WO2001034400A1 - Imprimante et procede de commande d'un organe de coupe - Google Patents

Imprimante et procede de commande d'un organe de coupe Download PDF

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WO2001034400A1
WO2001034400A1 PCT/JP2000/007848 JP0007848W WO0134400A1 WO 2001034400 A1 WO2001034400 A1 WO 2001034400A1 JP 0007848 W JP0007848 W JP 0007848W WO 0134400 A1 WO0134400 A1 WO 0134400A1
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Yoshinobu Nagasaki
Kazumi Hasegawa
Takeya Uehara
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Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
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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
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/66—Applications of cutting devices
    • B41J11/70—Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
    • B41J11/703—Cutting of tape

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  • the present invention relates to a printing apparatus that performs predetermined printing on a printing medium such as roll paper continuous in a belt shape, and then cuts and discharges the printing medium.
  • a printing medium such as roll paper continuous in a belt shape
  • a printer used for an automatic ticket issuing device supplies a continuous sheet of tickets wound in a roll to a printing unit, performs predetermined printing such as date printing, and then cuts the sheet at an ejection unit. It has a mechanism to discharge.
  • a guillotine cutter is used.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has a simple structure to prevent dust from entering the inside of the device.
  • the purpose is to prevent the intrusion of such as. Disclosure of the invention
  • the printing apparatus includes a medium supply unit that supplies a continuous printing medium in a belt shape, a printing unit that performs a printing operation on the supplied printing medium, and a cutting unit that cuts the printed printing medium at a discharge unit.
  • the power control unit is configured to control the cutter driving unit such that the closing position of the cutter is the operation end position.
  • the cutlet also functions as a shielding means for opening and closing the discharge section. In other words, after the operation is completed, the cutting unit enters a standby state at the closed position to shield the discharge unit.
  • the pudding apparatus of the present invention it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering the inside of the apparatus due to cut-off without providing a shielding window. Furthermore, according to the printing apparatus of the present invention, the paper can be reliably separated by terminating the cutting operation at the closed position. In addition, mischief, such as pulling out the print medium remaining in the printer body from the discharge section, can be prevented.
  • a shielding window may be freely provided in addition to the configuration of the present invention in order to more reliably shield the discharge unit.
  • the cutter driving means drives the cutter to the open position based on the start signal from the cutter controller, and stops the cutter at the closing position based on the end signal from the cutter controller. The driving of the cut is completed.
  • the cutter control unit causes the cutter to wait at the open position at least while the print medium is moving through the discharge unit. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the cutlet from interfering with the print medium.
  • the printing apparatus of the present invention may be provided with an opening sensor for detecting an open state of the cutter and a closing sensor for detecting a closed state of the cutter.
  • the control means recognizes the open state of the cut-out on the basis of the detection signal from the opening sensor and recognizes the closed state of the cut-out on the basis of the detection signal from the closing sensor. According to this structure, the cutter control means can accurately recognize the position of the force by the detection signal from each sensor, so that more precise cutter control can be realized.
  • the cutter control method of the present invention is characterized in that the openable cutter provided in the print medium discharge unit is controlled so that the operation is completed at the closed position.
  • the cutout after the end of the operation shields the discharge unit, so that it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering the inside of the printing apparatus without providing a shielding window.
  • the cutter control method of the present invention includes a starting step of driving the cutter in the closed position to the open position, and opening and closing the cutter in the open position by driving the cutter to the closed position. And a termination step of terminating the operation. Further, the cutter control method according to the present invention further includes a standby step of causing the cutter to wait at an open position at least while the print medium moves through the discharge unit; and a cutting step of driving the cutter to the open position to cut the print medium. And a method including a step.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view showing the overall structure of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an opening / closing power unit and a driving mechanism incorporated in the printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the printing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the control unit shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 5 is a timing chart showing the timing of signal output from each sensor shown in FIG. 3 and the operation timing of each unit.
  • FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of the arrangement of each part which is a premise of the timing chart shown in FIG. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
  • the printing apparatus includes a printing apparatus main body 10, a paper supply unit 20 as a medium supply unit, a printing unit 30, and a cutter 40.
  • the cutter 40 is driven to open and close by a cutter driving mechanism 50 shown in FIG.
  • the paper supply unit 20 is mounted on the back side of the pudding main body 10 (the right side in FIG. 1).
  • a paper supply shaft 21 is rotatably provided inside the paper supply unit 20, and a paper supply reel 22 is loaded on the paper supply shaft 21.
  • a band-shaped paper (print medium) 1 is wound in a roll shape on a paper supply reel 22.
  • the paper supply shaft 21 is always tensioned to take up the paper 1 on the paper supply reel 22 to prevent the paper 1 from being loosened when returning the paper 1 described later. ing.
  • the paper 1 is pulled out from the paper supply unit 20 and supplied into the printer body 10.
  • the paper sensor 11 composed of an optical sensor or the like is provided on the transport path of the paper 1 supplied into the printing apparatus main body 10 in this manner. Paper 1 is provided with reference holes la at regular intervals (see FIG. 6). The paper sensor 11 outputs a detection signal each time the reference hole la passes through the facing position.
  • thermosensitive printing unit 30 In the present embodiment, a thermosensitive printing unit 30 is used.
  • the printing means 30 includes a print head 31, a platen 32, a ribbon supply shaft 33, and a ribbon winding shaft 34.
  • a ribbon supply reel 35 is mounted on the ribbon supply shaft 33.
  • a ribbon winding reel 36 is mounted on the ribbon winding shaft 34.
  • the print head 31 and the platen 32 are provided facing each other, and the print head 31 is provided with a head lever (not shown). Pressing or separating from platen 32 by manual operation of.
  • a ribbon-shaped continuous ink ribbon 37 is wound around the ribbon supply reel 35.
  • the ink ribbon 37 pulled out from the ribbon supply reel 35 is located between the print head 31 and the platen 32. Is wound on the ribbon take-up reel 36.
  • the paper 1 drawn from the paper supply unit 20 is supplied between the print head 31 and the platen 32 together with the ink ribbon 37, and the ink ribbon 37 and the paper 1 overlap each other. State.
  • the work of sandwiching the ink ribbon 37 and the paper 1 between the print head 31 and the platen 32 is performed by manually operating the head lever (not shown) from the platen 32 and the print head. 3 Perform with 1 apart.
  • the print head 31 generates heat based on a control signal from a control unit 60 described later, and melts the ink applied to the ink ribbon 37. Then, the melted ink is transferred to the surface of the paper 1.
  • the platen 32 has a function of a pedestal that supports the ink ribbon 37 and the paper 1 during this printing operation. In addition, the platen 32 is rotated and driven as described later, and also functions as a sheet transport unit that pulls out the sheet 1 from the sheet supply reel 22. The ink ribbon 37 is pulled out by rotating the ribbon winding shaft 34.
  • the pudding main body 10 is provided with a main driving motor 12 as a driving source of the platen 32 and the ribbon winding shaft 34.
  • the torque of the main drive motor 12 is transmitted to the platen 32 via a power transmission belt 13 and to the ribbon winding shaft 34 via a power transmission belt (not shown).
  • the rotation (counterclockwise) of the main drive motor 12 is also transmitted to the ribbon winding shaft 34, and the ribbon winding shaft 34 rotates clockwise in FIG. By this rotation, the thermally transferred ink ribbon 37 is taken up on the ribbon take-up reel 36, and the ribbon is supplied. A new ink ribbon 37 is drawn from the supply reel 35.
  • the ribbon supply shaft 33 is always tensioned by the tension spring 33a in a direction of winding the ink ribbon 37 onto the ribbon supply reel 35, and is used for returning the paper 1 described later. Prevents paper 1 from becoming loose.
  • the paper cutout 40 is attached to the discharge section 14 of the paper 1 formed on the pudding body 10.
  • the cutting blade 40 used in the present embodiment has an open / close structure in which a movable blade 42 opens and closes with respect to a fixed blade 41 to cut a sheet.
  • This force 40 has a function as a shielding means for opening and closing the discharge unit 14.
  • the discharge unit 40 is closed.
  • C Cut off drive 4 c Cut off drive mechanism 50, cut off drive mechanism 51, worm gear 52, driven gear 53, turntable 54, link member 55, as shown in Figure 2 Contains.
  • the driven gear 53 and the rotating disk 54 are fixed to the same rotating shaft 56 and rotate integrally.
  • the worm gear 52 is fixed to the rotating shaft of the cutter drive motor 51 and meshes with the driven gear 53.
  • the link member 55 has one end connected to the rotary disk 54 and the other end connected to the movable blade 42, and converts the rotation of the rotary disk 54 into a linear reciprocating motion of the movable blade 42.
  • a cam 57 for position detection of the cutter 40 is fixed to the rotating shaft 56, and the cam 57 for position detection rotates together with the rotation of the driven gear 53 and the turntable 54.
  • the position detecting cam 57 has a cutout portion 57a partially, and an open sensor 58 and a close sensor 59 are provided at predetermined positions of the cutout portion on the rotation orbit. That is, the opening sensor 58 is provided at a position facing the notch portion 57a when the cover 40 (movable blade 42) moves to the opening position, while the closing sensor 59 is provided with Evening 40 (movable blade 42) is provided at a position facing notch 57a when it has moved to the closed position.
  • a microswitch is used for each of the sensors 58 and 59.
  • the microswitch When the contact of the microswitch interferes with the outer peripheral edge of the position detecting cam 57, the microswitch is turned off, and the notch 57a is formed.
  • the contact of the microswitch comes to the opposing position, the contact of the microswitch is separated from the outer peripheral edge of the position detecting force 57 and is turned on. In this ON state, a detection signal indicating that the cutter 40 is at the open position is output from the open sensor 58, while a detection signal indicating that the cutter 40 is at the closed position is output from the close sensor 59. The signal is output.
  • each unit of the printing apparatus is controlled by a control unit 60 including a microcomputer and the like. That is, the control unit 60 controls the main drive mode 12 and the print head 31 according to the request signal from the input unit 61. Further, the control section 60 also functions as a cut-off control means for controlling the cut-off drive mode 51. Note that the detection signals from the paper sensor 11, the open sensor 58, and the close sensor 59 described above are also input to the control unit 60.
  • the input unit 61 is configured according to the use of the printing apparatus.
  • a push button for specifying the number of tickets and a touch panel are provided as the input unit 61.
  • the control system shown in FIG. 3 includes a counter 62, which is used to count the number of times of printing and cutting of the paper 1.
  • the memory 63 stores various information such as print contents.
  • Step S 3 the main drive Rotate the motor 1 and 2 forward and backward, and set the time when the detection signal is input from the paper sensor 11 as the origin.
  • Step S4 After moving the cutter 40 to the open position, the cutter drive mode 51 is stopped to put it in a standby state (standby process: step S5).
  • control unit 60 also outputs a drive signal to the main drive mode 12, and based on the drive signal, the main drive mode 12 rotates in the forward direction and feeds the paper 1.
  • the print head 31 is operated at the timing of (1) to execute the print process (step S6).
  • the controller 60 outputs a drive signal to the cut-off drive 51 when the cut portion of the printed paper section is sent to the discharge section 14 by the rotation of the main drive mode 12. Then, the cutting process is executed (step S7).
  • This cutting step is a step of rotating the cutter driving module 51 to move the cutter 40 (the movable blade 42) to the closed position.
  • the above printing step and cutting step are repeated by the number of times of printing and cutting written in the counter 62 (step 8).
  • the printing process (step S 6) ends when the number of times of printing / cutting written in the counter 62 has been executed, and is not executed even if the paper 1 is supplied thereafter. Further, the cutting step (step S7) is not executed while the printed paper portion reaches the discharge portion 14.
  • control unit 60 reverses the main drive mode 12 to return the unprinted portion of the paper 1 to the position facing the print head 31 (return process: step 10), and a series of operation control Ends.
  • Section A shown in the timing chart of FIG. 5 corresponds to the positioning step (S 3) of FIG.
  • the main drive motor 12 rotates forward and backward.
  • the section A ends when a detection signal is output from the paper sensor 11, and then proceeds to the section B.
  • Section B is the printing process.
  • the main drive motor 12 continues to rotate in the forward direction to supply paper. Then, at a predetermined timing based on the output time of the detection signal from the paper sensor 11, the print head 31 operates for a fixed time.
  • the cutter 51 is operated based on the start signal from the controller 60 to move the cutter 40 to the open position. This operation corresponds to the starting step (S4) in FIG.
  • the cutter driving mode 51 stops when the detection signal is output from the opening sensor 58, and the cutter 40 enters a standby state at the opening position. This operation corresponds to the standby step (S5) in FIG.
  • Section C is the printing process of the next cycle. Also in this section C, the main drive motor 12 continues to rotate in the forward direction and supplies the paper, and at the predetermined timing based on the output time of the detection signal from the paper sensor 11, the print head is printed. 3 1 is activated for a fixed time.
  • the printing operation for two cycles ends with each printing process in section B and section C. Then, in section D, the paper 1 feeding process is executed.
  • the paper 1 feeding process is executed. In other words, when the printing process for two cycles is completed, as is clear from the positional relationship in FIG. 6, only the leading edge of the paper 1 has reached the cutter 40, and the first cut portion 1b has a cut edge. It has not reached 40. Therefore, in the section D (feeding process), the paper 1 is conveyed by one interval of the reference hole 1a, and the first cut portion 1b is arranged on the cutout 40.
  • cut-off drive mode 51 operates to cut paper 1. This operation corresponds to the cutting step (S7) in FIG.
  • a detection signal is output from the closing sensor 59 with the closing operation of the cutout 40.
  • a detection signal is output from the opening sensor 58 with the opening operation of the cutout 40.
  • the cutter driving mode 51 stops, and the process shifts to the section F to execute the paper 1 feeding process. That is, in the section F (feeding process), the main drive motor 12 rotates in the forward direction to convey the paper 1 for one interval of the reference hole 1a, and cuts the next cut portion 1b into the cut portion 40b. To place.
  • section G cut-off drive mode 51 operates to cut paper 1.
  • This section G corresponds to the cutting process in the second cycle, but is also the end process (S9 in Fig. 4) for driving the cutter to the closed position at the same time. That is, when a detection signal is output from the close sensor 59, an end signal is output to the cutter driving mode 51 from the control unit 60 that has input the detection signal. The power meter drive module 51 is stopped based on this end signal, and the cutter 40 ends its operation at the closed position.
  • an open sensor and a close sensor can be shared by one sensor element.
  • detection holes corresponding to the open position and the closed position are formed at two positions on the turntable 54, and each detection hole is detected by a single optical sensor. Can be detected.
  • a linear drive type actuator such as a solenoid or an air cylinder can be used.
  • the cutter control unit can determine the open / closed state of the cutter by turning on / off the actuator, the open sensor and the close sensor are not required.
  • the cutter may be kept open for an arbitrary time and then the cutter may be driven to the closed position to end the operation. If the next request signal is sent from the input unit while the cutter is waiting in the open state, each step performed based on the request signal is also considered as an extension of the previous operation.
  • the paper (print medium) is cut only at the trailing end of the last printed paper part, and the number of printed papers requested by the user can be discharged in a spelled state.
  • the cutter enters a standby state at the closed position to shield the discharge unit, so that the inside of the apparatus can be installed without a shielding window. Can be prevented from entering.

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L'invention concerne un imprimante et un procédé de commande d'un organe de coupe. Un organe de coupe de type ouvert/fermé est installé dans la partie de décharge (14) d'un corps principal d'imprimante (10), la position d'exécution d'opération de cet organe de coupe (40) étant la position fermée. Après exécution de l'opération, le dispositif permet à cet organe de coupe (40) de protéger la partie de décharge (14) contre l'entrée de poussière, par exemple, dans ledit corps principal d'imprimante (10).
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JPS62130198A (ja) * 1985-11-29 1987-06-12 株式会社リコー カツタ駆動装置
JPS6297760U (fr) * 1985-12-10 1987-06-22
JPH06297794A (ja) * 1993-04-17 1994-10-25 Star Micronics Co Ltd プリンタ
JP2000280574A (ja) * 1999-03-29 2000-10-10 Seiko Epson Corp プリンタ及びその制御方法

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JPS62130198A (ja) * 1985-11-29 1987-06-12 株式会社リコー カツタ駆動装置
JPS6297760U (fr) * 1985-12-10 1987-06-22
JPH06297794A (ja) * 1993-04-17 1994-10-25 Star Micronics Co Ltd プリンタ
JP2000280574A (ja) * 1999-03-29 2000-10-10 Seiko Epson Corp プリンタ及びその制御方法

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