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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2020
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsugi Tanaka, Nagoya, JP;
Akito Uekihara, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit which performs printing on a medium, a main body; a conveyer which conveys the medium; a post-processing unit which performs a post-processing for the medium on which the printing has been performed by the printing unit; a first cover rotatably supported by the main body and in which at least the post-processing part is installed; a second cover arranged to be adjacent to the first cover and supported by the main body such that the second cover is rotatable coaxially with the first cover; and an engaging mechanism which changes a state of the first cover and the second cover between an engaged state and a non-engaged state.