Recording apparatus
US5984469A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/00
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A recording apparatus with a recording unit for recording an image on a recording medium in consonance with an image signal, a feeder for feeding the recording medium to the recording unit, first auxiliary feeding unit, which contact the feeder when the recording medium is cut sheet paper, but which is separated from the feeder when the recording medium is continuous sheet paper in order to form a feeding route for the continuous sheet paper, second auxiliary feeding unit, which contacts the feeder when the recording medium is cut sheet paper, but which maintains a contact position with the feeder which decreasing pressure against the feeder when the recording medium is continuous sheet paper, and third auxiliary feeding unit, which contacts the feeder when the recording medium is cut sheet paper, but which decreases pressure against the feeder when the recording medium is continuous sheet paper, and switching device for selecting the forward or the backward movement of the first and the second auxiliary feeding unit to the feeder, whereby the sliding center of the first auxiliary feeding unit with respect to the feeder.
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