, in the above-mentioned rotational structure, the support 1i1112a2b is the guide part 1. support legs 2a,
For rotation of 2b)? It is constructed so that it functions like a stick sword. Therefore, the supporting legs 2a for the keyboard 1 according to 11.
, 2b can be erected as shown in FIG. 1, and the erected angle can be fixed at an arbitrary angle. Further, at the lower ends of the support legs 2a, 2b, a gear portion 2a+,
2b+ is formed, and is configured to mesh with a gear portion of a recording means, which will be described later. Furthermore, as shown in FIG.
In the closed state, the display 2 is configured to cover the keyboard 1, so that the display 2 functions as a cover for the keyboard 1 and is configured to be openable and closable with respect to the keyboard 1. Next, a blink 3 serving as a recording means is rotatably attached to the rear of the keyboard 1 and behind the display 2. Similar to the display 2, this printer 3 also has supports m3a and 3b formed at both ends that are pivoted to the guide portion 1c of the keyboard 1, and this rotating portion has an fF
It is constructed so that a force acts on it. For this reason, the printer 3 is configured so that it can maintain that state when it is stood up or laid down relative to the keyboard 1. When the printer 3 is not in use, it is in a reclined state as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the recording operation is performed by standing up against the keyboard. Further, gear portions 3a + , 3 b + are formed at the lower ends of the support legs 3 a , 3 b of the printer 3 described in 1iif above, and these gear portions 2 a + , 2 b of the display 2 are formed.
, and are configured to mesh with each other. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, when the display 2 is rotated, the printer 3 is rotated in conjunction. That is, the first
As shown in the figure, when the display 2 is stood up, the printer 3
The printer 3 also stands up, and when the display 2 is folded down as shown in FIG. 2, the printer 3 is also folded down. The configuration of the printer 3 will now be described in detail.This printer 3 employs a thermal transfer recording method in which recording is performed by moving the recording sheet 4 straight ahead. As shown in FIG. 4, the configuration is such that the recording notebook 4 inserted from the device 111 is intermittently conveyed by the conveying means 5, and the ink ribbon cassette 6 and the two signals 'Fj are energized to generate heat for recording. While moving the carriage 8 carrying the door in the direction of arrow a, the ink ribbon 9 stored in the cassette 6 is recorded.
Each time the door selectively heats the door, an image is formed on the recording sheet 14, and the recording sheet 4 is discharged from the rear discharge port. The conveying means 5 is a roller shaft 5 a rotatably attached to both sides of the printer 30 Qa, 10b! Konansu 1-La 5b is fixed, 11; 1 Roller 5J's horn.
A transport motor 5c is connected to ;. Therefore, the nil 1ψ feed roller 5b is configured to be driven and rotated by the drive of the transport motor 5c. Furthermore, on both side plates 10a and IOb,

[11, 1-1-A roller shaft 5d is rotatably mounted in parallel with the shaft 5a+ (j-edge 4'75, so that the pinch roller 5e fixed to the roller shaft 5 is in pressure contact with the conveyance roller 5b). Therefore, when the conveyance roller 5b rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow, the record inserted between the rollers 5b and 5e through the sheet insertion opening 15 provided at the front of the lower part when the printer 3 is upright. The sheet 4 is conveyed in the direction of arrow C and outputted from the discharge port at the rear of the lower part.One end of the roller shaft 5d is connected to the side plate 10a at a length 7L+.
oa, and can move up and down along this elongated hole 10a.
, a roller shaft 5d protruding from the roller shaft 5d is pressed downward by a pressure spring 5f, thereby bringing the pinch roller 5e into pressure contact with the conveyance roller 5b. Furthermore, a release lever 5h rotatable about the shaft 5g is provided below the roller shaft 5d protruding from the elongated hole 5a, and this lever 5h has a release button 51 having a slope 511 at the front thereof. are in contact. Therefore, in the event that the recording/recording tray 4 jams, when the button 51 is pushed in the direction of the arrow d, the release lever 5h is pushed along the inclined surface 511 and rotated in the direction of the arrow e. , Konoshi・\-5
Since the rollers 5b and 5e are separated by the roller 11 pushing the roller shaft 5d, the jam can be easily cleared. Next, the ink ribbon cassette 6 stores the ink ribbon 0, and the ink ribbon 9, which is a long film coated with thermal transferable ink, is wound around the supply reel 6a, and the four parts 6b are exposed. Winding 1
! - Wrap it around 6c; 1 digit. The cassette 6 can be attached to and detached from the carriage 8 by a known loading mechanism (not shown). The carriage 8 is connected to the timing wheels H1 and C suspended from the pulleys 1a and 1b, and one of the pulleys 1171
A carriage motor 116 is connected to la to constitute a traveling means. Therefore, by driving the motor 11d, the carriage 8 is configured to travel forward iM along the guide shaft 2. Further, the carriage 8 is provided with a take-up shaft 8a that engages with the take-up reel 6C of the loaded ink cartridge case 6, and this take-up shaft 8a is connected to a friction clutch and a take-up motor (not shown). The take-up motor is driven when the carriage 8 travels in the recording direction (arrow a direction), and transmits a constant rotational torque to the take-up reel 6C;
As a result, the ink ribbon 9 fed out from the supply reel 6a is wound onto the take-up reel 6C. Further, the recording head 8 is equipped with the recording head 7, and is configured such that the recording head 7 is moved down in the direction of arrow f by an up-down mechanism (not shown) comprising a solenoid or the like. Further, the recording head 7 is located in the fourth part 6b when the cassette 6 is loaded, and is located in the recessed part 6b when the head is down.
The ink-applied surface of the ink ribbon 9 exposed from the ink ribbon 9 is pressed against the conveyed recording notebook 4. In this embodiment, a platen 13 is attached to the travel area of the recording head 7 in order to support the back surface of the recording sheet 4 that is pressed by the recording head door. In the printer 3, the recording sheet 4 is set, and the carriage 8 is moved in the direction of the arrow a with the recording head 7 pushed down, and in synchronization with this, the recording head door is heated in accordance with both signals. . This heat generation heats the ink ribbon 9 according to the image pattern, and the heated ink is transferred to the recording sheet 4, so that an image is recorded on the sheet 4. Then, after recording the - line, go to recording! 7, the carriage 8 is returned to the home position, the conveyance motor 5c is driven, the recording sheet 4 is conveyed by one line, and the subsequent lines are recorded in the same manner as described above. Incidentally, the recording operation can be easily performed by inputting a program similar to conventional thermal transfer recording into a ROM or the like of the control system. Here, when the printer 3 is stood up as shown in FIG.
It is constructed so as to be located on an extension of c. This allows the recording sheet 4 to be inserted into the sort insertion slot of the printer 3 from the keyboard 1 through the lower part of the display 2. When the recording sheet 4 is inserted into the printer 3, it is arranged at the end of the keyboard FI so that it is outside the area covered by the recording sheet 4, so that the recording sheet 4 does not get in the way of key operations. Furthermore, a window 2a2 is formed at a predetermined position on one of the support legs 2a that supports the display 2, and when the printer 3 is stood up, the release button 51 is released from the window 2a+ as shown in FIG. The release button 111 is configured to be exposed on the keyboard 1'1 side.Therefore, when the printer 3 is in an upright position, the release button 51 can be operated from the keyboard l side.Configured as described above. In the case of using an image forming apparatus that is equipped with a
, 3b, are in mesh with each other, as shown in FIG.
stands up. In this state, information is input by operating the keyboard 1. Next, when recording the input information, as shown in FIG.
Insert the sheet into the sheet insertion slot along the bottom of the display 2. When the recording start switch key 1b is pressed, the recording sheet 4 is conveyed by the conveyance means 5 of the printer 3, and recording is performed at the gutter 7, and the sheet 4 after recording is discharged from the discharge port in the direction of arrow g. . Also, if the recording sheet 4 jams during the recording,
When the release button 5j exposed from the support leg 2a is pressed from the keyboard 1 side, the conveyance roller 5b and the pinch roller 5e are separated, and the jammed sheet 4 can be easily removed. After recording is completed as described above, when the display 2 is folded down, the printer 3 is also folded down, and the entire apparatus is folded up as shown in FIG. 2, making it easy to carry. In this embodiment, the printer 3 is rotatable, and the rotation of the printer 3 causes the display 2 to rotate.
As the sheet insertion slot 15 of the printer 3 is rotated, the sheet insertion slot 15 of the printer 3 comes to be located on an extension of the lower part of the display 2. Therefore,
When in use, it is possible to insert the recording sheet 4 into the printer 3 from the keyboard 1 side through the lower part of the display 2. Furthermore, since the recording start switch key 1b and the release button 51 can be operated from the keyboard 1 side, recording operability is improved. [Other Embodiments] In the first embodiment described above, the recording sheet 4 was hung in the direction of the arrow g in FIG. 1, but the recording sheet 4 was conveyed in the direction opposite to the arrow g. A conveying means may be configured to discharge the sheet 4 after recording to the keyboard l side. Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, an example was shown in which the printer 3 was used to record by moving the recording sheet 4 straight forward, but as shown in FIG. , recording may be performed while the sheet is conveyed in a U-turn around the platen roller, and the sheet u1 may also be output from the sheet discharge port 17 to the keyboard 1 side. Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, an example was shown in which the printer 3 rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the display 2.
The present invention is not limited to the rotational configuration described above. For example, by configuring the display 2 to be slidable, the printer 3 can be configured to be opened and closed relative to the keyboard, and in conjunction with the slide of the display 2, the printer 3 can be slid in the vertical direction by winding it up with a wire, for example. It may be configured. <Effects of the Invention> As described above, in the present invention, in order to move the recording means in conjunction with opening and closing of the display means, the sheet insertion opening of the recording means can be arranged at a desired location, for example, at the bottom of the display means. becomes possible. This makes it possible to set the recording sheet from the input means side through the lower part of the display means during recording, improving the operability of inserting the recording sheet, and the display means is configured to cover the input means. This allows the display means to function as a cover for the input means.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is used, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which it is not in use, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a display and a printer rotate in conjunction with each other. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of the recording means, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment in which a recording sheet is conveyed in one turn, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the prior art. 1 is the keyboard, 1a is the human key, 1ib is the recording start switch key, lc is the sheet guide section, 2 is the display,
2a and 2b are support legs, 2a+ and 2b+ are gear parts, 2a2 is a window, 3 is a printer, 3a and 3b are support legs, 3
al, 3b+ is a gear part, 4 is a recording sheet, 5 is a conveyance means, 5a is a roller shaft, 5b is a conveyance roller, 5c is a conveyance motor, 5d is a roller shaft, 5e is a pinch roller, 5r
Pressing spring, 5g is the shaft, 5h is the release lever, 51 is the release button, 5I is the slope around 1, 6 is the ink ribbon cassette, 6a is (common supply reel, 6b is the recessed part, 6c is the take-up reel, 7 is the recording head, 8 is a carriage, 8a is a winding shaft, 9 is an ink ribbon, lOa, job is a side plate, )Oa,
is a long hole, 11a, 1.1b are pulleys, ilc is a belt,
1. Id is a carriage motor, 12 is a guide shaft, 13
14 is a platen, 14 is a discharge tray, 15.16 is a sheet insertion port, and 17 is a discharge port. Representative: Canon Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Shukichi Nakagawa Figure 2 Figure 5

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) It has an input means for inputting information, a display means for displaying the information input from the input means, and a recording means for recording the input information, and the display means is used for inputting the input information. An image forming apparatus characterized in that the recording means is configured to be openable and closable with respect to the display means, and the recording means is movable in conjunction with opening and closing of the display means. (2) The image according to claim (1), wherein the display means is configured to be rotatable with respect to the input means, and the recording means is configured to rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the display means. Forming device. (3) The image forming apparatus according to claim (1), wherein the recording sheet is inserted into the recording means from the input means side through a lower part of the display means. (4) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display means is configured to cover the upper surface of the input means when the display means is folded down.