Printer with housing for rolled paper

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11815840-B2
Application number	US-202217691605-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2022
Priority date	Mar 17, 2021
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

A printer includes a case including an input port for rolled paper, a cover provided to be rotatable between a closed position of the input port and an open position of the input port, a holding portion that holds the rolled paper, a biasing member that biases the holding portion in a first direction, a stopper mechanism that stops rotation of the holding portion in the first direction, and a linkage mechanism that rotates the holding portion in conjunction with the rotation of the cover. When the cover is in the closed position, the holding portion rotates in the first direction in accordance with an outer diameter of the rolled paper by a biasing force of the biasing member. When the cover rotates from the closed position to the open position, the holding portion rotates together with the cover against the biasing force of the biasing member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printer comprising:
a case comprising an input port from which a rolled paper is put into a housing that houses the rolled paper;
a cover provided to be rotatable between a closed position that closes the input port and an open position that opens the input port;
a holding portion that is rotatably attached to the case, extends toward the input port, and holds the rolled paper;
a biasing member that biases the holding portion in a first direction toward the rolled paper housed in the housing;
a stopper mechanism provided in the cover and the holding portion that stops rotation of the holding portion in the first direction; and
a linkage mechanism that rotates the holding portion in conjunction with the rotation of the cover when the cover rotates from the closed position to the open position,
wherein, when the cover is in the closed position, the holding portion rotates in the first direction in accordance with an outer diameter of the rolled paper by a biasing force of the biasing member,
wherein, when the cover rotates from the closed position to the open position, the holding portion rotates together with the cover against the biasing force of the biasing member,
wherein the stopper mechanism controls the rotation of the holding portion in the first direction within a predetermined rotation range, and moves the cover and the holding portion together when the cover rotates from the closed position to the open position.

2. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the linkage mechanism moves the cover and holding portion together.

3. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises:
a first housing that houses the rolled paper when the case is put in a horizontal posture, and
a second housing that and houses the rolled paper when the case is put in a vertical posture,
wherein a position which holds the rolled paper having a maximum diameter in the case is substantially the same when the rolled paper having the maximum diameter is housed in the first housing of the case in the horizontal posture and when the rolled paper having the maximum diameter is housed in the second housing of the case in the vertical posture.

4. The printer according to claim 3 , wherein each of the first housing and the second housing has a sectional V shape.

5. The printer according to claim 4 , wherein the case comprises a rolled paper remaining detection sensor that detects remaining of the rolled paper based on reflection light from a side face of the rolled paper, and
wherein the rolled paper remaining detection sensor is disposed in a region surrounded by a center axis of the rolled paper having the maximum diameter housed in the first housing or the second housing, a first apex that is an apex of the sectional V shape of the first housing, and a second apex that is an apex of the sectional V shape of the second housing in a side view.

6. The printer according to claim 5 , wherein the rolled paper remaining detection sensor is movable in a circular arc along an outer diameter of the rolled paper having the maximum diameter, which is housed in the first housing or the second housing.

7. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein a sheet of the rolled paper is fed from a side opposite to the side provided with the holding portion.

Assignees

• Citizen Watch Co Ltd
• Citizen Systems Japan Co Ltd

Inventors

• Daimon Kohei
• Komiyama Takeo
• Yasuda Hiroyuki
• Shimizu Katsunori

Classifications

• G03G15/6517 Primary

  Apparatus for continuous web copy material of plain paper, e.g. supply rolls; Roll holders therefor · 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

• B65H16/02

  Supporting web roll · CPC title

• B65H23/08

  acting on web roll being unwound · CPC title

• B65H2405/42

  Supports for rolls fully removable from the handling machine · CPC title