CN113459689B

CN113459689B - Carbon ribbon installation device

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Publication number: CN113459689B
Application number: CN202110798455.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马永刚; 温涛; 梁振涛
Original assignee: JIANGMEN DASCOM COMPUTER PERIPHERAL CO Ltd
Current assignee: JIANGMEN DASCOM COMPUTER PERIPHERAL CO Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-15
Filing date: 2021-07-15
Publication date: 2023-04-25
Anticipated expiration: 2041-07-15
Also published as: CN113459689A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a carbon ribbon installation device, relates to printing equipment technical field. The carbon ribbon installation device comprises a printing base, a printing module and a carbon ribbon integrated module; the printing module is mounted on the printing base and comprises an unreeling fixed shaft, a reeling fixed shaft and a printing opening and closing cover, wherein the unreeling fixed shaft and the reeling fixed shaft are arranged in parallel, and the printing opening and closing cover is mounted between the unreeling fixed shaft and the reeling fixed shaft; the carbon ribbon integrated module comprises an unreeling mechanism, a reeling mechanism and an integrated fixing mechanism, wherein the unreeling mechanism is arranged in parallel and fixed on two sides of the integrated fixing mechanism, and the unreeling mechanism and the reeling mechanism are respectively sleeved on the unreeling fixing shaft and the reeling fixing shaft. The carbon ribbon installation device can realize modularization of carbon ribbon installation, can rapidly install and print the carbon ribbon, and realizes the technical effect of improving the carbon ribbon installation efficiency.

Description

Carbon ribbon installation device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of printing equipment, in particular to a carbon ribbon installation device.

Background

Currently, a Printer (Printer) is one of output devices of a computer for printing a computer processing result on a relevant medium. The indexes for measuring the quality of the printer have three items: print resolution, print speed, and noise. Printers are of various types, and impact printers and non-impact printers are classified according to whether or not a printing element has an impact on paper. According to the character printing structure, the character printer is divided into a full-character printer and a dot matrix character printer. A serial printer and a line printer are separated in such a manner that a line of characters is formed on paper. According to the adopted technology, the printer is a printer of column type, sphere type, ink-jet type, thermosensitive type, laser type, electrostatic type, magnetic type, light-emitting diode type and the like.

In the prior art, a carbon ribbon for a printer generally refers to a carbon fiber ribbon, namely a ribbon made of carbon fibers, and is used for winding a composite material, a carbon ribbon reinforced composite material by an extrusion stretching method, a heating element, a conductive material, a semiconductor material and the like. The existing thermal printer has the defects that the carbon ribbon is split, the steps of the process for installing the carbon ribbon are complex, time and labor are wasted, and the efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

An aim of the embodiment of the application is to provide a carbon ribbon installation device, can realize the modularization of carbon ribbon installation, can install the printing to the carbon ribbon fast, realize improving the technical effect of carbon ribbon installation effectiveness.

The embodiment of the application provides a carbon ribbon installation device, which comprises a printing base, a printing module and a carbon ribbon integrated module;

the printing module is mounted on the printing base and comprises an unreeling fixed shaft, a reeling fixed shaft and a printing opening and closing cover, wherein the unreeling fixed shaft and the reeling fixed shaft are arranged in parallel, and the printing opening and closing cover is mounted between the unreeling fixed shaft and the reeling fixed shaft;

the carbon ribbon integrated module comprises an unreeling mechanism, a reeling mechanism and an integrated fixing mechanism, wherein the unreeling mechanism is arranged in parallel and fixed on two sides of the integrated fixing mechanism, and the unreeling mechanism and the reeling mechanism are respectively sleeved on the unreeling fixing shaft and the reeling fixing shaft.

In the implementation process, the carbon ribbon installation device installs the unreeling mechanism of the carbon ribbon release end and the reeling mechanism of the carbon ribbon recovery end on the integrated fixing structure together, so that the unreeling mechanism and the reeling mechanism can be installed into the printing module at the same time or taken out from the printing module at the same time, and in the carbon ribbon installation process, the printing opening and closing cover of the printing module can tighten the carbon ribbon on the carbon ribbon integrated module when being pressed down, thereby realizing quick installation; therefore, the carbon ribbon installation device can realize modularization of carbon ribbon installation, can rapidly install and print the carbon ribbon, and realizes the technical effect of improving the carbon ribbon installation efficiency.

Further, the printing module further comprises a buffer mechanism and a transmission mechanism, wherein the buffer mechanism is connected with the transmission mechanism through gear transmission, and the buffer mechanism is connected with the unreeling mechanism or the reeling mechanism in transmission.

In the implementation process, the buffer mechanism arranged between the transmission mechanism and the carbon belt integrated module has a buffer effect, so that the phenomenon of tooth breakage during direct gear engagement between the transmission mechanism and the carbon belt integrated module is solved, and the reliability of the carbon belt installation device is effectively improved.

Further, the buffer mechanism comprises a buffer gear, a buffer spring and a fixed mounting plate, wherein the shaft end of the buffer gear penetrates through a mounting hole in the fixed mounting plate, one end of the buffer spring is fixed on the buffer gear, and the other end of the buffer spring is fixed on the fixed mounting plate.

In the implementation process, the whole buffer mechanism is installed on the surface of the shell of the transmission mechanism through the fixed mounting piece, and the buffer gear is used as buffer between the unreeling mechanism/reeling mechanism and the transmission mechanism through the buffer function of the buffer spring, so that the phenomenon of tooth breakage during direct gear bite between the transmission mechanism and the carbon belt integrated module is solved.

Further, the unreeling mechanism comprises an unreeled carbon ribbon module gear, and the unreeled carbon ribbon module gear is meshed with the buffer gear.

Further, the winding mechanism comprises a winding carbon belt module gear, and the winding carbon belt module gear is meshed with the buffer gear.

Further, the transmission mechanism comprises a transmission gear, and the transmission gear is in transmission connection with the buffer gear.

Further, the carbon ribbon integrated module further comprises an unreeling locking mechanism, and the unreeling locking mechanism and a rotating gear of the unreeling mechanism are mutually locked.

In the implementation process, the unreeling mechanism and the reeling mechanism are respectively provided with the unreeling locking mechanism and the reeling locking mechanism, namely, the locking mechanism is arranged on the carbon tape integrated module where the shaft of the release end and the shaft of the recovery end of the transmission carbon tape are located, so that the carbon tape can not rotate relatively under the locking limit of the locking mechanism when being loaded into the carbon tape box, and the situations that the carbon tape integrated module is loose when not mounted to the printing module are avoided, and the reliability of the device is improved.

Further, the carbon ribbon integrated module further comprises a winding locking mechanism, and the winding locking mechanism and a rotating gear of the winding mechanism are mutually locked.

Further, the unreeling locking mechanism or the reeling locking mechanism is an elastic buckling locking mechanism.

In the implementation process, the unreeling locking mechanism or the reeling locking mechanism is set to be an elastic buckling locking mechanism, so that the mode of using elastic buckling positions between the unreeling locking mechanism and the unreeling mechanism and between the reeling locking mechanism and the reeling mechanism is locked, and the carbon strips cannot rotate relatively; when the printing opening and closing cover of the printing module is closed, the unreeling locking mechanism and the reeling locking mechanism of the carbon ribbon integrated module are unlocked, and the carbon ribbon is driven through gear transmission.

Further, the carbon ribbon integrated module further comprises a handle fixedly mounted on the integrated fixing mechanism.

In the implementation process, the handle can be used as the carbon ribbon integrated module to be installed in the printing module (or the carbon ribbon integrated module is taken out from the printing module) to provide a handle, so that the disassembly and assembly are convenient, and the disassembly and assembly efficiency is improved.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the description which follows, or in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the techniques disclosed herein.

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments of the present application will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and should not be considered as limiting the scope, and other related drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a carbon ribbon installation device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a print base and a print module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a carbon ribbon integrated module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a print base and a print module according to another view angle provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a buffering mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a carbon ribbon integrated module according to another view angle provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Icon: 100-printing a base; 200-a printing module; 210-unreeling a fixed shaft; 220-winding a fixed shaft; 230-printing an opening and closing cover; 240-a buffer mechanism; 2401-a buffer gear; 2402-a buffer spring; 2403-securing a mounting tab; 241-a first buffer mechanism; 242-a second buffer mechanism; 250-transmission mechanism; 251-a first transmission gear; 252-a second transmission gear; 300-carbon ribbon integral module; 310-unreeling mechanism; 311-unreeling the carbon tape module gear; 320-a winding mechanism; 321-winding a carbon belt module gear; 330-an integral securing mechanism; 340-unreeling locking mechanism; 350-winding locking mechanism; 360-handle.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. The components of the embodiments of the present application, which are generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application, as provided in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the application, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

In the present application, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "middle", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal" and the like indicate an azimuth or a positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings. These terms are used primarily to better describe the present application and its embodiments and are not intended to limit the indicated device, element or component to a particular orientation or to be constructed and operated in a particular orientation.

Also, some of the terms described above may be used to indicate other meanings in addition to orientation or positional relationships, for example, the term "upper" may also be used to indicate some sort of attachment or connection in some cases. The specific meaning of these terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

Furthermore, the terms "mounted," "configured," "provided," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly. For example, it may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or a unitary construction; may be a mechanical connection, or a point connection; may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be in internal communication between two devices, elements, or components. The specific meaning of the terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as the case may be.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used primarily to distinguish between different devices, elements, or components (the particular species and configurations may be the same or different), and are not used to indicate or imply the relative importance and number of devices, elements, or components indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

The carbon ribbon installation device provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to carbon ribbon installation of a printer; according to the carbon tape mounting device, the unreeling mechanism of the carbon tape dispensing end and the reeling mechanism of the carbon tape recycling end are mounted on the integrated fixing structure together, so that the unreeling mechanism and the reeling mechanism can be mounted into the printing module at the same time or taken out from the printing module at the same time, and in the carbon tape mounting process, the carbon tape on the carbon tape integrated module can be tensioned when the printing opening and closing cover of the printing module is pressed down, so that quick mounting is realized; therefore, the carbon ribbon installation device can realize modularization of carbon ribbon installation, can rapidly install and print the carbon ribbon, and realizes the technical effect of improving the carbon ribbon installation efficiency.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a carbon ribbon installation device provided in an embodiment of the present application, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a printing base and a printing module provided in an embodiment of the present application, and fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a carbon ribbon integrated module provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the carbon ribbon installation device includes a printing base 100, a printing module 200, and a carbon ribbon integrated module 300.

Illustratively, the printing module 200 is mounted on the printing base 100, and the printing module 200 includes an unreeling fixing shaft 210, a reeling fixing shaft 220, and a printing folding cover 230, the unreeling fixing shaft 210 and the reeling fixing shaft 220 being disposed in parallel, the printing folding cover 230 being mounted between the unreeling fixing shaft 210 and the reeling fixing shaft 220.

Illustratively, the carbon ribbon integrated module 300 includes an unreeling mechanism 310, a reeling mechanism 320 and an integrated fixing mechanism 330, the unreeling mechanism 310 and the reeling mechanism 320 are disposed in parallel and fixed on two sides of the integrated fixing mechanism 330, and the unreeling mechanism 310 and the reeling mechanism 320 are disposed on the printing base 100 corresponding to the unreeling fixing shaft 210 and the reeling fixing shaft 220, respectively.

Illustratively, the carbon ribbon integral module 300 may be installed by opening the print shutter 230 of the print module 200; when the print opening and closing cover 230 of the print module 200 is closed, the carbon ribbon integrated module 300 is locked, and the carbon ribbon is driven by the gear transmission, and the gear of the carbon ribbon integrated module 300 is provided with a buffer mechanism, so that the phenomenon of tooth breakage during direct gear engagement is solved.

In some implementation scenarios, the carbon ribbon installation device installs the unreeling mechanism 310 at the carbon ribbon dispensing end and the reeling mechanism 320 at the carbon ribbon recycling end on the integral fixing mechanism 330 together, so that the unreeling mechanism 310 and the reeling mechanism 320 can be installed into the printing module 200 at the same time or taken out from the printing module 200 at the same time, and in the carbon ribbon installation process, the carbon ribbon on the carbon ribbon integral module 300 can be tightened when the printing opening and closing cover 230 of the printing module 200 is pressed down, so that quick installation is realized; therefore, the carbon ribbon installation device can realize modularization of carbon ribbon installation, can rapidly install and print the carbon ribbon, and realizes the technical effect of improving the carbon ribbon installation efficiency.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a print base and a print module according to another view angle provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Illustratively, the printing module 200 further includes a buffer mechanism 240 and a transmission mechanism 250, the buffer mechanism 240 is in gear transmission connection with the transmission mechanism 250, and the buffer mechanism 240 is in transmission connection with the unreeling mechanism 310 or the reeling mechanism 320.

Illustratively, the buffer mechanism 240 disposed between the transmission mechanism 250 and the carbon ribbon integrated module 300 has a buffer function, so as to solve the problem of tooth breakage during direct gear engagement between the transmission mechanism 250 and the carbon ribbon integrated module 300, and effectively improve the reliability of the carbon ribbon installation device.

In some embodiments, the transmission mechanism 250 is provided with a first transmission gear 251 and a second transmission gear 252, and the buffer mechanism 240 includes a first buffer mechanism 241 and a second buffer mechanism 242; optionally, the second transmission gear 252 is in transmission connection with the winding mechanism 320 through the second buffer mechanism 242, and the first transmission gear 251 is in transmission connection with the unwinding mechanism 310 through the first buffer mechanism 241, so that the second transmission gear 252 is used as a driving wheel to rotate, and thus other gears are driven to rotate.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a buffering mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application.

Illustratively, the buffer mechanism 240 includes a buffer gear 2401, a buffer spring 2402, and a fixed mounting plate 2403, wherein an axial end of the buffer gear 2401 passes through a mounting hole on the fixed mounting plate 2403, one end of the buffer spring 2402 is fixed to the buffer gear 2401, and the other end of the buffer spring 2402 is fixed to the fixed mounting plate 2403.

Illustratively, the buffer mechanism 240 is integrally mounted on the surface of the housing of the transmission mechanism 250 through a fixed mounting plate 2403, and the buffer gear 2401 is used as a buffer between the unreeling mechanism 310/reeling mechanism 320 and the transmission mechanism 250 through the buffer function of the buffer spring 2402, so that the phenomenon of tooth breakage during direct gear engagement between the transmission mechanism 250 and the carbon ribbon integrated module 300 is solved.

It should be understood that the first buffer mechanism 241 and the second buffer mechanism 242 have the same structure, and will not be described herein.

Illustratively, the unwind mechanism 310 includes an unwind carbon ribbon module gear 311, the unwind carbon ribbon module gear 311 intermeshes with a buffer gear 2401.

Illustratively, the wind-up mechanism 320 includes a wind-up carbon ribbon module gear 321, the wind-up carbon ribbon module gear 321 intermeshes with a buffer gear 2401.

Illustratively, the transmission 250 includes a drive gear in driving connection with the buffer gear 2401.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a carbon ribbon module according to another view angle provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Illustratively, the carbon ribbon cartridge 300 further includes an unwind locking mechanism 340, the unwind locking mechanism 340 interlocking with the rotating gears of the unwind mechanism 310.

Illustratively, the carbon ribbon cartridge 300 further includes a winding lock mechanism 350, the winding lock mechanism 350 interlocking with the rotating gear of the winding mechanism 320.

Illustratively, the unreeling mechanism 310 and the reeling mechanism 320 are respectively provided with an unreeling locking mechanism 340 and a reeling locking mechanism 350, that is, the locking mechanism is arranged on the carbon ribbon integrated module 300 where the shaft of the dispensing end and the shaft of the recovering end of the carbon ribbon are located, so that the two shafts of the unreeling mechanism 310 and the reeling mechanism 320 cannot rotate relatively under the locking limit of the locking mechanism when the carbon ribbon is loaded into the carbon ribbon cartridge, thereby avoiding the situations that the carbon ribbon integrated module 300 loosens when the carbon ribbon integrated module 300 is not mounted to the printing module 200, and improving the reliability of the device.

Illustratively, the unwind locking mechanism 340 or the wind-up locking mechanism 350 is an elastic snap locking mechanism.

Illustratively, the unreeling locking mechanism 340 or the reeling locking mechanism 350 is set as an elastic buckling locking mechanism, so that the unreeling locking mechanism 340 and the unreeling mechanism 310 and the reeling locking mechanism 350 and the reeling mechanism 320 are locked in an elastic buckling mode, and the carbon strips cannot rotate relatively; when the print opening and closing cover 230 of the print module 200 is closed, the unreeling locking mechanism 340 and the reeling locking mechanism 350 of the carbon ribbon integrated module 300 are unlocked, and the carbon ribbon is driven by gear transmission.

Illustratively, the carbon ribbon integral module 300 further includes a handle 360, the handle 360 being fixedly mounted to the integral securing mechanism 330.

Illustratively, the handle 360 may provide a grip when the carbon tape integrated module 300 is loaded into the printing module 200 (or when the carbon tape integrated module 300 is removed from the printing module 200), thereby facilitating disassembly and assembly and improving disassembly and assembly efficiency.

In all embodiments of the present application, "large" and "small" are relative terms, "more" and "less" are relative terms, "upper" and "lower" are relative terms, and the description of such relative terms is not repeated herein.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "in this embodiment," "in an embodiment of the application," or "as an alternative" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the application. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in this embodiment," "in this application embodiment," or "as an alternative embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are all alternative embodiments and that the acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required in the present application.

In various embodiments of the present application, it should be understood that the size of the sequence numbers of the above processes does not mean that the execution sequence of the processes is necessarily sequential, and the execution sequence of the processes should be determined by the functions and internal logic thereof, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

The foregoing is merely specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes and substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. The carbon ribbon installation device is characterized by comprising a printing base, a printing module and a carbon ribbon integrated module;

the printing module is arranged on the printing base and comprises an unreeling fixed shaft, a reeling fixed shaft, a printing opening and closing cover, a buffer mechanism and a transmission mechanism, wherein the unreeling fixed shaft and the reeling fixed shaft are arranged in parallel, the printing opening and closing cover is arranged between the unreeling fixed shaft and the reeling fixed shaft, and the printing opening and closing cover, the buffer mechanism and the transmission mechanism can synchronously swing relative to the printing base;

the carbon ribbon integrated module comprises an unreeling mechanism, a reeling mechanism and an integrated fixing mechanism, wherein the unreeling mechanism and the reeling mechanism are arranged in parallel and fixed on two sides of the integrated fixing mechanism, the unreeling mechanism and the reeling mechanism are respectively arranged on the printing base corresponding to the unreeling fixing shaft and the reeling fixing shaft, and the printing opening and closing cover is arranged between the unreeling mechanism and the reeling mechanism;

the buffer mechanism is connected with the transmission mechanism through gear transmission, the buffer mechanism comprises a buffer gear, a buffer spring and a fixed mounting plate, the shaft end of the buffer gear passes through a mounting hole on the fixed mounting plate, one end of the buffer spring is fixed on the buffer gear, and the other end of the buffer spring is fixed on the fixed mounting plate; the unreeling mechanism comprises an unreeling carbon ribbon module gear, and the unreeling carbon ribbon module gear is meshed with the buffer gear; the winding mechanism comprises a winding carbon belt module gear, and the winding carbon belt module gear is meshed with the buffer gear.

2. The carbon ribbon mount of claim 1, wherein the drive mechanism comprises a drive gear in driving connection with the buffer gear.

3. The carbon ribbon installation device of claim 2, wherein the carbon ribbon integral module further comprises an unwind locking mechanism that is interlocked with a rotation gear of the unwind mechanism.

4. The carbon ribbon installation device of claim 3, wherein the carbon ribbon integral module further comprises a winding locking mechanism, the winding locking mechanism being interlocked with a rotating gear of the winding mechanism.

5. The carbon ribbon mount device of claim 4, wherein the unwind lock mechanism or the wind-up lock mechanism is an elastic buckle lock mechanism.

6. The carbon ribbon installation device of claim 1, wherein the carbon ribbon integral module further comprises a handle fixedly mounted to the integral securing mechanism.