Printer and printer system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10821737-B2
Application number	US-201916565764-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2019
Priority date	Nov 23, 2018
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A printer includes: a main body, including a bottom part adjacent to a surface to be printed and a top part opposite to the bottom part, wherein the bottom part is provided with an air inlet and an ink outlet, and the top part is provided with an air outlet; an adsorption assembly, assembled in the main body and including an air suction mechanism, wherein an air intake passage of the air suction mechanism is opened to the air inlet, and an air outlet passage of the air suction mechanism is opened to the air outlet; a printing assembly, assembled in the main body and including a main control and an ink outlet mechanism electrically connected to the main control; and a moving assembly, assembled on the bottom part of the main body and is electrically connected to the main control.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printer, comprising:
a main body, comprising a bottom part adjacent to a surface to be printed and a top part opposite to the bottom part, wherein the bottom part is provided with an air inlet and an ink outlet, and the top part is provided with an air outlet;
an adsorption assembly, assembled in the main body and comprising an air suction mechanism, wherein an air intake passage of the air suction mechanism is opened to the air inlet, and an air outlet passage of the air suction mechanism is opened to the air outlet;
a printing assembly, assembled in the main body and comprising a main control and an ink outlet mechanism electrically connected to the main control, wherein the ink outlet mechanism is opened to the ink outlet; and
a moving assembly, assembled on the bottom part of the main body and is electrically connected to the main control.

2. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the top part of the main body comprises an opening and a cover plate that movably cooperates with the opening, an interior part of the main body is provided with an accommodating part corresponding to the opening, the printing assembly further comprises an ink cartridge opened to the ink outlet mechanism, and the ink cartridge is assembled in the accommodating part.

3. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the adsorption assembly further comprises a suction detecting mechanism electrically connected to the air suction mechanism.

4. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom part comprises an edge region, and the ink outlet is arranged at the edge region.

5. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the air inlet comprises a plurality of strip-shaped holes arranged side by side.

6. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the air suction mechanism comprises a turbo.

7. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the moving assembly comprises at least one pedrail.

8. The printer according to claim 7 , wherein the moving assembly comprises two pedrails respectively arranged on both sides of the air inlet.

9. The printer according to claim 7 , wherein material of the pedrail comprises soft rubber.

10. A printer system, comprising:
an external control device; and
a printer controlled by the external control device,
wherein the printer comprises:
a main body, comprising a bottom part adjacent to a surface to be printed and a top part opposite to the bottom part, wherein the bottom part is provided with an air inlet and an ink outlet, and the top part is provided with an air outlet;
an adsorption assembly, assembled in the main body and comprising an air suction mechanism, wherein an air intake passage of the air suction mechanism is opened to the air inlet, and an air outlet passage of the air suction mechanism is opened to the air outlet;
a printing assembly, assembled in the main body and comprising a main control and an ink outlet mechanism electrically connected to the main control, wherein the ink outlet mechanism is opened to the ink outlet; and
a moving assembly, assembled on the bottom part of the main body and is electrically connected to the main control; and

wherein the external control device comprises a first association module, the main control in the printing assembly comprises a second association module, and the first association module is associated with the second association module to implement transmission of print data.

11. The printer system according to claim 10 , wherein the top part of the main body comprises an opening and a cover plate that movably cooperates with the opening, an interior part of the main body is provided with an accommodating part corresponding to the opening, the printing assembly further comprises an ink cartridge opened to the ink outlet mechanism, and the ink cartridge is assembled in the accommodating part.

12. The printer system according to claim 10 , wherein the adsorption assembly further comprises a suction detecting mechanism electrically connected to the air suction mechanism.

13. The printer system according to claim 10 , wherein the bottom part comprises an edge region, and the ink outlet is arranged at the edge region.

14. The printer system according to claim 10 , wherein the air inlet comprises a plurality of strip-shaped holes arranged side by side.

15. The printer system according to claim 10 , wherein the air suction mechanism comprises a turbo.

16. The printer system according to claim 10 , wherein the moving assembly comprises at least one pedrail.

17. The printer system according to claim 16 , wherein the moving assembly comprises two pedrails respectively arranged on both sides of the air inlet.

18. The printer system according to claim 16 , wherein material of the pedrail comprises soft rubber.

Assignees

• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xing Zheng
• Xie Yingchun

Classifications

• B41J29/06

  Special supports, platforms or trolleys for supporting machines on tables · CPC title

• B41J29/023 Primary

  with reduced dimensions · CPC title

• B41J29/04 Primary

  Means for attaching machines to baseboards · CPC title

• B41J29/38

  Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism · CPC title

• B62D57/02

  with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members · CPC title