JPH07741U - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A printing device that has a simple mechanism and can easily attach and detach a dial, and in particular, can easily print on the surface of a label in order to make it neat. [Structure] By selectively abutting and sequentially pressing a character portion of a character belt rotatably arranged in a character cassette to a label tape fed from a label tape roll that can be rotatably set in an apparatus body. A printer configured to print on the label tape.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a printing device, and in particular, it is a printing device that can easily print on the surface of a label in order to make labels neatly, and can also be used for toys.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Heretofore, various simple printers used for toys have been developed. For example, there is one that prints on paper by pressing the dial stored in the main body of the device, or one that is not stored in the cassette and is configured to be detachable from the main body of the device. .

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the conventional printing device as described above, the platen has to be moved to the left or right or the printing device itself has to be moved, and not only the mechanism is complicated, but also the operation of attaching and detaching the dial is not easy. Since it is not the type that is stored in the cassette itself, the character part is exposed and the protection of the dial is incomplete.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention has been devised to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and to be suitable for making a clean label. It is configured to print on the label tape by selectively abutting and sequentially pressing the character portion of the character belt rotatably arranged in the character cassette. It is equipped with a plurality of label tape rolls corresponding to the types of cassettes and labels, and the character cassette and label tape rolls can be attached to and detached from the main body of the device, and a character portion can be formed on the surface. A rack-type gear is formed on the back of the character belt, and the rack-type gear meshes with the gear driven by the rotation of the character selection dial of the character cassette. By the rotation of the character selecting dial, a printing apparatus characterized by being configured as a character portion is brought into contact with the label tape is selected.

[0005]

[Action]

 The present invention is especially a printer for making labels neatly, which is easy to operate and can be used for toys, and is provided with a plurality of character cassettes corresponding to a plurality of character types. The character cassette is removable from the main unit. Therefore, the character cassette can be easily fitted on the upper surface of the main body of the apparatus, and when it is to be removed, it can be easily removed by pushing the eject button 31.

[0006]

【Example】

 The configuration of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is an overall perspective view of a printing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are partial perspective views of an essential part.

As shown in FIG. 1, the character cassette 1 is fitted in the main body 3 of the apparatus, and the label tape roll 2 is rotatably fitted therein. As shown in FIG. 2, when the character selection dial 11 in the center of the upper surface of the character cassette 1 is turned, the character belt 5 is rotated via the gears 12 and 4, and the rack type gear 51 is formed on the back surface of the character belt 5. And meshes with the gear 4. In this way, when a character is selected, the selected character can be confirmed with arrow 13.

A slit 14 is formed at the bottom of the character cassette 1, and a pressing part 8 protruding from the apparatus main body 3 presses the character belt 5 from the back surface of the character belt 5 and contacts the label tape 21. The character 52 is printed on the label tape 21. Next, the printed label tape 21 is cut by the cutter 6 to complete a label. When the character cassette 1 is set in the apparatus main body 3, the pressing part 8 projects from the slit 14 as shown in FIG. 3 and is positioned on the back surface of the character belt 5, and when the print button 32 is pressed next, the pressing part 8 is pressed. Printing is performed by sequentially moving as shown in FIGS. During the above movement, the ink roller 7 comes into contact with the surface of the character portion 52 and ink is applied to the character portion 52, as shown in FIG.

When a space is provided between the characters to be printed, the space pattern 31 is operated, and when the printed label is rounded, the rounded edge cutter 34 is operated if necessary. 1 can be removed by operating the eject button 33. The connection drive mechanism (not shown) for connecting the operation button and the operation component as described above uses a known mechanism and is not particularly shown.

It is possible to facilitate a plurality of character cassettes corresponding to the type of character, for example, character cassettes such as hiragana, katakana, and alphabet, and to use them as needed. Also, the label tape can be set by properly using different types of label tape rolls such as white, color, and patterned.

[Effect of device]

 According to the printing device of the present invention, since a label tape can be printed easily, a clean label can be easily produced, and since it is easy to operate, it can be provided as a printing device for a toy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a printer of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view in which partial cutting is possible.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of a main part.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view of a main part.

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of a main part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1. Character cassette 11. Character selection dial 12. Gear 13. Scope 14. Slit 2. Label tape roll 21. Label tape 3. Machine body 31. Space button 32. Print button 33. Eject button 34. Round edge cutter 4. Gear 5. Character belt 51. Rack type gear 52. Character part 6. Cutter 7. Ink roller 8. Pressing parts

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A character part of a character belt rotatably arranged in a character cassette is selectively abutted against a label tape fed from a label tape roll which is rotatably set on an apparatus main body and sequentially pressed. A printing device characterized by being configured to print on the label tape. 2. A plurality of character cassettes corresponding to character types and a plurality of label tape rolls corresponding to label types are provided, and the character cassettes and label tape rolls are detachable from the apparatus main body. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing apparatus is a printing apparatus. 3. A rack type gear is formed on the back surface of a character belt having a character portion formed on the surface thereof, and the rack type gear meshes with a gear driven by rotation of a character selection dial of a character cassette. 2. The printer according to claim 1, wherein the character portion abutted on the label tape is selected by rotating the character selection dial.