Patent ID: 7287850

Claim:
A portable electronic apparatus comprising: a main body including a first surface, a second surface positioned at an opposite side of the main body with respect to the first surface, and a recording paper discharge port formed in the first surface; a printer portion including a printing head for printing information on a recording paper, the printed recording paper being discharged from the recording paper discharge port in the first surface of the main body; and a water-drop proof cover which is removably attached on the main body, and which covers a portion of an outer surface of the main body that faces the printed recording paper discharged from the recording paper discharge port and that includes a portion of the first surface and a portion of the second surface, such that the water-drop proof cover houses the printed recording paper discharged from the recording paper discharge port; and a paper guide member which is detachably attached to the main body, and which guides the printed recording paper discharged from the recording paper discharge port along an inner circumferential surface of the water-drop proof cover; wherein the water-drop proof cover comprises: (i) an upper cover which covers said portion of the first surface of the main body, and (ii) a lower cover which covers said portion of the second surface of the main body, and wherein the upper cover and lower cover are rotatably connected to each other by a hinge; wherein the paper guide member includes: (i) an outer circumferential surface which faces an inner circumferential surface of the upper cover of the water-drop proof cover, and (ii) two side surfaces positioned at respective sides of the outer circumferential surface, and wherein projections are provided on the two side surfaces of the paper guide member; wherein cover guide ribs are provided on two side surfaces of the upper cover positioned at respective sides of the inner circumferential surface of the upper cover; and wherein the cover guide ribs of the upper cover slide on the projections of the paper guide member to widen a distance between the two inner side surfaces of the upper cover while the upper cover is rotated around the hinge.