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- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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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
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- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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- B41J25/312—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface with print pressure adjustment mechanisms, e.g. pressure-on-the paper mechanisms
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- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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- the present invention relates a printer, for example, a printer having a label printing function that prints desired information, such as a character, a sign, a diagram, a barcode, or similar information, on a label or a similar printing medium.
- desired information such as a character, a sign, a diagram, a barcode, or similar information
- a label printer is a printer having a function that, for example, while unwinding a rolled continuous paper to feed the continuous paper in a sheet-shape, prints desired information on a label of the continuous paper.
- a thermal head portion which performs printing on the label
- a platen roller portion which feeds the continuous paper
- a printing quality is improved by contacting a printing portion of the thermal head portion closely to the label of the continuous paper by the thermal head portion being pressed onto a side of the platen roller portion in a state where the continuous paper is nipped between the thermal head portion and the platen roller portion.
- JP2007-301869A discloses a printer that has such label printing function.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described technical background, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a printer that can effectively press the printing portion of the printing means.
- a printer includes a medium supply unit configured to supply a print medium, feeding means configured to feed the print medium supplied from the medium supply unit along a medium feed path, printing means disposed to oppose the feeding means in the medium feed path, the printing means being configured to print on the print medium fed along the medium feed path, and pressing means configured to press the printing means onto the feeding means in a state where the print medium is nipped between the printing means and the feeding means, wherein the pressing means includes a pressing-force adjustment portion configured to adjust a pressing force on the printing means; and a pressing member disposed between the pressing-force adjustment portion and the printing means in a state where the pressing member is extended to connect a pressing portion of the pressing-force adjustment portion and a printing portion of the printing means, the pressing member being configured to transmit the pressing force from the pressing-force adjustment portion to the printing portion.
- the pressing-force adjustment portion includes an operating portion disposed movably within an operating surface to operate the pressing force on the printing means, a pressure changing unit disposed in a state of being engaged with the operating portion, the pressure changing unit being disposed to be stepwise in order to change the pressing force on the printing means in stages corresponding to a position where the operating portion moves; and an elastic member disposed in the operating portion in order to change the pressing force on the pressing member corresponding to the position where the operating portion moves.
- the pressing member is disposed swingably.
- a plurality of the pressing members are disposed along a width direction of the print medium.
- the printing portion of the printing means of the printer can be pressed effectively.
- the printing portion of the printing means of the printer can be pressed effectively with a simple structure.
- a height of the pressing member can be adjusted corresponding to the print medium of various thicknesses, thus printing can be performed properly on the print medium of the various thicknesses.
- the print medium of various widths can be pressed properly, thus printing can be performed properly on the print medium of the various widths.
- FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an appearance of a printer according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view for illustrating an inside of the printer in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a side view of the printer in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 4A is an enlarged perspective view where a printing unit in a closed state of a printing head portion in FIG. 3 is viewed from a front.
- FIG. 4B is an enlarged perspective view where the printing unit in an open state of the printing head portion in FIG. 3 is viewed from the front.
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view where the printing unit in FIG. 4A is viewed from a back side.
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view of the printing portion in FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view where a printing head portion in FIG. 6 is extracted and viewed from a lower side.
- FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a head mechanism.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating an assembled state of a head slider portion and a head holding portion which constitute the head mechanism in FIG. 8 .
- FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating an assembled state of the head mechanism in FIG. 8 .
- FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the printing unit of the printer in FIG. 1 viewed from the front side.
- FIG. 12A is a plan view of a top surface of an operating surface plate which constitutes an operational panel unit of a pressing device.
- FIG. 12B is a plan view of a back surface of the operating surface plate in FIG. 12A .
- FIG. 13A is a perspective view of the operating surface plate in FIG. 12A viewed from a back side.
- FIG. 13B is a main part enlarged perspective view of the back surface of the operating surface plate in FIG. 13A .
- FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a XIV-XIV line of the printing head portion in FIG. 11 .
- FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of a XV-XV line of the printing head portion in FIG. 11 .
- FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of a XVI-XVI line of the printing head portion in FIG. 11 .
- FIG. 17A is a schematic cross-sectional view of the printing unit before a thermal head portion is pressed.
- FIG. 17B is a schematic cross-sectional view of the printing unit while the thermal head portion is being pressed.
- a feed direction for printing a continuous paper (print medium), specifically a direction feeding the continuous paper from a paper sheet supply unit to a thermal head portion, is referred to as a printing direction, and if there is no specific description, an upstream in the feed direction is referred to as an upstream side in the printing direction, and a downstream in the feed direction is referred to as a downstream side in the printing direction.
- FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an appearance of a printer according to the embodiment.
- a printer 1 has, for example, a label printing function, which prints information such as a character, a sign, a diagram, a barcode, or similar information, on a label adhered temporarily on a liner sheet.
- an operational panel unit 3 On a front cover portion 2 at a front of the printer 1 , an operational panel unit 3 , a power switch 4 , and an issue port (medium discharge port) 5 are disposed.
- an LCD Liquid Crystal Display
- keys line key, feed key, function key, direction indicating key, cancel key, and similar keys
- LEDs Light Emitting Diodes
- an open cover portion 6 is openably/closably mounted in a vertical direction by hinge portions 7 at two sites.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view for illustrating an inside of the printer in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a side view of the printer in FIG. 2 .
- a front side of the printer 1 front cover portion 2 side
- a back side back cover portion side
- a rear at an upstream side in the feed direction of the continuous paper.
- a paper sheet supply unit (medium supply unit) 10 which is disposed on its rear side
- a printing unit 11 which is disposed on its front side
- an ink ribbon portion 12 which is disposed on its upper side
- the paper sheet supply unit 10 which is a configuration unit that supplies a continuous paper (print medium) P to the printing unit 11 , includes a support shaft 10 a and a roll guiding portion 10 b, which is installed at one end of the support shaft 10 a.
- the support shaft 10 a is a configuration portion that rotatably supports the continuous paper P rolled up in a rolled shape.
- the roll guiding portion 10 b which is a configuration portion that fixes the rolled continuous paper P, is movably installed along an axial direction of the support shaft 10 a to be able to change its position corresponding to a width of the continuous paper P.
- the continuous paper P includes, for example, a long liner sheet and a plurality of labels adhered temporarily at every predetermined interval along a longitudinal direction of the liner sheet.
- a releasing agent such as silicone or similar material is coated, and this ensures the label to be peeled off easily.
- position detection marks On a surface where the label is not applied on the liner sheet, position detection marks, which indicate a position of the label, are formed at every predetermined interval along the longitudinal direction.
- a thermal paper is used and a case where a plain paper is used.
- a thermal coloring layer which develops a specific color (such as black or red) when reaching a predetermined temperature region, is formed.
- the outside wound label is wound in a state where the label of the continuous paper P is positioned on an outer peripheral surface of the rolled continuous paper P, and as shown in FIG. 3 , a continuous paper Ps (P: dashed line) is unwound from around the center in the height direction of the paper sheet supply unit 10 toward a bottom portion of the printing unit 11 .
- the inside wound label is wound in a state where the label of the continuous paper P is positioned on an inner peripheral surface of the rolled continuous paper P, and as shown in FIG. 3 , a continuous paper Pb (P: solid line) is unwound from around an internal bottom surface of the printer 1 toward the bottom portion of the printing unit 11 .
- paper passing routes of the continuous paper P (Ps, Pb) in the printing unit 11 are identical.
- the continuous paper P is fed in a state where a surface where the label is temporarily adhered (printed surface) is upward.
- the above-described printing unit 11 which is a configuration unit that performs printing on the label of continuous paper P or a similar print medium, includes a printing head portion 13 , a supporting stand 14 , which is disposed below the printing head portion 13 , and a damper portion 15 , which is disposed on a rear (upstream of feed of the continuous paper P at the printing direction) of them.
- the printing head portion 13 is, as described below, openably/closably installed inside the printer 1 .
- the paper passing route (medium feed path) is formed. Then, this paper passing route is coupled to the above-described issue port 5 (see FIG. 1 ).
- a head lock lever portion 16 which maintains the closed state of the printing head portion 13 , is installed. Operating this head lock lever portion 16 releases the closed state of the printing head portion 13 and then a front portion of the printing head portion 13 is lifted to open the printing head portion 13 (the printing head portion 13 separates from a platen roller portion 23 ).
- the damper portion 15 is a configuration portion that gives tension to the continuous paper P.
- the damper portion 15 which includes an outer damper portion 15 a and an inner damper portion 15 b, moves in the vertical direction (opens and closes) in conjunction with an opening and closing of the printing head portion 13 .
- the outer damper portion 15 a and the inner damper portion 15 b are swingably installed such that each can give tension to the continuous paper P.
- the above-described ink ribbon portion 12 which is a configuration portion that supplies and rolls up an ink ribbon where printing ink is applied, includes a ribbon supply unit 12 a and a ribbon roll up unit 12 b, which is disposed on a lateral of a front of the ribbon supply unit 12 a.
- the ribbon supply unit 12 a is a configuration unit that rotatably supports the ink ribbon rolled up in a rolled-shape.
- the ribbon roll up unit 12 b is a configuration unit that rolls up and recovers the already printed ink ribbon RB. It should be noted that when using the ink ribbon, the ink ribbon extracted from the ribbon supply unit 12 a is passed through below the printing head portion 13 , and then rolled up by the ribbon roll up unit 12 b.
- the continuous paper P (Ps, Pb), which is unwound from the paper sheet supply unit 10 in a sheet-shape, is fed to the paper passing route between the printing head portion 13 and the supporting stand 14 via the damper portion 15 , and in the middle of this, after a printing process is executed on the label of the continuous paper P or a similar print medium, is discharged outside the printer 1 from the issue port 5 .
- FIG. 4A is an enlarged perspective view where the printing unit in the closed state of the printing head portion in FIG. 3 is viewed from a front.
- FIG. 4B is an enlarged perspective view where the printing unit in an open state of the printing head portion in FIG. 3 is viewed from the front.
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view where the printing unit in FIG. 4A is viewed from a back side.
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view of the printing unit in FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view where a printing head portion in FIG. 6 is extracted and viewed from a lower side.
- the printing head portion 13 includes the front portion, which is swingably in the vertical direction (that is, openably and closably) supported by a head support plate 17 on one side surface of the printing head portion 13 around a rotary shaft S 1 (see FIG. 5 and FIG. 7 ) of a rear of the printing head portion 13 .
- a thermal head portion 18 On an inferior surface (surface facing the paper passing route) of the printing head portion 13 , a thermal head portion 18 (see FIG. 4B and FIG. 7 ) is installed in a state where its printing surface faces the paper passing route.
- the thermal head portion 18 is printing means, which performs printing on the label of the continuous paper P and similar print medium with heating resistors of a printing line 18 L disposed on a printing surface of the thermal head portion 18 .
- a plurality of heating resistors (heating elements) are arranged along a width direction (direction perpendicular to the feed direction of the continuous paper P) of the continuous paper P.
- depressed claw portions 19 , 19 are disposed so as to sandwich the thermal head portion 18 .
- pins 20 , 20 which project outward from both side surfaces of the printing head portion 13 , are disposed on a rear of the depressed claw portion 19 .
- the platen roller portion 23 is feeding means that feeds the continuous paper P unwound from the paper sheet supply unit 10 to the issue port 5 (see FIG. 1 ) along the paper passing route, and a surface of the platen roller portion 23 is coated with elastic material such as hard rubber.
- This platen roller portion 23 is rotatably in normal and reverse directions installed on an upper portion of the supporting stand 14 .
- a gear G 1 is coupled to one end in an axial direction of the rotary shaft S 2 of the platen roller portion 23 .
- This gear G 1 is engaged with a rotary shaft of a driver (not illustrated) such as a stepping motor via such as a timing belt (not illustrated).
- the gear G 1 is coupled to a gear G 4 via concatenation gears G 2 and G 3 (see FIG. 5 ). It should be noted that the pressing device 24 will be described later in detail.
- a suppression portion 17 a (see FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 ) is integrally formed on an end portion on the damper portion 15 side on the head support plate 17 , which supports the printing head portion 13 .
- This suppression portion 17 a is formed at an opposite position of a front portion of the head support plate 17 with respect to the rotary shaft S 1 .
- a pin 17 b (see FIG. 7 ), which projects from its surface, is disposed on a surface facing the damper portion 15 on a distal end of this suppression portion 17 a.
- the suppression portion 17 a and the pin 17 b are parts of a mechanism, which opens and closes the damper portion 15 in conjunction with an opening and closing of the printing head portion 13 .
- This mechanism can make the damper portion 15 move in a vertical direction (opens and closes) in conjunction with the opening and closing of the printing head portion 13 . That is, when the printing head portion 13 opens, the damper portion 15 lifts up in conjunction with the printing head portion 13 , which widens a width through which the continuous paper P is inserted, and a visibility of a lower portion of the damper portion 15 can be improved. Therefore, the continuous paper P extracted from the paper sheet supply unit 10 can pass through below the damper portion 15 not being caught by a width adjustment guiding portion. Accordingly, an operation to insert the continuous paper P through the paper passing route of the printer 1 can be facilitated.
- a mechanism for opening the damper portion 15 manually is not disposed separately, and an opening mechanism and a closing mechanism of the damper portion 15 are mutually doubled, thus the structure can be simplified and the number of components can be reduced. Accordingly, a cost of the printer 1 can be reduced and downsizing of the printer 1 can be advanced.
- a paper-sheet-position detecting sensor (not illustrated) is disposed in the paper passing route of the printing unit 11 , between the thermal head portion 18 and the damper portion 15 .
- This paper-sheet-position detecting sensor which is a sensor that detects a label position of the continuous paper P by detecting the position detection mark disposed on the continuous paper P or a liner sheet part between adjacent labels, for example, is constituted of a light reflection type or light transmission type sensor.
- the continuous paper P is fed by rotating the platen roller portion 23 in a state where the thermal head portion 18 is pressed on a side of the platen roller portion 23 by the pressing device 24 while the continuous paper P is nipped between the thermal head portion 18 and the platen roller portion 23 . Then, based on information detected by the paper-sheet-position detecting sensor, a printing timing is determined, and the heating resistors of the printing line 18 L are selectively heated by a printing signal transmitted to the thermal head portion 18 . Thus, desired information, such as a character, a sign, a diagram, a barcode, or similar information, is printed on the label of the continuous paper P.
- the outer damper portion 15 a of the damper portion 15 when viewing a side surface of the printing unit 11 , extends obliquely downward from a front side to a rear side, and is supported by a damper supporting member 25 around a rotary shaft S 3 of the front side (see FIG. 4A , FIG. 4B and FIG. 6 ) in a state where the rear portion is swingable in the vertical direction.
- a coil spring 26 in FIG. 5 is a member that inhibits the outer damper portion 15 a from going excessively to an upper side (rear side), swingably supports the outer damper portion 15 a.
- the inner damper portion 15 b of the damper portion 15 when viewing the side surface of the printing unit 11 , extends obliquely downward from the rear side to the front side in contrast to the outer damper portion 15 a, and is supported by the rear portion of the outer damper portion 15 a around a rotary shaft S 4 (see FIG. 4A , FIG. 4B and FIG. 6 ) on the rear side in a state where a front portion is swingable in the vertical direction.
- a paper sheet contact portion of the inner damper portion 15 b is positioned on a downstream of feed of the continuous paper P with respect to a paper sheet contact portion of the outer damper portion 15 a. That is, the paper sheet contact portion of the inner damper portion 15 b is disposed between the printing head portion 13 and the paper sheet contact portion of the outer damper portion 15 a.
- a height of the paper sheet contact portion of the inner damper portion 15 b is disposed at a lower position than a height of the paper sheet contact portion of the outer damper portion 15 a. That is, the height of the paper sheet contact portion of the inner damper portion 15 b is disposed between the paper sheet contact portion of the outer damper portion 15 a and a bottom surface inside the printer 1 .
- Disposing such inner damper portion 15 b causes even the inside wound label to be inserted to the paper passing route with the continuous paper Pb contacting the inner damper portion 15 b. Accordingly, even with the inside wound label, the inner damper portion 15 b can give enough tension to the continuous paper Pb to feed the continuous paper Pb properly and ensure the printing quality.
- supporting the inner damper portion 15 b in the outer damper portion 15 a pivotally can add the printer 1 a damper function that is possible to give enough tension even to the inside wound label without increasing a size of the printer 1 .
- a width adjustment guiding portion 27 is movably installed along an axial direction of the rotary shafts S 3 and S 4 .
- the width adjustment guiding portion 27 is a configuration portion that abuts on both ends of the width direction of the continuous paper P fed from the paper sheet supply unit 10 , and guides the feed of the continuous paper P.
- This width adjustment guiding portion 27 is coupled to a guide operating portion 28 on a back side of the outer damper portion 15 a.
- This guide operating portion 28 is a tab for, while moving the width adjustment guiding portion 27 according to the width of the continuous paper P, fixing a position of the width adjustment guiding portion 27 .
- a depression portion 29 (see FIG. 6 ) is partially formed on the bottom surface inside the printer 1 below the damper portion 15 .
- the depression portion 29 is formed in closed states of the printing head portion 13 and the damper portion 15 , so that a lower portion of the width adjustment guiding portion 27 is positioned below the bottom surface inside the printer 1 .
- the width adjustment guiding portion 27 includes a lower end portion but does not contact a bottom surface of the depression portion 29 , and is away from the bottom surface of the depression portion 29 at only a predetermined distance. This lower end portion of the width adjustment guiding portion 27 may be formed, for example, in an arc-shape.
- the continuous paper P slacks to contact a bottom surface inside the printer 1 .
- the continuous paper P is positioned lower than the lower end portion of the width adjustment guiding portion 27 , and may fall outside the range determined by the width adjustment guiding portion 27 .
- resuming the printing operation in this state causes the continuous paper P to go over the width adjustment guiding portion 27 and be fed in a state where the damper portion 15 does not function.
- a printing position displaces from a planned position, and thins a printing density to end up with a deteriorated printing quality.
- a continuous paper P of a narrower width easily deviates from the width adjustment guiding portion 27 .
- the rolled continuous paper P loaded in the paper sheet supply unit 10 may slack due to a fictitious force by rotation.
- the lower portion of the width adjustment guiding portion 27 of the damper portion 15 is positioned lower than a line on the bottom surface inside the printer 1 , and the continuous paper P does not fall outside the range determined by the width adjustment guiding portion 27 . Accordingly, when resuming the printing operation, the continuous paper P does not go over the width adjustment guiding portion 27 , thus the damper portion 15 functions without being impaired. Therefore, the malfunctions, such as a printing position displacing from a planned position and thinning of a printing density, can be avoided to improve the printing quality of the printer 1 .
- the damper supporting member 25 which supports the above-described outer damper portion 15 a, is supported within the printer 1 around of a rotary shaft S 5 (see FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 ) on a front portion side in a state where a rear portion is swingable in a vertical direction.
- a long groove portion (induction portion) 25 a (see FIG. 5 ), which extends along a longitudinal direction of the damper supporting member 25 , is formed.
- the pin 17 b (see FIG. 8 ) of the above-described head support plate 17 is movably fitted along the long groove portion 25 a.
- the damper supporting member 25 includes the rear portion, which while being biased in a direction opening above (direction where the entire damper portion 15 rises) around the rotary shaft S 5 (see FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 ) by a torsion spring 30 (see FIG. 5 ) mounted on the rotary shaft S 5 , is suppressed by the suppression portion 17 a while the suppression portion 17 a of the head support plate 17 is positioned on a side of the outer damper portion 15 a, and maintained in a closed state.
- the suppression portion 17 a returns to a suppression position from a suppression release position along the long groove portion 25 a of the damper supporting member 25 .
- the rear portion of the damper supporting member 25 decreases opposing the biasing force of the torsion spring 30 and the damper portion 15 also is decreased automatically.
- the opening and closing mechanism of the damper portion 15 is not limited to the above-described configuration.
- the opening and closing mechanism of the damper portion 15 may be as follows. That is, the rear portion of the damper supporting member 25 may be biased in a direction closing around the rotary shaft S 5 by the torsion spring 30 mounted on the rotary shaft S 5 (direction where the entire damper portion 15 is decreased). In this case, when the printing head portion 13 opens, as the suppression portion 17 a moves from the suppression position to the suppression release position along the long groove portion 25 a, the rear portion of the damper supporting member 25 is pulled to rise. Thus, the rear portion of the damper portion 15 opens in conjunction with an opening operation of the printing head portion 13 .
- the rear portion of the damper supporting member 25 is decreased by an action of the torsion spring 30 , and the damper portion 15 also is decreased.
- the rear portion of the damper portion 15 closes in conjunction with a closing operation of the printing head portion 13 .
- the biasing force of the torsion spring 21 on a side of the printing head portion 13 is configured to be larger than the biasing force of the torsion spring 30 on a side of the damper supporting member 25 .
- FIG. 8 is a main part exploded perspective view of the head mechanism.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating an assembled state of a head slider portion and a head holding portion which constitute the head mechanism in FIG. 8 .
- FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating an assembled state of the head mechanism in FIG. 8 . It should be noted that, in FIG. 10 , an operating surface plate of the pressing device is omitted to make a state inside the head mechanism easier to see.
- a head mechanism 35 includes a head slider portion 36 , a head holding portion 37 and the pressing device 24 in the order from the lower side.
- the head slider portion 36 is a mechanism that moves a position of the printing line 18 L of the thermal head portion 18 back and forth (front and rear along the feed direction of the continuous paper P) corresponding to the type of the print medium (such as thickness and hardness).
- the head slider portion 36 includes a lower layer plate 36 a, an upper layer plate 36 b, a rotary shaft 36 c and a gear 36 d.
- the lower layer plate 36 a is fixed to a back surface of the thermal head portion 18 (a back side surface of the printing surface) with screws 36 e attachably/detachably.
- parts at both ends in a longitudinal direction of the lower layer plate 36 a are bent upward, and their upper tip portions have depressed hook portions 36 f 36 f formed.
- the upper layer plate 36 b Above the lower layer plate 36 a, the upper layer plate 36 b is installed.
- the upper layer plate 36 b supports the rotary shaft 36 c rotatably. Both ends of the rotary shaft 36 c in a longitudinal direction fit in the above-described depressed hook portions 36 f, 36 f of the lower layer plate 36 a. This engages the lower layer plate 36 a with the rotary shaft 36 c.
- One end of the rotary shaft 36 c is coupled with the gear 36 d.
- the gear 36 d On the rotary shaft 36 c, a portion where the depressed hook portions 36 f is engaged, and the rotary shaft portion between them and the center of the gear 36 d are decentered.
- the rotation of the gear 36 d causes the lower layer plate 36 a engaged with the rotary shaft 36 c to move back and forth. This can change the position of the printing line 18 L of the thermal head portion 18 to the appropriate position corresponding to the type of the print medium (such as thickness and hardness), thus the printing quality can be improved.
- the upper layer plate 36 b has a hole portion 36 g (see FIG. 8 ) formed to penetrate its top and inferior surfaces. In this hole portion 36 g, a protrusion 18 P disposed in the back surface of the thermal head portion 18 is inserted.
- the above-described head holding portion 37 is a mechanism that holds the thermal head portion 18 attachably/detachably.
- the head holding portion 37 includes a pressing plate 37 a and a coil spring 37 b.
- the pressing plate 37 a is installed on the upper layer plate 36 b with screws 37 c, 37 c in a state of being slightly movable along its longitudinal direction (the width direction of the continuous paper P).
- This pressing plate 37 a has a hole portion 37 d formed to penetrate its top and inferior surfaces. Through this hole portion 37 d, the above-described protrusion 18 P is inserted.
- One end of the pressing plate 37 a in the longitudinal direction is bent downward, and a head-hold releasing portion 37 e (see FIG. 8 ) is formed on the one end. A lower tip portion of this head-hold releasing portion 37 e projects to the inferior surface of the printing head portion 13 .
- the coil spring 37 b is mounted between the screws 37 c, 37 c.
- the pressing plate 37 a is biased to a direction pressing the protrusion 18 P by the coil spring 37 b. This holds the thermal head portion 18 .
- FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the printing unit viewed from the front side.
- FIG. 12A is a plan view of a top surface of an operating surface plate which constitutes an operational panel unit of a pressing device.
- FIG. 12B is a plan view of a back surface of the operating surface plate in FIG. 12A .
- FIG. 13A is a perspective view of the operating surface plate in FIG. 12A viewed from a back side.
- FIG. 13B is a main part enlarged perspective view of the back surface of the operating surface plate in FIG. 13A .
- FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a XIV-XIV line of the printing head portion in FIG.
- FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of a XV-XV line of the printing head portion in FIG. 11 .
- FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of a XVI-XVI line of the printing head portion in FIG. 11 . It should be noted that FIG. 14 to FIG. 16 are cross-sectional views, and only a few parts in the drawings are hatched to make the drawings easier to see.
- the pressing device 24 includes a pressure operating panel unit (pressing-force adjustment portion) 40 and a head pressure plate (pressing member) 50 .
- the pressure operating panel unit 40 is a mechanism that adjusts a pressing force against the printing line 18 L of the thermal head portion 18 .
- the pressure operating panel unit 40 is disposed on a top surface of the printing head portion 13 , as illustrated in FIG. 11 .
- the pressure operating panel unit 40 is disposed on a side surface of the printing head portion 13 . In such a case, a structure of the pressing device becomes complicated, and a size of the printer becomes large.
- the pressure operating panel unit 40 of the pressing device 24 is disposed on the top surface of the printing head portion 13 , which achieves a simple structure of the pressing device 24 , and the downsizing of the printer 1 . Additionally, a visibility of the pressure operating panel unit 40 is improved, thus an operability of the pressing device 24 can be improved.
- the pressure operating panel unit 40 includes an operating surface plate 41 , a pressing force display unit 42 , a pressing force changing portion 43 (see FIG. 12B and FIG. 13 ) and an operating portion 44 .
- the operating surface plate 41 is mounted on the top surface of the printing head portion 13 .
- a depressed area in an approximately planar fan-shape is formed in two positions along the width direction of the continuous paper P, and the pressing force display unit 42 is formed in the depressed area.
- the pressing force display unit 42 for example, five circles of which diameters gradually become larger or smaller along an arc of the fan are provided. For example, here, the larger the diameter of the circle is, the larger the pressing force is.
- Each depressed area of the operating surface plate 41 has a hole portion 41 a (see FIG. 12 ) formed to penetrate top and inferior surfaces of the operating surface plate 41 .
- the pressing force changing portion 43 is formed in a peripheral area of the hole portion 41 a on a back surface of the operating surface plate 41 .
- the pressing force changing portion 43 is formed to be a stepwise shape such that the projection heights change in stages along the circumferential direction of the hole portion 41 a (see FIG. 13 ).
- the operating portion 44 In the position of the hole portion 41 a in each depressed area of the operating surface plate 41 , the operating portion 44 is installed in a rotatable state with respect to an inside surface of the operating surface plate 41 .
- the operating portion 44 has, as illustrated in FIG. 8 , a tab portion 44 a, a large-diameter portion 44 b, a small-diameter portion 44 c, a coil spring (elastic member) 44 d and a protrusion 44 e.
- the tab portion 44 a is integrally molded on a top surface of the large-diameter portion 44 b. A part of this tab portion 44 a extends outside of an outer periphery of the top surface of the large-diameter portion 44 b. Rotating the operating portion 44 with holding this extended end of the tab portion 44 a can rotate the operating portion 44 with relatively small force due to the principle of leverage.
- the small-diameter portion 44 c is integrally molded under a back surface of the large-diameter portion 44 b.
- the small-diameter portion 44 c is formed to be cylindrical, and the coil spring 44 d (see FIG. 8 , FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 ) is mounted within its cylinder.
- the coil spring 44 d is a member to press the head pressure plate 50 by abutting approximately on the middle of the head pressure plate 50 in the longitudinal direction.
- the small-diameter portion 44 c is inserted in the hole portion 41 a of the operating surface plate 41 .
- the protrusion 44 e is formed to project in a radial direction of the small-diameter portion 44 c.
- This protrusion 44 e contacts the stepped surface of the pressing force changing portion 43 . This causes the rotation of the operating portion 44 to change the projection length of the small-diameter portion 44 c in stages that corresponds to the level difference of the steps of the pressing force changing portion 43 , and the pressing force of the coil spring 44 d against the head pressure plate 50 (that is, the thermal head portion 18 ) change in stages.
- the left side in FIG. 14 and the operating portion 44 in FIG. 15 illustrate example states before the thermal head portion 18 is pressed.
- the coil spring 44 d of the operating portion 44 is not in contact with the head pressure plate 50 .
- the right side in FIG. 14 and the operating portion 44 in FIG. 16 illustrate example states while the thermal head portion 18 is pressed with the highest force.
- the coil spring 44 d of the operating portion 44 is in contact with the head pressure plate 50 , and pressing the head pressure plate 50 .
- the above-described head pressure plate 50 is a member to transmit the pressing force from the operating portion 44 of the pressure operating panel unit 40 to the printing line 18 L of the thermal head portion 18 .
- the head pressure plate 50 is installed between the operating surface plate 41 and the thermal head portion 18 in a state of being extended to connect a pressing portion of the coil spring 44 d of the operating portion 44 and the printing line 18 L of the thermal head portion 18 .
- the head pressure plate 50 is also disposed, for example, two, corresponding to it.
- the continuous paper P of various widths can be pressed properly, and the proper printing onto the continuous paper P of various widths can be achieved.
- Each head pressure plate 50 has both ends in the width direction bent upward, and bent portions 50 a are formed on the end portions. This ensures the head pressure plate 50 both mechanical strength and weight reduction.
- a hole portion 50 b is formed in a rear edge side on the head pressure plate 50 in the longitudinal direction.
- a rotary shaft 51 is inserted.
- the head pressure plate 50 is pivotally supported by the rotary shaft 51 in a state where its front side end portion swingable in a vertical direction around the rotary shaft 51 . Accordingly, the height of the front side end portion of the head pressure plate 50 can be adjusted corresponding to the print medium thickness, thus the proper printing on the continuous paper P of various thickness can be performed.
- a front side end portion of the head pressure plate 50 in the longitudinal direction is bent downward, and a protrusion 50 c is formed on the end portion.
- This protrusion 50 c is configured to press a back side of the printing line 18 L of the thermal head portion 18 locally.
- the above-described coil spring 44 d of the operating portion 44 contacts to press the head pressure plate 50 .
- FIG. 17A is a schematic cross-sectional view of the printing unit before a thermal head portion is pressed.
- FIG. 17B is a schematic cross-sectional view of the printing unit while the thermal head portion is being pressed.
- the printing is performed in a state where the printing line 18 L is closely contacted with the print medium by the thermal head portion 18 being pressed on a side of the platen roller portion 23 during the printing process.
- the print medium has thick and relatively hard materials such as tags.
- the pressing force against the thermal head portion is adjusted corresponding to each material to achieve the close contact between the printing line and the print medium.
- the operating portion 44 is disposed rearward with respect to the printing line 18 L, and the head pressure plate 50 is disposed in between the pressing portion of the coil spring 44 d of the operating portion 44 and the printing line 18 L to connect them.
- the pressing force of the coil spring 44 d of the operating portion 44 can be transmitted to the printing line 18 L of the thermal head portion 18 locally by the head pressure plate 50 and the protrusion 50 c.
- the pressing force by the operating portion 44 of the pressure operating panel unit 40 can be transmitted to the printing line 18 L of the thermal head portion 18 effectively without causing the size of the printer 1 to become larger. Accordingly, the printing line 18 L can be pressed effectively to improve the printing quality.
- a continuous paper which includes a plurality of labels adhered temporarily on a liner sheet, is used as a print medium
- a continuous label including an adhesive surface on one surface label without liner sheet
- a continuous sheet without an adhesive surface continuous sheet
- a printable film by a thermal head or a similar film can be used as a print medium.
- the label without liner sheet, the continuous sheet, or the film can include a position detection mark.
- a roller including silicone may be disposed while a non-adhesive coating is applied to a feed path.
- the present invention has been described in a case applying to a stand-alone type printer, where an input operation to the printer is executed without a personal computer, but this should not be construed in a limiting sense; for example, the present invention may also apply to an on-line type printer, where the input operation to the printer is executed via the personal computer.
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