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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2021
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Yusuke Ikemoto, Nagoya, JP;
Yushi Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Sho Asai, Ama, JP;
Shotaro Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Takehiko Inaba, Chita, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a housing having a discharge port through which a printing medium being allowed to be discharged; an installation part to which a unit being removably installable to the installation part, the unit being configured to surround at least a part of the discharge port in a case the unit is installed, the unit being configured to perform specific processing on the printing medium; and a lid member removably installed to the installation part, the lid member being installable to the installation part in a case the unit is not installed to the installation part.