Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110236117 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus includes a fixed blade module including a fixed blade, a movable blade module including a movable blade that moves when the movable blade module is driven, and a drive module configured to drive the movable blade module. The fixed blade and the movable blade are configured to cut a recording medium. The fixed blade module, the movable blade module, and the drive module are detachably connected. | 09-29-2011 |
20110242250 | PRINTER - A printer includes a lid part, a body part, a first rotating shaft, a second rotating shaft, a first engaging part having the first rotating shaft removably engaged therewith so as to allow the lid part to be opened and closed relative to the body part, and a second engaging part receiving the second rotating shaft in such a manner as to allow the second rotating shaft to rotate. In response to application of a first predetermined force, the first rotating shaft is removed from the first engaging part while absorbing a second predetermined force from the first predetermined force, and the lid part is allowed to rotate on the second rotating shaft to be opened and closed relative to the body part. | 10-06-2011 |
20120251215 | PRINTER - A printer including: a fixed part; a movable part that is connected to the fixed part rotatably around a rotation center such that one of an open state and a closed state is selectable; a cylindrical body configured to transfer a print medium; a holding part configured to hold the cylindrical body; and a restraint part configured to restrain the holding part to the movable part such that the movable part can slide in a radial direction of the rotation center; wherein the restraint part includes: an engaging part that forms a part of one of the holding part and the movable part; and an engaged part that forms a part of another one that is engaged to the engaging part, and the fixed part includes a storing part configured to store spindles of the transfer cylindrical body. | 10-04-2012 |
20120266769 | PLATEN ROLLER FIXING STRUCTURE AND PRINTER - A platen roller fixing structure includes a platen roller; a spring; a spring supporting part supporting the spring; a print head; a platen roller receiving part configured to receive the platen roller; and a spring receiving part configured to receive the spring. The platen roller, the spring, and the spring supporting part are provided on one of a body part and a movable part of a printer. The movable part is rotatably connected to the body part. The print head, the platen roller receiving part, and the spring receiving part are provided on the other one of the body part and the movable part. When the movable part is closed relative to the body part, the spring receiving part comes into contact with the spring to cause the spring to press the platen roller against the platen roller receiving part. | 10-25-2012 |
20120305196 | High-Throughput Semiconductor-Processing Apparatus Equipped with Multiple Dual-Chamber Modules - A wafer-processing apparatus includes: eight or ten reactors with identical capacity for processing wafers on the same plane, constituting four or five discrete units, each unit having two reactors arranged side by side with their fronts aligned in a line; a wafer-handling chamber including two wafer-handling robot arms each having at least two end-effectors; a load lock chamber; and a sequencer for performing, using the two wafer-handling robot arms, steps of unloading/loading processed/unprocessed wafers from/to any one of the units, and steps of unloading/loading processed/unprocessed wafers from/to all the other respective units in sequence while the wafers are in the one of the units. | 12-06-2012 |
20120308288 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTER - A printer includes a printing part configured to perform printing on rolled recording paper, a presenter unit configured to convey the recording paper for up to a predetermined length, and a cutter part configured to cut the recording paper subjected to the printing and conveyed for up to the predetermined length, wherein the presenter unit is removably attached to a printer body part including the printing part and the presenter unit. | 12-06-2012 |
20120327165 | THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal printer includes a platen roller, a thermal head, a frame including the thermal head and a side plate, the side plate including a platen roller receiving part configured to detachably support a bearing of the platen roller. The platen roller receiving part includes an open mouth for inserting and pulling out the bearing of the platen roller in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the platen roller, and the open mouth includes a protrusion formed on a downstream side in a rotation direction of the platen roller. | 12-27-2012 |
20120327167 | PRINTER - A printer includes a platen roller, a motor configured to rotate the platen roller, and a frame configured to rotatably support the platen roller, the motor being mounted to the frame, wherein the motor has a shaft and a face that is in contact with the frame, and the face has a flange at a periphery thereof and a boss around the shaft, wherein the frame has a U-letter-shape opening into which the boss of the motor is insertable in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the shaft, and also has a fitting part in which the flange of the motor is engaged, and wherein the motor is fixedly positioned by the boss being inserted into the U-letter-shape opening of the frame and by the flange being engaged in the fitting part. | 12-27-2012 |
20130001351 | PRINTER - A printer includes a mainframe including a front face part that has an opening through which a recording medium passes; a guide unit connected to the mainframe on a first side of the front face part; a printer mechanism unit configured to perform printing on the recording medium, and connected to the mainframe on a second side of the front face part opposite to the first side thereof; an arm unit having a first end connected to the mainframe; and a shaft unit configured to hold a roll of the recording medium, and connected to a second end of the arm unit, wherein the guide unit is configured to guide the recording medium so as to feed the recording medium to the printer mechanism unit through the opening of the front face part of the mainframe. | 01-03-2013 |
20130044178 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND PRINTER HEAD - A disclosed device printer apparatus includes a recording sheet conveying block holding a recording sheet and including a light emitting element, and a first light receiving element; a head block printing characters, graphics or the like on the recording sheet including a second light receiving element positioned to face the light emitting element so as to directly receive the light; and a control circuit connected to the light emitting element, the first light receiving element, and the second light receiving element, wherein the control circuit determines, when the light is detected by the second light receiving element, that the recording sheet does not exist between the light emitting element and the second light receiving element, and when the light is not detected by the second light receiving element and is detected by the first light receiving element, that the recording sheet exists. | 02-21-2013 |
20130272768 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a print unit that prints an object on recording paper, a platen roller that conveys the recording paper, a cutter that cuts the recording paper, a mainframe that accommodates the print unit and the cutter, a cover that is attached to the mainframe and is configured to open and close with respect to the mainframe, the cover having the platen roller arranged thereon. The cover includes a lock member having a lock pin, and when the cover is closed, the lock pin of the lock member is moved towards the platen roller and is inserted into a lock pin fixing part that is arranged at the mainframe. | 10-17-2013 |
20140056633 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer includes a fixed blade block and a movable blade block. The fixed blade block includes an installing member including a rotation shaft, a fixed blade installed in the installing member, a retaining member, and a spring attached to the installing member in a rotatable state with respect to the rotation shaft. The spring includes a first contact part that contacts with the fixed blade and a second contact part that contacts with the retaining member. The movable blade block includes a movable blade that is movable toward the fixed blade. When the fixed blade block and the movable blade block are connected, the retaining member presses the second contact part, causing the spring to rotate and push the fixed blade toward the movable blade. | 02-27-2014 |
20140063170 | PRINTER - A printer includes a printer main body, a lid part including a lid main body, a block unit, and a first rotation shaft providing a connection between the lid main body and the block unit, the block unit being rotatable around the axis of the first rotation shaft, a print head attached to one of the printer main body and the block unit, a platen roller attached to the other one thereof, and a second rotation shaft situated on one of two opposite side faces of the printer main body and the lid part, the second rotation shaft providing a connection between the printer main body and the lid part, and lid part being rotatable around the axis of the second rotation shaft, wherein the first rotation shaft is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the print head, and the second rotation shaft is perpendicular to the first rotation shaft. | 03-06-2014 |
20140186088 | PRINTER - A printer includes a print head that prints information on a recording medium, a fixed blade, a sliding mechanism that is slidable relative to the fixed blade, a movable blade that moves according to the sliding movement of the sliding mechanism, and a cutter driving part that causes the sliding mechanism to slide to move the movable blade. | 07-03-2014 |
20140219699 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND PRINTER APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - A printer apparatus includes a printing part including a platen roller and a print head for printing objects onto a recording sheet, and a feeding part for feeding the recording sheet to the printing part. The feeding part includes a first feed port and a second feed port for feeding the recording sheet, a first roller for conveying a first recording sheet fed through the first feed port, a second roller for conveying a second recording sheet fed through the second feed port, a delivery port for feeding the recording sheet conveyed by the first roller and the second roller, a tension member having elasticity, a third roller rotatably connected to the tension member and being pressed toward the first roller by the tension member, and a fourth roller rotatably connected to the tension member and being pressed toward the second roller by the tension member. | 08-07-2014 |
20140232806 | PRINTER - A printer includes a frame that includes a frame back part, an arm that includes a rotation shaft and is supported by the frame to rotate around the rotation shaft relative to the frame, a platen roller that is rotatably supported by the frame or the arm, a print head that is disposed between the frame back part and the platen roller and performs printing on a recording sheet placed between the platen roller and the print head, and a first bias spring that is disposed between the frame back part and the print head and biases the print head toward the platen roller relative to the frame back part. | 08-21-2014 |
20140292992 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a printer body including an opening part that has a protruding part, a support part including a rotary shaft and rotatably attached to the printer body to rotate about the rotary shaft, a platen unit provided in the support part, and a shaft bearing including a projecting part and rotatably supports the platen roller. The opening part receives the shaft bearing. In a state where the platen unit is installed in the printer body, the projecting part and the protruding part contact each other. In a case of removing the platen unit from the printer body, the shaft bearing and the support part rotate in a same direction. | 10-02-2014 |
20140327203 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTER - A printer includes a printing part that performs printing on recording paper, a cutter that cuts the recording paper, a first roller provided on the side to which the recording paper is discharged from the cutter, a second roller, a third roller, a fourth roller, and a fifth roller that are in contact with the first roller and are rotated by the rotation of the first roller, and a connecting arm that connects the center of the first roller and the center of the second roller, wherein the recording paper is discharged between the first roller and the fourth roller or between the first roller and the fifth roller. | 11-06-2014 |
20140327204 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTER - A printer includes a printing part that performs printing on a label adhering to a liner, a cutter that cuts the liner to which the label adheres, a first roller provided on the side to which the liner to which the label adheres is discharged from the cutter, a second roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, a third roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, and a connecting arm that connects the center of the first roller and the center of the second roller, wherein the liner is separated from the label by the first roller and the second roller, and the label separated from the liner is discharged by the third roller. | 11-06-2014 |
20140327205 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTER - A printer includes a printing part that performs printing on recording paper, a cutter that cuts the recording paper, a first roller provided on the side to which the recording paper is discharged from the cutter, a second roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, a third roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, and a connecting arm that connects the center of the first roller and the center of the second roller, wherein the recording paper is discharged between the first roller and the second roller or between the first roller and the third roller. | 11-06-2014 |
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 |
20140374981 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a presenter unit including a first roller and a second roller connected to the first roller by a connection arm to move along an outer periphery of the first roller in accordance with the rotation of the first roller between a first rotating position and a second rotating position, rotate at the first rotating position in accordance with the rotation of the first roller to transfer a cut printed recording paper in an ejecting direction while interposing with the first roller, and rotate at the second rotating position in accordance with the rotation of the first roller to transfer the cut printed recording paper in a recovering direction while interposing with the first roller. | 12-25-2014 |
20150029291 | PRINTER AND MARK DETECTION METHOD - A printer includes: a sensor; a calculation unit that calculates an average value of mark levels and a permissible range in accordance with the average value, the mark levels being output levels of the sensor that has read a mark on a sheet a given number of times; a setting unit that, when the mark levels read the given number of times fall within the permissible range, sets a middle value between a white level and the average value as a determination value of existence or nonexistence of a next mark, the white level being an output level of the sensor when a non-marking domain of the sheet is read; and a determination unit that determines that the next mark has been detected when a mark level at the time of reading of the next mark is less than the determination value of existence or nonexistence of the next mark. | 01-29-2015 |
20150061206 | PRINTER - A printer includes a fixed blade and a movable blade that cut recording paper subjected to printing by a print head, and a movable blade slider including a projecting part provided on a surface of the movable blade slider. The movable blade is provided on the movable blade slider with the projecting part of the movable blade slider entering an opening provided in the movable blade. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062279 | PRINTER - A printer includes a platen roller, a printer main block including a print head that prints information on recording paper placed between the print head and the platen roller, a movable-blade block including a movable blade, a fixed-blade block including a fixed blade, a feed driving block including a feed driving motor that rotates the platen roller to feed the recording paper, and a movable-blade driving block including a movable-blade driving motor that moves the movable blade. The printer main block, the platen roller, the movable-blade block, the fixed-blade block, the feed driving block, and the movable-blade driving block are detachably attached to each other to form the printer that includes a function to cut the recording paper with the fixed blade and the movable blade. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062280 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a platen roller, a printer head for performing a printing on a recording paper provided between the printer head and the platen roller, a recording paper guide mounted to a part of a front surface of the printer head to guide the recording paper, and a spring positioned on a rear surface of the printer head to exert force toward the platen roller. The spring causes the printer head and the recording paper guide to move together toward a position in which the platen roller is mounted. | 03-05-2015 |