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US 6,232,996 B1Granted
Thermal printer
AssigneeHeiwa Tokei Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkira Takahashi, Hiroki Shiozawa
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Abstract
A thermal printer is disclosed which includes a housing, a chassis assembly with a printer mechanism securely mounted in the housing and a head frame assembly having a thermal head and rotatably mounted on the chassis assembly by a shaft. The shaft is disposed in a paper feeding direction at a side of the chassis assembly. The thermal printer further includes a paper sensor having a sensor frame rotatably mounted on the chassis assembly by a shaft which also is disposed in the paper feeding direction at the side of the chassis assembly.
Claims6
A thermal printer comprising:
- a housing;
- a chassis assembly provided with a printer mechanism and securely mounted in the housing;
- a head frame assembly provided with a thermal head and rotatably mounted on the chassis assembly by a shaft which is disposed in a paper feeding direction at a side of the chassis assembly;
- a paper sensor having a sensor frame rotatably mounted on the chassis assembly by a shaft which is disposed in the paper feeding direction at the side of the chassis assembly, whereby the paper sensor is opened about the shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.