Patent ID: 8585305
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer in which a recording head and a platen roller are separably combined with each other, the printer comprising: a rocking member having a bearing portion for axially supporting the platen roller, the rocking member being mounted to a platen frame so as to be rockable under a state of axially supporting the platen roller; a latch member coupled to the rocking member under a state of being rotatable about a rotary axis that is non-coaxial with and parallel to a platen axis of the platen roller; a protrusion provided to the latch member for undergoing rotational movement about the rotary axis in accordance with rotation of the latch member; and a stationary frame to which the recording head is fixed; wherein the stationary frame comprises: wherein the bearing portion of the rocking member is not disengageable from inside the first recess while the protrusion is fitted in the second recess, and is disengageable from inside the first recess after the protrusion is disengaged from inside the second recess; wherein the rocking member comprises a rotary shaft portion projecting along the rotary axis from an inner side surface of the rocking member; and wherein the latch member is rotatably connected to the rotary shaft portion of the rocking member.