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US 11,110,721 B2Granted
Printer
AssigneeSato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Shioya, Masaaki Kajikawa
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Abstract
A printer includes a printing unit configured to print on the print medium, a ribbon shaft configured to hold the ink ribbon, a partition member provided swingably between a close position where gears that transmit drive force to the ribbon shaft mesh with each other and an open position where meshing between the gears is released, and a lock mechanism configured to hold the partition member with respect to the printing unit when the partition member is placed at the close position.
Claims11
A printer configured to perform printing to a print medium by using an ink ribbon, the printer comprising:
- a printing unit configured to print on the print medium;
- a ribbon shaft configured to hold the ink ribbon;
- a partition member swingably provided between a close position where gears that transmit drive force to the ribbon shaft mesh with each other and an open position where meshing between the gears is released;
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- a lock mechanism configured to hold the partition member with respect to the printing unit when the partition member is at the close position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.