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US 8,282,206 B2Granted
Printer
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHaruyuki Yanagi, Yasuhiko Ikeda, Hiroshi Ogushi, Tetsuya Saito, Takeji Niikura, Masaaki Ishibashi, Kenichi Nishimura, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Shigeyuki Sugiyama
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Abstract
A display unit includes a slide mechanism slidable in a lateral or vertical direction to a housing. A maintenance opening formed in the housing can be covered and uncovered. When the opening is uncovered, a user can access at least apart of a print section in the housing from the opening and perform maintenance.
Claims10
A printer, comprising:
- a housing having an opening formed in at least one surface of the housing;
- a print section arranged within the housing configured to print on a medium;
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- a sliding cover with a display mounted on the sliding cover, the sliding cover being mounted on the surface in which the opening of the housing is formed, and the display being larger than the opening,
- wherein the sliding cover is slidable with respect to the housing between a first position in which the opening is covered and a second position in which the opening is uncovered, the opening and sliding cover being arranged such that a user can access at least a part of the print section within the housing through the opening for maintenance when the opening is uncovered.
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A printer comprising:
- a housing having an opening formed in at least one surface of the housing;
- a print section arranged within the housing configured to print on a medium;
- a sliding cover with a display mounted on the sliding cover, the sliding cover being mounted on the surface in which the opening of the housing is formed;
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- a slot arranged to receive a memory card for providing an image to be printed, the slot being arranged on a surface of the housing distinct from the surface on which the sliding cover is mounted,
- wherein the sliding cover is slidable with respect to the housing between a first position in which the opening is covered and a second position in which the opening is uncovered, the opening and sliding cover being arranged such that a user can access at least a part of the print section within the housing through the opening for maintenance when the opening is uncovered.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.