Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
347222000 | Housing or mounting | 19 |
20090284576 | PRINTER - A printer comprising a main unit, a cover, a first print head provided in the cover, a second print head provided in the main unit, and a hinge mechanism. The cover can rotate around the hinge mechanism, between a first state and a second state in which the cover is opened and closed, respectively, with respect to the main unit. The first print head and the second print head can rotate along the locus of the cover. | 11-19-2009 |
20110063399 | PORTABLE PRINTER - A portable printer includes: a housing; a platen roller configured to convey a label sheet having a base sheet; a pinch roller configured to rotate following the platen roller via the base sheet; a supporting shaft configured to support the pinch roller; a shaft holder configured to hold the supporting shaft; a removing and inserting section configured to hold the shaft holder to be removable therefrom and insertable thereinto; a pawl section provided in the shaft holder, configured to resiliently hook to the removing and inserting section; a member holding section provided in the housing; and an urging member detachably attachable to the member holding section, nipped by the member holding section and the supporting shaft, and configured to apply pressing force on the platen roller to the pinch roller. | 03-17-2011 |
20110134202 | THERMAL PRINTER AND PRINTING DEVICE - According to an aspect of the present invention, a thermal printer includes a housing in which a space is formed, printing means disposed in the housing, a cover disposed in the housing and which comes into contact with and separates from the housing when rotated, thereby opening and closing the space, urging means for urging the cover in a direction away from the housing, an engaging part which is disposed in the housing and which prevents the movement of the cover in a direction away from the housing when engaged with the cover, a pressed part which is disposed rotatably in the cover and which moves the engaging part when pressed, thereby releasing engagement between the cover and the engaging part, and elastic means arranged to urge the pressed part in a direction away from the engaging part. | 06-09-2011 |
20120176461 | MOBILE PRINTER WITH OPTIONAL BATTERY ACCESSORY - A mobile printer comprising a printer body and a printer door is provided. The printer body has a recessed area that is sized to receive a media roll. The media roll has a void interior portion that is sized to receive one or more batteries that provide power to the mobile printer. Further, the printer door is operatively coupled to the printer body. When in an open position, the printer door allows for placement of a media roll from a side of the mobile printer into the recessed area. When closed, however, the media roll is retained in place relative to the printer body and the media from the media roll is captured for printing. | 07-12-2012 |
20120212562 | THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal printer includes a head cover configured to be movable from a secured position which is secured to cover at least a part of a thermal head in a direction away from the thermal head in a state in which at least a part of the head cover is supported by a printer main body. | 08-23-2012 |
20120274721 | SYSTEM FOR QUICK COUPLING OF REELS TO A ROTATING SHAFT, AND DEVICE AND REEL IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system for the quick coupling of reels ( | 11-01-2012 |
20120274722 | THERMAL PRINTER AND PRINTING DEVICE - According to an aspect of the present invention, a thermal printer includes a housing in which a space is formed, printing means disposed in the housing, a cover disposed in the housing and which comes into contact with and separates from the housing when rotated, thereby opening and closing the space, urging means for urging the cover in a direction away from the housing, an engaging part which is disposed in the housing and which prevents the movement of the cover in a direction away from the housing when engaged with the cover, a pressed part which is disposed rotatably in the cover and which moves the engaging part when pressed, thereby releasing engagement between the cover and the engaging part, and elastic means arranged to urge the pressed part in a direction away from the engaging part. | 11-01-2012 |
20120274723 | THERMAL PRINTER AND PRINTING DEVICE - According to an aspect of the present invention, a thermal printer includes a housing in which a space is formed, printing means disposed in the housing, a cover disposed in the housing and which comes into contact with and separates from the housing when rotated, thereby opening and closing the space, urging means for urging the cover in a direction away from the housing, an engaging part which is disposed in the housing and which prevents the movement of the cover in a direction away from the housing when engaged with the cover, a pressed part which is disposed rotatably in the cover and which moves the engaging part when pressed, thereby releasing engagement between the cover and the engaging part, and elastic means arranged to urge the pressed part in a direction away from the engaging part. | 11-01-2012 |
20130027497 | PRINTER WITH PIVOTALLY OVERLAPPING DISPLAY AND COVER - A printer comprises a body, a display pivotally coupled to the body, and a cover pivotally coupled to the body. The display and the cover can be positioned relative to each other such that the cover overlaps the display when the display is not in use. | 01-31-2013 |
20130135418 | OPEN-CLOSE COVER ASSEMBLY OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An open-close cover assembly of an image forming apparatus capable of maintaining an open angle of an open-close cover even when sheets of large quantity are stacked on the cover and preventing the cover and an apparatus main unit from being damaged even when the cover is applied with an excessive force acting in a cover opening direction. When the cover is in open state, first stopper portions of the cover are engaged with first receiving portions of the main unit, thereby maintaining the cover open angle. When an excessive force is applied to the cover, shaft portions of the main unit are disengaged from bearing portions of the cover through openings formed in the bearing portions after the first stopper portions have been disengaged from the first receiving portions and second stopper portions of the cover have been engaged with second receiving portions of the main unit. | 05-30-2013 |
20130335502 | MARKING DEVICE - A marking head of a marking device comprises: at least one marking pin; a heater that heats the marking pin; a support base that supports a first marking tape and a second marking tape in such a manner that the first marking tape and the second marking tape line up in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the marketing pin; a driving device that is capable of moving the support base to a first position at which the first marking tape faces the marking pin, and a second position at which the second marking tape faces the marking pin; and extrusion devices that extrude the marking pin out toward the marking tape facing the marking pin in order to press the marking tape facing the marking pin against a tire and print on the tire. | 12-19-2013 |
20140085395 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure discloses an electronic device comprising an opening/closing cover. One of the opening/closing cover and a housing includes a shaft portion, and the other thereof includes a bearing hole portion. The shaft portion includes a first protruding portion. The bearing hole portion includes a second protruding portion. The first and the second protruding portions are configured, to be separated away from each other when the opening/closing cover is in a closed state, to become closer to each other along with rotation from the closed state, to be in contact with each other when the opening/closing cover arrives at a first rotation position, and configured to release an engagement of the shaft portion and the bearing hole portion by the manner that one of the first and second protruding portions overrides the other thereof to overlap each other when the opening/closing cover arrives at a second rotation position. | 03-27-2014 |
20140160219 | THERMAL PRINTER WITH SINGLE LATCH, ADJUSTABLE MEDIA STORAGE AND CENTERING ASSEMBLIES AND PRINT ASSEMBLY - A direct thermal printer including a latch assembly, a media storage assembly, a media centering assembly, a print assembly, and a temperature sensing member. The latch assembly includes a single latch lever in mechanical communication with latch tabs disposed in the cover of the printer that are received by openings in the base of the printer to engage and disengage the cover from the base. The media storage assembly includes media guides with removable tabs having more than one available position to provide storage of different size media. The media centering assembly includes pulley assemblies that bias the media guides towards each other to secure media between the media guides. The print assembly includes a platen disposed in the base of the printer having cams on each end that are rotatable and positioned to adjust printing characteristic of a printhead disposed in the cover. | 06-12-2014 |
20140240438 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure discloses an electronic device comprising a battery accommodating portion. The battery accommodating portion is configured to alternatively accommodate a plural of cylindrical dry batteries or a cuboid rechargeable battery. The battery accommodating portion, when a plurality of the dry batteries are arranged by being stacked in two tiers or more into a heaped bale structure when the dry batteries are accommodated, comprises a plurality of support recess portions configured to support a plurality of the dry batteries in a bottom tier, respectively. An interval between axes of the support recess portions adjacent to each other is larger than an outer diameter of each of the dry batteries and is smaller than twice of the outer diameter of each of the dry batteries. | 08-28-2014 |
20140247315 | MOBILE PRINTER WITH OPTIONAL BATTERY ACCESSORY - A mobile printer comprising a printer body and a printer door is provided. The printer body typically has a recessed area that is sized to receive a media roll. The media roll typically has a void interior portion that is sized to receive one or more batteries that provide power to the mobile printer. Further, the printer door is operatively coupled to the printer body. When in an open position, the printer door typically allows for placement of a media roll from a side of the mobile printer into the recessed area. When closed, however, the media roll is typically retained in place relative to the printer body and the media from the media roll is captured for printing. | 09-04-2014 |
20140340463 | CASSETTE FOR LABEL PRINTER - A label printing apparatus, comprising a cassette-receiving bay adapted to receive a cassette, said cassette-receiving bay having a base, an opening opposite the base, and side walls extending between the base and the opening; a cassette locking mechanism comprising at least one locking element having a locking position for engagement with a cassette inserted into said cassette-receiving bay; and cassette detection means operable to determine whether said at least one locking element is engaged with a cassette inserted into the cassette-receiving bay. | 11-20-2014 |
20140368598 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a frame, a printer head, a platen roller that is supported by the frame, a biasing member that is provided between the frame and the printer head and configured to exert force toward the platen roller, and an opening/closing arm supported by the frame to rotate and move about an arm rotation shaft. A contact part between the opening/closing arm and a platen bearing of the platen roller is positioned opposite from a side in which the printer head is provided with respect to a line that connects a center of the arm rotation shaft and a center of the platen bearing. | 12-18-2014 |
20160052319 | PRINTER COVER LOCKING MECHANISM - A printer cover locking mechanism has a reduced number of parts and may be assembled in a small space, by simplification of a print head (thermal head ( | 02-25-2016 |
20160059598 | PORTABLE PRINTER - A portable printer and a member having a two-layer configuration formed from members having different mold shrinkage ratios and having a superior shock resistance without distortion may be achieved. The member ( | 03-03-2016 |