Patent ID: 9024991
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A laser marker for printing an image on a sheet by irradiating the sheet with a laser beam, the laser marker comprising: a laser irradiation unit that irradiates the sheet with the laser beam; a base unit that supports the sheet; a drive roller that is provided in the base unit and that is in contact with a first surface of the sheet; a movable member that rotates between a sheet holding position and a withdrawn position, the sheet holding position being a position in which the movable member holds the sheet in cooperation with the base unit, the withdrawn position being a position outside of an optical path of the laser beam; a pinch roller that is provided in the movable member, that is in contact with a second surface of the sheet, and that transports the sheet in cooperation with the drive roller; and a prism that is fixed to the movable member and that transmits and refracts the laser beam when the movable member is in the sheet holding position, wherein the laser irradiation unit irradiates the sheet with the laser beam when the movable member is in the sheet holding position and when the movable member is in the withdrawn position.