Printer with multiple sitting surfaces
OwnerTakeshi Endo, Yukihiro Hanaokainventors
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Abstract
A printer that can be used in a plurality of orientations provides easy connection of external cables to the printer regardless of the position in which the printer is used. The printer housing 11 has a substantially triangular shape in cross-section, three sides of which function as printer sitting surfaces 11b, 11c, and 11d. Roll paper 20 is stored in a roll paper compartment 30 at substantially the printer's center of gravity. A paper exit 12 for the roll paper 20 is located at one of the three vertices C, D, and E of the triangular shape. The location of a printing mechanism unit 31, control unit 32, and power supply unit 33 are distributed among the three vertices C, D, and E.
Claims7
A printer having a center of gravity and a substantially triangular shape in cross-section, and comprising:
- a housing with three sides forming said substantially triangular shape;
- roll paper stored in said housing proximally to said center of gravity;
- an electrical connection unit located in said housing proximally to at least one vertex of said sides forming said triangular shape;
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- an exit opening in said housing for said roll paper located proximally to at least one vertex of said sides forming said triangular shape.
A printer with a housing having a substantially triangular shape in section, and comprising:
- a roll of paper arranged inside said housing;
- an electrical connector unit provided proximal to one of the vertices of said triangle;
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- an electrical connector unit provided proximal to one of the vertices of said triangle on a plane that intersects the two sides of the housing forming that vertex;
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- a paper exit opening provided at or proximal to one of the vertices of said triangle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.