Print device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9770918-B2
Application number	US-201615079130-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

A print device includes a first print portion, a first discharge portion, a second print portion, a second discharge portion, and a user interface portion. The first discharge portion is configured to discharge a first medium printed by the first print portion. The second discharge portion is configured to discharge a second medium printed by the second print portion. The user interface portion is disposed on a front side portion of the print device. A main scanning direction of the first print portion and a main scanning direction of the second print portion are substantially parallel to an up-down direction. A length in the up-down direction of the second print portion is shorter than a length in the up-down direction of the first print portion. The second print portion is disposed to the front of the first print portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A print device comprising:
a first feed portion configured to feed a tape that is a strip-shaped print medium inside the print device, a width direction of the tape being parallel to an up-down direction of the print device, the first feed portion being configured to feed the tape in a direction orthogonal to the up-down direction,
a first print portion configured to print on the tape fed by the first feed portion;
a first discharge portion configured to discharge the tape printed by the first print portion to outside of the print device;
a second feed portion configured to feed a tube that is a cylindrical print medium inside the print device, the tube extending in a direction orthogonal to the up-down direction, a diameter of the tube being smaller than a length in the width direction of the tape, the second feed portion being configured to feed the tube along a direction in which the tube extends,
a second print portion configured to print on the tube fed by the second feed portion;
a second discharge portion configured to discharge the tube printed by the second print portion to outside of the print device; and
a user interface portion disposed on a front side portion of the print device, the user interface portion including at least one of a display portion and an operation portion,
wherein
the tube fed by the second feed portion is positioned to the front of the tape fed by the first feed portion,
a first main scanning direction of the first print portion and a second main scanning direction of the second print portion are parallel to the up-down direction,
a length in the first main scanning direction of the first print portion is larger than the length in the width direction of the tape,
a length in the second main scanning direction of the second print portion is larger than the diameter of the tube and is shorter than the length in the first main scanning direction of the first print portion, and
the second print portion is disposed to the front of the first print portion.

2. The print device according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the first print portion and at least a part of the user interface portion overlap with each other in a front-rear direction.

3. The print device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second print portion is disposed below the user interface portion, and
at least a part of the second print portion and at least a part of the user interface portion overlap with each other in the up-down direction.

4. The print device according to claim 3 , wherein at least a part of the first print portion and at least a part of the user interface portion overlap with each other in a front-rear direction.

5. The print device according to claim 1 , wherein the first discharge portion and the second discharge portion are configured to respectively discharge the tape and the tube from the same side surface of the print device.

6. The print device according to claim 5 , wherein
the first discharge portion is configured to discharge the tape to outside of the print device in a state in which a print surface of the tape printed by the first print portion is directed to the front, and
the second discharge portion is configured to discharge the tube to outside of the print device in a state in which a print surface of the tube printed by the second print portion is directed to the front.

7. The print device according to claim 1 , wherein the first discharge portion and the second discharge portion are configured to respectively discharge the tape and the tube from side surfaces of the print device that are different from each other.

8. The print device according to claim 7 , wherein
the first discharge portion is configured to discharge the tape to outside of the print device in a state in which a print surface of the first medium tape printed by the first print portion is directed to the front, and
the second discharge portion is configured to discharge the tube to outside of the print device in a state in which a print surface of the tube printed by the second print portion is directed to the front.

9. The print device according to claim 1 , wherein the second print portion and the user interface portion are disposed side by side in a left-right direction when viewed in the up-down direction.

10. The print device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a circuit board,
wherein the first print portion and the circuit board are disposed side by side in the left-right direction when viewed in the up-down direction.

11. The print device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a power source portion,
wherein the first print portion and the power source portion are disposed side by side in the left-right direction when viewed in the up-down direction.

12. The print device according to claim 11 , wherein at least a part of the first print portion and at least a part of the power source portion overlap with each other in the left-right direction.

13. The print device according to claim 11 , wherein the second feed portion is disposed to the front of the power source portion.

14. The print device according to claim 9 , wherein at least a part of the second print portion and at least a part of the user interface portion overlap with each other in a front-rear direction.

15. The print device according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a circuit board,
wherein the first print portion and the circuit board are disposed side by side in the left-right direction when viewed in the up-down direction.

16. The print device according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a power source portion,
wherein the first print portion and the power source portion are disposed side by side in the left-right direction when viewed in the up-down direction.

17. The print device according to claim 16 , wherein at least a part of the first print portion and at least a part of the power source portion overlap with each other in the left-right direction.

18. The print device according to claim 16 , wherein the second feed portion is disposed to the front of the power source portion.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Yuichiro
• Kano Yasutoshi
• Yamaguchi Koshiro
• Fukui Tomoyasu

Classifications

• B41J3/4075 Primary

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• B41J3/44 Primary

  Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions · CPC title