Patent ID: 6474883
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printer comprising:a roll paper housing; a cover attached to a front surface of the printer for opening and closing said roll paper housing; a printing head for printing on a tape-shaped recording sheet of paper delivered from a recording paper roll charged in said roll paper housing; a paper feed mechanism for transferring said tape-shaped recording sheet through a printing position of said printing head, which has a fixed-side paper feed mechanism section and a movable-side paper feed mechanism section movable between an operating position engaging with said fixed-side paper feed mechanism and a shunting position distant from said fixed-side paper feed mechanism section; wherein said recording sheet is held between said fixed-side paper feed mechanism section and said movable-side paper feed mechanism section at said operating position; and a parallel linking mechanism which causes said movable-side paper feed mechanism section to move to said operating position in linkage with a closing operation of said cover, and causes said movable-side paper feed mechanism section to move from said operating position to said shunting position while keeping a posture at said operating position, in linkage with an opening operation of said cover, wherein said parallel linking mechanism has a pair of swinging arms, each of which has a lower end rotatably supported by a side of said roll paper housing and an upper end hinge-connected by said movable-side paper feed mechanism section.