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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:
Apr. 14, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400185 ; 400120 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a thermal printer which comprises a thermal head mounted on a carriage and movable relative to a platen having recording paper wound partially therearound, and a carriage guide plate carrying the carriage, and pivoted so as to separate the thermal head from the platen. A cam mechanism is provided for pivoting the carriage guide plate, and a cam operation mechanism driven by the motor is provided for operating the cam mechanism.