US 11,724,530 B2
Printing apparatus
Hiroyuki Nakayama, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/455,934.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-194181 (JP), filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161580 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/13 (2013.01) [B41J 29/02 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a recording unit configured to record an image on a medium;
a housing configured to accommodate the recording unit; and
a cover provided at the housing and configured to be opened and closed, the cover being configured such that an interior of the housing is visible; wherein
the cover includes:
a rectangular frame having a first long side part, a second long side part, and two short side parts,
a light transmissive plate that is transmissive and attached to the frame,
each of the first long side part and the second long side part is a hollow structure with a metal material,
a recessed portion is formed in the first long side part forming a handhold, the recessed portion being formed between a first projecting portion of the first long side part and a second projecting portion of the first long side part, the second projecting portion extending inwardly from the first projecting portion in a direction transverse to a direction in which the first projecting portion extends.