Patent ID: 8459888

Claim:
A printer having a paper cutting device, and comprising: a printer chassis; a cover unit attached to the printer chassis so as to be movable between an open and a closed position; a flat fixed blade affixed on the printer chassis and having a main surface that defines a first plane; a flat movable blade disposed on the cover unit and having a main surface that defines a second plane, wherein the flat fixed blade and the flat movable blade are arranged to contact each other at a contact point; a blade drive mechanism disposed on the cover unit for moving the flat movable blade such that the contact point moves along a cutting edge of the flat fixed blade and a cutting edge of the flat movable blade while the main surface of the flat movable blade is maintained within the second plane; wherein the cover unit is arranged to pivot on a bottom end portion thereof between the closed position and the open position where the cover unit is tilted away from the printer chassis by a predetermined angle; the flat movable blade is disposed substantially vertically extending widthwise to the printer at a top portion of the cover unit with the cutting edge of the flat movable blade facing up; the flat fixed blade is disposed substantially horizontally extending widthwise to the printer at a top end portion on the printer chassis opposite the top end portion of the cover unit.