Loader for a printer for printing flat articles and printer provided with such a loader
US6647871B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2301/5111
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A loader (1) for a printer for printing flat articles (2), this loader (1) which delimits a storage magazine (9) for the articles in the stacked condition being provided internally with a pivoting member (4) arranged to hold the articles (2) in bearing contact with a drive element (5) for discharging the articles (2) to be printed through an opening (7) provided in a wall of the magazine (1). This loader (1) is characterized in that the pivoting member (4) is provided with a counterweight (6) to form an assembly exerting a substantially constant bearing force on the article or articles (2) to be printed, this forced being self-positioning in the course of emptying the loader by moving along one of the articles to be printed in a direction generally opposite to the direction of expulsion of the articles from the loader.
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