Thermal printer having heat radiation plate
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Goto, Yasutoshi Inoue
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Abstract
A thermal printer includes a rotatable platen roller; an elongated thermal head which is movable toward or away from the platen roller; and a head supporting member having an elongated head supporting portion for supporting the thermal head formed at an end. A heat radiation plate through which heat generated from the thermal head during printing can escape is arranged between the thermal head and the head supporting portion, and the thermal head can be adjustably curved toward the platen roller via the heat radiation plate by an adjusting member arranged in the head supporting portion.
Claims13
A thermal printer comprising:
- a rotatable platen roller;
- an elongated thermal head which is movable toward or away from the platen roller;
- a head supporting member having an elongated head supporting portion formed at an end thereof for supporting the thermal head;
- an urging member for pressing the thermal head against the platen roller via the head supporting member;
- a heat radiation plate through which heat generated from the thermal head during printing can escape is arranged between a head mount to which the thermal head is fixed and the head supporting portion;
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- an adjusting member arranged in the head supporting portion to adjustably curve the thermal head toward the platen roller via the heat radiation plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.