Patent ID: 9266367
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A printer comprising: a feeder configured to feed a print-receiving medium; a printing head configured to perform desired printing on said print-receiving medium fed by said feeder; a substantially cuboid-like shaped housing comprising a longitudinal direction and a width direction, containing said feeder and said printing head; a touch panel portion provided to an upper part of said housing; and a cover configured to cover a portion of said touch panel portion, said cover comprising a plurality of locking hooks provided to areas other than a center part of said cover along said longitudinal direction, said touch panel portion comprising a plurality of locked parts to which said plurality of locking hooks are respectively to be locked, said touch panel portion and said cover are included in an upper cover unit, said upper cover unit is pivotably connected to said housing at one end in the longitudinal direction, said upper cover unit further comprises a liquid crystal panel part configured to display a desired display, said upper cover unit including said touch panel portion and said liquid crystal panel part pivots in an integrated manner, said liquid crystal panel part is pivotably connected to said touch panel portion at the one end in the longitudinal direction, said touch panel portion comprises an operation surface facing upward and being capable of executing desired operation input; said cover comprises an inner peripheral surface configured to sandwich an operation sheet with said operation surface, said cover comprises: a substantially horizontal part positioned on an upper part of said operation sheet; and a left and right pair substantially vertical parts provided so as to cover each lateral side of said touch panel portion while hanging substantially vertically downward from each of both end parts of said substantially horizontal part along said width direction; said plurality of locking hooks is provided to the areas of said inner peripheral surface of each of said left and right pair of substantially vertical parts respectively on one side and the other side in said width direction.