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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Kouji Kawaguchi, Chiba, JP;
Kouji Kawaguchi, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
Provided is a printer capable of minimizing paper jam with a simple configuration, preventing a recording sheet from being caught around a platen roller, and quickly performing removal of the recording sheet. The printer includes: a main unit () including a platen roller (); and a detachable unit () including a recording head (). The main unit includes: a wall portion () provided on a downstream side in a feeding direction of the recording sheet with respect to the platen roller; a guide member () supported at an upper end of the wall portion; and a stopper portion () which is provided on a downstream side in a rotating direction of the platen roller with respect to the guide member, and defines, between the platen roller and the wall portion, a retention space (C) in which the recording sheet having passed through a gap between an opposed surface () of the guide member and the outer peripheral surface of the platen roller is retained. The stopper portion includes a claw portion () for pulling the recording sheet having passed through the gap between the opposed surface and the outer peripheral surface of the platen roller apart from the platen roller and for retaining the pulled-apart recording sheet in the retention space.