JPH0727164Y2 - Soundproof cover for printer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Outline] A soundproof cover for a printer that contributes to the improvement of the office environment by reducing the noise of the printer. In addition to the function of reducing the noise of the printer, , A printer with an automatic paper feeder with the purpose of providing a soundproof cover for a printer that can set multiple paths, improve the functionality associated with feeding and ejecting continuous paper, and improve usability. In the device, a soundproof cover is provided on the upper surface of the printer body to cover the outer peripheral portion of the printer device provided with an automatic paper feeding device, and a discharge opening for continuous paper is provided on the upper and rear surfaces of the soundproof cover.
An upper door that covers the upper surface opening is rotatably attached to the opening edge portion, and a rear door that covers the rear surface opening and a guide member are integrally rotatably attached to the upper edge of the rear surface opening. It is characterized in that a plurality of continuous paper discharge paths are set by opening and closing the rear opening.

Also, in a printer device without an automatic paper feeding device section,
Open an opening on the upper surface of the upper cover that covers the printer body,
The upper door that closes this opening is installed, and the guide member for single-sheet paper is configured to be erected so that when this guide member is erected and the opening is in an open state, the continuous paper discharge path. Is set in the upward direction, and when the guide member is tilted down and the opening is closed by the upper door, the discharge path of the continuous paper is set in the backward direction.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a soundproof cover for a printer, which contributes greatly to the improvement of the office environment by reducing the noise of the printer.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a printer device used in an office or the like, a soundproof cover that covers the outer peripheral portion of the printer device has been used to reduce the noise.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9, in the printer apparatus 1, since the automatic paper feeder 3 is attached to the upper surface of the printer body 2, the outer peripheral portion of the printer body 2 is covered with the lower cover 4 and the upper cover 5. And a top cover 6 covers the outer periphery of the automatic paper feeding device 3. The top cover 6 is rotatably attached to the lower cover 4 by an arm 7. Therefore, the continuous paper 8 is supplied in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 9 and is discharged to the outside through the discharge port 9 provided on the rear surface of the top cover 6.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

However, in the conventional soundproof cover for a printer, the direction of feeding and discharging continuous form paper is one direction.
It has been pointed out that the paper is discharged from the rear side of the printer, and the printed paper has to be moved to the back of the printer for processing each time, so that the usability is not good. Since the paper is ejected in only one direction, the printer installation position is actually restricted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to set a plurality of discharge paths for feeding and discharging continuous ledger paper on a soundproof cover for a printer that reduces noise of a printer device. By doing so, it is possible to improve the paper feeding / discharging functionality of the printer device, improve the usability, and provide a very practical soundproof cover for the printer that is not restricted by the location where the printer device is installed. Especially.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, in a printer device provided with an automatic paper feeding device, a soundproof cover 15 for covering the outer peripheral portion of the printer device 10 provided with the automatic paper feeding device 12 on the upper surface of the printer main body 11, is provided. Discharge openings 17 and 20 for continuous paper are provided on the upper and rear surfaces of the soundproof cover 15, an upper door 16 for covering the upper opening 17 is rotatably attached to the edge of the opening 17, and a rear opening. A rear door 18 and a guide member 19 that cover the 20 are rotatably attached to the upper edge of the rear opening 20 to form an upper opening.
A plurality of discharge paths for the continuous paper 22 are set by opening and closing the opening 17 and the rear opening 20.

Further, in a printer device without an automatic paper feeding device, an upper cover 14 that covers the printer body 11 is provided, an opening 27 is opened in the upper surface of the upper cover 14, and an upper door 26 that closes the opening 27 is installed. In addition, the guide member 28 for the cut sheet is configured to be erected so that the guide member 28 is erected,
When the opening 27 is opened, the paper discharge path of the continuous paper 22 is set upward and the guide member 28 is tilted to open the opening.
When 27 is closed by the upper door 26, the discharge path of the continuous paper 22 is set in the rear direction.

[Action]

As is apparent from the above configuration, in a printer device with an automatic paper feeding device, openable and closable paper ejection openings are provided on the upper surface and the rear surface of the top cover that covers the outer periphery of the automatic paper feeding device. By appropriately opening and closing, it is possible to set the discharge path of the continuous paper to three directions, that is, the upward direction, the backward direction, and the downward direction.

Furthermore, in a printer device without an automatic paper feeder,
An opening for discharging continuous paper is opened and closed on its upper surface,
In addition, by constructing the guide for the cut-sheet paper so that it can be raised and lowered, it is possible to set the discharge path for the continuous form paper in two directions, that is, the upward direction and the backward direction.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of a soundproof cover for a printer according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 5 show a first embodiment of a soundproof cover according to the present invention, which is an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a soundproof cover of a printer device having an automatic paper feeding device, and FIGS. FIG. 8 shows an embodiment in which the present application is applied to a printer device without an automatic paper feeding device.

First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, a printer device 10 to which the present invention is applied is
Printer main body 11 and automatic paper feeder attached to the upper surface
The outer periphery of the printer device 10 is covered with a soundproof cover that is assembled by combining three types of cover bodies, a lower cover 13, an upper cover 14, and a top cover 15, and in particular, As for the top cover 15 that covers the outer periphery of the sheet feeding device 12, as shown in FIG. 2, an upper door 16 is rotatably attached to the edge portion of the upper surface opening 17, and the upper door 16 opens the upper surface. 17 can be opened and closed, and a rear door is on the rear side of the top cover 15.
A guide member 19 and a guide member 19 are rotatably provided at the upper edge of the rear opening 20, and the other end of the rear door 18 is placed on the back surface of the top cover 15 so that the top cover 15 is brought into contact therewith.
The rear opening 20 of the fifteen is adapted to be capable of being opened.

Since the first embodiment of the present invention is configured as described above,
For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the upper door 16 is rotated and the upper opening 17 is opened, the continuous paper 22 is supplied through the paper feeding opening 21 provided on the lower surface of the lower cover 13. The paper is guided by the front guide 25 via the tractor 23 and the printing unit 24, and is discharged to the outside from the top opening 17 of the top cover 15 as shown by the arrow direction. Constitute.

The automatic paper feeder 13 has a pick roller for each hopper, and by selecting and driving the pick roller of a hopper that stores a desired size, a large number of cut sheets stacked in the hopper The paper is fed one by one, and the cut paper is fed between the platen having the dot pin and the platen.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the top opening of the top cover 15 is opened.
When the opening 17 is closed by rotating the rear door 18 instead of closing the rear opening 17, the paper feeding opening 21
The continuous form paper 22 supplied from the outside through the tractor 2
3, guided in the direction of the arrow by the guide portion 19 formed integrally with the rear door 18 via the printing portion 24 and the front guide 25, and discharged from the rear opening 20 to the outside, and the continuous paper 22 is rearward. Then, the sheet is discharged to the second sheet discharge path and constitutes the second sheet discharge path.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, when the upper opening 17 and the rear opening 20 provided in the top cover 15 are closed, the continuous paper fed from the outside through the paper feeding opening 21.
After being guided by the tractor 23, the printing unit 24, and the front guide 25, the sheet 22 is discharged to the outside through the sheet feeding opening 21 as indicated by an arrow in the figure, and the continuous form sheet 22 is discharged downward. And constitutes the third discharge route.

In this way, in this example, not only the noise of the printer device 10 is reduced, but also the discharge path of the continuous paper 22 can be set to three types, so that it is extremely easy to use and the location of the printer device is restricted. It is possible to provide a sound-proof cover that is extremely practical in that it does not get damaged.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In this embodiment, the printer main body 11 without an automatic paper feeder is used.
The outer periphery of the printer body 11 is constructed by assembling two types of cover bodies, a lower cover 13 and an upper cover 14, and an upper door 26 is provided on the upper surface of the upper cover 14. It is rotatably attached to the edge of the opening 27,
The opening 27 is configured to be openable / closable by the upper door 26, and the guide member 28 for the cut sheet paper installed in the printer body 11 is configured to be able to move up and down within an angle range of about 60 degrees.

Further, the upper cover 14 has a continuous paper feeding / discharging opening 29 on its rear surface side, and a continuous paper feeding guide 30 and a discharging guide 31 are provided in the opening. is set up.

This example is configured in this way. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper door 26 installed on the upper surface of the upper cover 14 is rotated to open the opening 27, and the guide member is opened. 28
In the state in which the continuous paper 22 is raised, the continuous paper 22 fed along the paper feed guide 30 through the paper feed / discharge opening 29 of the continuous paper is along the tractor 23, the printing unit 24, and the guide member 28. It is guided and discharged to the outside through an opening 27 formed in the upper surface of the upper cover 14, and constitutes an upward discharging path of the continuous paper 22.

By the way, as continuous form paper, it has feed holes at the left and right edges,
There are continuous folding paper with perforations provided with perforations for each predetermined length, and roll paper wound around a roll core. In this embodiment, the former case is used, and in FIG.
This continuous folding paper with feed holes is provided by a tractor 23 having a tractor pin and a dot print head 24a and a platen 2.
Paper is fed during 4.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, when the opening 27 formed in the upper surface of the upper cover 14 is closed by the upper door 26 and the guide member 28 is tilted down, the continuous form sheet is fed and discharged. Opening
The continuous form paper 22 introduced inside through the guide member 28 is fed from the paper feed guide 30 to the tractor 23 via the printing unit 24 and the guide member 28.
Is guided to the outside through the paper supply guide 31 through the paper supply / discharge opening 29, and constitutes a rearward discharge path of the continuous paper 22.

As described above, the present example is a soundproof cover that includes the lower cover 13 and the upper cover 14 that cover the printer body 11, reduces the noise of the printer body 11, and, as described above, reduces the discharge path of the continuous paper 22. By setting the two paths of the upward direction and the backward direction, it is possible to improve the usability and further reduce the restrictions on the installation location of the printer device.

[Effect of device]

As is clear from the above description, the printer soundproof cover according to the present invention can reduce the noise of the printer device. In addition, for example, in a printer device with an automatic paper feeder, The top cover and the back surface of the top cover that covers the outer circumference of the automatic paper feeder are provided with a paper discharge opening that can be opened and closed, and by opening and closing this opening as appropriate, the discharge path for continuous form paper is directed upward, backward, and downward. Direction 3
It can be set to different types and has significantly improved usability as compared to the conventional one in which the continuous paper ejection path is only in the backward direction, and it is not practically restricted because the printer installation location is not restricted. Is high.

Furthermore, in a printer device without an automatic paper feeder,
By forming an opening that can be opened and closed on the upper surface of the upper cover and by arranging the guide member for single-cut sheets to be able to rise and fall, there are two upward and backward directions as a discharge path for continuous paper.
One discharge path can be set, the usability is improved, and the restrictions on the installation location of the printer device can be reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the overall structure of a soundproof cover for a printer showing a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view of the structure of a top cover used for the soundproof cover of the present invention. 3 to 5 are explanatory views showing the discharge path of the continuous form paper formed by the soundproof cover of the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a structural explanatory view showing a state in which a soundproof cover is applied to the printer device, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are explanatory views showing a discharge path of continuous paper sheets formed by the soundproof cover of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing the structure of a conventional printer soundproof cover. In the figure, 10 ... printer device, 11 ... printer device main body, 12 ...
Automatic paper feeder, 13 ... lower cover, 14 ... upper cover, 15 ...
… Top cover, 16 …… Top door, 17 …… Top opening, 18 ……
Rear door, 19 ... Guide member, 20 ... Rear opening, 21 ... Paper feeding opening, 22 ... Continuous paper, 26 ... Top door, 27 ... Opening, 28
...... Guide member, 29 …… Paper feed / discharge opening, 30 …… Paper feed guide, 31 …… Paper ejection guide.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A soundproof cover (15) for covering an outer peripheral portion of a printer device (10) having an automatic paper feeder (12) attached to the upper surface of a printer body (11), the soundproof cover (15) having an upper surface and a soundproof cover (15). Opening (17, 20) for discharging continuous ledger paper is provided on the rear surface, and an upper door (16) that covers the upper opening (17) is opened (17).
Rotatably attached to the rim and the rear opening (20)
The rear door (18) and the guide member (19) that cover the are integrally rotatably attached to the upper edge of the rear opening (20), and by opening and closing the upper opening (17) and the rear opening (20). , A soundproof cover for a printer, wherein a plurality of paper discharge paths for continuous paper (22) are set.