Patent ID: 11964475
Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A thermal printer, comprising:
a casing including:
a cover;
a bottom unit including:
a roll sheet receiving portion that allows a roll sheet, which is obtained by winding a recording sheet, to be loaded into the roll sheet receiving portion; and
a delivery slot through which a portion of the recording sheet drawn from the roll sheet is delivered to an outside of the thermal printer;

a printing unit including:
a thermal head provided in a space of the casing between the roll sheet receiving portion and the delivery slot, and configured to perform printing on the recording sheet; and
a platen roller configured to convey the recording sheet toward the delivery slot while sandwiching the recording sheet between the thermal head and the platen roller;

wherein the bottom unit further includes:
a flap provided on a portion of the bottom unit between the printing unit and the roll sheet receiving portion so as to be pivotable about a first axis, and configured to press the roll sheet in a direction of separating away from the delivery slot through abutment against an outer peripheral surface of the roll sheet; and
an urging member configured to urge the flap about the first axis in the direction of separating away from the delivery slot.