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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Brother Industries, Ltd., Magoya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400 54 ; 400120 ;
Abstract
A thermal printer including a thermal head automatically moved between an operative position in which it is held in pressing engagement with a printing sheet and an inoperative position in which it is released from pressing engagement with the printing sheet. The thermal printer also includes a capacitor serving as a battery device for storing an electric charge when a power source is turned on and releases the stored electric charge when the power source is turned off, to thereby move the thermal head to the inoperative position in which it is released from pressing engagement with the printing sheet.