Printer and method of controlling printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9610786-B2
Application number	US-201615178671-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2016
Priority date	Jan 19, 2012
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A printer includes a printing part that performs printing on recording paper, a cutter that cuts the recording paper, a first roller provided on the side to which the recording paper is discharged from the cutter, a second roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, a third roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, and a connecting arm that connects the center of the first roller and the center of the second roller, wherein the recording paper is discharged between the first roller and the second roller or between the first roller and the third roller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printer, comprising:
a printing part that performs printing on recording paper;
a cutter that cuts the recording paper;
a first roller provided on a side to which the recording paper is discharged from the cutter;
a second roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by a rotation of the first roller;
a recording paper guide provided on the second roller;
a third roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller; and
a connecting arm that connects a center of the first roller and a center of the second roller,
wherein the second roller is configured to move on an outer periphery of the first roller with the rotation of the first roller until the recording paper guide contacts the third roller, when the recording paper is discharged between the first roller and the third roller.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Component Ltd

Inventors

• Ishikawa Tetsuhiro
• Watanabe Sumio
• Mori Yukihiro
• Kihara Masaru
• Tsuchiya Masahiro
• Takabatake Yoshinari
• Yamaguchi Toshio

Classifications

• B41J13/009

  Diverting sheets at a section where at least two sheet conveying paths converge, e.g. by a movable switching guide that blocks access to one conveying path and guides the sheet to another path, e.g. when a sheet conveying direction is reversed after printing on the front of the sheet has been finished and the sheet is guided to a sheet turning path for printing on the back · CPC title

• B41J13/025

  Special roller holding or lifting means, e.g. for temporarily raising one roller of a pair of nipping rollers for inserting printing material · CPC title

• B41J15/04 Primary

  Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles · CPC title

• B41J11/663

  Controlling cutting, cutting resulting in special shapes of the cutting line, e.g. controlling cutting positions, e.g. for cutting in the immediate vicinity of a printed image · CPC title

• B41J11/66

  Applications of cutting devices · CPC title