Package paper thermal printer of tablet packing machine

Abstract

A package paper thermal printer of a tablet packing machine for printing information about prescription medicines on package paper by a thermal print head and a ribbon tape, so that the information is very easily printed and the patient can easily recognize the information. The paper package thermal printer includes a supporting frame mounted in the case and formed with a mounting hole, an actuating plate installed at the mounting hole, guide rails installed at the actuating plate, guides installed at the mounting hole, and engaged with the guide rails so as to support the actuating plate, a driving motor installed at the supporting frame and having an eccentric cam coming in contact with an elevating roller so as to raise the actuating plate, wheels mounted at the actuating plate, a ribbon tape wound around the wheels fed by driving force transmitted from the motor, a contact roller installed at the supporting frame, and a thermal print head installed at the actuating plate, wherein the thermal print head and the ribbon tape are raised together so as to closely attach the ribbon tape to a lower surface of the package paper passing under the contact roller, so that information inputted into the thermal print head is transferred to the package paper by heat and characters are printed on the package paper when the actuating plate is raised.