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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Citizen Systems Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Iida, JP;
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
CITIZEN SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes a first cam that is configured to change a distance between a pair of rollers, i.e. a drive roller and a pinch roller, wherein the pair of rollers are disposed opposite to each other with a paper therebetween and at least one of the rollers is configured to feed the paper along a transfer path by its rotation, a second cam that is configured to change a distance between a head for printing on the paper and a platen roller, wherein the head and the platen roller are disposed opposite to each other with the paper therebetween, and a third cam that is configured to switch the transfer path for the paper to a discharging transfer path or a decurl transfer path that are formed as different transfer paths. The first cam, the second cam, and the third cam are connected to a same rotation axis.