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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Onodera, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal printer capable of easily attaching and detaching a thermal head frame having a thermal head mounted thereon. A thermal printer () in which a thermal head frame () having a thermal head () mounted thereon is attachable to and detachable from a printer body (), includes: the thermal head frame has a protrusion () at one end and a claw portion () at the other end; a pair of thermal head frame mounting portions () and () in the printer body () oppose each other at a distance that is smaller than a width of the thermal head frame (); a hole () in portion () receives the protrusion and a hole () in portion () receives the claw portion; and spring members () and () between the pair of thermal head frame mounting portions () and () urge the thermal head frame to a position setting the holes ().