Patent ID: 9216597
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for performing printing on a continuous sheet, the apparatus comprising: a main body; a printing unit; a drying unit having a housing, wherein the drying unit is configured to dry a continuous sheet subjected to printing by the printing unit, wherein the printing unit and the drying unit are disposed in the main body, and wherein the housing of the drying unit is capable of being pulled out of the main body; and a first cutter and a second cutter each provided outside of the housing of the drying unit, wherein the continuous sheet travels along a conveyance path, wherein the first cutter is configured to cut the continuous sheet in an upstream direction of the conveyance path, wherein the upstream direction is upstream of the housing, wherein the second cutter is configured to cut the continuous sheet in a downstream direction of the conveyance path, where the downstream direction is downstream of the housing, wherein, along the conveyance path, no conveyance roller exists between the first cutter and the housing, and wherein, along the conveyance path, no conveyance roller exists between the second cutter and the housing; wherein the drying unit has a heater portion and a conveying mechanism for sheet conveyance provided in the housing, wherein the heater portion is connected to a conveying portion of the conveying mechanism through a drawer connector, wherein the housing comprises a first segment that holds an upper part of the conveying mechanism and a second segment that holds a lower part of the conveying mechanism, and wherein the housing has a structure in which a front portion of the housing is openable such that the first segment is rotatable with respect to the second segment about a hinge disposed at a back of the housing in a direction in which the housing is pulled out of the main body, and wherein, when the housing is pulled out of the main body after the continuous sheet is cut by the first cutter and the second cutter, a part of the heater portion remains inside the main body, and then, when the first segment of the housing is in an open state with respect to the second segment, the upper part and the lower part of the conveying mechanism are separated and a sheet sandwiched therebetween is released.