Patent ID: 8834048
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B41J,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cutter unit applicable to a printer including a conveying mechanism to convey a linerless label having an adhesive-applied surface on which an adhesive agent is applied along a conveying path, the cutter unit comprising: a first fixed blade provided above the conveying path to face an opposite side from the adhesive-applied surface of the linerless label; and a second movable blade provided below the conveying path downstream from the first fixed blade in a conveying direction of the linerless label to face the adhesive-applied surface of the linerless label, the second movable blade including a cutting portion configured to cut the linerless label inserted between the second movable blade and the first fixed blade when the second movable blade is moved toward an upper side of the conveying path, and a supporting portion configured to support the adhesive-applied surface of the linerless label downstream of the cutting portion in the conveying direction, wherein the supporting portion is located apart from the cutting portion downstream in the conveying direction, with a space formed between the cutting portion and the supporting portion, wherein the cutting portion includes a contact surface configured to contact the adhesive-applied surface of the cut linerless label, and wherein the supporting portion includes a supporting surface configured to support the adhesive-applied surface of the cut linerless label, the supporting surface being inclined to gradually be further from the conveying path in the conveying direction of the linerless label.