EP0037217A1 - Printer - Google Patents
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- EP0037217A1 EP0037217A1 EP81301179A EP81301179A EP0037217A1 EP 0037217 A1 EP0037217 A1 EP 0037217A1 EP 81301179 A EP81301179 A EP 81301179A EP 81301179 A EP81301179 A EP 81301179A EP 0037217 A1 EP0037217 A1 EP 0037217A1
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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
- B41J19/00—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
- B41J19/18—Character-spacing or back-spacing mechanisms; Carriage return or release devices therefor
- B41J19/20—Positive-feed character-spacing mechanisms
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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
- B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
- B41J11/20—Platen adjustments for varying the strength of impression, for a varying number of papers, for wear or for alignment, or for print gap adjustment
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- the present invention relates to a printer. More particularly, the.present invention relates to a printer of the type in which the quality of printed letters is significantly influenced by a slight change of the space between the top end of a printing head and the surface of a recording paper, such as a dot printer.
- Patent is not different from the conventional printer in that a printing head is disposed reciprocatively movably on the front face of a cyclindrical platen horizontally located, but in this printer, a detecting roller engaging with recording papers wound around the platent is attached to a lever in the lower portion of the platen.
- This lever is connected to a lever on the side of the printing head through a rotary shaft or other connecting lever, so that the position of the printing head is determined by the movement of this lever.
- a complicated lever mechanism should inevitably be interposed.
- the number of-connecting and coupling members is very large and the structure is much complicated, and hence, it is very difficult to precisely grasp the relation between the value of the change of the paper thickness and the quantity of the movement of the printing head. Accordingly, in order to attain the intended object effectively, it is necessary to manufacture respective parts with very high precisions. Furthermore, adjustment at the assembling step is very difficult, and it is very difficult to maintain certain capacities in the printer.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a printer in which a paper pressing roller is used as means for detecting the thickness of recording papers and this paper pressing roller and a printing head are disposed on the same levers, whereby the structure is simplified and adjustment of the position can be accomplished very precisely.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide a printer in which on insertion of a chit or the like, the insertion position can assuredly be maintained in the open state and on feeding of papers, the paper pressing state can assuredly be restored.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a printer in which an arrangement is made so that no printing driving signal is emitted unless the paper pressing state is maintained, whereby an erroneous operation is prevented.
- Fig. 1 is a paerspective view showing one embodiment of the printer of the present invention in the state where a printing head is taken out;
- Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the printer in the state where a frame is dismounted;
- Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing a part of the printer shown in Fig. 2; and
- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating a part of a mechanism for driving a carrier.
- a pair of confronting frames 1 are disposed on the left and right sides, respectively, and levers 2 and 3 are held on the outer surfaces of the frames l.so that the levers can turn along the frames 1 with shafts 8 being as the centers.
- Both the ends of a guide shaft 6 slidably supporting a carrier 5 having a printing head 4 for a dot printer stationarily assembled thereon are supported on the levers 2 and 3.
- Both the ends of another guide shaft 7 are supported on the frames 1 in the state where the shaft 7-is gripped in the rear portion of the carrier 5.
- Fig. 2 is a side view in which the frames 1 are omitted to show arrangement of parts.
- a motor 9 is secured to one' frame 1 and gears 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 are held to reduce the rotation speed of the motor 9 and transmit the reduced rotation speed to a cam 10.
- a paper feed cam 17 is disposed so that the cam 17 rotates coaxially with-the gear 12.
- the cam 10 has a drum-like shape, and on the periphery of the cam 10, there is formed an endless spiral groove 18 starting from one end, extending to the other end and returning to said one end.
- a cam follower 19 to be engaged with this groove 18 is supported on the carrier 4 rotatably around the vertical axis.
- a guide plate 21 is disposed between said frames 1 to guide a long recording paper 20 to a platen 25, and shafts 24 having paper feed rollers 22 and 23 fixed thereon are rotatably supported between the frames 1.
- a paper pressing roller 26 confronting the upper paper feed roller 22 is fitted in and held on a shaft 27 having both the ends supported on the levers 2 and 3.
- a pinch roller 28 as a pressing member confronting the lower paper feed roller 23 is supported by another lever 29.
- Ratchets 30 are fixed to one ends of the shafts 24 of the paper feed rollers 22 and 23, respectively.
- a seesaw lever 31 having one end confronting the paper feed cam 17 is attached to one frame 1 while the seesaw lever 31 is rotatably urged by a return spring 32.
- a stop lever 33 and a magnet 34 are hold on one frame 1 so that the other end of the seesaw lever 31 is locked.
- a feed lever 35 to be engaged with the above-mentioned ratchet 30 is connected to the seesaw lever 31.
- a printing ribbon 40 having both the ends held by spools 39 is pulled out and located on the front face of the platen 25.
- the rotation of the motor 9 is transmitted to the cam 10 through the gears 11 through 16, and the carrier 5 having the cam follower 19 engaged with the groove 18 of the rotating cam 10 makes a reciprocative movement along the guide shafts 6 and 7 while the carrier 5 holds the printing head 4 thereon.
- the printing operation is performed. While the other cam 17 is being rotated, the seesaw lever 31 is pressed by a high part of the cam 17 and turned in the counterclockwise direction, and at this point, the magnet 34 is energized to attract the stop lever 23 in the counterclockwise direction.
- the seesaw lever 31 is turned in the clockwise direction by the force of the spring 32 to bring down the feed lever 35 and intermittently turn the ratchet 30, and the paper feed rollers 22 and 23 feed the recording-paper 20 by one pitch.
- the groove 18 is extended in a direction rectangular to the axis of the cam 10, only the movement of the carrier 5 and printing head 4 in a direction separating from (or approaching to) the platen 25 is allowed while the movement of the carrier 5 and printing head 4 along the platen 25 is inhibited. Accordingly, the chit 41 can easily be inserted on the front face of the platen 25. Then, the levers 2 and 3 are returned in the clockwise direction and the paper press. roller 26 is brought into engaging contact with the paper feed roller 22 by the force of the.toggle spring 38.
- a clearance between the top end of the printing head 4 and the platen 25 can be adjusted to a predetermined size by a one-touch operation.
- the switch 37 detects the position of the lever 2 to put off the.printing driving circuit, and therefore, an erroneous operation can effectively be prevented.
- the printed chit 41 is fed upwardly by the upper paper feed roller 22.
- the feed quantity of the upper paper feed roller 22 is made slightly larger than the feed quantity of the paper feed roller 23 in printing the printing paper 20, even when the recording paper 20 is slackened between the paper feed rollers 22 and 23, an upward tension is given to the recording paper 20 and the slack can be eliminated. Accordingly, by this arrangement, the recording paper 20 can be set on the platen 25 horizontally and catching of a dot needle can be prevented.
- the levers 2 and 3 are moved by a manual operation.
- the levers 2 and 3 are moved by an electrical driving system using solenoids or the like.
- the top ends of the levers 2 and 3 are not protruded from a cabinet and an operation switch button or the like is attached.
- a display device be disposed to indicate whether the levers 2 and 3 are located at positions capable of receiving a chit 41 or the like or they are in the paper-pressing state.
Abstract
Description
- The present invention relates to a printer. More particularly, the.present invention relates to a printer of the type in which the quality of printed letters is significantly influenced by a slight change of the space between the top end of a printing head and the surface of a recording paper, such as a dot printer.
- In the conventional printer of the type in which a printing head is reciprocatively shifted along a platen, the paper thickness is changed when the number of recording papers is increased or decreased or when a chit or the like is selectively inserted in ordinary recording papers and printing is carried out in this state. In this case, it is desired that the quality of printed letters should be uni- formalized by changing and adjusting the relative position of the printing head to the platen. This can be achieved by detecting the paper thickness and determining the position of the printing head according to the detected thickness. Various means have been proposed and adopted for attaining this purpose. For example, U.S. Patent No. 3,988,984 discloses a printer provided with such means. The printer disclosed in this U.S. Patent is not different from the conventional printer in that a printing head is disposed reciprocatively movably on the front face of a cyclindrical platen horizontally located, but in this printer, a detecting roller engaging with recording papers wound around the platent is attached to a lever in the lower portion of the platen. This lever is connected to a lever on the side of the printing head through a rotary shaft or other connecting lever, so that the position of the printing head is determined by the movement of this lever. In short, in this printer, since the paper thickness-detecting portion is much spaced from the position of the printing head and the operation directions of these two members are opposite to each other, a complicated lever mechanism should inevitably be interposed. Therefore, the number of-connecting and coupling members is very large and the structure is much complicated, and hence, it is very difficult to precisely grasp the relation between the value of the change of the paper thickness and the quantity of the movement of the printing head. Accordingly, in order to attain the intended object effectively, it is necessary to manufacture respective parts with very high precisions. Furthermore, adjustment at the assembling step is very difficult, and it is very difficult to maintain certain capacities in the printer.
- It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a printer in which the position of a printing head can precisely be determined according to the thickness of recording papers.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a printer in which a paper pressing roller is used as means for detecting the thickness of recording papers and this paper pressing roller and a printing head are disposed on the same levers, whereby the structure is simplified and adjustment of the position can be accomplished very precisely.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide a printer in which on insertion of a chit or the like, the insertion position can assuredly be maintained in the open state and on feeding of papers, the paper pressing state can assuredly be restored.
- A further object of the present invention is to provide a printer in which an arrangement is made so that no printing driving signal is emitted unless the paper pressing state is maintained, whereby an erroneous operation is prevented.
- The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a paerspective view showing one embodiment of the printer of the present invention in the state where a printing head is taken out; Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the printer in the state where a frame is dismounted; Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing a part of the printer shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating a part of a mechanism for driving a carrier.
- One embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings will now be described. A pair of confronting frames 1 are disposed on the left and right sides, respectively, and levers 2 and 3 are held on the outer surfaces of the frames l.so that the levers can turn along the frames 1 with shafts 8 being as the centers. Both the ends of a
guide shaft 6 slidably supporting acarrier 5 having aprinting head 4 for a dot printer stationarily assembled thereon are supported on the levers 2 and 3. Both the ends of anotherguide shaft 7 are supported on the frames 1 in the state where the shaft 7-is gripped in the rear portion of thecarrier 5. - Fig. 2 is a side view in which the frames 1 are omitted to show arrangement of parts. A motor 9 is secured to one' frame 1 and
gears cam 10. A paper feed cam 17 is disposed so that the cam 17 rotates coaxially with-thegear 12. Thecam 10 has a drum-like shape, and on the periphery of thecam 10, there is formed an endlessspiral groove 18 starting from one end, extending to the other end and returning to said one end. Acam follower 19 to be engaged with thisgroove 18 is supported on thecarrier 4 rotatably around the vertical axis. - A guide plate 21 is disposed between said frames 1 to guide a long recording paper 20 to a platen 25, and
shafts 24 havingpaper feed rollers 22 and 23 fixed thereon are rotatably supported between the frames 1. A paper pressing roller 26 confronting the upper paper feed roller 22 is fitted in and held on ashaft 27 having both the ends supported on the levers 2 and 3. A pinch roller 28 as a pressing member confronting the lowerpaper feed roller 23 is supported by anotherlever 29.Ratchets 30 are fixed to one ends of theshafts 24 of thepaper feed rollers 22 and 23, respectively. - A
seesaw lever 31 having one end confronting the paper feed cam 17 is attached to one frame 1 while theseesaw lever 31 is rotatably urged by areturn spring 32. Astop lever 33 and amagnet 34 are hold on one frame 1 so that the other end of theseesaw lever 31 is locked. Afeed lever 35 to be engaged with the above-mentionedratchet 30 is connected to theseesaw lever 31. - A
stopper 36 for regulating the range of the turning movement of the lever 2, aswitch 37 as detecting means, which is put off by movement of the lever 2 in the counterclockwise direction to open a printing driving circuit, and atoggle spring 38 for urging the lever 2 in the clockwise direction or counterclockwise direction every time the lever 2 turns from one side to the other side with the neutral position being as the center are attached to the frame 1. - A
printing ribbon 40 having both the ends held byspools 39 is pulled out and located on the front face of the platen 25. - In the printer having the above-mentioned structure, the rotation of the motor 9 is transmitted to the
cam 10 through the gears 11 through 16, and thecarrier 5 having thecam follower 19 engaged with thegroove 18 of therotating cam 10 makes a reciprocative movement along theguide shafts carrier 5 holds theprinting head 4 thereon. During this process, the printing operation is performed. While the other cam 17 is being rotated, theseesaw lever 31 is pressed by a high part of the cam 17 and turned in the counterclockwise direction, and at this point, themagnet 34 is energized to attract thestop lever 23 in the counterclockwise direction. Accordingly, at the point when the high part of the cam 17 passes away, theseesaw lever 31 is turned in the clockwise direction by the force of thespring 32 to bring down thefeed lever 35 and intermittently turn theratchet 30, and thepaper feed rollers 22 and 23 feed the recording-paper 20 by one pitch. - When the printing operation is performed on a chit 41, the levers 2 and 3 are brought down in the counterclockwise direction. In this state, the levers 2 and 3 are urged in the bring-down direction by the
toggle spring 38 but their positions are determined by thestopper 36. Accordingly, theguide shaft 6 is allowed to shift along a locus with the shaft 8 being as the center, and theprinting head 4, together with thecarrier 5, is separated from theplaten 5. At this point, the rear portion of thecarrier 5 slides in a direction rectangular to theother guide shaft 7, and therefore, the retreating movement of thecarrier 5 from the platen 25 is not inhibited by theguide shaft 7. Furthermore, by virtue of an arrangement in which on both the ends of thecam 10, thegroove 18 is extended in a direction rectangular to the axis of thecam 10, only the movement of thecarrier 5 andprinting head 4 in a direction separating from (or approaching to) the platen 25 is allowed while the movement of thecarrier 5 and printinghead 4 along the platen 25 is inhibited. Accordingly, the chit 41 can easily be inserted on the front face of the platen 25. Then, the levers 2 and 3 are returned in the clockwise direction and the paper press. roller 26 is brought into engaging contact with the paper feed roller 22 by the force of the.toggle spring 38. By this stopping action of the paper press roller 26, a clearance between the top end of theprinting head 4 and the platen 25 can be adjusted to a predetermined size by a one-touch operation. While the chit 41 is set in the above-mentioned manner, theswitch 37 detects the position of the lever 2 to put off the.printing driving circuit, and therefore, an erroneous operation can effectively be prevented. The printed chit 41 is fed upwardly by the upper paper feed roller 22. - Incidentally, if the feed quantity of the upper paper feed roller 22 is made slightly larger than the feed quantity of the
paper feed roller 23 in printing the printing paper 20, even when the recording paper 20 is slackened between thepaper feed rollers 22 and 23, an upward tension is given to the recording paper 20 and the slack can be eliminated. Accordingly, by this arrangement, the recording paper 20 can be set on the platen 25 horizontally and catching of a dot needle can be prevented. - In the foregoing embodiment, the levers 2 and 3 are moved by a manual operation. In the present invention, however, there may be adopted a modification in which the levers 2 and 3 are moved by an electrical driving system using solenoids or the like. In this modification, the top ends of the levers 2 and 3 are not protruded from a cabinet and an operation switch button or the like is attached. It is preferred that a display device be disposed to indicate whether the levers 2 and 3 are located at positions capable of receiving a chit 41 or the like or they are in the paper-pressing state.
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JP38939/80U | 1980-03-25 | ||
JP3893980U JPS56140452U (en) | 1980-03-25 | 1980-03-25 |
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EP0037217A1 true EP0037217A1 (en) | 1981-10-07 |
EP0037217B1 EP0037217B1 (en) | 1985-06-19 |
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EP0751001A2 (en) * | 1995-06-30 | 1997-01-02 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Recording medium conveying device |
EP0822091A2 (en) * | 1996-08-01 | 1998-02-04 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Recording apparatus |
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP0751001A2 (en) * | 1995-06-30 | 1997-01-02 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Recording medium conveying device |
EP0751001A3 (en) * | 1995-06-30 | 1998-06-24 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Recording medium conveying device |
US6074032A (en) * | 1995-06-30 | 2000-06-13 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Recording apparatus having a pivotable member to maintain a constant distance and angle between a recording head and a recording medium |
EP0822091A2 (en) * | 1996-08-01 | 1998-02-04 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Recording apparatus |
EP0822091A3 (en) * | 1996-08-01 | 1998-12-30 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Recording apparatus |
US5947615A (en) * | 1996-08-01 | 1999-09-07 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Recording apparatus |
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JPS56140452U (en) | 1981-10-23 |
DE3170991D1 (en) | 1985-07-25 |
EP0037217B1 (en) | 1985-06-19 |
CA1159711A (en) | 1984-01-03 |
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