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Ink jet print recording apparatus having a single sensor controlling paper feed and print head recovery

US5856835A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1995
Grant dateJan 5, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J23/025
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an ink jet type print recording apparatus, when a purge gear is driven and a purge pump arrives at its origin position, an origin mark of a pump cam gear presses a cam receiver of a first actuator so that a movement transmitting portion of the first actuator presses a movement receiving portion of a second actuator. With this operation, a shutter of the second actuator is moved out of a common sensor and the common sensor is switched on. Furthermore, when a print sheet is supplied to a platen roller, a sheet detector of the second actuator is pressed by the print sheet, whereby the shutter is moved out of the common sensor and the common sensor is switched on. Various operations are performed on the basis of signals from the common sensor.

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