Patent ID: 8967893
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B26D,B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a main body case in which a sheet roll is installed; a sheet discharge port from which a printed sheet of paper is discharged; an opening/closing cover that opens and closes with respect to the main body case; a cutter that is attached to the opening/closing cover and configured to cut the printed sheet of paper from the sheet roll; and a cutter protection mechanism configured to move in correspondence with an opening movement or a closing movement of the opening/closing cover; wherein the cutter protection mechanism is configured to expose the cutter at the sheet discharge port when the opening/closing cover is in a closed state and conceal the cutter when the opening/closing cover is in an open state, wherein the cutter protection mechanism includes wherein the pinion gear includes a rod part projecting from a peripheral surface of the pinion gear, wherein the rib is configured to rotate the pinion gear by exerting pressure on the rod part during the closing movement of the opening/closing cover and move the cutter to a position exposed at the sheet discharge port.