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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Hideki Furihata, Okaya, JP;
Hironori Maekawa, Suwa, JP;
Hideki Furihata, Okaya, JP;
Hironori Maekawa, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A media processing device enables opening an openable unit so that the media transportation path is open with a minimal operation and little operating force. The media processing device has an openable unit that can rotate on a first pivot axis CLfrom a closed position to an open position; a lock member that can move to a locked position where it locks the openable unit in the closed position and an unlocked position where the lock is released; and an operating lever that can rotate on a second pivot axis CLthrough a range from a first pivot position passed a second pivot position to a third pivot position. A first cam mechanism converts rotation of the operating lever from the second pivot position to the third pivot position to rotation of the openable unit from the closed position to the open position.