US 12,434,493 B2
Printer and cutter unit
Toshiyuki Tamura, Mishima Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/461,548.
Prior Publication US 2025/0074084 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. B41J 11/66 (2006.01); B41J 11/70 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/70 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer comprising a printing component that prints on a strip of a sheet and a cutter component that cuts and discharges the sheet on a downstream side of the printing component,
wherein the cutter component includes an elastic film positioned below a sheet discharge port for discharging the sheet, provided to protrude downstream in a sheet discharge direction, and to support the sheet by touching a lower surface of the sheet with a leading end portion thereof.