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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2023
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Ando, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes a housing, a shaft connected to an inner surface of the housing at a first end thereof, extending along a first direction to a second end, and by which an ink ribbon is held, a print head connected to the surface at a first end thereof, extending along the direction to a second end, and transferring ink from the ribbon to a sheet, a roller connected to the surface at a first end thereof, extending along the direction to a second end, and conveying the sheet, and a holding plate connected to the second end of the roller and rotatable around a first hinge and by which the second ends of the shaft and the head are held when the plate is rotated about the first hinge to be parallel to the surface. The plate includes a second hinge about which the holding plate is foldable.