Patent ID: 7936366

Claim:
A thermal printer, comprising: a first chassis fixed to a body of the thermal printer, the first chassis having a movable blade of a cutting mechanism of the thermal printer and a thermal print head of a thermal printing mechanism of the thermal printer positioned on the first chassis; a second chassis positioned on a cover of the thermal printer having a fixed blade of the cutting mechanism and a platen roller of the thermal printing mechanism positioned on the second chassis; and a locking mechanism comprising a lever and a rod placed on the cover, and a lock and an actuator placed on the first chassis; wherein the thermal printing mechanism is positioned with the thermal print head in an approximately horizontal position and the platen roller is positioned right above the thermal print head; and wherein the cutting mechanism is vertically positioned with a slight inclination so that a direction of movement of the movable blade of the cutting mechanism is perpendicular to a line formed between a rotation axis of the cover and a contact point between the movable blade and the fixed blade of the cutting mechanism.