Sheet detection device and printer
AssigneeCitizen Watch Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakehiro KIKUI, Takuro KOHYAMA
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Abstract
A sheet detection device includes a sheet guide disposed between a sheet feeding opening into which a sheet is inserted and a printing mechanism of printing on the sheet, the sheet guide including a guide surface through which the sheet passes, a sheet detector including an optical sensor that detects a predetermined position of the sheet, an opening formed in the guide surface, the sheet detector being disposed inside the opening and the optical sensor being exposed through the opening, and a transparent guide cover provided in the guide surface to cover at least a first border position between the sheet detector and the opening on an upstream side in a sheet transport direction.
Claims6
A sheet detection device comprising:
- a sheet guide disposed between a sheet feeding opening into which a sheet is inserted and a printing mechanism of printing on the sheet, the sheet guide including a guide surface through which the sheet passes;
- a sheet detector including an optical sensor that detects a predetermined position of the sheet;
- an opening formed in the guide surface, the sheet detector being disposed inside the opening and the optical sensor being exposed through the opening;
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- a transparent guide cover provided in the guide surface to cover at least a first border position between the sheet detector and the opening on an upstream side in a sheet transport direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.