Lengthy article take-up apparatus and lengthy article printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9902583-B2
Application number	US-201414169460-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2014
Priority date	Jan 31, 2013
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A lengthy article take-up apparatus includes a housing, a winding core member, a bearing portion and a driving gear is provided. The winding core member is configured to take up the lengthy article. The winding core member includes a shaft member, a cylindrical winding body, a driven gear, and a lock member. The shaft member is configured to be detachably fitted to the bearing portion. The cylindrical winding body is disposed rotatably on an outer periphery of the shaft member and configured to wind the lengthy article on an outer peripheral side. The driven gear is fixed to the winding body and configured to be meshed with the driving gear when the winding core member is attached to the housing. The lock member is configured to fix the shaft member to the bearing portion when the winding core member is attached to the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lengthy article printer comprising:
a lengthy article take-up apparatus; and
a printing portion configured to apply a print on a lengthy article before taking-up,
the lengthy article take-up apparatus comprising:
a housing constituting an outer shell of the lengthy article take-up apparatus;
a winding core member detachably attached to said housing and configured to take up said lengthy article;
a bearing portion disposed on said housing; and
a driving gear disposed on said housing, wherein
said winding core member comprises:
a shaft member configured to be detachably fitted to said bearing portion;
a cylindrical winding body disposed rotatably on an outer periphery of said shaft member and configured to wind said lengthy article on an outer peripheral side;
a driven gear fixed to said cylindrical winding body and configured to be meshed with said driving gear when said winding core member is attached to said housing; and
a lock member configured to fix said shaft member to said bearing portion when said winding core member is attached to said housing,
said lock member is connected to said shaft member and configured to rotate said shaft member in a state fitted with said bearing portion around an axis of the lock member,
said shaft member comprises, at least on one end, a first engagement portion configured to be engaged with said bearing portion in a vicinity of said axis by a rotation operation by said lock member,
said shaft member comprises said first engagement portion on an end portion on one side, and an end portion on another side connected to said lock member, and
said lock member comprises a second engagement portion configured to be engaged with said bearing portion in the vicinity of said axis by said rotation operation,
said housing comprises a projecting portion including an opening portion, and
said lock member comprises a hook portion configured to be locked by said projecting portion and overlap said opening portion of said projecting portion in an axial direction of the shaft member when said second engagement portion is engaged with said bearing portion by said rotation operation, and
said hook portion is disposed at a position not overlapping with said opening portion of said projecting portion in the axial direction at attaching of said winding core member to said housing.

2. The lengthy article printer according to claim 1 , wherein:
said bearing portion is a columnar projection comprising at least one D-cut portion; and
said first engagement portion and said second engagement portion each comprise a round hole portion having a diameter substantially equal to a maximum diameter of said bearing portion and a slot portion communicating with said round hole portion and comprising a width substantially equal to a minimum diameter of said bearing portion.

3. The lengthy article printer according to claim 1 , wherein:
said hook portion is locked by a lower surface of said projecting portion.

4. The lengthy article printer according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor configured to optically detect a lock state of said lock member,
wherein said opening portion has a hollow shape opened on a side of the winding core member and configured so that light from said sensor passes through the projecting portion.

5. The lengthy article printer according to claim 4 , wherein:
said lock member comprises a cover portion provided with an exposure hole and covering said driven gear; and
said exposure hole does not overlap with said opening portion in a case that said lock member is not in the lock state but overlaps with said opening portion in a case that said lock member is in the lock state.

6. The lengthy article printer according to claim 5 , wherein:
said driven gear comprises a slit through which the light from said sensor passes.

7. The lengthy article printer according to claim 1 , wherein:
a rotating direction of said driven gear driven by said driving gear and a rotation direction of said lock member are configured to be the same direction.

8. The lengthy article printer according to claim 1 , wherein said lock member comprises:
a cover portion covering said driven gear; and
an operation portion disposed on an outer periphery of said cover portion,
wherein said hook portion extends further away from said cylindrical winding body than said cover portion in the axial direction.

9. The lengthy article printer according to claim 8 , further comprising a detecting device disposed on said housing and configured to detect a type of the winding core member from a portion of said cover when said winding core member is attached to said housing.

10. A lengthy article printer comprising:
a lengthy article take-up apparatus; and
a printing portion configured to apply a print on a lengthy article before taking-up;
the lengthy article take-up apparatus comprising:
a housing constituting an outer shell of the lengthy article take-up apparatus, said housing comprising a projecting portion including an opening portion;
a winding core member detachably attached to said housing and configured to take up said lengthy article;
a bearing portion disposed on said housing; and
a driving gear disposed on said housing, wherein
said winding core member comprises:
a shaft member configured to be detachably fitted to said bearing portion;
a cylindrical winding body disposed rotatably on an outer periphery of said shaft member and configured to wind said lengthy article on an outer peripheral side;
a driven gear fixed to said cylindrical winding body and configured to be meshed with said driving gear when said winding core member is attached to said housing; and
a lock member configured to fix said shaft member to said bearing portion when said winding core member is attached to said housing,
said lock member comprising:
a cover portion covering said driven gear;
an operation portion disposed on an outer periphery of said cover portion and configured to receive a user operation to cause a rotation operation in which said lock member rotates about an axis of said shaft member and said lock member;
an engagement portion configured to be engaged with said bearing portion in the vicinity of said axis by said rotation operation; and
a hook portion extending further away from said cylindrical winding body than said cover portion in an axial direction of the shaft member,
said hook portion configured to be locked by said projecting portion and overlap said opening portion of said projecting portion in an axial direction of the shaft member when said engagement portion is engaged with said bearing portion by said rotation operation, and
said hook portion disposed at a position not overlapping with said opening portion of said projecting portion in the axial direction at attaching of said winding core member to said housing.

11. The lengthy article printer according to claim 10 , further comprising a detecting device disposed on said housing and configured to detect a type of the winding core member from a portion of said cover when said winding core member is attached to said housing.

Assignees

• Tanaka Mitsugi
• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Mitsugi

Classifications

• B65H2301/4131

  Support with vertical axis · CPC title

• B65H2301/41464

  lateral drive arrangement, e.g. operating on the flange of the web roll · CPC title

• B65H19/305

  Inserting core · CPC title

• B65H18/10 Primary

  Mechanisms in which power is applied to web-roll spindle · CPC title

• B65H75/185

  End caps, plugs or adapters · CPC title