Loading mechanism for a modular commercial printer
US6386535B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2404/281
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A print media loading mechanism for a printer includes a feeding device comprising a pair of surface-defining elements which define surfaces which are movable relative to each other in the same direction parallel to a direction of feed of the print media, the feeding device being operable to engage a leading edge of the print media for feeding it towards an exit region of the printer to effect loading of the printer. A displacement arrangement displaces the surface-defining elements, in a direction transverse to a direction of feed of the print media, into abutment with each other when loading of the print media is required and for displacing the surface-defining elements out of abutment with each other when loading of the print media has been completed.
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