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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Matsuo, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiji Ogasawara, Machida, JP;
Takaaki Ishida, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuichi Tokuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Tsukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Matsuura, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a printing apparatus that allows the user to easily perceive that the cover is unlocked. In the printing apparatus that includes: a cover unit configured to expose the conveying path, along which the printing medium is conveyed, to the outside when the cover unit is opened and that shields the conveying path when the cover unit is closed; and a locking configured to lock the cover unit to keep it closed, and that performs printing on the printing medium being conveyed along the conveying path, the cover unit is urged by an urging unit in the opening direction. In addition, when the locking unit unlocks the cover unit the cover unit is opened by a predetermined degree by the urging force of the urging unit.