18903973. IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE (SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION)
IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Satoshi Nakata of MATSUMOTO-SHI JP
Kanji Momose of MATSUMOTO-SHI JP
Masanari Tanaka of SHIOJIRI-SHI JP
IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18903973 titled 'IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE
Original Abstract Submitted
An image recording device including a cutter cover, the image recording device including: a transport unit configured to transport a medium along a transport path; a recording unit configured to record an image on the transported medium; and a cutting unit provided downstream of the recording unit in a transport direction of the medium, the cutting unit being configured to cut the transported medium. The cutting unit includes: a first cutter configured to cut the medium while moving in a scanning direction intersecting the transport direction; a second cutter opposed to the first cutter; a cutter carriage at which the first cutter is mounted, the cutter carriage being configured to move the first cutter in the scanning direction; and a protruding portion provided in an upper portion of the cutter carriage and protruding upward. A first slit extending internally along the scanning direction is formed in the upper portion of the cutter cover. The protruding portion protrudes from an inside of the cutter cover toward an outside through the first slit.