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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hisayuki Akahane, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01); H04N 1/00519 (2013.01); H04N 1/00525 (2013.01); H04N 1/00554 (2013.01); H04N 1/00557 (2013.01); H04N 1/00559 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer includes a restrictor that is configured to switch between a restricted state that restricts a scanner unit from pivoting in an opening direction from a closed state in which the scanner unit is closed with respect to the casing, and a free state that allows the scanner unit to pivot in the opening direction from the closed state, and that enters the restricted state when the panel unit is set to a first orientation and enters the free state when the panel unit in the first orientation pivots by a predetermined angle to be in a second orientation.