JPH06297778A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a word processor in which a recording sheet can be taken out easily. CONSTITUTION:A printing device 11 is set in the rear part of a word processor main body 1; a key board is placed on the upper surface of the front part of the word processor main body 1; a word processor lid body with a display panel is fixed with hinges to the rear position of the key board on the upper surface of the word processor main body 1 so that the lid body can be opened freely. An opening 5 for discharging a recording sheet is installed at the front end of the word processor main body 1; a discharge guide 19 which guides the recording sheet from a recording sheet discharge part 11b of the printing device 11 to the front end of the word processor main body 1 is installed under the key board of the word processor main body 1; a buffer memory for printing is installed which stores every one page of the storage contents of document memory; a read-out line order control part is installed which reads the storage contents of the buffer memory for printing in sequence from the last line.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a laptop-type word processor (document preparation device) integrated with a printer (printer) for preparing a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a conventional laptop type word processor has a built-in printing device at the rear of the word processor main body and a keyboard provided on the front upper surface of the word processor main body to provide a keyboard on the upper surface of the word processor main body. It has a structure in which a word processor lid with a display panel is hinged at the rear position so as to be openable and closable. Such laptop type word processing devices are commercially available from various manufacturers.

[0003]

However, in the conventional laptop type word processor having the above-mentioned printer integrated with the printer as described above, the recording paper insertion port and discharge port of the printer both have a word processor cover. It will be positioned behind the lid of the word processing device in the upright position, and it is necessary to reach to the back of the lid of the word processing device when inserting and removing the recording paper during the word processing operation, and the operator's hand There is a problem that the moving distance is long and the operability is poor.

An object of the present invention is to provide a word processor which can easily take out a recording sheet.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a word processor having a printing device built in a rear portion of a main body of the word processor, a keyboard provided on a front upper surface of the main body of the word processor, and a keyboard rear portion on an upper surface of the main body of the word processor. It is a laptop type in which a word processor lid with a display panel is hinged to open and close at the position, and the recording paper ejection section of the printing device that ejects the recording paper toward the front of the word processor is provided on the underside of the word processor. A print buffer memory for storing the stored contents of the document memory page by page is provided, and a read line sequence control unit for reading the stored contents of the print buffer memory sequentially from the last line is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the word processor has a discharge outlet for recording paper at the front end of the word processor main body, and a discharge guide for guiding the recording paper from the recording paper discharge portion of the printer to the front end of the word processor main body. It is provided below the keyboard of the main unit. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the word processor according to the first aspect, an eaves-like hand rest can be retracted from the front end of the word processor main body above the recording paper discharge port at the front end of the word processor main body. It is provided.

A word processing device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the word processing device according to the first aspect.
In the described word processor, the recording paper insertion part and the recording paper ejection part of the printing device are arranged side by side, the ejection port of the recording paper is also used as the insertion port of the recording paper, and the ejection guide to the recording paper insertion part of the printing device. It is placed so as to face both the recording paper insertion part and the recording paper ejection part of the printing device, also as an insertion guide for guiding the recording paper, and the base end part is located at the boundary between the recording paper insertion part and the recording paper ejection part of the printing device Is provided, and a front end portion near the insertion port is provided with an inclined baffle plate toward the recording paper discharge portion.

[0008]

According to the structure of the present invention, the recording paper is discharged from the recording paper discharge section of the printing device toward the front side of the main body of the word processor. At this time, the word processor document is printed from the last line on the recording paper. Since the printing is performed, even if the recording sheet is ejected in the front direction, the characters printed on the recording sheet are not upside down, and are in an upright state.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the recording paper is guided from the recording paper discharge section of the printer through the discharge guide to the front end of the word processor main body, and the recording paper is discharged from the discharge port at the front end of the word processor main body. It is discharged toward the front. According to the configuration of claim 3, by pulling out the eaves-like platform, the operator's hand can be placed on the platform during keyboard operation, that is,
It is possible to prevent the operator's hand from directly touching the desk on which the word processor main body is installed at a position in front of the word processor main body. As a result, when a document is printed while the keyboard is being operated, such as during document creation, the recording paper passes under the stand and is ejected from the ejection port at the front end of the word processor to the front of the word processor. It will be.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, when the recording paper is inserted through the insertion opening at the front end of the word processor main body, the recording paper is guided by the insertion guide and reaches the recording paper insertion portion of the printer. Further, the recording paper discharged from the printing device exits from the recording paper discharge portion of the printing device, is guided by the discharge guide, and reaches the discharge port at the front end of the word processor main body. At this time, since the baffle plate is provided at the boundary between the recording paper insertion portion and the recording paper discharge portion of the printing device, the recording paper is not accidentally inserted into the recording paper discharge portion of the printing device.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, this word processing device has a printing device (not shown) built in the rear portion of the word processing device main body 1 and a keyboard 2 provided on the front upper surface of the word processing device main body 1 so as to cover the upper surface of the word processing device main body 1. A laptop type in which a word processor lid 4 with a display panel 3 is hinged to the back of the keyboard 2 so as to be openable and closable,
A discharge guide (not shown) is provided at the front end of the word processor main body 1 for discharging the recording paper, and guides the recording paper from the recording paper discharge portion of the printer to the front end of the word processor main body 1.
Is provided below the keyboard 2 of the word processor main body 1.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic side sectional view of the word processor. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 denotes a printing device, which includes a thermal head 12, its fixing base 13, a platen 14, paper feed rollers 15 and 16, and a discharge guide 17. The platen 14 may be replaced with a simple flat cradle. Reference numeral 18 is a paper stand, and 19 is a discharge guide. Reference numeral 20 is a recording sheet, and 21 is an ink ribbon. 22 is a desk. Discharge guide 19
Are provided on both sides of the word processor main body 1 and are structured to support both sides of the recording paper to be ejected. The ejection guide 19 may support the entire surface of the recording paper.

In the structure as described above, the paper loading platform 1 which is erected obliquely near the rear end of the upper surface of the word processor main body 1.
The recording sheet 20 placed on the sheet 8 slides down the sheet supporting table 18 to reach the recording sheet insertion portion 11a of the printing device 11 from the recording sheet insertion port 23, as indicated by an arrow X ₁ , and the paper feed rollers 15 and 16 are provided. After passing through the space, it passes between the thermal head 12 and the platen 14 in a state of being overlapped with the ink ribbon 21, and at this time, a predetermined character is printed. Further, the recording paper 20 is fed by the discharge guide 17 in a feeding direction of about 90.
Recording sheet discharge section 11b of the printer 11 after the change
From the recording paper discharge section 11b to the recording paper discharge hole 24
Through the discharge guide 19 to reach the discharge port 5, and the recording paper 20 is discharged from there.

In this embodiment, the discharge guide 1
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which 9 is not provided. At this time, by floating the front end of the word processor main body 1, the recording paper 20 is ejected to the front surface of the word processor main body 1 while sliding on the surface of the desk 22. FIG. 3 shows a circuit block diagram of the word processor, and the circuit configuration of the word processor will be described below with reference to this drawing.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 31 is a control unit. 32
Is a keyboard, 33 is a document creation processing unit, 34 is a document memory, 35 is a liquid crystal display, 36 is a print buffer memory, 37 is a printing device, and 38 is a read line sequence control unit.
Next, the operation of the word processor will be described. In this word processor, the document creation processing unit 33 and the document memory 34
By using the keyboard 32 and the liquid crystal display 35 and operating the keyboard 32 while watching the screen of the liquid crystal display 35, an arbitrary document can be created and edited and stored in the document memory 34. Also, the document memory 3
The document stored in FIG. 4 is temporarily stored in the print buffer memory 36 page by page, the data is read line by line from the print buffer memory 36 and supplied to the printing device 37, so that the document is sequentially printed line by line on the recording paper. You can print. In this case, the recording paper is ejected from the ejection port 5 at the front end of the word processor main body 1, and since the recording paper is aligned with the ejection direction of the recording paper, the reading line sequence control unit 38 causes the recording paper to be ejected from the print buffer memory 36. Data is sequentially read from the last line of the document for one page, and printing on the recording paper is also performed from the last line.

According to the word processor of this embodiment, the recording paper is discharged from the discharge port 5 at the front end of the word processor main body 1 in the forward direction, and the word processor document is printed from the last line on the recording paper. Even if the paper is ejected toward the front, the characters printed on the recording paper are in the upright state, and the recording paper can be easily taken out, and it is not necessary to turn the recording paper upside down. .

A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
It will be described based on. In this word processor, as shown in FIG. 4, an eave-shaped hand rest 25 made of, for example, a transparent resin is provided above the front end of the word processor main body 1 above the recording paper discharge port 5 from the front end of the word processor main body 1. It is installed freely. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the hand rest 25 is stored deeper than the front end of the word processor main body 1. Hand rest 25
Has a reverse groove shape in cross section, and is configured to slide along guides (not shown) provided on both sides of the lower surface of the word processor main body 1, and extends in both directions in the inner part of the hand rest 25. There is a protruding retaining protrusion 25a, and the retaining protrusion 25a is caught by guides (not shown) provided on both sides of the lower surface of the word processor main body 1 so as not to fall off from the front end of the word processor main body 1. There is.

In FIG. 5, (a) shows a state in which the hand rest 25 is pulled out from the front end of the word processor main body 1,
(B) shows a state in which the hand rest 25 is stored at a position below the word processor main body 1. The hand rest 25 may be opaque. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the front edge of the hand rest 25 may be in a concave curved state.

The configuration other than the above is the same as that of the first embodiment. According to the word processor of this embodiment, by pulling out the eaves-shaped hand rest 25, the operator's hand can be placed on the hand rest 25 when operating the keyboard, that is, the operator. It is possible to prevent the user's hand from directly touching the desk on which the word processor main body 1 is installed at a position in front of the word processor main body 1, and when recording a document while creating a document, the recording paper is placed on the stand. 25
It passes through under and is discharged from the discharge port 5 at the front end of the word processor main body 1 to the front side of the word processor main body 1. As a result, the recording paper can be ejected without being disturbed by the operator's hand even during the document preparation.

The effects other than the above are the same as those of the first embodiment. A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. As shown in FIG. 7, this word processor has a recording sheet insertion section 41a and a recording sheet ejection section 41b of a printing device 41 arranged in parallel, and the ejection port 5 for the recording sheet also serves as the insertion port for the recording sheet and ejects it. The guide 51 is also used as an insertion guide for guiding the recording sheet to the recording sheet inserting section 41a of the printing apparatus 41, and the recording sheet inserting section 41 of the printing apparatus 41 is also used.
a so as to face both the sheet a and the recording sheet discharge section 41b,
The printing device 41 has a baffle plate 43 whose base end is located at the boundary between the recording paper insertion portion 41a and the recording paper discharge portion 41b, and the front end portion near the insertion opening is inclined toward the recording paper discharge portion 41b.

Like the discharge guide 19 of the first embodiment, the discharge guides 51 are provided on both sides of the word processor main body 1 and have a structure for supporting both sides of the recording paper to be discharged. . The ejection guide 51 may support the entire surface of the recording paper. Further, the discharge guide 51 can be omitted. The printing device 41 includes a thermal head 44, a ribbon cassette 45, a receiving stand 46, paper feed rollers 47 and 48, a guide 49, and the like. The recording paper is indicated by an arrow X ₂ from the discharge port (insertion port) 5. , The recording paper insertion / ejection hole 50 is guided by the baffle plate 43 through the ejection guide (also serving as the insertion guide) 51.
After passing through the recording paper insertion portion 41a of the printing device 41 and being turned by the guide 49, the rear feed roller 47,
48, and further, between the thermal head 44 and the pedestal 46, and the recording paper discharge section 41 of the printing device 41.
b, passing through the recording paper insertion / ejection hole 50 while passing by the baffle plate 43 from the recording paper ejection portion 41b to reach the ejection guide 51, and passing through the ejection guide 51 to the ejection port 5
And is discharged to the front of the word processor main body 1 from the discharge port 5.

In the case where the printer 41 has the structure shown in FIG. 7, the ribbon cassette 45 is located above the thermal head 44. In this case, the ribbon cassette 45 is replaced from the upper rear surface of the word processor main body 1. Since it is structurally difficult, an opening / closing lid (not shown) is provided on the side surface of the rear portion of the word processor main body 1, and as shown in FIG. The integrated (integrated) 52 can be taken out from the side surface of the rear portion of the word processor main body 1.

The main body 1 of the word processor has a structure in which the rear plate 1a is opened and closed as indicated by an arrow Y _1. By opening the rear plate 1a, the rear plate 1a is used as a paper platform for the word processor device. It is also possible to insert a recording sheet from the rear part of the sheet 1 and pass it between the sheet feed rollers 47 and 48. Also,
The baffle plate 43 may be fixed, but is configured to be rotatable around the base end portion as a rotation center, and is biased by a spring in a state of being inclined toward the recording paper discharge portion 41b. You may. With such a configuration, when the recording sheet is ejected, the baffle plate 43 is pushed away by the recording sheet, and the recording sheet is ejected smoothly.

According to the construction of this embodiment, when the recording paper is inserted through the insertion opening (5) at the front end of the word processor main body 1, the recording paper is guided by the insertion guide and reaches the recording paper insertion portion 41a of the printer 41. Further, the recording paper discharged from the printing device 41 is discharged from the recording paper discharging portion 41b of the printing device 41, guided by the discharge guide 51, and reaches the discharge port 5 at the front end of the word processor main body 1. At this time, since the baffle plate 43 is provided at the boundary between the recording sheet inserting section 41a and the recording sheet ejecting section 41b of the printing device 41, the recording sheet cannot be mistakenly inserted into the recording sheet ejecting section 41b of the printing device 41. Absent.
As a result, it is possible to prevent erroneous insertion of the recording paper into the recording paper discharge section 41b.

[0025]

According to the word processor of claim 1,
The recording paper is ejected toward the front of the main body of the word processor from the recording paper ejection section of the printing device.At this time, since the word processing document is printed from the last line on the recording paper, the recording paper is ejected toward the front even if it is ejected toward the front. The printed characters do not become upside down, they are in an upright state, and the recording paper can be easily taken out, and it is not necessary to turn the recording paper upside down after taking it out.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the recording paper is guided from the recording paper discharge portion of the printing device through the discharge guide to the front end of the word processor main body, and the recording paper is discharged from the discharge port at the front end of the word processor main body. Is discharged toward the front, it is not necessary to float the front end of the word processor main body for discharging the recording paper at the time of printing. According to the word processing device of the third aspect, by pulling out the hand rest, it is possible to prevent the operator's hand from directly touching the desk on which the word processing device body is installed at a position before the word processing device body. , The recording paper can be ejected to the front side of the word processor main body from the outlet of the front end of the word processor main body through the platform, and the recording paper can be ejected without being disturbed by the operator's hand even during the document creation. Can be discharged.

According to the word processor of the fourth aspect, the discharge port and the insertion port are provided in common at the front end of the word processor device main body, and the baffle plate is provided at the starting end portion of the discharge guide.
The recording sheet is not accidentally inserted into the recording sheet ejection section of the printing device, and the recording sheet can be easily inserted and removed, and the recording sheet is mistakenly inserted into the recording sheet ejection section of the printing device. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the configuration of a word processor device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side sectional view showing the structure of the word processor of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram showing the configuration of the word processor of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side sectional view showing the structure of the word processor according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a schematic plan view of the word processing device in the word processing device of FIG. 4, showing a pulled-out state and a stored state of a hand rest.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing another example of the hand rest.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side sectional view showing the structure of a word processor according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view of the word processor, showing the method of taking out the ribbon cassette.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 main body of word processor 2 keyboard 3 display panel 4 lid of word processor 5 discharge port 11 printing device 19 discharge guide 20 recording paper 25 hand rest 31 control unit 32 keyboard 33 document creation processing unit 34 document memory 35 liquid crystal display 36 print buffer memory 37 printing device 38 reading line sequence control unit 41 printing device 41a recording paper insertion unit 41b recording paper ejection unit 43 baffle plate 51 ejection guide

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Fumiwa Tateishi 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A printing device is built in a rear portion of a word processor main body, a keyboard is provided on a front upper surface of the word processor main body, and a word processor lid having a display panel is provided at a rear position of the keyboard on the upper surface of the word processor main body. A laptop-type word processor that is hinged openably and closably, wherein a recording paper ejection unit of the printing device for ejecting recording paper toward the front side of the word processor main body is provided on the lower surface of the word processor main body, and A word processing device comprising: a print buffer memory for storing the stored contents page by page; and a read line sequence control unit for sequentially reading the stored contents of the print buffer memory from the last line. 2. A discharge outlet for recording paper is provided at the front end of the word processor main body, and a discharge guide for guiding the recording paper from the recording paper discharge portion of the printer to the front end of the word processor main body is provided below the keyboard of the word processor main body. The word processor device according to claim 1, wherein the word processor device is provided. 3. The word processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an eave-shaped hand rest is provided above the recording paper discharge port at the front end of the word processing apparatus main body so as to be retractable from the front end of the word processing apparatus main body. 4. A recording sheet insertion section and a recording sheet ejection section of the printing device are arranged in parallel, the ejection port for the recording sheet also serves as the insertion port for the recording sheet, and the ejection guide is provided to the recording sheet insertion section of the printing device. The recording sheet is arranged so as to face both the recording sheet insertion section and the recording sheet ejection section of the printing device, also serving as an insertion guide for guiding the recording sheet, and is arranged at the boundary between the recording sheet insertion section and the recording sheet ejection section of the printing device. 2. The word processor according to claim 1, further comprising a baffle plate whose end portion is located and whose front end portion near the insertion opening is inclined toward the recording paper discharge portion.