Printer

US8947484B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8947484-B2
Application numberUS-201414308066-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 18, 2014
Priority dateJun 27, 2013
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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Abstract

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A printer comprising: a housing having an accommodating portion that accommodates recording paper and opens in a direction crossing the direction of gravity; a cover coupled to the housing in an openable and closable manner, and closing the accommodating portion; a control unit provided on the cover and having a circuit board; an lever provided in the housing at a position above the control unit in the direction of gravity and opening the cover; and a discharge path provided on the cover outside the control unit and leading liquid having entered through between the lever and the control unit toward an area below the control unit in the direction of gravity, wherein the discharge path including an upstream side end disposed on the cover below the lever in the direction of gravity.

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What is claimed is: 1. A printer comprising: a housing having an accommodating portion that accommodates recording paper and opens in a direction crossing the direction of gravity; a printer cover coupled to the housing in an openable and closable manner, and closing the accommodating portion; a control unit provided on the printer cover and having an operation circuit board; an operation lever provided in the housing at a position above the control unit in the direction of…

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  • B41J29/02Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B41J15/042Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8947484B2 cover?
A printer comprising: a housing having an accommodating portion that accommodates recording paper and opens in a direction crossing the direction of gravity; a cover coupled to the housing in an openable and closable manner, and closing the accommodating portion; a control unit provided on the cover and having a circuit board; an lever provided in the housing at a position above the control uni…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Seiko Instr Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B41J29/02. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).