Printer and cutter device of printer
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNobuhiro Inoue, Tetsugo Ishida
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Abstract
A printer includes a first blade configured to be movable between a standby position and a cutting position, a second blade configured to contact the first blade located in the cutting position, a drive mechanism configured to drive the first blade, and a first elastic member configured to pull the first blade located in the cutting position. When the first blade is located in the cutting position, the first elastic member pulls the first blade in a direction in which the first blade moves to the standby position, and pulls the first blade in a direction in which the first blade approaches the second blade.
Claims8
A printer, comprising:
- a first blade configured to be movable between a standby position and a cutting position, and configured to cut a sheet at the cutting position;
- a second blade configured to contact the first blade located at the cutting position;
- a drive mechanism configured to drive the first blade;
- and
- a first elastic member configured to pull the first blade located at the cutting position,
- wherein when the first blade is located at the cutting position, the first elastic member pulls the first blade in a direction in which the first blade moves from the cutting position to the standby position, and pulls the first blade in a direction in which the first blade approaches the second blade.
A cutter device, comprising:
- a first blade configured to be movable between a standby position and a cutting position, and configured to cut a sheet at the cutting position;
- a second blade configured to contact the first blade located at the cutting position;
- a drive mechanism configured to drive the first blade;
- and
- a first elastic member configured to pull the first blade located at the cutting position, wherein
- when the first blade is located at the cutting position, the first elastic member pulls the first blade in a direction in which the first blade moves from the cutting position to the standby position, and pulls the first blade in a direction in which the first blade approaches the second blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.