Multipath printers
US6909872B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J13/009
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printer device has first and second print media paths to carry paper from a sheet pickup mechanism to the printer device and then to a sheet exit opening. A third print media path carries the sheet from the sheet exit opening back to the printer device for duplex printing. A sheet diverter has first and second operating positions for allowing the sheet to pass in the first flow direction and for diverting the sheet in a second flow direction toward the printer device. A sheet pickup mechanism has a first operating position for the mechanism to pick up the sheet from a sheet dispensing tray and a second operating position in which the mechanism is part of a duplex printing path when the sheet travels in the second flow direction toward the printer device.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.