Thermal printer
US5672017A · kind A · utility
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3References
2Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 30, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J25/312
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A thermal printer which is designed to reduce costs by reducing the number of parts, and which can easily drive a carriage using an inexpensive low-power drive motor by reducing a load acting on the part of the carriage which carries a thermal head. The carriage is provided so as to travel reciprocatively along a platen. A thermal head is directly attached to the opposite side of the carriage to the platen without any intervening member. A biasing member is disposed for urging the carriage toward the platen.
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