JPH0761637A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a printer which can position and hold a print medium at the prescribed position on the carriage by a simple constitution. CONSTITUTION:A print medium 37 which enters onto a carriage 33 in such a way of forcing open the first and the second levers 80, 81 is energized by the third lever 82 in the direction of the first and the second levers 80, 81 and abuts against the L-shaped abutting face 80B-of the first lever 80 and the abutting face 81B of the second lever 81. As a result, the print medium 37 is positioned so as to be held at the prescribed position on the carriage 33 by the first - the third levers 80, 81, 82. This simple constitution allows the print medium 37 to be positioned and held in the prescribed position on the carriage 33.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Table of Contents] The present invention will be described in the following order. Field of Industrial Application Conventional Technology (FIGS. 14 and 15) Problem to be Solved by the Invention (FIG. 15) Means for Solving the Problem (FIGS. 3, 6 to 9) Action (FIGS. 6 and 9) ) Example (1) Overall configuration (FIGS. 1 to 5) (2) Card holder (FIG. 6) (3) Operation of example (FIGS. 7 to 13) (4) Effect of example (FIG. 6) 13) (5) Other Examples Effects of the Invention

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing apparatus, and is suitable for application to, for example, a printing apparatus for printing a color image on a card-shaped printing medium placed on a predetermined carrier.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a card printing apparatus for printing a color image on a card-shaped printing medium by a dye thermal transfer system. In this type of printing apparatus, based on color image information optically read from a color photograph or the like, or color image information captured by a video camera, yellow, magenta, cyan, and A color image is printed on a card by sequentially superposing a dye such as black on a card-shaped printing medium (hereinafter referred to as a card) by a thermal transfer head and thermally transferring the dye (JP-A-62- 11370 publication).

That is, as shown in FIG. 14, in the printing apparatus 1 of this type, the color image information S1 is supplied to the thermal transfer head 3 via the head drive unit 2 and the ink ribbon wound around the supply reel 4 is supplied. 5 is wound around the winding reel 6 at a predetermined timing.

Further, in the printing apparatus 1, the ball screw 7 provided so as to extend in the carrying direction indicated by the arrow a,
Since the screw portion 9 is provided at the lower end of the carrier table 8 and is screwed, the carrier screw 8 is rotated in both directions to move the carrier table 8 in the direction of arrow a or in the opposite direction. It is designed to be able to move back and forth. As a result, in the printer 1, dyes such as yellow, magenta, cyan, and black can be thermally transferred to the card 10 placed on the carrier 8 in sequence, and thus a color image can be printed on the card 10. ing.

In this type of printing apparatus 1, a color image is printed at a predetermined position on the card 10 with the card 10 being positioned at a predetermined position on the carrier 8. Therefore, in the printing apparatus 1, it is necessary to position the card 10 at a predetermined position on the carrying table 8 and hold the positioned card 10 so as not to be displaced.

Therefore, in the conventional printing apparatus of this type, as shown in FIG.
And 11B, motors 12A and 12B are provided, and the lock members 11A and 11B are moved up and down by the motors 12A and 12B in the directions indicated by the arrows.
Some cards are designed to hold the card 10 at a predetermined position on the carrier 8.

That is, in the printer 1, when the card 10 is introduced onto the carrier 8 or when the card 10 is discharged from the carrier 8, the lock members 11A and 11B are lifted as shown in FIG. The card 10 is held by moving it to the position and lowering the locking members 11A and 11B during card transportation and printing.

As another method, by providing the carrier table 8 with an electrostatic attraction mechanism or a vacuum attraction mechanism, the card 10
Is held at a predetermined position on the carrier 8.

[0010]

However, as described above, in the method of providing the lock members 11A and 11B on the carrier 8 and the method of providing the electrostatic chucking mechanism or the vacuum chucking mechanism, the card 10 is set in the predetermined manner on the carrier 8. Is still inadequate in that it is positioned at the position
Since it is necessary to dispose an elevating and lowering drive mechanism for raising and lowering the lock members 11A and 11B such as A and 12B, an electrostatic adsorption mechanism, or a vacuum adsorption mechanism, there is a problem that the structure of the carrier table 8 becomes complicated accordingly. In addition, in the method of holding the card 10 by the lock members 11A and 11B, the lock member 1
Since 1A and 11B come into contact with the printing surface of the card 10, there is a disadvantage that an image cannot be printed at this contact portion.

Further, if such a mechanism is provided on the carrier table 8, the weight of the carrier table 8 as a whole becomes large, which makes it difficult to move the carrier table 8 horizontally at high speed.
As a result, it has been difficult for a conventional printing apparatus to print a high-quality image at high speed.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and is intended to propose a printing apparatus capable of positioning and holding a print medium at a predetermined position on a carrier with a simple structure. is there.

[0013]

In order to solve such a problem, according to the present invention, a card-shaped print medium 37 is placed on a predetermined carrier 33, and the carrier 33 is moved to move a predetermined print head 48. In the printing device 20 that prints a desired image on the printing surface of the printing medium 37,
The print medium 37 is provided at a position sandwiching the print medium 37 on the loading side of the print medium 37, and is rotated in a direction a in which the print medium 37 is loaded from a predetermined locking position and is opposite to the direction a in which the print medium 37 is loaded. The first and second levers 80 and 81, which are urged to rotate, and the print medium 37, which is provided on the side where the print medium 37 is carried out from the transport table 33, rotate in the direction opposite to the direction a in which the print medium 37 is carried in. And a third lever 82 that is urged to move the print medium 37 that has passed the first and second levers 80 and 81 so as to be pushed open.
The print medium 37 is held between the first and second levers 80 and 81 and the third lever 82 by urging the print medium 37 toward the first and second levers 80 and 81. . Further, in the present invention, the first lever 80 is
The second lever 81 has an L-shaped contact surface 80B that comes into contact with a corner on the rear end side with respect to the direction a in which the print medium 37 is carried in, and the second lever 81 is in the direction a in which the print medium 37 is carried in. The contact surface 81B that contacts the side surface on the rear end side.

[0014]

The printing medium 37 that has entered the transport table 33 by pushing open the first and second levers 80 and 81 is
The L-shaped contact surface 80B of the first lever 80 and the contact surface 81B of the second lever 81 are urged in the direction of the first and second levers 80 and 81 by the third lever 82. Abut. As a result, the print medium 37 is transferred to the first to third levers 8
It is positioned and held at a predetermined position on the carrier table 33 by means of 0 to 82.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

(1) Overall Structure In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 20 denotes a card printing apparatus as a whole, and a printing section, a card transport section, an image processing section, various driving mechanisms, etc. are built in a housing 21. There is. A card cassette insertion port 22 is provided on the front surface of the housing of the printing apparatus 20, and a card cassette 23 having a plurality of cards to be printed stacked therein is loaded in the card insertion port 22. Further, a ribbon cassette insertion port 24 is provided on the front surface of the housing,
A predetermined ribbon cassette 25 is inserted into the ribbon cassette insertion port 24. Further, on the front surface of the housing, an LED for displaying the operating state of the power switch 26 and the card printing device 20 is displayed.
A display unit 27 and the like are provided. Further, a card ejection port 28 is provided on the side surface of the housing opposite to the side where the card cassette insertion port 22 is provided.
The printed card is ejected from.

FIG. 3 shows the carrying section 30 and the printing section 31 of the printing apparatus 20. In the card carrying section 30, a ball screw 32 provided so as to extend in the card carrying direction indicated by an arrow a is provided on a carrying table 33. It penetrates through a nut portion 34 provided at the bottom of the ball screw 32, and thereby the ball screw 32 is moved to the pulse motor 3
By rotating the carrier table 5 by 5, the carrier table 33 is moved from the card mounting position shown by the solid line in the figure to the card discharging position shown by the alternate long and short dash line. At this time, the carrier table 33 is slidably supported by a pair of linear shafts (not shown) provided so as to extend in the carrying direction indicated by the arrow a. Direction or vice versa.

A card sending unit 36 is provided near the card cassette 23, and the cards 37 stacked in the card cassette 23 are sent by the card sending unit 36 toward the carrier table 33. That is, the card sending unit 36
It comprises a motor 38, a gear 39 rotatably driven by the motor 38, a gear 40 meshing with the gear 39, and a half-moon shaped kick plate 41 fixed to the upper surface of the gear 40. The card 37 at the lowest position in the card cassette 23 can be rotated by rotating it at a predetermined timing.
Is kicked out in the direction of the carrier 33.

At this time, the card 37 kicked out in the direction of the carrying table 33 is sandwiched between the card unloading rollers 43 and 44 which are rotationally driven by the motor 42, and the motor 42 is transmitted via a transmission mechanism (not shown). It is arranged to be placed on the carrier table 33 by the card loading roller 45 which is rotationally driven by. Here, the card carrying-out roller 4
A cleaning roller 46 is provided between the cards 3 and 44 and the card carry-in roller 45, whereby the printing surface of the card 37 is cleaned prior to printing.

A card holder 47 is provided on the upper surface of the carrier table 33, so that in the printing apparatus 20, the card holder 47 can restrict the horizontal movement of the card 37.

In addition, on the conveying paths on both sides of the thermal transfer head 48, floating preventing members 49 and 50 fixed to a main body chassis (not shown) are provided. Lifting prevention member 4
9 and 50 have a plurality of rollers 51,
By contacting the card 37 placed on the transport table 33, it is possible to prevent the card 37 from rising from the transport table 33 during transport and printing.

The card 37 for which printing has been completed is slid on the carrier 33 in the direction of the arrow a by the card ejection rollers 52, 53 and 54 and ejected to the outside via the card ejection port 28. It is done like this. That is, the card ejection roller 52 rotates in the clockwise direction by receiving the driving force of the motor 55 via the gear 56, and the ejection rollers 53 and 54 rotate the gears 56, 57 and 57 in which the driving force of the motor 55 is meshed with each other. When it is received via 58, it rotates clockwise, and as a result, the card on the carrier 33 can slide in the direction of arrow a. At this time, the restriction of the card 37 by the card holding portion 47 in the forward direction is released by the lever release shaft 59 provided in the vicinity of the carrier table 33.

In this card printing device 20,
The moving state of the card 37 and the position of the carrier 33 are detected by the optical sensor, and the positioning of the card 37 and the carrier 33 is controlled to the correct position. That is, the sensor S2 detects whether or not the card cassette 23 is loaded, and the sensor S3
Detects whether or not the card 37 is present in the card cassette 23, and the sensor S4 detects the rotational position of the kick plate 41,
The sensor S5 detects whether the card 37 is carried out from the card cassette 23, the sensor S6 detects whether the card 37 is placed on the carrier 33, and the sensor S7 detects whether the card 37 is ejected. To detect.

The sensors S8, S9, and S10 detect the position of the carrier table 33 based on the detection protrusions 60 formed on the side surface of the carrier table 33. That is, the sensor S8 detects whether the carrier table 33 has reached the card supply position,
The sensor S9 detects whether the transport table 33 has reached the print start position, and the sensor S10 detects whether the transport table 33 has reached the card ejection position.

The printing section 31 uses a take-up reel 66 which is driven to rotate by a direct current (DC) motor 65 while the ink ribbon 62 wound around the supply reel 61 is supported by ribbon guides 63 and 64. Take it up. A torque limiter (not shown) is arranged on the supply reel 61, and the ink ribbon 62 is given a back tension with a constant torque. A winding diameter detection encoder (not shown) having an optical sensor structure is arranged on the take-up reel 66.

The ink ribbon 62 is coated with a predetermined amount of yellow dye, magenta dye and cyan dye as dyes for one page. Ink ribbon 6
In No. 2, a page head mark is applied to the head position of the dye for each page, and a color identification mark for identifying each color is applied to the head position of each color dye. As a result, the printing device 20
Then, an optical sensor (not shown) provided in the running path of the ink ribbon 62 detects the page head mark and the color identification mark, respectively, and the ink ribbon 6 is detected based on the detection result.
2 tension control and the like are performed.

A head unit 70 provided with a thermal transfer head 48 is detachably attached to one end of a pressure lever 72 rotatably held by a rotary shaft 71.
The other end of the pressure lever 72 is provided with a cam plate 74 via a link 73.
It is swingably attached to. As a result, in the head unit 70, the cam plate 74 has a predetermined motor (not shown).
3 is rotated and driven to move up and down, an intermediate position as shown in FIG. 3, an initial position that rises from this intermediate position and is separated from the ink ribbon 62, and a lowermost position that descends from the intermediate position and contacts the card 37. It is designed to be positioned in position.

That is, the head unit 70 moves to the initial position when the ink ribbon 62 is loaded, and the carriage 3
When the card 37 is placed on the sheet 3, the sheet moves to the intermediate position, and when the transport table 33 reaches the print start position, it moves to the lowest position. In the card printing apparatus 20, the up / down state of the head unit 70 is detected by the optical sensors S11 and S12 provided near the cutout portion of the cam plate 74. The thermal transfer head 48 has an end face type structure and is in contact with the card 37 over the entire width direction of the card 37 perpendicular to the paper surface. As a result, when the card 37 moves in the direction of the arrow a, a desired image can be printed on the entire printing surface of the card 37.

Here, the actual printing by the card printing device 20 is executed according to the printing operation procedure SP0 shown in FIGS. That is, first in the printing operation procedure SP0, in the next step SP1, the card 37 is taken out from the card cassette 23, and it is judged in the next step SP2 whether or not the card 37 is taken out. If a negative result is obtained, the step SP3 is carried out. Then, the error processing for displaying a card out, etc. is performed.

On the other hand, when the card 37 is taken out,
At step SP4, the card 37 is carried out, and it is judged at step SP5 whether the card 37 has been carried out.
When a negative result is obtained, step SP4 is repeated, and when a positive result is obtained, the process proceeds to the next step SP6 and the card 37 is placed on the carrier 33. Subsequently, in step SP7, the carrier table 33 is positioned at the position of the thermal transfer head 48, and the carrier table 33 is stopped. At this time, the thermal transfer head 48 is in the raised position (initial position).

Next, at step SP8, the cam plate 74
The driving motor is driven to lower the thermal transfer head 48 to the intermediate position, and in the next step SP9, the ink ribbon 62 is cued for one page. Then, in the case of this embodiment, in the next step SP10, the winding diameter of the ink ribbon 62 is detected, and the drive condition of the DC motor 65 is set according to the winding diameter detected in step SP11.

Then, in step SP12, the drive motor of the cam plate 74 works again to lower the thermal transfer head 48 to the lowermost position, and in step SP13, the DC motor 65 is driven to start the winding of the ink ribbon 62. At SP14, the carriage 33 is moved by a predetermined number of lines (α). Next, in step SP15, printing for one color is started, and in step SP16, printing is performed for 965 lines as a printing for one color, and the next step SP15
17, the printing of one color is completed and the ink ribbon 62
Is peeled off, and the carriage 33 is moved by a predetermined number of lines (β).

Subsequently, in step SP18, the thermal transfer head 48 is raised to an intermediate position, and in the next step SP19, it is judged whether or not the printing for three colors is completed. If a negative result is obtained, in the next step SP20, the carriage is transferred. 33
Return 965 lines by the number of lines obtained by adding α and β lines. Further, after the ink ribbon 62 of the next color is cued at the next step SP21, the above-mentioned step SP is performed.
Then, the process returns to 12 and the printing process for one color is performed. When a positive result is obtained in step SP19, the card 37 is ejected in step SP22, and color printing can be performed on the card 37 in this manner.

(2) Card Holding Section Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the card holding section 47 has the rear end side of the carrying table 33 (the card discharge port 28 is in the front direction and the card cassette 23 is in the rear direction). ) And the third lever 82 provided on the leading end side of the carrier table 33.

The first lever 80 is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft 80A, and is wound around the rotating shaft 80A and one end of which is received by the carrier 33 (not shown). It is urged clockwise by. Also the first
The lever 80 is formed with an L-shaped contact surface 80B, and when the card 37 is placed on the carrier 33, the L-shaped contact surface 80B contacts the corner of the rear end side of the card 37. It is designed to meet.

The second lever 81 is rotatably supported by a rotary shaft 81A, and is wound around the rotary shaft 81A and one end of which is received by the carrier 33 (not shown). Is urged counterclockwise by. The second
The lever 81 has an abutting surface 81B that abuts the rear end side surface of the card 37.

Here, the first and second levers 80 and 81
The rotation position of each of them is regulated by lock pins 90A and 90B, and they are locked at the positions shown in FIG. Further, the rotation shaft 8 of the first and second levers 80 and 81
Guide rollers 80C and 81C are provided at 0A and 81A, and the guide rollers 80C and 81C regulate the movement of the card 37 in the arrow c direction when the card 37 is carried in.

The third lever 82 is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft 82A, and a coil spring (not shown) whose one end is received by the carrier 33 is wound around the rotating shaft 82A. The third lever 82 is urged in the clockwise direction by being turned. The third lever 82 has a lever release protrusion 82B. Further, when the card 37 is ejected to the third lever 82, the arrow c of the card 37
A guide surface 82C that restricts the directional movement is formed.

Here, the rotation position of the third lever 82 is restricted by a predetermined locking member (not shown), so that the third lever 82 can rotate more than the position shown in FIG. 6 in the biasing direction. It is made not to.

In addition to this, a guide 83 for one side surface is formed on the carrier table 33 so as to project therefrom. The height of the one side surface guide 83 and the first to third levers 80 to 82 is
The height of the printing surface of the card 37 when the card 37 is placed on the card placing surface 84 on the transport table 33 is suppressed to be lower than the height of the printing surface of the card 37. It is designed to come into contact with the entire surface.
Further, the card mounting surface 84 of the carrier table 33 is subjected to a fluorination treatment so that the card 37 can easily slide on the card mounting surface 37.

(3) Operation of the Embodiment With the above-mentioned configuration, the card printing apparatus 20 has the carrier table 33.
When the card reaches the card mounting position, the sensor S3 (FIG. 3) detects this position, and the card sending section 36 sends out one card 37 in the card cassette 23 toward the carrier table 33.

This card 37 is a card unloading roller 43.
And 44 to the position of the carrier 33. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the card 37 slides on the card loading surface 84 by the card loading roller 45 while being sandwiched between the card loading roller 45 and the card loading surface 84, and is indicated by an arrow a. Is loaded in the direction of.

At this time, the card 37 comes into contact with the first and second levers 80 and 81, and the first and second levers 8 are
The first and second levers 80 against the biasing forces of 0 and 81.
And 81 are pushed open to be loaded on the carrier 33. Further, at this time, the card 37 has the first and second levers 8
The guide rollers 80C and 81C of 0 and 81 and the one side surface guide 83 slide on the card mounting surface 84 in a state in which displacement in the arrow c or the opposite direction is restricted.

When the rear end of the card 37 passes by the card loading roller 45, the card loading roller 45 idles and the card 37 stops. At this time, the first and second levers 80 and 81 return to their original locking positions by the biasing force of the coil spring (not shown). At this time, the sensor S6 (FIG. 3) detects that the first lever 80 has returned to its original position, and the rotation of the card loading roller 45 is stopped. In this state, the card 37 is placed slightly ahead of the predetermined placement position.

Next, when the carrier 33 starts moving in the direction indicated by the arrow a, the card 37 slides on the carrier 33 in the direction opposite to the arrow a by the urging force of the third lever 82, and eventually. The rear end of the card 37 has first and second levers 80 and 8
Abut 1.

In this state, the card 37 has the third lever 82.
The movement in the arrow a direction or the opposite direction is restricted by the urging force of the first lever 80 and the abutting force of the first and second levers 80 and 81. The arrow c is generated by the contact force of the side guide 83.
Movement in the direction or the opposite direction is restricted. Thus, the card 37 is positioned and held at a predetermined position on the carrier table 33 by the first to third levers 80 to 82 and the one side surface guide 83.

During printing, the card 37 is applied with an acting force in the direction opposite to the arrow a by the thermal transfer head 48. This acting force is applied to the first and second levers 80 and 81.
By this, the card 37 can be reliably received, and as a result, the displacement of the card 37 during printing can be avoided. Also the first to
Since the third levers 80 to 81 and the one-side side surface guide 83 are disposed at a position lower than the printing surface of the card 37, printing can be performed on the entire printing surface.

When the printing is completed, the carrier table 33 has the card discharge roller 45 and the lever release shaft 5 as shown in FIG.
Move in the direction of 9. The lever release shaft 59 is fixed in an upright state on a fixing member 85 having a U-shaped cross section. When the carrier table 33 is further moved in the card ejection direction indicated by the arrow a, the lever releasing protrusion 82B of the third lever 82 contacts the lever releasing shaft 59, and the lever releasing shaft 59 is moved to the carrier table as shown in FIG. 33 moves in the direction of arrow a.
The lever 82 is rotated counterclockwise against the biasing force of the third lever 82.

As shown in FIG. 12, when the carrier table 33 reaches the card discharge position and stops moving, the card 37 causes the card discharge roller 52 and the card mounting surface 84 to move.
(FIG. 6), the sensor S10 (FIG. 3) detects that the carrier 33 has reached the card ejection position, and the card ejection roller 52 starts rotating.

As a result, the card 37 on the carrier 33 is
As shown in FIG. 13, the card mounting surface 84 is slid in the direction of arrow a. At this time, the card 37 is the third lever 8
The guide surface 82C formed in 2 and the ejection guide 86 provided on the main body chassis regulate the movement in the lateral direction orthogonal to the arrow a and eject the card toward the card ejection port 28.

(4) Effects of the Embodiments According to the above configuration, the first and second levers 80 that can be pushed open by the card 37 when the card 37 is carried into the card carry-in side of the carrier table 33. And 81, and the card 37 placed on the carrier table 33 is provided on the card unloading side of the carrier table 33 with the first and second levers 80 and 81.
By providing the third lever 82 that urges in the direction of, the card 37 can be positioned and held at a predetermined position on the transport table 33 with a simple configuration.

(5) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to the card printing apparatus 20 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is desired for a card-shaped print medium. It can be widely applied to a printing device that prints characters or images.

[0053]

As described above, according to the present invention, a card-shaped print medium is placed on a predetermined carrier, and the carrier is moved so that the print surface of the print medium is printed by a predetermined print head. In a printing device that prints a desired image, it is provided at a position where the print medium is sandwiched on the side where the print medium is carried into the carrier, and is rotated and carried in a direction in which the print medium is carried in from a predetermined locking position. First and second levers that are urged to rotate in opposite directions with respect to each other, and urged to rotate in the opposite direction with respect to the direction in which the print medium is carried in, provided on the unloading side of the print medium from the transport base. A third lever which is provided, and urges the print medium passing through so as to push open the first and second levers in the direction of the first and second levers by the third lever. The print medium is transferred to the first and second levers and the third lever. It makes possible to realize a printing apparatus capable of holding together can be positioned printing medium at a predetermined position on the transfer table with a simple structure which is adapted to hold between.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of an embodiment of a printing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of an embodiment of a printing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing a conveyance unit and a printing unit in an embodiment of the printing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining a printing operation in the card printing apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a printing operation in the card printing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a card holder used in the printing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view for explaining a card holding unit when a card is carried into a carrier.

FIG. 8 is a plan view for explaining a card holding unit when the loading of the card is completed.

FIG. 9 is a plan view for explaining a card holding operation of a card holding unit.

FIG. 10 is a plan view for explaining a card ejection unit.

FIG. 11 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the card ejection unit.

FIG. 12 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the card ejection unit.

FIG. 13 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the card ejection unit.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional card printing device.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a lock member used in a conventional card printing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 20 ... Card printing device, 3, 48 ... Thermal transfer head, 4, 61 ... Supply reel, 5, 62 ... Ink ribbon, 6, 66 ... Take-up reel, 8, 33.
9,34 ... Nuts section, 10,37 ... Card, 21 ...
… Case, 28 …… Card exit, 30 …… Conveyor, 31
...... Printing section, 36 ...... Card sending section, 37 ...... Card,
41 ... Kickboard, 45 ... Card loading roller, 46
...... Cleaning roller, 47 …… Card holder, 4
9, 50: floating prevention member, 52: card ejection roller, 59: lever release shaft, 60: detection protrusion, 7
0 ... Head unit, 72 ... Pressure lever, 73 ...
Lever, 74 ... Cam plate, 80-82 ... Lever, 80
B, 81B ... contact surface, 82B ... lever release projection.

Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Office reference number FI technical display location B65H 5/18 7612-3F (72) Inventor Tomohisa Uga 2-16-20 Shimura, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo Copal Co., Ltd. Within

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A printing apparatus for placing a card-shaped print medium on a predetermined carrier and moving the carrier to print a desired image on a printing surface of the print medium by a predetermined print head. In a position where the print medium is sandwiched on the carry-in side of the print medium to the transport base, the print medium is rotated in a direction in which the print medium is carried in from a predetermined locking position and is opposite to the direction in which the print medium is carried in. A first lever and a second lever which are urged to rotate in a direction, and a urging force that is provided on a side where the print medium is carried out from the transport base and is opposite to a direction in which the print medium is carried in. And a third lever provided on the print medium, the print medium passing through the first and second levers by pushing and opening the first and second levers in the direction of the first and second levers by the third lever. The above print media by Serial printing apparatus is characterized in that so as to hold between the first and second lever and said third lever. 2. The first lever has an L-shaped contact surface that abuts a corner portion on the rear end side with respect to the carrying-in direction of the print medium, and the second lever has the above-mentioned structure. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an abutting surface that abuts a side surface on a rear end side with respect to the carrying-in direction of the print medium.