公开(公告)号：US5755918A

公开(公告)日：1998-05-26

申请号：US556561

申请日：1995-11-13

申请人： John S. Cetnar ,  Amy S. Christopher ,  Ronald L. Fogle ,  Monte R. Lucas ,  James A. Makley ,  Donald A. Morrison

发明人： John S. Cetnar ,  Amy S. Christopher ,  Ronald L. Fogle ,  Monte R. Lucas ,  James A. Makley ,  Donald A. Morrison

IPC分类号： B65C9/46 ,  B65C11/02 ,  G01B3/12

CPC分类号： B65C9/46 ,  B65C11/0289 ,  G01B3/12 ,  B65C2210/0018 ,  Y10T156/1795 ,  Y10T156/18

摘要： The hand-held apparatus of the present invention includes an integral printer and measuring device so that measurement information obtained from the measuring device may be automatically printed, used to determine additional information to be printed such as price information, or merely displayed. A measuring wheel having detectable marks disposed about the periphery thereof is rotatably mounted on the housing of the apparatus in proximity to a sensor that detects the marks. This sensor is positioned on the housing to not only detect the marks on the measuring wheel but to also detect the presence or absence of a label dispensed from the housing so as to provide an on-demand printing mode of operation. A controller is responsive to the sensor in the on-demand mode of operation for controlling a printhead to print on a supply when the previously printed supply has been removed from the apparatus. The controller is also responsive to the sensor in a second mode of operation for counting the marks that pass the sensor as the measuring wheel is rotated when the apparatus is rolled across a dimension of an object to be measured, such as the length, width or height of the object.

摘要翻译： 本发明的手持式装置包括整体打印机和测量装置，使得可以自动打印从测量装置获得的测量信息，用于确定要打印的附加信息，例如价格信息，或仅显示。 具有围绕其周边设置的可检测标记的测量轮可旋转地安装在装置的外壳附近，用于检测标记的传感器。 该传感器位于壳体上，不仅可以检测测量轮上的标记，而且可以检测从壳体分配的标签的存在或不存在，以提供按需打印操作模式。 控制器响应于按需操作模式的传感器，当先前打印的供应已经从设备中移除时，用于控制打印头在电源上打印。 控制器还在第二操作模式下对传感器作出响应，以便当该装置横过被测量物体的尺寸（例如长度，宽度）滚动时测量轮旋转时对通过传感器的标记进行计数 物体的高度。