Adhesive Tape Printer Width Reduction via Vertical Roll Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing adhesive tape printers require a large space due to the transverse orientation of adhesive tape rolls and the horizontal feeding mode, which increases the apparatus's horizontal dimension.
Innovation Solution
The adhesive tape printer is designed with a housing configuration that includes a first storage part for a print-receiving adhesive tape roll and a second storage part for the printed tape, both oriented vertically, with a feeding roller and printing head positioned to feed the tape sideways, reducing the overall width and allowing for independent access to each storage part.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the adhesive tape rolls are oriented transversely with vertical axis lines and the tape is fed horizontally, then the mounting and feeding operations can be performed smoothly, but the horizontal dimension of the apparatus increases, requiring a large space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the orientation of the adhesive tape rolls from transverse (vertical axis) to longitudinal (horizontal axis), and modifies the feeding direction from horizontal to vertical. This dimensional change allows the tape to be fed in the width direction rather than the horizontal direction, thereby reducing the horizontal footprint of the apparatus while maintaining operational smoothness
2Device complexity
If a single large storage space is used for both print-receiving adhesive tape and printed tape, then the apparatus structure is simplified, but the ease of accessing and removing individual rolls is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the storage function into two separate storage spaces: a first storage space for the print-receiving adhesive tape and a second storage space for the printed tape. This segmentation allows independent access to each roll type, improving operational convenience while keeping the overall structure relatively simple through separate but modular storage compartments
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration minimizes the space required for the printer while maintaining efficient tape handling and user convenience by allowing for independent access and easy removal of rolls, reducing the apparatus's width and enhancing usability.
Implementation Method 1
a printing head configured to form desired print on the base layer of the print-receiving adhesive tape fed by the feeding roller, thereby forming an adhesive tape with print
Implementation Method 2
a feeding roller configured to feed the print-receiving adhesive tape fed out from the first roll stored in the first storage part
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure discloses an adhesive tape printer comprising a housing, a first storage part configured to receive a first roll provided to one side of the housing in the first horizontal direction, a feeding roller, a printing head, a second storage part configured to store a second roll wherein the adhesive tape with print is wound around an axis line in the second horizontal direction, provided to the other side of the housing in the first horizontal direction, a feeding motor provided further on the other side than the first storage part and further on the one side than the second storage part so that an axis direction of an output shaft matches the second horizontal direction, a first opening/closing cover provided to an upper part on the one side, and a second opening/closing cover provided to an upper part on the other side.