US 12,168,344 B2
Printing device having engagement portion engageable with external component for stable attachment thereof to the printing device
Masashi Tanizaki, Kuwana (JP); Koshiro Shimoda, Tokoname (JP); Yuya Nakamura, Toyoake (JP); and Tetsuro Muramatsu, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,020.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-173975 (JP), filed on Oct. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0125916 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/0045 (2013.01) [B41J 29/02 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing device to which an external component is attachable, the printing device comprising:
a housing;
a print head provided in the housing and configured to form an image on a printing medium;
a guide portion configured to guide the printing medium to the print head in a conveying direction; and
a first engagement portion engageable with a first attaching portion of the external component for attachment of the external component to the printing device,
wherein the housing comprises:
a first frame;
a second frame positioned opposite the first frame in a widthwise direction crossing the conveying direction, the print head being supported by at least one of the first frame and the second frame; and
a connecting portion extending in the widthwise direction to connect the first frame to the second frame,
wherein the guide portion is fixed to the connecting portion, and
wherein the first engagement portion is formed in one of the guide portion and the connecting portion.