Patent ID: 6507408
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
A printer for recording on a recording medium by recording means, said printer comprising:an infrared light communication unit having an infrared light communication element for performing data communication with an external data processing device with infrared light as a communication medium; a printer housing for containing said infrared light communication unit; supporting means for rotatably supporting said infrared light communication unit between a first position where said infrared light communication unit is contained in said printer housing and a second position where said infrared light communication unit projects from a surface of said printer housing; a case member for said infrared light communication unit containing said infrared light communication element, said case member having a first case member formed with an opening portion at one end surface thereof and containing said infrared light communication element therein, and a second case member formed of a material intercepting light of a wavelength in a visible light range and transmitting therethrough light of a wavelength used in infrared light communication and covering the opening portion of said first case member, and said infrared light communication element faces said second case member and is contained in said first case member; and static electricity eliminating means for conducting static electricity, entering from a gap between said first case member and said second case member into the interior of said case member, to the outside of said case member.