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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba-shi, Chiba, JP;
Kazuyuki Aizawa, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A printing unit, comprising: a main body frame; a platen roller removably mounted on the main body frame; a lock mechanism supported on the main body frame so as to be pivotable between a locking position where the platen roller is held on the main body frame in a rotatable manner and an unlocking position where the platen roller is detachable from the main body frame; a thermal head held in press contact with an outer peripheral surface of the platen roller; a pivot shaft provided to one of the main body frame and the lock mechanism and inserted through shaft holes formed in another of the main body frame and the lock mechanism, the pivot shaft being configured to pivot the lock mechanism relative to the main body frame about the pivot shaft; and biasing members configured to bias the lock mechanism toward the locking position and bring the pivot shaft and opening edges of the shaft holes into abutment against each other.
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