# US 10,479,107 B2 · Printer

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- Number: US 10,479,107 B2
- Document ID: US10479107B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/759,337
- Filed: 2017-08-28
- Published: 2019-05-02
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-13
- Assignees: Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Kazuyuki Hoshi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479107B2

## CPC

- B41J 2/33505: {Constructional details}
- B41J 2/32: using thermal heads
- B41J 2/325: by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
- B41J 11/04: Roller platens
- B41J 25/34: Bodily-changeable print heads or carriages
- B41J 29/00: Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
- B41J 29/13: Cases or covers
- B41J 2202/30: Embodiments of or processes related to thermal heads
- B41J 2202/31: Thermal printer with head or platen movable
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

## Abstract

A printer a housing, a printer cover that is rotatable relative to the housing about a first rotary axis, a thermal head configured to print on print medium, a connecting part capable of being connected to and disconnected from the thermal head, and a head cover that is rotatable about a second rotary axis being parallel to the first rotary axis, the head cover pivotally supported at the printer cover, the head cover rotating between a first position at which the head cover closes the connecting part and a second position at which the head cover does not close the connecting part to connect and disconnect the thermal head and the connecting part. The space is defined between the head cover located at the second position and the printer cover. The connecting part is exposed through the space.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A printer, comprising:
a housing;
a printer cover that is rotatable relative to the housing about a first rotary axis;
a thermal head configured to print on print medium;
a connector capable of being electrically connected to and disconnected from the thermal head; and
a head cover that is rotatable about a second rotary axis parallel to the first rotary axis, the head cover pivotally supported at the printer cover, the head cover rotating between a first position at which the head cover encloses the connector and a second position at which the head cover does not enclose the connector to electrically connect and disconnect the thermal head and the connector, wherein a space is defined between the head cover located at the second position and the printer cover, and
the connector is exposed through the space.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The printer according to claim 1, wherein the head cover located at the first position encloses at least part of the thermal head.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The printer according to claim 2, wherein when the head cover rotates from the second position to the first position, the thermal head is electrically connected to the connector.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The printer according to claim 2, wherein the printer cover is configured to rotate between a closed position at which the printer cover closes an interior of the housing and an open position at which the printer cover opens the interior of the housing, and
the rotating direction when the head cover rotates from the first position to the second position is opposite to the rotating direction when the printer cover rotates from the closed position to the open position.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The printer according to claim 4, wherein when the head cover rotates from the second position to the first position, the thermal head is electrically connected to the connector.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The printer according to claim 1, wherein when the head cover rotates from the second position to the first position, the thermal head is electrically connected to the connector.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The printer according to claim 1, wherein, when seen from a plan view, a direction along which a tip of the head cover moves while the head cover rotates between the first position and the second position coincides with a direction along which the print medium is fed.