Printer system
AssigneeDai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
InventorKatsuhisa Ono
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Abstract
[Object] To provide a printer system that can be easily produced by easily assembling a plurality of modules. [Solution] A printer system 1 includes a plurality of modules 10, 30, and 20 that are coupled to each other. Each of the modules 10, 30, and 20 has a housing 11, 31, or 21 and a coupling body 15, 35, or 25. One of the housing 11, 31, or 21 and the coupling body 15, 35, or 25 has an insertion hole 16, 36, or 26, and the other one of the housing 11, 31, or 21 and the coupling body 15, 35, or 25 has an insertion pin 13, 33, or 23.
Claims12
A printer system comprising three or more modules that are successively disposed and are coupled to each other,
- wherein
- a module on an upstream side has a print sheet feeding function of feeding a print sheet,
- a module on a downstream side has a print sheet winding function of winding the print sheet,
- another module includes a printer module that performs printing on the print sheet, and
- each of the modules has a housing and has, on one surface of the housing, a coupling body that protrudes from the one surface and has a smaller size than the housing,
- between the neighboring modules coupled to each other, the other surface of the housing of one module is coupled to the outer surface of the coupling body of the other module,
- wherein each of the modules includes a coupling body on only one side of the module and an insertion pin on the housing on the opposite side of the module, and
- wherein each of the coupling bodies face in the same direction and each of the insertion pins face in the same and opposite direction with respect to the coupling bodies.
A printer system comprising three or more modules that are successively disposed and are coupled to each other,
- wherein
- a module on an upstream side has a print sheet feeding function of feeding a print sheet,
- a module on a downstream side has a print sheet winding function of winding the print sheet,
- another module includes a printer module that performs printing on the print sheet, and
- each of the modules has a housing and has, on one surface of the housing, a coupling body that protrudes from the one surface and has a smaller size than the housing,
- between the neighboring modules coupled to each other, the other surface of the housing of one module is coupled to the outer surface of the coupling body of the other module,
- the one surface and the other surface of the housing of each of modules have an opening through which the print sheet passes, and
- between the neighboring modules coupled to each other, the module on a downstream side has a guide path extending from the opening of the one of the surface of the housing to the module on an upstream side, including a couple of plates for guiding the print sheet,
- wherein each of the modules includes a coupling body on only one side of the module and an insertion pin on the housing on the opposite side of the module, and
- wherein each of the coupling bodies face in the same direction and each of the insertion pins face in the same and opposite direction with respect to the coupling bodies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.