Rolled paper printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorDaisuke Yanagimachi
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Abstract
A rolled paper printing apparatus includes a roller, a cutter capable of cutting the rolled paper and including a first blade and a second blade, a first blade-side guide capable of guiding, from the side of the first blade, the paper transported, and a paper guide including a first guide and a second guide. The paper guide includes a first arm on which the first guide is mounted rotatably about a first shaft, a second arm on which the second guide is mounted rotatably about a second shaft, and an arm shaft that rotatably supports the first arm and the second arm. The first guide and the second guide are pushed by the first blade moving in the first direction, and move in the first direction while rotating from a first position at which the paper can be guided and reach a second position.
Claims7
A rolled paper printing apparatus comprising:
- a roller pulling out paper from rolled paper and transporting the paper in a transport direction;
- a cutter configured to cut the paper downstream in the transport direction of the roller, the cutter including a second blade and a first blade movable in a first direction toward the second blade;
- a first blade-side guide configured to guide the paper transported between the first blade and the second blade of the cutter from a side of the first blade;
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- a paper guide including a first guide and a second guide configured to guide the paper from a side of the second blade, wherein
- the paper guide includes
- a first arm on which the first guide is mounted rotatably about a first shaft,
- a second arm on which the second guide is mounted rotatably about a second shaft, and
- an arm shaft rotatably supporting the first arm and the second arm, and
- the first guide and the second guide are pushed by the first blade moving in the first direction, move in the first direction while rotating from a first position at which the paper can be guided, and reach a second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.