ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,240, issued on April 15, was assigned to FUJITSU COMPONENT Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Cutter unit and printer with cutter unit" was invented by Tatsuya Oguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutter unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to cut recording paper that is conveyed. The cutter unit includes a movable blade that can advance toward or retract from the recording paper and is configured to cut the recording paper when the movable blade advances. The cutter unit also includes a peeling mechanism including a contacting portion configured to move in a direction opposite to a direction of advancement or...