Patent Application
20150197111
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a mounting assembly, especially to a mounting assembly for a printer that allows the printer to be connected in conjunction with a cooperating machine.
2. Description of the Prior Art(s)
Printers are widely used output devices and are provided in a variety of types for different purposes. For instance, the printer may cooperate with a cash register and be used to print invoices, the printer may cooperate with a queue management system and be used to print number slips, or the printer may cooperate with a label printer and be used to print labels of products. The label printer is usually disposed in a production line of a factory. However, since each of the above-mentioned printers is separated from its cooperating machine, i.e., the cash register, the queue management system, or the label printer, it is troublesome to store the printer.
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However, since the cash register 40 has to be additionally connected to the conventional printer 50 so as to print the invoices or the receipts, the cash register 40 and the conventional printer 50 occupy large space regardless that the cash register 40 and the conventional printer 50 are disposed side by side or are stacked. Accordingly, storing the cash register 40 and the conventional printer 50 is troublesome. Cords for connecting the cash register 40 and the conventional printer 50 become untidy or messy around the cash register 40.
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a mounting assembly for a printer to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.
The main objective of the present invention is to provide a mounting assembly for a printer. The mounting assembly has an upper housing, a base cover, and a connecting seat. The base cover is mounted under the upper housing to form a mounting chamber defined between the base cover and the upper housing. The base cover has two positioning protrusions and a fastening panel. The positioning protrusions separately protrude up from a rear of the base cover. The fastening panel is formed on a front of the base cover. The connecting seat is mounted in the mounting chamber on the base cover, and has two positioning recesses and a front panel. The positioning recesses are separately formed in a rear of the connecting seat, and respectively correspond in position to and engage the positioning protrusions of the base cover. The front panel is formed on a front of the connecting seat, and corresponds in position to and is detachably attached to the fastening panel of the base cover.
The printer is mounted on the connecting seat and is mounted into the mounting chamber together with the connecting seat, such that the printer and the connecting seat are packaged by the upper housing and the base cover. The mounting assembly and the printer can be mounted in an installation chamber of a cash register. As the printer and the cash register are assembled together as an integral unit, the printer can be stored easily. Space occupied by the printer and the cash register is greatly reduced.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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The base cover 12 is mounted under the upper housing 11 to form a mounting chamber defined between the base cover 12 and the upper housing 11. The base cover 12 has a rear, a front, a bottom panel 120, a first side panel 122, a second side panel 123, at least one engaging protrusion 124, two positioning protrusions 125, and a fastening panel 121.
The bottom panel 120 is bottom of the base cover 12, and is mounted under and securely attached to the extension panel 113 of the upper housing 11. Preferably, the extension panel 113 and the bottom 120 are securely attached to each other via fasteners, such as screws. The bottom panel 120 has a rear edge, a front edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge. The second side edge of the bottom panel 120 is opposite to the first side edge of the bottom panel 120.
The first side panel 122 of the base cover 12 protrudes up from the first side edge of the bottom panel 120, and corresponds in position to and is securely attached to the first side panel 111 of the upper housing 11. The first side panel 122 of the base cover 12 has an inner surface and at least one through hole 1221. The at least one through hole 1221 of the first side panel 122 of the base cover 12 corresponds in position to the at least one engaging recesses 1111 of the first side panel 111 of the upper housing 11. Preferably, the first side panel 111 of the upper housing 11 and the first side panel 122 of the base cover 12 are securely attached to each other via fasteners, such as screws.
The second side panel 123 of the base cover 12 protrudes up from the second side edge of the bottom panel 120, and corresponds in position to the second side panel 112 of the upper housing 11. A storing chamber is defined between the second side panel 112 of the upper housing 11 and the second side panel 123 of the base cover 12 for storing a power cord, a transformer, or the like.
The at least one engaging protrusion 124 protrudes transversely from the first side edge of the bottom panel 120, protrudes through the at least one through hole 1221 of the first side panel 122 of the base cover 12, and engages in the at least one engaging recess 1111 of the first side panel 111 of the upper housing 11.
The positioning protrusions 125 separately protrude up from the rear of the base cover 12, separately protrude up from the rear edge of the bottom panel 120, and are respectively disposed adjacent to the first side panel 122 of the base cover 12 and the second side panel 123 of the base cover 12. The positioning protrusion 125 that is disposed adjacent to the second side panel 123 of the base cover 12 engages in the mounting recess 1121 of the second side panel 112 of the upper housing 11 and abuts the second side panel 112 of the upper housing 11. Each of the positioning protrusions 125 has a distal end protruding transversely.
The fastening panel 121 is formed on the front of the base cover 12, and protrudes up from the front edge of the bottom panel 120 and has a threaded hole 1211.
In the preferred embodiment, the first side panel 111 of the upper housing 11 has two engaging recesses 1111 respectively disposed adjacent to a front edge of the first side panel 111 of the upper housing 11 and a rear edge of the first side panel 111 of the upper housing 11. The first side panel 122 of the base cover 12 has two through holes 1221 respectively corresponding in position to the engaging recesses 1111 of the first side panel 111 of the upper housing 11. The base cover 12 has two engaging protrusions 124 respectively protruding through the through holes 1221 of the first side panel 122 of the base cover 12, and respectively engaging in the engaging recesses 1111 of the first side panel 111 of the upper housing 11.
The connecting seat 13 is mounted in the mounting chamber on the base cover 12, and has a rear, a front, a connecting panel 130, a first panel 132, a second panel 133, at least one rear panel 134, two positioning recesses 135, and a front panel 131. The connecting panel 130 has two opposite side edges, a rear edge, a front edge, and multiple fastening holes 136. The first panel 132 and the second panel 133 of the connecting seat 13 respectively protrude down from the side edges of the connecting panel 130. The first panel 132 of the connecting seat 13 abuts the inner surface of the first side panel 122 of the base cover 12. The second panel 133 abuts the inner surface of the second side panel 112 of the upper housing 11.
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The positioning recesses 135 are separately formed in the rear of the connecting seat 13, are separately formed in the rear edge of the connecting panel 130 of the connecting seat 13, and respectively correspond in position to and engage the positioning protrusions 125 of the base cover 12. When the positioning protrusions 125 of the base cover 12 engage in the positioning recesses 135 of the connecting seat 13, the distal ends of the positioning protrusions 125 and the connecting panel 130 of the connecting seat 13 forms a level surface.
Specifically, one of the positioning recesses 135 is formed through the first panel 132 and the at least one rear panel 134, and the other one of the positioning recesses 135 is formed through the second panel 133 and the at least one rear panel 134.
In the preferred embodiment, the connecting seat 13 has two rear panels 134 being spaced apart from each other, and the positioning recesses 135 are respectively formed through the two rear panels 134.
The front panel 131 is formed on the front of the connecting seat 13, protrudes down from the front edge of the connecting panel 130, and corresponds in position to and is detachably attached to the fastening panel 121 of the base cover 12. The front panel 131 has a mounting hole 1311 aligning with the threaded hole 1211 of the fastening panel 121. A fastener 100 is mounted through the mounting hole 1311 of the front panel 131 and the threaded hole 1211 of the fastening panel 121 to screw the front panel 131 and the fastening panel 121 together.
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In the preferred embodiment, a cash register 30 comprises a touch screen display 31 and an installation chamber 32. The touch screen display 31 is used to show and to input transaction information. The installation chamber 32 is used for receiving the mounting assembly. Thus, the cash register 30, the mounting assembly, and the printer 20 are assembled together as an integral unit.
The mounting assembly for the printer 20 as described has the following advantages. As the printer 20 and a machine that cooperates with the printer 20 are assembled together as an integral unit by using the mounting assembly, the printer 20 can be stored easily. Moreover, space occupied by the printer 20 and the machine is greatly reduced.
Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and features of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in the details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
