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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:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshikazu Gonmori, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CBM Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400 58 ; 347220 ; 40012016 ;
Abstract
In a head mechanism according to the present invention, a thermal head 36 is secured to a main body 20 and a platen roller 24 is mounted on the main body 20 in a freely detachable manner. The platen roller 24 is urged by a head spring 40, which is attached to the main body 20, whereby the platen roller 24 is brought into pressured contact with the thermal head 36.