WO2010078804A1

WO2010078804A1 - Portable barcode label printer

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Publication number: WO2010078804A1
Application number: PCT/CN2009/075935
Authority: WO
Inventors: 赵森兵; 郑悦勤; 吕高仁
Original assignee: 深圳市博思得科技发展有限公司
Priority date: 2008-12-29
Filing date: 2009-12-24
Publication date: 2010-07-15
Also published as: CN101767490A; CN101767490B

Abstract

A portable barcode label printer includes a carbon ribbon cassette (100) and a printing drive device (200). The printing drive device (200) includes a ribbon supply shaft (220) and a ribbon recovery shaft (230). The ribbon cassette (100) includes a core engaging device for fixing a ribbon supply core (120) and a ribbon recovery core (130). The ribbon supply shaft (220) and the ribbon recovery shaft (230) are detachably coupled to the ribbon supply core (120) and the ribbon recovery core (130) respectively. The ribbon supply core (120) and the ribbon recovery core (130) are engaged with the ribbon supply shaft (220) and the ribbon recovery shaft (230) by two couplings (4) respectively and the cores rotate coaxially with the shafts. The carbon ribbon of the ribbon cassette in the portable barcode label printer can be replaced independently after exhaustion instead of discarding the whole cassette. In this way, the portable barcode label printer saves resources and complies with environmental requirements.

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Title of Invention: A portable barcode label printer

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[1] The present invention relates to a printer, and more particularly to a portable barcode label printer.

[2] Existing portable (mobile) thermal transfer bar code label printers due to their small size and compact size

They are all equipped with a closed ribbon cassette. When the ribbon is used up, it needs to replace the ribbon cassette as a whole, which wastes resources and does not meet environmental protection requirements. Moreover, the ribbon cassette is produced by the printer manufacturer or specified by the printer manufacturer. Provided, it is often expensive and long-term. However, it is a huge waste to dispose of the ribbon cartridge as it is used up. There are open ribbon cartridges on the market where the user can replace the ribbon after the ribbon is used up, and a portable barcode label printer using the ribbon cartridge. Great demand.

[3] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is that the carbon ribbon cassette of the above-mentioned portable barcode label printer of the prior art can only be discarded and replaced as a whole, resulting in high cost, waste of resources, and environmental protection. After the ribbon is used up, the user can replace the portable barcode label printer of the ribbon roll.

[4] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the technical problem thereof is: constructing a portable barcode label printer

The utility model comprises a ribbon cassette and a printing drive device, wherein the printing drive device comprises a ribbon supply shaft and a ribbon recovery shaft, and the ribbon cassette comprises a core card for mounting a ribbon supply core and a ribbon recovery core a discharge device, a ribbon supply shaft, and a ribbon recovery shaft for respectively detachably assembling a ribbon supply core, a ribbon recovery core; the ribbon supply core and ribbon supply shaft, the ribbon recovery roll The core and the ribbon recovery shaft are respectively snapped and coaxially rotated by the two couplings.

[5] In the portable barcode label printer of the present invention, the core card loading device of the ribbon cassette comprises a carbon ribbon cartridge holder, and a support frame fixed on the ribbon holder, the support frame There are two fixed shafts, and the fixed shaft is sleeved with a spring and a carbon belt pressing plate pressed against the spring. The fixing shaft is provided with a circlip spring for preventing the ribbon pressing plate from slipping off the fixed shaft.

[6] In the portable barcode label printer of the present invention, the support frame is also fixed with a carbon ribbon cassette holder

One side of the ribbon cassette holder is fixed to the support frame, and is disposed on the support frame perpendicular to the support frame for Two pairs of struts supporting the carbon ribbon to fix the height of the carbon ribbon, and the other ends of the two pairs of struts are respectively provided with a ring for the sleeve coupling; between the coupling and the ribbon pressure plate The snap-on ribbon supply core and the ribbon recovery core.

[7] In the portable barcode label printer of the present invention, the print driving device includes a driving motor, and a rotating shaft of the driving motor and the coupling are coupled by a gear to drive the coupling to rotate.

[8] In the portable barcode label printer of the present invention, a side of the coupling that is in contact with the ribbon supply core and the ribbon recovery core is provided with a bayonet, and the ribbon supply core and carbon The belt with the recovery core is provided with a card slot adapted to the bayonet on the coupling, the bayonet is engaged with the card slot, and the two couplings are respectively used for driving the ribbon supply core and the carbon With the supply shaft, the ribbon recovery core and the ribbon recovery shaft rotate coaxially.

[9] In the portable barcode label printer of the present invention, an annular ring is provided between the coupling and the ring at one end of the struts on the ribbon holder for changing the coupling and the ribbon supply A friction plate for the rotational friction of the core, the coupling and the ribbon recovery core.

[10] In the portable barcode label printer of the present invention, the support frame, the carbon ribbon cartridge holder, and the carbon ribbon cartridge holder are fixed to each other by screws.

[11] In the portable bar code label printer of the present invention, the core winding device is for placing a standard industrial size ribbon supply core and a ribbon recovery core of 0.5 inch size.

[12] The portable barcode label printer of the present invention, the carbon ribbon placed in the ribbon cassette together with the carbon ribbon core can be replaced separately after use without discarding the entire ribbon cassette, which is convenient for saving raw materials, meets environmental protection requirements, and The specification of the core clamping device is based on the industry standard 0.5 inch specification. The user can easily customize the ribbon. The source of the ribbon is very convenient, which is very beneficial to the user's printing cost reduction. Therefore, the portable barcode label printer of the present invention necessarily has Good market prospects.

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[13] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments, in which:

1 is an exploded view of a ribbon cassette of the portable barcode label printer of the present invention;

[15] FIG. 2 is a second exploded view of the ribbon cassette of the portable barcode label printer of the present invention;

[16] FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the overall combined structure of a portable barcode label printer of the present invention;

[17] FIG. 4 is a partial schematic structural view of a portable barcode label printer of the present invention.

difficult 1 is an exploded view of a ribbon cassette of the portable barcode label printer of the present invention. Figure 2 is a second exploded view of the ribbon cartridge of the portable barcode label printer of the present invention. 1 and 2, the ribbon cassette 100 includes a screw 1, a ribbon cassette holder 2, a friction plate 3, a coupling 4, a snap spring 5, a ribbon press plate 6, a spring 7, a support frame 8, and a ribbon cassette. Fixing frame 9, carbon ribbon 10. The ribbon cassette 100 includes a core card loading device for mounting the ribbon supply winding core 120 and the ribbon recovery winding core 130, and the core winding device includes a ribbon cassette holder 9 and is fixed to the ribbon cassette holder 9. The support frame 8 has two fixed shafts 801 on the support frame 8. The fixed shaft 801 is sleeved with a spring 7 and a carbon press platen 6 pressed against the spring 7. The fixed shaft 801 is provided with a carbon strip pressure plate. The circlip 5 that slides off the fixed shaft 801.

[19] The support frame 8 is also fixed with a carbon ribbon cassette holder 2, and the side of the carbon ribbon cassette holder 2 is fixed to the support frame 8, and the support frame 8 is vertically disposed for supporting the carbon ribbon 10 to make the carbon ribbon The two pairs of struts 202 of the height of 8 are fixed, and the other ends of the two pairs of struts are respectively provided with a ring 204 for the sleeve coupling 4, and the ribbon supply core 120 and the ribbon recovery core 130 can be engaged. Installed between the coupling 4 and the ribbon presser 6.

[20] The side of the coupling 4 that is in contact with the ribbon supply core 120 and the ribbon recovery core 130 is provided with a bayonet 401, and both the ribbon supply core 120 and the ribbon recovery core 130 are disposed. The card slot 1001 is matched with the bayonet on the coupling 4, the bayonet 401 is engaged with the card slot 1001, and the coupling 4 drives the ribbon supply core 120 and the ribbon supply shaft 220, the ribbon recovery roll The core 130 rotates coaxially with the ribbon recovery shaft 230.

[21] An annular ring is provided between the coupling ₄ and the ring 204 at the end of the strut 202 on the ribbon cassette holder 2 for changing the coupling ₄ and the ribbon supply core 120, the coupling 4 and The ribbon recovers the frictional friction of the core 130 by the friction plate 3. The support frame 8, the carbon ribbon cartridge holder 9, and the ribbon cassette holder 2 are fixed to each other by a screw 1.

[22] The ribbon 10 and ribbon supply core 120 and the ribbon recovery core 130 can be manufactured to the industry standard 0.5-inch size, so users can easily customize the ribbon. The carbon ribbon has many sources and can be very Order the ribbon easily. The ribbon cassettes of today's portable bar code label printers can only be sold as a whole, and then purchase a number of printer manufacturers' closed ribbon cassettes, which are costly and long after delivery. Therefore, the cost of the consumables of the portable bar code label printer is much lower than that of the existing portable bar code label printer.

3 is a schematic view showing the overall combined structure of a portable barcode label printer of the present invention. The portable barcode label printer includes a print driving device 200 and a ribbon cassette 100 placed in the print driving device 200. Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, when the carbon ribbon 10 (not shown in FIG. 3) in the ribbon cartridge 100 is used, that is, the ribbon After the ribbon 10 on the supply core 120 is transferred to the ribbon recovery core 130 with the use of the printer, the ribbon cassette 100 can be taken out of the print driving device 200, and the empty ribbon is supplied to the roll. The core 120 and the full ribbon recovery core 130 are taken out of the ribbon cassette 100, and the new ribbon supply core 120, the empty ribbon recovery core 130 is mounted on the core of the ribbon cassette 100. In the device, it is therefore not necessary to completely discard the entire ribbon cassette 100, which is very advantageous for the user to reduce the printing cost.

[24] Install a new ribbon supply core 120, a ribbon supply core 120 and a ribbon 10 卷绕 wound thereon, simply align the right end face of the ribbon supply core 120 and push the ribbon pressure The disk 6, because of the spring 7 between the ribbon press plate 6 and the support frame 8, the ribbon press plate 6 is moved to the support frame 8 due to the pressure until the left end face of the ribbon supply core 12 is placed in the support frame 8 In the ring on the strut 202, the coupling 4 is slightly adjusted so that the bayonet 401 on the coupling 4 is snapped into the card slot 1001 on the ribbon supply core 120; then the ribbon is taken in the same manner The recovery core 130 is mounted in the ribbon cassette 100 such that the bayonet 401 on the other coupling 4 is snapped into the card slot 1001 on the ribbon recovery core 130; finally, any one of the couplings 4 is rotated, so that The installation of the ribbon 10, the ribbon supply core 120, and the ribbon recovery core 130 is completed when the ribbon 10 is in a taut state.

[25] The print driving device 200 includes a driving motor (not shown in FIG. 3), and the rotating shaft of the driving motor and the coupling 4 are connected by gears (not shown in FIG. 3) to drive the coupling 4 to rotate. Further, the ribbon supply core 120 and the ribbon recovery core 130 are rotated, and the ribbon 10 is driven to perform the printing of the barcode and the label. This is a prior art content and is not mentioned here.

[26] FIG. 4 is a partial schematic structural view of a portable bar code label printer of the present invention. Figure 4 illustrates the mounting structure of the ribbon supply shaft 220 and the ribbon recovery shaft 230 in the print drive unit 200 and the ribbon supply core 120 and the ribbon recovery core 130 on the ribbon cartridge 100. The ribbon supply core 120 of the ribbon cassette 100 and the ribbon take-up core 130 are detachably fitted to the ribbon supply shaft 220 and the ribbon recovery shaft 230 of the print driving device 200, respectively. The ribbon supply shaft 220 drives the ribbon supply core 120 by a coupling 4 that is snapped onto the ribbon supply core 120, and the ribbon recovery shaft 230 passes through a coupling 4 that is snapped onto the ribbon recovery core 130. The ribbon recovery spool 130 is driven, so that the ribbon supply shaft 220 and the ribbon supply core 120 rotate coaxially, and the ribbon recovery shaft 230 and the ribbon recovery core 130 rotate coaxially.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the description of the present invention is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive. It is to be understood that a number of variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept. All of the equivalents of the scope of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

Claim

[Claim 1] 1. A portable barcode label printer comprising a ribbon cassette (100) and a print driving device (200), the printing drive device (200) comprising a ribbon supply shaft (220) and a ribbon recovery shaft ( 230), characterized in that the ribbon cassette (100) comprises a core card loading device for mounting a ribbon supply winding core (120) and a ribbon recovery winding core (130), a ribbon supply shaft (220) , the ribbon recovery shaft (230) is respectively used for detachably assembling the ribbon supply core (120), the ribbon recovery core (130); the ribbon supply core (120) and the ribbon supply shaft (220) The carbon ribbon recovery core (130) and the ribbon recovery shaft (230) are respectively snapped and coaxially rotated by the two couplings (4).

[Claim 2] 2. The portable barcode label printer according to claim 1, wherein the core cassette of the ribbon cassette (100) comprises a ribbon holder (9) and is fixed to the ribbon. a support frame (8) on the cartridge holder (9), the support frame (8) has two fixed shafts (801), and the fixed shaft (801) is sleeved with a spring (7) and pressed against the spring ( 7) The upper belt pressure plate (6), the fixed shaft (801) is provided with a circlip (5) for preventing the ribbon pressure plate (6) from slipping off the fixed shaft (801).

[Claim 3] 3. The portable barcode label printer according to claim 2, wherein the support frame (8) is further fixed with a carbon ribbon cassette holder (2), and the carbon ribbon cassette holder (2) One side is fixed to the support frame (8), and two pairs of struts (202) perpendicular to the support frame (8) for supporting the carbon ribbon (10) to fix the height of the carbon ribbon (8) are disposed thereon. ), the other ends of the two pairs of struts (202) are respectively provided with a ring (204) for the sleeve coupling (4); between the coupling (4) and the ribbon platen (6) The card is provided with a ribbon supply core (120) and a ribbon recovery core (130).

[Claim 4] 4. The portable barcode label printer according to claim 3, wherein the print driving device (200) includes a driving motor, and a rotating shaft of the driving motor and the coupling (4) are connected by gears Drive the coupling (4) to rotate.

[Claim 5] 5. The portable barcode label printer according to claim 4, wherein the coupling (4) is provided with a ribbon supply core (120) and a ribbon recovery core (130) The contact side is provided with a bayonet (401), and the ribbon supply core (120) and the ribbon recovery core (130) are provided with a bayonet (401) on the coupling (4). The matching card slot (1001), the bayonet (401) is engaged with the card slot (1001), and the two couplings (4) are respectively used for driving the ribbon supply core (120) and the ribbon supply The shaft (220), the ribbon recovery core (130) and the ribbon recovery shaft (230) rotate coaxially

[Claim 6] 6. The portable barcode label printer according to claim 3, wherein the coupling (4) and the struts (202) on the ribbon holder (2) are at the end of the ring ( 204) A ring-shaped friction plate for changing the rotational friction between the coupling (4) and the ribbon supply core (120), the coupling (4) and the ribbon recovery core (130) is provided. (3).

[Claim 7] 7. The portable barcode label printer according to claim 1, wherein the support frame (8), the ribbon cassette holder (9), and the ribbon cassette holder (2) pass each other by screws ( 1) Fixed.

[Claim 8] 8. The portable barcode label printer according to claim 1, wherein the core winding device is configured to place a standard industrial size ribbon supply core (120) of 0.5 inch size and Ribbon recovery core (130).