JPS58166091A - Label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cut ground paper readily and smoothly, by crossing a blade with the ground paper, which is sent out of a platen roller and a thermal head in the direction perpendicular to the ground paper. CONSTITUTION:Gaps for passing the label 1 and the ground paper 2 are provided in a detecting part 6, parts between the platen roller 7 and the thermal head 8 and an auxiliary roller 8a, and in the vicinity of a cutter 9. The upper parts of the gaps are opened so that the label 1 and the ground paper 2 are inserted in the width direction of the ground paper 2. The thermal head 8 and the auxiliary roller 8a are contacted with and separated from the platen roller 7 by the manipulation of a lever 12. The cutter 9 supports the blade 15 in the horizontal direction with respect to the frame at the front side of the ground paper 2, and cuts the ground paper 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a label printer manufactured by eO Corporation and equipped with a cutter for cutting a mount to which a label is attached.

Generally, in a label printer, a label is releasably affixed to a strip-shaped backing paper at predetermined intervals, then wound together with the backing paper into a roll, and the rolled backing paper is intermittently fed out to print on the label. Rolling and uneven placement K along with the mount
There is a practice of forcing birds to be harvested. Then, it is loaded into a printed label, Hendra Beshi, etc., which has been removed by a roll-up device, and is issued at Ichiakimaro, and is affixed to the label.

By the way, when loading a printed label onto a label/)K, it is necessary to cut the mount to which the label is attached at predetermined locations. Conventional examples of this cutting method include cutting the mount with scissors, and cutting the mount by pressing the mount against fixed toothed saw blades. , there is a problem with workability.
In the latter method, since the backing paper is cut into a ζ-blade shape, there is a problem that the running of the backing paper at the time of label issuance becomes a hindrance to IIO when the label is loaded into a Vh company's hand labeler.

This invention was proposed in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and has the following objectives: 4. Cutting the backing paper with a label affixed thereon quickly and efficiently; and 4. Cutting the backing paper reliably and smoothly with a simple operation. The purpose is to

The present invention will be described below based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

First, we will discuss the general configuration of the label printer according to Jin's invention.
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Labels 1 printed by Jin's label printer are releasably pasted on a strip-shaped mount 2 at predetermined intervals.
As shown in Figure 1, it is wound together with a mount 2 into a roll. The roll-shaped label 1 and the mount 21t are supported by a feed reel 4K provided on the horizontal substrate 3& on the upper surface of the tube printer main body 3, and are supported horizontally rotatably with respect to the substrate 3&. The label 2 is sent to the platen roller 7, thermal head 8, and auxiliary rollers 8 and 0 via the detection unit 6 that detects the amount of feed of the label 2, and then passed through the cutter 9 to the onn removal device 10 for the hand holder 2, cassette, etc. A label is issued by having the user remove the label.

Below are details about each part mentioned above! IK1! Participate.

The feeding wheel 4, the guide roller 5, and the detection section 6
, the platen roller 7, the thermal head 8, the auxiliary prize-28&, the cutter 9, and the winding weaving shaft 11 of the #j device 10. It is a thing that can be supported and attached, and it can be fed out 4,
Guide roller 5, platen roller 7, auxiliary roller 81,
All 11 shaft manufacturers are equipped with a substrate 3al (which is fixed directly and rotatably to the board 3al), as well as a detection unit 6, a platen roller 7, a thermal head 8, and an auxiliary row 281.
and between the cutter 9, the label l and the mount 2
O gates are provided for passing through the tubes, and are opened upward to allow the labels 1 and mount 2 to be inserted in the width direction of the mount 20. Furthermore, thermal head 8 and auxiliary low! '8 Company A, Lever 12
By operating D, the platen roller 7 can be brought into contact with or separated from the platen roller 7.

A transparent and hollow O-cover 13 is attached to the feed-out rule 4, the guide roller 6, the detection section 6, the platen roller 7, and the thermal head 8. This cover is provided with an opening 13k from which the mount 2 can be pulled out. t
In addition, the mount 2 pulled out from 1 into the opening 11 is rotated by the platen roller 7KI) and rotated, and when viewed from the front of the main body 3G, the bag is 180 mm wide and 1ff! Bandai mro for laK *
The main body 3o is pulled out and taken up by the winding device 10 so that the angle is an acute angle.

The mechanism for operating the thermal head 8 by the lever 12 will be explained below.

In other words, the shaft 8 and the thermal head sa1 and the s@3&
The head mounting, which is supported so as to be horizontally rotatable with respect to the board 3aK as the center, is mounted on the Eibata ILl (= direction, lever 12, opened and closed on the base @la, and the bar mounting is on the board 8. The lever 12 and the head mounting are connected to the plate Ba via the connecting plate 8g and the bottle 8k. By connecting the lever 12 and the thermal head 8, the lever 12 and the thermal head 8 are linked.
Thermal head 8 becomes platen roller 7 with wax and spring 81! [+It is biased in the direction of bringing it closer. Therefore, move the lever 12 clockwise to the second WJ (or #42) ktII! The thermal head 8 is moved away from the platen roller 7 by turning and K, and the thermal head 8 is brought closer to the platen roller 7 by turning I<-12 in the opposite direction.

The thermal head 8 is opened by operating the lever 12.
The sails are shaped so that they can be turned as one.

By pulling the lever 14 toward the front side of the main body 30 as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the blade 1
s to mount 20 running direction Kl! The mount 2 is cut by directly crossing each other. In other words, the cutter 9 is placed horizontally on the frame 16 provided on the front side of the mount 20 (on which the label 1 is attached).
The blade 15 is freely supported, and the lever 14 is set at the fulcrum 1.
The mount 2 is cut by rotating it in the first counterclockwise direction around the holder 7. The lever 14 has a plate 1 which is provided opposite the back surface of the mount 2 and along the running direction of the label 1 and the mount 20.
A press pad 19 for pressing the mount 2 is provided on the mount 8. This presser pad 19 is operated by the lever 14 and is made to protrude toward the mount 2 together with the blade 15, and is movable in the turning direction of the lever 14 by the support members 2G and 20 connected to the lever 14. It is supported and is biased in the projecting direction by a compression spring 21. Furthermore, the tip of the presser pad 19 is made to protrude forward from the cutting edge of the blade 15, and is brought into contact with the paper surface of the mount 2 before the blade 1s, and the presser pad 19
A shaft 2 (WJ not shown) is provided on the holder so as to stop the rotating ring of the presser pad 190. In addition, the lever 14
It is biased in the direction of the first hour hand by a tension coil spring 22.

The blade 15 used in the cutter 9 is rotatably supported by a blade support shaft 14m integrated with a lever 14, as shown in FIG. 1Bm, 15m of the protrusion 1 fixed to the frame 16
6&, 161, it can be moved horizontally as the lever 14 turns. and,
Both ends Kt1 of this blade 15, the cutting edge 15b bent into a chevron shape
The first cutting edge 15k is alternatively used for cutting the mount 2, and the other cutting edge 15k) is prepared as a spare blade. Further, the blade 15 is attached to the lever 14 such that the tip 11 of the blade edge 15b is located at the center of the mount 20 in the width direction.

■Label loading operation of a label printer with this structure,
■Printing operation and ■Paper cutting operation will be explained below.

■ Label loading operation First, lift the cover 131 upward to open the top surface of the main body 3, and move the lever 12 in the foreshadowed line shown by the broken line in FIG. Turtle and then unrolling rule 4
Load the roll-shaped mount 2 into the holder, unwind the mount 2, and wind it around the guide p-25. The end of the mount 2 is inserted from above into the connection with the plate 18, and the leading end of the mount 2 is inserted into the winding device 10 attached to the winding shaft 11.

(2) When the printing operation lever 12 is set to the shape 11 shown by the solid line in FIG. 12, the thermal head 8 and the auxiliary roller 8& are brought close to the platen roller 7, and the label 1 and the mount 2 are held between them. After the cover 13 is placed on the main body 3, the feed amount of the mount 2 is detected by the detection unit 6, and the thermal head and a drive motor such as a stepping motor are operated based on a command from an electronic control circuit (not shown). He then printed the required number of labels 1, then wound the paper around the 2ft platen rotor to which the printed labels 1 were affixed, and tilted the ff13b@I/C in front of the main body 3. 1. The receiver of the cutter 10 is guided by the plate 18 and fed into the winding device 10.

■ Backing paper cutting operation □ After the above-mentioned printing operation is completed and the rotation of the platen 4-ra 7 is stopped, that is, the label issuing operation is completed, the lever 14t and the front surface 3b@ of the main body '3 are pressed with 'j1〈 and '1'. γ
As shown in the figure, first, the presser pad 19 comes into contact with the mount 2 (or the label 1), the holder clamps the mount 2 between it and the plate 18, and then the cutting edge 15b of the blade 15 sequentially presses the mount from the end 15a. 2 and cut the mount 2.

After cutting the mount 2, the winding device 10 is removed from the winding shaft 11, and the winding device 1 is set at 2.2°.
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In the above-mentioned (2) mount cutting operation, the mount 2 is cut with sufficient tension in order to cut the mount 2 by crossing the mount 2 at right angles to the mount 2 which is wound around the platen roller 7, bent and moved. It is possible to cut smoothly, and furthermore, since the cutter 9 can be operated at a position away from the side surface 13a of the cover 13, the mount 2 can be cut without interference from the side surface 13&. Be yourself.

On the other hand, FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the blade used in the cutter, in which a light source blade 15 is used in place of the blade 15 of the first example. By using the blade 15 of such a light source while appropriately rotating it in response to wear and tear on the cutting edge, it is possible to obtain a sharpness that is always sharp.

Further, Figures # & 9 and 410 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which the cutter 9 is placed on a cutter partial mount 23 linked to the lever 12 of the thermal head 8,
The cutter 9 and the receiver are designed to widen the distance between the cutter 9 and the plate 18 in conjunction with the operation of separating the thermal head 8 from the platen roller.

That is, the cutter part mounting table 23#i, the arm 25 horizontally rotating around the shaft 24 attached to the substrate 31;
It is connected to the lever 12 of the thermal head 8 via the lever 12, and can be operated by the lever 12 to slide on the fixed frame 26. A bin 27 is attached to one end of the arm 25, and the bin 27 is connected to a long hole 28 of a connecting member 28 that is connected to the cutter partial mount 23.
&, the cutter partial mount 23 and the arm 25 are connected. In addition, the arm 2
A long hole 251 is formed at the other end of B.
By inserting the pin 29 of the lever 12 into the &, the lever 12 and the arm 25 are connected. Furthermore, the fixed frame 26 is provided with a protruding bin 26&,
This bin 26 & is inserted into the long hole 2
31, the cutter part can be placed on the stand 23.
The range of movement is now regulated.

A part of the cutter mounting table 23 and a tension spring 30 are provided.
As a result, the receiver is urged in a direction toward the stand 18.

Note that the blades used in this label printer are not limited to the shape of the tortoise-shaped blades in the above embodiment, but may be formed into a polygonal shape and have Kll number of blades on the outer circumference, for example. The fulcrum 17 of the lever 14 and the blade support shaft 14
By appropriately changing the position of &, the stroke of the blade 15 can be adjusted.
Alternatively, the operating direction of the lever 14 for protruding the blade 15 may be reversed. 1 more
The operation of attaching and detaching the circular head 8, the cutting operation of the cutter, and the operation of separating the cutter part 9 and the plate 18 from each other in order to insert the mount 2 are performed by driving a solenoid or the like, or If the solenoid that operates the cutter is operated by a signal indicating the end of printing a predetermined number of labels, and the label is cut at the same time as printing ends, the backing paper will be automatically cut at the same time as label issuing ends, making it more convenient. It is.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the substrate 31 is provided horizontally on the top of the main body 3, but it may be provided perpendicularly to the surface of the main body 3.

As is clear from the above description, this invention is characterized by cutting the mount by crossing the mount in a direction perpendicular to the mount sent out from the platen roller and thermal head. Since it can be easily cut straight and smoothly, it is possible to smoothly run the label and backing paper when issuing the label, and to load the label and backing paper into the take-up device smoothly. It has the effect of

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the label printer.
z WJ is a plan view of the label printer, the second figure is a perspective view of the thermal head attachment/detachment structure, - the perspective view of the 4th @ltj cutter, 纂wi! Explanatory diagram of the IF1 cutter blade, series 6
7 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the company cutter, FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the cutter blade according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the cutter.
Figure 110 shows the fifth embodiment of the invention, #! 9
The figure is a plan view and a perspective view of a moving mechanism of a part of the cutter under the control of IO. 1... Label, 2... Mount, 4...
Feeding reel, 5...Guide roller, 6...
...Detection unit, 7...Platen roller, 8...
・Thermal head・, 9. .... Cutter, 10... Winding device, 13...
... Car (-113 & ... side, 15, IS ...
...'blade, 19...presser pad. Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 480 Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Claims] The platen roller of the printing mechanism, which is a label that is removably affixed to a strip-shaped mount, is also sent out to the IIk deforming device.
K In the label printer configured to remove the mount, a cutter is provided between the platen date and the 4I self-picking device and near the platen roller for cutting the mount tube by crossing the blades at right angles to the mount. □A label printer featuring the following features.