Title:
PRINTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/240973
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A printer that has: a housing unit that houses a paper roll of printing paper that is wound into a roll; a printing unit that prints on paper; a transport unit that transports paper from the paper roll housed in the housing unit to the printing unit; a pressing member having a pressing surface facing an end surface of the paper roll housed in the housing unit; and a sensor that detects that the remaining paper wound on the paper roll has reduced to a prescribed amount. The housing unit houses the paper roll such that the center position of the paper roll moves in accordance with the reduction in paper and the sensor and pressing surface are arranged relative to the housing unit such that the pressing surface abuts the end of the paper roll until the sensor detects that the remaining paper has reduced to the prescribed amount and such that the pressing surface separates from the end surface of the paper roll after the sensor has detected that the remaining paper has reduced to the prescribed amount.
Inventors:
KIKUI TAKEHIRO (JP)
MATSUI MASAKAZU (JP)
KOHYAMA TAKURO (JP)
MATSUI MASAKAZU (JP)
KOHYAMA TAKURO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/009841
Publication Date:
December 03, 2020
Filing Date:
March 06, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CITIZEN WATCH CO LTD (JP)
CITIZEN SYSTEMS JAPAN CO LTD (JP)
CITIZEN SYSTEMS JAPAN CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B41J15/04; B65H16/02; B65H23/032; B65H26/08; B65H43/02
Foreign References:
| JP2005306535A | 2005-11-04 | |||
| JP2010202306A | 2010-09-16 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
AOKI, Atsushi et al. (JP)
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