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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2021
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsugi Tanaka, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Samoto, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a printing apparatus including a casing; a conveyor; a head; a tank; a passing port; and a cutter. The cutter includes a blade, and a moving mechanism configured to move the blade. In an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction and a cutting direction, at least a part of the passing port is located at a same position as the tank. In the orthogonal direction, at least a part of the cutter is located at a same position as the tank. The tank is positioned to be away from the passing port to one side in the cutting direction. A part of the cutter is positioned to be away from the passing port to the other side in the cutting direction.