KR930007623B1 - Price-tag printing unit and price-tag printer - Google Patents

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Price tag printing unit and price tag printing device

1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of the internal structure of the price tag printing unit 2 of FIG.

3 is a block diagram of the internal structure of the data input unit 3;

4 is an explanatory diagram of the thermal label (T).

5 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of the internal structure of the price tag printing unit 50 of another embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a block diagram of the internal structure of the data input unit 51 of FIG.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1 label factor device 2 price tag printing unit

3: data input unit 4: cable

5: battery for price tag printing unit 6: key board

7: operation key 8: data transmission unit

9: data receiving unit 10: light emitting diode

11: light-emitting diode 12: handle

13: price tag printing unit main body 14: retainer of the roll shape label

15: sticking roller 16: opening and closing handle

17: bottom cover 18: position detection sensor

19: passage 20: guide roller

21: thermal head 22: platen

23: direction change pin 24: guide roller

25: 1 pair feed roller 26: Peeling auxiliary pin

27: stepping motor 28: timing belt

30: price tag printing unit control circuit 31: connector

32: interface 33: program memory circuit

34: data storage circuit 35: operation switch

40: data input unit control circuit 41: print data display unit

42: power supply for data input unit 43: program memory circuit

44: data storage circuit 50: price tag printing unit

51: data input unit 52: sound wave transmitting element

53: sound wave receiving element 54: data transmission unit

55: data receiver B: bar code

I: Information L: Label

R: Roll type label S: Earth

T: thermal label

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a price tag printing unit and a price tag printing device for printing commodity information on various price lists. In particular, the printing data input by the key board or the like is in a state of being electrically contactless such as light or sound waves A price tag printing unit and a price tag printing device which enable data transmission to a price tag printing unit through an energy conversion element as if transmission is possible.

Background Art [0002] Conventionally, in a price tag printing apparatus which prints price tag product information and the like such as a label and a label, a key board or a fence scanner or the like is used as data input means for inputting printing data. It is common to be built in the main body of the apparatus or to be formed separately from the printing apparatus and then connected by the printing apparatus and the cable.

Therefore, there is a problem that the weight of the printing apparatus main body increases or takes up more installation space when the key board is built or equipped, or when the printing apparatus and the data input means are connected using a cable, the overall operability is achieved. There was a problem such as this inferior.

In using the printing device, in particular, when printing to a price list, it may be necessary to perform a data input operation and an actual printing operation in separate places, so that the data input device portion for data input operation and the data output. In some cases, it is said that workability is superior to the printing device portion for work. In addition to the problems described above, a price tag printing device which is smaller, lighter, and more operable and maneuverable is desired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and as a means for inputting and processing various types of print data, by providing a data input unit configured separately from the price tag print unit, the print data input workability and data output workability are high. Even if the price tag printing unit and the data input unit are separated separately, the transfer of the printing data between the two units without using a cable or the like as in the prior art is performed in an electrical contactless state using light or sound waves. An object of the present invention is to provide a price tag printing unit and a price tag printing device having excellent operability for transferring data to the price tag printing unit by using a data transmission system of the present invention.

In other words, the present invention provides a data input unit separate from the price tag printing unit for directly printing the price tag as an input means by a fence scanner or a keyboard, and after inputting data by the data input unit, If necessary, energy conversion is performed to transfer data, and the received data is further converted into energy, and the printing data is transferred to the price tag printing unit by transmitting the printing data in an electrical contactless state by light or sound waves. In the input unit, a price tag printing device is capable of performing required price tag printing based on separately inputted printing data.

In addition, the present invention receives the print data transfer in the electrical contactless state by the energy conversion light or sound wave after data input by the data input unit, and based on the print data input separately in the data input unit. A price tag printing unit capable of carrying out a required price tag printing.

Next, a case in which an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a label factoring device and a data transmission means using light will be described, for example, as shown in FIGS.

1 is a perspective view of a label printing apparatus 1 according to the above embodiment, wherein the label printing apparatus 1 comprises a price tag printing unit 2 and a data input unit 3, and the price tag printing unit 2 The cable 4 is connected to the power supply 5 for the price tag printing unit.

As the power supply 5 for the price tag printing unit, it is preferable to use a rechargeable battery, and the price tag printing unit 2 may be integrally assembled.

In addition, the data input unit (3) has a shape and size that is convenient to carry, can be held and operated by one hand, and fits into a pocket of clothes, and the like. It has an operation key 7 composed of various switches and function keys, and has a data transmission unit 8 for transferring the printing data input in the data input unit 3 to the price tag printing unit 2 by light. It is assumed that light for data transfer can be irradiated to the data receiving unit 9 provided in the price tag printing unit 2.

Further, the data transmitting unit 8 and the data receiving unit 9 constitute a so-called photocoupler, and as shown in FIG. 3, the light emitting diode 10 and the light receiving diode 11 as energy conversion elements are shown. And converts it into optical energy according to the transmission control signal and the printing data signal and transmits light such as infrared rays, and converts it into energy according to the light received in reverse and generates an electrical signal. By supplying this to (30) (FIG. 2), transmission and reception of this print data and the transfer control signal during print data transfer are performed.

Further, the price tag printing unit 2 has a price tag printing unit body 13 having a handle 12 which the operator holds and manipulates, the head portion of which holds the retaining portion 14 of the roll-shaped label and the front side of the label piece. Each has (15).

Furthermore, the lower part of the said price factor unit main body 13 is provided with the opening-closing handle 16, and is used when opening and closing the bottom cover 17 (FIG. 2).

Next, based on FIG. 2, the internal structure of the label factoring apparatus 1 is demonstrated. The roll-shaped label (R) is a rolled-up thermal label (T), which is a price tag continuum, in a roll shape, and the thermal label (T) released from the holding portion (14) of the roll-shaped label (R) is located. It is released to the passage 19 in which the detection sensor 18 is installed.

Here, the thermosensitive label T is a structure in which the label piece L with an adhesive is temporarily attached onto the board | substrate S to which the release agent was apply | coated as shown in FIG. On the label piece (L) of the thermal label (T), bar code (B) such as product code or maker code, and other information (I) such as partial code or price are to be printed, On the ground S, a detection hole D for position detection is drilled.

Returning to FIG. 2, the thermal label T reaches the thermal head 21 and the printing plate 22 through the guide roller 20 and moves to the portion of the thermal head 21 according to the printing signal according to the printing pattern. After the necessary printing is performed on the label piece L, only the mount S is turned in the direction changing section 23 so that the label piece L is peeled off, and the mount S is again guided. ) Is engaged with the pair of feed rollers 25, and is discharged out of the price tag printing unit body 13.

Moreover, the peeling auxiliary pin 26 is provided in front of the direction change pin 23 which functions as a label peeling means, and the label piece L which is hard to peel can also be peeled.

Further, one of the pair of rollers is connected by a stepping motor 27 and a timing belt 28, and is spherically rotated by stepping of the stepping motor 27 to thereby print. And to transfer the thermal label (T) in a predetermined direction for transfer.

In the price tag printing unit 2, a price tag printing unit control circuit 30 is provided as an electric price tag printing unit control means, and this price tag printing unit control circuit 30 is provided with a power supply 5 for the price tag printing unit. For communication using the connector 31 of the cable 4, the data receiving unit 9 for receiving print data and other transmission control signals transmitted by the light from the data transmitting unit 8, the interface 32 thereof, the ROM, and Various control program memory circuits 33, RAM data storage circuits 34, detection holes D of thermal labels T, position detection sensors 18, thermal heads 21 and stepping motors 27 Are connected to each other and are controlled by the price tag printing unit control circuit 30.

Further, the price tag printing unit control circuit 30 is connected to an operation switch 35 for issuing a label for transferring and printing the label piece L. FIG.

Next, FIG. 3 shows an electric circuit of the data input unit 3 in a block, which has a data input unit control circuit 40, which is connected to the data input unit control circuit 40. In FIG. Key board 6, data transmission section 8, printing data display section 41 by liquid crystal panel, etc., power supply 42 for data input unit by small battery, etc., communication and various program storage circuits 43 for ROM. The data storage circuit 44 is connected to the RAM.

Next, an operation of printing using the label factoring apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be described. First, the data to be printed is inputted to the keyboard 6 of the data input unit 3. The input data is temporarily stored in the data storage circuit 44, and when this data is transferred to the price tag printing unit 2, the data transmission section 8 is transferred to the data receiving section 9 of the price tag printing unit 2. The light emitting diode 10 emits light and transmits the necessary printing data to the data receiving section 9 by pressing the transmit key in the operation key 7 after being directed in the direction of.

The printing data received through the data receiving unit 9 in this manner is temporarily stored in the data storage circuit 34 of the price tag printing unit 2.

Further, transmission and reception of the control signal for printing the print data is appropriately performed between the light emitting diodes 10 and the light receiving diodes 11 of the data transmitting section 8 and the data receiving section 9, respectively.

Thus, when the operation switch 35 provided in the price tag printing unit 2 is pressed at the stage where the transmission or transmission of the printing data is completed, the thermal label T is transferred by the pair of feed rollers 25, Printing is performed on the label piece L in the portion of the thermal head 21, and only the mount S is redirected on the direction turning pin 23, so that the label piece L is attached to the bottom of the roller 15 at the bottom. The label is attached to a desired product or the like (not shown) by the operator holding the handle 12.

In this way, since the printing is performed by the printing data input unit 3 separate from the price tag printing unit 2 of the data, the price tag printing unit 2 can be reduced in weight, and is not a cable or other electrically connected connection means. Since the print data is transmitted by light through the energy conversion element, the print data input unit 3 and the price tag print unit 2 are less likely to be affected by electrical noise such as static electricity from the outside. It is possible to operate completely separately, and furthermore, data can be transmitted even if the print data input unit 3 and the price tag print unit 2 are separated by a predetermined distance or more, so that a label factor device rich in operability and maneuverability can be obtained.

Furthermore, in the present invention, as a data input means of the data input unit, only a reader such as a pen scanner or a touch scanner described above is provided instead of a keyboard, and the display means for data or the like is also omitted to simplify the mechanism. It is possible.

In the above embodiment, an example of application to a label factor device is presented, but since the pressure-sensitive adhesive is not applied, the present invention can also be applied to other price tags such as labels. Moreover, although the example which applied to the portable label printing apparatus 1 was demonstrated as a price tag printing apparatus, you may apply to the conventional table type price tag printing apparatus as a price tag printing unit.

Further, in the present invention, as the data transmission / reception means, in addition to the transmission means by light, for example, transmission means using sound waves can be adopted.

Another such embodiment is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. 5 shows the internal structure of the price tag printing unit 50 of the label factoring apparatus according to this embodiment, which corresponds to FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 shows the power circuit of the data input unit 51 as a block. In FIG. 3, corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and only different parts will be described below.

That is, in FIG. 5, as the data receiving means and the data transmitting means, instead of the light emitting diodes 10 and the light receiving diodes 11, an acoustic wave emitting element which is an element which converts electrical energy of print data into energy of sound waves, respectively ( 52) and a data transmitter 54 and a data receiver 55, each of which comprises a sound wave receiving element 53.

These sound wave transmitting elements 52 and sound wave receiving elements 53 constitute a general acoustic coupling element, for example, in which the light emitting diodes 10 and the light receiving diodes 11 transmit data by light. Similarly, the sound wave is transmitted in accordance with the transmission control signal and the print data signal, and a signal corresponding to the received sound wave is vice versa and supplied to the price tag printing unit control circuit 30.

Also in the case of using the price tag printing unit input unit 50 and the data input unit 51 having such a configuration, the printing data is input by the data input unit 51 in the same manner as in the case of the label printing apparatus 1, It is assumed that the data is temporarily stored in the data storage circuit 44, and then data is transferred to the price tag printing unit 50 through the sound wave receiving element 53 and the data transmission unit 54.

In this case, however, since sound waves are used as a medium for data transmission, preferably, the data transmission unit 54 of the data input unit 51 can be provided to the data reception unit 55 of the price tag printing unit 50. It is preferable to bring the data input unit 51 close to the column of the price tag printing unit 50 so that it can be brought close. Further, the data input unit attaching and detaching means (not shown) for this proximity may be provided in each of the price tag printing unit 50 and the data input unit 51.

As described above, in the present invention, data transmission is performed in an electrically contactless state, but magnetic or other physical quantities can be used for data transmission in addition to light and sound wave.

Furthermore, in each of the above embodiments, the case where data to be printed is temporarily stored and held in the data input units 3 and 51, and then data is transferred to the price tag printing unit 2 and 50 has been described. After the data is input to the data input units 3, 51, it is also possible to immediately configure the data to be transferred to the price tag printing unit 2, 50 side as it is.

As described above, according to the present invention, the data input operation can be performed by a data input unit separate from the price tag printing unit for generating a label or the like, thereby making it possible to reduce the size and weight of the printing device and to use it in various ways. An aspect can be taken and it becomes possible to set it as the printing device which improved operability and maneuverability.

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A price tag printing unit main body, a position detecting means of a price tag continuum provided in the passage, a price tag continuum conveying means for transferring the price tag continuum along the passage; A data receiving means having printing means for printing on a price tag piece of the price tag continuum released by the conveying means, printing data storing means, program storing means, and an energy conversion element for receiving printing data, and each of the above means. A price tag printing unit, comprising: a price tag printing unit control means for controlling a price; and a power supply means for the price tag printing unit. The price tag printing unit according to claim 1, wherein the data receiving means is data receiving means capable of receiving print data transmitted by light. The price tag printing unit according to claim 1, wherein the data receiving means is data receiving means capable of receiving print data transmitted by sound waves. A price tag printing unit main body having a passage of a band-shaped price tag continuous body of a plurality of price tag pieces, position detecting means of a price tag continuous body provided in the passage, price tag continuous body conveying means for transferring the price tag continuous body along the passage; Controlling means for printing on the price tag piece of the price tag continuum released by the conveying means, printing data storage means, program storage means, data receiving means having an energy conversion element for receiving printing data, and controlling each of the above means. A price tag printing unit having a price tag printing unit control means, a power supply means for the price tag printing unit, printing data input means, printing data storage means of the printing data inputted by the printing data input means, and the printing data. Energy for transmitting to the data receiving means of the price tag printing unit And a data input unit having a conversion element, a data input unit control means for controlling the respective means, a power supply means for the data input unit, and a data input unit formed separately from the price tag printing unit. Price tag printing device characterized by. 5. A price tag printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said data receiving means is data means capable of receiving print data transmitted by light, and said data transmitting means is data transmission means by light. 5. A price tag printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said data receiving means is data receiving means capable of receiving print data transmitted by sound waves, and said data transmitting means is data transmitting means by sound waves. .

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