Method of picking media in printer

US7780161B2 · 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: Aug 24, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H23/044
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of picking sheet media in a printer is provided. In the method a pick-up roller is caused to contact with sheet media of a supply of sheet media, the pick-up roller is rotatably driven with a motor via a gear assembly so that the pick-up roller picks up the sheet media and delivers the picked sheet media to a sheet media transport mechanism for transporting sheet media past a printhead, and substantially at the point of delivery of a leading edge of the picked sheet media to the sheet media transport mechanism by the pick-up roller, a first gear of the gear assembly is disengaged from a second gear of the gear assembly to cease the driving of the pick-up roller.