US 12,083,790 B2
Printing apparatus
Kazutaka Yamamoto, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,932.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-174417 (JP), filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131777 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/70 (2013.01) [B41J 11/00224 (2021.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a transportation roller that transports recording paper in a transporting direction;
a head that performs printing on the recording paper;
a cutter that has a second blade located at a position facing an opening located downstream in the transporting direction of the head and the transportation roller, and the cutter having a first blade configured to move from the opening to the second blade and configured to cut the recording paper together with the second blade; and
a flap that has a shutter configured to open and close the opening, and the flap configured to move between a first position and a second position, wherein
when the first blade moves from the opening to the second blade, the flap moves from the first position to the second position, and the shutter opens the opening, and
when the first blade moves away from the second blade, the flap moves from the second position to the first position, and the shutter closes the opening; and
a holder that is configured to move together with the first blade and supports the first blade, wherein
the flap has a projection configured to abut on the holder,
as the first blade moves from the opening to the second blade, the holder abuts on the projection and moves the flap from the first position to the second position, and the shutter opens the opening, and
as the first blade moves away from the second blade, the holder is separated from the projection of the flap and moves the flap from the second position to the first position, and the shutter closes the opening.