CN221913798U - Printer with a printer body - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a printer, which comprises a printer body and an upper cover which is pivotally connected with the printer body through a rotating shaft; the printer is configured to allow a printing sheet to pass between the main body and the upper cover in a longitudinal direction when executing a printing job; the machine body is provided with a first end part and a second end part which are mutually far away in the transverse direction, the rotating shaft is arranged at the first end part, the axial line of the rotating shaft extends along the longitudinal direction, the machine body is provided with a paper width adjusting mechanism, the paper width adjusting mechanism comprises an adjusting baffle plate for manual movement of a user, and the adjusting baffle plate is configured to be capable of transversely sliding between a first position and a second position; wherein the adjustment flap in the first position is adjacent the second end.

Description

Printer with a printer body

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of printer equipment, in particular to a printer.

Background

In a conventional printer, a paper width adjusting mechanism is provided on a main body in order to commonly use printing papers of various specifications. The paper width adjusting mechanism on the existing side-opening type printer can adjust the width only by completely opening the whole upper cover of the printer. This not only is inconvenient to adjust, but also makes the printer use Jing Shouxian (e.g., such printers cannot be installed inside a highly constrained device for use as a printing assembly).

Disclosure of utility model

Based on the technical problems, the application aims to provide a printer with a paper width adjusting mechanism convenient to operate.

To achieve the above object, the present utility model provides a printer comprising: the upper cover is pivotally connected with the machine body through a rotating shaft; the printer is configured to allow a printing sheet to pass between the main body and the upper cover in a longitudinal direction when executing a printing job; the machine body is provided with a first end part and a second end part which are mutually far away in the transverse direction, the rotating shaft is arranged at the first end part, the axial line of the rotating shaft extends along the longitudinal direction, the machine body is provided with a paper width adjusting mechanism, the paper width adjusting mechanism comprises an adjusting baffle plate for manual movement of a user, and the adjusting baffle plate is configured to be capable of transversely sliding between a first position and a second position; wherein the adjustment flap in the first position is adjacent the second end.

In the scheme, the upper cover of the printer is designed to be opened laterally, and the adjusting baffle of the paper width adjusting mechanism is arranged at one end, far away from the opening rotating shaft, of the printer, so that the paper width adjusting mechanism can adapt to manual adjustment of the adjusting baffle of the upper cover under a smaller opening angle.

In the above technical solution, in some specific embodiments, the maximum opening angle of the upper cover with respect to the machine body is smaller than 50 °.

In some embodiments, the adjusting shutter in the first position is configured to be exposed after the cover opening angle of the upper cover with respect to the body is 10 ° or more.

In some embodiments, the paper width adjusting mechanism includes a fixed baffle, the fixed baffle and the adjusting baffle are disposed opposite to each other in a lateral direction, and the fixed baffle is disposed near the first end.

In some embodiments, the machine body includes a lower bracket, the adjusting baffle is provided with a hook, and the adjusting baffle is slidably connected to the lower bracket along a transverse direction through the hook.

In some specific embodiments, a positioning mechanism for maintaining the adjusting baffle at the current position is disposed between the lower bracket and the adjusting baffle, the positioning mechanism includes a plurality of positioning recesses disposed on the lower bracket and distributed along a transverse direction, and at least one positioning tooth disposed on the adjusting baffle and matched with the positioning recesses, and the at least one positioning tooth is located at the front side or the rear side of the hook; when the at least one positioning tooth is separated from the corresponding positioning concave part, the adjusting baffle plate can slide along the transverse direction corresponding to the lower bracket.

In the scheme, the position of the baffle plate is fixedly adjusted by adding the positioning mechanism, so that the baffle plate is prevented from moving in the printing process, the movement range of paper is limited, and the problems of inclination, unclear printing, missing printing and the like of printing content are avoided.

In some embodiments, the adjusting baffle comprises an elastic supporting arm, the resilient support arm is configured to contact the lower bracket.

In some embodiments, the adjusting baffle is L-shaped and includes a bottom wall and a side wall extending upward from a side edge of the bottom wall, and the hook is disposed at a lower portion of the bottom wall.

In some embodiments, the front bottom of the side wall has an inclined surface, the inclined surface extends forward relative to the front side edge of the bottom wall, a first contact bump facing the lower bracket is disposed on the inclined surface, and a second contact bump facing the lower bracket is disposed at the rear of the elastic support arm.

In some embodiments, in the above technical solution, the hook has a groove, the groove is configured to enhance the elasticity of the hook.

Other advantageous effects of the application will be further described in the detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the printer of FIG. 1 with the upper cover in an open position in some embodiments;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a fuselage according to an embodiment of the present application

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a structure of a fuselage when an adjusting baffle is at a first position according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a structure of a fuselage when an adjusting baffle is at a second position according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a structure of a fuselage when an adjusting baffle is in an intermediate position according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an adjusting baffle in a top view according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an adjusting baffle in a bottom view according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an adjusting baffle in a side view according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the printer shown in FIG. 4 taken along line A-A in some embodiments;

FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the printer shown in FIG. 4, taken along B-B in some embodiments;

FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the printer shown in FIG. 4 taken along line C-C in some embodiments.

Detailed Description

In order to describe the technical content, constructional features, objects and effects of the utility model in detail, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the utility model will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the utility model, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the utility model, not all embodiments of the utility model. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a detailed description of various exemplary embodiments or implementations of the utility model. However, various exemplary embodiments may be practiced without these specific details or with one or more equivalent arrangements. Furthermore, the various exemplary embodiments may be different, but are not necessarily exclusive. For example, the specific shapes, configurations, and characteristics of the exemplary embodiments may be used or implemented in another exemplary embodiment without departing from the inventive concept.

Hereinafter, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first", "a second", etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature.

In the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the term "connected" is to be construed broadly, and for example, "connected" may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a printer 100 according to an embodiment of the application is shown. The printer 100 is substantially rectangular parallelepiped and includes a main body 1 and an upper cover 2. The body 1 has a right end 11 and a left end 12, and the upper cover 2 has a right end 21 and a left end 22. The right end 21 of the upper cover 2 is rotatably connected to the right end 11 of the body 1 by a rotation shaft (not shown); the shaft defines a longitudinal axis 211 extending longitudinally. The upper cover 2 is laterally rotatable relative to the fuselage 1 about a longitudinal axis 211. The upper cover 2 has a closed position (see fig. 1) covering the upper portion of the body 1 and an open position (see fig. 2) laterally opening from the upper portion of the body 1.

When the printer 100 executes a print job, the upper cover 2 is in the closed position, and printing paper will be able to pass between the main body 1 and the upper cover 2 from back to front in the longitudinal direction.

The left end 22 of the upper cover 2 is provided with a latch hook 23 capable of holding the upper cover 2 in the closed position. A locking groove 121 matched with the locking hook 23 is arranged at the left end 12 of the body 1. An unlocking handle 24 for unlocking the locking of the locking hook 23 by a user is also arranged at the left end 22 of the upper cover 2. The unlocking handle 24 is provided such that when a user applies an upward force to the handle 24, the latch hook 23 can be separated from the latch groove 121 of the body 1, thereby opening the upper cover 2 of the printer 100.

In some embodiments of the application, the maximum uncapping angle α of the upper cover 2 with respect to the 1 body is less than 50 °.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the body 1 includes a lower housing 13, a lower bracket 14, a printing blanket 15, a blanket motor 16, and a rechargeable battery pack 17. The lower holder 14 is housed in the lower case 13. The rechargeable battery pack 17 is capable of powering the glue roller motor 16 to enable the printing glue roller 16 to be driven to rotate by the glue roller motor 16. The front of the lower bracket 14 is provided with an opening 141, and part of the printing rubber roller 15 can be exposed upwards through the opening 141 so as to contact printing paper and pull the printing paper to move during printing. The rear portion of the lower bracket 14 includes a top wall 142, and the top wall 142 is provided with left and right recesses 1421 and 1422 adjacent to each other. A paper width adjustment mechanism 18 is provided at the top wall 142.

In some embodiments of the present application, the paper width adjustment mechanism 18 includes a left-right opposing adjustment flap 181 and a stationary flap 182; wherein the adjusting shield 181 is to be disposed at the left recess 1421 and the fixing shield 182 is fixedly disposed at the right recess 1422. The lateral distance between the adjustment flap 181 and the fixed flap 182 defines the paper width. The left recessed portion 1421 is provided with a plurality of positioning recesses 183 extending in the lateral direction and width graduation marks 184 for indicating the adjustment position of the fixing plate 182.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the adjustment flap 181 can be slidably disposed at the left recess 1421 in the lateral direction. The regulating block 181 has a first position (see the position of fig. 4) at the left concave portion 1421, a second position (see the position of fig. 5) and an intermediate position (see the position of fig. 6) at which the paper width defined by the paper width regulating mechanism 18 is different; wherein the adjustment flap 181 is in the first position, the adjustment flap 181 is adjacent to the left end 12 of the body 1. In some embodiments of the present application, the adjustment flap 181 in the first position is configured to be exposed after the upper cover 2 is opened by 10 ° or more. This structure can be when upper cover 2 uncap the angle less, and the user can realize operating adjustment baffle 181.

Referring to fig. 7, 8 and 9, in some embodiments of the present application, the adjustment baffle 181 has an L-shape including a bottom wall 1811, a side wall 1812 formed to extend upward from a left edge of the bottom wall 1811, a hook 1813 at a lower portion of the bottom wall 1811, and a pair of positioning teeth 1815 at a lower portion of the bottom wall 1811 and a resilient support arm 1814 at a right side of the hook 1813. The pair of positioning teeth 1814 and the resilient support arm 1814 are arranged in tandem and the hook 1813 is located to the left of the pair of positioning teeth 1815 and the resilient support arm 1814 and is centrally arranged in tandem on the bottom wall 1811.

In some embodiments, the positioning teeth 1815 are triangular prism shaped in cross section and match the shape of the positioning recess 183. The front portion of the resilient support arm 1814 is connected to the bottom wall 1811, the rear portion is a free end, and the free end of the rear portion is provided with contact bumps 18141. The front bottom of the side wall 1812 has an inclined surface 18121, the inclined surface 18121 projects forward relative to the front side edge 18111 of the bottom wall 1811, and the inclined surface 18121 is provided with a contact bump 18122 projecting downward. The hook 1813 has a recess 18131, and the recess 18131 is configured to enhance the elasticity of the hook 1813.

Referring to fig. 10, the top wall 142 is provided with a slide groove 143 extending in the left-right direction at a left recessed portion 1421, and the top wall 142 is provided with an abutment portion 144 at a lower portion of the slide groove 143.

Referring to fig. 11, the hook 1813 of the adjusting plate 181 passes through the sliding slot 143 and hooks a portion of the lower surface of the top wall 142 from the lower side, and the abutment portion 144 of the top wall 142 abuts the hook 1813 from the rear side direction. The contact bumps 18122 on the front of the adjustment flap 181 will contact the upper surface of the top wall 142 at this time.

Referring to fig. 12, a pair of positioning teeth 1815 of the adjustment flap 181 are engaged at adjacent two of the positioning recesses 183 at this time, and the adjustment flap 181 is to be held at the current position (the position illustrated in the figure is the first position).

When the user needs to change the position of the adjustment flap 181, the user presses down the rear portion of the adjustment flap 181, the to-be-contacted bump 18141 contacts the upper surface of the top wall 142, at this time, the front portion of the adjustment flap 181 will be tilted up, the pair of positioning teeth 1814 will disengage from the corresponding positioning recesses 183, and the adjustment flap 181 can freely move in the left-right direction; in addition, the user may also choose to directly lift the front portion of the adjustment flap 181 upward so that a pair of positioning teeth 1814 will disengage from the corresponding positioning recesses 183. The user can move the adjustment flap 181 to the target (in which case the side wall 182 is generally aligned with the width graduation 184) by means of the position indication of the width graduation 184, and release the adjustment flap 181, the adjustment flap 181 will be reset under the force of the resilient support arm 32, and the pair of positioning teeth 1815 reengage the corresponding positioning recesses 183 at the target.

According to the printer, the side cover opening design is adopted, and the adjusting baffle plate of the paper width adjusting mechanism is arranged at one end, far away from the cover opening rotating shaft, of the printer, so that the smaller cover opening angle of the upper cover of the printer is suitable.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present utility model is not limited to the foregoing embodiments, which have been described in the foregoing embodiments and description merely illustrates the principles of the utility model, and various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims, specification and their equivalents.

Claims (10)

1. A printer comprises a machine body and an upper cover which is pivotally connected with the machine body through a rotating shaft; the printer is configured to allow a printing sheet to pass between the main body and the upper cover in a longitudinal direction when executing a printing job; the fuselage has a first end and a second end that are laterally remote from each other; it is characterized in that the rotating shaft is arranged at the first end part, the axial lead of the rotating shaft extends longitudinally, the machine body is provided with a paper width adjusting mechanism, the paper width adjusting mechanism comprises an adjusting baffle plate for manual movement by a user, and the adjusting baffle plate is configured to transversely slide between a first position and a second position; wherein the adjustment flap in the first position is adjacent the second end.

2. The printer of claim 1 wherein said upper cover has a maximum open angle of less than 50 ° relative to said body.

3. The printer of claim 2, wherein the adjustment flap in the first position is configured to be exposed after an uncapping angle of the upper cover with respect to the body is 10 ° or more.

4. The printer of claim 1, wherein said paper width adjustment mechanism includes a fixed stop plate disposed opposite said adjustment stop plate in a lateral direction and disposed adjacent said first end portion.

5. The printer of claim 1, wherein the body includes a lower bracket, the adjustment flap includes a hook, and the adjustment flap is slidably coupled to the lower bracket in a lateral direction by the hook.

6. The printer of claim 5, wherein a positioning mechanism for maintaining the adjustment baffle at a current position is disposed between the lower bracket and the adjustment baffle, the positioning mechanism comprising a plurality of positioning recesses disposed on the lower bracket and distributed in a lateral direction and at least one positioning tooth disposed on the adjustment baffle and matched with the plurality of positioning recesses, the at least one positioning tooth being located on a front side or a rear side of the hook; when the at least one positioning tooth is separated from the corresponding positioning concave part, the adjusting baffle plate can slide along the transverse direction corresponding to the lower bracket.

7. The printer of claim 6, wherein said adjustment flap includes a resilient support arm, said resilient support arm configured to contact said lower bracket.

8. The printer of claim 7, wherein the adjustment baffle is L-shaped and includes a bottom wall, a side wall extending upward from a side of the bottom wall, and the hook is disposed at a lower portion of the bottom wall.

9. The printer of claim 8, wherein the front bottom of the side wall has an inclined surface extending forward relative to the front side edge of the bottom wall, the inclined surface having a first contact bump facing the lower bracket, and the rear portion of the resilient support arm having a second contact bump facing the lower bracket.

10. The printer of claim 5, wherein the hook has a groove configured to enhance the resiliency of the hook.