US 12,358,311 B2
Printer
Kenji Eoka, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,806.
Application 18/404,806 is a continuation of application No. 17/550,827, filed on Dec. 14, 2021, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-035655 (JP), filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140120 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/02 (2013.01) [B41J 29/393 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer, comprising:
a lower module including a paper feeding unit by which paper is supplied and a printing head configured to print on the supplied paper;
an upper module including a stacking unit on which the printed paper can be held;
a pivotable support at a back side portion of the upper module and connecting the upper and lower modules such that the upper module is rotatable about the pivotable support between an open state and a closed state;
a first lock portion by which the upper module can be held in the closed state and including a first fastener on the lower module and a first hook on the upper module, the first hook being movable between a first holding position at which the first fastener is held by the first hook and a first release position at which the first fastener is released from the first hook;
a second lock portion by which the upper module can be held in the open state and including a second fastener on the upper module and a second hook on the lower module, the second hook being movable between a second holding position at which the second fastener is held by the second hook and a second release position at which the second fastener is released from the second hook; and
a link lever extending along a side surface of the upper module, a front end of the link lever protruding from a front surface of the upper module, a back end of the link lever having first and second surfaces that are separate from each other, wherein
when the first hook is at the first holding position and the link lever is moved towards a back side of the upper module, the first surface of the link lever presses a part of the first hook to move from the first holding position to the first release position to thereby enable the second hook to move from the second release position to the second holding position, and
when the second hook is at the second holding position and the link lever is moved towards the back side of the upper module, the second surface of the link lever presses a part of the second hook to move from the second holding position to the second release position to thereby enable the first hook to move from the first release position to the first holding position.