Patent ID: 6309120
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printer comprising:a box-like main body cover having an opening to store a printing unit main body;an upper cover attached to be able to open/close said opening of said ma in body cover and pivotal about a rear end side of said main body cover as an axis;a stacker attached to a rear end portion of said upper cover to temporarily place a paper sheet thereon; andstacker attaching means for supporting said stacker to be pivotal in a direction opposite to a pivoting direction of said upper cover;wherein said stacker comprisesa stacker main body portion provided with said stacker attaching means, anda paper sheet receiving portion connected to said stacker main body portion to be abutted by the paper sheet, andsaid paper sheet receiving portion displaces in the pivoting direction of said upper cover when being abutted by said pivoted upper cover,wherein said stacker main body portion is formed of an elastic plate member, andsaid paper sheet receiving portion is formed of a tongue-like member formed by notching a central portion of said plate member to project in a counter-pivoting direction of said upper cover.