Printer
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoichi ANDO
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Abstract
A printer includes a housing, a shaft connected to an inner surface of the housing at a first end thereof, extending along a first direction to a second end, and by which an ink ribbon is held, a print head connected to the surface at a first end thereof, extending along the direction to a second end, and transferring ink from the ribbon to a sheet, a roller connected to the surface at a first end thereof, extending along the direction to a second end, and conveying the sheet, and a holding plate connected to the second end of the roller and rotatable around a first hinge and by which the second ends of the shaft and the head are held when the plate is rotated about the first hinge to be parallel to the surface. The plate includes a second hinge about which the holding plate is foldable.
Claims20
A printer comprising:
- a housing;
- an ink ribbon shaft connected to an inner surface of the housing at a first end of the ink ribbon shaft, extending along a first direction away from the inner surface of the housing from the first end to a second end, and by which an ink ribbon is held;
- a print head connected to the inner surface of the housing at a first end of the print head, extending along the first direction from the first end to a second end, and configured to transfer ink from the ink ribbon to a sheet;
- a platen roller connected to the inner surface of the housing at a first end of the platen roller, extending along the first direction from the first end to a second end, and facing the print head to convey the sheet;
- and
- a holding plate connected to the second end of the platen roller to be rotatable around a first hinge, and by which the second end of each of the ink ribbon shaft and the print head is held when the holding plate is rotated about the first hinge to be parallel to the inner surface of the housing, wherein
- the holding plate includes a second hinge about which the holding plate is foldable.
A printer comprising:
- a housing;
- an ink ribbon shaft connected to an inner surface of the housing at a first end of the ink ribbon shaft, extending along a first direction away from the inner surface of the housing from the first end to a second end, and by which an ink ribbon is held;
- a print head connected to the inner surface of the housing at a first end of the print head, extending along the first direction from the first end to a second end, and configured to transfer ink from the ink ribbon to a sheet;
- a platen roller connected to the inner surface of the housing at a first end of the platen roller, extending along the first direction from the first end to a second end, and facing the print head to convey the sheet;
- and
- a holding plate including:
- a lower plate connected to the second end of the platen roller to be rotatable around a first hinge and by which the second end of the print head is held when the lower plate is rotated about the first hinge to be parallel to the inner surface of the housing,
- a second hinge, and
- an upper plate connected to the lower plate to be rotatable around the second hinge and by which the second end of the ink ribbon shaft is held when the upper plate is rotated about the second hinge to be parallel to the inner surface of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.