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Device for feeding several paper webs to a printer

US4823694A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 22, 1988
Grant dateApr 25, 1989
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2801/21
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to accommodate a relatively large number of paper storage reels (11-17) with diameters of relatively large size in correspondence with a relatively large paper reservoir in a space of relatively small dimensions, storage reels (12-15) are also arranged in side-by-side relationship, i.e. laterally offset with respect to the paper feed slots (21-27) of the printer (20). The path segments of the paper webs (2-5) extending in this case in part skewed with respect to the paper feeding direction of the printer are made possible by rerouting members (52/62, 53/63, 54/64, 55/65, 42-45) at which the paper webs are guided on a rerouting path extending along part of a helical winding.

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