JPH08323969A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a printer to be constituted light in weight in which recovered ink can be returned to an ink tank and the wasteful consumption of ink can be prevented. CONSTITUTION: A paper is formed into a cylindrical shape and transferred in the axial direction by guides 1 and 7 and a printing head 20 is rotated in the cylinder to carry out the printing on the paper surface forming the inner face of the cylinder. An ink recovering head 163 rotated in synchronization with the rotating head 20 and recovering excessive ink discharged from the rotating head 20 is provided on the outer side of the cylinder constituted of the paper.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer device for printing information on paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a printer device has been proposed which prints various information such as images, figures and characters on paper.

In such a printer device, a print head scans the sheet to print a predetermined image or character on the sheet.

The scanning of the print head with respect to the sheet is performed by moving the sheet in a fixed direction and moving the print head in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the sheet feeding operation.

[0005]

By the way, in the printer device as described above, the paper is inserted into the printer device through the linear slit.
Therefore, the printer device is larger than the width of the sheet at least in the direction orthogonal to the inserting direction of the sheet, and it is difficult to reduce the size.

Further, in the printer device, since it is necessary to intermittently feed the paper, it is necessary to include large and complicated parts such as a stepping motor, and the overall structure of the device becomes large and complicated. Has been introduced.

In the printer device, since the print head needs to reciprocate with respect to the paper, when the print head which has been stopped is moved,
In addition, when the moving print head is stopped, vibration or noise is generated, and it is difficult to suppress this vibration or noise.

Further, when the information printed on the above-mentioned paper is a color image, the number of print heads used is large, and it is difficult to downsize and simplify the apparatus configuration.

In the printer device, the paper before being inserted into the printer device is made flat and held, so that the paper is inserted vertically into the printer device. Therefore, it is difficult to reduce the size of the device configuration.

Further, when a so-called ink jet type head is adopted as the print head, it is necessary to remove excess ink flowing out from the print head from the inside of the apparatus, which makes the handling complicated.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and has a compact and lightweight device configuration, a simple structure, low vibration and noise, and easy operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printer device that is capable of favorably printing information on a sheet while being realized.

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the above-mentioned object, a printer apparatus according to the present invention supports a paper sheet in a substantially cylindrical shape, and the paper sheet is formed in the axial direction of the cylinder formed by the paper sheet. To form a sheet by being rotatably supported and rotatably supported with a shaft of the cylinder as a rotation axis, which is located in a cylinder formed by the sheet feeding means for feeding and operating the sheet. A rotary head for printing which is slidably contacted over substantially the entire surface of the paper, which is the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and prints with ink on the paper, and the outer side of the cylinder formed by the paper. Ink recovery for recovering the excess ink sent from the rotary head by rotating the rotary head around a rotation axis parallel to the rotation axis of the rotary head in synchronization with the rotation of the rotary head. F And a de, and the above-mentioned rotary head and the ink recovery head has been made and that are integrally held by being supported by the same support substrate to each other.

Further, according to the present invention, in the printer device described above, the ink recovery head is rotated in the same rotation direction as the rotary head, and has an ink recovery port at a position facing the rotary head. A squeegee is slidably contacted with the rotary head in the vicinity of the ink recovery port.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above-described printer device, the ink recovery head is rotationally operated in a rotation direction opposite to that of the rotary head and has an ink recovery port at a position facing the rotary head. It was decided to be.

According to the present invention, in the above-described printer device, the ink recovery head is connected to a pipe connected to the ink tank of the rotary head, and the recovered ink is supplied to the ink tank via the pipe. It was decided to return to.

Further, the present invention, in the above-mentioned printer device, has a pump driven in synchronization with the rotation of the rotary head, and the pump collects the ink recovered by the ink recovery head through an ink tank through a pipe. It was decided to send it to.

[0017]

In the printer device according to the present invention, a sheet feeding means for supporting a sheet in a substantially cylindrical shape and feeding the sheet in the axial direction of the cylinder formed by the sheet, and a sheet feeding means for feeding the sheet by the sheet feeding means. It is positioned inside the cylinder to be formed and is rotatably supported with the shaft of the cylinder as a rotation axis, and is rotatably operated to substantially the entire surface of the surface of the paper which is the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder formed by the paper. A rotary head for printing, which is slidably contacted over the paper and prints with ink on the paper, is arranged outside the cylinder of the paper and is synchronized with the rotation of the rotary head at this position. And an ink recovery head for recovering the excess ink sent from the rotary head by rotating around a rotary axis parallel to the rotary axis of the rotary head, and the rotary head and the ink recovery head. Because are integrally held by being supported by the same support substrate to each other, by the movement of the one direction of the rotary head with printing can be performed with respect to the paper, without complicating the structure,
Excess ink sent from the rotary head can be collected.

Further, in the above-mentioned printer apparatus, the ink recovery head has an ink recovery port at a position where it is rotated in the same rotation direction as the rotary head and faces the rotary head, and the ink recovery port In the case where there is a squeegee that is slidably contacted with the rotary head in the vicinity, the squeegee can clean the rotary head in accordance with the rotating operation of the rotary head.

Further, in the above-mentioned printer device, the ink recovery head has an ink recovery port at a position facing the rotary head by being rotated in a rotation direction opposite to that of the rotary head. In this case, when not in use, the ink recovery head can reliably cover the rotary head.

In the above printer, the ink recovery head is connected to a pipe connected to the ink tank of the rotary head, and the ink recovered through the pipe is returned to the ink tank. The ink recovered by the ink recovery head is returned to the ink tank.

Further, in the above-mentioned printer device, a pump driven in synchronization with the rotation of the rotary head is provided.
When this pump is designed to send the ink collected by the ink collecting head to the ink tank through the pipe,
The ink recovered by the ink recovery head is returned to the ink tank according to the rotation of the rotary head.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The printer device according to the present invention is a device for outputting information on a sheet, that is, printing on this sheet. This printer device will be described in the following order.

[1] Schematic configuration of printer device [2] Configuration of rotary head [3] Other configuration example of paper feeding means [4] Example of ink replenishment method [5] Other configuration example of guide cylinder [] 6] Example of use in combination with telephone or computer device [7] Configuration for miniaturizing brush [8] Configuration of paper feeding means for intermittent paper feeding [9] For printing on tape body or postcard-like paper [10] Configuration for collecting surplus ink [11] Configuration including self-propelled means [1] Schematic configuration of printer device This printer device is configured as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. A guide tube body 6 and a guide inner tube portion 7 which constitute a paper feeding means for supporting the paper 8 in a substantially cylindrical shape and feeding the paper 8 in the axial direction of the cylinder formed by the paper 8. The paper 8 is, for example, A4 in Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS).
The paper is rectangular or square paper having a size of about B5 size or the like, and has a thickness of a paper used as so-called copy paper.

The guide cylinder 6 is attached to the upper surface of the outer casing 1 of the main body so as to face upward. The guide cylinder 6 is made of a spiral metal wire (wire) wound along a cylindrical surface.

It should be noted that the guide cylinder 6 is adapted to be compressed and housed in the axial direction of the cylinder when the printer is not in use.

The main body outer casing 1 has a circular through hole 2 formed so as to penetrate from the upper surface portion to the bottom surface portion.
The guide tubular body 6 is arranged along the outer peripheral portion of the opening end on the upper side of the through hole 2 in the upper surface portion of the main body outer casing 1.

The inner guide cylindrical portion 7 is formed as a cylindrical casing, and the upper surface portion thereof is a guide hemispherical portion which is convex upward. The inner tubular portion 7 of the guide may have a flat upper surface.

The guide inner cylindrical portion 7 is the main body outer casing 1
It is arranged so as to be fitted in the through hole 2. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 45, the guide inner cylindrical portion 7 has a portion on the outer peripheral side through the continuous portion 10 and the main body outer casing 1 described above.
And is supported by the outer casing 1 of the main body.

Therefore, between the inner peripheral surface portion of the through hole 2 of the main body outer casing 1 and the outer peripheral surface portion of the guide inner cylindrical portion 7,
An annular slit part is formed with a part missing. The slit portion is a range in which a portion lacking due to the continuous portion 10 extends over about 30 ° around the central axis, and thus is formed over about 330 ° around the central axis.

In this printer, as shown in FIG. 2, the paper 8 is wound around the slit in a substantially cylindrical shape and is inserted from above vertically. The cylinder formed by the paper 8 extends over an angular range corresponding to the slit portion, that is, is formed over about 330 ° around the central axis. The sheet 8 is supported by the slit portion, and as will be described later, by the sheet feeding means housed below the guide inner tubular portion 7, the axial direction of the ring formed by the slit portion, that is, the sheet 8 of the sheet 8. It is fed and operated in the axial direction of the eggplant cylinder.

At the position inside the ring formed by the slit portion, that is, inside the cylinder formed by the sheet 8 and below the inner tube portion 7 of the guide, as shown in FIG. An information input / output rotary head 20 for inputting / outputting information to / from 8 is provided.

As shown by arrows A and M in FIGS. 5 and 22, the rotary head 20 is rotatably supported and rotatably supported by using the axis of the ring formed by the slit portion as a rotary shaft. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the paper 8 is slidably contacted over substantially the entire surface of the paper 8 inserted into the slit, and information is input / output to / from the paper 8, that is, printing, Or read.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the rotary head 8 is attached to a rotary disk 19 supported by a support shaft 21 rotatably arranged in the guide inner tubular portion 7. The support shaft 21 is arranged at a position corresponding to the axis of the cylinder formed by the paper 8 inserted in the slit portion. The rotary disk 19 is formed in a disk shape, and is supported at the center by the lower end side of the support shaft 21.

A brush 12 for transmitting and receiving information signals between the rotary head 20 and an external device is arranged on the upper end side of the support shaft 21. In this example, the brush 12 has 40 terminals, and the connection of each terminal is made between the rotating portion that is rotated together with the support shaft 21 and the non-rotating portion that includes the guide inner tubular portion 7. It is carried out.

A rotating operation means for rotating the rotating head 20 is disposed below the inner guide tube portion 7. This rotation operation means is configured to have a head motor 17 disposed inside the guide inner cylinder portion 7. A drive roller 18 is attached to a drive shaft of the head motor 17. This drive roller 18
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 15, the outer peripheral edge portion is in contact with the outer peripheral side portion of the main surface portion of the rotary disk 19. Therefore, when the head motor 17 is driven, the turntable 19 is rotated together with the support shaft 21 and the rotary head 20.

The drive roller 18 may be formed in a truncated cone shape, as shown in FIG. 16, and supported so that the generatrix of the truncated cone contacts the turntable 19. Further, as shown in FIG. 18, the drive roller 18 may be supported so that its outer peripheral edge portion abuts on the outer peripheral edge portion of the rotary disk 19.

The sheet feeding means is the guide inner cylindrical portion 7
And a plurality of gears arranged on the lower side of the support shaft 21 on the peripheral side of the support shaft 21. That is,
A worm gear 29 is arranged on the support shaft 21 coaxially with the support shaft 21. A plurality of worm wheels 30 mesh with the worm gear 29. The worm wheels 30 are arranged radially around the support shaft 21 and mesh with the worm gear 29.

A first transmission gear 31 is meshed with each worm wheel 30. Further, each of the first transmission gears 31 has a second transmission gear 3
2 mesh. Then, each of the second transmission gears 32
The gear portions of the pair of paper feed rollers 33 and 34 mesh with each other. These paper feed rollers 33, 34
The respective peripheral surface portions are made to face the inside of the slit portion from the inner side of the ring formed by the slit portion.

When the head motor 17 is driven to rotate the support shaft 21, the worm gear 29 is rotated, and the worm wheel 30 and the transmission gears 3 are rotated.
1, 32 and the paper feed rollers 33, 34 are
Each is rotated.

Further, in the outer casing 1 of the main body, a plurality of guide rollers 27 and 28 are rotatably arranged with the peripheral surface of the slit facing the outside of the ring formed by the slits. Has been done. These guide rollers 27, 28 are
The peripheral surface portions of the paper feed rollers 33 and 34 are brought into contact with the peripheral surface portions of the paper feed rollers 33 and 34, and the rotation shafts of the paper feed rollers 33 and 34 correspond.
Parallel to the rotation axis of.

That is, the sheet 8 inserted into the slit portion is nipped by the sheet feed rollers 33 and 34 and the guide rollers 27 and 28. And
When the paper feed rollers 33 and 34 are rotated,
The sheet 8 held between the sheet feed rollers 33 and 34 and the guide rollers 27 and 28 is directed toward the lower side or the upper side of the sheet 8 depending on the rotation direction of the sheet feed rollers 33 and 34. The feed operation is performed along the axis of the cylinder formed by 8.

On the outer side of the outer casing 1 of the main body, there are provided information signal jacks 4 and 5 for transmitting and receiving information signals and a power supply jack 3. Information signals are exchanged between the printer device and the external device through the information signal jacks 4 and 5.

That is, these information signal jacks 4,
As shown in FIG. 56, the reference numeral 5 is connected to a printer board 15 which serves as a control circuit section. This printer board 15 is
It is arranged inside the main body outer casing 1 or on a non-rotating portion inside the guide inner cylindrical portion 7. The printer board 15 is connected to the rotary head 2 via the brush 12.
Connected to 0. The rotary head 20 is the rotary disk 1
It is disposed on the rotating part including the rotary shaft 9. As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, a plurality of contact portions 61 for connecting to the rotary head 20 are formed on the main surface portion of the rotary disk 19.

The power supply jack 3 is connected to the power supply board 14 disposed on the non-rotating portion. The power supply board 14 is connected to the printer board 15. The power supply board 14 is supplied with power from the outside through the power supply jack 3 to supply drive power for the printer board 15, the rotary head 20, the head motor 17, and the like.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 56, a battery (battery) 11 connected to the power supply substrate 14 may be housed in the guide inner cylindrical portion 7.
In this case, the power supply board 14 is the battery 1
1 is supplied with power from the printer board 1
5, the drive power for the rotary head 20, the head motor 17, etc. is supplied.

In this printer device, the rotary head 2 is driven by driving the head motor 17.
0 is rotated and the paper 8 is
Is operated in the axial direction of the cylinder formed by. Therefore, the rotary head 20 is brought into sliding contact with the entire surface of the paper 9 which is the inner surface of the cylinder formed by the paper 8.

[2] Configuration of Rotary Head In the printer device, the rotary head 20 can be the print head 20 for printing information on the paper 8. In addition, this print head 20
As shown in FIG. 21, a plurality may be attached to the turntable 19.

An ink jet head can be used as the print head 20. This inkjet head has 8 lines per 1 mm (8 Lines / mm)
It is possible to print 32 lines, and in order to print 32 lines, 100 to 300 revolutions per minute (100
It is advisable to carry out the rotation operation at a rotation speed of about 300 rpm).

As shown in FIGS. 23 to 25, this ink jet head has an ink tank portion 66 for storing ink, a control valve portion 67 for controlling the outflow of ink from the ink tank portion 66, and this control. The nozzle 68 is configured to lead out the ink that has flowed out through the valve 67. The tip portion of the nozzle portion 68 serves as an ink ejection port 35 and faces the surface portion of the sheet 8 in a state of substantially sliding contact with the sheet 8.

A plotter head can be used as the print head 20. As shown in FIGS. 27 to 29, the plotter head is a plotter pen 75.
And a solenoid portion 74 for operating the plotter pen 75 in the front-back direction. The tip portion 76 of the plotter pen 75 faces the surface portion of the paper 8 in a state of sliding contact with the paper 8.

In order to perform color printing in this printer device, as shown in FIG. 26, a print head (black) 69 for black printing, a print head (cyan) 70 for cyan printing, and a yellow color are used. A print head (yellow) 71 for printing and a print head (magenta) 72 for magenta color printing are sequentially arranged in a radial pattern,
It can be attached to the turntable 19.

The print head (cyan) 70, the print head (yellow) 71, and the print head (magenta) 72 are used one by one, and they are 12
They are arranged at 0 ° intervals. The three print heads (black) 69 are arranged at 120 ° intervals from each other, and the print heads (cyan) 70 and the print heads (yellow) 71 are located between the print heads (yellow). 71 and the print head (magenta) 72, and between the print head (magenta) 72 and the print head (cyan) 70, respectively.

Further, in this printer device, as shown in FIG.
A scanner can be provided. This scanner is shown in FIG.
3 to 55, a plurality of light emitting elements (LED)
25 and a plurality of light receiving elements (PDs: photodiodes) 26 corresponding to the light emitting elements 25, and the light emitting elements 25 and the light receiving elements 26 are attached to the turntable 19.

.. The light emitting elements 25 and the light receiving elements 26 are arranged in a matrix on the printer substrate 15 (that is, the light emitting elements 25 and the light receiving elements) through a circuit pattern formed on the turntable 19. Two
6 plus terminals are connected on a plurality of horizontal axes, and the negative terminals of each light emitting element 25 and each light receiving element 26 are connected on a plurality of vertical axes). That is, each of the light emitting elements 25 and each of the light receiving elements 26 can cause only the arbitrary light emitting element 25 to emit light under the control of the printer board 15, and at the same time, the arbitrary light receiving element 26.
The output signal from only the printer board 15 can be input to the printer board 15.

In this printer device, when the scanner is used, printing by the print head 20 can be performed while monitoring (reading) the figure or character displayed on the paper 8.

Therefore, in this printer device, as shown in FIG. 19, printing is performed on the two-thirds area (1 / 3P and 2 / 3P) of the paper 8 in the first printing. Then, in the second printing, while monitoring the half (2 / 3P) of the first printed portion, the remaining one-third area (3 / 3P) of the paper 8 is printed. By performing the above, it is possible to perform continuous printing over the entire area of the sheet 8.

In this case, in the first printing, the print head 20 makes the first third of the two-thirds region (1 / 3P and 2 / 3P) of the first half side of the paper 8 in the first third. Printing is performed on the paper 8 while scanning the paper 8 in the direction from the one area (1 / 3P) to the next one-third area (2 / 3P). Then, in the second printing, the print head 20 and the scanner occupy one-third of the center of the two-third area (2 / 3P and 3 / 3P) of the second half of the paper 8. Area (2/3
P) while scanning the sheet 8 in the direction over the last one-third region (3 / 3P), the central one-third region (2 / 3P) is monitored by the above scanning. Then, for the last one-third area (3 / 3P), printing is performed by the print head 20 according to the result of the monitor.

Further, in this printer device, by monitoring the printing color of the color test chart printed while printing the color test chart by the print head 20 by the scanner, printing is performed, that is, in real time. The print color can be corrected.

As shown in FIG. 20, the scanner may be constructed by using an optical fiber 63 which is passed through the support shaft 21. That is, the optical fiber 63 has one end facing the surface of the paper 8 at the same height position as the print head 20, and the other end outward from the upper end of the support shaft 21. To face. At the other end of the optical fiber 63, the light receiving element 62 is arranged so as to face it. Then, inside the guide inner cylinder portion 7 and below the lower end portion of the support shaft 21, that is, the print head 2
A light source 64 is arranged at the center of the same height position as 0.

In this scanner, the light reaching the surface of the paper 8 from the light source 64 is emitted from the optical fiber 6
3 is introduced into the optical fiber 63 through one end,
It is guided to the optical fiber 63 and reaches the light receiving element 62 on the other end side of the optical fiber 63. The light detection output of the light receiving element 62 is an output obtained by monitoring the portion of the paper 8 where one end of the optical fiber 63 faces.

Further, the above-mentioned scanner has the structure shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, a light source 115 fixedly arranged in the guide inner cylindrical portion 7 and a mirror 120 mounted at the center of the rotary disc 19 and rotated together with the rotary disc 19.
It may be configured to have and.

That is, the light emitted from the light source 115 passes through the collimator lens 116, the mirror 117, and the condenser lens 119 arranged in the inner guide tube portion 7 and travels on the axis of the support shaft 21. The traveling light beam is emitted toward the central portion of the rotary disk 19.

The light flux emitted from the condenser lens 119 is deflected by 90 ° by the mirror 120 and is incident perpendicularly to the surface portion of the paper 8 and on the surface portion of the paper 8. Is collected at.

In this state, when the turntable 19 is rotated, the light flux deflected by the mirror 120 and condensed on the paper 8 is synchronized with the rotation of the print head 20 and is supported. It will be rotated around the axis of the shaft 21.

A laser light source is used as the light source,
When a thermal paper is used as the paper 8, the laser light source is modulated in accordance with an information signal, so that the light flux from the laser light source can print (print) on the paper 8.

Further, the rotary head 20 can be a reading head (scanner head) for reading the information written on the paper 8. As shown in FIGS. 31 to 33, this reading head is for B (blue), G
Three sets of photocouplers 8 for (green) and R (red)
It has 1,82,83. These photo couplers 8
Reference numerals 1, 82 and 83 respectively include a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and are arranged in the reading head 77 so as to face the sheet 8 via the corresponding condenser lenses 84, 85 and 86. It is set up. A balance weight 88 is provided in the reading head 77.

In this printer, the rotary head 20 can be composed of both the print head 20 and the read head 77.

That is, the rotary head 20 shown in FIG.
As shown in, print head (black) 6 for black printing
9, a print head (cyan) 70 for cyan color printing, a print head (yellow) 71 for yellow color printing, a print head (magenta) 72 for magenta color printing, the reading head 77, and a dryer head 78, It is possible to sequentially arrange them in a radial pattern and attach them to the rotary disk 19 to configure them.

The dryer head 78 has a ring-shaped heating element 79 as shown in FIGS. 34 to 36.
And a nozzle portion 89 connected to the front side of the inner hole of the heating element 79, and the tip side of the nozzle portion 89 is configured to face the surface portion of the paper 8. In the dryer head 78, the blowing hole 9 corresponding to the front end portion of the nozzle portion 89 is formed on the front end surface portion.
0 is provided, and a suction hole 91 is provided on the upper surface on the rear side. A balance weight 88 is provided on the rear side of the heating element 79.

In the dryer head 78, when the turntable 19 is rotated, the air in the nozzle portion 89 is generated by centrifugal force as shown by an arrow O in FIG.
The paper is discharged to the side of the paper 8 through the blowing hole 90. Then, the atmospheric pressure in the dryer head 78 is lowered, so that the suction hole 91 as shown by an arrow N in FIG.
Air is sucked into the dryer head 78 to the outside of the dryer head 78 via. The air sucked into the dryer head 78 is heated by the heating element 79 and blown to the sheet 8 side through the nozzle portion 89 and the blowing hole 90 as shown by an arrow O in FIG. To be done.

In this way, the air blown toward the paper 8 side from the blow-out hole 90 rapidly dries the ink blown on the surface of the paper 8 by the print head 20.

[3] Another Configuration Example of Paper Feeding Means In this printer device, the paper feeding means is not limited to the above-mentioned configuration, and as shown in FIGS. The drive shaft 39 of the head motor 40 may be arranged so as to be on the central axis of the cylinder formed by the paper 8, and the rotary disk 41 may be attached to the drive shaft 39.

A spiral ridge 42 is formed on the main surface of the rotary disk 41 with the drive shaft 39 as the central axis. A plurality of first transmission gears 43 are rotatably arranged in the guide inner tubular portion 7. These first
As shown in FIG. 8, the transmission gears 43 of the transmission gears 43 are arranged at radial positions surrounding the head motor 40, and the rotation shafts thereof are parallel to the main surface portion of the turntable 41. It meshes with 42. That is, when the turntable 41 is rotationally operated, the first transmission gears 43 are provided.
Are rotated in predetermined directions, as indicated by arrows E in FIG.

A second transmission gear 44 meshes with each of the first transmission gears 43. The gear portions of the paper feed roller 45 mesh with the second transmission gears 44, respectively. These paper feed rollers 45 are
The respective peripheral surface portions are exposed inside the slit portion from the inner side of the ring formed by the slit portion.

As shown in FIG. 8, the transmission gears 43 and 44 and the paper feed roller 45 form a plurality of gear trains 47 radially arranged around the drive shaft 39. When the head motor 40 is driven and the turntable 41 is rotationally operated, the first transmission gears 43 are rotated, and the second transmission gears 44 and the paper feed rollers 45 are respectively As shown by arrows F and G in FIG. 7, the rotary operation is performed.

Further, in the outer casing 1 of the main body portion, a plurality of guide rollers 46 are rotatably disposed with the peripheral surface portion facing the inside of the slit portion from the outside of the ring formed by the slit portion. There is. These guide rollers 46 have peripheral surfaces corresponding to the paper feed rollers 45, and the peripheral surface portions of the guide rollers 46.
5 is in contact with the peripheral surface of the sheet 5, and the rotation axis is parallel to the rotation axis of the corresponding paper feed roller 45.

That is, the sheet 8 inserted in the slit portion is nipped by the sheet feed rollers 45 and the guide rollers 46. When the paper feed rollers 45 are rotated, the paper 8 nipped by the paper feed rollers 45 and the guide rollers 46 is moved downward or depending on the rotation direction of the paper feed rollers 45. The paper 8 is fed toward the upper side along the axis of the cylinder formed by the paper 8.

In this example, the rotary head 20 described above is used.
Is attached to the drive shaft 39 via a balancer spring 38 so as not to rotate with respect to the drive shaft 39. The balancer spring 38 compensates for the weight balance between the front end side of the rotary head 20 and the drive shaft 39 side. That is, the rotary head 20
Is an ink tank 36 in which ink 37 is stored on the front end side.
Since the front end side is heavier than the drive shaft 39 side and is rotated, as shown by an arrow D in FIG.
It is urged toward the front end side by the centrifugal force. The balancer spring 38 cancels the bias due to such centrifugal force.

Information signals are transmitted and received between the rotary head 20 and external equipment via a rotary transformer 55 arranged coaxially with the drive shaft 39.

The insertion operation of the paper 8 into the slit portion may be carried out one by one, but as shown in FIG. 9, a ring-shaped paper support 53 and a plurality of paper support rollers 5 are provided.
2 may be arranged above the harmful slit portion to form a paper stocker, and a plurality of paper sheets 8 may be stocked on the slit portion. The paper support 53 is located on the inner side of the slit portion and is concentrically arranged with respect to the slit portion. Then, the above-mentioned paper supporting rollers 5
2 is arranged on the outer side of the slit portion so as to be radial with respect to the slit portion. These sheet supporting rollers 52 are rotatably operated by a driving mechanism (not shown).

At the entrance of the slit portion, that is, near the upper end side, a collar member 54 formed of a material having flexibility and an appropriate friction coefficient, such as rubber, is located on the inner side of the slit portion. It is provided. Further, the upper end portion of the slit portion is provided with an annular projecting portion located on the outer side of the slit portion and directed upward.

A plurality of sheets 8 are stored in the sheet stocker.
It is rolled up into a cylindrical shape and stocked.
Then, the sheets 8 are sequentially inserted into the slits one by one from the outer side of the cylinder by the action of the flange member 54 and the projecting portion when the sheet supporting roller 52 is rotated. It

Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 14, the paper feeding means arranges the head motor 40 such that the drive shaft 39 of the head motor 40 is on the central axis of the cylinder formed by the paper 8. However, the first and second rotary disks 57 and 59 may be attached to the drive shaft 39 in parallel with each other.

A plurality of paper feed rollers 56 are rotatably disposed between the first and second turntables 57 and 59. That is, the paper feed rollers 56 are the same as those shown in FIG.
Further, as shown in FIG. 12, it is rotatably supported by a support shaft 58 which is arranged so as to extend between the rotary disks 57 and 59. These paper feed rollers 56 are connected to the drive shaft 3
They are arranged at equal angular intervals around 9. The peripheral surfaces of the paper feed rollers 56 are exposed in the slits from the inner side of the ring formed by the slits.

The support shaft 58 for supporting the paper feed rollers 56 is formed by rotating the rotary plates 57 and 59 relative to each other around the drive shaft 39, as indicated by an arrow J in FIG. , The rotary shaft 57 for the drive shaft 39,
It is inclined in the circumferential direction of 59. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12, the center line of the paper feed roller 56 is inclined by a predetermined angle θ with respect to the circumferential direction of each of the rotary disks 57 and 59.

The angle .theta. Of inclination of the center line of the paper feed roller 56 with respect to the circumferential direction of the rotary disks 57, 59.
Can be variably adjusted by relatively rotating the rotary disks 57 and 59 around the drive shaft 39.

The sheet 8 having a substantially cylindrical shape and inserted into the slit portion is brought into contact with the sheet feed rollers 56 on the inner surface of the cylinder. Then, in this state, when the turntables 57 and 59 are rotated by the head motor 40, the paper feed rollers 56 move to the positions shown in FIG.
As indicated by an arrow K in FIG. 5, the sheet 8 is revolved around the drive shaft 39 while rollingly contacting the surface of the sheet 8.

At this time, since the paper feed rollers 56 are inclined in the circumferential direction of the rotary plates 57 and 59, the rolling contact loci of the paper feed rollers 56 on the paper 8 are indicated by arrows in FIG. As indicated by the vector K, the sheet 8 is inclined with respect to the lower edge thereof. However,
Each of the paper feed rollers 56 includes a corresponding rotary disk 57, 59.
Since it is attached to the sheet 8, the sheet 8 is moved in a direction parallel to the lower edge of the sheet 8 as shown by an arrow vector L in FIG. As a result, the paper 8 is moved and operated in the direction and distance indicated by the vector B, which is the difference between the vector L and the vector K, as indicated by the arrow B in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 14, the direction of the vector B is the direction perpendicular to the lower edge of the paper 8, that is, the axial direction of the cylinder formed by the paper 8. The length of the vector B is the length of the vector L,
That is, when the moving speed of each of the paper feed rollers 56 (the product of the distance from the drive shaft 39 to each of the paper feed rollers 56 and the angular velocity of rotation of each of the turntables 57 and 59) is constant, the above-mentioned vector L is obtained. It is determined according to the angle formed by the vector K.

The angle of the vector K with respect to the vector L is equal to the inclination angle θ of each sheet feed roller 56. Therefore, by changing the inclination angle θ of each of the paper feed rollers 56, it is possible to change the feed speed of the paper 8 while keeping the rotation speeds of the rotary disks 57 and 59 constant.

That is, when the rotary discs 57 and 59 are rotated, the paper 8 inserted into the slit portion is moved downward or upward depending on the rotation direction of the rotary discs 57 and 59. The paper 8 is fed toward the side along the axis of the cylinder formed by the paper 8, and the feed speed is variably adjusted according to the inclination angle of each paper feed roller 56.

In this example, the rotary head 20
Is attached to the drive shaft 39 via the balancer spring 38 so as not to rotate with respect to the drive shaft 39. The balancer spring 38 compensates for the weight balance between the front end side of the rotary head 20 and the drive shaft 39 side. That is, since the rotary head 20 has the ink tank 36 in which the ink 37 is stored at the front end side, the front end side is heavier than the drive shaft 39 side,
When it is rotated, it is urged toward the front end side by the centrifugal force. This centrifugal force is canceled by the balancer spring 38.

Information signals are transmitted and received between the rotary head 20 and external equipment via a rotary transformer arranged coaxially with the drive shaft 39.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 40 and 41, the paper feeding means arranges the head motor 40 such that the drive shaft 39 of the head motor 40 is on the central axis of the cylinder formed by the paper 8. However, the worm gear 96 and the turntable 41 may be attached to the drive shaft 39.

A plurality of worm wheels 97 are rotatably arranged in the guide inner cylinder portion 7. As shown in FIG. 41, these worm wheels 97 are arranged at radial positions surrounding the head motor 40, and mesh with the worm gear 96, respectively. That is, when the drive shaft 39 is rotationally operated, the worm wheel 97 is rotationally operated in a predetermined direction as indicated by an arrow Q in FIG.

Transmission gears 98 are in mesh with the worm wheels 97. Each of the transmission gears 98 has a pulley portion, and the paper feed belt 95 is wound between the pulley portion and the pair of paper feed rollers 99, 99. These paper feed rollers 99, 99 have their respective peripheral surfaces facing the inside of the slit from the inner side of the ring formed by the slit.

As shown in FIG. 41, the transmission gears 98 and the paper feed rollers 99, 99 have the drive shaft 3
A plurality of gear trains 102 radially arranged around 9
Is composed. When the head motor 40 is driven to rotate the drive shaft 39, the worm wheels 97 are rotated, and the transmission gears 98, the paper feed rollers 99, 99, and the paper feed belt 95 are Each of them is rotated as indicated by an arrow R in FIG.

Further, in the outer casing 1 of the main body portion, a plurality of guide rollers 100 and 101 are rotatably arranged with the peripheral surface portion thereof facing the inside of the slit portion from the outside of the ring formed by the slit portion. Has been done. These guide rollers 100, 1
A peripheral surface 01 of each of the paper feed rollers 99 and 99 is in contact with each of the paper feed belts 95, and a rotation axis thereof is parallel to the rotation axis of the corresponding paper feed rollers 99 and 99.

That is, the sheet 8 inserted in the slit portion is nipped by the sheet feed belt 95 and the guide rollers 100 and 101. When the paper feed belts 95 are rotated together with the paper feed rollers 99, 99, the paper 8 nipped by the paper feed belts 95 and the guide rollers 100, 101 is rotated by the paper feed belts 95. Depending on the direction, the sheet 8 is fed downward or upward along the axis of the cylinder formed by the sheet 8.

The rotary head 20 is attached to the rotary disk 41 and is rotated by the head motor 40 together with the rotary disk 41.

Further, as shown in FIG. 86, the paper feeding means arranges the head motor such that the drive shaft of the head motor is on the central axis of the cylinder formed by the paper 8 and the drive shaft is attached to the drive shaft. A plurality of transmission gears each having a pulley portion may be meshed with the attached drive gear.

The transmission gears are rotatably supported in the guide inner cylindrical portion 7 about a spindle parallel to the drive shaft of the head motor. The pulley portions of these transmission gears are wound around the paper feed belt 123 between the corresponding paper feed rollers. These paper feed rollers have their peripheral surfaces exposed inside the slit from the inner side of the ring formed by the slit. These paper feed rollers are supported rotatably around a support shaft that is orthogonal to the drive shaft of the head motor.

The paper feed belt 123 is guided by guide rollers, is bent at a right angle in the middle, and is wound between the pulley portion of the transmission gear and the paper feed roller.

Further, in the outer casing 1 of the main body portion, a plurality of guide rollers are rotatably arranged with the peripheral surface portion facing the inside of the slit portion from the outside of the ring formed by the slit portion. . The guide rollers have their peripheral surfaces abutted against the respective paper feed belts 123 corresponding to the respective paper feed rollers, and have the rotation axes parallel to the rotation axes of the corresponding paper feed rollers.

That is, the paper 8 inserted in the slit portion is nipped by the paper feed belts 123 and the guide rollers. When the paper feed belts 123 are rotated together with the paper feed rollers, the paper 8 nipped by the paper feed belts 123 and the guide rollers moves downward in accordance with the rotation direction of the paper feed belts 123. To the side or the upper side, the paper 8 is fed along the axis of the cylinder.

[4] Example of ink supply method When an ink jet head is used as the rotary head 20 in this printer, if the ink tank of this ink jet head is removable,
It is possible to replenish the ink by replacing the ink tank.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 42 and 43, if the guide inner cylinder portion 7 is rotatably supported with respect to the main body outer casing 1, an arrow S in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the ink tank 66 can be removed by rotating the guide inner cylindrical portion 7 upward with respect to the main body outer casing 1. Then, a new ink tank filled with ink is attached to the guide inner cylinder portion 7 to complete the replenishment of ink to the print head 20.

Further, as shown in FIG. 44, the support shaft 21
If an ink nozzle 108 for ink supply is provided inside,
As shown by an arrow T in FIG. 44, this ink nozzle 108
The ink can be replenished to the print head 20 in the guide inner cylinder portion 7 via the.

[5] Another Configuration Example of Guide Cylindrical Body The guide tubular body is, as shown in FIGS. 37 to 39, one or a plurality of expandable / contractible members provided upright on the upper surface of the main body outer casing 1. The telescopic rods 92, 92 and the telescopic rods 92,
One or a plurality of ring members 93, 94 supported by 92
It may be constituted by and.

The expandable rod 92 is constructed by sequentially fitting a plurality of cylindrical members having different diameters, and has a structure similar to that used as a so-called rod antenna. .

The ring members 93, 94 are annular members whose inner diameter is substantially equal to the outer peripheral edge diameter of the slit portion (that is, the diameter of the through hole 2).
The telescopic rods 92, 92 are attached to the tip end side or a midway portion thereof and are arranged coaxially with the slit portion.

In this guide cylinder, the telescopic rods 92, 92 extend upward as indicated by the arrow P in FIG. 37, and as shown in FIG.
By setting 94 at an appropriate height position on the upper side of the main body outer casing 1, as shown in FIG. 39, a plurality of sheets of paper 8 rolled into a substantially cylindrical shape are placed on the main body outer casing 1. Can be supported.

The plurality of sheets 8 thus supported by the guide cylinder are inserted into the slit portion one by one.

[6] Example of use in combination with telephone or computer device This signal input / output device can be configured as a facsimile device by including a transmission / reception unit for exchanging image information signals with a telephone line. it can.

That is, as shown in FIG. 46, the telephone 1
10 is connected via the connecting member 109 so that the image information signal can be exchanged with the telephone 110, the telephone 110 responds to the image information signal received through the telephone line. Output the image on paper 8,
That is, it is possible to print on the paper 8.

Further, by sending the image information signal input from the paper 8 by the reading head 77 to the telephone device 110, the image information signal is sent to the telephone line. You can

Further, as shown in FIGS. 70 and 71, by providing a wireless transmission / reception section 125 in this printer device, it is possible to exchange image information signals with the wireless telephone 136.

The wireless transmission / reception unit 125 transmits / receives an information signal to / from an external device using electromagnetic waves such as infrared rays and radio waves as a carrier wave, and is connected to the printer board 15 and the printer board 15 is used. It is possible to exchange information signals between the external device and the external device.

The radio telephone 136 has an antenna 138.
And is configured to be able to transmit and receive information signals to and from the telephone station via this antenna 138. The wireless telephone 136 is provided with a wireless transmission / reception unit 137 for exchanging information signals with the wireless transmission / reception unit 125 of the printer device.

This printer device is compatible with the wireless telephone 13 described above.
6, it is possible to send and receive image information signals via the wireless transmission / reception units 125 and 137.
36 outputs to the paper 8 an image corresponding to the image information signal received from the telephone station via the antenna 138,
That is, it is possible to print on the paper 8.

Further, by sending the image information signal inputted from the paper 8 by the reading head 77 to the wireless telephone 136 through the wireless transmission / reception units 125 and 137 to the printer device, This image information signal can be sent to the telephone station.

This printer device and the wireless telephone 13
As shown in FIG. 71, 6 can be respectively supported by a support stand 140 attached to a wall surface or the like in a house in a state where they are separated from each other by a predetermined distance.

As shown in FIG. 48, this printer device is connected to a computer device 111 so that image information signals can be sent and received to and from the computer device 111. An image corresponding to the image information signal processed by 111 can be output to the paper 8, that is, printed on the paper 8.

Further, by sending the image information signal input from the paper 8 by the reading head 77 to the computer device 111, the image information signal is input to the computer device 111. can do.

In the prior art, as shown in FIG. 47, the printer device 1 is included in the computer device 111.
12 and the scanner device 113 were separately connected. In the printer device according to the present invention, by connecting only this printer device to the computer device 111, the computer device 11 of the image information obtained by the conventional printer device 112 and the scanner device 113 can be used.
Input / output for 1 is possible.

Further, this printer device can be built in a small computer device (so-called laptop computer) 114 as shown in FIG. In this case, a part of the outer casing of the computer device 114 constitutes the main body side outer casing 1 and the guide inner cylinder portion 7. Then, the rotary head 20 is rotationally operated in the outer casing of the computer device 114.

[7] Structure for downsizing brush In this printer device, a flexible substrate 121 can be used in place of the brush 12 as shown in FIG. That is, this flexible substrate 1
Reference numeral 21 is configured to have a thin plate-shaped base made of, for example, a polyimide-based synthetic resin material having flexibility and heat resistance, and a conductor pattern adhered and formed on the base.

The other end of the flexible substrate 121 is connected to the rotary head 20 or the scanner, and one end portion of which the conductor pattern is formed as a plurality of parallel electrode portions is wound around the spindle 21 to be attached. To be Then, a terminal member corresponding to each conductor pattern is slidably contacted with each conductor pattern on one end portion of the flexible substrate 121, thereby exchanging information signals between the rotary head 20 and the scanner and an external device. Is possible.

Further, in this printer device, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the printer board 15 and the power supply board 14 are arranged together with the rotary head 20 on a rotary part that can be rotated, that is, on the rotary plate 19, and are non-rotating parts (fixed parts). Signals may be exchanged between the circuit section in the guide inner cylinder section 7 and the printer board 15 and the power supply board 14 via the brushes 12 having 10 terminals or less.

That is, the printer board 15 and the information signal jacks 4 and 5 can be connected by 8 to 10 terminals. The power supply board 14 and the power supply jack 3 can be connected by two terminals. Therefore, the number of terminals of the brush 12 is 10
It is possible to make it below the terminal.

The battery 11 can also be arranged on the rotating part. The battery 11 is connected to the power supply board 14 in the rotating part.

As shown in FIG. 59, a brush having 25 to 30 terminals is used as the brush 12, and the rotary head 2 is used.
The total height of this printer device was about 85 mm when the size was not reduced to 0. Then, as the brush 12, a brush having 8 to 10 terminals is used.
When the rotary head 20 is downsized as shown in FIGS. 0 to 62, the total height of the printer can be set to about 45 mm as shown in FIG. 63.

Further, as shown in FIG. 58, the printer board 15 and the power supply board 14 are arranged together with the rotary head 20 on a rotary part that can be rotated, that is, on the rotary plate 19, and a non-rotating part ( Transmission and reception of signals between the circuit portion in the guide inner cylinder portion 7 which is a fixed portion) and the printer board 15 and the power supply board 14 are performed via wireless transmission / reception portions 122 and 123 which are wireless transmission / reception means. May be

That is, as shown in FIGS. 64 and 65, a wireless transmission / reception unit 125 for transmitting / receiving infrared rays is provided on the rotating unit, and is connected to the non-fixed unit or to a wireless transmission / reception unit which is an external device. By providing the wireless transmitter / receiver 126 for transmitting and receiving by infrared rays on the transmitter / receiver 127, the printer board 15 and the information signal plug 1 are provided.
29 can be connected by wireless transmission and reception.

In this case, since the power supply board 14 and the power supply jack 3 can be connected with two terminals, the number of terminals of the brush 12 can be two. Further, the battery 11 can also be arranged on the rotating part. The battery 11 is connected to the power supply board 14 in the rotating part.

Further, as shown in FIG. 66, the radio transmission / reception unit may perform radio transmission / reception by radio waves having an antenna 130. When a wireless transmission / reception unit that performs wireless transmission / reception using such radio waves is provided on the rotating unit, this wireless transmission / reception unit is the same as the transmission / reception unit installed in the wireless telephone and is used for communication with a telephone station. The information signal may be sent and received by the.

When the battery 11 is arranged on the rotating portion, the battery 11 has a diagonal length substantially equal to the diameter of the turntable 19 as shown in FIGS. 67 to 69. Equally shaped rectangular rechargeable batteries can be used. The rotary head 20 shown in FIG. 67 is an example in which a print head 132 having an ink tank 133 and a read head 135 having an LED as a light source are arranged in pairs at 180 ° intervals.

[8] Structure of Paper Feeding Means for Performing Intermittent Paper Feeding In this printer device, the paper feeding means is provided during the information input / output period in which the rotary head 20 is in sliding contact with the surface of the paper 8. Only when the paper 8 is stopped and the rotary head 20 is out of the surface of the paper 8 during the paper feed period, the rotary head 20 inputs and outputs information with the front surface of the paper 8 by one sliding contact. It can be configured to feed the sheet 8 by a distance corresponding to the width to be performed.

In this case, as shown in FIGS. 72 and 73, the paper feeding means includes a head motor 17 serving as a driving unit for driving at a constant speed, a Geneva driving gear 148 and a Geneva driven gear 149 from the head motor 17. And a paper feed roller 150 which is a driven portion to which a driving force is transmitted via the Geneva gear.

The Geneva gear blocks the transmission of the driving force to the paper feed roller 150 during the information input / output period in which the rotary head 20 is in sliding contact with the surface of the paper 8, and the rotary head 20 causes the paper to move. In the paper feed period outside the surface portion of No. 8, the driving force is transmitted to the paper feed roller 150.

That is, the Geneva drive gear 148 is
As shown in FIGS. 74 to 78, a part is formed by having a disk-shaped portion that is cut in an arc shape, and a drive pin 153 is provided at a position corresponding to the cut portion.

The Geneva driven gear 149 has, for example, a plurality of engaging grooves at six positions. These engagement grooves are grooves with which the drive pin 153 is engaged, are radially arranged at equal angular intervals, and are open toward the outside. In the Geneva driven gear 149, a portion between the engaging groove and the engaging groove is an arcuate concave surface that fits to the outer peripheral edge of the disk-shaped portion of the Geneva drive gear 148.

Therefore, in the above Geneva gear,
As shown in FIG. 78, the Geneva drive gear 148 is constantly rotated at a constant speed.
9 is rotationally operated only in a rotation section in which the defective portion faces the Geneva driven gear 149 and the drive pin 153 engages with the engagement groove, and the defective portion faces the Geneva driven gear 149. In the non-operating period, the arcuate concave surface between the engaging groove and the engaging groove is stopped with the outer peripheral edge of the disk-shaped portion fitted.

When the defective portion and the drive pin 153 are provided in only one place in the Geneva drive gear 148, the rotation section exists only once for one rotation of the Geneva drive gear 148. . That is, the number of rotation sections existing for one rotation of the Geneva drive gear 148 is m times, where m is the number of the defective portion and the drive pin 153.

The angle at which the Geneva driven gear 149 is rotated in the rotation section is (1 / n) rotation, where n is the number of the engaging grooves.

The head motor 17 is shown in FIG. 79 and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 0, it is mounted at a position eccentric from the central portion of the guide inner tubular portion 7, and the drive gear 142 is attached to the drive shaft.
Is installed. The head motor 17 is arranged with the drive shaft in the vertical direction, that is, parallel to the central axis of the slit portion.

The drive gear 142 meshes with the first transmission gear 143 rotatably supported in the inner guide tube portion 7. The first transmission gear 143 is the second transmission gear 14 rotatably supported in the guide inner tubular portion 7.
It meshes with 4. Then, this second transmission gear 144
Is a third rotatably supported inside the guide inner tubular portion 7.
Of the transmission gear 145.

The third transmission gear 145 is formed on the central axis of the guide inner cylinder portion 7, that is, coaxial with the slit portion. A spindle 21 to which the rotary head 20 is attached is attached to the third transmission gear 145.

A plurality of gear trains 141 are radially arranged around the third transmission gear 145.
Each of the gear trains 141 is configured to include the Geneva gear.

That is, a plurality of fourth transmission gears 155 are rotatably arranged around the third transmission gear 145, and mesh with the third transmission gear 145. A fifth transmission gear 154 meshes with each of the fourth transmission gears 155. A first helical gear 146 is coaxially attached to each of the fifth transmission gears 155. These first helical gears 146
The rotation axis of is parallel to the drive axis of the head motor 17. A second helical gear 147 is meshed with each of the first helical gears 146. The support shaft 151 that rotatably supports the second helical gear 147 is in a direction orthogonal to the drive shaft of the head motor 17, that is, in the horizontal direction.

The Geneva drive gear 148 is coaxially attached to each of the second helical gears 147. As described above, the Geneva driven gears 149 are in mesh with the Geneva driven gears 148. The support shaft 152 rotatably supporting the Geneva driven gear 149 is in a direction orthogonal to the drive shaft of the head motor 17, that is, in the horizontal direction.

The paper feed roller 150 is coaxially attached to each Geneva driven gear 149. These paper feed rollers 150 have their peripheral surfaces faced inside the slits from the inner side of the ring formed by the slits.

In the paper feeding means, when the head motor 17 is driven at a constant speed, the support shaft 21 and the Geneva drive gears 148 are transmitted through the transmission gears.
Is rotated at a constant speed. The rotary head 20 is
It is rotated at a constant speed together with the support shaft 21.

The Geneva driven gears 149 and the paper feed rollers 150 are stopped during the Geneva gear rest period, and are rotated by a predetermined angle (60 ° in this example) only during the rotation period.

In the paper feeding means, the idle section of the Geneva gear coincides with the information input / output period in which the rotary head 20 is in sliding contact with the surface of the paper 8 inserted into the slit. Further, in this paper feeding means, the rotation section of the Geneva gear is the rotation head 20.
Corresponds to the paper feed period during which the paper 8 is inserted into the slit portion and out of the surface portion of the paper 8.

That is, in the printer device equipped with this paper feeding means, the rotary head 20 is used for the paper 8
The paper 8 is stopped while printing or reading is performed on the paper 8 and the paper 8 is fed and operated only while the rotary head 20 is not printing or reading the paper 8. It

Further, as shown in FIGS. 81 and 82, the paper feeding means includes a head motor 17 which is a driving portion which is driven at a constant speed, a driven portion to which a driving force is transmitted from the head motor 17, and It may be configured to include a braking unit that stops the driven unit for a certain period.

That is, in the head motor 17, the drive roller 18 is attached to the drive shaft, and the peripheral surface portion of the drive roller 18 is brought into contact with the peripheral side portion of the turntable 19 rotatably supported by the support shaft 21. It is arranged.

A worm gear 29 is externally fitted and attached to the support shaft 21 so as to be slidable in the axial direction of the support shaft 21. The worm gear 29 is prevented from rotating around the shaft with respect to the support shaft 21. The worm gear 29 is elastically urged in one direction along the axis of the support shaft 21 by a compression coil spring that is fitted around the support shaft 21 and serves as an elastic displacement means.

On the peripheral side of the worm gear 29, a plurality of gear trains 159 serving as driven parts are radially arranged. Each of the gear trains 159 is composed of a worm wheel meshed with the worm gear 29, and a plurality of rotatable spur gears meshed sequentially from the worm wheel toward the slit portion. That is, the rotation axes of the gears that form the gear train 159 are
The direction is orthogonal to the support shaft 21, that is, the horizontal direction.

The outermost gears of the gear train 159 include
A paper feed roller is installed. The peripheral surfaces of these paper feed rollers face the inside of the slit from the inside of the ring formed by the slit.

Then, the gear trains 1 of the turntable 19
A disc-shaped brake plate 156 serving as a braking device is coaxially attached to the rotary disc 19 on the main surface portion on the side facing 59. On the brake plate 156, a number of brake protrusions 157, 158, 158 corresponding to the number of the gear trains 159 are formed in a protruding manner on the main surface facing the respective gear trains 159.

Each of the above-mentioned brake ridges 157, 158, 15
8 are formed in concentric circles having different diameters, and each is formed over an angular range corresponding to the information input / output period, that is, about 330 ° around the support shaft 21. That is, these brake ridges 157, 15
Reference numerals 8 and 158 each have an angular range corresponding to the paper feed period, that is, a missing portion of about 30 ° around the support shaft 21.

And, these brake ridges 157, 15
8 and 158 refer to the respective missing parts of the respective gear trains 159.
They are formed so as to be offset from each other by an angle corresponding to the angle formed by them (120 ° in this example). That is, the first
When the cutout portion of the brake protrusion 157 of FIG. 2 faces the first gear example 159, the cutout portion of the second brake protrusion 158 faces the second gear example 159, and the third brake protrusion 157 of FIG. The missing portion of the line 158 faces the third gear example 159. The same applies when four or more sets (n sets) of gear trains 159 are provided, and when the defective portion of the first brake protrusion 157 faces the first gear example 159, the nth brake is formed. The missing portion of the ridge faces the nth gear example 159.

Each of the gear trains 159 is formed by bringing one of the spur gears forming each of the gear trains 159 close to the brake plate 156. In the first gear train 159, the gear facing the first brake ridge 157 is brought close to the brake plate 156. In the second gear train 159, the gear facing the second brake ridge 158 is brought close to the brake plate 156. The third gear train 159 corresponds to the third brake ridge 1 described above.
The gear facing 57 is placed close to the brake plate 156. The same applies when four or more sets (n sets) of gear trains 159 are provided, and the n-th gear train 159 is
The gear facing the n-th brake ridge is brought close to the brake plate 156.

Of the gears constituting the gear train 159, the gears that are close to the brake plate 156 are such that when the brake ridge faces the gear, the brake ridge meshes with the teeth. As a result, rotation is blocked, and rotation is possible only when the defective portion of the brake ridge faces this gear.

Therefore, in this paper feeding means, when the support shaft 21 and the turntable 19 are rotated at a constant speed, the gear trains 159, the gear trains 159, and the brake protrusions are in the information input / output period. 157,15
The rotation is blocked by 8, 158 and stopped.

When the spindle 21 is rotated while the gear trains 159 are stopped, the worm gear 29 is rotated.
Is the support shaft 21 against the biasing force of the compression coil spring.
Is moved in the axial direction. Therefore, the compression coil spring is elastically displaced by the driving force from the head motor 17 when the brake plate 156 stops the gear trains 159.

Then, during the sheet feeding period, each of the brake ridges 157, 158, 158 makes the defective portion face the gear of the corresponding gear train 159. Therefore, during the paper feed period, the braking of the gear train 159 by the brake plate 156 is released.

At this time, the compression coil spring is operated by the elastic force generated when the brake plate 156 is stopping the gears of the gear trains 159, that is, elastically displaced during the information input / output period. Worm gear 2
Return 9 to the initial position. In this way, the worm gear 29
Is returned to the initial position, so that each gear train 159
, The paper feed roller is rotated,
The paper 8 is fed.

That is, in the printer device provided with this paper feeding means, the rotary head 20 has the paper 8
The paper 8 is stopped while printing or reading is performed on the paper 8 and the paper 8 is fed and operated only while the rotary head 20 is not printing or reading the paper 8. It

[9] Configuration for printing on tape or postcard-like paper In this printer device, input / output of information is performed on paper smaller than the above-mentioned paper 8, that is, tape or postcard-like paper. It can be performed.

When a tape body is used as the paper, a guide groove for guiding the tape body having a width substantially corresponding to the width of the tape body is provided on the outer peripheral side portion of the inner guide tube portion 7. The guide groove is provided corresponding to the position where the paper feed roller is provided. Further, the guide groove is formed in a direction orthogonal to the slit portion.

When the tape body is inserted into the guide groove along the guide groove, the guide groove guides the tape body so as not to move in the circumferential direction of the slit portion, and enters the slit portion. To be inserted. At this time, the tape body is carried into the slit portion by the paper feed roller.

Then, the rotary head 20 inputs and outputs information, that is, prints or reads, with respect to the tape body inserted in the slit portion.

The guide groove has a width corresponding to the tape body on the bottom side, and by narrowing the width of the guide inner tubular portion 7 on the outer peripheral side, the inside of the guide body of the tape body is narrowed. It is possible to prevent the tubular portion 7 from coming off to the outer peripheral side.

Furthermore, the guide groove is formed by stacking grooves having a plurality of widths in a stepwise manner, that is, forming a guide groove having a width narrower than the guide groove on the bottom surface of one guide groove. Thus, the tape body having various widths can be configured to be guided.

In this printer apparatus, the guide roller is a roller member 161 having a step portion formed along the outer peripheral side with respect to the arc of the slit portion, as shown in FIGS. 83 to 85. By doing
Good to guide postcard-like paper.

That is, the roller member 161 is formed in a straight rod shape and is arranged along the tangent line of the slit portion. The roller member 161 has stepped portions on both end sides or one end side whose diameters are gradually increased toward the end side.

When a postcard-like sheet is inserted into the slit portion of the printer provided with the roller member 161, the postcard-like sheet has a side edge portion which is one of a plurality of stepped portions which form the step portion. Is inserted into the slit portion while being guided so as not to move in the circumferential direction of the slit portion.

The postcard-like paper has a lateral width of about 10 cm, and is inserted in the slit portion in an arc shape extending over a range of about 145 ° around the central axis of the slit portion.

The rotary head 20 inputs / outputs information, that is, prints or reads information on a postcard-like sheet inserted in the slit portion.

[10] Structure for Collecting Excessive Ink When the ink jet head is used as the rotary head 20 in this printer, as shown in FIGS. By providing the ink collecting head 163 at a position on the outer side of the slit portion in the outer casing 1, it is possible to collect the excess ink sent from the rotary head 20.

The ink collecting head 163 is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape with both ends closed, and the main body outer casing 1
It is rotatably supported in the inside about the central axis. The rotation axis of the ink recovery head 163 is parallel to the rotation axis of the rotation head 20. Further, the ink recovery head 163 is arranged at a position where the outer peripheral surface portion thereof substantially coincides with the rotation locus of the front end portion of the rotary head 20.

A part of the outer peripheral surface of the ink recovery head 163 is opened as an ink recovery port 165.
A squeegee 164 is provided on the side edge of the ink recovery port 165 along the side edge. The skid 164 is formed in a brim shape from a flexible material such as rubber.

The ink recovery head 163 is
The rotary head 2 is synchronized with the rotation of the rotary head 20.
It is rotated at a predetermined speed that is a positive multiple of the rotational speed of 0 (or a positive fraction).

The rotary head 20 and the ink recovery head 163 are integrally held by being rotatably supported on the same support substrate 171 as shown in FIG. 89.

Then, the ink recovery head 163 is
When the rotary operation is performed in the same rotation direction as the rotary head 20, the ink recovery head 163 has a front end when the rotary head 20 faces the ink recovery head 163 with its front end facing the front end. The ink recovery port 165 is opposed to the section.

In order to rotate the ink recovery head 163 in the same rotation direction as the rotary head 20, for example, a transmission belt may be hung flat between the first ink recovery head 163 and the support shaft 21. . Further, as shown in FIG. 89, a plurality of transmission gears 174 rotatably supported on the support substrate 171 via a support shaft 175 are sequentially meshed with a gear that is rotated together with the support shaft 21. As a gear train, the outermost transmission gear 174 is meshed with the gear 173 attached to the ink recovery head 163, and if the number of the transmission gears 174 is an odd number,
The ink collecting head 163 and the rotary head 20 are
They are rotated in the same rotation direction.

In this case, the ink recovery head 163 recovers the excess ink sent from the rotary head 20 through the ink recovery port 165, and the squeegee 164 and the front end portion of the rotary head 20. Therefore, the front end of the rotary head 20 can be cleaned and the excess ink can be reliably removed.

When the ink recovery head 163 is to be rotated in the opposite rotation direction to that of the rotary head 20, the rotary head 20 is connected to the front end portion of the rotary head 20. When facing each other, the ink recovery port 165 is opposed to the front end portion of the rotary head 20.

To rotate the ink recovery head 163 in the opposite rotation direction to the rotary head 20, for example,
A transmission belt may be looped between the first ink recovery head 163 and the support shaft 21. Further, as shown in FIG. 89, a plurality of transmission gears 174 rotatably supported on the support substrate 171 via a support shaft 175 are sequentially meshed with a gear that is rotated together with the support shaft 21. As a gear train, the outermost transmission gear 174 is meshed with the gear 173 attached to the ink recovery head 163. If the number of the transmission gears 174 is an even number, the ink recovery head 163 and the rotary head are rotated. 20 is rotated in opposite rotation directions.

In this case, the ink recovery head 163 recovers the excess ink sent from the rotary head 20 through the ink recovery port 165, and the ink recovery port 165 and the rotary head 20 have the same structure. Since the front end portion is opposed to the front end portion without much sliding contact, the front end portion of the rotary head 20 can be reliably closed by the ink recovery port 165. That is, when the rotary head 20 is stopped at a position where the front end portion faces the ink recovery head 163 when the printer device is not used, the rotary head 20 is stopped by the ink recovery head 163. The portion is securely closed, and ink leakage and volatilization can be prevented.

The surplus ink recovered by the ink recovery head 163 may be returned to the ink tank 167 arranged on the central axis of rotation of the rotary head 20.

The ink tank 167 stores ink and supplies the ink to the rotary head 20. The ink tank 167 is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape with both ends closed, and is rotatably supported around the central axis following the rotary head 20. A part of the outer peripheral surface of the ink tank 167 is opened as an ink supply port. The ink stored in the ink tank 167 is supplied to the rotary head 20 through the ink supply port.

In this case, the ink recovery head 16
3 collects the excess ink collected by the ink collection head 16
The pipe 169 for sending from 3 is connected. The pipe 169 is connected to the ink tank 167.

When excess ink flows into the ink recovery head 163 from the ink recovery port 165, the ink returns to the ink tank 167 through the pipe 169 due to the inflow pressure of the ink.

A pump that operates in synchronization with the rotation of the rotary head 20 may be provided to return the ink recovered in the ink recovery head 163 to the ink tank 167.

As shown in FIG. 89, this pump has a pump gear 176 meshed with one of the transmission gears 174 or a gear that is rotated together with the support shaft 21. A rotor 170 having a plurality of sliding contact pieces arranged radially is attached to the pump gear 176. The rotor 170 cooperates with an arcuate restraining member 172 formed along the outer peripheral edge of the rotor 170 to hold a part of the pipe 169.

The pipe 169 is made of a flexible material.

When the rotary head 20 is rotated,
The pump gear 176 is rotated and the rotor 17 is rotated.
0 is also rotated. At this time, the sliding contact pieces of the rotor 170 cooperate with the restraining member 172 to hold the pipe 169, and slidably contact the pipe 169 to handle the pipe 169.

The pipe 169 is crushed by elastically deforming the portion of the pipe 170 which is slidably contacted by the slidable contact portion of the rotor 170, and by moving the crushed portion, the ink in the pipe 169 is removed. To move. Then, the ink in the pipe 169 is returned to the ink tank 167. Further, when the ink in the pipe 169 moves to the ink tank 167 side, a negative pressure is generated on the ink recovery head 163 side in the pipe 169, and the ink in the ink recovery head 163 is in the pipe 169. Inhaled into.

Therefore, the ink recovery head 163 described above is used.
The ink collected inside is returned to the ink tank 167.

[11] Structure provided with self-propelled means As shown in FIG. 90 to FIG.
The inner guide cylinder portion 7 is made detachable from the outer casing 1 of the main body, and first and second self-propelled rollers 177 and 179 serving as self-propelling means are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the inner guide cylinder portion 7. You may comprise.

The guide inner cylindrical portion 7 is the main body outer casing 1 described above.
When the sheet 8 is detached and placed in the cylinder formed by the supported sheet 8 having a substantially cylindrical shape, the sheet 8 is formed on the sheet 8 by the self-propelled rollers 177 and 179. It runs by itself in the axial direction of the cylinder.

That is, the first self-propelled roller 177 described above.
Faces the outer peripheral side of the guide inner cylinder portion 7,
It is rotatably mounted. The second self-propelled roller 179 serves as the paper feed roller when the inner guide tube portion 7 is attached to the main body outer casing 1.

In the examples shown in FIGS. 90 to 92, the paper feed roller, that is, the second self-propelled roller 1 is used.
A belt 123 is wound around 79.

When the self-propelled rollers 177 and 179 are arranged in the cylinder formed by the paper 8 supported by the inner cylindrical portion 7 of the guide, that is, on the surface portion of the paper 8. The outer peripheral edge portion is brought into contact with the surface portion of the sheet 8.

The paper 8 is a semi-cylindrical paper holder 1.
The outer peripheral surface portion is supported by 78, so that the outer peripheral surface portion has a cylindrical surface shape and is supported.

The guide inner tube portion 7 rotates the rotary head 20 over the substantially entire surface of the paper 8 by rotating the rotary head 20 while self-propelled with respect to the paper 8. Slide it into contact. Therefore, the rotary head 20 can input / output information to / from the paper 8, that is, print or read.

In this case, the paper 8 may be thick or wide so that it cannot be inserted into the slit portion.

A wireless transmitter / receiver 125 serving as a wireless transmitter / receiver is provided in the inner guide tube portion 7, and information signals are exchanged between the inner guide tube portion 7 and external devices via the wireless transmitter / receiver 125. It may be done.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 90 and 91, the wireless transmission / reception unit 125 provided on the inner guide tube portion 7 is connected to a wireless transmission / reception unit 127 which is an external device serving as a wireless transmission / reception unit. Information signals can be exchanged via the wireless transmission / reception unit 126 provided in the wireless transmission / reception device 127. The wireless transmitter / receiver 127 transmits / receives an information signal to / from an external device via the information signal plug 129, and an electronic circuit portion 128 for transmitting / receiving an information signal via the wireless transmitter / receiver 126. Is configured.

Further, the battery 1 for supplying power to the head motor and the printer board is provided in the guide inner cylindrical portion 7.
When 1 is stored, the guide inner cylindrical portion 7 is in a state in which there is no wired connection with an external device, so that the self-propelled vehicle can be smoothly run.

[0216]

As described above, in the printer apparatus according to the present invention, the paper feeding means for supporting the paper in a substantially cylindrical shape and feeding the paper in the axial direction of the cylinder formed by the paper, and the paper feeding means. Of the paper which is positioned inside the cylinder formed by the paper and is rotatably supported with the shaft of the cylinder as the rotation axis and is rotated to form the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder formed by the paper. A rotary head for printing, which is slidably contacted over substantially the entire surface of the sheet and prints with ink on the sheet, and is arranged at the outer side of a cylinder formed by the sheet, An ink recovery head is provided which is operated to rotate around a rotation axis parallel to the rotation axis of the rotary head in synchronism with the rotation of the rotary head and recovers excess ink sent from the rotary head.
The rotary head and the ink recovery head are integrally held by being supported by the same support substrate.

Therefore, in this printer device, printing can be performed on the paper by moving the rotary head in one direction, and excess ink sent from the rotary head is collected without complicating the structure. be able to.

Further, in the above-described printer device, the ink recovery head is rotated in the same rotation direction as the rotary head and has an ink recovery port at a position facing the rotary head, and the ink recovery port is In the case where there is a squeegee that is slidably contacted with the rotary head in the vicinity, the squeegee can clean the rotary head in accordance with the rotating operation of the rotary head.

Further, in the above-described printer device, the ink recovery head has an ink recovery port at a position facing the rotary head when it is rotated in a direction opposite to that of the rotary head. In this case, when not in use, the ink recovery head can reliably cover the rotary head.

In the above printer device, the ink recovery head is connected to a pipe connected to the ink tank of the rotary head, and the ink recovered via the pipe is returned to the ink tank. The ink recovered by the ink recovery head is returned to the ink tank.

Further, in the above-mentioned printer device, a pump driven in synchronization with the rotation of the rotary head is provided.
When this pump is designed to send the ink collected by the ink collecting head to the ink tank through the pipe,
The ink recovered by the ink recovery head is returned to the ink tank according to the rotation of the rotary head.

That is, according to the present invention, the device structure is small and lightweight, the structure is simple, and the vibration and noise are suppressed to a low level.
Further, it is possible to provide a printer device which is capable of favorably printing information on a sheet while facilitating the operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a printer device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the printer device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a configuration of the printer device.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the printer device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part schematically showing the configuration of the main part of the printer device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part schematically showing a usage state of the main part of the printer device.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a main part of the printer device.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a configuration of a main part of the printer device.

FIG. 9 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a usage state of the printer device.

FIG. 10 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another example of the configuration of the main part of the printer device.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a configuration of a sheet feeding roller of the printer device.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing a usage state of the paper feed roller.

FIG. 13 is a side view showing an operation start state of the paper feed roller.

FIG. 14 is a side view showing the operating principle of the paper feed roller.

FIG. 15 is a side view showing a main part of a rotary head drive mechanism of the printer device.

FIG. 16 is a front view showing a main part of the rotary head drive mechanism.

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing a configuration of a connecting plate to the rotary head.

FIG. 18 is a plan view showing a configuration of a support plate that supports the rotary head.

FIG. 19 is a plan view showing a range on a sheet on which printing or reading is performed by the printer device.

FIG. 20 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another example of the configuration of the printer device.

FIG. 21 is a plan view showing the arrangement of print heads in the printer device.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of a rotary head in the printer device.

FIG. 23 is a front view showing the configuration of an inkjet head used in the printer device.

FIG. 24 is a plan view showing the configuration of the inkjet head.

FIG. 25 is a side view showing the configuration of the inkjet head.

FIG. 26 is a plan view showing an arrangement of multicolor print heads in the printer device.

FIG. 27 is a front view showing the configuration of a plotter head used in the printer device.

FIG. 28 is a plan view showing the configuration of the plotter head.

FIG. 29 is a side view showing the configuration of the plotter head.

FIG. 30 is a multi-color print head in the printer device,
It is a top view showing arrangement of a scanner head and a dryer head.

FIG. 31 is a front view showing the configuration of a color scanner head used in the printer device.

FIG. 32 is a plan view showing the configuration of the color scanner head.

FIG. 33 is a side view showing the configuration of the color scanner head.

FIG. 34 is a front view showing a configuration of a dryer head used in the printer device.

FIG. 35 is a plan view showing the configuration of the dryer head.

FIG. 36 is a side view showing the configuration of the dryer head.

FIG. 37 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a guide cylinder in the printer device.

FIG. 38 is a perspective view showing a usable state of the guide cylinder.

FIG. 39 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the guide cylinder.

FIG. 40 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing still another example of the configuration of the paper feed mechanism in the printer device.

FIG. 41 is a plan view showing the configuration of the paper feed mechanism.

FIG. 42 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the ink tank of the printer device.

FIG. 43 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state where the ink tank is replaced.

FIG. 44 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state where ink is being supplied to the ink tank.

FIG. 45 is a plan view showing a configuration of a paper guide unit in the printer device.

FIG. 46 is a perspective view showing a state where the printer device is used in combination with a telephone.

FIG. 47 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a conventional printer device and scanner device used in combination with a computer device.

FIG. 48 is a perspective view showing a state in which the printer device according to the present invention is used in combination with the computer device.

FIG. 49 is a perspective view showing a state in which the printer device is built in a small computer device.

FIG. 50 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another example of the configuration of the scanner head in the printer device.

FIG. 51 is a perspective view schematically showing a usage state of the scanner head.

FIG. 52 is a plan view showing a shape of a flexible substrate used in the printer device.

FIG. 53 is a plan view showing an arrangement of photocouplers in the printer device.

FIG. 54 is a plan view showing another example of the arrangement of photocouplers in the printer device.

FIG. 55 is a circuit diagram showing a connection state of the photo coupler.

FIG. 56 is a block diagram showing a connection state using a brush between the rotating unit and the fixed unit in the printer device.

FIG. 57 is a block diagram showing a connection state using a brush between the rotating portion and the fixed portion when the printer substrate is moved to the rotating portion side in the printer device.

FIG. 58 is a block diagram showing a state in which the printer substrate is moved to the rotary unit side and the rotary unit and the fixed unit are wirelessly connected to each other in the printer device.

FIG. 59 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the printer device in which the rotating portion and the fixed portion are connected using a brush.

FIG. 60 is a side view showing the configuration of the head unit of the printer device.

FIG. 61 is a side view showing a downsized configuration of the head unit.

FIG. 62 is a side view showing a further downsized configuration of the head unit.

FIG. 63 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the printer device in which the brush and the head unit are downsized.

FIG. 64 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a configuration in which information signals are exchanged with an external device by infrared rays in the printer device.

FIG. 65 is a side view showing the configuration of a plug connected to the printer device for transmitting and receiving information signals by infrared rays.

FIG. 66 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a configuration in which information signals are exchanged with an external device by radio wave radio in the printer device.

67 is a plan view showing the arrangement of a printer head and a scanner head in the printer device. FIG.

FIG. 68 is a plan view showing a state in which a battery is attached to the printer device.

FIG. 69 is a front view showing a battery attached to the printer device.

FIG. 70 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a printer device according to the present invention configured to wirelessly send and receive information to and from a telephone.

71 is a perspective view showing a state in which the printer device and a telephone for wirelessly transmitting and receiving information to and from the printer device are installed. FIG.

FIG. 72 is a plan view showing the configuration of the paper feed mechanism in the printer device.

FIG. 73 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a printer device including the paper feeding mechanism.

FIG. 74 is a plan view showing a configuration of a main part of the paper feeding mechanism.

FIG. 75 is a side view showing a configuration of a main part of the paper feeding mechanism.

FIG. 76 is a side view showing a configuration of a main part of the paper feeding mechanism, showing a state in which the drive unit is rotated.

FIG. 77 is a side view showing a configuration of a main part of the paper feeding mechanism, showing a state in which the drive unit is further rotated.

FIG. 78 is a side view showing a configuration of a main part of the paper feeding mechanism, showing a positional relationship between a drive unit side gear and a driven unit side gear.

FIG. 79 is a plan view showing the configuration of the paper feeding mechanism.

FIG. 80 is a side view showing the configuration of the paper feed mechanism.

FIG. 81 is a plan view showing another example of the configuration of the paper feeding mechanism of the printer device.

FIG. 82 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a printer device including the paper feeding mechanism.

FIG. 83 is a plan view showing a configuration of a printer device according to the present invention including a postcard guide roller in a see-through manner.

84 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a printer device including the postcard guide roller. FIG.

FIG. 85 is a plan view showing a configuration of a printer device including the postcard guide roller.

FIG. 86 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a printer device according to the present invention including an ink recovery head.

FIG. 87 is a side view showing the configuration of the ink recovery head.

88 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a print head and an ink tank in a printer device including the ink recovery head. FIG.

FIG. 89 is a plan view showing the configuration of an ink recovery pump in a printer device including the ink recovery head.

FIG. 90 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a printer device according to the present invention having a self-propelled mechanism.

FIG. 91 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which a printer device having a self-propelled mechanism is self-propelled on a sheet.

FIG. 92 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a main part of the self-propelled mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Guide cylinder 7 Guide inner cylinder 8 Paper 12 Brush 15 Printer board 17,40 Head motor 20 Rotary head 20 Printing head 69 Printing head (black) 70 Printing head (cyan) 71 Printing head (yellow) 72 Printing head (magenta) ) 77 read head 127 wireless transmission / reception means 148 Geneva drive gear 149 Geneva driven gear 156 brake plate 157, 158 brake ridge 161 roller member 163 ink recovery head 164 ink drop 165 ink recovery port 167 ink tank 169 pipe 177, 179 self-propelled roller

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] September 5, 1995

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0055

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Each of the light emitting elements 25 and each of the light receiving elements 2
Reference numeral 6 denotes a matrix (that is, the plus terminals of each of the light receiving elements 26 are connected to a plurality of horizontal axes on the printer substrate 15 through a circuit pattern formed on the turntable 19 so that The negative terminals of the light receiving element 26 are connected on a plurality of vertical axes) and are connected. That is, each of the light receiving elements 26 can input an output signal from only an arbitrary light receiving element 26 to the printer board 15 under the control of the printer board 15.

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0120

[Correction method] Change

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The radio telephone 136 has an antenna 138.
And is configured to be able to transmit and receive information signals to and from the telephone station via this antenna 138. The wireless telephone 136 is provided with a wireless (infrared) transmission / reception unit 137 for exchanging information signals with the wireless transmission / reception unit 125 of the information input / output device.

[Procedure 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0148

[Correction method] Change

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The drive gear 142 meshes with the first transmission gear 143 rotatably supported in the inner guide tube portion 7. The first transmission gear 143 is the second transmission gear 14 rotatably supported in the guide inner tubular portion 7.
It meshes with 4. Then, this second transmission gear 144
Engages with a plurality of third transmission gears 155 rotatably supported in the guide inner tubular portion 7, and these third transmission gears 155 are engaged with each other.
The transmission gear 155 is engaged with the fourth transmission gear 145.

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0149

[Correction method] Change

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The fourth transmission gear 145 is formed on the central axis of the guide inner cylinder portion 7, that is, coaxial with the slit portion. A spindle 21 to which the rotary head 20 is attached is attached to the fourth transmission gear 145.

[Procedure Amendment 5]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0150

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

A plurality of gear trains 141 are radially arranged around the fourth transmission gear 145.
Each of the gear trains 141 is configured to include the Geneva gear.

[Procedure correction 6]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0151

[Correction method] Change

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That is, a plurality of third transmission gears 155 and fifth transmission gears 155 'are rotatably arranged around the fourth transmission gear 145, and the third transmission gear 155 and the fifth transmission gear 155' are respectively rotatably arranged in the fourth transmission gear 145. It is in mesh. These third transmission gears 1
A sixth transmission gear 154 meshes with each of the 55 and the fifth transmission gear 155 '. The first helical gear 146 is coaxially attached to each of the third transmission gear 155 and the fifth transmission gear 155 '.
The rotation axis of the first helical gear 146 is parallel to the drive axis of the head motor 17. A second helical gear 147 is meshed with each of the first helical gears 146. The support shaft 151 that rotatably supports the second helical gear 147 is in a direction orthogonal to the drive shaft of the head motor 17, that is, in the horizontal direction.

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[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

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[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

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[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Fig. 41

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[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Fig. 55

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[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Fig. 79

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[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Name of item to be corrected] Fig. 80

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[Correction target item name] Fig. 81

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A sheet feeding means for supporting a sheet in a substantially cylindrical shape and feeding the sheet in the axial direction of the cylinder formed by the sheet, and a position within a cylinder formed by the sheet fed by the sheet feeding means. Is rotatably supported with the axis of the cylinder as a rotation axis, and is rotatably operated to make sliding contact over substantially the entire surface of the sheet which is the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder formed by the sheet. And a rotary head for printing that prints with ink on the paper, and is arranged at the outer side of the cylinder forming the paper,
At this position, in synchronism with the rotation of the rotary head, the rotary operation is performed around a rotary axis parallel to the rotary axis of the rotary head,
An ink recovery head for recovering the excess ink sent from the rotary head, wherein the rotary head and the ink recovery head are integrally held by being supported by the same support substrate. Printer device made. 2. The ink recovery head is rotationally operated in the same rotation direction as the rotary head, and has an ink recovery port at a position facing the rotary head, and the rotary head is provided near the ink recovery port. The printer device according to claim 1, wherein the printer device has a squeegee that is slidably contacted with. 3. The printer device according to claim 1, wherein the ink recovery head is rotationally operated in a rotation direction opposite to that of the rotary head, and has an ink recovery port at a position facing the rotary head. 4. The ink recovery head is connected to a pipe connected to an ink tank of a rotary head, and the recovered ink is returned to the ink tank via the pipe. Item 5. The printer device according to any one of items 3. 5. A pump according to claim 4, further comprising a pump driven in synchronization with the rotation of the rotary head, wherein the pump sends the ink collected by the ink collecting head to the ink tank through a pipe. Printer device.