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US 2015/0084262 A1Published application
Cutting Device and Printer
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira Sago, Ryoya Takahashi
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Abstract
A first movable portion has a cutting blade and configured to move between a first retracted position and a first cutting position. A first operating portion is a movable body configured to move in conjunction with a rotation drive portion. The first operating portion is configured to cause the first movable portion to move toward the first cutting position, and to cause the first movable portion to move toward the first retracted position. A drive stopping portion is configured to stop the rotation of the rotation drive portion, when the first movable portion reaches the first cutting position. A position holding portion is configured to hold a position of the first operating portion, when the first movable portion reaches the first cutting position.
Claims18
A cutting device comprising:
- a receiving base configured to receive a medium arranged thereon;
- a first movable portion having a cutting blade, the cutting blade being configured to cut the medium between the cutting blade and the receiving base, the first movable portion being configured to move between a first retracted position and a first cutting position, the first retracted position being a position in which the cutting blade is separated by at least a specific distance from the receiving base, and the first cutting position being a position in which the cutting blade is closer to the receiving base than in the first retracted position;
- a rotation drive portion configured to rotate in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction that are mutually opposite directions;
- a first operating portion that is a movable body configured to move in conjunction with the rotation drive portion, the first operating portion being configured to move in a first movement direction in accordance with rotation of the rotation drive portion in the first rotation direction, and to move in a second movement direction in accordance with rotation of the rotation drive portion in the second rotation direction, the second movement direction being a direction opposite to the first movement direction, the first operating portion also being configured to cause the first movable portion to move toward the first cutting position in accordance with the movement of the first operating portion in the first movement direction, and to cause the first movable portion to move toward the first retracted position in accordance with the movement of the first operating portion in the second movement direction;
- a drive stopping portion configured to stop the rotation of the rotation drive portion that rotates in the first rotation direction, when the first movable portion reaches the first cutting position;
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- a position holding portion configured to hold a position of the first operating portion that moves in the first movement direction, when the first movable portion reaches the first cutting position.
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A printer comprising:
- a receiving base configured to receive a medium arranged thereon;
- a printing portion configured to print the medium;
- a supply portion configured to supply the medium printed by the printing portion to the receiving base;
- a first movable portion having a cutting blade, the cutting blade being configured to cut the medium between the cutting blade and the receiving base, the first movable portion being configured to move between a first retracted position and a first cutting position, the first retracted position being a position in which the cutting blade is separated by at least a specific distance from the receiving base, and the first cutting position being a position in which the cutting blade is closer to the receiving base than in the first retracted position;
- a rotation drive portion configured to rotate in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction that are mutually opposite directions;
- a first operating portion that is a movable body configured to move in conjunction with the rotation drive portion, the first operating portion being configured to move in a first movement direction in accordance with rotation of the rotation drive portion in the first rotation direction, and to move in a second movement direction in accordance with rotation of the rotation drive portion in the second rotation direction, the second movement direction being a direction opposite to the first movement direction, the first operating portion also being configured to cause the first movable portion to move toward the first cutting position in accordance with the movement of the first operating portion in the first movement direction, and to cause the first movable portion to move toward the first retracted position in accordance with the movement of the first operating portion in the second movement direction;
- a drive stopping portion configured to stop the rotation of the rotation drive portion that rotates in the first rotation direction, when the first movable portion reaches the first cutting position;
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- a position holding portion configured to hold a position of the first operating portion that moves in the first movement direction, when the first movable portion reaches the first cutting position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.