Printer with front inserter

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To provide the titled printer capable of avoiding waste of paper by providing a tractor in proximity to a platen, by a method wherein a tractor is driven through a clutch mechanism in a tractor mode, and the transmission through the clutch mechanism is cut off in a front inserter mode. CONSTITUTION:The tractor 21 is provided in proximity to the platen 12 so that it can be rotated to either of two positions provided respectively for the tractor mode and a non-tractor mode. In the tractor mode, power from a drive source 14 is transmitted only to the tractor through the clutch mechanism 30 to rotate a tractor shaft 22. In the front inserter mode, the transmission of power through the clutch mechanism 30 is cut off, and the power from the drive source 14 is transmitted to a front inserter shaft 43 through an idle gear 13, a stepped gear 49, a belt 50 and a pulley 48.

Inventors

• 👤 Noritsugu Arimura
• 👤 有村　則次

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