Printer with paper aligning device
US6461065B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J13/0045
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printer is provided with a path size switching plate (10) between a recording paper roll and an aligning device (15) for aligning a recording paper with a paper transport path. The path size switching plate limits the paper transport path in a direction of thickness of the recording paper while the recording paper is being conveyed in a paper supply direction, preventing the recording paper from getting jammed. While the recording paper stops and the aligning device pushes opposite side edges of the recording paper for alignment, the path size switching plate widen the paper transport path in the direction of thickness of the recording paper, so as to make a loop for absorbing torsion applied to the recording paper between the recording paper roll and the aligning device as a result of alignment.
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