Printer cabinet and self-service printer

Abstract

The utility model discloses a printer cabinet and a self-service printer, the printer cabinet comprises a cabinet body, a display screen and a loudspeaker, one side of the cabinet body is provided with a paper taking port, the paper taking port is communicated with the interior of the cabinet body, the top of the cabinet body is provided with a water retaining convex eave protruding towards the front side of the cabinet body, and the bottom surface of the water retaining convex eave is provided with a sound outlet; the display screen is arranged on the front side of the cabinet body and located below the water retaining protruding eave. The loudspeaker is installed in the cabinet body and faces the sound outlet. The printer cabinet provided by the technical scheme of the utility model can reduce the risk that water enters the sound outlet.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of printing, and particularly relates to a self-service printer and a self-service printer cabinet. Background Art

[0002] A self-service printer is a self-service printing device that is increasingly widely used. It can obtain the information to be printed through methods such as card reading, scanning, and manual input, and print the information to be printed, making printing more convenient.

[0003] Currently, a speaker is generally set on the self-service printer to broadcast information to users. However, due to the setting of the speaker, an sound outlet needs to be provided on the surface of the printer cabinet. The self-service printer is generally placed outdoors, but the outdoor environment is relatively harsh, especially in rainy weather, and rainwater easily enters the interior of the printer cabinet from the sound outlet, resulting in failures or short circuits of the speaker and the printing device. Summary of the Utility Model

[0004] The main object of the utility model is to propose a printer cabinet, aiming to reduce the risk of water entering through the sound outlet.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the self-service printer proposed by the utility model includes:

[0006] A cabinet body, a paper taking port is provided on one side of the cabinet body, the paper taking port is communicated with the interior of the cabinet body, a water blocking convex eaves protruding forward of the cabinet body is provided on the top of the cabinet body, a waterproof groove is provided on the bottom surface of the water blocking convex eaves, and a sound outlet is provided on the groove wall of the waterproof groove;

[0007] A display screen, which is provided on the front side of the cabinet body and is located below the water blocking convex eaves; and

[0008] A speaker, which is installed in the cabinet body and is arranged facing the sound outlet.

[0009] Optionally, the sound outlet is provided on the bottom wall of the waterproof groove.

[0010] Optionally, the waterproof groove is gradually widened in the direction away from the sound outlet.

[0011] Optionally, a plurality of the sound outlets are provided on the bottom surface of the water blocking convex eaves, the plurality of sound outlets are spaced apart along the width direction of the display screen, and a speaker is provided in the cabinet body corresponding to each sound outlet.

[0012] Optionally, the cabinet body includes a shell and a cabinet door, the water retaining eaves are arranged on the top of the shell, the front side of the shell is provided with an opening, the opening is connected to the interior of the shell, the cabinet door is arranged at the opening, and has a closed state covering the opening and an open state opening the opening, in the closed state, the water retaining eaves covers the gap between the cabinet door and the cabinet body; the display screen and the paper outlet are both arranged on the cabinet door.

[0013] Optionally, the shell is provided with a water retaining portion, and the water retaining portion is located at least above and on both sides of the opening, and a water guide groove is provided on the side of the water retaining portion away from the opening, and an annular portion is provided on the inner side of the cabinet door. In the closed door state, the annular portion is located on the side of the water retaining portion away from the opening, and the gap between the annular portion and the cabinet body corresponds to the water guide groove.

[0014] Optionally, the printer cabinet further comprises a display screen, and the display screen is installed on the front side of the water retaining eaves.

[0015] Optionally, the printer cabinet further comprises a baffle, which is arranged at the paper taking port and is used to open and close the paper taking port.

[0016] Optionally, the printer cabinet further comprises an electronic lock, which is arranged on the shell, the baffle is provided with a lock hole, a lock tongue of the electronic lock extends into the lock hole to fix the baffle in a closed state, and the electronic lock can be controllably opened and closed.

[0017] The utility model also proposes a self-service printer, comprising an electronic control device, a printing device and a printer cabinet as described above, wherein the electronic control device is arranged in the cabinet of the printer cabinet, the printing device is arranged in the cabinet and is electrically connected to the electronic control device, and the paper outlet of the printing device is connected to the paper outlet of the cabinet.

[0018] The technical solution of the utility model is to set a protruding water-retaining convex eaves on the top of the cabinet toward the front side of the cabinet, set a waterproof groove on the bottom surface of the water-retaining convex eaves, and set a sound outlet on the groove wall of the waterproof groove, and set the speaker in the cabinet and set it toward the sound outlet. In this way, when it rains, when rainwater flows along the bottom surface of the water-retaining convex eaves to the position of the waterproof groove, it will drip at the junction of the bottom surface of the water-retaining convex eaves and the groove wall of the waterproof groove, and will not flow upward into the waterproof groove, that is, it will not flow into the cabinet from the sound outlet. This can reduce the risk of water ingress to the speaker causing short circuit or failure, and can also reduce the situation where rainwater enters the cabinet and causes short circuit and failure of electronic components inside the cabinet. In other words, the risk of water ingress to the sound outlet is reduced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, other drawings can be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings.

[0020] Figure 1 Structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of the printer cabinet of the present invention;

[0021] Figure 2 is Figure 1 Front view of the printer cabinet in

[0022] Figure 3 is is Figure 2 Cross-sectional view at A-A in

[0023] Figure 4 is Figure 3 Enlarged view at A in

[0024] Figure 5 is Figure 1 Partial structural schematic diagram of the printer cabinet in

[0025] Figure 6 is Figure 1 Partial structural schematic diagram of the printer cabinet in

[0026] Explanation of the reference numerals in the drawings:

[0027] 10, cabinet body; 11, housing; 111, installation cavity; 112, opening; 113, water blocking part; 12, cabinet door; 121, paper taking port; 13, mounting rack; 20, water blocking eaves; 21, bottom surface; 22, waterproof groove; 23, sound outlet; 30, display screen; 40, baffle; 41, grasping part; 50, display screen

[0028] The realization of the purpose, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the embodiments and the drawings. Specific embodiments

[0029] The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, rather than all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts belong to the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0030] It should be noted that if there are directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back...) involved in the embodiments of the present utility model, then such directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement conditions, etc. between components in a certain specific posture (as shown in the attached drawings). If this specific posture changes, then the directional indications will also change accordingly.

[0031] In addition, if there are descriptions such as "first", "second", etc. involved in the embodiments of the present utility model, then such descriptions of "first", "second", etc. are only for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the quantity of the indicated technical features. Thus, the features defined with "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the meaning of "and / or" appearing throughout the text is that it includes three parallel solutions. Taking "A and / or B" as an example, it includes solution A, or solution B, or a solution where both A and B are satisfied simultaneously. In addition, the technical solutions between various embodiments can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the ability of those of ordinary skill in the art to implement. When the combination of technical solutions results in contradictions or cannot be implemented, it should be considered that such a combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not within the protection scope required by the present utility model.

[0032] The present utility model provides a printer cabinet.

[0033] In the embodiments of the present utility model, as Figures 1 to 6 shown, the printer cabinet includes a cabinet body 10, a display screen 30, and a speaker (not shown in the figure).

[0034] Specifically, the interior of the cabinet body 10 has an installation cavity 111. One side of the cabinet body 10 is provided with a paper pickup port 121, and the paper pickup port 121 communicates with the installation cavity 111. The top of the cabinet body 10 is provided with a water-blocking convex eaves 20 protruding towards the front side of the cabinet body 10. The bottom surface 21 of the water-blocking convex eaves 20 is provided with a waterproof groove 22, and the groove wall of the waterproof groove 22 is provided with a sound outlet 23. The display screen 30 is arranged on the front side of the cabinet body 10 and is located below the water-blocking convex eaves 20; the speaker is installed inside the cabinet body 10 and is arranged towards the sound outlet 23. That is, it is equivalent to using the bottom surface 21 of the water-blocking convex eaves 20 to set the waterproof groove 22, so as to form a water-breaking point at the junction of the bottom surface 21 of the water-blocking convex eaves 20 and the groove wall of the waterproof groove 22. In this way, when it rains, only a small amount of rainwater can flow to the bottom surface of the water-blocking convex eaves 20, and when the rainwater flows from the bottom surface 21 of the water-blocking convex eaves 20 to the position of the waterproof groove 22, the rainwater will drip from the junction of the bottom surface 21 of the water-blocking convex eaves 20 and the waterproof groove 22 and will not flow upward into the waterproof groove 22.

[0035] When applying the printer cabinet to a self-service printer, the printing device of the self-service printer is installed in the installation cavity 111 of the printer cabinet. The paper outlet of the printing device is communicated with the paper pickup port 121. The electronic control device of the self-service printer is electrically connected to the display screen 30 and the speaker, so as to control the operation of the display screen 30 and the speaker.

[0036] Among them, the display screen 30 can be used to display printing information or play advertisements to enhance the commercial value of the printer cabinet.

[0037] The speaker can be used to broadcast the current date, time, climate, temperature, etc., and can also be used to broadcast the current printing progress.

[0038] Exemplarily, when the printing device is performing printing work, the speaker will emit a prompt sound associated with "the printing device is printing".

[0039] Exemplarily, when the printing device finishes printing, the speaker will emit a prompt sound associated with "the document or photo has been printed".

[0040] It can be understood that through the setting of the speaker, users can intuitively understand the current printing progress.

[0041] When the display screen 30 is in the state of playing advertisements, the speaker can also be used to broadcast the advertisement content played by the display screen 30, so that users can better receive the advertisement information content played by the display screen 30. Optionally, the display screen 30 can be a touch display screen 30 to improve the operation convenience of users. Of course, it can also be a non-touch display screen 30. Specifically, it can be set according to the actual situation.

[0042] The technical solution of the present utility model is to provide a protruding water-blocking eaves 20 on the top of the cabinet body 10 towards the front side of the cabinet body 10, provide a waterproof groove 22 on the bottom surface of the water-blocking eaves 20, and provide a sound outlet on the groove wall of the waterproof groove 22. The speaker is arranged in the cabinet body 10 and arranged towards the sound outlet 23. In this way, when it rains, when the rainwater flows along the bottom surface of the water-blocking eaves 20 to the position of the waterproof groove 22, it will drip at the junction of the bottom surface of the water-blocking eaves 20 and the groove wall of the waterproof groove 22, and will not flow upward into the waterproof groove 22, that is to say, it will not flow into the cabinet body from the sound outlet 23. In this way, the risk of the speaker being short-circuited or malfunctioning due to water ingress can be reduced, and the risk of the internal electronic components of the cabinet body 10 being short-circuited or malfunctioning due to rainwater entering the cabinet body 10 can also be reduced. In other words, the risk of water ingress at the sound outlet 23 is reduced.

[0043] In some embodiments, the sound outlet 23 is provided on the bottom wall of the waterproof groove 22. That is, the sound outlet 22 is disposed opposite to the notch of the waterproof groove 22, which can reduce the shielding of the sound by the groove wall of the waterproof groove 20 and improve the practicability of the printer cabinet. Of course, in other embodiments, the sound outlet 23 is provided on the side wall of the waterproof groove 22.

[0044] Further, the waterproof groove 22 is gradually widened in the direction away from the sound outlet 23. So that the groove wall of the waterproof groove 22 forms a diversion wall to prevent rainwater from accumulating on the groove wall. At the same time, the gradually widened waterproof groove 22 can also reduce the shielding of the sound and improve the practicability of the printer cabinet. Of course, in other embodiments, the waterproof groove 22 is gradually narrowed in the direction away from the sound outlet 23.

[0045] In some embodiments, the bottom surface 21 of the water-retaining eaves 20 is provided with a plurality of sound outlets 23, and the plurality of sound outlets 23 are spaced apart along the width direction of the display screen 30. A speaker is provided in the cabinet 10 corresponding to each sound outlet 23.

[0046] Specifically, at least two sound outlets 23 are provided on the bottom surface 21 of the water-retaining eaves 20, and a speaker is provided corresponding to each of the two sound outlets 23. That is, multiple speakers broadcast simultaneously, which is beneficial to improving the broadcast effect so that the user can receive information more clearly. Exemplarily, the number of the sound outlets 23 can be two, three, four or more, and correspondingly, the number of the speakers provided is the same as the number of the sound outlets 23.

[0047] Of course, the design of the present application is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, only one sound outlet 23 is provided on the bottom surface 21 of the water-retaining eaves 20, and the sound outlet 23 is in a long strip shape extending along the width direction of the display screen 30, and multiple speakers are arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the sound outlet 23.

[0048] In some embodiments, the cabinet 10 includes a housing 11 and a cabinet door 12. The water-retaining eaves 20 are provided on the top of the housing 11. An opening 112 is provided on the front side of the housing 11, and the opening 112 communicates with the inside of the housing 11. The cabinet door 12 is provided at the opening 112 and has a closed state of covering the opening 112 and an open state of opening the opening 112. In the closed state, the water-retaining eaves 20 cover the gap between the cabinet door 12 and the cabinet 10.

[0049] Specifically, during rainfall, the water-retaining eaves 20 can block rainwater to reduce the inflow of rainwater from the gap between the housing 11 and the cabinet door 12, thereby further improving the waterproofness of the printer cabinet. Optionally, a sealing gasket is provided between the housing 11 and the cabinet door 12 to improve the sealing performance.

[0050] In some embodiments, the display screen 30 and the paper pickup port 121 are both provided on the cabinet door 12, and the paper pickup port 121 is located below the display screen 30. Such an arrangement enables the user to complete the operations of the automatic printer and pick up the items in front of the cabinet body 10, without having to move to the side of the cabinet body 10 to pick up the items, which is beneficial to improving the user experience.

[0051] In some embodiments, the housing 11 is provided with a water blocking portion 113. The water blocking portion 113 is at least located above and on both sides of the opening 112. A water guiding groove is provided on the side of the water blocking portion 113 facing away from the opening 112. An annular portion is provided on the inner side of the cabinet door 12. In the closed state of the door, the annular portion is located on the side of the water blocking portion 113 away from the opening 112, and the gap between the annular portion and the cabinet body 10 corresponds to the water guiding groove.

[0052] Specifically, when rainwater flows in through the gap between the cabinet body 10 and the cabinet door 12, the rainwater will drip into the water guiding groove, and the rainwater will be discharged through the water guiding groove, thereby preventing the rainwater from flowing into the interior of the cabinet body 10, effectively improving the waterproof performance of the self-service printer cabinet. Of course, in other embodiments, the housing 11 may not be provided with the water blocking portion 113.

[0053] Further, the water guiding groove includes a first groove section and two second groove sections located at both ends of the first groove section. Both second groove sections are communicated with the first groove section. The bottom side of the cabinet door 12 is provided with a water outlet, and both second groove sections are communicated with the first groove section and the water outlet.

[0054] Specifically, when the cabinet door 12 covers the opening 112, the notch of the first groove section faces the gap between the cabinet door 12 and the housing 11, and the openings 112 of the two second groove sections face both sides of the cabinet door 12 respectively. In this way, when rainwater flows in through the gap between the cabinet door 12 and the housing 11, the rainwater will drip into the first groove section, and the rainwater dripping into the first groove section will be guided to the water outlet through the two second groove sections at both ends and then discharged, so as to prevent the rainwater from accumulating inside the cabinet body 10. Of course, in other embodiments, the water guiding groove includes a first groove section and a second groove section, the second groove section is located at one end of the first groove section, the bottom side of the cabinet door 12 is provided with a water outlet, and the second groove section is communicated with the first groove section and the water outlet.

[0055] In some embodiments, the cabinet body 10 further includes a mounting rack 13, and the housing 11 is disposed around the outside of the mounting rack 13. The mounting rack 13 is used for mounting the printing device. That is, when installing the printing device, the printing device can be installed on the mounting rack 13, and the printing device is supported by the mounting rack 13. In this way, the installation of the printing device can be made more stable, and at the same time, the installation difficulty of the printing device can be reduced.

[0056] In some embodiments, the printer cabinet further includes a display screen 50, which is installed on the front side of the water retaining ledge 20. The display screen 50 can be used to display advertising information or to publish prompt information, such as weather information, thus increasing the commercial value. Of course, in other embodiments, the printer cabinet may not be provided with the display screen 50.

[0057] In some embodiments, the printer cabinet further includes a baffle 40, which is arranged at the paper pickup opening 121 for opening and closing the paper pickup opening 121. The baffle 40 is movably arranged at the paper pickup opening 121 for opening and closing the paper pickup opening 121. With such a setting, rainwater can be prevented from entering the cabinet body 10 through the paper pickup opening 121 by the baffle 40, thereby improving the waterproof performance of the printer cabinet. Optionally, the baffle 40 is provided with a gripping portion 41 for gripping, that is, the user can open the baffle 40 by gripping the gripping portion 41. With such a setting, it is beneficial to improve the user experience.

[0058] Furthermore, the printer cabinet further includes an electronic lock, which is arranged on the housing 11. The baffle 40 is provided with a lock hole, and the locking tongue of the electronic lock extends into the lock hole to fix the baffle 40 in the closed state, and the electronic lock can be controllably opened and closed.

[0059] Specifically, that is, before the user needs to open the baffle 40, the electronic lock needs to be unlocked first before the baffle 40 can be opened. With such a setting, when the user leaves the range of the self-service printer during the waiting for printing, others can be prevented from opening the baffle 40 to take the printed paper. Among them, the unlocking method of the electronic lock can be selectively set. In one embodiment, the user can unlock on the mobile phone or operate on the display screen 30 to unlock. It should be noted that when unlocking through the display screen 30, the password needs to be input first before unlocking. Of course, in other embodiments, the self-service printer may not be provided with an electronic lock.

[0060] The present utility model also provides a self-service printer, which includes an electric control device, a printing device and a printer cabinet. The specific structure of the printer cabinet refers to the above embodiments. Since the printer cabinet adopts all the technical solutions of the above embodiments, therefore, it has at least all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments, which will not be elaborated one by one here. Among them, the electric control device is arranged in the cabinet body 10 of the printer cabinet, the printing device is arranged in the cabinet body 10 and is electrically connected to the electric control device, and the paper outlet of the printing device is communicated with the paper pickup opening 121 of the cabinet body 10.

[0061] Specifically, the electric control device is electrically connected to the printing device, the display screen 30, the speaker and the display screen 50. The electric control device includes an electric control component and a control circuit board to control the operation of the printing device, the display screen 30, the speaker and the display screen 50.

[0062] The printing device is a device for printing documents or photos. This device can refer to the prior art, and this application will not elaborate on it one by one. Among them, the printing device can be a color inkjet printer or a color laser printer, etc., or it can also be an ordinary black-and-white printer, which can be specifically set according to actual needs, and this application does not make specific restrictions on this.

[0063] The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present utility model, and do not limit the patent scope of the present utility model accordingly. All equivalent structural transformations made under the inventive concept of the present utility model by using the content of the specification and drawings of the present utility model, or directly / indirectly applied in other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A printer cabinet, characterized in that: include: A cabinet, one side of which is provided with a paper taking port, the paper taking port is communicated with the interior of the cabinet, the top of the cabinet is provided with a water retaining convex eave protruding toward the front side of the cabinet, the bottom surface of the water retaining convex eave is provided with a waterproof groove, and the groove wall of the waterproof groove is provided with a sound outlet; A display screen, which is arranged on the front side of the cabinet and below the water retaining eaves; as well as A speaker is installed in the cabinet and arranged toward the sound outlet.

2. The printer cabinet according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sound outlet is arranged on the bottom wall of the waterproof groove.

3. The printer cabinet according to claim 2, characterized in that: The waterproof groove is gradually expanded in a direction away from the sound outlet.

4. The printer cabinet according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of sound outlets are provided on the bottom surface of the water retaining convex eaves, and the plurality of sound outlets are distributed at intervals along the width direction of the display screen, and a speaker is provided in the cabinet corresponding to each of the sound outlets.

5. The printer cabinet according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cabinet body includes a shell and a cabinet door, the water retaining eaves are arranged on the top of the shell, the front side of the shell is provided with an opening, the opening is connected to the interior of the shell, the cabinet door is arranged at the opening, and has a closed state covering the opening and an open state opening the opening, in the closed state, the water retaining eaves covers the gap between the cabinet door and the cabinet body; the display screen and the paper outlet are both arranged on the cabinet door.

6. The printer cabinet according to claim 5, characterized in that: The shell is provided with a water retaining portion, and the water retaining portion is located at least above and on both sides of the opening. The side of the water retaining portion away from the opening is provided with a water guide groove, and the inner side of the cabinet door is provided with an annular portion. In the closed state, the annular portion is located on the side of the water retaining portion away from the opening, and the gap between the annular portion and the cabinet body corresponds to the water guide groove.

7. The printer cabinet according to claim 6, characterized in that: The printer cabinet further comprises a display screen, and the display screen is installed on the front side of the water retaining eaves.

8. The printer cabinet according to claim 5, characterized in that: The printer cabinet further comprises a baffle, which is arranged at the paper taking port and is used for opening and closing the paper taking port.

9. The printer cabinet according to claim 8, characterized in that: The printer cabinet also includes an electronic lock, which is arranged on the shell. The baffle is provided with a lock hole, and the lock tongue of the electronic lock extends into the lock hole to fix the baffle in a closed state. The electronic lock can be controlled to be opened and closed.

10. A self-service printer, characterized in that: It comprises an electric control device, a printing device and a printer cabinet as described in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the electric control device is arranged in the cabinet of the printer cabinet, the printing device is arranged in the cabinet and is electrically connected to the electric control device, and the paper outlet of the printing device is connected to the paper outlet of the cabinet.

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