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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:
Jul. 18, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chiharu Imaseki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400120 ; 346 / ; 400208 ; 4006161 ; 400649 ; 4006904 ; 400691 ;
Abstract
A thermal printer has a paper feeder including a platen roller, and a casing including a separating roller, the paper feeder being attached to the casing to be openable and closable. In this printer, when the paper feeder is opened, the separating roller is driven in response to the opening operation, to be set to a retracted position that is clear of the platen roller. When the paper feeder is closed, the separating roller is driven in response to the closing operation, to be set to an operative position out of contact with the platen roller with a predetermined spacing therebetween extending axially of the platen roller.