Patent ID: 6260457
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B26D,B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
A cutter device adapted for use in a printer in which a broad continuous printing sheet drawn from a horizontally placed roll is printed and the printed sheet is cut along a width direction, dropped downward and received by a tray, comprising:a cutter disposed in the printer downstream from the roll and upstream from the tray, which reciprocates to cut the printed sheet in the width direction;a guide plate disposed proximate to said cutter;holding means adapted to be interposed between said cutter and said tray and adapted to hold the sheet only at one edge of the width direction against said guide plate to prevent the sheet from dropping at a cutting start side of said cutter; anda controller for allowing said holding means to hold a cutting start end of the printing sheet substantially in synchronism with a start of cutting by the cutter and for detaching said holding means from the printing sheet substantially in synchronism with completion of the cutting by said cutter;wherein said guide plate guides the cut printing sheet to the tray after cutting.