IP Library Granted Patent US 9,656,489
Granted Patent B2
US 9,656,489 · App. 15/125,718 · Granted May 23, 2017

Printer

Inventor: Hiroshi Kokuta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B41J15/048B41J15/04B41J15/16
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Patent No.
US 9,656,489
App. No.
15/125,718
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printer includes a medium supply unit, a printing unit, a feed unit, which feeds a print medium along a feed direction that is any one of a first direction toward the printing unit from the medium supply unit or a second direction toward the medium supply unit from the printing unit on a reference surface, a depressed portion, which is disposed using the reference surface as a reference, and a movement restricting portion, which includes a guide piece and restricts a movement of the print medium to a direction perpendicular to the feed direction of the print medium by housing at least a part of the guide piece in the depressed portion and abutting a side edge of the print medium on the guide piece, and a side edge on a side of the printing unit of the guide piece is disposed at a position close to an inner wall surface on the printing unit side of the depressed portion with respect to an inner wall surface on a side of the medium supply unit of the depressed portion.

Claims (15)

1. A printer comprising:

a medium supply unit configured to supply a print medium;

a printing unit configured to print predetermined information on the print medium;

a feed unit configured to feed the print medium along a feed direction that is any one of a first direction toward the printing unit from the medium supply unit, and a second direction toward the medium supply unit from the printing unit, on a reference surface;

a depressed portion disposed using the reference surface as a reference; and

a movement restricting portion including a guide piece, the movement restricting portion being configured to restrict a movement of the print medium to a direction perpendicular to the feed direction of the print medium by housing at least a part of the guide piece in the depressed portion, and abutting a side edge of the print medium on the guide piece, wherein

a side edge on a side of the printing unit of the guide piece is disposed at a position close to an inner wall surface on the printing unit side of the depressed portion with respect to an inner wall surface on a side of the medium supply unit of the depressed portion.

2. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein

the side edge on the printing unit side of the guide piece abuts on the inner wall surface on the printing unit side of the depressed portion.

3. The printer according to claims 1 , further comprising,

a damper portion disposed between the printing unit and the medium supply unit, the damper portion being configured to give tension to the print medium, wherein

the movement restricting portion is disposed in the damper portion.

4. The printer according to claim 3 , wherein:

the damper portion includes an inner damper portion, and

a position where the inner damper portion abuts on the print medium is positioned on a downstream side with respect to a position of the depressed portion in the first direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 1, 2025
From: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SATO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072085/0034 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2016
From: KOKUTA, HIROSHI
To: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039752/0993 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-245215 · Dec 3, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170001457A1 · Jan 5, 2017