Patent ID: 6439095
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B26D,B65H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A paper cassette removably attachable to a printer, comprising:a cassette body for containing recording papers in a stack state; a cutter for cutting off, for each recording paper having been printed by said printer, a periphery of said recording paper; and a printer from which the paper cassette is removable; wherein said printer records an image in a recording area outside a first margin of said periphery, and said cutter cuts off said first margin; wherein said cutter includes a first guide groove for guiding an edge of said recording paper, and a first cutter blade arranged in said first guide groove, said first margin being cut off with said first cutter blade by moving said recording paper along said first guide groove; wherein said first cutter blade is a plate-shaped blade; wherein said printer records the image in a recording area outside a second margin of said periphery, said cutter cuts off said second margin, said cutter includes a second guide groove for guiding another edge of said recording paper, and at least a second cutter blade arranged in said second guide groove, said second margin being cut off with said second cutter blade by moving said recording paper along said second guide groove; and wherein said first and second guide grooves are formed at each of a longitudinal side and a lateral side of said paper cassette, respectively, and said first and second cutter blades are arranged in said first and second guide grooves, respectively, one of said cutter first and a second blades cutting off top-and-bottom margins and the other of said first and second cutter blades cutting off right-and-left margins.