Patent · US Expired

Sheet feeding device in a printer

US5030024A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 6, 1989
Grant dateJul 9, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 6, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/48
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer system having a sheet feeding device for selectively feeding one of a single sheet and a continuous includes a platen arranged adjacent a printing unit; a sheet detector disposed on a sheet feeding path along which the single and continuous sheets are fed, for detecting the presence of one of the single and continuous sheets; a sheet feeder positioned near the platen, for feeding one of the single and continuous sheets to a predetermined position; a selector for selecting one of a single-sheet feeding mode and a continuous-sheet feeding mode; and a sheet feeding and removing switch for allowing the sheet feeder to operate to feed and remove out of the single and continuous sheets.

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