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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2022
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
In Seng Ooi, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/0075 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 15/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer device includes a hopper configured to receive a roll of paper, a printing head, a conveyor, a flapper, and a remaining paper sensor. The printing head prints on the paper. The conveyor draws out an end of the paper from the roll and conveys the paper to the printing head. The flapper contacts an outer peripheral surface of the roll and presses the roll against an inner wall of the hopper at a drawing-out point where the paper is drawn out from the roll. The remaining paper sensor provides an indication that an amount paper remaining in the roll has reached a predetermined amount of paper.