JPH0341076B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a label printer that prints on labels using a thermal printer.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, stamps have been used to display product prices, company names, etc. on labels, which requires a lot of effort and time. Therefore, there is a need for an apparatus that can automatically print on labels in a short period of time.

As such a label printing device, Utility Model 57-
No. 44752 and Utility Model Application Publication No. 58-9755 propose a configuration in which thermal printing is performed on a label attached to a backing paper at equal pitches. However, there are problems in that a mount that is not actually used as a label is required, and it also requires the effort of pasting the label onto the mount. Another problem is that the label must be peeled off from the mount after printing is completed. Furthermore, since the label is vapor-deposited on the mount with an adhesive, there is a possibility that the adhesive will migrate to the label side even if the label is peeled off. If the adhesive adheres to the label, there is also the problem that when the label is attached to the product, the label will stick to the product, causing problems such as staining the product.

In order to solve these problems caused by the use of paper mounts, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 149500/1987 supplies labels stacked in a label storage box one by one onto a transfer printing belt, and heats the labels on this belt. A configuration has been proposed in which the label is printed and the belt discharges the printed label in the transport direction.

According to such a configuration, it is difficult to print at an accurate position on the label, it is also difficult to synchronize the timing of belt transport and printing, and there are problems in that the apparatus becomes large.

Purpose An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of conventional label printers, to provide a label printer that requires a mount, can downsize the device, and can print accurately on labels. It is to be.

Configuration The present invention provides: (a) a pair of side plates 16 and 17 arranged at a distance from each other in order to align the sides of the labels 3 to be stacked; (c) a bed 4 having an elongated upper surface for guiding the lowest label 3a of the stacked labels in one horizontal direction; a main body 205 having a step 204 on one side and supporting the bed 4; (d) a moving material 67 for pushing the lowest label 3a in the longitudinal direction on the upper surface of the bed 4 and moving it to the other end; (e) means 66, 86 for displacing and driving the moving material 67 in the longitudinal direction; (f) a printer 9 provided at the other end of the upper surface of the bed 4 in the longitudinal direction; (f1) a rotating shaft; has a cylindrical shape parallel to the longitudinal direction, is arranged on the step 204 side, and the label 3a is moved upward by the moving member 67; (f2) moved to the upper part of the platen 7; (f3) means 127, 158, 160 for feeding a printing ribbon 157 onto the label 3a to be printed; The heating bed 8 presses the label 3a and the printing ribbon 157 between the printers and selectively drives the heating elements corresponding to the characters to be printed to perform printing, and (f4) the printing is completed by driving the heating head 8. Afterwards, the platen 7 is driven to rotate and the label 3a is
a platen driving means 161 for discharging the platen to the one side perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the bed 4;
164 to 166.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a front view of a label printer 1 according to the present invention. The label printer 1 basically includes a supply means 5 that supplies labels 3 stacked and stored in a casing 2 one by one to a label standby position on a bed 4, and a supply means 5 that supplies the labels 3 from the standby position to a label standby position on the bed 4. The printing apparatus includes a moving means 6 for moving to the printing position, and a thermal printer 9 having a platen 7 and a thermal head 8 serving as a heating head, which is disposed at the printing position. This thermal printer 9 has a function in which when a label 3 is supplied to a printing position, a thermal head 8 and a platen 7 are moved close to each other and perform printing while pinching and pressing the label. That is, the thermal head 8 has a plurality of heating elements, and performs printing by selectively driving the heating elements corresponding to characters, symbols, figures, or the like to be printed. Thereby, the label 3 can be printed automatically and in a short time. The front left side of the label printer 1 (left side in Figure 1)
Vertical writing and horizontal writing of the label 3 are selected by a vertical writing switch 10 and a horizontal writing switch 11 provided on the label.

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the label printer 1,
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the label supply means 5.
The label supply means 5 includes a supply device 12 for supplying the labels 3 stacked and stored in the casing 2 onto the bed 4, and is disposed below the bed 4 facing below the supply device 12, and is arranged to supply the labels 3 in the casing 2 onto the bed 4. It consists of a suction device 13 that suctions and places it on the bed 4. That is, the bed 4 has one end disposed below the labels 3 to be stacked, and has an elongated upper surface for guiding the labels 3 to one horizontal side, that is, to the left in FIG. 1. Main body 2 supporting bed 4
05 has a step 204 on the left side in FIG. 2, which is one side in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the bed 4. The supply device 12 includes a casing 2 for storing labels 3 in a stacked manner, a device 14 for adjusting the position of the labels 3 in the casing 2 by pressing and displacing the stacked labels from the side thereof, and a device 14 for adjusting the position of the labels 3 in the casing 2. A weight member 15 is mounted on the label 3b of the label 3b. As shown in FIG. 3, the casing 2 has a pair of square side plates 1 facing each other.
The side plates 16 and 17 have tapered projecting claws 18 and 19 formed at the lower ends of each side plate and extending toward each other. Projection claws 18, 19
prevents the labels 3 stacked between the side plates 16 and 17 from falling, and also separates the upper label 3 from the adsorbed label 3a when the lowermost label 3a is adsorbed by the adsorption device 13, which will be described later. It has the function of That is, a pair of side plates 16, 17
are arranged at intervals from each other in order to align the sides of the stacked labels 3.

An adjusting device 14 for adjusting the position of the labels 3 stacked and stored in the casing 2 is used to adjust the position of the stacked labels 3.
a movable plate 29 that can come into contact with the back surface of the movable plate 29;
It consists of a rack 30 connected to the rack 30, a pinion 31 meshing with the rack 30, and an operating lever 32 connected to the pinion 31. The movable plate 29 is formed into a rectangular plate shape extending in the vertical direction, and is guided by guide rods 33 and 34 extending in parallel in the lateral direction. A rack 30 extending on the opposite side of the label 3 is connected to the movable plate 29, and a pinion 31 that meshes with the rack 30 is rotationally driven by an operating lever 32. By rotating the operating lever 32 to advance the rack 30 that engages with the pinion 31 and displacing the movable plate 29 toward the label 3 side, the stacking position of the labels 3 stored in a stack in the casing 2 is selected. It becomes possible to set the Further, a weight member 15 is arranged above the stacked labels 3. The weight member 15 includes a weight 35 and a shaft 3 connected to the weight 35.
6. The weight 35 is formed in the shape of a flange, and this weight 35 comes into contact with the uppermost label 3b and always urges the stacked labels 3 downward in FIG. 3. Further, the means for adjusting the interval between the side plates 16 and 17 of the casing 2 according to the width D of the label 3 is a pair of fixing nuts 41 fixed to the side plates 16 and 17 of the casing 2, respectively, as shown in FIG. , 42 in the horizontal direction (horizontal direction in Figure 1)
A threaded rod 43 is passed through the threaded rod 43, and a knob 44 is attached to one end of the threaded rod 43. On the threaded rod 43, a threaded portion 45 on the right half of the center as indicated by arrow A is cut in the opposite direction to a threaded portion 46 on the left half of the center, thereby making it possible to rotate the knob 44. The fixing nuts 41 and 42, and therefore the side plates 16 and 17, can be moved toward each other or moved away from each other, and the casing 2 can be moved in accordance with the width D of the label 3.
You can set the width of

As shown in FIG. 2, two through holes 47 and 48 are formed in the bed 4 facing the lowest label 3a stacked and stored in the casing 2, and below the through holes 47 and 48. An adsorption device 13 is arranged. The adsorption device 13 includes a vacuum source 49 and a vacuum source 49
Adsorption members 53, 5 connected via a pipe line 51 to
It consists of 3a. The suction member 53 is the suction member 53a.
The suction member 53 will be explained below. The suction member 53 has a through hole 5 in the upper part.
5 and an outer cylinder 54a having a hole 55.
It consists of an inner cylinder 56 inserted into the inner cylinder 56. The inner cylinder 56 includes a cylinder part 57 that can slide in the through hole 55, a suction part 58 that is connected to the upper end of the cylinder part 57 and expands upward in FIG. 2, and a lower part of the cylinder part 57. An outward flange 5 formed at the end and abutting against the inner circumferential surface of the outer cylinder 54
It consists of 9. This outward flange 59 allows the outer cylinder 54 to have a through hole 62 formed at the lower side thereof.
The space is divided into a first space 60 that communicates with the conduit 52 of the vacuum source 49 through the spacer, and a second space 61 that communicates with the atmosphere through a through hole 63 formed in the upper side of the outer cylinder 54 . One end of a coil spring 64 is fixed to the lower surface of the outward flange 59, and the other end of the coil spring 64 is fixed to the bottom surface 65 of the outer cylinder 54. In a natural state, the inner cylinder 56 is raised by the spring force of the coil spring 64, and the suction portion 58 can reach the lowest label 3 in the casing 2. At this time, when the first space 60 is evacuated by the vacuum source 49, only the lowest label 3a is attracted, and the inner cylinder 56 resists the spring force of the coil spring 64 while attracting the label 3a. The label 3a can be lowered onto the bed 4.
Thereafter, the first space 60 is released from the vacuum and the label 3 is separated from the adsorption section 58. By repeating this series of operations, the labels 3 stacked and stored in the casing 2 can be fed onto the bed 4 one by one.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the first moving device 66, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the vicinity of the moving member 67. The first moving device 66 includes a first cylinder 69 having one end fixed to a fixed wall 68 and a moving member 67 moved by a rod 70 of the first cylinder 69. Fixed to the fixed wall 68 are the ends of a pair of upper and lower guide rods 71 (on the front side and the rear side in the paper of FIG. 4) that extend toward the thermal printer 9, which will be described later. A first cylinder 69 fixed to a fixed wall 68
extends parallel to the guide rod 71, and the rod 7
0 is arranged along the guide rod 71 so as to be expandable and retractable.
A moving member 67 is disposed in front of the first cylinder 69 and is integrally fixed to a rod 70 and moved by the rod 70. As shown in FIG. 5, the moving member 67 is connected to a guide portion 72 guided by a guide rod 71 and a guide portion 72,
It consists of a guide part 72 and a plate-shaped label contact part 73 extending in a perpendicular direction. The guide portion 72 of the moving member 67 is configured to be pressed by the tip of the rod 70 of the first cylinder 69 and slid along the guide rod 71. A guide rod 71 is provided on the lower surface facing the bed 4 of the label abutting portion 73 connected to the guide portion 72.
Guide protrusions 74, 75, 76 extending parallel to the extending direction and spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction.
is formed. Guide grooves 77, 78, and 79 extending in the same direction as the guide rod 71 are formed in the bed 4 on which the label contact portion 73 moves, respectively, corresponding to the guide protrusions 74 to 76. Ru. The label abutting portion 73 is connected to the guide grooves 77 to 79.
can be moved along the bed 4. A push spring 80 curved toward the bed 4 is attached to the upper part of the label contact section 73, and this push spring 80 causes the label contact section 73 to
This prevents the label 3 from being misaligned as it is guided by the guide. Further, a label detection switch 200 is attached to the end of the bed 4, and when a label 3 is supplied onto the bed 4 by a suction device 13, which will be described later, the label 3 is optically detected.

At the other end of the first cylinder 69 opposite to the fixed wall 68 is a movable piece 81 guided by a guide rod 71.
is placed. The movable piece 81 consists of a guide part 82 into which the guide rod 71 is inserted, and a fixed part 83 which is integrally fixed to the rod 70. The tip of a support shaft 84 extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the guide rod 71 extends is fixed to the guide portion 82 by a nut 85 . A second moving device 86, which will be described later, is connected to this support shaft 84.
After the rod 70 is extended by the first cylinder 69 and the movable member 67 is displaced to the position where the label 3 waits, the movable member 67 can be further moved toward the thermal printer 9 side. That is, the first and second moving devices 66, 86 constitute means for driving the moving member 67 to move in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the bed.

FIG. 6 is a partially exploded perspective view of the second moving device 86, and FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the arm 87.

The second moving device 86 includes a second cylinder 89 fixed to a fixed bracket 88 and a second cylinder 89
The arm 87 is fixed to the rod 90 of the arm 87 and is movable angularly around the axis, and the connecting part 91 is pivotally supported at the tip of the arm 87. A threaded portion 93 is formed at the tip of the rod 90 of the second cylinder 89, and a square nut 92 is screwed into this threaded portion 93. A projection 94 is formed on the square nut 92 and is integrally fixed to the arm 87. The arm 87 has a pair of left and right fixed brackets 95, and one end is attached to the fixed bracket 9.
5, and a pair of left and right connecting plates 97 connected to the other end of the rotating rod 96. A recess 98 into which the protrusion 94 of the square nut 92 fits is formed at the tip of the rotating rod 96. Lower end portions of a pair of left and right connecting plates 97 abut on both sides of the tip of the rotary rod 96 . A through hole 100 is formed in the protrusion 94 of the square nut 92, and a recess 98 is formed in the rotating rod 96 corresponding to the through hole 100.
Through holes 103, 10 are provided in both leg portions 101, 102 surrounding the
4 are formed in the lower ends of the pair of left and right connecting plates 97 corresponding to the through holes 103 and 104.
5,106 are formed, respectively. The above-mentioned through hole 10
A fixing pin 99 is inserted through 0, 103, 104, 105, and 106, whereby the rotating rod 96 and the second
A square nut 92 connected to a rod 90 of the cylinder 89 and a connecting plate 97 are integrally attached. Through holes 107 and 108 are formed at the upper ends of the pair of left and right connecting plates 97 that extend in parallel, and a nut 109 is interposed therebetween. The nut 109 is formed in a U-shape and consists of a connecting portion 110 and leg portions 111 and 112 continuous to the connecting portion 110. Legs 11
1,112, the through hole 107 of the connecting plate 97,
Through holes 113, 114 are formed corresponding to 108, and these through holes 107, 108, 113, 11
The connecting plate 97 is connected by a fixing pin 115 passing through the
and nut 109 are integrally pivotally connected. A female threaded portion 116 is formed in the connecting portion 110 of the nut 109, and the connecting rod 9 is formed in this female threaded portion 116.
A male threaded portion 117 at one end of 1 is screwed together. A bracket 120 is screwed onto the male threaded portion 118 at the other end of the connecting rod 91 via a nut 119 shown in FIG. The bracket 120 is formed in a U-shape and includes a connecting portion 121 and leg portions 122 and 123 connected to the connecting portion 121. In the connecting part 121,
A female threaded portion 124 is formed into which the male threaded portion 118 of the connecting portion 91 is screwed, and the leg portions 122, 12
3 has through holes 125 and 126 for inserting a support shaft 84 integrally connected to the movable piece 81 shown in the fourth figure.
are formed individually. This support shaft 84 is fixed to the bracket 120 by E-rings 300 and 301.

When the rod 90 of the second cylinder 89 is extended, the arm 87 is angularly displaced around the axis of the fixed bracket 95 in the direction of arrow B in FIG. By displacing the movable piece 81 in the direction B, the movable piece 81 is moved toward the fixed wall 6 shown in the fourth figure.
Move towards the 8th side. When the second cylinder 89 is contracted, the arm 87 is angularly displaced by the rod 90 in the direction opposite to the B direction, thereby displacing the threaded rod 84 in the opposite direction to the B direction. Then, the movable piece 81 moves in the opposite direction to the fixed wall 68. The movement range of the moving member 67 via the movable piece 81 by the second moving device 86 is the area indicated by the arrow W in FIG. The movement range is the range indicated by arrow W'.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing the drive mechanism of the thermal printer 9, and FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view showing the drive mechanism of the thermal printer 9.
FIG. 7 is a simplified perspective view showing the drive mechanism of No. 7; The drive mechanism of the thermal printer 9 includes a rotating member 128 that rotates the thermal printer 9, an arm 129 connected to the rotating member 128, and a third cylinder 130 integrally connected to the arm 129. The third cylinder 130 is erected on a fixed bracket 131, and a U-shaped bracket 133 is attached to the tip of the rod 132. Through holes 136 and 137 are formed in the legs 134 and 135 of the bracket 133, respectively, and one end 129a of the arm 129 fits between the legs 134 and 135. Arm 12
A through hole 138 is formed in one end 129a of 9,
A fixing pin 139 passes through these through holes 136, 137, 138, whereby the arm 129 is pivotally supported around the fixing pin 139 so as to be angularly displaceable. The other end 129b of the arm 129 is integrally pivotally connected to the fuselage body, and the other end 129b is pivoted integrally with the fuselage body.
It can be angularly displaced about 9b as an axis. A through hole 140 is formed in the center of the arm 129, and a through hole 140 is formed in the clamping portion 142 of the clamping member 141 that clamps the arm 129, corresponding to the through hole 140.
43 and 144 are formed individually. A fixing pin 145 is passed through these through holes 143 and 144, whereby the clamping member 141 is attached to the arm 129.
It is integrally pivoted to. A threaded portion 145 of the clamping member 141 is screwed into a female threaded portion 148 formed in a horizontal portion 147 of an L-shaped bracket 146. A through hole 150 is formed in the vertical portion 149 of the L-shaped bracket 146, and a through hole 151 corresponding to the through hole 150 is formed in one end 128a of the rotating member 128 to which the L-shaped bracket 146 is to be fixed. . A fixing pin 152 passes through these through holes 150, 151, whereby the L-shaped bracket 146 and the rotating member 128 are integrally pivotally connected. The center portion of the rotating member 128 is rotatably supported by the body, and a connecting portion 153 extending parallel to the rotational axis of the rotating member 128 is integrally attached to the other end portion 128b. In this way, the connecting portion 153 of the rotating member 128 is rotatable around the rotational axis indicated by the arrow C.
One end of the cover plate 154 of the thermal printer 9 is integrally fixed to the.

The thermal printer 9 includes a cover plate 154 integrally fixed to the rotating member 128, a heat sink 155 attached to the lower end surface of the cover plate 154, and a heat sink 155.
The heat sensitive head 8 has an electric circuit section 156 attached to the heat sensitive head 5, a heat sensitive head 8, and a platen 7 disposed below the heat sensitive head 8. The thermal head 8 has the function of printing on the surface of the label 3 supplied onto the platen 7 via a printing ribbon 157, which will be described later. A rotary roller 158 is attached to the end of the cover plate 154 on the front side of the heat-sensitive head 8, and extends parallel to the heat-sensitive head 8 over its entire length.

The mechanism for rotating the take-up reel 127 is the ninth
As shown in the figure, a supply reel 160 that winds the printing ribbon 157, a take-up reel 127 that winds the printing ribbon 157 that has performed the printing function in the thermal printer 9, a supply reel 160, and a take-up reel 160 that winds the printing ribbon 157. A drive source 161 that rotationally drives the reel 127 is included. The supply reel 160 and the take-up reel 127 have rotational axes parallel to the rotation axis 159 of the platen 7.
A sprocket foil 163 is attached to the end of the rotating shaft 162 of the platen 7, and a sprocket foil 164 is attached to the end of the rotating shaft 159 of the platen 7.
is installed. An endless annular chain 165 is wound around these sprocket wheels 163 and 164, and this chain 165 is also wound around a sprocket wheel 166 of a drive source 161 such as a motor. The chain 165 is rotationally driven by the rotational drive of the drive source 161, and thereby the take-up reel 127 and the platen 7 are rotationally driven in the same rotational direction. The printing ribbon 157 wound around the supply reel 160 is attached to a label (not shown) supplied between the thermal head 8 and the platen 7.
and the thermal head 8, and the rotating roller 1
The direction is changed at 58, 167, and the winding reel 127 takes up the winding. As a result, the thermal printer 9 always has a new printing ribbon 157.
is supplied, and the printing function of the thermal printer 9 is achieved. That is, the take-up reel 1
27, rotating roller 158 and supply reel 16
0 constitutes means for supplying the printing ribbon 157. Further, the drive source 161, sprocket wheels 164, 166, and chain 165 constitute rotational driving means for the platen 7.

FIG. 10 is a simplified sectional view showing the operating state of the suction device 13, and FIG. 11 is an enlarged perspective view of the vicinity of the platen 7. When printing on the label 3, the coil spring 64 is used as shown in FIG.
The inner cylinder 56 is raised, the suction part 58 is brought into contact with the lowest label 3a stacked and stored in the casing 2, and the first space 60 is evacuated by the vacuum source 49. Thereafter, the inner cylinder 56 is lowered and the label 3a is placed on the bed 4 as shown in FIG. 10.
Therefore, the first cylinder 69 of the first moving device 66
By extending the rod 70, the movable member 67 is moved forward from the inactive range indicated by the reference mark W'' in FIG. 1 to the standby range indicated by the reference mark W', and the pushing spring Label 3a by 80
hold. At this time, the suction portion 58 of the inner cylinder 56 is
As it further descends and is separated from the label 3a, the first cylinder 69 of the first moving device 66 is held in an extended state, and the second moving device 86
The second cylinder 89 is also held in an extended position. Thereafter, the second cylinder 89 is contracted to move the movable piece 81 shown in FIG.
is moved and displaced toward the thermal printer 9 side.

Referring to FIG. 11, the label 3a moved by the moving member 67 is prevented from moving by an L-shaped locking piece 168 provided at the printing position on the bed 4. As shown in FIG. The locking piece 168 consists of an upright portion 169 erected on the bed 4 and a horizontal portion 170 extending horizontally with a slight distance from the bed 4. This horizontal portion 170 is formed when the moving member 67 moves the label 3 to the printing position on the bed 4.
It fits into a recess 171 formed in the upper part of the moving member 67. The label 3 has a horizontal part 170 and an upright part 16.
9 and the bed 4, and thereafter printed by the thermal printer 9. In FIG. 11, illustration of the thermal printer 9 and the printing ribbon 157 is omitted to facilitate understanding of the drawing.

After the label 3a is placed at the printing position on the bed 4, the third cylinder 130 shown in FIG.
is pressed against the platen 7 side, and in response to the information signal input to the electric circuit 156, a large number of thermal elements of the thermal head 8 are selectively heated, and the printing ribbon 1 is pressed against the platen 7 side.
57 to press the label 3a. The printing ribbon 157 has a function of transferring ink to the surface of the label 3a by heat, and the rotation of the platen 7 causes the label 3a to be pulled out in the direction of arrow D in FIG. During such printing operation,
The movable member 67 is returned to the standby position above the bed 4 by the expansion of the second cylinder 89, and is further moved to the first position.
The cylinder 69 is expanded and contracted to return to the operation starting position. When the printing operation of the label 3a is completed, the following label 3 is
is supplied onto the bed 4 from within the casing 2, and by configuring the first cylinder 69 to extend and wait at the standby position above the bed 4 in FIG. A printing operation is accomplished.

In this way, the first cylinder 69, the second cylinder 8
9 and the third cylinder 130, the label 3 is automatically supplied, moved, and printed, thereby significantly improving work efficiency.
To explain in detail, when the label 3 moves from the standby position on the bed 4 to the printing position, the thermal head 8 is raised by the third cylinder 130.
When the label is at the position where it is to be printed, the third cylinder 130 presses and displaces the thermal head 8 toward the platen 7. Then, while printing the label 3, the platen 7 rotates and pulls out the printed label 3 toward the front, so that a continuous label printing operation is performed, which significantly improves work efficiency. and its practical value increases.

The label printer according to the present invention can be used not only to display product prices and print company names, but also to be used in a wide range of other technical fields.

Effects As described above, according to the present invention, the side plates 16, 17
Since the lowest label 3a stacked in between can be moved on the bed 4 and supplied onto the platen 7 of the printer 9, a mount for pasting the label 3 is not necessary. The printer 9 also prints the label 3a.
can be guided by the upper surface of the bed 4 and printed and discharged in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement.
There is no need for a belt mechanism, and the device can be made smaller. Further, since printing is performed on the label 3a that has been moved to the upper part of the platen 7 by the moving member 67 and the displacement driving means 66, 86, accurate printing can be easily performed in the printer 9.

Further, when printing the label 3, since the printing ribbon 157 is supplied, the label 3 does not need to be thermal paper, and the paper quality can be freely selected. Furthermore, since a step 204 is formed on one side perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the bed 4, for example, when printing on a label with thread, the label is moved with the thread hanging down on the step 204 side. You can print by

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a front view of the label printer 1, FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the label supply device 12, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of the first moving device 66.
5 is an exploded perspective view of the vicinity of the moving member 67, FIG. 6 is a partially exploded perspective view of the second moving device 86, FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the arm 87, and FIG. 8 is a mechanism for driving the thermal printer 9. An exploded perspective view to explain the
FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the drive mechanism of the take-up reel 127, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the suction members 53, 53.
11 is an enlarged perspective view of the vicinity of the platen 7. FIG. 1... Label printer, 3, 3a, 3b... Label, 4... Bed, 9... Thermal printer, 12
... Label supply device, 13 ... Adsorption device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 (a) a pair of side plates 16 and 17 arranged at a distance from each other in order to align the sides of the labels 3 to be stacked; (b) a lower part of the labels 3 to be stacked; (c) a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the bed 4; a main body 205 that has a step 204 on one side and supports the bed 4; (d) a moving member 67 that pushes the lowest label 3a in the longitudinal direction on the top surface of the bed 4 and moves it to the other end; (e) means 66, 86 for displacing and driving the moving member 67 in the longitudinal direction; (f) a printer 9 provided at the other end of the upper surface of the bed 4 in the longitudinal direction; (f1) rotation; (f2) a platen 7 having a cylindrical shape with an axis parallel to the longitudinal direction, disposed on the step 204 side, and having the label 3a moved upward by the moving member 67; (f3) means 127, 158, 160 for feeding a printing ribbon 157 onto the label 3a to be displayed; (f4) A heating head 8 presses the label 3a and printing ribbon 157 between the printers and selectively drives a heating element to print according to the character to be printed; (f4) Printing is completed by driving the heating head 8. After that, the platen 7 is driven to rotate and the label 3a is
a platen driving means 161 for discharging the platen to the one side perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the bed 4;
164-166.