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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2007
Kiyotaka Nihashi, Mishima, JP;
Kenji Eoka, Sunto-gun, JP;
Kousuke Takahashi, Sunto-gun, JP;
Takeshi Hiyoshi, Mishima, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sanada, Ang Mo Kio, SG;
Akira Suzuki, Ang Mo Kio, SG;
Kiyotaka Nihashi, Mishima, JP;
Kenji Eoka, Sunto-gun, JP;
Kousuke Takahashi, Sunto-gun, JP;
Takeshi Hiyoshi, Mishima, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sanada, Ang Mo Kio, SG;
Akira Suzuki, Ang Mo Kio, SG;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A thermal printer has a main body, a cover body, a hinge mechanism, a first locating mechanism, and a second locating mechanism. At the time of a shift from a second state where the cover body is opened with respect to the main body to a first state where the cover body covers the main body, the first locating mechanism locates a first platen roller of the cover body with respect to a first thermal head of the main body, and arranges a second thermal head of the cover body in the vicinity of a second platen roller of the main body. The second locating mechanism locates the second thermal head arranged in the vicinity of the second platen roller by the first locating mechanism with respect to the second platen roller of the main body.