Printer
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiyuki Furuyama
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Abstract
A printer configured to perform a printing operation on a printing medium, including: a cylindrically shaped housing including a bottom surface and a cylindrical surface on which an outlet is formed, the housing being configured to be placed on a horizontal table in any of a first posture in which the bottom surface is opposed to the table and a second posture in which a specific portion of the cylindrical surface is opposed to the table, the outlet being formed at a position of the cylindrical surface at which the printing medium stored in the housing is dischargeable from the outlet irrespective of whether the housing takes the first posture or the second posture on the table; and a second-posture keeping structure to keep the housing in the second posture in a state in which the cylindrical surface is opposed to the table.
Claims15
A printer configured to perform a printing operation on a printing medium, comprising:
- a housing configured to store the printing medium and including a) a flat bottom surface and b) a side surface extending along an outer perimeter of the bottom surface and including a curved portion having an arcuate shape viewed from the bottom surface, the housing including an outlet defined in the side surface for discharging the printing medium to an exterior;
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- a cutting mechanism disposed in the housing and configured to cut the printing medium discharged from the outlet,
- wherein the side surface includes a protruding surface configured to prohibit the outlet from being located on a table in a state in which the side surface is opposed to the table.
A printer configured to perform a printing operation on a printing medium, comprising:
- a housing configured to store the printing medium and including a) a flat bottom surface and b) a side surface extending along an outer perimeter of the bottom surface and including a curved portion having an arcuate shape viewed from the bottom surface, the housing including an outlet defined in the side surface and configured to discharge the printing medium to an exterior;
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- a cutting mechanism disposed in the housing and configured to cut the printing medium discharged from the outlet,
- wherein the side surface includes a flat portion configured to prohibit the outlet from being located on a table in a state in which the side surface is opposed to the table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.