Recording sheet conveyor apparatus in an image recording apparatus
US4968997A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 1989 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B27/587
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A recording sheet conveyor apparatus is incorporated in an image recording apparatus having a recording sheet housing to house recording sheets, an information recording device to record image information on the moving recording sheet that has been drawn out of the recording sheet housing, and a sheet receiving device to receive the discharged recording sheet after image information has been recorded to them. The conveyor apparatus includes a conveyor path between the recording sheet housing and the sheet receiving device, a main roller for feeding a recording sheet at a predetermined speed, a feed roller for feeding the recording sheet in the direction of the main roller, a discharge roller for feeding a recording sheet to the sheet receiving device after recording has been performed for it, and a roller drive prohibit device to prohibit at least one of the feed rollers and the discharge roller in the range of the recording sheet fed by the main roller from being driven while the information recording device is performing recording.
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