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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Tamura, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/66 (2006.01); B41J 11/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a printer includes a printing unit that prints on a strip of sheet, and a cutter unit that cuts and discharges the sheet on the downstream side of the printing unit. The cutter unit includes an elastic film that is positioned below a sheet discharge port discharging the sheet, is provided to protrude downstream in the sheet discharge direction, and touches a lower surface of the sheet with its leading end portion to support the sheet.