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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Applicant:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akimasa Kaya, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/32 (2021.01); B41J 3/44 (2006.01); B41J 13/03 (2006.01); G03B 17/52 (2021.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/32 (2013.01); B41J 3/445 (2013.01); B41J 13/03 (2013.01); G03B 17/52 (2013.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01);
Abstract
A printer unit includes a device housing including a transport roller and a spreading roller, a roller drive mechanism that is attached to the device housing and includes a drive transmission gear train that drives the transport roller and the spreading roller, and a cover member that covers the roller drive mechanism. The roller drive mechanism includes a gear plate separate from the cover member. The gear plate is fixed to the device housing at two locations and is formed in a plate shape that pivotally supports at least one of rotational shafts of the drive transmission gear train.