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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Kunio Hakkaku, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A cutter device for use in a printer in which a broad continuous printing sheet is printed and thereafter the printed portion of the sheet is cut along a width direction to be dropped downward to a tray. The cutter devise includes a cutter which reciprocating to cut the printed sheet in the width direction; and holding member for holding the sheet to prevent the sheet from dropping on a cutting start side of the cutter. The sheet is released from the holding member substantially in synchronism with the completion of the cutting by the cutter. Preferably, the sheet is fed a reverse in rewinding direction before the cutter finishes cutting to return to its original position, so that the cut end of a non-printed sheet is prevented from interfering with the returning cutter. The compactness of the cutter device is achieved and the sheet charging operations are facilitated.