Paper discharge apparatus
US5649776A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H35/0006
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A paper discharge apparatus ensures guiding of paper to be discharged to smoothly perform a paper discharging operation. The paper discharge apparatus ensures guiding of the paper toward paper discharge means when the paper to be discharged to a discharge port is delivered. The paper discharge apparatus provided in a paper discharge portion of a printer for discharging paper comprises discharge means for receiving the paper to be discharged and discharging the paper toward a discharge port, storage means for looping the paper to be discharged and storing the looped paper before when the paper is discharged, and guide means for guiding a leading end of the paper introduced into the storage means to the discharge means, and for promoting the looping of the paper which is looped as the paper is introduced into the storage means.
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