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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Applicant:
Masahide Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Masahide Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal paper roll includes a paper core, a thermal paper wound on the paper core, a flange attached to at least one end surface of the paper core, and a contacted surface formed on a plane intersecting a roll axis of the paper core at a side opposite to the paper core side of the flange in order to detect or identify a state of the thermal paper roll.