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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2004
Takahito Maruyama, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Takashi Onozato, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Takahito Maruyama, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Takashi Onozato, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a thermal printer in which, even if a pair of head supporting members for supporting a thermal head composed of a line head has a positional error, the thermal head can be automatically adjusted to uniformly pressure-contact with a platen roller. A rotation supporting portion of a head supporting member is formed in a hole shape elongated in a direction parallel to a direction where a thermal head contacts with or separates from a platen roller. One end of each of the head supporting members is supported by a main body case so as to be movable in a direction parallel to the direction where the thermal head contacts with or separates from the platen roller.