JPH02198967A - Printer equipped with paper accommodating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve working efficiency by installing a paper accommodating part which is equipped with a plurality of paper accommodating devices and can be shifted and installing a positioning means for positioning the paper receiving part of one paper accommodating device selected among a plurality of paper accommodating devices, at the terminal part of a transport belt. CONSTITUTION:A paper sheet 6 which is issued from the paper sheet issue port 30 of a printer part 10 is transported so as to be pushed into a turning conveyor belt 31 between the paper supporting surface 18 of a paper supporting member 19 and the rear surface of a connecting plate 13. The paper sheets 6 issued successively are stacked in succession onto a stack member 15 so as to push the supporting member 19 rearward. When a paper accommodating device 8 for stacking the paper 6 is replaced, the connection between a connecting arm 23 and an pin 35 is opened by manually pulling the device 8 connected with the printer part 10, against the springy force of a spring 27, and a desired device 8 is connected with the printer part 10 by turning the paper accommodating part 9. Also the operation can be automated easily.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer with a paper piece storage device, which is a printer that continuously issues paper pieces, such as a label printer, and a paper piece storage device attached thereto.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, printers such as label printers that issue paper strips continuously have been developed, and there has been a demand for a paper strip storage device that stacks the paper strips. Therefore, one conventional example of such a printer with a paper storage device will be explained based on FIG. 5. In this printer l with a paper storage device, the upper edge of the printer 2
A stack part 4 whose lower edge is box-shaped is connected to the paper slip issuing port 3 of the
A sliding plate 5 connected to is formed. Therefore, the paper pieces 6 issued from the paper piece issuing port 3 slide on the inclined flat plate-shaped sliding plate 5, fall into the stacking section 4, and are successively stacked.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Although the printer 1 with a paper storage device as described above has a simple structure, when the paper pieces 6 move on the sliding plate 5 or fall onto the stack section 4, the paper pieces 6 turn over. or the order may be changed.

Furthermore, in order to prevent the paper pieces 6 from clogging, etc., the stacking section 4 is
Since the inner dimension of is larger than the outer dimension of the paper strip 6,
The stacked pieces of paper 6 are not aligned well. Moreover, in such a printer l equipped with a paper piece storage device, the paper pieces 6
Since there is only one stack unit 4 for stacking paper pieces 6, it is difficult to successively take in paper pieces 6 that are stacked at high speed and supply them to other equipment, or to classify and stack paper pieces 6 of different types. Therefore, this printer 1 with a paper storage device is not easy to use and has low practicality.

Means for Solving the Problem A printing section and a cutting section are sequentially arranged on the conveyance path of continuous paper, and a piece of paper conveyed through the cutting section is held between a pressing member and conveyed downward. A belt-shaped conveyor belt is provided,
A paper strip storage device is provided in which a paper strip support member having a substantially vertical paper support surface for vertically supporting paper strips is disposed above a substantially horizontal paper mounting surface on which the lower edge of the paper strips comes into contact, and a plurality of paper strips can be stored. A displaceable paper storage section provided with a device is provided, and a positioning means is provided for positioning a paper storage section of one paper storage device selected from a plurality of paper storage devices at an end portion of a conveyor belt.

An endless belt-like conveyor belt is provided which clamps the piece of paper between a suppressing member and conveys it downward, and the paper piece support member, which has a substantially vertical paper support surface that supports the paper piece upright, is attached to the lower edge of the paper piece. By providing a paper strip storage device disposed above a substantially horizontal paper mounting surface that is in contact with the printer, the paper strips that are sequentially issued from the printer by pushing away the paper strip support member are suppressed and supported by the paper strip support member. A movable paper storage section is provided which is sequentially stacked on the stack member in an upright state and is provided with a plurality of paper storage devices,
By providing positioning means for positioning the paper piece receiving portion of one paper piece storage device selected from the plurality of paper piece storage devices at the end portion of the conveyor belt, the paper piece storage portion is displaced and connected to the paper piece issuing port. You can switch the paper storage device.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be explained based on FIGS. 1 to 4. The printer 7 with a paper storage device according to this embodiment includes a plurality of paper storage devices 8. ~8. Paper piece storage section 9 provided with
and a printer section 10.

First, the structure of the paper storage device 8 will be explained.

Each piece of paper storage device8. 84, a side plate 12 and a connecting plate 13 are erected on the sides and front of the substrate 11, and a flat stack member 15 having a substantially horizontal paper mounting surface 14 is connected to a long groove formed in the side plate 12. Chobolt 1 that pushed through 16
7, it is supported in a height-adjustable manner. Further, the paper piece support member 19 having a substantially vertical paper piece support surface 18 has a C-shaped support part 20 formed at the upper side of one side via a sliding mechanism that can freely move up and down, and the lower side of the other side. A removable wheel 21 is attached. The paper piece supporting member 19 is constructed in such a state that the guide rod 22 disposed on the upper side surface of the side plate 12 pushes through the support portion 20 and the wheel 21 is in contact with the side of the paper piece mounting surface 14. It is slidable. Further, a connecting arm 23, which is a positioning means and has a concave opening at the front, is provided protruding from the front portion of the side plate 12 and the connecting plate 13. Note that the support section 2
0 is attached with a plate spring (not shown) that comes into contact with the guide rod 22, and the paper piece support member 19 slides against the guide rod 22 through friction resistance. .

The paper piece storage section 9 is mounted on the above-mentioned paper piece storage device 8. ~8. are arranged radially, and each paper storage device 8 is slidably supported by two guide rods 26 and abuts against a stopper 28 while being urged outward by a spring 27.

Next, the structure of the printer section 1o will be explained.

A printing section (not shown) and a cutting section 29 are sequentially arranged on the continuous paper conveyance path. Further, behind the cutting section 29, a conveyor belt 31 is provided which is curved downward and reaches the paper piece issuing port 30. Suppressing members such as a press plate 32, a press belt 33, a press plate 34, etc. are sequentially arranged opposite to the conveyor belt 31, and the paper pieces 6 to be conveyed are moved to the paper piece issuing port 3.
It is designed to be issued in such a way that it is pushed diagonally downward from 0.

Further, on both sides of the lower side of the paper piece issuing port 30, connecting arms 3, which are positioning means, have a bottle 35 attached to the inner surface.
6 is provided protrudingly.

In this configuration, in this printer 7 with a paper storage device, the paper storage device 8 is pushed by the spring 27 and the bin 35 fits into the opening of the connecting arm 23, so that the printer unit IO and the paper storage device 8 are connected to each other. are detachably connected.

Therefore, the paper pieces 6 issued by the paper piece issuing port 30 of the printer section 10 are pushed into the rolling conveyor belt 31 between the paper piece support surface 18 of the paper piece support member 19 and the rear surface of the connecting plate 13. It will be carried out. Thereafter, the pieces of paper 6 that have been issued one after another are sequentially stacked on the stacking member 15 so as to push the paper piece supporting member 19 backward. At this time, a support portion 20 is attached to the paper piece support member 19 that is successively pushed away.
Frictional resistance is exerted by the contact of the inner leaf springs, etc., and the piece of paper 6 slides smoothly while being moderately suppressed and supported to prevent it from falling.

Therefore, when changing the paper piece storage device 8 that stacks the paper pieces 6, the paper piece storage device 8 connected to the printer section 10 is pulled by hand against the elastic force of the spring 27, and the connection arm 23 and the bin 35 are released, and the paper piece storage unit 9 is rotated to connect the desired paper piece storage device 8 to the printer unit 10. Note that it is easy to automate such operations.

As described above, this printer 7 with a paper storage device has a plurality of paper storage devices 8. ~8.
Since one of the pieces can be easily connected, it is possible to improve work efficiency by taking out pieces of paper 6 that are issued at high speed one after another, and to sort and stack pieces of paper 6 with different printing contents and sizes. Therefore, the number of paper pieces 6 that can be stacked is extremely large.

The printer 7 with a paper storage device of this embodiment is provided with a paper storage section 9 in which a plurality of paper storage devices 8 are arranged radially on a rotary plate 25, and this paper storage section 9 is rotated. One piece of paper storage device 8 is installed in the printer section 10.
However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a device (not shown) that linearly moves a large number of paper storage devices arranged on a long and thin flat plate can also be considered. .

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides an endless belt-shaped conveyor belt that pinches paper pieces between a pressing member and conveys them downward, and forms a substantially vertical paper piece support surface that supports paper pieces upright. By providing a paper strip storage device in which the paper strip supporting member is arranged above the substantially horizontal paper mounting surface where the lower edge of the paper strip comes into contact with,
The pieces of paper are issued one after another from the printer by pushing the paper piece support member away, and are stacked one after another on the stacking member while being pressed and supported by the paper piece support member and standing upright, and the stacked pieces of paper are turned upside down. A displaceable paper storage section is provided in which a plurality of paper storage devices are arranged in good alignment without changing the order of the paper storage devices, and the paper sheets of one paper storage device selected from the plurality of paper storage devices are arranged in good order. By providing a positioning means for positioning the receiving section at the end of the conveyor belt, by displacing the paper strip storage section and switching the paper strip storage device connected to the paper strip issuing port, it is possible to issue paper strips one after another at high speed. It is possible to take out paper strips to improve work efficiency, sort and stack paper strips with different printing contents and sizes, and it is also possible to stack extremely large numbers of paper strips, making them easy to use and highly practical. This has effects such as being able to obtain a printer with a storage device.

FIG. 5 is a vertical side view of a conventional example.

6... Paper pieces, 7... Printer with paper piece storage device, 8
... Paper piece storage device, 9... Paper piece storage section, 14...
Paper piece placement surface, 15... Stack member, 18... Paper piece support surface, 19... Paper piece supporting member, 23.36... Positioning means, 30... Paper piece issuing port, 31... Conveyance Belt, 32-34... suppressing member

Claims (1)

[Claims] A printing section and a cutting section are sequentially disposed on a continuous paper conveyance path; an endless belt-shaped conveyance belt is provided that pinches the paper pieces conveyed through the cutting section between a pressing member and conveys them downward. , a paper piece storage device is provided in which a paper piece supporting member having a substantially vertical paper piece supporting surface for vertically supporting the paper pieces is disposed above a substantially horizontal paper piece mounting surface against which a lower edge of the paper pieces comes into contact; positioning means for positioning a paper piece receiving portion of one paper piece storage device selected from the plurality of paper piece storage devices at an end portion of the conveyor belt; A printer with a paper storage device, characterized in that it is provided with a paper storage device.