JP2006103078A - Discharged paper housing device of printer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a discharged paper housing device of a printer for housing in a natural winding condition a print paper discharged from the printer attached to a face of a base by virtue of a discharge force and a self-restoring force of the print paper. <P>SOLUTION: This discharged paper housing device 10 houses in a winding condition a roll type print paper discharged from a printer 8 placed on a face of a monitor base. The discharged paper housing device 10 comprises an attachment frame 15 to be attached to a printer attachment opening section 9 of the face 2 having the printer 8 placed thereon and a magnetic rubber sheet 18 as a fixing member for detachably fixing the attachment frame 15 to the printer attachment opening section 9. The discharged paper housing device 10 further comprises a paper winding section 17 which is integrally formed with the attachment frame 15 and has the inner face which is extended in a diagonally downward direction from an upper section of a paper discharge outlet 12 of the printer 8 to be returned to the lower edge of the printer attachment opening section 9 after curving in an arc shape at the tip portion, and a partition wall 21 which is raised at the inner lower section of the paper winding section 17 and is adapted to partition the winding section 17 from the side of the printer 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a printer discharged paper storage device that stores printer paper discharged from a printer attached to a surface of a monitoring panel such as a disaster prevention receiver in a wound state.

  Conventionally, in a disaster prevention receiver, a printer is attached to the panel, and information necessary for operation of fire alarm equipment such as fire reception information, failure reception information, and inspection information is provided.

FIG. 10 shows a conventional fire receiver 100. A panel surface 101 is provided with a representative indicator lamp for fire, gas leakage, etc., a district indicator lamp, a display portion 102 having a display, and an operation portion 103 having various operation switches. A printer 104 is attached below the printer 104. The printer 104 uses a roll type printer paper 105.
Microfilm of Japanese Utility Model No. 58-66424 Microfilm of Japanese Utility Model No. 59-41886 (Japanese Utility Model Application No. 60-154149) JP-A-10-194533

  However, in such a conventional fire receiver, the printer 104 attached to the panel surface 101 does not have a device for storing the discharged printed printer paper 105, and the print paper 105 is left out. It is often the case and does not look good.

  In order to solve this problem, for example, a commercially available automatic winding device using an electric motor may be used. However, the automatic winding device is expensive, power consumption is increased, and the automatic winding device is included. It is difficult to adopt due to the problem of structural changes that attach the printer to the board surface.

  As a simple method for storing printer paper, as shown in FIG. 11, a receiving box 106 may be provided under the printer 104. However, the printer paper 105 is only temporarily stored. Therefore, if the amount of paper discharged from the printer 104 is large, the printer paper 105 overflows from the receiving box 106.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a printer discharge paper storage device that can store printer paper discharged from a printer mounted on a board surface in a natural winding state by discharge power and self-recovery power of the paper.

  In order to achieve this object, the present invention is configured as follows. The present invention relates to a printer discharge paper storage device for storing roll-type printer paper discharged from a printer arranged on a board surface of a monitoring board in a winding state, and is mounted on a printer mounting opening on the board surface on which the printer is arranged. A mounting frame, a fixing member that detachably fixes the mounting frame to the printer mounting opening, and an integral part of the mounting frame. The inner surface extends obliquely downward and forward from the upper part of the paper discharge port of the printer. A paper take-up part that has a roll shape that curves in a circular arc shape at the tip and then returns to the lower edge of the printer mounting opening, and a partition wall that stands on the inside lower part of the paper take-up part and partitions the paper take-up part from the printer side It is characterized by comprising.

  Here, the fixing member is a sheet-like magnet member, an adhesive tape, or a fastener tape. In addition, the partition wall stands at an internal position of the paper take-up portion corresponding to the protruding amount of the printer part from the printer mounting opening on the board surface. The paper take-up unit is provided with a transparent window at the top for visually recognizing the printing contents of the printer paper discharged from the printer. Further, the attachment frame forms an outside of the lower frame part with an opening for a fingertip.

The mounting frame, the paper take-up portion, and the partition wall of the printer discharge paper storage device of the present invention are formed of thin synthetic resin. In addition, the mounting frame, the paper winding unit, and the partition wall of the printer discharge paper storage device of the present invention may be formed of hard paper.

  According to the present invention, the roll-type printer paper is ejected from the printer and the self-recovery force to return to the roll shape, and the inner surface is ejected to the winding portion having an arc shape. It is naturally wound along the arcuate track, and the discharged paper can be stored in a wound state without requiring mechanical or electrical force.

  In addition, since the mounting frame is detachably attached to the printer mounting opening on the panel surface by a fixing member such as a magnet or fastener tape, any printer used in a fire receiver can be used, regardless of the size of the printer. Such a printer can also be easily attached by retrofitting.

  In addition, by providing a transparent window at the upper part of the winding unit, it is possible to read the print content on the printer discharge paper up to the point of being wound up as it is.

Furthermore, the printer discharged paper storage device of the present invention can be easily manufactured from inexpensive materials such as vacuum molding or compressed air molding of synthetic resin sheets, cutting and pasting of hard paper, and the like.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a fire receiver equipped with a printer discharge paper storage device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the fire receiver 1 is provided with a fire representative light 3, a gas leak representative light 4, various display parts 5, a display 6, and an operation part 7 including various operation switches on a front panel 2. A printer 8 is attached.

  The printer 8 is mounted so as to fit in a printer mounting opening 9 formed in the panel surface 2, and the printer discharge storage device 10 of the present invention is mounted in the printer mounting opening 9 so that the printer paper discharged from the printer 8 can be discharged. It is stored in the wound state.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of a printer discharge paper storage device according to the present invention together with a printer having a protruding surface.

  In FIG. 2, the printer 8 has a printer cover 13 mounted in front of the printer main body 14, and a roll paper storage unit 11 is formed below the printer main body 14. The printer cover 13 is provided with a paper discharge port 12. Printing is performed while feeding out the printer paper stored in the roll paper storage unit 11, and the printed paper is discharged from the paper discharge port 12.

  The front handle portion on the lower side of the paper discharge port 12 with respect to the roll paper storage portion 11 is a door 11a. The door 11a can be opened forward with the lower side as a hinge, and the roll can be opened with the door 11a opened. The printer paper can be set on the printer 8 by storing the printer paper in the roll paper storage portion 11 and closing the door 11 a with the leading end taken out from the paper discharge port 12.

  Here, in the printer 8, the overall size of the printer body 14 including the size in the depth position direction of the printer main body 14 is reduced. The part forms a protruding part 11 b that protrudes forward at the door 11 a part below the printer cover 13.

  When such a printer 8 is attached to the printer attachment opening 9 provided on the board surface 2 of the fire receiver 1 in FIG. 1, the projecting portion 11 b is projected forward from the position of the board surface 2.

  The printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention attached so as to cover the front of the printer 8 of FIG. 2 is integrally formed with a main body 16 projecting in a trapezoidal shape following a rectangular mounting frame 15. A winding portion 17 is further projected forward from 16. That is, after the winding portion 17 extends obliquely forward and downward from above the paper discharge port 12 with its inner surface attached to the printer 8 with the printer discharge paper storage device 10, it is curved in an arc shape at the tip. It has a roll shape that returns to the printer mounting opening 9 (see FIG. 1).

  In this embodiment, the mounting frame 15, the main body 16, and the winding portion 17 are transparent bodies made by forming a transparent synthetic resin sheet by vacuum formation or compressed air. If 17 is not a transparent body, a transparent window 19 is formed at the upper part where the inside can be seen from the upper part indicated by a broken line in the winding part 17.

  By forming such a transparent window 19, the printed content printed on the discharged paper discharged from the paper discharge port 12 of the printer 8 can be seen from the outside up to just before the winding in the winding unit 17.

  In this embodiment, a magnet rubber sheet 18 is provided on the back side of the mounting frame 15 as a detachable fixing member for the printer mounting opening 9 formed in the board surface 2 of the fire receiver 1 shown in FIG. ing.

  That is, since the board surface of the fire receiver 1 of FIG. 1 is made of a metal door, the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention is detachably attached to the printer attachment opening 9 attached here. A magnet rubber sheet 18 is used as a fixing member.

  As a fixing member that is provided on the back side of the mounting frame 15 and is detachable from the board surface 2, an appropriate detachable fixing member such as a fastener tape or an adhesive tape can be used in addition to the magnet rubber sheet 18. That is, when the board surface 2 to be attached is a steel metal material, the magnet rubber sheet 18 is effective, but in the case of a synthetic resin such as plastic, an adhesive tape or a fastener tape is used.

  Since the magnet rubber sheet 18 is provided on the back side of the mounting frame 15 as described above, the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention is necessary for the printer mounting opening 9 of the panel surface 2 to which the printer 8 is mounted. It can be easily attached and detached accordingly. That is, when the discharged paper discharged from the printer 8 accumulates in the winding unit 17 and can no longer be stored, the printer discharged paper storage device 10 attached with the magnetic rubber sheet 18 is removed, The discharged paper is taken out and separated from the printer 8.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the printer discharge device discharged to the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of FIG. In FIG. 3, the printed printer discharge paper 20 discharged from the printer 8 is fed into the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention attached to the front surface of the printer 8, and the front end of the printer discharge paper 20 is wound. The paper is wound by being sent downward along the roll shape on the front surface of the take-up section 17, and at the same time, since the printer discharge paper 20 uses roll paper, it is taken up by the self-recovery force as roll paper. The printer discharge paper 20 is naturally stored in a wound state in the inside 17.

  4 and 5 are explanatory views of the printer discharge paper storage device of the present invention shown in FIG. 2, in which FIG. 4 (A) shows a side sectional view, FIG. 4 (B) shows a front view, Further, FIG. 5 shows a plan view.

  In FIG. 4A, the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention attached to the printer mounting opening 9 of the board surface 2 by a magnet rubber sheet 18 has an arc-shaped winding part 17 protruding forward from the main body 16. The partition wall 21 is erected on the printer 8 side inside the lower portion of the winding unit 17.

  The partition wall 21 is provided corresponding to the protruding portion 11 b from the board surface 2 of the printer 8, and the partition wall 21 is formed to partition the inside of the winding unit 17 from the printer 8 side. By providing the partition wall 21, the discharged paper 20 discharged from the printer 8 is smoothly stored in the natural winding state along the inner surface roll shape of the winding portion 17 by the discharging force and the self-recovery force by the roll paper. can do.

  If there is no partition wall 21, the leading edge of the discharged paper 20 discharged from the printer 8 moves downward along the roll surface on the arc of the winding unit 17, and then below the protruding portion 11 b of the printer 8. Hit the side, you can not take up the natural. However, in the present invention, since the partition wall 21 is formed at a position in front of the projecting portion 11b below the winding portion 17, the partition wall 21 is fed along the arc-shaped inner surface of the winding portion 17. The printer discharge paper 20 hits the partition wall 21 and bends inward while being bent upward, so that natural winding can be performed without being interrupted by the jumping portion 11 b of the printer 8.

  Further, the partition wall 21 prevents the printer discharge paper 20 stored in the winding state from falling off when the printer discharge paper storage device 10 is removed from the panel surface 2.

  The printer discharge paper storage unit 10 has an external part 22 formed at the lower end of the mounting frame 15 with a clearance enough for a fingertip to be inserted. By putting a finger on the external 22 and peeling it toward the front, it can be easily removed from the board surface 2.

  If the partition wall 21 is made of a flexible member having elasticity, the projecting portion 11b cannot contact with the surface of the partition wall 21 to form a gap, and the printer discharge paper can be correctly wound without being caught in the gap. . Moreover, since the partition wall 21 has elasticity, it can respond also to the various printers from which the height of the protrusion part 11b differs.

  6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams when the printer discharge paper storage device 10 shown in FIG. 2 is attached to another printer device that does not protrude to the front. FIG. 6A is a side sectional view, and FIG. It becomes a front view. 6A, the printer 22 in this embodiment is larger in size than the printer having the structure shown in FIG. 4A, and the roll paper is completely stored in the printer main body 23. The projecting portion 11b unlike the printer 22 of FIG. 4 is not provided in front of the printer 22, but is flat.

  Further, the size of the printer 22 is large. As is apparent from the front view of FIG. 6B, the height of the printer 8 is larger than the height of the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention. Is getting bigger.

  The printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention can be attached as it is to the printer 22 having no large protrusion on the front surface and having a large size. That is, the printer 8 of FIG. 4 and the printer 22 of FIG. 6 use the same size roll paper, although there is a difference in size and presence or absence of protrusion of the front surface. The paper discharge port 24 of the printer 22 in FIG. 6 has the same size.

  Thus, if the paper discharge ports 12 and 24 of the printers 8 and 22 are the same size, the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention can be used as it is regardless of the size of the printers 8 and 22. Since the partition wall 21 has elasticity, the partition wall 21 comes into contact with the surface of the printer 22, and no gap is formed between the partition wall 21 and the surface of the printer 22.

  As a printer to which the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention can be attached, the horizontal width of the printer discharge paper 20 discharged from the paper discharge portion 24 with respect to the internal horizontal width W1 of the winding portion 17 as shown in FIG. If W2 is in a small relationship, the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention can be used for all printers in this relationship.

  More specifically, the width W1 inside the winding unit 17 in the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention is a dimension that includes all the width W2 of the roll paper used in the printer that is expected to be mounted. By manufacturing the printer, the printer discharge paper storage device 10 of the present invention can be used for every printer that is expected.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the printer discharge paper storage device of the present invention made of hard paper, together with a printer having a protrusion on the front surface.

  In FIG. 7, the printer 8 is the same as that in FIG. 2, and has a protruding portion 11b in which a part of the roll paper storage portion protrudes in a roll shape at the front door 11a by reducing the size. In this embodiment, the printer discharge paper storage device 25 of the present invention attached to the printer 8 is manufactured by cutting and pasting hard paper or cardboard.

  The printer discharge paper storage device 25 made of hard paper has a rectangular box-shaped main body 26 with an upper portion and a front portion cut out and opened, and has an arc-shaped roll shape inside thereof. The winding part 30 of the shape wound around the semi-cylinder is accommodated.

  A mounting frame 27 is bent at the rear of the main body 26, and a magnet rubber sheet 28 is provided on the back side of the mounting frame 27 as a fixing member that is detachable from the board surface. In addition, a transparent window 31 is formed on the upper part of the winding unit 30 so that the printed contents of the printer discharged paper discharged into the winding unit 30 and taken up can be seen from the outside.

  8A and 8B are explanatory views of the printer discharge paper storage device 25 shown in FIG. 7, in which FIG. 8A is a side sectional view and FIG. 8B is a front view. Further, FIG. 9 shows a plan view.

  In FIG. 8A, a printer discharge paper storage device 25 made of cardboard stores a winding portion 30 that is arranged in an arc shape inside a box-shaped main body 26, and the printer 8 for the winding portion 30. A partition wall 32 is erected in front of the protruding portion 11b on the side. The lower portion of the partition wall 32 that stands up is a gap for inserting a fingertip, and this gap forms an external part 33 for removing the printer discharge paper storage device 25 from the board surface 2. When the partition wall 32 is inclined toward the surface side of the protruding portion 11b, the discharged paper is easily stored correctly.

  As is apparent from the cross-sectional view of FIG. 8A, the printer discharge paper 20 discharged from the printer 8 has its leading end along the arcuate inner surface of the winding unit 30 and self-healing as roll paper. The printer discharge paper 20 is wound inside by being moved downward by force, and the front end of the printer discharge paper 20 passes through the lower end, is guided by the partition wall 32 and wound up, and is then wound forward again to be discharged from the printer 8. It is stored smoothly in the state of natural winding with the force and self-healing power of the roll paper.

Further, when it is desired to see the printed contents in the storage state of the printer discharge paper 20, as is clear from the plan view of FIG. 9, the upper side of the winding unit 30 is a transparent window 31. The printer contents of the printer discharge paper 20 discharged from the printer 8 can be read. The printer discharge paper storage device 25 made of hard paper as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 has the advantage that the material cost is extremely low and the attachment is easy because it is lightweight.

  Further, in both the printer discharge paper storage device 10 in FIG. 4 (A) and the printer discharge paper storage device 25 in FIG. 8 (A), the partition walls 21 and 32 are erected inside the winding portions 17 and 30. Therefore, when the fingers are put in the lower removal portions 22 and 33 and removed from the board surface 2, the printer discharge paper 20 stored in the winding state does not fall off, and the winding portion 17 does not fall off. 30 can be taken out from the paper discharge ports 12 and 24 of the printers 8 and 22 while the printer discharge paper 20 is stored in the printers 30 and 30.

  Further, in any of the synthetic resin printer discharge paper storage device 10 in FIG. 4A and the printer discharge paper storage device 25 made of hard paper in FIG. The maximum length of the printer discharge paper 20 that can be stored is about 10 to 15 meters, and a sufficient storage amount can be secured.

  Further, in the printer discharge paper storage device 25 made of hard paper as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the cost is low, so that the printer discharge paper 20 is full in the winding unit 30. Remove the printer discharge paper 20 from the printer 8 and store it with the printer discharge paper 20 stored, and replace the printer discharge paper storage device 25 made of new hard paper for use. A way is also possible.

  As a result, the printer discharge paper storage device 25 can be used for storing and storing the printer discharge paper 20 discharged from the printer 8 at the same time. In particular, the printer discharge paper storage device 25 made of hard paper has a box shape equivalent to that of a tissue case, so that it can be easily stacked and stored more appropriately.

The present invention includes appropriate modifications that do not impair the object and advantages thereof, and is not limited by the numerical values shown in the above embodiments.

Explanatory drawing of a fire receiver equipped with a printer discharge paper storage device of the present invention 1 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of a printer discharge paper storage device according to the present invention together with a printer having a protrusion on the front surface. Explanatory drawing of the printer discharge paper stored in the winding state in the printer discharge paper storage device of FIG. Explanatory drawing of the side cross section and front of the printer discharge paper storage device of the present invention shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the printer discharge paper storage device of the present invention shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view and a front explanatory view when the printer discharge paper storage device of the present invention shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing which showed other embodiment of the printer discharge paper storage apparatus of this invention manufactured with the hard paper with the printer with protrusion on the whole surface Explanatory drawing of the side cross section and front of the printer discharged paper storage device of the present invention shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a plan view of the printer discharge paper storage device of the present invention shown in FIG. Illustration of a conventional fire receiver with a printer attached Illustration of a conventional fire receiver with a receiving box attached to the printer

Explanation of symbols

1: Fire receiver 2: Panel surface 3: Fire representative lamp 4: Gas leak representative lamp 5: Various indicator lamps 6: Display 7: Operation unit 8, 22: Printer 9: Printer mounting opening 10, 25: Printer discharge paper storage Device 11: Roll paper storage unit 11a: Door 11b: Jump-out unit 12, 24: Paper discharge port 13: Printer cover 14, 23: Printer main body 15: Mounting frame 16, 26: Main unit 17, 30: Winding unit 18, 28: Magnet rubber sheet 19, 31: Transparent window 20: Printer discharge paper 21, 32: Partition wall 22, 33: Outside

Claims (7)

In a printer discharge paper storage device that stores roll type printer paper discharged from a printer arranged on the surface of a monitoring panel in a wound state,
A mounting frame to be mounted on a printer mounting opening on a panel surface on which the printer is disposed;
A fixing member that detachably fixes the mounting frame to the printer mounting opening;
A roll shape is formed integrally with the mounting frame, and the inner surface extends obliquely downward and forward from the upper part of the paper discharge port of the printer, curves in a circular arc shape at the tip, and returns to the lower edge of the printer mounting opening. Paper take-up section,
A partition wall that stands on the inner lower portion of the paper winding unit and partitions the paper winding unit from the printer side;
A printer discharge paper storage device.
2. The printer discharged paper storage device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member is a sheet-like magnet member, an adhesive tape or a fastener tape.
2. The printer discharged paper storage device according to claim 1, wherein the partition wall is erected at an internal position of the paper winding unit corresponding to a protruding amount of a printer part from a printer mounting opening of the panel surface. A printer discharge paper storage device.
2. The printer discharge paper storage device according to claim 1, wherein the paper take-up unit is provided with a transparent window at an upper portion for visually recognizing the print contents of the printer paper discharged from the printer. Storage device.
2. The printer discharged paper storage device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting frame is formed with an outer opening having a gap for hooking a fingertip in the lower frame portion.
2. The printer discharged paper storage device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting frame, the paper winding unit, and the partition wall are formed of a thin synthetic resin.
  2. The printer discharge paper storage device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting frame, the paper winding unit, and the partition wall are formed of hard paper.

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