IP Library Granted Patent US 9,908,346
Granted Patent B2
US 9,908,346 · App. 15/309,865 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Printer apparatus

Inventors: Tetsuhiro Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Sumio Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Yukihiro Mori (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Tsuchiya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
B41J11/04
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Patent No.
US 9,908,346
App. No.
15/309,865
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printer apparatus includes a print head, a platen roller, and a frame, wherein printing is performed on recording paper situated between the print head and the platen roller, wherein a projection is formed at a side face of the print head, wherein a side face of the frame has a groove formed therein for receiving the projection, wherein the groove includes a first area constituting an entrance to the groove, a second area for positioning the projection and formed such as to extend in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the first area extends, and a slanted part formed between the first area and the second area, and wherein the slanted part is an edge of the groove and extends in a direction different from both a direction in which the projection moves in the first area and a direction in which the projection moves in the second area.

Claims (23)

1. A printer apparatus, comprising:

a print head;

a platen roller; and

a frame,

wherein printing is performed on recording paper situated between the print head and the platen roller,

wherein a projection is formed at a side face of the print head,

wherein a side face of the frame has a groove formed therein for receiving the projection,

wherein the groove includes a first area constituting an entrance to the groove, a second area for positioning the projection and formed such as to extend in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the first area extends, and a slanted part formed between the first area and the second area, and

wherein the slanted part is a pair of opposite edges of the groove, and the opposite edges extend in a direction different from both a direction in which the projection moves in the first area and a direction in which the projection moves in the second area, the opposite edges facing each other across a space of the groove.

2. The printer apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a spring configured to press the print head toward the platen roller; and

a recording paper guide configured to guide recording paper placed between the print head and the platen roller,

wherein a first part of the spring is in contact with the print head, and a restoring force of the spring acts in such a direction as to narrow a distance between the first part and a second part of the spring.

3. A printer apparatus, comprising:

a print head;

a platen roller; and

a frame,

wherein printing is performed on recording paper situated between the print head and the platen roller,

wherein a projection is formed at a side face of the print head,

wherein a side face of the frame has a groove formed therein for receiving the projection,

wherein the groove includes a first area constituting an entrance to the groove, a second area for positioning the projection and formed such as to extend in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the first area extends, and a slanted part formed between the first area and the second area,

wherein the slanted part is an edge of the groove and extends in a direction different from both a direction in which the projection moves in the first area and a direction in which the projection moves in the second area, and

wherein the print head has a projection on a side thereof opposite from a side that is in contact with the platen roller, and the projection is wedged between the first part of the spring and the recording paper guide in a rotatable manner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2016
From: ISHIKAWA, TETSUHIRO; WATANABE, SUMIO; MORI, YUKIHIRO; TSUCHIYA, MASAHIRO
To: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 040267/0558 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-113250 · May 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170151813A1 · Jun 1, 2017