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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2011
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Nakayama, Shiojiri, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Nakayama, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A roll paper supply device has a roll paper compartment that stores roll paper with the axis of rotation transverse so that the roll paper can roll there inside; supply rollers that feed the roll paper from the roll paper compartment in a sheet; a roll paper cover that opens and closes the roll paper compartment; and a side pressure plate that contacts one side of the roll paper when the access cover is closed, and displaces away from the side of the roll paper when the access cover opens.