KR200231786Y1 - Label seperating type portable electrothermal printer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable label separation type thermal printer that prints a character or a picture such as a barcode as a print head which is a heating element on a long label paper in a film form.

The portable label separation type thermal printer according to the present invention is provided with an opening portion (2) formed on one surface thereof, and a printer (6) having an accommodating portion (6) in which the paper roll (5c) of the label sheet (5) is removably seated therein. Main body 1; An opening and closing cover (3) installed on the opening surface (2) of the printer body (1) so as to be rotatable up and down to open and close the opening surface (2); A platen roller 8 rotatably installed inside the printer main body 1 to transfer the label sheet 5; A printing head 11 installed inside the opening / closing cover 3 to close the opening / closing cover 3 to one side of the platen roller 8 to perform printing; The platen roller 8 inside the printer body 1 so as to separate the label sheet 5b from the back sheet 5a of the label sheet 5 passing through the platen roller 8 and the print head 11. Label separation shaft 9 is installed adjacent to; Paper guider (7) for guiding the discharge of the backing paper (5a) inclined toward the opening surface (2) from the lower part of the housing (6) of the printer body (1) and refracted by the label separation shaft (9) ); A pinch roller (15) installed inside the opening / closing cover (3) to close the back paper (5a) to the platen roller (8) when the opening / closing cover (3) is closed; A back paper outlet (19) formed at one side of the main body (1) for discharging the back paper (5a) having passed through the paper guider (7); And a label sheet outlet 17 formed on another side of the main body 1.

According to the present invention as described above, according to the portable label separation type thermal printer according to the present invention, the opening and closing cover is provided on the opening face of the printer body, and the platen roller is installed on the printer body, and the platen is on the opening and closing cover side. With the configuration of the printing head and the pinch roller in contact with the roller, the label sheet is automatically set between the platen roller and the printing head and between the platen roller and the pinch roller simply by closing the opening / closing cover. There is convenience to be achieved.

Description

Label seperating type portable electrothermal printer

The present invention relates to a portable label-type thermal printer, and more particularly, to a portable label-type thermal printer, which is easy to handle, such as setting of a paper and being portable in various ways.

The label separation type thermal printer is a printer that prints and prints a bar code expressing the product price information on a long label sheet of film in which a label sheet detachable on the back sheet is attached at regular intervals. It is made small in size for easy carrying by the user. Such a portable label-type thermal printer typically performs printing while performing wired communication or short-range wireless data with an external system.

The conventional portable label separation type thermal printer has an opening and closing cover on the printer body, and can open and close the opening and closing cover to set a film-like label paper wound in a roll shape. Platen roller for conveying label paper as a means for printing on label paper, pinch roller for discharging the backing paper in close contact with the platen roller, and another side of the platen roller The print head which prints on a label sheet is provided in the printer main body in one set type. Therefore, in order to set the label paper, open and close the opening and closing cover, and manually release the pinch roller directly from the platen roller, and narrow the end of the label paper stored in the printer body between the platen roller and the pinch roller. The setting of the label paper was very cumbersome and inconvenient, such as inserting into the space.

In addition, the conventional portable label-type thermal printer can only be carried in one or two limited ways set in advance in the printer, and it is inconvenient and unsafe to use because there is no consideration for impact such as falling. There was a dissolution.

The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems as described above, the object of the label is to provide a portable label separation type thermal printer that is easy to set the label paper and can be carried in a variety of ways as a whole.

1 is a view showing the structure of a label-type thermal printer according to the present invention, a cross-sectional view showing a state of opening and closing the cover opening and inserting the paper;

2 is a cross-sectional view showing a process of closing the opening and closing cover in the next operation of FIG.

3 is a view showing a state in which the opening and closing cover is completely closed in the next operation of FIG.

4 is a top view of FIG. 3

Figure 5 is a detailed view 'A' of Figure 4, a perspective view showing a button means according to the present invention

Figure 6 is a plan view of the printer showing the configuration of the battery cover according to the present invention

Figure 7 shows the external structure of the printer according to the present invention, a perspective view of the opening and closing cover viewed from above

8 is a view showing the external structure of the printer according to the present invention, a perspective view viewed from the opposite side of the opening and closing cover

Figure 9 shows another use case of the present invention, in the use case for discharging the label paper with the backing paper to the label outlet or the general thermal paper to the label paper outlet, the cross-sectional view showing the setting process in the open and closed cover state.

10 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the opening and closing cover is closed in FIG.

11 is a view showing another embodiment of the present invention, in which the cover is opened in a case where the elastic member for supporting the pinch roller is provided in the paper guider portion of the main body side;

12 is a view showing a state in which the cover is closed in FIG.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: Printer body 1a: Jam groove

2: opening surface 3: opening and closing cover

4,10b, 13: hinge shaft 5: label paper

5a: backing paper 5b: labeling paper

5c: Paper roll 6: Storage part

7: paper guider 8: platen roller

9: label separation shaft 10: battery

10a: battery cover 11: printing head

12, 14, 36: elastic member 15: pinch roller

16: rib 16a: long hole

17: label paper outlet 18: top cover

19: back paper outlet 26: belt hanger

26a: support plate 26b: screw

27: string hole 28: bullet spring

29,30: cutter 31: button means

32: hook 32a: protrusion

34: spring 35: guard

The present invention for achieving the above object is a portable label separation type thermal printer which is to be discharged by printing on a label sheet attached to the back sheet continuously while transporting a long backing paper of the film-type wound on a paper roll in sequence A printer body having an opening surface formed at one surface thereof, and having a housing portion in which a paper roll of a label sheet is releasably seated therein; An opening and closing cover configured to be rotatable up and down on an opening face of the printer body to open and close the opening face; A platen roller rotatably installed inside the printer body to transfer label paper; A printing head installed inside the opening / closing cover and close to one side of the platen roller to perform printing when the closing cover is closed; A label separating shaft installed adjacent to the platen roller inside the printer body to separate the label sheet from the back sheet of the label sheet having passed through the platen roller and the print head; A paper guide guided to discharge the back paper refracted by the label separation shaft by being inclined toward the opening surface from a lower portion of the printer body; A pinch roller installed inside the opening / closing cover to close the back sheet to the platen roller when the opening / closing cover is closed; A back paper outlet formed on one side of the main body to discharge the back paper passing through the paper guider; And a label paper outlet formed at another side of the main body; Characterized in that comprises a.

The present invention provides an opening and closing cover on the opening surface of the main body, and by appropriately disposing the platen roller, the printing head and the pinch roller between the opening and closing cover and the main body, the label sheet is closed with the operation of closing the opening and closing cover. It is to be easily set in a printable state between the head and the platen roller and the pinch roller.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 6, in the portable label separation type thermal printer according to the present invention, an opening surface 2 is formed on one surface of the printer body 1, and one side of the opening surface 2 is open. The opening / closing cover 3 for opening and closing the spherical surface 2 is hinged up and down by the hinge shaft 4.

Inside the printer body 1, there is formed an accommodating portion 6 in which the paper roll 5c of the label sheet 5 is releasably seated.

Here, the label sheet 5, as shown in Figure 3, a conventional label having a label 5b attached to one side of the backing sheet 5a wound in the form of a paper roll (5c) at regular intervals Although paper is shown, long paper such as a receipt paper is also included.

The printer body 1 is provided with a paper guider 7 which extends from the lower portion of the housing part 6 toward the opening surface 2 to guide the discharge of the label paper 5, and the paper guider The platen roller 8 is rotatably provided in the part close to the opening surface 2 of (7), and the label separation shaft 9 is arrange | positioned adjacent to this platen roller 8.

In addition, one side of the printer body (1) is provided with a battery cover (10a) is hinged to be opened and closed by the hinge shaft (10b) to the printer body (1), the battery cover (10a) for power supply Since the battery 10 is built in, the battery 10 can be easily used while carrying without a separate power supply line connected to the printer.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 6, the battery cover (10a) is formed with a long hole (10c), the hinge shaft (10b) is coupled to the printer body (1) by passing through the long hole (10c) of the battery cover, The battery 10 is pulled open to attach the battery 10, and then pushed back to close it. In this embodiment, the battery cover 10a is set to be opened and closed to the side of the main body 1, but it is also possible to open and close in the up and down direction with the same hinge structure.

When the closing cover 3 is closed on the inside of the opening and closing cover 3, the print head 11 is elastically supported by the elastic member 12 at a position close to the platen roller 9, and the hinge shaft ( 13) is rotatably installed.

In addition, a rib 16 is formed at an end side of the opening and closing cover 3, and a long hole 16a is formed in the rib 16, and the pinch roller 15 is movable in the long hole 16a thereof. Is installed. The pinch roller 15 is elastically supported to be biased toward one side of the long hole 16a by the elastic member 14 provided on one side of the rib 16.

In addition, the opening and closing cover 3 is perforated with a label paper outlet 17 for discharging the labeling paper 5b between the printing head 11 and the pinch roller 15, the number of when the opening and closing cover 3 is closed The top cover 18 which presses the label paper 5 in the payment part 6 and suppresses the lifting phenomenon of the label paper 5 which is pulled out is formed. In this case, it is preferable that the position of the label separation shaft 9 is located at the middle of the label outlet 17.

The length of the opening / closing cover 3 is shorter than that of the opening formed in the opening surface 2 of the printer main body 1, so that a gap between the tip of the opening and closing cover 3 and the opening surface 2 is formed. The space is to form a back paper outlet 19, and the front end of the opening and closing cover 3 is provided with a back paper cutter 29 for cutting the back paper 5a discharged.

In addition, when one side of the label discharge port 17 is discharged together with the label 5b and the backing paper 5a through its discharge port 17, the toothed cutter 30 capable of cutting the backing paper 5a. ) Is formed. In the present embodiment, the cutter 30 is formed integrally with the opening and closing cover 3.

7 and 8 show the external structure of a portable thermal printer according to the present invention. 1 to 6 described above will be described in parallel.

As shown, a printer power switch 20 is provided on one side of the printer main body 1, and a feeding switch 21 for driving the motor of the platen roller 8 to convey the label sheet 5 is provided. Equipped. Adjacent to the power switch 20 is provided with an LED 22 for displaying the power state of the printer, adjacent to the feeding switch 21 is provided with an LED 23 for displaying the error state of the printer, the other side For example, a wireless data receiver 24a capable of short-range wireless data reception using an RF (Radio frequency) or a BT (Blue tooth) from an external device such as a handy terminal or a handy scanner and an optical receiver capable of receiving short-range wireless data using infrared ( 24), and on the other side of the main body 1, a wired communication unit 25 capable of receiving wired data from an external device such as a handy terminal or a handy scanner is provided.

And, as can be seen in particular through Figure 8, on the opposite side of the opening surface 2 of the printer body 1 is provided with a belt hanger 26 which can be worn on the user's waist belt. According to a preferred direction of the present invention, the belt hanger 26 has its support plate 26a fastened to the printer main body 1 by a screw 26b, and is rotated in another direction by turning the support plate 26a. Is also possible to fasten the screw 26b, the printer can be worn on the user's waist belt in four directions.

In addition, at least one hole 27 is formed at one side of the printer main body 1 so as to be connected through a strap for wearing on the neck or shoulder of the user.

4 and 5, the hinge shaft 4 of the opening / closing cover 3 is provided with a ballistic spring 28 that provides elasticity in the opening direction of the opening / closing cover 3. In addition, both sides of the opening and closing cover 3 is provided with a button means 31 for locking and releasing the opening and closing cover 3. Its button means 31 is provided with a hook 32 having a projection 32a that can be inserted into the engaging groove 1a of the printer body 1 and its inclined surface 32b, and the hook 32 has an opening / closing cover ( The guide 33 protrudes from 3) so as to slide, and is elastically supported in a locking direction (a direction in which the hook protrudes outward) through a spring 34 between the opening and closing cover 3. .

In the present invention, the guard 35 is attached to the corner of the printer main body 1, thereby preventing damage to the printer from the impact such as the printer main body 1 falls. The guard 35 is preferably made of a soft rubber material (Rubber material). One of the guards 35 is installed in the battery cover 10a described above. Since the battery cover 10a is to be opened and closed laterally, its guard 35 is also integrally opened and closed with the battery cover 10a.

Portable label separation type thermal printer of the present invention made as described above is a printer that can be easily attached and detached and set the label paper (5), easy to operate, can be worn in a variety of ways, such as wearing a belt or hanging on the neck.

First, in order to install the label paper 5 in the printer main body 1, when the hook 32 provided in the button means 31 on both sides of the opening / closing cover 3 is pressed, the hook 32 slides and the one side thereof. Of the lock 32 is released from the locking groove 1a of the main body 1 so that the locking is released, and the unlocking opening / closing cover 3 is upwardly moved by the ball spring 28 provided on the hinge shaft 4 thereof. Rotate.

In this way, while holding the opening and closing cover 3, while holding the both ends of the paper roll (5c) in which the label paper 5 is wound, and seated on the receiving portion 6 of the main body 1, and then from the paper roll (5c) After pulling out the label sheet 5, the end of the label sheet 5 is sufficiently drawn to the outside of the back paper outlet 19, and then the opening and closing cover 3 is closed.

When the opening and closing cover 3 is closed, the printing head 11 is closed while pressing the label paper 5 from which the top cover 18 formed inside the opening and closing cover 3 is pulled down. ) One side of the platen roller 8 provided inside is in close contact with the elastic force of the elastic member 12, and at the same time the pinch roller 15 also has its elastic member on the other side of the platen roller 8 In close contact with (14).

As such, in the process of contacting the print head 11 and the pinch roller 15 to the platen roller 8 naturally, in particular, as can be seen in FIG. 3, the label paper 5 has the print head 11. And the platen roller 8 and the back sheet of the label sheet 50 because the label sheet 5 is suddenly bent in the course of rolling the label sheet 5 around the outer side of the label separating shaft 9. The label sheet 5b is naturally separated from 5a. In the state in which the label sheet 5b is separated from the back sheet 5a as described above, the back sheet 5a is positioned between the platen roller 8 and the pinch roller 15, and its end portion is the back sheet outlet 19 ) And the label sheet 5b is extended to the label sheet outlet 17.

As a result, the setting of the label sheet 5 is automatically made simply by simply closing the opening / closing cover 3.

Next, in the process of closing the opening and closing cover 3 as described above, the projection (32a) formed on the hook 32 on both sides of the opening and closing cover 3 is in contact with the main body 1, the inclined surface (32b) of the projection (32a) By overcoming the elastic force of the spring 34 and the sliding movement of the hook 32 inward, and the protrusion 32a of the hook 32 is the locking groove of the main body 1 at the moment when the opening and closing cover 3 is completely closed ( 1a) is inserted by the restoring force of the spring 34 to lock the opening and closing cover 3 automatically.

After the setting of the label sheet 5 is completed, when the power switch 14 is turned ON in order to perform printing, data is received from the external device such as a handheld scanner to the printer, and the printing head 11 ) Is supplied with power from the battery 10 and printed out on the label sheet 5. For example, when one line of printing is completed on the label sheet 5, the platen roller 8 is driven one pitch by a motor using the battery 10 as a power source, and the label sheet 5 is conveyed. In this case, the label sheet 5 is bent by the label separating shaft 9 so that its back sheet 5a passes between the platen roller 8 and the pinch roller 15 to the back sheet outlet 19. The label 5b having a greater elasticity than that of the backing paper 5a is separated from the backing paper 5a and then straightly discharged to the label discharge port 17. The back paper 5a discharged as described above can be easily cut using the back paper cutter 29 provided at the front end of the opening / closing cover 3.

9 and 10 are diagrams for explaining an installation process and an operation process when the label paper 5b is discharged integrally without separating the label paper 5b from the back paper 5a. Is a preferable use case when attaching to a product or the like while directly separating from the backing paper 5a.

As shown, in this case, before closing the opening and closing cover 3, the end of the label sheet 5 is first drawn out directly to the label outlet 17 so as not to be wound around the label separation shaft 9, and then the opening and closing cover ( 3) Close it. Therefore, the printed label 5b is discharged while attached to the backing paper 5a, and the labeling paper 5b is separated from the backing paper 5a of the discharged labeling paper 5 and attached to goods. When the discharge amount of the backing paper 5a increases, the cutter 30 is formed in the label paper outlet 17 so that the backing paper 5a is cut using the cutter 30 thereof.

On the other hand, the portable printer according to the present invention can be used in the state worn by the user, can be used in the state worn on the user's belt through the belt hanger 26 on the opposite side of the opening surface (2) of the main body (1) Or, it can be used while hanging on the neck or worn on the shoulder by hanging a string to the at least one neck strap hole 27 provided on one side of the body (1). When the printer is worn on a belt, the belt hanger 26 is fixed by setting the desired direction in the disassembled state by releasing the screw 26b holding the support plate 26a of the belt hanger 26 and then tightening it again with the screw 26b. ) Can be changed to obtain a variety of wearing conditions according to the user's convenience.

In addition, the printer of the present invention can also be used on the ground, such as a desk, without the user directly wearing as described above, in this case, the belt hanger 26 is seated on the ground, the various places of the printer main body 1 It is possible to support it, and in a more preferred manner, the flat bottom of the main body 1 is seated on the ground in a state where the belt hanger 26 is completely removed from the main body 1 by loosening the screw 26b. Can be used.

Furthermore, since the guard 35 is attached to the corner of the printer main body 1 according to the present invention, when the printer is accidentally dropped or bumped against other objects, such as the guard 35, the guard 35 ) Can reduce the damage to the printer as the shock absorbs.

11 and 12 show another embodiment of the present invention, in the present embodiment, the elastic means for supporting the pinch roller 15 is not provided on the cover 3 side, but on the main body 1 side. The provided structure is shown.

In the above-described embodiment, the pinch roller 15 is movably installed in the long hole 16a of the rib 16 formed in the cover 3, and the elastic member 14 is provided on one side of the rib 16, and The elastic member 14 is elastically in close contact with one side of the platen roller 8, but in this embodiment, only the pinch roller 15 is installed on the rib 16 so as to be movable, and the sheet of the body 1 The elastic member 36 is provided in the vicinity of the guider 7.

In the illustrated example, the elastic member 36 is illustrated in the form of a leaf spring. When the cover 3 is closed and the pinch roller 15 descends, the elastic member 36 plays the pinch roller 15. The elastic roller 8 is elastically in close contact with one side.

As described above, according to the portable label separation type thermal printer according to the present invention, the opening and closing cover is provided on the opening face of the printer body, and the platen roller is installed on the main body side, and the platen roller is in contact with the platen roller on the opening and closing cover side. By having a configuration in which the head and the pinch roller are provided, there is a convenience that the label paper is automatically set between the platen roller and the printhead and between the platen roller and the pinch roller only by closing the opening / closing cover.

In addition, the present invention provides easy opening and closing of the opening and closing cover by providing a button means on the opening and closing cover, easy removal of the battery due to the rotating hinge structure of the battery cover, and in various directions by the removable structure of the belt hanger and the main body I can wear it.

In addition, if the belt hanger is removed, the printer can be installed and used stably on the ground such as a desk, and can be worn on the neck or shoulder by connecting the strap through the neck hole. There are many advantages, such as being able to secure them.

Claims (16)

Portable label-type heat-sensitive heat that is designed to be discharged by printing the label paper 5b continuously attached on the back paper 5a while sequentially transporting the film-shaped long back paper 5a wound on the paper roll 5c. In the type printer, A printer main body 1 having an opening surface 2 formed on one surface thereof, and having a receiving portion 6 inside which the paper roll 5c of the label sheet 5 is releasably seated; An opening and closing cover (3) installed on the opening surface (2) of the printer body (1) so as to be rotatable up and down to open and close the opening surface (2); A platen roller 8 rotatably installed inside the printer main body 1 to transfer the label sheet 5; A printing head 11 installed inside the opening / closing cover 3 to close the opening / closing cover 3 to one side of the platen roller 8 to perform printing; The platen roller 8 inside the printer body 1 so as to separate the label sheet 5b from the back sheet 5a of the label sheet 5 passing through the platen roller 8 and the print head 11. Label separation shaft 9 is installed adjacent to; Paper guider (7) for guiding the discharge of the backing paper (5a) inclined toward the opening surface (2) from the lower portion of the accommodating portion (6) of the printer body (1) and refracted by the label separation shaft (9). ); A pinch roller (15) installed inside the opening / closing cover (3) to close the back paper (5a) to the platen roller (8) when the opening / closing cover (3) is closed; A back paper outlet (19) formed at one side of the main body (1) for discharging the back paper (5a) having passed through the paper guider (7); And A label paper outlet 17 formed at another side of the main body 1; Portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 1, Portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that the power supply battery 10 is built in one side of the printer body (1). The method of claim 2, Portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that the battery cover (10a) that is rotated hinged by the hinge shaft (10b) on one side of the printer main body (1) is opened and closed to facilitate the detachment of the battery (10). The method of claim 3, The battery cover (10a) is a portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that is made in a direction that is opened and closed to the side of the main body (1). The method of claim 1, The top cover 18 is formed inside the opening and closing cover 3 to suppress the lifting phenomenon of the label paper 5 to be drawn out by pressing the label paper 5 in the housing 6. Portable thermal printer. The method of claim 1, The rear paper outlet (19) is a portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that formed as a gap space formed between the opening surface (2) of the printer body (1) and the front end of the opening and closing cover (3). The method of claim 6, Portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that the front end of the opening cover (3) is provided with a back paper cutter (29) for cutting the back paper (5a). The method of claim 1, Portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that the label discharge port 17 is formed with a cutter 30 for cutting the backing paper 5a when the labeling paper 5b and the backing paper 5a are discharged together. . The method of claim 1, The pinch roller 15 is slidably installed in the long hole 16a formed in the rib 16 of the opening / closing cover 3, and is supported by the elastic member 14 provided on the opening / closing cover 3. Portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that the support is configured to elastically close to the platen roller (8) side. The method of claim 9, The elastic member 14 installed on the rib 16 is replaced by an elastic member 36 installed on the printer main body 1, characterized in that the portable label separation type thermal printer. The method of claim 1, On both sides of the opening and closing cover 3, when closing the opening and closing cover 3, its hook 32 is caught by the printer main body 1, the button means 31 is released from the main body 1 when pressing the hook 32 Portable thermal printer characterized in that) is provided. The method of claim 11, The hook 32 is slidably supported on the opening / closing cover 3 while being elastically supported by a spring 34, and a protrusion 32a is formed at one side of the hook 32, and the main body 1 Portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that the engaging groove (1a) is formed is removable the projection (32a). The method of claim 1, Portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that the belt hanger 26 that can be attached to the user's waist belt on the opposite side (2) of the printer body (1). The method of claim 13, The belt hanger 26 is provided on a plate-shaped support plate (26a), the support plate (26a) is a portable label, characterized in that it is configured to be fixed while changing the direction by the screw 26b to the printer body (1) Detachable thermal printer. The method of claim 1, Portable label separation type thermal printer, characterized in that at least one neck hole (27) is formed on one side of the printer body (1) to be connected by passing through a strap such as a neck strap and shoulder strap. The method of claim 1, The printer may include at least one of an external device and a wireless data receiver 24a capable of short-range wireless data reception using RF or BT, or an optical receiver 24 capable of wireless data reception using infrared light. Detachable thermal printer.