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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
Yasuyuki Mori, Higashikurume, JP;
Katsutoshi Mukaijima, Higashikurume, JP;
Yasuyuki Mori, Higashikurume, JP;
Katsutoshi Mukaijima, Higashikurume, JP;
Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Citizen Systems Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal print head device includes a thermal print head placed to face a platen roller, a head holding member configured to hold the thermal print head, the head holding member extending in a tangential direction of the platen roller and being supported to be swingable about a portion away from the platen roller, a biasing member configured to bias the thermal print head or the head holding member, the biasing member having one end placed on a side of the thermal print head or the head holding member to press the thermal print head against the platen roller, and a point-of-action switching member disposed between the biasing member and the thermal print head or the head holding member biased by the biasing member.