Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A desk-top thermal printer comprising a main unit having a passage for passing a continuous label strip consisting of thermosensitive labels detachably attached to a backing sheet and a flat bottom surface for supporting the main unit on a freely selectable flat surface, a retaining means for retaining a roll of the label strip, a thermal label detecting means, a thermal label strip transfer means having a stepping motor and a sheet drive roller, a thermal printing means having a thermal printing head and a platen roller for thermally printing characters, marks or the like on the thermosensitive labels transferred by the transfer means to pass between the thermal printing head and the platen roller, a label peeling means, a data input means, a data display means and a control means for controlling the operation of the aforesaid means, the sheet drive roller and the platen roller being driven by the stepping motor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
A desk-top thermal printer comprising a main unit having a passage for passing a continuous label strip consisting of thermosensitive labels detachably attached to a backing sheet and a flat bottom surface for supporting the main unit on a freely selectable flat surface, a retaining means for retaining a roll of the label strip, a thermal label detecting means, a thermal label strip transfer means having a stepping motor and a sheet drive roller, a thermal printing means having a thermal printing head and a platen roller for thermally printing characters, marks or the like on the thermosensitive labels transferred by the transfer means to pass between the thermal printing head and the platen roller, a label peeling means, a data input means, a data display means and a control means for controlling the operation of the aforesaid means, the sheet drive roller and the platen roller being driven by the stepping motor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A desk-top thermal printer according to Claim 1 wherein said sheet drive roller is driven by said stepping roller via a slip mechanism.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A desk-top thermal printer according to Claim 1 wherein said stepping motor is built into said sheet drive roller.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A desk-top thermal printer according to Claim 3 wherein said platen roller is driven by said stepping motor via a slip mechanism.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A desk-top thermal printer according to Claim 3 further provided with a drive switching mechanism for making and breaking the connection between said platen roller and said stepping motor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
A desk-top thermal printer according to Claim 1 wherein said stepping motor is controlled by said control means on the basis of the operation a start switch and the output from said thermal label detecting means to advance said label strip by one label at a time.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
A desk-top thermal printer according to Claim 1 wherein said label peeling means is a sheet bending pin for peeling said labels from said backing sheet by sharply changing the direction of travel of said backing sheet and an auxiliary peeling roller for directing the labels peeled from said backing sheet in a different direction from the direction of travel of said backing sheet.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A desk-top thermal printer according to Claim 1 wherein said data input means is a keyboard.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A desk-top thermal printer according to Claim 1 wherein said data input means is a data input terminal for connection to an external data input device.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A desk-top thermal printer according to Claim 1 wherein said control means comprises a read only memory having a control program stored therein.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
A desk-top thermal printer according to Claim 10 wherein said read only memory is interchangeable.