Printer with distribution stations having U-shaped sheet guide

US5618036A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Lexmark International, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Earl G. Edwards · Boulder, US
• Armando V. Flores · Lexington, US
• John Wayne Gassett · Lexington, US
• James Philip Harden · Lexington, US
• Daniel L. Huber · Lexington, US
• Michael Craig Leemhuis · Nicholasville, US
• Stephen T. Olson · Palo Alto, US
• Bernard L. Wilzbach · Lexington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 1995
• Grant date: Apr 8, 1997
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2801/06
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer (1) and portable stations (2 and 3) when located side-by-side form a guide (1a, 2a, and 3a) for paper sheets sent out by printer 1. The paper is moved upward into U-shaped guide 1a by pinch rollers (6 and 7) and then moved laterally by pinch rollers (8 and 9) in guide 1a. Similar rollers are in guides 2a and 3a to direct the paper to the selected station and then downward.