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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:
Aug. 08, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Kobata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4001442 ; 400175 ; 400692 ;
Abstract
A printer comprises print means for printing on a print medium in accordance with a print command; guide and hold means for guiding the print means toward a print surface of the print medium with a print surface of the print means facing the print surface of the print medium and for holding the print means at the guided position; and actuation means for pressing the print means substantially normally to the guide direction of the guide and hold means to resiliently fit to a positioning area formed on the print means and fix the print means at a print position.