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JP4617873B2 - Tape printer - Google Patents
JP4617873B2
JP4617873B2 JP2004375382A JP2004375382A JP4617873B2 JP 4617873 B2 JP4617873 B2 JP 4617873B2 JP 2004375382 A JP2004375382 A JP 2004375382A JP 2004375382 A JP2004375382 A JP 2004375382A JP 4617873 B2 JP4617873 B2 JP 4617873B2
JP2004375382A
JP2006181750A (en
毅 美濃屋
2004-12-27 Application filed by ブラザー工業株式会社 filed Critical ブラザー工業株式会社
2004-12-27 Priority to JP2004375382A priority Critical patent/JP4617873B2/en
2006-07-13 Publication of JP2006181750A publication Critical patent/JP2006181750A/en
2011-01-26 Publication of JP4617873B2 publication Critical patent/JP4617873B2/en
The present invention relates to a tape printer, and in particular, during execution of a printing operation, receives an output from the operation detection unit, and when it is determined that the operation of the cutting operation member is an operation of contacting the manual cutting device, The present invention relates to a control means for stopping the tape feeding mechanism and stopping the printing operation.
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a tape printing apparatus that includes a keyboard, a display, and a printing mechanism, and that can print input characters and symbols on a tape (for example, 12 mm or 18 mm width) as a printing medium stored in a tape cassette. In addition to being put into practical use, a tape printing apparatus with various editing functions has been proposed.
Furthermore, it was conceived that a simple manual cutting device was installed near the print tape outlet in the tape printing device so that the printing tape on which characters and symbols were printed could be easily cut at a desired position. There has been proposed a manual cutting device configured with a simple mechanism so that a printing tape can be cut easily and cleanly by a punch made of a movable blade and a fixed blade by pressing an operation button.
By the way, as described above, in a tape printer provided with a simple manual cutting device, regardless of whether or not printing operation is performed while driving and controlling the tape feeding mechanism and the thermal head, it is optional. The printing tape can be cut at the timing. That is, when the printing operation is performed, for example, when the cutting operation is mistakenly performed, the print tape that is created and fed out is held between the scissors of the manual cutting device at the time of cutting, There is a problem that the tape cassette breaks down due to the drive system near the outlet of the tape cassette.
Therefore, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-132656, the present applicant applies a tape printed after printing by the printing head of the printing means to the downstream side of the printing position through the operation of the cutting operation member. A manual cutting device for cutting, a cutting operation detecting means for detecting the start of the cutting operation of the manual cutting device, and an output from the cutting operation detecting means, and when the cutting operation of the manual cutting device is started A tape printing apparatus has been proposed that includes a printing stopping means for stopping the printing operation by the control means.
JP-A-7-132656 (paragraphs 0008, 0018, FIG. 4)
However, in the tape printer of the above publication, the printing means including the tape feeding is stopped by detecting the start of the cutting operation of the manual cutting device. At the same time, the hand-operated cutting device is stopped when the scissors have moved to some extent. Therefore, in the case of a wide tape, there is a case where the printing means including the tape feeding after the cutting is started is stopped, and there is a problem that the tape is clogged. There is also a problem that the cutting operation starts even if the manual cutting device is touched by mistake.
In view of the circumstances as described above, the object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems. Before the manual cutting device operates, the printing means including tape feeding is stopped. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tape printer that eliminates tape clogging and prevents the manual cutting device from operating even if the cutting operation member is accidentally touched.
In order to achieve the above object, a tape printer according to claim 1 includes a tape feeding mechanism that feeds a tape as a printing medium stored in a tape cassette, and a print head that prints characters and symbols on the tape. In a tape printing apparatus comprising a printing means provided and a control means for controlling a tape feeding mechanism and a print head of the printing means, the cutter blade is attached to a position opposed to the cutter blade receiving member by a cutter blade. A manual cutting mechanism for cutting the printed tape printed by the print head, a cutter lever that can rotate beyond a predetermined range from a standby position, and a tip of the cutter lever that faces the cutter blade. The cutter lever contacts the cutter blade when the predetermined range rotates from the standby position, and the cutter lever is in the predetermined range. A cutter blade pressing portion that presses the cutter blade to cut the tape when it is rotated beyond, and a cutter lever sensor that detects that the cutter lever is rotated from the standby position to a substantially intermediate position of the predetermined range; A printing stop means for stopping the tape feeding operation and the printing operation by the control means when it is detected via the cutter lever sensor that the cutter lever is rotated from the standby position to a substantially intermediate position within the predetermined range. And.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tape printing apparatus comprising: a tape feeding mechanism that feeds a tape as a print medium stored in a tape cassette; In a tape printing apparatus comprising a tape feeding mechanism of the printing means and a control means for controlling the print head, the printed tape printed by the print head is cut by a rotatable movable blade and a fixed blade. A manual cutting mechanism, a cutter lever that rotates around the same rotation axis as the movable blade, and that can rotate beyond a predetermined range from a standby position; and the cutter lever is provided on the cutter lever, and the cutter lever is in the standby position When the predetermined range is rotated, the blade contacts the movable blade, and when the cutter lever rotates beyond the predetermined range, the movable blade is pressed to cut the tape. A rib, a cutter lever sensor that detects that the cutter lever has rotated from the standby position to a substantially intermediate position of the predetermined range, and the cutter lever is moved from the standby position to the predetermined range via the cutter lever sensor. And a printing stop means for stopping the tape feeding operation and the printing operation by the control means when it is detected that it has been rotated to a substantially intermediate position .
The tape printer according to claim 3 is the tape printer according to claim 1, wherein the cutter blade pressing unit and the cutter blade when the tape feeding operation and the printing operation are finished by the printing stop unit. The gap is approximately half that when the cutter lever is in the standby position.
In the tape printer according to claim 1, a manual cutting mechanism for cutting the printed tape printed by the print head with a cutter blade swingably attached to a position facing the cutter blade receiving member, and a standby position A cutter lever that can be rotated beyond a predetermined range from the position of the cutter lever and a tip of the cutter lever that faces the cutter blade, and the cutter lever contacts the cutter blade when the cutter lever rotates the predetermined range from the standby position. And a cutter blade pressing portion that presses the cutter blade to cut the tape when the cutter lever rotates beyond a predetermined range, and the cutter lever rotates from the standby position to a substantially intermediate position of the predetermined range. A cutter lever sensor for detecting that the cutter lever is in the standby position via the cutter lever sensor. The predetermined range if it was rotated to a substantially middle position have been detected, by providing a print stopping means for stopping the tape feeding operation and printing operation, the by the control means, manual cutting device operates from In this case, since the printing means including the tape feeding is completely stopped, the tape clogging can be completely eliminated. Moreover, even if it touches a cutter lever accidentally, there exists an effect that a manual cutting device does not operate | move.
In the tape printer according to claim 2, the manual cutting mechanism for cutting the printed tape printed by the print head by the movable blade and the fixed blade which can be rotated, and the same rotation shaft as the movable blade And a cutter lever that can be rotated beyond a predetermined range from a standby position, and is provided on the cutter lever, and contacts the movable blade when the cutter lever rotates the predetermined range from the standby position. And a rib that presses the movable blade to cut the tape when the cutter lever rotates beyond a predetermined range, and that the cutter lever has rotated from the standby position to a substantially intermediate position of the predetermined range. A cutter lever sensor to be detected, and the cutter lever has been rotated from the standby position to a substantially intermediate position of the predetermined range via the cutter lever sensor. When the manual cutting apparatus is in operation, the printing means including the tape feeding is completely stopped by providing the tape feeding operation and the printing stopping means for stopping the printing operation by the control means. Therefore, there is an effect that the tape clogging can be completely eliminated . Moreover, even if it touches a cutter lever accidentally, there exists an effect that a manual cutting device does not operate | move.
Hereinafter, a tape printer according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings based on a first embodiment of the present invention. First, a schematic configuration of the tape printer according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of the tape printing apparatus, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the tape printing apparatus viewed from the back with the cassette cover opened, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cassette cover viewed from below. These are the figures explaining the internal structure and printing part of a tape cassette.
As shown in FIG. 1, the tape printer 1 according to the first embodiment is provided with a keyboard 3 on the top surface of a main body 2 for inputting various characters. Above the keyboard 3, a power key, a function key group 4 for performing various controls of the print key and the tape printer 1, and a liquid crystal display (hereinafter referred to as LCD) 5 for displaying input characters and symbols are provided. It has been. A cutter lever (corresponding to a cutting operation member) 7 for cutting a printed printing tape (corresponding to a tape as a printing medium) 6 is provided in the upper right corner.
On the back surface of the main body 2, as shown in FIG. 2, a cassette holding portion 9 for mounting a tape cassette 8 in which a printing tape 6 is stored in a cassette case of a predetermined shape is formed behind the back surface (front side in FIG. 2). The cassette holding portion 9 has a ribbon take-up cam 11 for taking up the used ink ribbon 10 in the tape cassette 8 and a tape feed roller cam (tape feed) for feeding and driving the printed printing tape 6. 12 corresponding to the mechanism). In addition to this, a thermal head (corresponding to a print head) 13 for printing on a printing tape is arranged in the cassette holding part 9 so as to be positioned at the opening 14 when the tape cassette 8 is mounted.
The cassette holding part 9 is covered with a cassette cover 15 that can be opened and closed. The cassette cover 15 has a retracting cam portion 16 formed integrally with an extending portion 15a extending downward from the cassette cover 15 and a pressing cam portion 17 attached to the extending portion 15a (see FIG. 3). Is provided. While holding the platen roller 18, between the pressing position A (see FIG. 4) where the platen roller 18 is pressed against the thermal head 13 and the retracted position B (see FIG. 4) where the platen roller 18 is separated from the thermal head 13. A roller holder 19 is provided.
The internal structure of the tape cassette 8 is shown in FIG. 4 by taking a laminate tape cassette as an example. FIG. 4 also shows a thermal head 13 and a roller holder 19 that are part of the printing mechanism of the tape printer 1 and are provided in the cassette holder 9 together with the internal structure of the tape cassette 8.
The tape cassette 8 includes a printing tape 6 having a predetermined width made of a transparent film, an ink ribbon 10 coated with ink transferred to the printing tape 6, and a back surface of the printing tape 6 on which printing has been performed. The double-sided tape 20 having the same width as the printing tape 6 to be bonded to each other is wound around a supply spool that is rotatably installed and arranged in a roll shape. And the used ribbon winding spool 21 which winds up the ink ribbon 10 after having used for printing is provided in the position pinched | interposed by these. Further, inside the tape cassette 8, near the opening 14, the printed printing tape 6 is discharged to the outside of the tape cassette 8, and a double-sided tape 20 is attached to the back surface of the printed printing tape 6. A tape feed roller (corresponding to a tape feed mechanism) 22 for matching is incorporated.
When the tape cassette 8 is mounted on the cassette holding unit 9 of the tape printer 1, the ribbon take-up cam 11 of the cassette holding unit 9 is transferred to the used ribbon take-up spool 21 of the tape cassette 8 and the tape feed roller cam 12 of the cassette holding unit 9. Are respectively connected to the tape feed roller 22 of the tape cassette 8. During printing, the used ribbon take-up spool 21 and the tape feed roller 22 of the tape cassette 8 are driven to rotate. As a result, the printing tape 6 and the ink ribbon 10 are pulled out from the respective supply spools, overlapped, and sent to the thermal head 13 for predetermined printing. Then, the used ink ribbon 10 is separated from the printed printing tape 6 and is taken up on the used ribbon take-up spool 21. On the other hand, the supplied double-sided tape 20 is bonded to the printed printing tape 6 and discharged to the outside by the tape feed roller 22. And the tape 6 for printing is cut by operating the cutter lever 7 mentioned later.
Next, a mechanism for pressing the printing tape 6 against the thermal head 13 during printing will be described. As described above, the thermal head 13 disposed in the cassette holding unit 9 in FIG. 2 is positioned in the opening 14 when the tape cassette 8 is mounted. A platen roller 18 is disposed at a position facing the thermal head 13 with the printing tape 6 interposed therebetween. A pressing roller 23 is disposed at a position facing the tape feeding roller 22 of the tape cassette 8. The platen roller 18 and the pressing roller 23 are rotatably attached to a roller holder 19, and the roller holder 19 is rotatably attached to a holder shaft 24. Due to the rotation of the roller holder 19, the platen roller 18 and the pressing roller 23 are not pressed against the thermal head 13 and the tape feed roller 22 or pressed against the thermal head 13 and the tape feed roller 22 or not pressed against the thermal head 13 and the tape feed roller 22. It is held at any position of the retreat position B (two-dot chain line).
Subsequently, a mechanism in which the pressing and releasing of the platen roller 18 and the pressing roller 23 are performed by opening and closing the cassette cover 15 covering the cassette holding unit 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, 5 to 7. To do. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the printing mechanism. (A) is a perspective view showing an overall view, (B) is a perspective view of the roller holder of (A) seen from the opposite side, and FIG. 6 is a view of the pressing / retracting cam portion and roller holder when the cassette cover is closed. It is a figure which shows a relationship. (A) is a diagram in which the pressing cam portion starts to contact the pressing cam receiving portion, and (B) is a diagram immediately before the pressing cam portion further contacts the pressing cam receiving portion and the platen roller and the thermal head contact each other. (C) is a view in which the pressing cam portion is completely in contact with the pressing cam receiving portion and the platen roller and the thermal head are in contact, and FIG. 7 is a state in which the cassette cover is opened with the thermal head and the platen roller attached. It is a figure which shows the relationship between a pressing / retracting cam part and a roller holder. (A) is a diagram in which the pressing cam portion is completely in contact with the pressing cam receiving portion, and the platen roller and the thermal head are in contact with each other. (B) is a drawing in which the pressing cam portion is pulled up, and the retracting cam portion and the retracting cam receiving portion are shown. (C) shows a state immediately before the contact between the platen roller and the thermal head is released, and the contact between the retracting cam portion and the retracting cam receiving portion advances and the contact between the platen roller and the thermal head is released. It is a figure.
The cassette cover 15 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 covers the cassette holding part 9 so as to be openable and closable. The cassette cover 15 is attached to the main body of the tape printing apparatus 1 by hinge parts 25 and 25, and the hinge part 25 shown in FIG. The cassette holder 9 is opened and closed by rotating around 25. An engaging piece 26 is provided at the tip of the cassette cover 15. The engagement piece 26 is engaged with an engagement portion 27 provided on the main body side of the tape printer 1 to hold the cassette cover 15 in a closed state. Since the engaging piece 26 has elasticity, when the operator performs a predetermined operation, the engagement is released and the cassette cover 15 is opened.
A printing mechanism (corresponding to printing means) 28 shown in FIG. 5 is arranged in the cassette holding part 9 covered with the cassette cover 15. In the printing mechanism 28 of the tape printer 1, a roller holder 19 that holds the platen roller 18 and the pressing roller 23 is rotatably attached to a frame 29 that is fixed to the tape printer 1. A holder shaft 24 is fixedly provided on the frame 29, and the roller holder 19 is rotatable about the holder shaft 24 as described above. When moved as indicated by an arrow C in FIG. 5A, a retreat position B (see FIG. 4) is reached, and the platen roller 18 and the pressing roller 23 are separated from the thermal head 13 and the tape feed roller 22 (see FIG. 4). When moved in the opposite direction of the arrow C, the pressing position A (see FIG. 4) is reached, and the platen roller 18 and the pressing roller 23 hold the printing tape 6 of the tape cassette 8 (see FIG. 4) while holding the thermal head 13 and the tape feed. It is pressure-bonded to the roller 22.
In addition, when the cassette cover 15 is closed, the roller cam 19 is slidably contacted with a pressing cam portion 17 provided on an extension portion 15a extended from the cassette cover 15 described later. A receiving portion 30 is formed. The frame 29 is provided with a pressing assist frame 31 for preventing the pressing cam portion 17 from escaping when the pressing cam portion 17 presses the pressing cam receiving portion 30.
Further, the roller holder 19 is formed with a retracting cam receiving portion 32, and when the cassette cover 15 is opened, a retracting cam formed integrally with an extending portion 15a extended from the cassette cover 15 described later. The part 16 is slidably contacted. A toggle spring 33 is attached to the holder shaft 24 in the frame 29 to urge the roller holder 19 in the direction of the retracted position B.
Here, based on FIGS. 6 and 7, the pressing cam portion 17 provided in the extending portion 15 a of the cassette cover 15 corresponding to the opening / closing operation of the cassette cover 15, the pressing cam receiving portion 30 of the roller holder 19, and the cassette cover. The operation of the retracting cam portion 16 formed integrally with the extending portion 15 a extending from 15 and the retracting cam receiving portion 32 of the roller holder 19 will be described.
First, the operation when the cassette cover 15 is closed will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6A, when the cassette cover 15 is closed, the pressing cam portion 17 provided on the extending portion 15 a extending from the cassette cover 15 contacts the pressing cam receiving portion 30 of the roller holder 19. Touch. The pressing cam portion 17 moves the roller holder 19 at the retracted position B (see FIG. 4) to the thermal head 13 side (left side in FIG. 6) against the urging force by the urging force of the toggle spring 33. At this time, the relationship between the retracting cam portion 16 and the retracting cam receiving portion 32 shown in FIG.
Next, in FIG. 6B, the cassette cover 15 is further closed, and the pressing cam portion 17 provided in the extending portion 15 a extending from the cassette cover 15 is replaced with the pressing cam receiving portion 30 of the roller holder 19. The roller holder 19 is further moved to the thermal head 13 side and is just before the thermal head 13 and the platen roller 18 come into contact with each other. At this time, the relationship between the retracting cam portion 16 and the retracting cam receiving portion 32 shown in FIG.
Then, as shown in FIG. 6C, when the cassette cover 15 is completely closed, the vertical portion of the pressing cam portion 17 provided on the extending portion 15a extended from the cassette cover 15 and the roller holder The thermal head 13 and the platen roller 18 are completely brought into contact with each other at the pressing position A (see FIG. 4). This is a state in which the tape cassette 8 is not attached, but if it is attached, the printing tape 6 and the ink ribbon 10 are sandwiched between the thermal head 13 and the platen roller 18. In addition, the opposite end (right side in the drawing) of the pressing cam portion 17 presses the platen roller 18 against the thermal head 13 against the urging force of the toggle spring 33, so that the pressing auxiliary frame 31 (see FIG. 5 (A)) prevents deformation. At this time, the relationship between the retracting cam portion 16 and the retracting cam receiving portion 32 shown in FIG. If the tape cassette 8 is mounted in this state, a tape printing operation is performed.
Next, the operation when the cassette cover 15 is opened will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7A shows the same state as FIG. 6C, and the cassette cover 15 is opened from this state.
Further, as shown in FIG. 7B, the vertical portion of the pressing cam portion 17 provided on the extending portion 15a extended from the cassette cover 15 when the cassette cover 15 is opened and the pressing cam receiver of the roller holder 19 are provided. When the contact with the vertical portion of the portion 30 is finished, the separation between the thermal head 13 and the platen roller 18 is usually started by the biasing force of the toggle spring 33. However, if the tape cassette 8 is not attached and stored for a long time, the thermal head 13 and the platen roller 18 may remain attached against the urging force of the toggle spring 33. In this state, the retracting cam portion 16 shown in FIG. 7B is in contact with the retracting cam receiving portion 32 so as to move the roller holder 19 in the direction opposite to the thermal head 13 (right side in the figure). start.
When the cassette cover 15 is further opened as shown in FIG. 7C, the contact between the retracting cam portion 16 and the retracting cam receiving portion 32 further proceeds as shown in FIG. 7C. As the roller holder 19 moves away from the thermal head 13, the platen roller 18 is completely separated from the thermal head 13. After this, the urging force of the toggle spring 33 returns to the retracted position B.
Here, a control system of the tape printer 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a control block diagram of the tape printer. As shown in FIG. 8, the tape printer 1 is configured with a control unit (corresponding to control means) 50 as a core. The control unit 50 includes a CPU 51, a ROM 52, a CGROM 53, a RAM 54, and an input / output interface 55, which are connected to each other via a bus line 56.
Here, the ROM 52 stores various programs, and various programs necessary for control of the tape printer 1 such as a print control program, for example, a cutter lever sensor (corresponding to an operation member detecting means) 57. A printing stop control program for stopping the tape feeding operation and the printing operation is stored according to the read data. The CPU 51 performs various calculations based on various programs stored in the ROM 52. In addition, the ROM 52 classifies outline data (outline data) that defines the outline of each character for each typeface (Gothic typeface, Mincho typeface, etc.) for each character such as a large number of characters. Stored in correspondence with the code data.
The CGROM 53 stores dot pattern data corresponding to each character input from the keyboard 3. The dot pattern data is read from the CGROM 53, and the dot pattern is displayed on the LCD 5 based on the dot pattern data. The The RAM 54 is for temporarily storing various calculation results calculated by the CPU 51. In the RAM 54, the type of each tape cassette 8 mounted on the main body 2 is indicated by a tape discrimination sensor 58. A tape discrimination data storage area 54A is provided in which a tape discrimination data table (not shown), which is the basis of the data read in the above, is stored. Further, the RAM 54 is provided with various memories such as a text memory, an image buffer, and a print buffer.
The input / output interface 55 is connected to a cutter lever sensor 57, a tape discrimination sensor 58 (see FIG. 10), a keyboard 3, and a function key group 4 provided in the main body 2. A display controller (LCDC) 59 for driving and controlling the LCD 5 is connected. When characters or the like are input via the keyboard 3, the document data is sequentially stored in the text memory, and the dot pattern generation control is performed. A dot pattern corresponding to characters or the like input via the keyboard 3 based on the program and the display control program is displayed on the LCD 5. In addition, a drive circuit (corresponding to printing stop means) 60 for driving and controlling the thermal head 13 is connected, and the dot pattern data transferred from the image buffer to the print buffer in cooperation with the platen roller 18 passes through the ink ribbon 10. It is printed on each printing tape 6. Further, a drive circuit (corresponding to printing stop means) 62 for driving and controlling the tape transport motor 61 (see FIG. 5) is connected, and the printing tape 6 and the double-sided tape 20 printed in cooperation with the tape feed roller 22 The printed tape 6 is sent out while adhering to the substrate.
As shown in FIG. 9, a push-cut type tape cutting mechanism 34 for manually cutting the printed printing tape 6 is provided downstream of the printed printing tape 6 being sent out. FIG. 9 is a view showing a push-cut type tape cutting mechanism of the tape printer.
Here, the configuration of the push-off type tape cutting mechanism 34 of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11. FIG. 10 is a rear view showing the arrangement of the tape cutting mechanism on the back side with the cassette cover of the tape printer removed, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the tape cutting mechanism on the inner side of the main body of the tape printing apparatus.
As shown in FIG. 9, a cutter shaft 35 is fixed to the frame 29, and a cutter lever 7 and a cutter unit (corresponding to a manual cutting device) 36 are attached to the cutter shaft 35. It is pivotally attached as a center. When the cutter blade receiving member 37 is attached to the frame 29 at a position facing the cutter unit 36 and the cutter lever 7 is not operated, the space between the cutter unit 36 and the cutter blade receiving member 37 is printed. The printing tape 6 passes. A cutter lever sensor 57 that detects the operation of the cutter lever 7 is attached to the main body 2 in the vicinity of one end side of the cutter lever 7. When the cutter lever 7 is not operated, the sensor lever 38 of the cutter lever sensor 57 is in contact with the pressing boss 39 provided on the cutter lever 7 to turn on the cutter lever sensor 57. Further, FIGS. 10 and 11 show a state in which the tape cutting mechanism 34 is arranged in the main body 2 of the tape printer 1.
Next, the order of assembling the tape cutting mechanism 34 of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is an exploded view of the tape cutting mechanism of the tape printer. In FIG. 12, first, the cutter lever sensor 57 is screwed to the main body 2 with a screw (not shown). Next, the cutter blade receiving member 37 is fixed to the frame 29. Next, after the toggle spring 41 is attached to the shaft 40 of the cutter lever 7, the cutter lever 7 is attached to the cutter shaft 35 fixed to the frame 29, and the end of the toggle spring 41 is fixed at a predetermined place. Thereby, when the operation is canceled by operating the cutter lever 7, the cutter lever 7 can be returned to the original position. Next, the cutter unit 36 is attached to the cutter shaft 35. The tape cutting mechanism 34 assembled in this way is assembled to the main body 2 such that the sensor lever 38 of the cutter lever sensor 57 previously assembled to the main body 2 and the pressing boss 39 of the cutter lever 7 come into contact with each other.
Next, operations of the cutter lever 7 and the cutter lever sensor 57 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the tape cutting mechanism of the tape printer. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which the cutter lever is in the standby position and the cutter lever sensor is ON, and (B) is a state in which the cutter lever rotates and the cutter lever sensor detects the operating position and is turned OFF. FIG. 8C is a diagram showing a state in which cutting is started by further rotating the cutter lever and pressing the cutter blade by the cutter blade pressing portion.
As shown in FIG. 13A, when the cutter lever 7 is not operated and is in the standby position, the pressing lever boss 39 of the cutter lever 7 presses the sensor lever 38 of the cutter lever sensor 57 and the cutter lever sensor 57 is turned on. It is in a state. In this state, the printing mechanism 28 can perform the tape feeding operation and the printing operation of the printing tape 6. At this time, the gap between the cutter blade 42 of the cutter unit 36 and the cutter blade pressing portion 43 of the cutter lever 7 is sufficiently open.
As shown in FIG. 13B, when the cutter lever 7 is rotated and the pressing boss 39 presses the sensor lever 38 and the cutter lever sensor 57 is turned off, a predetermined position (approximately the middle of the rotation) is detected. Then, the control unit 50 (see FIG. 8) immediately stops the tape feeding operation and the printing operation of the printing tape 6 of the printing mechanism 28. At this time, the gap between the cutter blade 42 and the cutter blade pressing portion 43 is about half of the standby position. Even if the pressing boss 39 presses the sensor lever 38 and the cutter lever sensor 57 is accidentally touched up to a predetermined position (almost in the middle of rotation), the printing mechanism 28 is affected. The margin is not given.
As shown in FIG. 13B, when the cutter lever 7 is further rotated, the cutter blade pressing portion 43 presses the cutter blade 42 and starts cutting. Then, the printed tape 6 that has been printed and cut is completed.
By this series of operations, jamming due to the cutting operation of the printing tape 6 can be completely eliminated.
When using the tape printer 1 having the printing mechanism 28 and the tape cutting mechanism 34, the tape cassette 8 is mounted on the cassette holding unit 9. Then, the cassette cover 15 is pressed, and the engagement piece 26 is engaged with the engagement portion 27 on the main body 2 of the tape printer 1 to be in the closed state. At this time, the printing mechanism 28 operates as follows. That is, as the cassette cover 15 is closed, the pressing cam receiving portion 30 of the roller holder 19 is pressed by the pressing cam portion 17 provided in the extending portion 15a extending from the cassette cover 15, and the arrow C and It rotates in the opposite direction to reach the pressing position A. Therefore, when the cassette cover 15 is closed, the roller holder 19 is always in the pressing position A, and printing is possible without performing a special setting operation. Then, characters and symbols input from the keyboard 3 are confirmed on the LCD 5, printed on the printing tape 6 using the function key group 4, and printed and cut by the cutter lever 7 being printed. Is completed. Further, even if the cutter lever 7 is accidentally touched, no tape jam occurs.
When printing is performed and the tape cassette 8 is taken out, the cassette cover 15 may be opened by directly pressing the engaging piece 26 portion of the cassette cover 15 without performing a special release operation. When the cassette cover 15 is opened, the pressing cam portion 17 provided in the extending portion 15a extended from the cassette cover 15 is released from the pressing cam receiving portion 30 of the roller holder 19 so that the pressing of the roller holder 19 is released, and the toggle spring is released. Due to the urging force of 33, it moves in the direction of arrow C to reach the retracted position B. Further, when the tape cassette 8 is stored for a long time without being mounted, the thermal head 13 and the platen roller 18 may remain attached against the urging force of the toggle spring 33. The retracting cam portion 16 formed integrally with the extended extending portion 15 a abuts on the retracting cam receiving portion 32 of the roller holder 19, thereby separating the platen roller 18 supported by the roller holder 19 from the thermal head 13. . Therefore, as soon as the cassette cover 15 is opened, the tape cassette 8 can be taken out or mounted. That is, the object can be achieved by one operation both when the tape cassette 8 is mounted and when it is taken out.
As described above in detail, in the tape printer 1 according to the first embodiment, the thermal head 13 is based on the cutter lever 7 that can move within a predetermined operating range and the cutter lever 7 that moves beyond the predetermined range. The tape cutting mechanism 34 that cuts the printing tape 6 printed after printing, the cutter lever sensor 57 that detects the operation of the cutter lever 7 within a predetermined operating range, and the operation of the cutter lever 7 via the cutter lever sensor 57 When the cutter unit 36 is in operation, the printing mechanism 28 including the tape feeding is performed when the control unit 50 includes the drive circuits 60 and 62 for stopping the tape feeding operation and the printing operation. Since it is completely stopped, the tape clogging can be completely eliminated.
Further, in the tape printer 1 according to the first embodiment, the position determined by the cutter lever sensor 57 that the operation of the cutter lever 7 is an operation of contacting the cutter unit 36 is an abbreviation of the range in which the cutter lever 7 operates. Since it is in the middle, there is an effect that the cutter unit 36 does not operate even if the cutter lever 7 is accidentally touched.
Next, a tape printer according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings based on a second embodiment that embodies the present invention. FIG. 14 is a view showing a scissors type tape cutting mechanism of the tape printer. (A) is a perspective view showing the tape cutting mechanism attached to the frame, (B) is a diagram showing the tape cutting mechanism in a standby state, and (C) is a view after the tape cutting mechanism cuts the printing tape. It is a figure which shows a state.
First, a schematic configuration of the tape cutting mechanism 102 having a bowl shape of the tape printer 1 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the same reference numerals are used for the same functions. The tape cutting mechanism 102 that rotates about the rotation shaft 101 basically includes a fixed blade 105, a movable blade 104, and a cutter lever 103. A cutter lever sensor 57 including a sensor lever 38 is attached to the main body 2. Further, a movable blade push-off rib 106 for operating the movable blade 104 and a movable blade return rib 107 for returning the movable blade 104 to its original position are provided. The cutter lever 103 is urged by an elastic member (not shown) in a direction in which the hook shape of the tape cutting mechanism 102 is always opened. The movable blade 104 is provided with a sensor lever pressing portion 108 that presses the sensor lever 38 of the cutter lever sensor 57. The tape cutting mechanism 102 configured as described above is attached to the frame 29 by the attachment portion 109 of the fixed blade 105.
Next, the operation of the tape cutting mechanism 102 having a hook shape will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 14B, in the standby state, the movable blade return rib 107 pushes up the cutter lever 103, so that a gap a shown in the figure is formed between the movable blade push-off rib 106 and the movable blade 104. Yes. In this state, the printing mechanism 28 can perform the tape feeding operation and the printing operation of the printing tape 6.
Next, when the cutter lever 103 is pressed by about a / 2, the sensor lever pressing unit 108 presses the sensor lever 38 until the cutter lever sensor 57 is turned on. At this time, the control unit 50 (see FIG. 8) immediately stops the tape feeding operation and the printing operation of the printing tape 6 of the printing mechanism 28. When further pressed, the movable blade push-off rib 106 and the movable blade 104 come into contact with each other, and the printing tape 6 starts to be cut. Note that the a / 2 rotation of the cutter lever 103 is a margin when the cutter lever 103 is touched by mistake.
The pressed state is shown in FIG. 14C, and the printing tape 6 is completely cut. Thereafter, when the pressing is released, the movable blade returning rib 107 is brought into contact with the lower end of the movable blade 104 by an elastic member (not shown) and returned to the original position in FIG.
As described above in detail, in the tape printer 1 according to the second embodiment, the thermal head 13 is based on the cutter lever 103 that can be moved within a predetermined operation range and the cutter lever 103 moving beyond the predetermined range. The tape cutting mechanism 102 that cuts the printing tape 6 after printing, the cutter lever sensor 57 that detects the operation of the cutter lever 103 within a predetermined operating range, and the operation of the cutter lever 103 via the cutter lever sensor 57 When the tape cutting mechanism 102 is in operation, the printing mechanism 28 including tape feeding is provided by providing the drive circuits 60 and 62 for stopping the tape feeding operation and the printing operation by the control unit 50. Is completely stopped, so that the tape clogging can be completely eliminated.
Further, in the tape printing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment, the position determined by the cutter lever sensor 57 that the operation of the cutter lever 103 is an operation of contacting the movable blade 104 is an abbreviation of the range in which the cutter lever 103 operates. Since it is in the middle, there is an effect that the movable blade 104 does not operate even if the cutter lever 103 is touched by mistake.
In addition, this invention is not limited to the said 1st Embodiment, Of course, various improvement and deformation | transformation are possible within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.
1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a tape printer according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is the perspective view which opened the cassette cover of the tape printer and was seen from the back. It is the perspective view which looked at the cassette cover from the bottom. It is a figure explaining the internal structure and printing part of a tape cassette. It is a perspective view which shows a printing mechanism. (A) is the perspective view which shows a general view, (B) is the perspective view which looked at the roller holder of (A) from the opposite side. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the pressing / retracting cam portion and the roller holder when the cassette cover is closed. (A) is a diagram in which the pressing cam portion starts to contact the pressing cam receiving portion, and (B) is a diagram immediately before the pressing cam portion further contacts the pressing cam receiving portion and the platen roller and the thermal head contact each other. (C) is a view in which the pressing cam portion is completely in contact with the pressing cam receiving portion and the platen roller and the thermal head are in contact. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the pressing / retraction cam part at the time of cassette cover opening, and a roller holder in the state which the thermal head and the platen roller adhered. (A) is a diagram in which the pressing cam portion is completely in contact with the pressing cam receiving portion, and the platen roller and the thermal head are in contact with each other. (B) is a drawing in which the pressing cam portion is pulled up, and the retracting cam portion and the retracting cam receiving portion are shown. (C) shows a state immediately before the contact between the platen roller and the thermal head is released, and the contact between the retracting cam portion and the retracting cam receiving portion advances and the contact between the platen roller and the thermal head is released. It is a figure. It is a control block diagram of a tape printer. It is a figure which shows the press cutting type tape cutting mechanism of a tape printer. It is a rear view which shows arrangement | positioning of the tape cutting mechanism of the back side by removing the cassette cover of a tape printer. It is a figure which shows arrangement | positioning of the tape cutting mechanism inside the main body of a tape printer. It is an assembly exploded view of the tape cutting mechanism of a tape printer. It is a figure explaining operation | movement of the tape cutting mechanism of a tape printer. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which the cutter lever is in the standby position and the cutter lever sensor is ON, and (B) is a state in which the cutter lever rotates and the cutter lever sensor detects the operating position and is turned OFF. FIG. 8C is a diagram showing a state in which cutting is started by further rotating the cutter lever and pressing the cutter blade by the cutter blade pressing portion. It is a figure which shows the scissors type tape cutting mechanism of the tape printer of 2nd Embodiment of this invention.
1. Tape printer 6. 6. Tape for printing Cutter lever8. Tape cassette 12. Tape feed roller cam 13. Thermal head 22. Tape feed roller 28. Printing mechanism 36. Cutter unit 50. Control unit 57. Cutter lever sensor 60. Drive circuit 62. Driving circuit
A tape feeding mechanism for feeding a tape as a printing medium stored in a tape cassette; a printing means having a print head for printing characters and symbols on the tape; a tape feeding mechanism for the printing means; and a print head. In a tape printer comprising a control means for controlling
A manual cutting mechanism for cutting the printed tape printed by the print head with a cutter blade swingably attached to a position facing the cutter blade receiving member;
A cutter lever that can be rotated beyond a predetermined range from the standby position;
Provided at the tip of the cutter lever that faces the cutter blade, the cutter lever contacts the cutter blade when the predetermined range rotates from the standby position, and the cutter lever rotates beyond the predetermined range. A cutter blade pressing portion for pressing the cutter blade and cutting the tape;
A cutter lever sensor that detects that the cutter lever has rotated from the standby position to a substantially intermediate position of the predetermined range;
A printing stopping means for stopping the tape feeding operation and the printing operation by the control means when it is detected that the cutter lever is rotated from the standby position to the substantially intermediate position within the predetermined range via the cutter lever sensor ; A tape printing apparatus comprising:
A manual cutting mechanism for cutting the printed tape printed by the print head with a movable movable blade and a fixed blade;
A cutter lever that rotates around the same rotation axis as the movable blade and can rotate beyond a predetermined range from a standby position;
Provided on the cutter lever, abuts against the movable blade when the cutter lever rotates the predetermined range from the standby position, and presses the movable blade when the cutter lever rotates beyond the predetermined range. A rib for cutting the tape;
A printing stopping means for stopping the tape feeding operation and the printing operation by the control means when it is detected that the cutter lever is rotated from the standby position to the substantially intermediate position within the predetermined range via the cutter lever sensor; A tape printing apparatus comprising:
The gap between the cutter blade pressing portion and the cutter blade when the tape feeding operation and the printing operation are finished by the printing stop means is substantially half that when the cutter lever is in the standby position. The tape printer according to claim 1.
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