CN113752707A

CN113752707A - Printing device and vending machine

Info

Publication number: CN113752707A
Application number: CN202010484643.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘振宏
Original assignee: Zhuiji Intelligent Beijing Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhuiji Intelligent Beijing Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-01
Filing date: 2020-06-01
Publication date: 2021-12-07

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a printing device and a vending machine, wherein the printing device comprises a first machine body, a conveying mechanism, a printing mechanism and a supporting component, wherein the conveying mechanism and the printing mechanism are arranged on the first machine body; the bearing part is provided with a connecting part for fixing the object to be printed, and the surface to be printed of the object to be printed, which is arranged on the connecting part, is exposed at a first target position on the bearing part; the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the bearing component to a second target position so as to enable the surface to be printed of the object to be printed on the connecting part to be at the position to be printed; the printing mechanism is used for printing patterns on the surface to be printed at the position to be printed. The printing device of the embodiment of the disclosure can print clear patterns on a to-be-printed surface aiming at to-be-printed matters with different shapes and sizes, does not need to frequently correct the conveying mechanism and the printing mechanism, and is suitable for printing personalized customized patterns aiming at to-be-printed matters with different shapes and sizes.

Description

Printing device and vending machine

Technical Field

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to the technical field of printing devices, in particular to a printing device and a vending machine using the same.

Background

Electronic equipment protective housings such as mobile phones and tablet personal computer protective housings are mainly used for protecting and decorating the appearance of electronic equipment, and under the background that various protective housings can basically meet daily protection, the decorative property of the protective housings is more and more important.

The patterns on the electronic device protective cases are typically designed uniformly by the protective case manufacturer and printed in bulk by a printing device, such as a UV flatbed printer. The existing printing device needs to calibrate the printing position of the protective shell before printing the protective shell, which is mainly embodied in two aspects: on one hand, the placing position of the protective shell on the printing tray for supporting the protective shell needs to be debugged, such as the distance between each edge of the protective shell and each edge of the printing tray, and the coordinate positions of the surface to be printed of the protective shell on the X axis and the Y axis are corrected, so that the pattern can be printed at the correct position of the protective shell; on the other hand, the space between the printing tray for supporting the protective shell and the printing head, that is, the coordinate position of the surface to be printed on the Z axis needs to be adjusted to ensure that a specific space exists between the surface to be printed of the protective shell placed on the printing tray and the printing head, because if the space between the printing head and the protective shell is small, the printing head is easily damaged, and if the space between the printing head and the protective shell is large, the printed pattern is easily poor in definition, and defective products are generated. Because the debugging process is complex and the debugging time is long, the printing equipment is suitable for batch printing of protective cases of the same model and is not suitable for printing personalized customized patterns of protective cases of different models and different sizes, and the existing personalized customized pattern protective cases are high in selling price due to the reason.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems in the prior art, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a printing apparatus and a vending machine.

In order to solve the above problems, the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure is:

a printing device comprises a first machine body, a conveying mechanism, a printing mechanism and a supporting component, wherein the conveying mechanism and the printing mechanism are arranged on the first machine body;

the supporting component is provided with a connecting part for fixing a to-be-printed object, and a to-be-printed surface of the to-be-printed object arranged on the connecting part is exposed at a first target position on the supporting component;

the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the bearing component to a second target position so as to enable a surface to be printed of a to-be-printed object placed on the connecting part to be at a to-be-printed position;

the printing mechanism is used for printing patterns on the surface to be printed at the position to be printed.

In some embodiments, the supporting member has a positioning groove for accommodating the object to be printed.

In some embodiments, the delivery mechanism comprises:

a first conveying assembly having a conveying passage for conveying the supporting member;

and a second conveying unit for receiving the supporting member conveyed from the conveying path, and conveying the supporting member to the second target position after correcting the position of the supporting member.

In some embodiments, the second conveyor assembly includes a support member, and first and second positioning members disposed on the support member;

the supporting component is provided with a supporting surface which is used for receiving and supporting the supporting component so that the surface to be printed of the object to be printed placed on the connecting part is at a first preset position in a first direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to the supporting surface;

the first positioning part is used for positioning the bearing part in a second direction, and the second direction is parallel to the supporting surface and is vertical to the first direction;

the second positioning component is used for positioning the bearing component in a third direction, and the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction;

the supporting component is used for driving the bearing component to move to the second target position after the first positioning component and the second positioning component position the bearing component.

In some embodiments, the first positioning member includes an urging member and a stopper member, which are oppositely disposed, and the urging member is configured to urge the supporting member from one side of the supporting member in the second direction so that the other side of the supporting member abuts against the stopper member to hold the supporting member.

In some embodiments, the support member comprises a first sub-support member and a second sub-support member;

the first sub-supporting part is provided with the supporting surface, and the first sub-supporting part is movably arranged on the second sub-supporting part; the second sub-supporting part is movably arranged on the first machine body, and the second positioning part is fixedly arranged on the second sub-supporting part;

the first sub-supporting part is used for driving the bearing part to move along the third direction, so that one end of the bearing part is abutted against the second positioning part;

the second sub-supporting component is used for driving the first sub-supporting component to move so as to move the bearing component to the second target position.

In some embodiments, the conveying path is arranged in the third direction for conveying the holding member onto the supporting surface from a side away from the second positioning member.

In some embodiments, the first transport assembly comprises:

at least one roller set is arranged in sequence, the roller set comprises two conveying rollers which are arranged in parallel, and a conveying channel is formed between the two conveying rollers;

and the driving motor is used for driving the two conveying rollers in the roller group to rotate in opposite directions so as to push the bearing component in the conveying channel to move.

In some embodiments, the second sub-support member is configured to move the first sub-support member in a second direction to move the holding member to the second target position.

A vending machine comprises a second machine body, a vending unit and a printing device, wherein the vending unit is arranged in the second machine body, the printing device is used for vending a to-be-printed product and a bearing component, and the to-be-printed product is fixedly arranged on the connecting portion of the bearing component.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the embodiment of the present disclosure are that:

in the printing device of the embodiment of the disclosure, the objects to be printed can have different shapes and sizes, but after the objects to be printed are placed on the supporting member with specific shape parameters, the surfaces to be printed are all positioned at specific relative positions (namely, at the first target position) on the supporting part, so that the function of standardizing the shape and the size of the object to be printed and the position of the surface to be printed can be achieved, therefore, when the conveying mechanism conveys the bearing component to the second target position, the surface to be printed of the object to be printed can be accurately positioned to the position to be printed, so that the printing mechanism can print clear patterns on the surface to be printed, the damage of the printing mechanism caused by the too close distance between the printing mechanism and the surface to be printed is avoided, the conveying mechanism and the printing mechanism do not need to be frequently corrected, the operation difficulty is reduced, the structure of the conveying mechanism is simplified, and the printing mechanism is suitable for printing personalized customized patterns on the objects to be printed in different shapes and sizes.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

This disclosure provides an overview of various implementations or examples of the technology described in this disclosure, and is not a comprehensive disclosure of the full scope or all features of the disclosed technology.

Drawings

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like reference numerals may describe similar components in different views. Like reference numerals having letter suffixes or different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. The drawings illustrate various embodiments generally by way of example and not by way of limitation, and together with the description and claims serve to explain the disclosed embodiments. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts, where appropriate. Such embodiments are illustrative, and are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive embodiments of the present apparatus or method.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a support member of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 3 and 4 are schematic diagrams illustrating a matching connection between a to-be-printed object and a supporting member of the printing device according to the embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a first conveying assembly of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a second conveying assembly of the printing device according to the embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a second transport assembly of a printing device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of an urging member of the printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a partial structure of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of reference numerals:

100-a printing device;

200-a first body;

300-a conveying mechanism;

310-a first transport assembly; 311-a transport channel; 312 — a drive motor; 313-a transport roller;

320-a second conveyor assembly; 321-a support member; 322-a second positioning member; 323-a first sub-support member; 3231-a first support plate; 3232-a first guide rail; 3233-screw assembly; 3234-drive motor; 324-a second sub-support member; 3241-a second support plate; 3242-a second guide rail; 325-a push-up component; 3251-swing arm; 3252-drive motor; 326-a stop member;

400-a printing mechanism;

500-a support member; 510-a connecting portion;

600-a to-be-printed matter; 610-surface to be printed

700-a second body;

800-vending unit.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are only a few embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the described embodiments of the disclosure without any inventive step, are within the scope of protection of the disclosure.

Unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in this disclosure is not intended to indicate any order, quantity, or importance, but rather is used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.

To maintain the following description of the embodiments of the present disclosure clear and concise, a detailed description of known functions and known components have been omitted from the present disclosure.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus is used for printing a pattern on a to-be-printed surface 610 of a to-be-printed product 600, the to-be-printed product 600 may have different shapes and geometric parameters due to different models, and the to-be-printed product 600 may specifically be, for example, a mobile phone protective case, a tablet computer protective case, or other articles having the to-be-printed surface 610.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first body 200, a conveying mechanism 300, a printing mechanism 400, and a supporting member 500, and the conveying mechanism 300 and the printing mechanism 400 are disposed on the first body 200. The supporting member 500 is provided with a connecting portion 510 for fixing the to-be-printed object 600, and a to-be-printed surface 610 of the to-be-printed object 600 placed on the connecting portion 510 is exposed at a first target position on the supporting member 500. The support member 500 has a specific profile which may include the external shape of the support member 500 and the geometric parameters of the external shape, for example, the external shape of the support member 500 may be rectangular or other shape and the geometric parameters of the external shape may include, for example, the length, width, height, etc. of the rectangular parallelepiped. It is also to be understood that the particular configuration of the support member 500 does not mean that the support member 500 has only one particular configuration, and that the support member 500 can have multiple formats, but each format can have its own particular configuration. The first target position refers to a specific relative position between the surface 610 to be printed of the object 600 to be printed and the supporting member 500, for example, when the supporting member 500 is a rectangular parallelepiped, the first target position may include a specific height of the surface 610 to be printed of the object 600 to be printed at the bottom surface of the rectangular parallelepiped, a specific distance between the edge of the surface 610 to be printed and each ridge of the rectangular parallelepiped, and the like. The conveying mechanism 300 is configured to convey the supporting member 500, to which the object 600 to be printed is fixed, to a second target position, so that the surface 610 to be printed of the object 600 to be printed, which is placed on the connecting portion 510, is located at a position to be printed, where the surface 610 to be printed of the object 600 to be printed is located in the printing area of the printing mechanism 400 and has a specific distance from the printing mechanism 400. The printing mechanism 400 is used to print a pattern on a surface to be printed 610 at a position to be printed, and in particular, the printing mechanism 400 may be, for example, a UV printing mechanism 400, an inkjet printing mechanism 400, or other type of printing mechanism 400.

With the printing device having the above-mentioned structure, the object 600 to be printed can have different shapes and sizes, but after the object 600 to be printed is placed on the supporting member 500 with specific shape parameters, the object surface 610 to be printed is located at a specific relative position (i.e. the first target position) on the supporting member 500, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, which can standardize the shape, size and position of the object surface 610 to be printed 600, so that when the transporting mechanism 300 transports the supporting member 500 to the second target position, the object surface 610 to be printed of the object 600 to be printed can be accurately located at the object position to be printed, so that the printing mechanism 400 can print clear patterns on the object surface 610 to be printed, and the printing mechanism 400 can be prevented from being damaged due to the too close distance between the printing mechanism 400 and the object surface 610 to be printed, without frequently calibrating the transporting mechanism 300 and the printing mechanism 400, the method is beneficial to reducing the operation difficulty and simplifying the structure of the conveying mechanism 300, and is suitable for personalized customized pattern printing on the to-be-printed products 600 with different shapes and sizes.

The specific structure and principle of the printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

In practical applications, the supporting member 500 may have various structures as long as the supporting member 500 has specific shape parameters, and can fix the object 600 to be printed, and expose the object surface 610 of the object 600 to be printed on the first target position of the supporting member 500.

In some embodiments, the connecting portion 510 may be a positioning groove formed on the supporting member 500, as shown in fig. 2, for receiving and positioning the object 600 to be printed. When the object 600 to be printed is placed in the positioning slot, the object 610 to be printed may protrude from the opening of the positioning slot, or may be flush with the opening of the positioning slot, or may be retracted into the positioning slot, but the object 600 to be printed needs to expose the object 610 to be printed through the opening, so that the printing mechanism 400 can print patterns on the object 610 to be printed. For example, when the object 600 to be printed is a mobile phone protection case, the supporting member 500 may be a flat rectangular parallelepiped supporting member 500, and the supporting member 500 may be provided with a positioning slot corresponding to the shape of the mobile phone protection case, as shown in fig. 2, when the mobile phone protection case is placed in the positioning slot, the back of the mobile phone protection case may be exposed at the slot of the positioning slot, as shown in fig. 4.

In other embodiments, the connecting portion 510 may also be a protrusion protruding from the supporting member 500, so that, for example, a protective casing waiting for the printed product 600 can be sleeved on the protrusion. Of course, the supporting member 500 and the connecting portion 510 are not limited to the above-described configuration, and may be adjusted according to the specific shape and mechanism of the object 600 to be printed.

In terms of materials, the support member 500 may be, for example, an Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) support member 500, or an Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) support member 500, to reduce the difficulty and cost of manufacturing the support member 500.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments, the conveying mechanism 300 may include a first conveying element 310 and a second conveying element 320, wherein the first conveying element 310 may have a conveying channel 311 for conveying the supporting member 500, and when the supporting member 500 is inserted into the conveying channel 311, the first conveying element 310 can convey the supporting member 500 to the second conveying element 320; the second conveyor assembly 320 is used for receiving the supporting member 500 output from the conveying channel 311 and correcting the position of the supporting member 500 to ensure that the supporting member 500 can be accurately conveyed to the second target position, and the second conveyor assembly 320 is also used for conveying the supporting member 500 back to the conveying channel 311 of the first conveyor assembly 310 after pattern printing is completed, so that the first conveyor assembly 310 can output the supporting member 500 to a user, thereby completing the printing process.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the first conveyor assembly 310 may include a driving motor 312 and one or more roller sets, and when a plurality of roller sets are used, the plurality of roller sets may be sequentially disposed, each roller set includes two side-by-side conveyor rollers 313, a conveyor path 311 is formed between the two conveyor rollers 313, and the driving motor 312 is used to drive the two conveyor rollers 313 in the roller set to rotate in opposite directions to push the supporting member 500 located in the conveyor path 311 to move. In practical implementation, the axial lines of the two conveying rollers 313 in each roller group may be parallel to each other, and the number of the driving motors 312 may be only one, or may correspond to the roller groups one by one. When the driving motor 312 corresponds to the roller set, the rotating shaft of the driving motor 312 may be connected to one end of one of the two conveying rollers 313 through a coupling, and the other end of the one conveying roller 313 may be in transmission connection with the other conveying roller 313 through a transmission mechanism, for example, so that the driving motor 312 can drive the two conveying rollers 313 to rotate during the rotation process, so as to push the supporting member 500 located therebetween to move.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, in some embodiments, the second conveying assembly 320 may include a supporting member 321, a first positioning member and a second positioning member 322, the first positioning member and the second positioning member 322 being disposed on the supporting member 321; the supporting member 321 has a supporting surface thereon for receiving and supporting the bearer member 500 so that the surface 610 to be printed of the object 600 to be printed placed on the connection portion 510 is at a first predetermined position in a first direction perpendicular to the supporting surface. The first positioning member is used to position the supporting member 500 in a second direction parallel to the supporting surface and perpendicular to the first direction; the second positioning member 322 is used for positioning the supporting member 500 in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction; the supporting member 321 is used for driving the supporting member 500 to move to the second target position after the first positioning member and the second positioning member 322 position the supporting member 500.

For example, when a coordinate system is constructed with the first direction as the Z-axis direction, the second direction as the X-axis direction, and the third direction as the Y-axis direction, since the surface to be printed 610 of the object to be printed 600 is located at a specific relative position on the supporting member 500, and the supporting member 500 has a specific shape parameter, the surface to be printed 610 can be located at a first predetermined position in the Z-axis direction when the supporting member 500 is placed on the supporting surface. The first positioning member can position the supporting member 500 in the X-axis direction, and the second positioning member 322 can position the supporting member 500 in the Y-axis direction. Thus, the supporting member 500 can be positioned in the three axial directions of the coordinate system, and then the supporting member 321 can accurately move the supporting member 500 to the second target position, so as to accurately position the surface 610 to be printed of the object 600 to be printed to the position to be printed.

In some embodiments, the supporting member 321 may include a first sub-supporting member 323 and a second sub-supporting member 324, the first sub-supporting member 323 may have the supporting surface thereon, the first sub-supporting member 323 may be movably disposed on the second sub-supporting member 324, and the second sub-supporting member 324 may be movably disposed on the first body 200.

The first positioning member may be disposed on the first sub-support member 323. The first positioning member may include an urging member 325 and a stopping member 326, which are oppositely disposed, the urging member 325 may be disposed at one edge near the supporting surface, the stopping member 326 may be disposed at the other edge near the supporting surface, and the urging member 325 is used to urge the supporting member 500 from one side of the supporting member 500 along the second direction (i.e., the X-axis direction), so as to move the supporting member 500 toward the stopping member 326 along the X-axis direction, and finally to press the other side of the supporting member 500 against the stopping member 326, thereby clamping the supporting member 500, and achieving the purpose of positioning the supporting member 500 along the X-axis direction.

The pushing member 325 can have various structures, for example, as shown in fig. 8, in a preferred embodiment, the pushing member 325 can include a driving motor 3252 and a swinging arm 3251, one end of the swinging arm 3251 can be fixedly connected to a rotating shaft of the driving motor 3252, and the other end of the swinging arm 3251 can push the supporting member 500 placed on the supporting surface to move during the swinging of the swinging arm 3251 driven by the driving motor 3252. Further, the first positioning member may include a plurality of pushing members 325, and the plurality of pushing members 325 may be sequentially and uniformly arranged along one side edge of the supporting surface, so that the supporting member 500 can be pushed from a plurality of points, thereby balancing the stress of the supporting member 500. In another preferred embodiment, the pushing member 325 may also include a slider slidably connected to the supporting surface and a driving motor drivingly connected to the slider for driving the slider to slide in the second direction to push the supporting member 500 to move.

The second positioning member 322 is disposed on the second sub-supporting member 324, and the first sub-supporting member 323 can be configured to drive the supporting member 500 to move along a third direction (i.e. the Y-axis direction), so that one end of the supporting member 500 abuts against the second positioning member 322, thereby positioning the supporting member 500 in the Y-axis direction. Specifically, the second positioning member 322 and the stopping member 326 can be a baffle or a retaining wall.

After the first positioning member and the second positioning member 322 complete the positioning of the supporting member 500, the second sub-supporting member 324 can drive the first sub-supporting member 323 to move, so as to move the supporting member 500 to the second target position. Specifically, the second sub-support member 324 can drive the first sub-support member 323 to move along the second direction (i.e., the X-axis direction) to translate the supporting member 500 to a position to be printed below the printing mechanism 400, for example, so that the position of the supporting member 500 only needs to be changed from one axis, which is simple to operate and beneficial to achieving precise positioning. Of course, the second sub-supporting part 324 may also drive the first sub-supporting part 323 to move along the third direction (i.e., the Y-axis direction).

In some embodiments, the first conveying assembly 310 and the second positioning member 322 may be disposed at opposite sides of the first sub-supporting member 323, respectively, and the conveying path 311 may be arranged in a third direction (i.e., a Y-axis direction). When the first conveying assembly 310 conveys the supporting member 500 to the supporting surface, the first sub-supporting member 323 can move to a position close to the first conveying assembly 310 along the Y-axis direction to receive the supporting member 500 output by the conveying channel 311, when the supporting member 500 completely moves to the supporting surface, the first positioning member can first position the supporting member 500 in the X-axis direction, and then the first sub-supporting member 323 can drive the supporting member 500 to move along the Y-axis direction, so that one end of the supporting member 500 is supported on the second positioning member 322, so as to position the supporting member 500 in the Y-axis direction, and then the second sub-supporting member 324 can drive the first sub-supporting member 323 to move along the X-axis direction, so that the supporting member 500 can be moved to a second target position, that is, below the printing mechanism 400. The process is reversed after the pattern has been printed until at least a portion of the support member 500 is pushed out of the transport path 311 to allow the user to remove the support member 500 and the article 600 to be printed.

As shown in fig. 7, in some embodiments, the first sub-support part 323 may include a first support plate 3231, a first guide rail 3232, a screw assembly 3233, and a driving motor 3234, the first support plate 3231 forms a support surface for supporting the supporting member 500, the first guide rail 3232 is disposed on the second sub-support part 324 along the Y-axis direction, the first support plate 3231 is movably connected to the second sub-support part 324 through the first guide rail 3232, and the driving motor 3234 is in transmission connection with the first support plate 3231 through the screw assembly 3233 and drives the first support plate 3231 to move along the first guide rail 3232 through the screw assembly 3233. The first sub-support member 323 has a simple structure and is easy to implement.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 9, the second sub-supporting member 324 may include a second supporting plate 3241, a second guiding rail 3242, a belt transmission assembly (not shown), and a driving motor (not shown), the second guiding rail 3242 may be disposed on the first body 200 along the X-axis direction, the second supporting plate 3241 may be movably connected to the first body 200 through the second guiding rail 3242, the belt transmission assembly includes a driving pulley and a driven pulley rotatably connected to the first body 200, and a transmission belt connected between the driving pulley and the driven pulley, the driving motor is in transmission connection with the driving pulley, the second supporting plate 3241 is fixedly connected to the transmission belt, and the driving motor drives the driving pulley to move the second supporting plate 3241 along the X-axis direction through the transmission belt during the rotation of the driving pulley, so as to move the supporting member 500 to the second target position.

Referring to fig. 10, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a vending machine including a second body 700, and a vending unit 800 and the printing device 100 as described above, which are disposed in the second body 700, wherein the vending unit 800 is configured to vend the to-be-printed product 600 and the supporting member 500, and the vend to-be-printed product 600 is fixedly disposed on the connecting portion 510 of the supporting member 500. Using the thing 600 of waiting to print of selling as the cell-phone protective housing for the example, sell the protective housing that unit 800 was thrown out and can install in the constant head tank of a flat cuboid shape bearing member 500, the user only need drop into printing device 100 with this bearing member 500 in, just can print individualized customized pattern through this printing device 100, convenient to use easily popularizes and applies. In implementation, the first body 200 and the second body 700 may be an integral structure, or the first body 200 may be a part of the second body 700.

The above description is intended to be illustrative and not restrictive. For example, the above-described examples (or one or more versions thereof) may be used in combination with each other. For example, other embodiments may be used by those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the above description. In addition, in the foregoing detailed description, various features may be grouped together to streamline the disclosure. This should not be interpreted as an intention that a disclosed feature not claimed is essential to any claim. Rather, the subject matter of the present disclosure may lie in less than all features of a particular disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into the detailed description as examples or embodiments, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment, and it is contemplated that these embodiments may be combined with each other in various combinations or permutations. The scope of the disclosure should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.

The above embodiments are merely exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, which is not intended to limit the present disclosure, and the scope of the present disclosure is defined by the claims. Various modifications and equivalents of the disclosure may occur to those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the disclosure, and such modifications and equivalents are considered to be within the scope of the disclosure.

Claims

1. A printing device is characterized by comprising a first machine body, a conveying mechanism, a printing mechanism and a supporting component, wherein the conveying mechanism and the printing mechanism are arranged on the first machine body;

2. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supporting member has a positioning groove formed therein for receiving the object to be printed.

3. The printing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transport mechanism comprises:

4. The printing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the second transport assembly includes a support member, and a first positioning member and a second positioning member provided on the support member;

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first positioning member includes an urging member and a stopper member which are disposed opposite to each other, and the urging member is configured to urge the supporting member from one side thereof in the second direction so that the other side thereof abuts against the stopper member to hold the supporting member.

6. The printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the support member includes a first sub-support member and a second sub-support member;

7. The printing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the conveying path is arranged in the third direction for conveying the holding member onto the supporting surface from a side away from the second positioning member.

8. The printing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first transport assembly comprises:

9. The printing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the second sub-support member is configured to move the first sub-support member in a second direction to move the holding member to the second target position.

10. Vending machine comprising a second body, a vending unit arranged inside said second body for vending both the article to be printed and the supporting member, said article to be printed being fixed to the connection portion of the supporting member, and a printing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.