Printer having compact media pick-up device

US7758038B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

• Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU
• Tobin Allen King · Sydney, AU
• Gregory Michael Tow · Sydney, AU
• Attila Bertok · Sydney, AU
• Geoffrey Philip Dyer · Sydney, AU
• Robert John Brice · Sydney, AU
• Paul Ian Mackey · Sydney, AU
• Christopher Hibbard · Sydney, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 20, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2402/31
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer comprising: a support frame; and a sheet media pick-up device pivotally mounted to the support frame so as to be pivotable relative to a supply of sheet media, the pick-up device comprising: a driven roller arranged to be rotated so as to contact and pick-up sheet media from the supply of sheet media and deliver the picked sheet media to a sheet media transport mechanism of the printer; and a motor for rotatably driving the roller, wherein the motor and driven roller are arranged to pivot with the pick-up device, the pick-up device being configured to pivot so that the driven roller is consistently positioned to contact and pick-up the sheet media as the supply of sheet media is successively depleted after each pick-up.