Printer with cutter protection mechanism

US8967893B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-8967893-B2
Application numberUS-201213713265-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 13, 2012
Priority dateDec 22, 2011
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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Abstract

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A printer includes a main body case in which a sheet roll is installed, a sheet discharge port from which a printed sheet of paper is discharged, an opening/closing cover that opens and closes with respect to the main body case, a cutter that is attached to the opening/closing cover and configured to cut the printed sheet of paper from the sheet roll, and a cutter protection mechanism configured to move in correspondence with an opening movement or a closing movement of the opening/closing cover. The cutter protection mechanism is configured to expose the cutter at the sheet discharge port when the opening/closing cover is in an open state and conceal the cutter when the opening/closing cover is in a closed state.

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What is claimed is: 1. A printer comprising: a main body case in which a sheet roll is installed; a sheet discharge port from which a printed sheet of paper is discharged; an opening/closing cover that opens and closes with respect to the main body case; a cutter that is attached to the opening/closing cover and configured to cut the printed sheet of paper from the sheet roll; and a cutter protection mechanism configured to move in correspondence with an opening movement o…

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  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B41J11/70Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8967893B2 cover?
A printer includes a main body case in which a sheet roll is installed, a sheet discharge port from which a printed sheet of paper is discharged, an opening/closing cover that opens and closes with respect to the main body case, a cutter that is attached to the opening/closing cover and configured to cut the printed sheet of paper from the sheet roll, and a cutter protection mechanism configure…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Fujitsu Component Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B41J11/70. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 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).