Card feeding mechanism of identification card printer and card piece for identification card printing

Abstract

The utility model discloses a card feeding mechanism of an identification card printer, which is provided with a card placing part with a supporting bottom, the card placing part is provided with a card waiting position and a card feeding position, and the card feeding position is positioned between the card waiting position and the supporting bottom; the card feeding mechanism further comprises a driving assembly which is in contact with the card feeding position clamping piece to form a friction effect to drive the clamping piece to feed the card. The card placing part is provided with a limiting structure corresponding to the card waiting position, and the limiting structure comprises a limiting protrusion and / or a limiting groove. The utility model further discloses a card piece used for card printing, the card piece is a chuck of a blank card, the end edges of the two sides of the chuck are respectively provided with a limiting structure, and each limiting structure comprises a limiting groove or a limiting protruding strip which is clamped with the limiting structure of the card containing part of the printer in a limiting mode. During use, the clamping pieces are stacked in the card placing part, and the clamping piece at the bottommost part is used for card feeding. Compared with a traditional push rod card feeding mode, contact friction driving card feeding is adopted, the state stability of the card piece can be kept during card feeding, shaking can be reduced, and then the printing efficiency and the printing quality are improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to printing technical field, in particular to a card printer's card feeding mechanism. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the development of social economy, the increase of employment population, the increase of various commercial transactions and meeting activities, card type certificates have become an important management means in social activities, and the information variability of card type certificates has given rise to the demand of card type certificate digital printing technology, and due to the environmental protection and low printing cost of inkjet printing, card type certificate printers gradually enter the practical application stage as a new thing.

[0003] The existing card printer usually mainly includes an inkjet printing structure and a card feeding structure. A card printer appears on the market, which adopts a push rod type card feeding structure to cooperate with the inkjet printing structure, specifically, when feeding the card, the blank card to be printed is placed on the card disc, the card disc is pushed into the inkjet printing structure to perform inkjet printing through the push rod of the card feeding structure, and when the push rod is used for pushing, the card disc is easy to shake with the movement of the push rod, which is easy to cause the blank card to be separated from the card disc, that is, the dislocation of the blank card, etc. After dislocation, it is easy to cause "paper jam" in the subsequent process, which affects the printing efficiency, or the shaking may cause the position of the blank card to deviate during printing, which affects the final printing quality, etc.

[0004] Therefore, the present inventors have conducted in-depth research and thus have come up with the present application. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0005] The utility model aims at providing a card printer's card feeding mechanism which can improve the stability of the blank card during card feeding, improve the printing quality stability, and reduce the paper jam phenomenon to improve the printing efficiency.

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows:

[0007] A card printer's card feeding mechanism, which comprises a card feeding main body, the card feeding main body is provided with a card placing part for stacking cards, the bottom of the card placing part is a supporting bottom, the card placing part is provided with a card waiting position above the supporting bottom, and a card feeding position matched with the thickness of a single card, the card waiting position is located above the card feeding position, and the card feeding position is located between the card waiting position and the supporting bottom;

[0008] The card feeding mechanism further comprises a driving assembly corresponding to the card feeding position and facilitating the friction contact with the card in the card feeding position to drive the card to feed;

[0009] The placing part is provided with a limiting structure corresponding to the card waiting position, which is used to limit the movement of the card in the card waiting position in the card feeding direction and guide the card in the card waiting position to the card feeding position after the card is fed.

[0010] Further, the limiting structure is a limiting protrusion, which comprises a first limiting protrusion and a second limiting protrusion, the first limiting protrusion is arranged from top to bottom, and the second limiting protrusion is arranged from top to bottom.

[0011] The placing part further comprises a first side wall and a second side wall connected to the two sides of the support bottom, the first side wall and the second side wall are located on both sides of the card feeding direction, the card waiting position is located between the first side wall and the second side wall, the card feeding position is located between the first side wall and the second side wall, the first limiting protrusion is arranged on the first side wall, the second limiting protrusion is arranged on the second side wall, and the first limiting protrusion and the second limiting protrusion are respectively located on the card waiting position.

[0012] The bottom end of the first limiting protrusion is located above the support bottom, and the distance between them is greater than the thickness of one card and less than the thickness of two cards, the card feeding position is located between the bottom end of the first limiting protrusion and the support bottom, the bottom end of the second limiting protrusion is located above the support bottom, and the distance between them is greater than the thickness of one card and less than the thickness of two cards, and the card feeding position is located between the bottom end of the second limiting protrusion and the support bottom.

[0013] Further, the drive assembly comprises a friction wheel, the support bottom is provided with a driving port, the friction wheel is arranged at the position of the driving port, the main body of the friction wheel is located below the support surface of the support bottom, and the acting surface of the friction wheel slightly protrudes from the support surface of the support bottom to contact the card in the card feeding position.

[0014] Further, the drive assembly further comprises a motor and a gearbox, the output end of the motor is connected to the gearbox, and the friction wheel is connected to the output shaft of the gearbox.

[0015] Further, the first limiting protrusion is arranged in the vertical direction, and the second limiting protrusion is arranged in the vertical direction.

[0016] Further, the card placing part is further provided with a third limiting convex strip arranged along the card feeding direction, the third limiting convex strip is located on the card waiting position, the bottom end of the third limiting convex strip is located above the supporting bottom, and the two are arranged with a spacing, the spacing distance is greater than the thickness of one card and less than the thickness of two cards, the card feeding position is located between the bottom end of the third limiting convex strip and the supporting bottom, and the third limiting convex strip, the first limiting convex strip and the second limiting convex strip are triangularly distributed.

[0017] A card for ID card printing, the card is a card disc for placing a blank card, the card disc is provided with a card slot for placing a blank card, the card disc comprises a first end and a second end arranged oppositely, and a third end and a fourth end arranged oppositely, the direction from the second end to the first end is a card feeding direction, the third end and the fourth end are located on both sides of the card feeding direction, the third end and the fourth end are respectively provided with a limiting structure for facilitating the stability of card feeding, and the limiting structure comprises a limiting groove or a limiting convex strip which is limited and engaged with the limiting structure of the card placing part of the printer.

[0018] Further, the third end is provided with a first limiting groove, the first limiting groove penetrates the end edge of the third end, the fourth end is provided with a second limiting groove, the second limiting groove penetrates the end edge of the fourth end, the shape and size of the first limiting groove are matched with the corresponding limiting convex strip arranged on the card placing part of the ID card printer, and the shape and size of the second limiting groove are matched with the corresponding limiting convex strip arranged on the card placing part of the ID card printer.

[0019] Further, the first end is provided with a third limiting groove, the third limiting groove penetrates the end edge of the first end, the shape and size of the third limiting groove are matched with the corresponding limiting convex strip arranged on the card placing part of the ID card printer, and the first limiting groove, the second limiting groove and the third limiting groove are triangularly distributed.

[0020] Further, the end edge of the first end is in the shape of an eight character, the first end gradually thins along the card feeding direction, and forms a card feeding promoting part for facilitating the card pressing operation of the card pressing rod of the ID card printer.

[0021] The card piece is stacked in the card placing part, the bottom card piece is the card piece (a piece) for card feeding, and the remaining card pieces are above the bottom card piece and wait for card feeding.

[0022] Further, the third limiting convex strip is arranged, the stability of the card piece waiting for card feeding, especially the stability in the card feeding direction, can be further improved, the first limiting convex strip, the second limiting convex strip and the third limiting convex strip are matched to form three-point (triangular distribution) limiting, the position state of the stacked card piece can be more stably maintained, even if the driving of the card feeding is in a working state, the continuity and stability of the continuous card feeding can be improved, and the printing efficiency and the printing quality are improved.

[0023] The card piece for card printing can be matched with the card feeding mechanism of the card printer to improve the stability of the card feeding and driving, and finally improve the printing efficiency and the printing quality.

[0024] Further, two convex positions are formed at the thinnest end during card feeding, the pressing rod can be quickly pressed and fixed, the position of the chuck is maintained (two-point fixing), then the chuck is further pushed and pressed by friction and the pressing rod, the pressed positions become more and more thick, and the chuck is stably pressed to the expected printing position (the position deviation during the card feeding is reduced), so that the printing quality is guaranteed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic view of the card printer of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 2 It is another structural schematic view of the card printer of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic view of the card placing part and the driving assembly of the card feeding mechanism (the first side wall is omitted);

[0028] Figure 4The utility model discloses a drive assembly's structural schematic diagram.

[0029] Figure 5 The utility model discloses a card piece (chuck) structural schematic diagram.

[0030] In the drawing,

[0031] Print mechanism a;Card feeding main body 1;Waiting card position 12;Card feeding position 13;First side wall 14;Second side wall 15;Drive port 16;First limit convex strip 17;Second limit convex strip 18;Third limit convex strip 19;Drive assembly 2;Friction wheel 21;Motor 22;Gearbox 23;Output shaft 231;Chuck 3;Card slot 31;First end 32;Third limit slot 321;Card feeding promoting portion 322;Second end 33;Third end 34;First limit slot 341;Fourth end 35;Second limit slot 351. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] In order to further explain the technical scheme of the utility model, the utility model is described in detail below through specific embodiments.

[0033] Embodiment 1

[0034] The utility model discloses a card printer, specifically can be card inkjet printer. A kind of inkjet printer includes print mechanism and card feeding mechanism, as shown in Figure 1 , print mechanism can adopt the print mechanism a of conventional inkjet printer on market. The card feeding end of card feeding mechanism is connected with the card feeding end of the pressure bar of print mechanism.

[0035] The utility model discloses a card printer's card feeding mechanism, as shown in Figures 1-4 . Including card feeding main body 1, card feeding main body 1 is equipped with the card placing portion for stacking card piece, the bottom of card placing portion is support bottom 11, card placing portion is equipped with the card feeding position 13 of waiting card position 12 and single card piece's thickness matching in the top of support bottom 11, waiting card position 12 is located in the top of card feeding position 13, and card feeding position 13 is located between waiting card position 12 and support bottom 11 (card feeding position 13 is located in the bottom of card placing portion).

[0036] The card feeding mechanism further includes drive assembly 2 corresponding to card feeding position 13 and being convenient for forming friction effect with corresponding card piece and driving card piece card feeding;

[0037] The limiting structure corresponds to the card waiting position 12, and the limiting structure is used for guiding the card in the card waiting position 12 to the card feeding position 13 and limiting the movement of the card in the card waiting position 12 in the card feeding direction. The limiting structure comprises a limiting protrusion and / or a limiting groove matched with the card. For example, the limiting structure is a limiting protrusion (a limiting protruding strip), and the card is provided with a corresponding limiting groove. The limiting protrusion and the limiting groove are matched with each other to limit the movement of the card to prevent the card from being moved accidentally. Alternatively, the limiting structure is a limiting groove, and the card is provided with a corresponding limiting lug. The limiting lug and the limiting groove are matched with each other to limit the movement of the card to prevent the card from being moved accidentally.

[0038] The card feeding mechanism of the card printer is used for stacking the cards in the card placing part. The bottom card is the card to be fed (one card), and the other cards are above the card to be fed.

[0039] The card feeding mechanism of the card printer is used for driving the card to feed by contact friction. Compared with the traditional push rod feeding mode, the card can be kept stable during feeding, for example, the shaking of the card during feeding and pushing can be reduced. The limiting structure can be used to keep the card to be fed in order and reduce the accidental movement of the card caused by the feeding drive and the movement of the card to be fed. The subsequent feeding is more smooth (if the position is offset, the card may be stuck, and the subsequent feeding cannot be smooth).

[0040] As a preferred embodiment, the limiting structure is a limiting protrusion, and the limiting protrusion comprises a first limiting protruding strip 17 and a second limiting protruding strip 18. The first limiting protruding strip 17 is arranged from top to bottom, and the second limiting protruding strip 18 is arranged from top to bottom.

[0041] The card placing part further comprises a first side wall 14 and a second side wall 15 which are vertically connected to both sides of the support bottom 11. The first side wall 14 and the second side wall 15 are located on both sides of the card feeding direction. The card waiting position 12 is located between the first side wall 14 and the second side wall 15, and the card feeding position 13 is located between the first side wall 14 and the second side wall 15. The first limiting protruding strip 17 is arranged on the first side wall 15, and the second limiting protruding strip 18 is arranged on the second side wall 15. The first limiting protruding strip 17 and the second limiting protruding strip 18 are respectively located on the card waiting position 12.

[0042] The bottom end of the first limiting convex strip 17 is located above the supporting bottom 11, and the two are spaced apart, the spacing distance is greater than the thickness of one card piece and less than the thickness of two card pieces, so that the card piece can be controlled to pass through one card piece at a time when the card is inserted. The card insertion position 13 is located between the bottom end of the first limiting convex strip 17 and the supporting bottom 11; the bottom end of the second limiting convex strip 18 is located above the supporting bottom 11, and the two are spaced apart, the spacing distance is greater than the thickness of one card piece and less than the thickness of two card pieces, and the card insertion position 13 is located between the bottom end of the second limiting convex strip 18 and the supporting bottom 11.

[0043] Reference Figure 4 As shown, the driving assembly 2 comprises a friction wheel 21, the supporting bottom 11 is provided with a driving opening 16, the friction wheel 21 is correspondingly arranged at the position of the driving opening 16, the main body of the friction wheel 21 is located below the supporting surface of the supporting bottom 11, and the acting surface of the friction wheel 21 slightly protrudes from the supporting surface of the supporting bottom 11 to be in contact with the card piece located at the card insertion position 13.

[0044] The driving assembly 2 further comprises a motor 22 and a gearbox 23, the output end of the motor 22 is connected to the gearbox 23, and the friction wheel 21 is connected to the output shaft 231 of the gearbox 23.

[0045] The first limiting convex strip 17 is arranged along the vertical direction, and the second limiting convex strip 18 is arranged along the vertical direction.

[0046] As a preferred embodiment, the card placing part is further provided with a third limiting convex strip 19 arranged along the card insertion direction, the third limiting convex strip 19 is located at the card waiting position, the bottom end of the third limiting convex strip 19 is located above the supporting bottom 11, and the two are spaced apart, the spacing distance is greater than the thickness of one card piece and less than the thickness of two card pieces, and the card insertion position 13 is located between the bottom end of the third limiting convex strip 19 and the supporting bottom 11. The third limiting convex strip 19 can further improve the stability of the card piece waiting for card insertion, especially the stability in the card insertion direction. In cooperation with the first limiting convex strip 17 and the second limiting convex strip 18, three-point (triangular distribution) limiting is formed, which can more stably maintain the position state of the stacked card pieces, even if the driving of the card insertion is in the working state. In this way, the continuity and stability of the continuous card insertion can be improved, and the printing efficiency and printing quality are further improved.

[0047] It should be noted that the technical structures of the card insertion mechanism of the present application can be arbitrarily combined for use according to actual needs, which are not limited herein.

[0048] Embodiment 2

[0049] The card piece for card printing can be used in cooperation with the card printer of embodiment 1.

[0050] Specifically, as Figure 5As shown, the card piece is a card chuck 3 of a blank card, the blank card is placed on the card chuck 3, and the card chuck is moved together to realize card feeding and then printing.

[0051] The card chuck 3 is provided with a card slot 31 for placing the blank card, and the card chuck 3 comprises a first end 32 and a second end 33 arranged oppositely, and a third end 34 and a fourth end 35 arranged oppositely and parallel to each other, the direction from the second end 33 to the first end 32 is the card feeding direction, the third end 34 and the fourth end 35 are located on the two sides of the card feeding direction, the third end 34 and the fourth end 35 are respectively provided with limiting structures for facilitating the stability of card feeding, and the limiting structures comprise limiting grooves or limiting protrusions which are limited and engaged with the limiting structures of the card placing part of the printer.

[0052] Further, the third end 34 is provided with a first limiting groove 341 which penetrates the end edge of the third end 34, and the fourth end 35 is provided with a second limiting groove 351 which penetrates the end edge of the fourth end 35, the shape and size of the first limiting groove 341 are matched with the corresponding limiting protrusions (such as the first limiting protrusion 17) arranged on the card placing part of the card printer, and the shape and size of the second limiting groove 341 are matched with the corresponding limiting protrusions (such as the second limiting protrusion 18) arranged on the card placing part of the card printer. The first limiting groove 341 and the second limiting groove 351 are both U-shaped grooves.

[0053] The first end 32 is provided with a third limiting groove 321 which penetrates the end edge of the first end 32, and the shape and size of the third limiting groove 321 are limited and engaged with the corresponding limiting protrusions (such as the third limiting protrusion 19) arranged on the card placing part of the card printer. The third limiting groove 321 is a U-shaped groove. The first limiting groove 341, the second limiting groove 351 and the third limiting groove 321 are distributed in a triangular shape.

[0054] The end edge of the first end 32 is in an eight-shaped type, the first end 32 gradually thins along the card feeding direction to form a card feeding promoting part 322 for facilitating the card pressing operation of the card pressing rod of the card printer. In this way, during card feeding, the thinnest end forms two protruding parts to facilitate the quick pressing of the pressing rod and keep the position of the card chuck (two-point fixation), and then the further friction pushing and the further pressing effect of the pressing rod, the pressing parts become thicker and thicker, and the card chuck is stably pressed to the expected printing position (reducing the position deviation in the card feeding process), which is more efficient and the printing quality is more guaranteed.

[0055] It should be noted that the technical structures of the card piece of the present application can be combined and used as needed, which is not limited herein.

[0056] The card slot 31 can be a slot with a supporting bottom or without a supporting bottom.

[0057] The card piece of the utility model can be directly a blank card in addition to being a chuck, that is, a corresponding limiting structure is arranged on the blank card to limit and clasp with the card feeding mechanism.

[0058] The above embodiments and drawings are not limited to the product shape and style of the utility model, and any ordinary technical personnel in the technical field can make appropriate changes or modifications, which should be considered as not departing from the patent category of the utility model.

Claims

1. A card feed mechanism for a card printer, characterized by: The card feeding mechanism comprises a card feeding body, a card placing part for stacking cards, a supporting bottom at the bottom of the card placing part, a card waiting position above the supporting bottom, and a card feeding position matching the thickness of a single card, wherein the card waiting position is above the card feeding position, and the card feeding position is between the card waiting position and the supporting bottom; The card feeding mechanism further comprises a driving assembly corresponding to the card feeding position and facilitating contact with the card in the card feeding position to form a friction effect and drive the card into the card feeding position. The card placing part is provided with a limiting structure corresponding to the card waiting position, which facilitates limiting the card in the card waiting position from moving in the card feeding direction during card feeding and guiding the card in the card waiting position to fall into the card feeding position after card feeding, wherein the limiting structure comprises a limiting protrusion and / or a limiting groove.

2. The card feed mechanism of a card printer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The limiting structure is a limiting protrusion, which comprises a first limiting protrusion and a second limiting protrusion, wherein the first limiting protrusion is arranged from top to bottom, and the second limiting protrusion is arranged from top to bottom. The card placing part further comprises a first side wall and a second side wall connected perpendicularly to both sides of the supporting bottom, wherein the first side wall and the second side wall are located on both sides of the card feeding direction, the card waiting position is between the first side wall and the second side wall, the card feeding position is between the first side wall and the second side wall, the first limiting protrusion is arranged on the first side wall, the second limiting protrusion is arranged on the second side wall, and the first limiting protrusion and the second limiting protrusion are respectively located on the card waiting position. The bottom end of the first limiting protrusion is located above the supporting bottom with a spacing therebetween, the spacing distance is greater than the thickness of a single card and less than the thickness of two cards, the card feeding position is between the bottom end of the first limiting protrusion and the supporting bottom, the bottom end of the second limiting protrusion is located above the supporting bottom with a spacing therebetween, the spacing distance is greater than the thickness of a single card and less than the thickness of two cards, and the card feeding position is between the bottom end of the second limiting protrusion and the supporting bottom.

3. The card feed mechanism of a card printer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The driving assembly comprises a friction wheel, the supporting bottom is provided with a driving port, the friction wheel is arranged corresponding to the driving port, the main body of the friction wheel is located below the supporting surface of the supporting bottom, and the acting surface of the friction wheel slightly protrudes from the supporting surface of the supporting bottom to contact the card in the card feeding position.

4. The card feed mechanism of claim 3, wherein: The driving assembly further comprises a motor and a gearbox, the output end of the motor is connected to the gearbox, and the friction wheel is connected to the output shaft of the gearbox.

5. The card feed mechanism of claim 2 wherein: The first limiting protrusion is arranged in a vertical direction, and the second limiting protrusion is arranged in a vertical direction.

6. The card feed mechanism of claim 2 wherein: The card placing part is further provided with a third limiting convex strip arranged along the card feeding direction, the third limiting convex strip is located on the card waiting position, the bottom end of the third limiting convex strip is located above the supporting bottom, and the two are arranged at intervals, the interval distance is greater than the thickness of one card and less than the thickness of two cards, the card feeding position is located between the bottom end of the third limiting convex strip and the supporting bottom, and the third limiting convex strip, the first limiting convex strip and the second limiting convex strip are triangularly distributed.

7. A card assembly for identification card printing, characterized by: The card is a card disc for placing blank cards, the card disc is provided with a card slot for placing blank cards, the card disc includes a set of oppositely arranged first end and second end, and another set of oppositely arranged third end and fourth end, the direction from the second end to the first end is the card feeding direction, the third end and the fourth end are located on both sides of the card feeding direction, the third end and the fourth end are respectively provided with limiting structures for facilitating the stability of card feeding, and the limiting structures include limiting grooves or limiting convex strips which are limited and engaged with the limiting structures of the card placing part of the printer.

8. A card holder for printing of identification cards as claimed in claim 7 wherein: The third end is provided with a first limiting groove which penetrates the end edge of the third end, the fourth end is provided with a second limiting groove which penetrates the end edge of the fourth end, the shape and size of the first limiting groove are matched with the corresponding limiting convex strips arranged on the card placing part of the card printer, and the shape and size of the second limiting groove are matched with the corresponding limiting convex strips arranged on the card placing part of the card printer.

9. A card holder for printing of identification cards as claimed in claim 8, wherein: The first end is provided with a third limiting groove which penetrates the end edge of the first end, and the shape and size of the third limiting groove are matched with the corresponding limiting convex strips arranged on the card placing part of the card printer.

10. A card holder for printing of identification cards as defined in claim 7, characterized in that: The end edge of the first end is in the shape of an eight character, the first end edge gradually thins along the card feeding direction, forming a card feeding promoting part for facilitating the card pressing operation of the card pressing rod of the card printer.

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