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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:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takayasu Hongo, Amagasaki, JP;
Yoshinobu Masumura, Amagasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Kanzaki Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400648 ; 400649 ; 400653 ;
Abstract
A thermal printer of the present invention includes a platen for pressing a thermal head onto a print sheet through a print ribbon at the time of printing, the head is fixed, and a device for resiliently pressing the platen and the head and a device for switching the operation of applying or releasing a pressure between the platen and the head are provided on the platen side.