WO1997028967A1 - Cassette a bande a section de paroi mobile - Google Patents

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WO1997028967A1
WO1997028967A1 PCT/EP1996/005776 EP9605776W WO9728967A1 WO 1997028967 A1 WO1997028967 A1 WO 1997028967A1 EP 9605776 W EP9605776 W EP 9605776W WO 9728967 A1 WO9728967 A1 WO 9728967A1
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tape
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tape cassette
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Walter Wauters
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Esselte N.V.
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Priority to AU13041/97A priority Critical patent/AU1304197A/en
Priority to DE59604473T priority patent/DE59604473D1/de
Priority to EP96944618A priority patent/EP0879148B1/fr
Publication of WO1997028967A1 publication Critical patent/WO1997028967A1/fr

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J32/00—Ink-ribbon cartridges
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • B41J3/4075—Tape printers; Label printers

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  • the invention relates to a tape cassette for a tape printing device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a propulsion mechanism In order to transport an image receiving tape through the printing zone of a tape printing device, a propulsion mechanism is required.
  • a drive transport roller is provided in the tape printing device. This roller is operatively connected to a cassette roller arranged in the cassette.
  • the transport roller is mounted on a pretensioned arm which presses the transport roller against the cassette roller when the cassette is in the tape printing device.
  • the printed image-receiving belt is passed through and advanced between the cassette roll and the drive transport roll.
  • the disadvantage of this arrangement is that there is a roll in the cassette. This makes the cassette more expensive, not only because of the additional cost of the roll itself, but also because of the more complicated manufacturing process for the cassette, which results in an increase in production costs.
  • EP-A-0634275 describes a tape cassette of the generic type.
  • the image receiving belt is passed between a fixed wall of the cassette and a drive roller and is conveyed out of the cassette by rotating the latter.
  • the wall is a rigid part of the housing of the cassette.
  • Fixing pins are provided in the tape printing device which engage in corresponding openings in the cassette.
  • the positions of the pins in relation to their associated openings can have different tolerances.
  • the openings in the cassette must be large enough to compensate for these tolerances. This may result in a relative shift between the cassette and the tape printing device.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a tape cassette in which no roll is required and also at least some of the tolerances mentioned above can be compensated.
  • a tape cassette for use in a tape printing device, which has a holder for a supply of image-receiving tape, an outlet through which the tape can exit the cassette, and a wall part via which the tape follows its outlet can be guided out of the outlet, the wall part with a rotatable drive means of the tape printing device in Can be brought into operative connection in order to challenge the intermediate tape from the tape cassette, and wherein the wall part can be moved relative to the tape cassette in such a way that the wall part and the drive means are in contact with opposite sides of the tape with sufficient force during operation of the device so that a rotary movement of the drive means causes the tape to be pulled out of the tape cassette.
  • the wall part of the cassette is designed in such a way that it can replace the cassette roll used in the known arrangements without losing functionality.
  • the drive means cooperates with the movable wall part. Since the wall part is movable, a sufficient pressing force on opposite sides of the image receiving tape and thus a sufficient driving force on the tape can be ensured in order to cause the tape to be pulled out of the tape cassette. Problems which result from manufacturing tolerances of the tape printing device and / or the tape cassette therefore have no significant effect on the drive process carried out by the drive means in operative connection with the wall part.
  • the wall part can be arranged such that it comes to rest on a support element of the tape printing device or the tape cassette in order to prevent further movement in the direction of the support element, the support element being arranged on a side of the wall part opposite the drive means is.
  • the drive means preferably acts on the wall part with a force which causes the wall part to move in the direction of the support element.
  • the support element prevents the wall part from moving as soon as it comes to rest on the support element. This ensures that the pressing force exerted on the tape by the wall part and drive means is sufficiently large to pull the tape out of the tape cassette.
  • This training is special advantageous because the tolerances mentioned above in the tape printing device and / or tape cassette have no influence on the driving force acting on the tape.
  • the wall part is moved until it comes to rest on the support element, regardless of the initial position of the wall part relative to that of the support element.
  • the position of the cassette and thus its corresponding tolerances are irrelevant, since the only essential tolerances are the tolerances associated with the position of the support element and the drive means, which are only defined by the tape printing device and kept relatively low due to production can be.
  • the wall part can have a projection which is arranged in such a way that it lies against the support element during operation. This projection can be selected so that the desired path length of the wall is formed, by which the wall part may move.
  • the wall part is preferably biased in the direction of the drive means. This ensures that the wall part and drive means strike the image receiving tape with sufficient force so that the tape can be pulled out of the cassette.
  • the wall part can be biased to a normal position in which it lies flush against an adjacent wall part of the tape cassette, and the drive means is arranged so that it displaces the wall part into the interior of the tape cassette. If the wall part is moved inside the tape cassette, it will try to return to its normal position. In other words, the wall part exerts a force acting in the direction of the drive means. In this way, a sufficiently large driving force acts on the belt from the wall part and from the drive means.
  • the wall part can be articulated on the tape cassette and can be moved about an axis which is defined by this articulation connection.
  • the wall part is thus able to assume the required position to ensure that one is sufficient large driving force is present, regardless of the manufacturing tolerances of the cassette and / or the tape printing device.
  • the wall part is preferably essentially rectangular and is surrounded by a slot on three of its sides, the wall part being movable about an axis defined by the fourth side of the wall part. Since three sides of the wall part are open, the wall part is easily movable when a force acts on it via the drive means.
  • the fourth side forms an axis about which the wall part can be moved. The connection on the fourth side can also have the effect that the wall part is moved back into the normal position when no more force is exerted by the drive means.
  • At least a part of the tape cassette, including the wall part, is preferably produced from plastic using a molding process. This reduces the cost of the cassette compared to the prior art. Firstly, the material costs are reduced, and secondly, the manufacturing process is simpler and therefore also cheaper.
  • the tape cassette preferably contains a means for holding a supply of image transfer tape and a means for receiving the image transfer tape after the printing process.
  • the invention is also applicable to embodiments in which the image receiving tape is made of a material that can be directly printed with an image by a thermal print head.
  • the invention also provides a tape cassette of the type described above, which is used in combination with a tape printing device, the latter having a means for receiving the tape cassette, a printing device for printing an image on the image receiving tape, and a rotatable device drive means for transporting the image receiving tape from the cassette sette out, the drive means being arranged so that it cooperates with the wall part.
  • the drive means is preferably biased towards the wall part. This bias is preferably done when the printhead is in an operating position.
  • the pretensioning can take place when the tape cassette has taken its place and a lid of the tape printing device, which covers the means for receiving the tape cassette, is closed.
  • the tape printing device preferably also contains a support element on which the movable wall rests on one side when the movable wall is in operative connection with the drive means in order to pull the image receiving tape out of the tape cassette.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of a tape printing device
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the cassette receiving part of the printing device with the cover removed;
  • FIG. 3 shows a plan view of a cassette ready for insertion into the tape printing device, various components of the tape printing device being additionally shown;
  • FIG. 4 shows a side view of part of the cassette along the line IV-IV according to FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 shows a view of the cassette along the line VV according to FIG. 4; and Figure 6 is a schematic representation of the control circuit for the tape printing device.
  • FIG. 1 shows a top view of a tape printing device 2 with a housing 4, which has a right part in which the control electronics for operating the tape printing device are housed, and a left part, which serves as a cassette receiving space 8 and accommodates a printing mechanism.
  • the right part 6 there are keys 10 of a keyboard 11, via which data to be printed are entered into the tape printing device, which define an image to be printed on an image receiving tape 70, and an optical display 12, on which the input data are displayed before they are printed become.
  • the cassette receiving space 8 has a housing base 14 and a cover 16.
  • the cover 16 is shown partially cut away in FIG. 1 in order to make visible details of parts of the printing mechanism, which will be described in more detail below.
  • the cover 16 is connected to the housing base 14 in an articulated manner along a hinge line x-x.
  • FIG. 2 shows a top view of the printing mechanism as it appears when one looks at the cassette receiving space 8 according to FIG. 1 with the cover 16 removed.
  • the printing mechanism has a thermal print head 24.
  • This print head preferably contains a single column of, for example, 128 print elements which are selectively activated in accordance with the data input via the keyboard 11.
  • the column of printing elements of the print head 24 generally extends over the width of the image receiving tape 70 perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the tape.
  • the height of the print head 24 generally corresponds to the width of the image receiving tape to be used in the tape printing device 2 or is somewhat less.
  • the height of the print head 24 generally corresponds to the greatest width of the image receiving device usable in the tape printing device. bandes.
  • any suitable printhead can be used in the embodiments of the invention.
  • a molded plastic cassette frame is also provided to receive the cassette.
  • a base plate 18a which is generally made of a suitable metal.
  • a coupling mechanism which serves to move the thermal print head 24 and a drive roller 46 between an operating position when the cover 16 is closed and an inoperative position when the cover 16 is open, is fastened on this base plate 18a.
  • the printhead 24 is attached to a printhead support arm 30 which is pivotable about a pin 28 attached to the base plate 18a, between the operating position shown in FIG. 2 and the inoperative position shown in dashed lines in FIG. 2.
  • the print head 24 is supported on a counter-pressure roller 32, which is biased against the print head 24 by means of a spring 90.
  • the spring 90 ensures the correct pressure force of the counterpressure roller on the print head, so that good print quality can be achieved.
  • the counter-pressure roller 32 is rotatably mounted on a pin 34 attached to the base plate 18a, the upper end of the pin 34 being in one Slot 36 of a first roller cage molding 38 is guided.
  • a second roller cage molded part 40 is pivotally mounted at a pivot point 97 next to the first roller cage molded part 38.
  • the second roller cage molded part 40 has an upper and a lower slot, designated by the reference number 42, in which a pin 44 is guided, which can be moved back and forth within these slots.
  • a drive roller 46 is attached to the pin 44 and rotates therewith.
  • On the pin 44 is still a gear 86 attached, via which the drive roller 46 is driven by a gear arrangement.
  • a pin 50 which is guided in a slot 52 of the print head holding arm 30.
  • the second roller cage molding is connected to the base plate 18a via a tension spring (not shown).
  • the printhead holding arm 30 extends at an angle through the base plate 18a and is pivotably connected to an actuating arm 58 of the coupling mechanism via a pin 62.
  • printhead 24 and drive roller 46 can be moved when opening and closing cover 16.
  • the cover 16 carries a cam 56 which is supported on the actuating arm 58 of the print head.
  • the printhead actuation arm 58 can be displaced relative to the base plate 18a, depending on the movement of the cam 56 when the cover 16 is opened or closed. In the closed position, the printhead actuation arm 58 is passed in the direction of the cam 56 the force of a spring 60 biased.
  • the lid 16 is closed, the print head 24 is thus against the counter-pressure roller 32, and the drive roller 46 is biased against the cassette.
  • a motor 54 under the base plate 18a, which drives a double-toothed spur gear 48.
  • the spur gear drives the gear 96 via an idler gear 94, which in turn drives a tape take-up reel of a cassette inserted in the tape printing device 2.
  • the double-toothed spur gear 48 drives a gear 98, which in turn drives a gear 88.
  • the gear 88 is in engagement with the gear 86 of the drive roller 46 when the latter is in its operating position.
  • the cutting unit has a cutting arm 66, at one end of which there is a button 68 which is operated by the user when the image receiving tape 70 is to be cut.
  • the cutting arm 66 is pivotally mounted so that when the button 68 is actuated the other end 67 of the cutting arm comes into contact with a blade carrier 72 in which a blade 74 is fastened.
  • the blade 74 acts in the direction of the cassette, which is held in position by a fold 78 on the edge of the base plate 18a.
  • FIG. 3 shows a top view of a cassette 22 inserted into the cassette receiving space 8 with the cassette cover removed.
  • the cassette 22 contains a supply spool 100 with an image receiving tape 70, an ink ribbon supply spool 104 and an ink ribbon take-up spool 106.
  • the image receiving tape 70 and the ink ribbon 102 are overlapped by one another between the print head 24 and the pressure roller 32 defined pressure zone.
  • the ink ribbon 102 thus follows a path between the ink ribbon supply spool 104 and the ink ribbon take-up spool 106.
  • the path of the image receiving ribbon 70 runs from the supply spool 100 through the area between the print head 24 and the counter-pressure roller 32, and continue between the drive roller 46 and a wall 47 of the cassette 22 until it reaches the outlet of the tape printing device.
  • the recess R in the cassette 22 accommodates the thermal print head 24 and is dimensioned sufficiently large to enable the print head to move into and out of its operating position.
  • the printhead 24 prints an image on the image receiving tape 70 using the ink ribbon 102.
  • Fixing pins 201 and 202 are provided on the cassette receiving frame, which forms the bottom of the cassette receiving space 8. These locating pins 201 and 202 engage a hole 203 and a slot 204 in the cassette 22, respectively, around the cassette 22 to be positioned stationary. Another pin 205 is provided, which extends away from the base plate 18a. This pin engages in a hole 210 in the cassette 22.
  • the slot 204 and the hole 203 are larger than the fixing pins in order to compensate for tolerances in the position of the fixing pins, the holes and the slot.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show a front view or a cross section of a movable cassette wall 47 which, in operation, rests on the drive roller 46 when it is in its operating position.
  • a C-shaped slot 212 is delimited by three sides of the movable cassette wall 47, which abuts the drive roller 46.
  • This slot 212 consists of a first slot section 212a between the wall 47 and the bottom 213, a second slot section 212b between the wall 47 and the adjacent side wall part 215, and a third slot section 212c between the wall 47 and the cassette cover (not shown) .
  • This third slot section can be defined by a gap between the wall 47 and the cover.
  • the C-shaped slot 212 enables the wall 47 to move about an axis 216 parallel to the axis of the reels. This axis 216 lies on the fourth side of the movable wall 47.
  • a rib 218 extends away from the wall 47 into the interior of the cassette. As can be seen in FIG. 4, this rib 218 is formed on the side of the wall 47 facing away from the drive roller 46.
  • the drive roller 46 is pressed by the coupling mechanism in the direction of the cassette wall 47 when the cassette is in place and the cover 16 is closed. The drive roller 46 then pushes the wall 47 into the interior of the cassette until the rib 218 comes into contact with the pin 205 extending from the base plate 18a. The pin 205 thus prevents the wall 47 from moving further.
  • the pin in particular prevents the wall 47 from moving too far into the interior of the cassette, as a result of which the wall part can be damaged or even detached from the cassette 22 along the axis 216. Since the drive roller 46 exerts a relatively large inward force on the wall 47 due to the action of the coupling mechanism, the wall 47 and the drive roller 46 also exert a relatively large pressure force on opposite sides of the image receiving belt 70. In other words, the force present between the drive roller 46 and the wall 47 is sufficiently large to capture the image receiving tape 70 such that the image receiving tape 70 is pulled out of the cassette by rotating the drive roller 46. Thus, the image receiving tape 70 can be transported by the drive roller 46 in operative connection with the movable wall 47 through the tape printing device.
  • the movable wall 47 is preferably flexible, so that when the drive roller 46 is moved away from the cassette 22, for example when the cover 16 is opened, the movable wall 47 returns to its initial position, in which it is flush with the adjacent side wall part 215 is present. When the movable wall 47 is inside the cartridge 22, it is also biased toward its initial position. Drive roller 46 and movable wall 47 are thus biased against one another, which ensures that a sufficiently large pressure force is exerted on the belt 70 so that it can be transported by the belt printing device 2.
  • the pin 205 is important in that it prevents the wall 47 from penetrating too far into the interior of the cassette 22, which prevents damage.
  • the path lengths through which the wall 47 can be moved are usually quite short. Accordingly, the wall 47 can be made of the same plastic material be from which the cassettes 22 are generally made. In addition, the wall 47 can be molded simultaneously with the lower half of the cassette using a single molding process. The arrangement of the C-shaped slot ensures that the wall is sufficiently flexible and able to cover a sufficiently long distance for the desired effect to occur.
  • a movable wall 47 can also solve problems which have their cause in the manufacturing tolerances of the cassette 22 and of the tape printing device 2 itself.
  • the cassette is fixed by a pin 205 on the base plate 18a and by two pins 201 and 202 on the frame. Manufacturing tolerances mean that base plate 18a and frame are not always in exactly the same relationship to one another. Therefore, the slots or holes 203, 204, 210 in the cassette 22 must be larger than the actual size of the pins so that the cassette 22 can always be accommodated in the cassette receiving space 8, regardless of the different ratios of frame 18 to base plate 18a.
  • the cassette 22 is also subject to tolerance deviations, which is shown by the fact that the slots and holes are not always in exactly the same relationship to one another or to the rest of the cassette 22.
  • wall 47 is movable, it can always be ensured that drive roller 46 and movable wall 47 are always biased against one another in the operating position, so that sufficient pressure is generated between wall 47 and drive roller 46 to receive the image ⁇ tape 70 to be transported by the tape printing device 2.
  • This is achieved in that the drive roller 46 exerts a force on the wall 47, as a result of which the wall 47 is moved as far as possible against the pin 205.
  • This pin 205 forms a reaction surface, on which the drive roller 46 can act via the wall 47.
  • the wall 47 and the drive roller 46 thus always practice a force which is large enough to capture the image receiving belt 70 so that it can be transported by rotation of the drive roller 46, regardless of the initial position of the cassette 22 relative to the drive roller 46.
  • the exact relationship between Cassette frame, base plate 18a, drive roller 46 and cassette 22 is therefore not a critical point.
  • wall 47 need not be flexible in certain embodiments of the invention.
  • the wall 47 may be hinged to the cassette so that it can be moved into a position in which the wall 47 abuts the pin 205 on one side and the drive roller 46 on the other side.
  • the pin 205 prevents the movable wall 47 from getting too far into the interior of the cassette, and it also forms a reaction surface for the wall 47, so that the required force can be generated between the drive roller 46 and the movable wall 47.
  • the pin 205 can be omitted. If the wall 47 is sufficiently flexible, it can itself exert a force in the direction of the drive roller 46 which would be large enough to exert the required contact pressure on the image receiving belt when it runs between the wall 47 and the drive roller 46. In a further modification of the invention, it would also be possible to replace the pin with another suitable support. This support can be formed by suitable support elements in the cassette. It is also conceivable to omit the rib 218 in certain embodiments of the invention.
  • the basic circuit for controlling the tape printing device is shown in FIG. 6. It contains a microprocessor chip 300 with a read-only memory (ROM) 302, a microprocessor 301 and a random access memory (RAM) 304.
  • the microprocessor is switched so that it receives data entered via the keyboard 11.
  • the microprocessor chip 300 outputs data to drive the optical display 12 via an LCD driver chip 309. In certain embodiments of the invention, it would also be possible to already install the LCD driver chip 309 in the microprocessor chip 300.
  • Microprocessor chip 300 also outputs data to drive printhead 24 and motor 54 to drive platen roller 32 and drive roller 46.
  • the motor 54 can be a stepper motor, which guides the image receiving tape 70 step by step past the print head 24.
  • the motor 54 can also be a direct current motor which continuously guides the image receiving tape 70 past the print head 24.
  • the microprocessor chip 300 can also control the cutting device having a blade 74, with which sections are cut from the tape after it has been printed with an image, in order to obtain labels in this way.
  • the described embodiment is, however, a manually operated cutting device.
  • the mode of operation of the tape printing device 2 is described below.
  • the data to be printed are entered via the data entry keys 10 of the keyboard 11. These data entry keys 10 generally consist of a large number of letter and number keys.
  • the data are forwarded to the microprocessor 301, which drives the optical display 12, on which the data are then displayed in the order in which they were input.
  • the microprocessor calls up the stored version of this character from the ROM 302 for each character entered. Since the character is stored in compressed form, the character set data are buffered in RAM 304 and processed by microprocessor chip 300 in such a way that image forms are used to form the character. element data are generated.
  • This pixel data is transmitted in one form to the optical display 12 and in another form to the printhead 24 for printing. The character data only reach the print head 24 for printing when the printing process is to be carried out.
  • the characters desired on the label are entered and then processed accordingly using the function keys on the keyboard 11 in conjunction with the display 12 before printing.
  • the pixel data contains a variety of data groups. These data groups are successively transferred to the print head in groups. Each data group corresponds to a column in the print image.
  • the motor moves the image receiving tape 70 by a distance which corresponds to the distance between the print head and a zone in which the cutting function is carried out.
  • a cutting process follows in order to cut the printed part off the tape, so that the label is produced.

Abstract

L'invention concerne une cassette à bande (22) destinée à être utilisée dans une imprimante à chaîne (2), présentant un support pour une alimentation en bande réceptrice de télécopie (70), une sortie à travers laquelle la bande (70) peut quitter la cassette (22), ainsi qu'une section de paroi (47), par laquelle la bande (70) peut être guidée après avoir quitté la sortie, ladite section de paroi (47) pouvant être amenée en liaison coopérante avec des moyens d'entraînement en rotation (46) de l'imprimante à chaîne (2) afin d'extraire de la cassette (22) la bande ainsi insérée (70). L'invention est caractérisée en ce que la section de paroi (47) est déplaçable par rapport à la cassette (22), de telle façon que, lorsque l'imprimante fonctionne, ladite section de paroi (47) et les moyens d'entraînement (46) sont suffisamment fermement en contact avec les faces opposées de la bande (70), pour que la bande (70) soit extraite de la cassette (22).
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AU13041/97A AU1304197A (en) 1996-02-09 1996-12-20 Tape cassette with movable wall section
DE59604473T DE59604473D1 (de) 1996-02-09 1996-12-20 Bandkassette mit bewegbarem wandteil
EP96944618A EP0879148B1 (fr) 1996-02-09 1996-12-20 Cassette a bande a section de paroi mobile

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GB9602627A GB2309960A (en) 1996-02-09 1996-02-09 Tape holding case for printing apparatus
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