US 12,187,028 B2
Printing device including main body unit having attachment-detachment portion, and platen unit attachable to and detachable from attachment- detachment portion
Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Kuwana (JP); Takehiko Inaba, Chita (JP); Ryoya Takahashi, Gifu (JP); Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu, Nagoya (JP); and Toshiyuki Furuyama, Chiryu (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/147,097.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-214624 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202211 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 11/04 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/04 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/70 (2013.01); B41J 11/703 (2013.01); B41J 15/042 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing device comprising:
a platen unit comprising a platen roller configured to convey a printing medium; and
a main body unit comprising:
a printing head configured to nip the printing medium in cooperation with the platen roller to perform printing on the printing medium; and
an attachment-detachment portion which the platen unit is attachable to and detachable from,
wherein, when the platen unit is attached to the attachment-detachment portion, the main body unit and the platen unit are assembled as a single unit,
wherein, when the platen unit is detached from the attachment-detachment portion, the main body unit and the platen unit are separated as separate units,
wherein the printing medium has a first surface on which printing is to be performed and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface having a release paper adhered thereto through an adhesive agent, and
wherein the platen unit further comprises a separator configured to separate the release paper from the second surface of the printing medium after printing has been performed on the first surface of the printing medium.