Printer
AssigneeSato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuyuki Kakui, Takayoshi Jinnouchi, Hideyuki Maeda
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A printer includes a printing portion configured to print on a print medium, a ribbon supply shaft configured to hold an ink ribbon to be supplied to the printing portion, a ribbon roll up shaft configured to roll up the used ink ribbon, a printing unit provided swingably, the printing unit having a thermal head that constitutes the printing portion, and a partition member swingably provided in the printing unit, the partition member partitioning the ink ribbon and the print medium, and the ribbon supply shaft is provided in the partition member.
Claims15
A printer, comprising:
- a printing portion configured to print on a print medium;
- a ribbon supply shaft configured to hold an ink ribbon to be supplied to the printing portion;
- a ribbon roll up shaft configured to roll up the used ink ribbon;
- a printing unit provided swingably, the printing unit having a thermal head that constitutes the printing portion;
- and
- a partition member swingably provided in the printing unit, the partition member partitioning the ink ribbon and the print medium, wherein
- the ribbon supply shaft is provided on the partition member.
A printer, comprising:
- a ribbon supply shaft configured to hold an ink ribbon;
- a ribbon roll up shaft configured to roll up used ink ribbon;
- a thermal head configured to print on a print medium;
- and
- a swingable partition member configured to partition the ink ribbon and the print medium, wherein
- the ribbon supply shaft is provided on the swingable partition member.
A printer, comprising:
- a ribbon supply shaft configured to hold an ink ribbon;
- a ribbon roll up shaft configured to roll up used ink ribbon;
- a thermal head configured to print on a print medium;
- and
- a swingable partition member configured to partition the ink ribbon and the print medium, wherein
- the ribbon supply shaft is connected to the swingable partition member such that the ribbon supply shaft moves together with the swingable partition member when the swingable partition member swings to an open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.