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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2022
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kiyotaka Nihashi, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Kenji Eoka, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B41J 11/0075 (2013.01); B41J 15/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer includes a housing in which a sheet is stored in a rolled shape, a head by which an image is printed on the sheet, a flapper configured to pivot around an axis at a first end thereof including a surface extending from the first end to a second end of the flapper and biased to press the stored sheet against the housing, and a protrusion at the first end of the flapper that rotates around the axis as the flapper pivots, a sensor, and a controller configured to issue a signal when the protrusion is rotated around the axis to move into a detection range of the sensor.