Printer Output Station Magazine Device Pivoting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printers for printing marker cards lack a space-saving arrangement for the magazine device used to stack printed cards.
Innovation Solution
The printer design includes an output station with a magazine device that can be pulled out and pivoted, featuring guide devices and a stacking unit that pivots, allowing for a space-saving configuration when not in use, and operates on a FIFO principle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the magazine device is permanently installed outside the printer housing, then easy access to printed cards is improved, but space consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The magazine device is designed to be movable between an extended position outside the housing for easy access and a retracted position inside the housing for space saving. The guide device enables this dynamic repositioning, allowing the magazine to transition between static and mobile states based on operational needs.
2Device complexity
If the stacking unit is fixed in position, then structural simplicity is improved, but adaptability to different positions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The stacking unit is mounted on the guide device to enable pivoting movement between different positions. This dynamic mounting allows the stacking unit to adapt to both extended and retracted positions of the magazine device while maintaining a relatively simple pivot-based mechanism rather than complex active positioning systems.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a printer (1) for printing plate-like media, in particular for printing marker maps (2) with markers (3) for marking electrical devices, wherein the printer (1) has a housing (5) and at least one input station (100) for the marker maps (2) to be printed, a printing station with a printing device and an output station (200) for outputting printed marker maps (2), characterised in that the output station (200) has a magazining device (202) which has one or more guide devices (2021a, 2021b) so that the output station (200) can be drawn by means of the magazining device (202) from a position pushed into the housing (5) into a position outside the housing (5) and can be pushed back into the housing (5) of the printer (1), and in that each guide device (2021a, 2021b) also has its own stacking unit (204a, 204b) which is pivotably mounted.