US 9,868,310 B2Granted

Printer

AssigneeFujitsu Component Limited

InventorsTatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Yuji Yada, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa

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Abstract

A printer includes a body, a lid pivotably attached to the body, a platen roller attached to the lid, and a lock lever. The body includes a print head and a holder to accommodate a roll of recording sheet. The lock lever supports a bearing of the platen roller when the lid is closed. The printer further includes a first plate and a second plate arranged on the lid in the widthwise direction of the printer, and a movable button provided on the lid. When the button is moved to slide the first and second plates toward each other, the outer end of each of the first and second plates in the widthwise direction moves inward to be positioned inside the outer frame of the holder to allow the closure of the lid.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A printer, comprising:

a body including a print head and a holder configured to accommodate a roll of recording sheet;
a lid attached to the body to be opened and closed relative to the body;
a platen roller attached to the lid;
a lock lever configured to support a bearing of the platen roller when the lid is closed;
a first plate and a second plate arranged on the lid in a widthwise direction of the printer;
and
a button provided on the lid and configured to be moved to slide the first and second plates toward each other,
wherein when the button is moved to slide the first and second plates toward each other, an outer end of each of the first and second plates in the widthwise direction moves inward to be positioned inside an outer frame of the holder to allow closure of the lid relative to the body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/332,005Filed 24 Oct 2016
Priority: JP 2015-21507330 Oct 2015
Published: US 2017/0120644 A14 May 2017
Granted: 16 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B41J 29/02
Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for: framework
B41J 2/32
Characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material: using thermal heads
B41J 2/335
Using thermal heads: structure of thermal heads
B41J 11/04
Platens: roller platens