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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Jian Qi Teh, Singapore Singapore, MY;
Min Wai Khaing, Singapore Singapore, MM;
Tsuyoshi Sanada, Susono Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print unit is disposed in an apparatus having a printing function. The print unit includes a print engine configured to perform printing on a continuous sheet, and a damper located on an upstream side of a sheet entrance of the print engine in a sheet traveling direction and configured to adjust tension applied to the continuous sheet to be fed to the print engine. The damper includes a sheet guide having a planar guide portion which guides the continuous sheet to the sheet entrance, and an end portion of the guide portion on a downstream side in a sheet traveling direction is configured as a fixed end resting on the sheet entrance, and another end portion thereof on an opposite side is configured as a swinging end which is elastically biased toward the continuous sheet by a spring force of a spring.