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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. 31, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; G01D / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 3461 / ; 400120 ;
Abstract
A thermal printer including a cam for pivoting a carriage guide plate to cause a thermal head mounted on the carriage to approach/separate from a platen. The cam is of a mountain-shaped form whose one side for pivoting the carriage guide plate to release the thermal head in press-contact with the platen is made heightened than the other side to bring the thermal head into press-contact with the platen.