JPH05309914A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To visually confirm the paper receiving state in a housing from the outside without opening the housing. CONSTITUTION:In a printer 1, the paper 4 subjected to printing processing in a printing part 5 is sent out of the printer from a paper discharge port 6 and received in a printer cover 3. A visual confirming opening 7 is formed to the printer cover 3 above the received paper 4 and the window member 9 composed of a perspective synthetic resin covering the visual confirming opening 7 is provided to the printer cover 3. Therefore, the residual amount of the paper 4 can be visually confirmed from the outside through the window member 9 without opening the printer cover 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer device, such as an office computer having a printer function, which prints a sheet contained in a casing and sends the sheet out of the casing through a sheet discharge port. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a conventional printer device of this type is shown in FIG.
11 and FIG. In these figures, the printer
Device 1_aThen, a keyboard equipped with a keyboard 25 and a display unit 24.
On the side of the housing 2 (housing), an opaque member
Linter cover 3 _aProvided so that it can be opened to the casing 2.
Has been. The printer cover 3_aBelow the
Center part 5 is provided and folded back at the perforation M to accommodate
Paper 4 such as slips that have been printed is fed from the paper feed port 20 to the printer section.
After the paper is fed and printed on page 5, the paper exit 21 continues.
Printer cover 3_aFrom the paper discharge port 4 of the
Be done. The printer device 1_aThen, the above printer cover
Three_aIn the vicinity of the paper discharge port 6 of
Sealed paper inlet 8_aAre formed. That
To the paper feed port 20 of the printer unit 5
Entrance 8_aPaper 4 from 4 is directly fed (shown by the chain double-dashed line)
After the paper is printed and printed, the paper is discharged from the paper discharge port 6 to the outside of the device.
Sent out. However, as described above, the paper inlet 8_aFrom
When the paper 4 is directly fed to the printer unit 5, the keyboard
Due to an input error from 25
Printer cover 3_aUse the inclined surface of the pen
If you want to make corrections using 26, etc.
And the paper 4 sent from the paper discharge port 6 after printing overlap
Therefore, when using pressure sensitive paper as these papers,
Between the paper 4 before printing and the paper 4 after printing, for example,
It is necessary to insert the card 27 etc. to correct the incorrect contents above.
There is.

[0003]

[SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Incidentally, the in the conventional printer apparatus 1 _a, the case of performing print processing by using the paper 4 accommodated folded in the printer cover 3 in _a, the printer cover 3 _a opaque Therefore it must in each case the printer cover 3 _a in order to confirm the accommodating state of the remaining amount and the like of the sheet and open to the casing 2, it takes time and effort to the opening operation. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to open the printer cover without opening it.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a printer device capable of visually recognizing an accommodating state such as a remaining amount of sheets accommodated inside from the outside.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a printer device for printing a sheet contained in a housing and then sending the sheet out of the housing through a sheet discharge port. The printer device is characterized in that a visual recognition window for visually recognizing the state of the paper stored in the casing is provided in the casing. Further, the viewing window in the above configuration may have a sheet introduction port for introducing the sheet delivered from the sheet discharge port into the housing after the printing process. Further, the viewing window may be detachably attached to the housing, and the viewing window may be made of a flexible member.

[0005]

In the printer device according to the present invention, since the housing for accommodating the paper is provided with the visual recognition window, the accommodating state of the paper in the housing can be visually recognized through the visual recognition window.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings for the understanding of the present invention. The following embodiments are examples of embodying the present invention and are not of the nature to limit the technical scope of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an external view showing a printer device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a main part of the printer device, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an external view showing a state in which a window member that can be formed is attached, FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a main part of the printer device of FIG.
5 is a perspective view showing an upper portion of the printer cover of the printer device, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another example of a window member covering the entire visible opening of the printer cover of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is an arrow AA of FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state in which the window member of FIG. 6 is mounted, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another example of the window member capable of forming a sheet introduction port in the visual recognition opening of the printer cover,
9 is a side sectional view showing a cross section taken along the line BB in FIG. 5 and showing an operation of mounting the window member of FIG.
FIG. 9 is a front sectional view showing a cross section taken along the line C-C in FIG. 5 and showing a state in which the window member of FIG. 8 is attached to the visual recognition opening. However, the same reference numerals are used for elements common to the above-described conventional printer device 1a shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. Printer apparatus 1 according to this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the conventional printer apparatus 1 _a and the basic structure is substantially the same, differences from the conventional printer apparatus 1 _a includes a printer A visual opening 7 is formed at the top of the cover 3 for visually recognizing the accommodation state of the remaining amount of the paper 4 accommodated in the printer cover 3, and a window for sealing the entire visual opening 7 in a see-through manner. That is, the member 9 is provided. The window member 9 is made of a transparent synthetic resin or the like and is detachably attached to the printer cover 3 by using a screw 11. Therefore, according to the printer device 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to visually check the storage state such as the remaining amount of the sheets stored in the printer cover 3 from the outside without opening the printer cover 3 with respect to the casing 2. .. On the other hand, in addition to the sheet 4 folded and accommodated in the printer cover 3, the sheet 4 sent from the sheet discharge port 6 to the outside of the apparatus after being subjected to the print processing by the printer unit 5 from the outside is also used. It is also possible to use a part of the visual recognition opening 7 as a paper introducing port 8 for directly introducing the paper into the paper feeding port 20 of 5. In such a case, the window member 10 made of the transparent member shown in FIGS.
Is attached to the printer cover 3 with screws 11 so as to be detachable. By fixing the window member 10 to the visual recognition opening 7 as shown in these figures, the front portion of the visual recognition opening 7 is used as the sheet introduction port 8 having the dimension E in the front-rear direction.

As a result, the unprinted paper 4 is introduced into the printer unit 5 from the paper introduction port 8 in the upper portion of the printer cover and subjected to the printing process, and then discharged from the paper ejection port 6 in the front portion of the printer cover 3 to the outside of the apparatus. Sent out. Therefore, the sheet 4 before the printing process and the sheet 4 after the printing process are respectively conveyed while being separated by the inclined surface of the front part of the printer cover 3. Therefore, as in the conventional printer 1 _a, without sheets 4 and 4 before and after the printing process is overlapped on the inclined surface of the front portion of the printer cover 3, for example, is the printing process by the input mistake from the keyboard 25 Wrong contents can be easily corrected without using the plate 27 or the like by utilizing the inclined surface of the front portion of the printer cover 3. Moreover, the above paper introduction port 8
Can be easily provided by replacing the printer cover 3 with the detachable window member 10. On the other hand, the ribs 13 _a and 13 are provided in the visual recognition opening 7 of the printer cover 3.
_b (FIGS. 5 and 7) and rib 12 (FIG. 7) are provided, and a hook portion 14 and a claw portion 16 that engages with these ribs 12, 13 _a and 13 _b in a detachable manner, for example, synthetic resin, etc. Seen through window member _9a (Fig. 6)
Can be detachably provided as shown in FIG.
Further, as the window member corresponding to the window member 10, _a window member 10 _a (FIG. 8) made of a flexible material such as transparent synthetic resin can be attached to the visual recognition opening 7 in FIG. In this case, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, after the left and right claw portions 17 of the window member 10 _a are flexibly engaged with the edge portions 13 _c on both sides of the visual recognition opening 7, the ribs 13 _b are rearwardly moved. the towards by sliding (arrow a direction in FIG. 9), the window member 10 _a
The hook portion 15 is engaged with and locked by the rear edge portion 13 _d of the visual recognition opening 7. Thus, as the window member 9 _a, 10 _a flexible member is used, since it is detachably attached to the printer cover 3 of the viewing aperture 7, viewing the accommodating state of the paper 4 accommodated therein Of course you can
The operation for replacing the window member suitable for the paper feeding form becomes extremely easy.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in a printer device that prints a sheet contained in a casing and then sends the sheet out of the casing through a sheet discharge port, the accommodating state of the sheet in the casing can be visually confirmed. There is provided a printer device characterized in that a visual recognition window for doing so is provided in the casing. Therefore, the storage state of the paper in the housing can be visually recognized from the outside without opening the housing. Further, the viewing window can be used as a sheet introduction port for introducing the sheet sent out from the sheet discharge port after the printing process into the housing. As a result, when the viewing window is formed in the housing relatively distant from the paper outlet, the housing between the paper outlet and the viewing window is used for the paper outlet. It is possible to easily correct the paper after the print processing from. Further, it becomes possible to easily replace the viewing window having the paper introduction port and the viewing window having no paper introduction port with respect to the housing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a printer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a main part of the printer device.

FIG. 3 is an external view showing a state in which a window member capable of forming a sheet introduction port is attached to a visible opening of the printer device.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a main part of the printer device of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an upper portion of a printer cover of the printer device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another example of a window member that covers the entire visible opening of the printer cover of FIG.

7 is a side sectional view showing a section taken along the line AA of FIG. 5 and showing a state in which the window member of FIG. 6 is mounted.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another example of a window member capable of forming a sheet introduction port in the visual recognition opening of the printer cover.

9 is a side sectional view showing a cross section taken along the line BB in FIG. 5 and showing an operation of mounting the window member of FIG. 8 in the visual recognition opening.

10 is a front sectional view showing a cross section taken along the line CC in FIG. 5 and showing a state in which the window member of FIG. 8 is mounted in the visual recognition opening.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a conventional printer device as an example of the background of the present invention.

12 is a side sectional view showing a main part of the printer device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1 _a ... Printer device 2 ... Casing 3, 3 _a ... Printer cover 4 ... Paper 5 ... Printer section 6 ... Paper ejection port 7 ... Visual recognition opening 8, 8 _a ... Paper introduction port 9, 9 _a ... Window member 10, 10 _a ...
Window member 11 ... screws 12, 13 _a,
13 _b ... Rib 14, 15 ... Hook portion 16, 17 ... Claw portion

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A printer device for printing a sheet of paper stored in a housing and sending the sheet of paper out of the housing through a paper discharge port, wherein a visual recognition window for visually recognizing a storage state of the paper in the housing is provided. A printer device provided in the housing. 2. The printer device according to claim 1, wherein the viewing window has a sheet introduction port for introducing a sheet discharged from the sheet discharge port into the housing after the printing process. 3. The printer device according to claim 1, wherein the viewing window is detachably attached to the housing. 4. The printer device according to claim 3, wherein the viewing window is made of a flexible member.