Seiko Epson Corporation

Shinsuke Tomomatsu

Kenichi Hirabayashi

Yoshiki Kinoshita

Seiji Kimura

Hideki Furihata

Motoyoshi Shirotori

Kanako Nakatani

Shoichi Ishizawa

Makoto Omuro

Katsuyuki Endo

Ayumu Nakamura

Takashi Makino

Tsukasa Abe

Takaaki Inui

Shin Yokota

Makoto Terashima

An electronic device support stand is a support stand for electronic devices that enables rotating the supported electronic device in a confined space with substantially no force while holding the electronic device securely. The electronic device support stand has a holding unit configured to hold an electronic device; and a base unit that supports the holding unit. The holding unit includes a pivot mechanism enabling rotating the supported electronic device with substantially no load around an axis parallel to the surface on which the base unit is placed.

Electronic device support stand

Printer

A head performs recording or reading information with respect to a sheet-shaped recording medium. A pair of rollers sandwich therebetween and transport the recording medium in a transport path of the recording medium passing through the head. A cantilevered frame extends while being cantilevered in a direction traversing the transport path. One end of an opening and closing unit is rotatably supported by the cantilevered frame. The opening and closing unit is revolvable around the one end to move between a closed position where the opening and closing unit covers at least a transport portion by the pair of rollers in the transport path and an open position where the transport position is exposed to the outside.

Recording medium processing apparatus

A printer with a cutter is provided that can discharge cut-offs in a stable condition. A printer includes a transportation path, a transportation mechanism that conveys a recording medium along the transportation path, a fixed knife having a cutting edge, a movable knife having a cutting edge and moving between a standby position and a cutting-completed position, and an exit disposed along the transportation path. The exit includes a narrow opening defined by a first elongated side offset from the transportation path beyond the movable-knife cutting edge in the cutting-completed position, and a second elongated side opposite the first elongated side and offset from the transportation path opposite to the first elongated side. The second elongated side can be located immediately adjacent to the transportation path, for example, by less than or equal to 2 mm.

Cutter with exit having first and second surfaces offset from transportation path

In a scissor type automatic cutter, as the movable knifepivots, adhesive between the web linerand the continuous labelmedium is squeezed out from the label paperat the distal end side of the movable knifeand sticks to the fixed knifeor the movable knife. Because a notched openingis formed in the upstream edgein the paper discharge direction at the other edge part in the paper width direction of the substantially horizontal stage surface, if adhesive sticking to the fixed knifeor movable knifemoves to the stage surfaceside, the adhesive can be removed from the notched openingand does not accumulate on the stage surface. As a result, cutting problems caused by penetration of accumulated adhesive between the fixed knifeand movable knifecan be prevented.

Printer cutter with paper exit having a notch

Recording devices with adjustable and lockable recording medium width guides, and support mechanisms for adjustable and lockable recording medium width guides are disclosed. A recording device includes a pair of recording medium width guides that control the widthwise position of a recording medium upon discharge from the recording device. A support mechanism supports the width guides and can lock the position of the width guides. The support mechanism includes a pair of sliding members individually coupled with one of the width guides, and a pressure member that clamps the sliding members together at a position where the sliding members overlap. The pressure member is configurable to clamp the sliding members together, and to unclamp the sliding members.

Recording device, and support mechanism for side guide members in a recording device

A printer comprising a cover, and a stacker that is attached to the cover, the stacker being supported pivotably about a pivot axis on the cover between a protruding position where the stacker receives paper discharged from the printer, and a retracted position rotated a predetermined angle from the protruding position.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Shinsuke Tomomatsu