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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Hideki Kawakami, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masahiko Yamada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hideki Kawakami, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masahiko Yamada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer having an opening/closing cover for providing access to a roll paper compartment, a peeler mechanism for peeling printed labels from a web and for dispensing the peeled printed labels from the printer and an opening and closing mechanismwhich locks and unlocks the cover and a peeler unitof the peeler mechanism in response to the manual operation of a manual operating member such as a release buttonwith a single easy operation. When the release buttonis depressed into a first operating positionB, a lock leverof the opening/closing mechanismslides from a locked positionA to a released positionB to disengage the lock leverthus unlocking the opening/closing cover. At the same time, the sliding lock leverpushes engaging clawsthat lock or unlocks the peeler unit. When the cover release buttonis further depressed into a second operating positionC, the lock leverswings and a cover-lifting surfaceon the lock leverpushes the opening/closing coverup causing the unlocked opening/closing coverto move into a raised open position. Simply pushing the cover release buttonthus unlocks and raises the opening/closing cover, and unlocks the peeler unit