Patent ID: 9387705
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A printer, comprising: a printing part that performs printing on recording paper; a cutter that cuts the recording paper; a first roller provided on a side to which the recording paper is discharged from the cutter; a second roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by a rotation of the first roller; a third roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller; and a connecting arm that connects a center of the first roller and a center of the second roller, wherein when the first roller is rotating in a first rotation direction, the second roller moves on an outer periphery of the first roller toward a first position away from the third roller, and when the first roller is rotating in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction, the second roller moves on the outer periphery of the first roller toward a second position close to the third roller, wherein the recording paper is held between the first roller and the second roller at the first position and discharged from a first discharge opening when the recording paper is discharged between the first roller and the second roller, and wherein the second roller makes a movement to the second position in accordance with the rotation of the first roller with the recording paper held between the first roller and the second roller, and the recording paper held between the first roller and the second roller is guided to enter between the first roller and the third roller in accordance with the movement of the second roller, so that the recording paper held between the first roller and the third roller is discharged from a second discharge opening, when the recording paper is discharged between the first roller and the third roller.