IP Library Granted Patent US 9,561,673
Granted Patent B2
US 9,561,673 · App. 15/107,587 · Granted Feb 7, 2017

Printer

Inventors: Hiroshi Kokuta (Tokyo, JP); Akira Nakajima (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B41J15/16B41J3/4075B41J15/046
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Patent No.
US 9,561,673
App. No.
15/107,587
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

At a printer that feeds a continuous paper unwound from a paper sheet supply unit in a sheet-shape to a printing head portion side via a damper portion, and then prints on a label of the continuous paper, the damper portion is made of a transparent material.

Claims (19)

1. A printer comprising:

a medium supply portion configured to supply a print medium;

a feeding unit configured to feed the print medium supplied from the medium supply portion along a medium feed path;

a printing unit disposed in the medium feed path to print on the print medium;

a damper portion configured to swing to give tension to the print medium between the printing unit and the medium supply portion, the damper portion being made of a transparent material; and

a width adjustment guiding portion disposed on the damper portion to contact an end portion in a width direction of the print medium to guide the print medium to be fed, the width adjustment guiding portion being configured to move.

2. The printer according to claim 1 , comprising

a guide operating portion as a tab configured to move the width adjustment guiding portion and to fix a position of the width adjustment guiding portion.

3. The printer according to claim 2 , wherein

turning the guide operating portion ensures fixing or fix-releasing a position of the guide operating portion.

4. The printer according to claim 2 , wherein

the guide operating portion is flat plate-shaped, and when the guide operating portion is disposed in a parallel direction with a feed direction of the print medium, the width adjustment guiding portion is fixed, and when the guide operating portion is disposed in an intersecting direction with the feed direction, the width adjustment guiding portion is fix-released.

5. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein

the width adjustment guiding portion is positioned on an inferior surface of the damper portion.

6. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein

the damper portion includes:

a slide hole portion formed along a longitudinal direction of the damper portion;

a pair of guide rail portions formed along the slide hole portion to sandwich the slide hole portion in a vertical direction;

a guide operating portion configured to turn and coupled to the width adjustment guiding portion at a position sandwiched between the pair of guide rail portions, the guide operating portion including a convex portion projecting in a radial direction to an outer periphery along the turning direction, the width adjustment guiding portion being configured to move along the slide hole portion.

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 Jun 24, 2016
From: KOKUTA, HIROSHI; NAKAJIMA, AKIRA
To: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039001/0413 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-268269 · Dec 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160318320A1 · Nov 3, 2016