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Granted Patent B2
US 11,254,144 · App. 16/988,009 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Printing device

Inventors: Takehiro Kobayashi (Matsumoto, JP); Takeshi Tokuda (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J11/0045B41J11/703
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Patent No.
US 11,254,144
App. No.
16/988,009
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printing device includes a transport roller performing a first transport that transports recording paper drawn from roll paper in a transport direction and a second transport that transports the recording paper in a direction opposite to the transport direction, a cutter having a first blade configured to move between an advanced position and a retracted position, and a second blade for cutting the recording paper together with the first blade moving from the retracted position to the advanced position, and a guide member provided downstream of the first blade in the transport direction and guiding the recording paper during the second transport.

Claims (10)

1. A printing device comprising:

a transport roller performing a first transport that transports recording paper drawn from roll paper in a transport direction and a second transport that transports the recording paper in a direction opposite to the transport direction;

a cutter having a first blade configured to move between an advanced position and a retracted position, and a second blade configured to cut the recording paper together with the first blade moving from the retracted position to the advanced position;

a guide member provided downstream of the first blade in the transport direction and configured to contact the recording paper when cutting the recording paper by the cutter; and

wherein at least a part of the first blade is covered by the guide member.

2. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein the guide member has a slope that is inclined along a direction away from the second blade as going from an upstream region to a downstream region in the transport direction.

3. The printing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second guide member provided upstream of the first blade in the transport direction and guiding the recording paper that moves in a direction opposite to the transport direction during the second transport.

4. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein the guide member comes into contact with a cut edge of the recording paper cut by the cutter.

5. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first blade includes a first site at least a part of which is covered by the guide member and which cuts the recording paper together with the second blade, and a second site that forms an uncut portion without cutting the recording paper.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2020
From: KOBAYASHI, TAKEHIRO; TOKUDA, TAKESHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-147886 · Aug 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210039403A1 · Feb 11, 2021
Cited By (1)
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