JPH0681055U - Print feed device for time recorders - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To advance the printing stage of the card 3 without the need for a dedicated motor. A carriage 8 having a receiving member 6 at the end of the card 3 that is movable in the insertion direction of the card 3, a carriage 7 that moves in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the card 3 and prints on the card 3, and a carriage 8 Printing step feed member 1 that moves in parallel with
4, the print stage feed member 14 is provided with an engagement arm 17 that engages with and disengages from the carriage 8, and a motion converting mechanism is provided between the print stage feed member 14 and the receiving member 6. When the engagement arm 17 is engaged with the carriage 8, the print stage feed member 14 moves together with the carriage 8 in the same direction, but the receiving member 6 moves in the insertion direction of the card 3 by the motion converting mechanism, so that the carriage 8 moves. By setting the distance to a predetermined distance, the receiving member 6 can be moved up and down by one printing step.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a printing step feeding device for performing printing step feeding of a card in a time recorder or the like by moving a printing device.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Generally, a time recorder is provided with a printing device for printing on a time card inserted through the insertion slot and a printing device for changing the printing stage of the time card every day. Therefore, since the printing device and the printing step feed device are operated by the respective dedicated motors, there is a drawback that the cost becomes high.

[0003]

[The purpose of the device]

 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks and to provide a printing step feed device in a time recorder or the like that can feed the printing step of a card without requiring a special motor.

[0004]

[Means for achieving the purpose]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a printing stage feeding device in a time clock or the like according to the present invention comprises an insertion port for a card having a multi-stage number of printed items, and guide parts for guiding both sides of the inserted card. It has a receiving member that receives the end of the card on the insertion side and is movably arranged in the card insertion direction, and a printing device that moves in a direction orthogonal to the card insertion direction and prints on the print items of the card. The carriage includes a carriage and a print stage feed member that moves in parallel to the moving direction of the carriage. The print stage feed member is provided with an engagement arm that engages with and disengages from the carriage, and the gap between the print stage feed member and the receiving member is provided. Is equipped with a motion conversion mechanism that converts the movement direction of the printing step feed member into movement of the member toward the card insertion direction. Characterized Rukoto changing the position of the receiving member by moving a predetermined distance

[0005]

[Function and effect of the device]

 According to the above construction, when the engagement arm is not engaged with the carriage, the carriage is operated and the printing device prints on the print item of the time card.

On the other hand, when changing the printing stage, when the engaging arm is engaged with the carriage and moved, the printing stage feeding member also moves in the same direction as the carriage, but this moving direction is the motion conversion mechanism. And the receiving member moves in the card insertion direction. Therefore, by setting the moving distance of the carriage to a predetermined distance, the receiving member can be moved up and down by one printing step.

As described above, since the card printing step can be carried out without the need for a dedicated motor, the cost can be kept low.

[0008]

【Example】

 1 to 3 show a time recorder, in which reference numeral 1 is a box-shaped main body 1, which is divided into a front side (the side of FIG. 1) and a back side (the side of FIG. 2) by a central dividing plate 2. Is defined in. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the front side has an insertion slot 4 for a time card 3, guide portions 5 for guiding both sides of the inserted time card 3, and an end of the time card 3 on the insertion side. A receiving member 6 for receiving the sheet and a carriage 8 on which a printing device 7 for thermal transfer or the like is mounted are provided.

The time card 3 has printed items a such as date and time of attendance and attendance. It is usual that the print item a is divided into left and right and provided in multiple stages.

The guide portion 5 is formed below the insertion opening 4 by facing a pair of left and right L-shaped guide pieces 5 a.

The receiving member 6 is provided so as to be movable in the insertion direction of the time card 3 by engaging with the outer surface of the guide piece 5 a, and a longitudinal guide formed penetrating between the guide pieces 5 a of the dividing plate 2. It is connected to the back plate 6a through a connecting rod 11 slidably engaged with the hole 10.

The carriage 8 is provided with a printing device 7 for printing on the print item a of the time card 3, and is movably attached to a first guide rail 9 provided in a direction orthogonal to the inserting direction of the time card 3. Has been. An opening 12 is formed in the dividing plate 2 at a rear position of the carriage 8 along the moving direction of the carriage 8.

In the above structure, the time card 3 is inserted from the insertion slot 4, guided downward by the guide portion 5, and when the end on the insertion side hits the receiving member 6, the card provided on the receiving member 6 The insertion sensor 13 detects the insertion of the time card 3, and the printing device 7 operates to print on a predetermined print item a of the time card 3.

By the way, when the departure time of one day is stamped on the time card 3, the vertical position of the carriage and the printing device are always the same. It is necessary to send the print step up one step. The printing step feed for that purpose is performed by a printing step feed mechanism provided on the back side of the main body 1 as described below.

That is, on the back side of the dividing plate 2, a printing step feed member 14 that moves in parallel with the moving direction of the printing device 7 is arranged. The printing step feed member 14 is arranged at a position on the back side across the carriage 8 on the front side and the opening 12 of the dividing plate 2, and is provided in parallel to the back side of the first guide rail 9 of the carriage 8. It is provided so as to be movable along the second guide rail 15. Further, a support shaft 16 is provided on the printing stage feed member 14, and an intermediate portion of an engaging arm 17 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 16 as shown in FIG. One end 17a of the engaging arm 17 is formed so that the front side and the other end 17b project to the back side, and the one end 17a is constantly urged downward by a string spring 18 (see FIG. 6). A lock rail 19 is arranged in parallel below the second guide rail 15. A large number of engaging grooves 20 are formed at one end of the lock rail 19. As a result, when the engaging arm 17 is rotated so as to be substantially horizontal, the tip of the engaging arm 17 jumps up from the opening 12 to the front side to the side surface of the carriage 8, and when the engaging arm 17 is rotated downward, the lock rail 19 is provided. The engaging grooves 20 can be selectively engaged with each other.

Next, a long operating lever 21 (FIG. 2) for rotating the engagement arm 17 in parallel with the second guide rail 15 is provided above the engagement arm 17 of the printing stage feed member 14. (See) is rotatably arranged. The operating lever 21 is formed in an elongated plate shape, and support plate portions 22 are bent and formed at right angles at both ends. The bases of the support plate portions 22 on both sides are rotatably attached to the main body 1 by a shaft 23 via a connecting rod 25a, and the tip of one support plate portion 22 is connected to a solenoid 24. The rod 25 of the solenoid 24 is urged by the spring 26 in the extension direction, and at this time, the tip 21a of the operating lever 21 is separated from the engaging arm 17, whereas when the rod 25 is contracted, the operating lever 21 is moved. It is configured to rotate so that its front end 21a engages with the rear end 17b of the engaging arm 17 and pushes down the engaging arm 17 to rotate it downward (see FIG. 6).

Further, a movement converting mechanism that converts the moving direction of the carriage 8 into the moving direction of the time card 3 is provided between the printing stage feed member 14 and the receiving member 6. As shown in FIG. 2, this motion converting mechanism is configured by connecting the print-stepping forwarding member 14 and the receiving member 6 with a pulley and a wire.

That is, two pulleys 26 and 27 are arranged on the left and right below the both ends of the lock rail 19, and two pulleys 28 and 29 are arranged on the center of the back side of the time card guide section 5, respectively. The wire fixing portions 30 and 31 are provided on the lower portion of the feeding member 14 and the back plate 6a of the receiving member 6 of the time card 3, and the wires 32 and 33 fixed to the wire fixing portion 29 of the printing step feeding member 14 are provided on the left and right. In addition to being hung on the pulleys 26 and 27, it is hung on the upper pulley 28 of the two upper and lower pulleys, and the end of one wire 32 is fixed to the upper fixing portion 30 of the back plate 6a of the receiving member 6, and the other end. The wire 33 is hung on the lower pulley 29 and then fixed to the lower fixing portion 31 of the back plate 6a. Therefore, when the printing step feed member 14 is moved in the left-right direction along the second guide rail 15, the wires 32 and 33 also move, and the back plate 6a connected to the wires 32 and 33 moves the receiving member 6 together. Move up and down.

According to the above configuration, when the solenoid 24 is not energized, the rod 25 is extended by the spring 26 and the operating lever 21 is disengaged from the engaging arm 17 as shown in FIG. Therefore, since the tip end of the engaging arm 17 is engaged with the engaging groove 20 of the rock rail 19 by the coiled spring 18, the step feed member 14 is restricted from moving to the left and right, and similarly the step feed member is moved. Since the movement of the receiving member 6 that is connected to the wire 14 by the wires 32 and 33 is also restricted, the time card 3 inserted from the insertion port 4 always stops at the same position. At this time, since the engagement arm 17 is not engaged with the carriage 8, when the carriage 8 is operated, the printing device 7 always prints on the time card 3 on the same printing item a. .

On the other hand, when changing the printing stage, as shown in FIG. 6, the solenoid 24 is energized, the rod 25 is contracted against the spring 26, and the actuating lever 21 is rotated to move the engaging arm 17 When the rear end is pivoted downward and the front end 17a is disengaged from the lock rail 19 and brought into engagement with the side surface of the carriage 8 in a substantially horizontal state, the print stage feed member 14 moves as the carriage 8 moves. The receiving member 6 moves up and down in conjunction with this. Therefore, the reference is made when the printing stage feed member 14 is at the left end position in FIG. 2 and the receiving member 6 is at the lowest position so that the printing item a at the uppermost stage of the time card 3 can be printed. It is set so that the joint arm 17 engages with the side surface of the carriage 8, and the stepping motor (not shown) for driving the carriage 8 is preset with the number of pulses necessary for changing the print item a of the time card 3 by one step. I'll do it. If the number of pulses required to change the printing step is 100, for example, the first day of the month is the reference position, the second day is 100 pulses from the reference position, and the third day is the reference position. By moving the carriage 8 for 200 pulses and only 300 pulses on the fourth day, the receiving member 6 is raised step by step. When the carriage 8 reaches the moving end position, the engaging arm 17 is engaged with the carriage 8 and the carriage 8 is moved to the reference position again, and the receiving member 6 is lowered to the lowermost stage again, and the time is reached. It is possible to print from the top of the print column in the next column of the card.

After the printing step feed is completed, the solenoid 24 is turned off again to disengage the engagement arm 17 from the carriage 8 and engage with the lock rail 19 to hold the printing step position and print the carriage 8. You can use it for.

As described above, since the time card 3 can be advanced to the printing stage without requiring a dedicated motor, the cost can be kept low.

The print feed device is not limited to the time recorder. It can also be applied to other devices that require print feed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main part of a printing step feed device in a time recorder or the like according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the main part of the printing step feeding device.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a main part of the printing stage feeding device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of an engagement relationship between an engagement arm and a lock arm.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a printing step feed mechanism.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of an operating state of the printing step feed mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Time Card 4 Insertion Port 5 Guide Part 6 Receiving Member 7 Printing Device 8 Carriage 14 Printing Step Feeding Member 17 Engaging Arm 19 Lock Rail

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An insertion port for a card having a multi-stage number of printed items, a guide portion for guiding both sides of the inserted card, and an end portion on the insertion side of the card, and being movable in the card insertion direction. A receiving member arranged, a carriage having a printing device that moves in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the card to print on a print item of the card, and a print feed member that moves in parallel to the moving direction of the carriage. The print step feed member is provided with an engagement arm that engages and disengages with the carriage, and between the print step feed member and the receiving member, the moving direction of the print step feed member is in the card insertion direction of the receiving member. A motion conversion mechanism that converts to movement of
A printing stage feeding device in a time recorder or the like, characterized in that the position of the receiving member is changed by engaging the engaging arm with the printing device and moving the carriage by a predetermined distance.