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US 2016/0355033 A1Published application
Printer
AssigneeFujitsu Component Limited
InventorsKatsuaki Koshimura, Masahiro Kaneko, Nobuo Yatsu, Yayoi Tokuhara, Kohei Takahashi, Chuqi Liang, Miki Kitahara, Kiwa Imai
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Abstract
A printer includes a platen roller, a first pulley connected to the shaft of the platen roller, a motor, a second pulley connected to the shaft of the motor, and a belt wrapped around the first pulley and the second pulley. At least one of the first pulley and the second pulley has a variable diameter.
Claims7
A printer, comprising:
- a platen roller;
- a first pulley connected to a shaft of the platen roller;
- a motor;
- a second pulley connected to a shaft of the motor;
- and
- a belt wrapped around the first pulley and the second pulley,
- wherein at least one of the first pulley and the second pulley is configured to have a variable diameter.
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A printer, comprising:
- a platen roller;
- a first pulley connected to a shaft of the platen roller;
- a motor;
- a second pulley connected to a shaft of the motor;
- and
- a third pulley that contacts the first pulley and the second pulley,
- wherein
- the periphery of the first pulley and the periphery of the second pulley are sloped to taper the first pulley and the second pulley in opposite axial directions, and
- the third pulley is configured to move on the sloped periphery of the first pulley and the sloped periphery of the second pulley, so as to change a rotational speed of the platen roller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.