Printer
AssigneeCitizen Watch Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasahiko Ueda, Seiji Morita, Yoshinobu Nagasaki
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Abstract
A head unit (200) and a sensor unit (300) are freely Rotatably mounted in a printer main body (100). A rod-shaped portion (320) is projectingly provided to the tip portion of the sensor unit (300), and a first catching portion is provided to the rod-shaped portion (320). Furthermore, a first fixing member (220) is provided to the tip portion of the head unit (200), and the first fixing member (220) is freely detachably fitted to the first catching portion.
Claims18
A printer having a printer main body, a print head for executing a print operation on a sheet loaded in the printer main body, and a sheet sensor for executing a predetermined detecting operation on the sheet, wherein
- the print head is movable between a print position at which the print head is in contact with or in proximity to the sheet and an evacuated position at which the print head is spaced from the sheet;
- the sheet sensor is movable between a detection position at which the sheet sensor is in contact with or in proximity to the sheet and a non-detection position at which the sheet sensor is spaced from the sheet;
- and
- the sheet sensor is moved from the detection position to the non-detection position interlockingly with a moving operation of the print head from the print position to the evacuated position, and movable from the non-detection position to the detection position independently of the print head.
A printer having a printer main body, a print head for executing a print operation on a sheet loaded in the printer main body, and a sheet sensor for executing a predetermined detecting operation on the sheet, comprising:
- a head unit in which the print head is mounted;
- and
- a sensor unit in which the sheet sensor is mounted, wherein the print head is movable between a print position at which the print head is in contact with or in proximity to the sheet and an evacuated position at which the print head is spaced from the sheet,
- the sheet sensor is movable between a detection position at which the sheet sensor is in contact with or in proximity to the sheet and a non-detection position at which the sheet sensor is spaced from the sheet,
- one end of the head unit is freely rotatably supported at one side portion of the printer main body, and the other end thereof is freely engageable with and disengageable from the sensor unit by first engaging means,
- one end of the sensor unit is freely rotatably supported at one side portion of the printer main body, and the other end thereof is freely engageable with and disengageable from the printer main body by second engaging means, and
- the sheet sensor is moved from the detection position to the non-detection position interlockingly with a moving operation of the print head from the print position to the evacuated position, and movable from the non-detection position to the detection position independently of the print head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.