Patent Application
20090044912
1. Field of Invention
The invention relates to a laminator and, in particular, to an improved laminator whose feeding inlet and the guiding outlet face its user to reduce the space occupied by the laminator and to increase the convenience of operation.
2. Related Art
As is well known, the laminator is used to protect important documents such as photos and identifications. The laminated product is first inserted into a film. The heating element of the laminator radiates heat to pressing rollers. The film and the laminated product are pressed by the high-temperature pressing rollers and combined together.
The feeding inlet of a conventional laminator is normally provided in the front of the laminator, and the guiding outlet is formed opposite to the inlet (i.e., the back of it). Therefore, sufficient space has to be preserved for both the inlet and the outlet for normal operations. This is inconvenient in practice.
An objective of the invention is to provide an improved laminator whose feeding inlet and guiding outlet face its user. Therefore, only a space about the size of the laminating document is required in front of the feeding inlet. The space occupied by the laminator for normal operations is thus reduced by a factor of two.
To achieve the above-mentioned objective and to solve problems in the prior art, the invention provides an improved laminator whose guiding outlet is provided above or below the feeding inlet in front of the laminator. This can reduce the space required for the normal operations of the laminator and increase the convenience of operations.
The invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below illustration only, and thus is not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
The present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same references relate to the same elements.
By having the outlet on the same side as the inlet, the space occupied by the laminator is reduced by a factor of two. The user can put the laminator near the edge of a table or against a wall. To operate the laminator, the user only needs to make sufficient space in front of it without moving it. This is very convenient in the manipulation.
In practice, the laminator can be used with a storage closet 2, as shown in the drawing. That is, the laminator 1 is disposed on top of the storage closet 2. The storage closet 2 can store, for example, the laminating films.
Although the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, this description is not meant to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiments, as well as alternative embodiments, will be apparent to persons skilled in the art. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claims will cover all modifications that fall within the true scope of the invention.
