EP0658435B1 - Übertragungsbandkassette für einen Wärmeübertragungsdrucker - Google Patents

Übertragungsbandkassette für einen Wärmeübertragungsdrucker Download PDF

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EP0658435B1
EP0658435B1 EP94402826A EP94402826A EP0658435B1 EP 0658435 B1 EP0658435 B1 EP 0658435B1 EP 94402826 A EP94402826 A EP 94402826A EP 94402826 A EP94402826 A EP 94402826A EP 0658435 B1 EP0658435 B1 EP 0658435B1
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Patrick Vegeais
Eric Cavarero
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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
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/22—Supply arrangements for webs of impression-transfer material
    • B41J17/24—Webs supplied from reels or spools attached to the machine
    • 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
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/32—Detachable carriers or holders for impression-transfer material mechanism

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  • the field of the invention is that of printers, printers central processing unit peripherals such as printers embedded in printing devices, such as fax machines.
  • printers laser printing and thermal printing printers.
  • the domain of the invention is that of these latter printers.
  • Printers at thermal printing provided with a head of resistive heating elements, use either thermal paper, roll, or plain sheet paper.
  • the field of the invention is, even more particularly, that of thermal printers using plain paper sheets, that is, thermal transfer printing printers.
  • the impression is carried out, under the action of the print head, by transfer of an ink thermo-fuse previously coated on a support film, the whole forming a printing ribbon.
  • the invention relates to these printing ink ribbons, consequently of a width at least equal to that of the sheets intended for be printed.
  • the present invention aims to propose a completely different solution.
  • the present invention relates to a shoe for loading a ribbon. thermal transfer printing, firstly wrapped around a hub in one supply roller and on the other hand integral with a receiving roller hub, the hubs being provided with fixing ends respectively, the two rollers being received and detachably held in the shoe and the ends of fixing of their hubs projecting axially from the shoe.
  • Roll loading is simple, without the user doesn't have to touch the ink ribbon and it doesn't have to be put off by anything is.
  • EP-A-0 557 184 teaches a handle for removing rolls of tape in a cassette and, EP-A-0 593 821, a box for storing rolls, with cores whose ends must be gripped before they can be laid in a cradle.
  • the shoe of the invention with its rolls of tape, ready for use, can be placed in a box or put in capsule or pouch.
  • At least one of the rolls of ribbon is received in a housing the shoe provided with at least one friction edge arranged to cooperate with the roll when it detaches from the shoe and thus tension the ribbon.
  • the housing on the friction edge advantageously comprises a friction tongue with folded internal wall, beyond the contact area of the housing and the roller in the plane of detachment of the roller, on the other side of this plan.
  • the loading shoe 1, made here of polystyrene, has an overall shape parallelepiped and comprises, arranged from one of the large faces, two housings 2 and 3, here of substantially semi-circular sections, extending parallel to each other.
  • the housing 2 receives, detachably and here adjusted, a debtor roller 5 a thermal transfer printing ribbon 10 wound around a hub 4, and the housing 3 likewise contains a receiving hub 6 which is secured to the free end 7 of the ribbon 10 and which can nevertheless be described as take-up roller.
  • the supply roller 5 is full and the take-up roller 6 is almost empty.
  • slots 2 and 3 are slightly smaller respectively to the diameters of roller 5 and roller 6, which, by the elasticity of the shoe material 1, ensures reception and maintenance thereof while allowing them to be detached from the shoe 1, in a radial direction, by application of sufficient extraction forces.
  • the centers of hubs 4 and 6 are equal to that formed between the fixing bearings of a printer intended for consume the ribbon 10.
  • Housing 2 and 3 are here open at the end and in this example have a axial length substantially equal to that of the ribbon 10.
  • the hubs 4 and 6 protrude axially from the shoe 1 by fixing ends 8, 9 which are identified and described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 2 which illustrates the use of the shoe
  • shoe 1 is applied against a ribbon loading area of a printer 11.
  • the printer 11 comprises two pairs of bearings 12 and 13, here in the form of a lyre, each receiving one of the fixing ends 8 and 9.
  • the writing roller 15 is shown in the position of use. he can be moved away from this functional position to allow the application of the shoe 1 on printer 11 and placing, or loading, rollers 5, 6 with the ribbon 10 and the writing head 14 coming into contact. The roller 15, after removing the shoe 1, is then folded down to press the ribbon 10 against the head 14.
  • a bearing 22, for receiving and holding, here by clipping, of one end of fixing hub 8, 9, hubs 4, 6, is shown in Figure 3.
  • the bearing 22 is formed by a notch 23 formed from an edge of a wall 21 of the printer 11, made of elastic material, here made of plastic.
  • the notch 23 has a flared mouth 24 extended by a channel 25, of width slightly less than the diameter of the fixing end considered 8, 9, which ends with a bearing 26 proper, of shape general circular.
  • This force is greater than the force of extraction of the hubs 4, 6 from the shoe 1, so that, the user having placed the shoe 1 on the printer 11 and so introduces the fixing ends 8, 9 into their respective bearings 22, these ends remain fixed when the shoe 1 is removed.
  • the tongue 32 is arranged so, during the loading, to remain in contact with the roller 5 at the start of the shoe removal 1, in the direction of arrow F, and thus create a friction torque making turn the roll 5 in the ribbon winding direction 10.
  • the housing 2 maintains the roller 5 as long as it is pinched between the edge 35 and a contact area 36 located near the base of the tongue 32, the zone 36 extending in the plane of detachment 34 of the roller 5, parallel to the arrow F, and the tongue 32 being folded down on the other side of the plane 34.
  • the shoe of the invention ready for use, is placed in a box packing; it can also be put in capsule or pouch.

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Claims (5)

  1. Schuh (1) zum Laden eines Bands (10) für Wärmeübertragung druck, das einerseits um eine Nabe (4) in einer Ablieferwalze (5) aufgerollt und andererseits mit einer Nabe einer Empfängerwalze (6) fest verbunden ist, wobei die Naben jeweils mit Befestigungsenden (8, 9) versehen sind, wobei die beiden Walzen (5 ,6) abnehmbar im Schuh (1) aufgenommen und festgehalten sind und die Befestigungsenden (8, 9) von ihren Naben axialer Richtung vom Schuh (1) herausragen.
  2. Ladeschuh nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er in einem Gehäuse angeordnet ist.
  3. Ladeschuh nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er eingekapselt ist.
  4. Ladeschuh nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3,
    in dem mindestens eine der Bandwalzen (5, 6) in einer Aufnahme (2, 3) des Schuhs (1) aufgenommen ist, die mit mindestens einem Reibungsrand (33) ausgestattet ist, der angeordnet ist, um mit der Walze (5, 6) während ihrer Trennung vom Schuh (1) zusammenzuwirken und auf diese Weise das Band (10) zu spannen.
  5. Ladeschuh nach Anspruch 4, in dem die Aufnahme (2) mit Reibungsrand (33) eine Reibungslasche (32) aufweist, mit Innenwand (33) die jenseits der Kontaktzone (36) der Aufnahme (2) und der Walze (5, 6) in der Trennungsebene (34) der Walze (5, 6), auf die andere Seite dieser Ebene (34) umgebogen ist.
EP94402826A 1993-12-15 1994-12-08 Übertragungsbandkassette für einen Wärmeübertragungsdrucker Expired - Lifetime EP0658435B1 (de)

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FR9315094A FR2713552B1 (fr) 1993-12-15 1993-12-15 Sabot de chargement de ruban encreur pour imprimante à impression par transfert thermique.
FR9315094 1993-12-15

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