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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:
Nov. 05, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Nuita, Shizuoka, JP;
Katsuhiko Kawaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ;
Abstract
In a thermal printer according to the present invention, a platen can be mounted in a pressed abutted condition against a thermal head by fixing the platen in a state where the platen is pressed toward a thermal head which is fixedly provided, and when the pressed abutted condition is released by the operation of a release lever the platen is floated in a free condition and it can be easily taken out.