Print Label Cutting Blade Receiving Member Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing print label producing apparatuses require separate cutting devices for full cutting and desired cutting modes, leading to increased size and manufacturing costs.
Innovation Solution
A print label producing apparatus with a single cutting blade and two types of cutting blade receiving members: a first member with a concave portion for partial cutting and a second member with a contact portion for full cutting, allowing the same cutting blade to perform both modes by switching the receiving member.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate cutting devices (cutter and half-cutter) are provided for full cutting and desired cutting modes, then cutting functionality is achieved, but apparatus size and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cutting blade receiving member is designed with multiple functional regions (first contact portion for full cutting, second contact portion for desired cutting, and concave portion for blade positioning) within a single component. This allows one receiving member to support both full cutting and desired cutting operations, eliminating the need for separate receiving members for each cutting mode and thereby reducing apparatus size while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The cutting blade receiving member is segmented into distinct functional portions: a first contact portion for full cutting operations, a second contact portion for desired cutting operations, and a concave portion for blade positioning. This segmentation allows each portion to perform its specific function while being integrated into a single compact component, resolving the contradiction between versatility and device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate cutting devices (cutter and half-cutter) are provided for full cutting and desired cutting modes, then cutting functionality is achieved, but manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cutting blade receiving member is designed as a single multi-functional component that replaces what would traditionally require separate receiving members for full cutting and desired cutting modes. This universal design reduces the total number of parts that need to be manufactured, assembled, and inventoried, thereby lowering manufacturing costs while maintaining full cutting mode versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The first contact portion, second contact portion, and concave portion are merged into a single integrated cutting blade receiving member. This merging eliminates the need for separate receiving members for different cutting modes, reducing manufacturing complexity and cost while achieving the desired versatility in cutting functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure discloses a print label producing apparatus comprising an apparatus main body, and a cutting blade receiving member, the apparatus main body comprising a feeder, a printing head, a cutting blade configured to press and cut a print-receiving tape, and a holding portion configured to attach and detach the cutting blade receiving member, and the cutting blade receiving member comprises a first cutting blade receiving member comprising at least one concave portion configured to receive at least a part of the print-receiving tape, and a first contact portion configured to receive and stop the cutting blade, disposed at the adjacent position from the concave portion, and a second cutting blade receiving member comprising a second contact portion configured to receive and stop contact of the cutting blade, and the holding portion is configured to permit selective mounting of one of the first and second cutting blade receiving member.