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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Yasufumi Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Osamu Mizuno, Shizuoka, JP;
Tadashi Nonaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Star Micronics Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a printer, when a cover is closed, a paper issuing path, and a paper setting path are formed downstream from a cutter mechanism in a paper transport path. The paths are switched over by a movable guide. During a normal printing process, the movable guide is swung by its own weight to close the paper setting path, and guides a paper to the paper issuing path. By contrast, during a process of setting paper, the movable guide is swung by the rigidity of the paper itself toward the paper issuing path, whereby the paper is prevented from being deformed with respect to the cutter mechanism.