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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Tokuda, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cutter apparatus is provided that includes a fixed blade and a movable blade positioned facing the fixed blade, and that is configured to cut a medium transported between the fixed blade and the movable blade. The movable blade includes: a guide portion that is driven to reciprocate between a standby position at a distance from the medium and a cutting position, where the movable blade intermeshes with the fixed blade, protrudes further toward the movable blade than a cutting edge of the fixed blade when the movable blade is in the standby position, and is pressed by the movable blade to move in a state of being contact with the fixed blade when the movable blade is in the cutting position; and a biasing member configured to bias the guide portion toward the fixed blade.