Printer and electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11186102-B2
Application number	US-202016737042-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2020
Priority date	Jan 31, 2019
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

A printer includes a print head that prints on recording sheet, a platen roller that transports the recording sheet pinched between the print head and the platen roller, a movable blade that cuts the recording sheet, a roller driving module that drives the platen roller, and a cutter driving module that drives the movable blade. The roller driving module and the cutter driving module are both provided at one end along an axial direction of the platen roller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printer comprising:
a frame;
a print head configured to print on recording sheet;
a platen roller configured to transport the recording sheet in a state pinched between the print head and the platen roller;
a movable blade configured to cut the recording sheet;
a roller driving module, detachably and selectively attached to the frame, and configured to drive the platen roller, the roller driving module including a first casing, and a first motor and a first gear accommodated inside the first casing; and
a cutter driving module, detachably and selectively attached to the frame, and configured to drive the movable blade, the cutter driving module including a second casing, and a second motor and a second gear accommodated inside the second casing,
wherein the roller driving module and the cutter driving module are both provided at one end along an axial direction of the platen roller.

2. The printer as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a head module, detachably and selectively attached to the frame, and including the print head;
a cutter module, detachably and selectively attached to the frame, and including the movable blade; and
a platen module, detachably and selectively attached to the frame, and including the platen roller,
wherein each of the head module, the cutter module, the platen module, the roller driving module, and the cutter driving module is selectively and separately replaceable.

3. The printer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the roller driving module and the cutter driving module are arranged to vertically overlap each other.

4. The printer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first motor and the second motor are respectively arranged at positions in front and rear with respect to a direction in which the recording sheet is transported.

5. The printer as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a center of the first motor and a center of the second motor are arranged to lie on the same centerline.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a holder, provided on the housing, and configured to accommodate a roll of recording sheet; and
a printer set inside the housing,
wherein the printer includes
a print head configured to print on the recording sheet,
a platen roller,
a movable blade configured to cut the recording sheet,
a roller driving module configured to drive the platen roller, and
a cutter driving module configured to drive the movable blade,

wherein the roller driving module and the cutter driving module are both provided at a first end along an axial direction of the platen roller, and
wherein the roll of the recording sheet is insertable into the holder from a second end, opposite to the first end, along the axial direction of the platen roller.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:
a lid provided on the second end of the printer.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the roll of the recording sheet is insertable into the holder from one of a front and a top of the printer.

9. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:
a lid provided on the one of the front and the top of the printer.

10. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the printer further includes
a frame,
wherein the roller driving module includes a first casing, and a first motor and a first gear accommodated inside the first casing, and is detachably and selectively attached to the frame, and
wherein the cutter driving module includes a second casing, and a second motor and a second gear accommodated inside the second casing, and is detachably and selectively attached to the frame.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Component Ltd

Inventors

• Yada Yuji
• Ishikawa Tetsuhiro
• Tsuchiya Masahiro
• Ohtsuka Hiromi

Classifications

• B26D1/345 Primary

  for thin material, e.g. for sheets, strips or the like · CPC title

• B41J15/042

  for loading rolled-up continuous copy material into printers, e.g. for replacing a used-up paper roll; Point-of-sale printers with openable casings allowing access to the rolled-up continuous copy material · CPC title

• B41J11/70 Primary

  cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed · CPC title

• B41J11/04

  Roller platens · CPC title