Expandable/contractible type portable printer
US6736502B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J29/026
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An expandable/contractible type portable printer is provided, including: an expandable/contractible casing including an enclosure and opposite outer jackets expandably and contractibly mounted at opposite sides of the enclosure; a printing unit disposed in the casing for printing on a recording sheet by jetting ink onto the recording sheet from a printing head mounted on a carriage which is reciprocatively movable in a primary scanning direction; and a sheet feed unit disposed in the casing for feeding the recording sheet in a secondary scanning direction, the opposite outer jackets being coupled to the enclosure by a rack-and-pinion mechanism so as to be expandable and contractible with respect to the enclosure evenly in opposite lateral directions.
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