US 12,257,854 B2
Printing apparatus
Takumi Sato, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/064,359.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-201474 (JP), filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182494 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
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 printing unit configured to perform printing on a medium;
a frame configured to accommodate the printing unit;
a cover configured to rotate relative to the frame to open and close relative to the frame; and
an open-close mechanism attached to the frame and the cover, wherein
the open-close mechanism includes:
a base attached to the frame;
a holder attached to the base;
a shaft attached to the holder;
an arm attached to the shaft, the cover being attached to the arm; and
a lockscrew configured to fix the holder to the base,
the base includes:
an attachment hole used to attach the holder to the base; and
a protrusion protruding toward the holder,
the holder includes:
a holder hole overlapping with the attachment hole; and
a guide hole into which the protrusion is inserted,
the guide hole is an elongated hole elongated in one direction,
the holder hole is an elongated hole elongated in the one direction, and
the lockscrew is inserted into the attachment hole and the holder hole.