Patent ID: 11890880
Assignee: K.F.I. S.R.L.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A printer comprising:
a support structure which is fixed in use, and in which a receptacle is formed for receiving a roll of paper tape which is unwound in use by rotation about an axis,
a cover which is hinged to said structure about a rotation axis substantially parallel to the unwinding axis of said roll of paper tape, and which is oscillatable between a closed position and an open position in which it covers and uncovers said receptacle, respectively,
a printing device carried by the support structure,
a transport roller for paper tape unwound from said roll of paper tape, cooperating with the printing device; said roller being carried by the cover in such a way that it is coupled to or uncoupled from the printing device as a result of the closing or opening of the cover;
a latching device configured to lock the cover in the closed position; and
at least one control member arranged on at least one flank of the cover and manually operable to disable the latching device and unlock the cover from the closed position,
wherein said at least one control member is connected to at least one operating element arranged on at least one flank of the cover and hinged to said cover about an axis substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the cover, wherein said at least one operating element is configured to engage at least one striker element arranged on at least one flank of the support structure, at least one elastic member being associated with said at least one operating element, said at least one elastic member being configured to urge said at least one operating element in a same rotation direction as the rotation direction of the cover from the open position to the closed position,
wherein said at least one control member is operable to rotate said at least one operating element in a same rotation direction as the rotation direction of the cover from the closed position to the open position, to unlock the cover from the closed position, and
wherein said at least one control member is rotatable by a given angle relative to said at least one operating element and is coupled to said at least one operating element by said at least one elastic member.