US 12,479,619 B2
Printer
Takashi Shioya, Tokyo (JP); and Kazuyuki Hoshi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SATO CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/036,822
Filed by SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/041372
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/107665, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-191612 (JP), filed on Nov. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017870 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 25/34 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B65C 9/18 (2006.01); B41J 3/36 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/1865 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/0045 (2013.01); B41J 3/36 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01); B65C 2210/0078 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer configured for peeling a label from a liner of a print medium and issuing the label, the printer comprising:
a feed roller configured to feed the print medium;
a print head configured to pinch the print medium with the feed roller and to print information on the label; and
a peeling unit configured to hold a peeling roller that faces the feed roller, the peeling unit being movable between a closed position and an open position, the closed position being a position at which the peeling unit at least partly covers the print head in a vertical direction, the open position being a position at which the peeling unit does not cover the print head in the vertical direction,
wherein, when the peeling unit is at the open position, space for allowing mounting and removing the print head is formed.