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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2010
Katsutoshi Sato, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Katsutoshi Sato, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printhead mechanism and printing device capable of readily achieving adequate printing pressure are provided. The printhead mechanism includes a thermal printhead supported and pressed to a paper sheet or ink ribbon moving in a predetermined conveyance direction, a pressing mechanism pressing the thermal printhead in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, a head supporting mechanism supporting the thermal printhead movably in head-pressing direction, wherein an acting point Pof a pressing-force W, at which the thermal printhead is pressed, is disposed downstream of a supporting point pat which the thermal printhead is supported.