Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Kazuma Hojo

Masashi Tanizaki

Shinji Kobayashi

Yasutoshi Kano

Atsushi Kasugai

Takuya Kanda

Masashi Iwamoto

Kei Kondo

Naoki Inoue

Ryohei Nakagawa

A printing device includes a thermal head, a rotation shaft extending in an axial direction and rotatably supported, a pivot member connected to the rotation shaft and configured to pivot integrally with the rotation shaft about the rotation shaft, a biasing unit configured to bias the thermal head upward, a first pivot shaft supported by the pivot member, extending parallel to the axial direction, located below the rotation shaft, and configured to pivot integrally with the pivot member about the rotation shaft, a support member supported by the first pivot shaft to be movable along the first pivot shaft and to be pivotable about the first pivot shaft, the support member including a lower end portion located below the rotation shaft, and a pressing portion provided on the lower end portion of the support member and configured to press the thermal head downward.

Printing device

A printing apparatus includes: a frame; a platen roller configured to be rotated; a movable body supported by the frame, to be movable in a first direction and a second direction; an AC motor provided on the frame; a transmission device provided on the frame, transmitting driving force of the AC motor to the movable body, moving the movable body in the first direction in accordance with rotation of the AC motor toward one side, and including at least an electromagnetic clutch; an encoder outputting a rotation signal in accordance with a rotation amount of the platen roller; and a controller. The controller starts the rotation of the AC motor toward the one side, determines whether the rotation amount of the platen roller in accordance with the rotation signal is not more than a predetermined value, and allows the electromagnetic clutch to be in a connected state.

Printing apparatus, printing method and computer-readable medium

There is provided a printing apparatus including: a frame; a platen; a moving mechanism having a first roller, a second roller, and a supporting member rotatably supporting the first and second rollers; a motor; a transmitting mechanism connected to the motor and the moving mechanism; a clutch provided on the transmitting mechanism; a sensor detecting a position of the moving mechanism; and a controller. The controller executes: starting driving of the motor so that the motor is rotated toward the other direction in a state that conveyance of the print medium by an external apparatus is stopped and that the clutch is in a connected state; performing determination as to whether the moving mechanism is located at an end, on a second side in the specified direction, of the moving range; and stopping the rotation of the motor.

Printing apparatus, printing method and non-transitory recording medium storing printing program

There is provided a printing apparatus including: a frame; a casing; a thermal head; a platen; a moving mechanism supported by the frame; a motor; a transmitting mechanism; a sensor detecting a position of the moving mechanism; a communication interface; and a controller. The controller is configured to: perform determination as to whether the moving mechanism is located at a reference position; perform determination as to whether a print signal is received from the external apparatus; and selectively execute one of first processing and second processing in accordance with results of these two determinations. The controller selectively executes the first processing when the moving mechanism is not located at the reference position and the print signal is received; and the controller selectively executes the second processing when the moving mechanism is located at the reference position and the print signal is received.

There is provided a printing apparatus including: a frame; a platen facing a thermal head; a moving mechanism having first and second rollers; a motor; a transmitting mechanism; a clutch provided on the transmitting mechanism; a communication interface performing communication with an external apparatus; and a controller. The controller is configured to: start the driving of the motor toward one direction in a state that the clutch is in the connected state, after receiving a print signal, indicating that the print medium is located at a printable position; and to allow the clutch to be in a cutoff state and stop the driving of the motor toward the one direction, after ending of printing in accordance of the receiving of the print signal and before arrival of the moving mechanism at an end on a second side, opposite to the first side, in the specified direction of the moving range.

There is provided a bracket of a printing apparatus including a thermal head and a platen and performing printing on a print medium. The bracket includes a frame; a moving mechanism supported to be movable with respect to the frame in a specified direction; a motor provided on the frame; a transmitting mechanism connected to the motor and to the moving mechanism; and an encoder which outputs a signal in accordance with movement of the moving mechanism. The moving mechanism includes: a first roller positioned, with respect to the platen facing the thermal head, on an upstream side of a conveyance path of the print medium; a second roller positioned, with respect to the platen, on a downstream side of the conveyance path; and a supporting member which rotatably supports the first roller and the second roller.

Bracket and printing apparatus

There is provided a printing apparatus which includes a base, a movable member which is movably held by the base, to be movable along a first direction which is parallel to the base, a spring which applies a bias to the movable member, at one side in the first direction, a bearing which is supported by the movable member, a roller which is rotatably supported by the bearing, and is extended in a second direction orthogonal to the base, and which guides the ink ribbon, a first detection target member which is provided to the roller, to be rotatable integrally with the roller, and a first sensor which is provided to the movable member, and is facing the first detection target member, and which detects rotation of the first detection target member.

Printing apparatus, main body of printing apparatus and cassette

A storage container includes a main body and a cover. The main body includes a first recessed portion and an outer edge portion. The first recessed portion has an opening portion and is bounded by a first bottom surface portion and a first peripheral wall portion including a first wall portion. The outer edge portion protrudes further than the first wall portion on an outer periphery side of the storage container with respect to the first wall portion. The first wall portion has a groove portion and at least one first hole portion. The groove portion is formed on a protruding end portion of the first wall portion in a position separated from an edge of the first recessed portion toward the outer edge portion. The at least one hole portion opens onto the protruding end portion, communicates with the groove portion and is separated from the first recessed portion.

Storage container

A printer includes a cassette mounting portion, a feed portion, a print head, a mechanical sensor, and a sensor holding portion. The cassette mounting portion is configured such that a tape cassette can be removably mounted therein. The tape cassette includes a tape and an indicator portion indicating a type of the tape. The feed portion is configured to feed, along a specified feed path, the tape contained in the tape cassette mounted in the cassette mounting portion. The print head is configured to perform printing on the tape fed by the feed portion. The mechanical sensor is configured to detect the type of the tape indicated by the indicator portion. The mechanical sensor includes a plurality of switch terminals and a switch holding portion. The sensor holding portion is configured to hold the mechanical sensor and to be moved between a first position and a second position.

Printer

The disclosure discloses an electronic device comprising a battery container, a side wall, and a plate spring member. The side wall is disposed upright along a direction orthogonal to an axis of the dry battery. The plate spring member elastically urges the dry battery contained in the battery container. The plate spring member comprises a base portion, a contact portion, and a connection portion. The contact portion is in contact with a positive electrode or a negative electrode of the dry battery. The connection portion connects said base portion and said contact portion while bending. The connection portion comprises a first bent portion and a second bent portion. The first bent portion that is bent so as to connect said base portion and said contact portion in an inverted V-shape. The second bent portion comprises a projecting portion configured to project to the dry battery side.

Electronic device

An image reader includes a moving portion, a transparent plate, a reference member, and a detecting portion. The reference member that is provided in at least one of a position that is not the manuscript contact surface in the first scanning direction and a position that is further to a side in a first direction from the transparent plate than the manuscript contact surface. The detecting portion is supported by the moving portion and includes a plurality of detecting elements, in the second scanning direction, detecting reflected light of light irradiated from a light source. A height position of the detecting portion when the reference member is on the side in the first direction is further to the side in the first direction than a height position of the detecting portion when the manuscript contact surface is on the side in the first direction.

Image reader

A dry-battery housing includes an electrode terminal member made of a single wire, a dry-battery housing unit, a flange portion arranged so as to project at first side of the electrode terminal member, a first partition plate projecting along outside for first side of the electrode terminal member, a second partition plate projecting along outside for second of the electrode terminal member, a first fixing plate projecting from the first partition plate toward the second partition plate, a second fixing plate projecting from the second partition plate toward the first partition plate, a flange-root portion including a narrow space portion for allowing insertion and removal of a rim at the first side of the electrode terminal member and an engagement portion arranged between the narrow space portion of the flange-root portion and a border of an opening portion of the dry-battery housing.

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