US 11,987,063 B2
Handheld printing apparatus
Hiroshi Nakai, Kanagawa (JP); Tetsuyo Ohashi, Kanagawa (JP); Akira Kida, Kanagawa (JP); and Sho Takahashi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/815,513.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-125312 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035842 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 3/36 (2006.01); B41J 3/46 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 3/36 (2013.01) [B41J 29/13 (2013.01); B41J 29/393 (2013.01); B41J 3/46 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body held by a user and provided with a printing unit configured to perform printing in a case of being moved in a first direction;
a first guide unit configured to guide the movement in the first direction;
a second guide unit rotatably held with respect to a structure fixed to the apparatus body and configured to guide movement in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and
a drive unit configured to be connected with the second guide unit and to rotate the second guide unit so that the structure moves to the second direction relative to the second guide unit by driving of the drive unit.