JPS62275766A - Transfer-type printer transfer material cassette - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify and miniaturize a mechanism and reduce cost involved by providing a transfer material guide mechanism located at both sides of a printing head in a transfer material cassette to guide a transfer material when the cassette is mounted on a printing head. CONSTITUTION:A transfer material guide mechanism 4 is a separate component from a cassette case 1 and is provided with an attachment/detachment frame 4a and two guide members 4b for fitting into a printing head 5, thus forming a frame. When a transfer material cassette is mounted on a transfer-type printer, the right and left guide members 4b set a transfer material 3 in a gently formed aproximate V-shape at the position of the printing head 5, if the transfer material guide mechanism 4 is mounted on the printing head 5. Consequently, when printing action is performed, one guide member 4b allows the transfer member 3 closely to the tip of the printing head 5, while the other guide member 4b gives a turnover angle theta to a space with a material to be transferred 6 and acts as a separator of a coloring agent transferred to the material 6 and the transfer member 3 after printing. Also the transfer material guide mechanism 4 moved together with the printing head 5 and therefore, no special mechanism to move the transfer material guide mechanism is required.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a transfer material cassette used in a transfer type printer that performs printing by transferring a colorant of a transfer material to a transferred material.

[Prior Art] In a transfer printer that prints by fixing the transfer material (recording paper) and reciprocating the print head, there is a mechanism that guides the transfer material, that is, the transfer material is connected to the print head. A transfer material guide mechanism is required to separate the transfer material from the colorant transferred to the transfer material after printing. need to move with it.

The above-mentioned conventional transfer material puido structure has a roller that faces the printer body with the transfer material in between.
The structure was such that it was moved along with the print head by moving the print head along with the print head, and the feed roller brought the print head into close contact with the print head and separated it from the colorant.

Furthermore, even in a transfer type printer in which the print head is fixed and the transferred material is moved, the transfer material guide mechanism is moved along with the print head, as in the case of a transfer type printer in which the print head moves back and forth. Although it is not necessary to do so, the structure is such that a feed roller provided on the printer body side brings the transfer material into close contact with the print head and separates it from the colorant.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional transfer material guide mechanism described above has a feed roller provided on the printer side that pinches the transfer material, so it has a complicated structure and requires high cost. Also, it will be large. In particular, in the case of transfer type printers in which the print head moves back and forth, the structure becomes more complicated due to the need to move the print head, and the large space required for movement further increases the size and cost. will also be higher.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a transfer type printer that can simplify the structure of the fivt part that guides the transfer material, facilitate miniaturization of the printer, and reduce costs. I made a promise to get 7 skeins of wood.

[Means for Solving Problems and V] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, both ends of the transfer material are wound around winding cores provided at both ends of the cassette case, and the transfer material is wrapped around the cassette case. In a transfer material cassette for a transfer type printer, which is encased in a cassette and is removably attached to the print head, it is located on both sides of the print head tip when attached to the print head, and the transfer material is placed approximately at the print head position. The structure includes a transfer material guide mechanism consisting of two guide members forming a figure 7 shape.

[Function] When the transfer material cassette with the above configuration is attached to the print head portion of the printer, the guide member on one side of the print head brings the transfer material close to the tip of the print head, and the guide member on the other side brings the transfer material closer to the tip of the print head after printing. , the transfer material is peeled off from the colorant transferred to the transfer material. Therefore, there is no need to provide the printer with a mechanism for guiding the transfer material.

Since the transfer material cassette is attached to the print head, in the case of a transfer type printer in which the print head moves back and forth, the transfer material guide mechanism also moves together with the print head to smoothly guide the transfer material.

[Example 1 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an f51 embodiment. The transfer material cassette of this embodiment is used as a transfer type printer in which the material to be transferred is fixed and the print head is moved back and forth. Reference numeral 1 denotes a cassette case, and the cassette case 1 has cylindrical portions 1a that are partially open at both ends, and both ends of the transfer material 3 are wound around each cylindrical portion 1a.

A transfer material guide mechanism 4 is attached to the transfer material 3. The transfer material ID mechanism 4 is separate from the cassette case 1, and as shown in FIG. Two guide members 4b are located on both sides of the tip of the printing gutter 5 in order to form the printing into a gentle, almost V-shape at the position of the printing gutter 5.

4b, and has a frame shape.

There is a slit 4c between the upper removable frame 4a and the lower guide member 4b, and by passing the transfer material 3 through this slit 4c in advance, the transfer material 3 will pass through the id 111t4. It is possible to install it.

When installing the transfer material cassette with the above configuration into a transfer type printer, when the transfer material guide + Pi structure 4 is attached to the printing gutter 5 as shown in Fig. 2, the left and right guide members 4 b, 4 b
The transfer material 3 is made to form a gentle approximately 7-shape at the 7-do 5 position for printing. Therefore, during the printing operation, one guide member 4b brings the transfer material 3 into close contact with the tip of the gutter 5 for printing, and the other guide member 4b gives a turning angle θ between it and the transfer material 6 to print. Later, the transferred material 6 acts to separate the transferred colorant from the transfer material 3.

Since the transfer material guide mechanism 4 is attached to the printing gutter 5, it can be moved one step from the printing gutter 5, and a special mechanism for moving the transfer material guide mechanism is not required.

3 and 4 show a second embodiment. In this example,
Pine photography material guide 8! γ-id member 10a of jacket 10.

10a to the center side plate ffl51c of cassette case 1
It is integrated into the The transfer material cassette of this example is
The print head is fixed to the printer body and is used in a transfer printer that performs recording by sequentially moving a transfer material and a transfer material relative to the print head.

When the above transfer material cassette is attached to the printing/gutter area,
Each guide member 10a, 10a, as shown in FIG.
The transfer material 3 is placed on both sides of the printing gutter 5 to form a substantially square shape. During the printing operation, guide members 1.0a and 1 integrated with the transfer material cassette mounted on the print head part
One guide member 10a of the guide members 10a brings the transfer material 3 into close contact with the tip of the gutter 5 for printing, and the other γ guide member 10a
A gives a turning angle θ between the transfer material 6 and the transfer material 3 to separate the colorant transferred to the transfer material 6 after printing.

[Effect of the invention 1 As explained above, according to the present invention, when the printer is attached to the print head portion of the printer, the two
Transfer material guide 8 consisting of two guide members! An ellipse is provided in the transfer material cassette to guide the transfer material, so guide the transfer material 8! The elliptical part has been greatly simplified,
Moreover, the rock v1 is miniaturized and further guides the transfer material.
It has become possible to significantly reduce the cost required for this part.

First, when the present invention is applied to a transfer printer that reciprocates the gutter for printing, a special 8! Since no ellipse is required, the effects of simplifying the virtual machine, making it smaller, and reducing costs are obviously great.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a transfer material cassette showing a first embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the ID mechanism portion of the transfer material attached to the print head, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the second embodiment. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a transfer material cassette showing an example of the transfer material γid 8! mounted on the same print head. It is a sectional view of a structural part. 1... Cassette case, 1a... Cylindrical part, 2...
Winding center, 3... Transfer material, 4... Transfer material is ID mechanism,
4a...Removable frame portion, 4b...Guide member, 4c...
・Slit, 5...Print head.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Transfer for a transfer type printer in which both ends of the transfer material are wound around cores provided at both ends of the cassette case, the transfer material is encapsulated in the cassette case, and the transfer material is detachably attached to the print head. When the material cassette is attached to the print head, it is located on both sides of the print head tip.
A transfer material cassette for a transfer type printer, comprising a transfer material guide mechanism consisting of two guide members that make the transfer material approximately V-shaped at a print head position. (2) The transfer according to claim 1, wherein the transfer material guide mechanism is separate from the cassette case, and the transfer material guide mechanism itself is detachable from the print head. Transfer material cassette for type printers. (3) The transfer material cassette for a transfer type printer according to claim 1, wherein the transfer material guide mechanism is constructed by integrally providing the two guide members in a cassette case.