US Patent Issued to TOSHIBA TEC on Aug. 4 for "Printer and a moveable blade equipped with a closing guide" (Singaporean, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,827, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Printer and a moveable blade equipped with a closing guide" was invented by Ting Yee Chin (Singapore) and Kiyotaka Nihashi (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer that forms an image on paper includes a movable blade configured to approach a fixed blade and cut the paper located between the movable blade and the fixed blade by at least the distal end of the movable blade running on the fixed blade, a housing including an opening, through which the movable blade can be inserted, and configured to house the movable blade, and a closing guide conf...