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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:
Feb. 03, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takanobu Matsuura, Takizawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Tamayama, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 346105 ; 3461 / ; 400120 ; 400229 ;
Abstract
A thermal printer having a reciprocable carriage on which a thermal head is carried. The printer further includes a rotatable gear for winding print tape, a toothed rack that can move toward and away from the winding gear, and a driving plate for reciprocating the rack in association with the rotation of the carriage. When characters are to be printed, the carriage is rotated to the platen, and the teeth of the rack are brought into mesh with the winding gear. When no characters are printed, the carriage is angularly moved away from the platen, and the teeth of the rack are disengaged from the winding gear.