Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cassette unit and printing apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 纸盒单元和打印设备
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Application No.: US12057645Application Date: 2008-03-28
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Publication No.: US08087837B2Publication Date: 2012-01-03
- Inventor: Keiichiro Fukumasu
- Applicant: Keiichiro Fukumasu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Priority: JP2007-088811 20070329; JP2007-088869 20070329; JP2007-174818 20070703
- Main IPC: B41J13/10
- IPC: B41J13/10 ; B65H1/00 ; B65H1/08 ; B65H1/12

Abstract:
A cassette unit includes: a cassette case which covers a printing medium and has a feeding opening for passing the printing medium when the printing medium is fed by a feeding roller of a printing apparatus body; a cassette hopper which receives the printing medium and comes in contact with or separates from the feeding roller in a state in which the cassette hopper is mounted in the printing apparatus body; and s shutter which is switched so as to allow the printing medium to pass through the feeding opening or to prevent the printing medium from passing through the feeding opening, the cassette case, the cassette hopper, and the shutter being formed integrally. The cassette hopper is bent in a direction in which the cassette hopper approaches the feeding roller in a first joint portion jointing with the cassette case to engage with a first engagement portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080310905A1 CASSETTE UNIT AND PRINTING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-12-18
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