JPS6360772A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate a printing operation and enable printing to be performed irrespective of the object to be printed, by providing a controller for printing time on the surface of the object to be printed, and disposing a printing information displaying device on an outer surface of a frame body. CONSTITUTION:A storage battery 14 and a controller 16 are disposed at an upper part of an outer frame 4 of a printer 2, while a driving motor 26 connected to the controller 16 is disposed on a base 12, and a belt 34 for operating a printing head 26 is wrapped around a pulley 21 provided on a driving shaft of the motor 22. The controlling circuit 16 has a clock function to display time or date on a display device 6, and operates the motor 22 and the head 26 through an operation of a switch 46, thereby moving the head 26 on an ink ribbon 34 and printing the information displayed on the display device. The printer 2 is capable of printing time or the like on the surface of an object to be printed, irrespective of the kind of the object.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Applications> The present invention relates to a portable printing device that can easily print numbers, characters, etc. such as the time on a desired location on an admission ticket or the like.

<Prior art> In facilities where usage fees are determined according to the time of use, such as recreational facilities such as swimming pools and parking lots, the entry time that is the basis for the usage fee is determined for each user's admission ticket. It is designed to be printed on. In such cases, the printing device that prints the entrance time on the surface of the admission ticket is generally called a time stamper, etc., as shown in Figure 4, in which a gear (not shown) with numbers stamped on it is used as a timekeeping mechanism. When an admission ticket is inserted through an insertion slot 102 formed in a slit shape and interlocked with each other, the switch is turned on and the current time is printed on the surface of the admission ticket.

<The problem to be solved by the invention> However, the conventional printing device 100 is a stationary type in which the person to be printed, such as an admission ticket, is inserted into the device. , then the printing device 10
It is necessary to insert the printer into the insertion slot 102 of 0, print, and hand it to the user, which makes it impossible to quickly print and causes congestion, especially when there are a large number of users. Moreover, the items that can be printed with this printing device 100 are thin pieces of paper that can be inserted through the slit-shaped insertion opening 102,
Moreover, it generally needs to be a fixed shape, and cannot be printed on items that are too large to be inserted through the entry port 102, especially parcels, or smaller items, and items with soft surfaces that may be printed due to collision of type. There was a problem that it was not possible to print on fragile items.

Means for Solving the Problems> Therefore, in the present invention, in order to facilitate printing work and to be able to print regardless of the object to be printed, the present invention provides a frame body having a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape that can be grasped with one hand. formed in the frame, comprising a print head in the frame, a drive mechanism for driving the print head, and a control device having a timekeeping function and operating the print head and drive function to print the time on the surface of the printing object, In addition, a display device for displaying the printed content is installed on the outer surface of the frame to constitute a printing device.

Function: When printing with a printing device, hold the printing device with one hand and press the print head toward the admission ticket, etc. to be printed. Then, the printing device operates the print head using the control device and drive mechanism to print the time issued by the control device on the surface of the admission ticket. When printing is completed, lift the printing device away from the admission ticket.

Example of implementation FIG. 1 shows the entire printing device 2 according to the present invention.

This printing device 2 is rectangular in shape and has a vertically elongated shape, and is sized so that a person can grasp it from the side with one hand. It can be checked while holding or holding it.

A cross section of this printing device 2 is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The above-mentioned display 6 is arranged above in these figures. This printing bag M2 has the outer frame 4 as the outermost shell, a sleeve-shaped pressing plate 10 inside the outer shell, and a base 12 inside the pressing plate 1°.

The base 12 is slidable in the longitudinal direction with respect to the outer frame 4,
The engagement piece 20 is adapted to engage with a protrusion 18 formed on the outer frame 4, and is normally pressed downward in the figure by a spring 2B so that the engagement piece 20 comes into contact with the protrusion 18. There is. or,
The pressing plate 10 is slidable with respect to the outer frame 4 and the base 12, and is movable between the shoulder 13 formed on the base 12 and the protrusion 18, and the shoulder 13 is moved by a spring 40. It is biased so that it is pressed against.

A storage battery 14 is provided in the upper part of the outer frame 4, and a control value file is arranged next to this storage battery 14 as shown in FIG. A drive motor 22 connected to the control device 16 is installed on the base 12, and a pulley 21 provided on the drive shaft of the drive motor 22 is connected to the print head 2.
A belt 34 that operates 6 is wound around the belt 34. The print head 26 is a thermal transfer print head, and is mounted on a head stand 36 so as to be slightly movable in the vertical direction in the figure via a spring 38, with the printing surface facing downward in the figure. The head stand 36 is slidably provided on the guide 3o extending in the width direction of the outer frame 4, and the print head 26 is attached to the belt 3.
4, it is movable in the left-right direction in FIG. 2 by the action of a drive motor 22. Furthermore, an ink ribbon cassette 24 is removably mounted on the base 12.

This ink ribbon cassette 24 is a thermal transfer ink ribbon that corresponds to the print head 26, and the ink ribbon 35 wound on one side is transferred to the print head as the printing operation progresses.
6 and is wound onto the other take-up reel. The belt 34 is wound around a spindle that engages with the take-up reel 32 for driving the take-up reel 32, and a ratchet mechanism is installed so that the spindle always rotates only in the take-up direction. There is. On the other hand, the pressing plate 10 is a printing device in which the lower surface side of the pressing plate 10 is placed on a paper surface, etc. 2 from above to pull the pressing plate 10 into the frame 4.
When the switch 46 provided at 8 contacts the press plate 10 and is turned on, the printing surface of the print head 26 contacts the paper surface at exactly that position. A disconnection signal from this switch 46 is sent to the control device 16.

The control circuit 16 has a timekeeping function, and causes the display 6 to display the time, year, month, and day, and also operates the drive motor 22 and the print head 26 when the switch 46 is turned on. 26 is moved from the cloth to the left on the ink ribbon 34 in the figure to print the content displayed on the display 6. Then, when the printing device 2 is lifted and the switch 46 is turned off, the printing head 26
At the same time, the ratchet mechanism described above engages and the ink ribbon 34 is wound up by an amount equivalent to the amount used. Furthermore, the stamp 50 shown in FIG. 1 is a stamp that is detachably attached to the groove 11 of the pressing plate 10 and is impregnated with ink so that it can be used continuously, and the stamp surface is engraved with the facility name or other message. When you attach this and press it, these will be printed on the paper along with the time.

By configuring the printing device 2 in this way, when an attendant presses the printing device 2 on the admission ticket etc. placed on the table one after another, the pressing plate 10 pulls into the interior and at the same time prints the paper surface of the admission ticket. The print head 26 scans and the time at that point can be printed on the surface of the admission ticket. Further, when the stamp 50 is attached to the pressing plate 10, the characters formed on the stamp 50 can be printed on the surface of the admission ticket at the same time as the time. Therefore, when printing the time, the staff member does not have to take the admission ticket etc. from the user each time, and the user can print the time while holding it in his/her hand. Therefore, the time stamping process at the time of entry can be carried out very efficiently.

In addition, since the printing device 2 does not care about the shape or properties of the object to be printed, it is possible to print on the surface of the parcel when it is delivered, and to print the arrival time, etc. Even if the material is soft, it can be easily printed because it is not printed with type but thermal transfer printing.

Furthermore, if the content of the transmission from the control device 2 is changed, it is also possible to use the printing device 2 to print numbers, characters, etc., such as prices, on the surface of objects.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the printing device according to the present invention, since the printing device is portable, it is possible to press the printing device from above the place to be printed, such as an admission ticket, and print the time on that place. Therefore, it is possible to easily print the time on the surface of admission tickets, etc. without having to take them each time, and the printing work can be done quickly. Moreover, the objects to be printed are limited to pieces of paper. It can be of any shape, such as a small parcel or a box.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] FIGS. 1 to 3 are related to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire printing device, FIG. 2 is a front vertical sectional view of FIG.
3 is a side longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional printing device. In the drawing, 2.100 is a printing device, 4 is an outer frame, 6 is a display, 10 is a pressing plate, 12 is a base, 16 is a control device, 22 is a drive motor, 24 is an ink ribbon cassette, 26 is a print head It is. Patent application agent: Aster Seiki Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] The frame body is formed into a generally rectangular shape that can be held with one hand, and the frame body has a print head, a drive mechanism for driving the print head, and a timekeeping function, and the print head and the drive mechanism are operated. 1. A printing device comprising: a control device for printing a time on the surface of a printed object; and a display device for displaying the printed content installed on an outer surface of the frame.