US5056432A
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Printer with sheet feeding apparatus
Assignee: Toshiba TEC Corp
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Filing: 1990-12-17
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Granted: 1991-10-15
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Expires: 2010-12-17
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed herein is a printer with a sheet feeding apparatus having a printer body incorporating a printing mechanism for printing onto continuous forms. A cutter is provided close to a continuous forms discharging port on the printer case. Following the cutter downstream, there is provided a sheet feeding belt that rotates at a rate higher than the feed rate of the continuous forms. Along the belt, there are provided a sheet traversing section, a sheet direction changing section, a sheet pushing section and a sheet stacker, in that order from upstream to downstream. The sheet traversing section seizes and feeds horizontally each sheet cut by the cutter. The sheet direction changing section perpendicularly changes the feed direction of each cut sheet. The sheet pushing section pushes each sheet onto the sheet stacker where an orderly stack of sheets is formed.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuaki Sugimoto
- 👤 Tomio Nishijima
- 👤 Teruhisa Inoue
- 👤 Yoshihiko Sugimoto
- 👤 Masashi Suzuki
- 👤 Izumi Matsushita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 17:55
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J15/00; B65; B65H; B65H31/00; B65H31/04; B65H31/06; B65H2301/00; B65H2301/40; B65H2301/42; B65H2301/421; B65H2301/4214; B65H2301/42146
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
A printer with a sheet feeding apparatus comprising a printer case incorporating a printing mechanism for printing onto continuous forms, said printer case having a continuous forms discharging port adjacent to which is provided a sheet feeding means which has a cutter locationally followed downstream by a sheet pushing section, said sheet feeding means fixedly comprising a first strut which has latching edges positioned vertically thereto and a second strut which has a vertical relief notch and sliding edges vertically formed on both sides thereof, said sheet feeding means further comprising a horizontally long sheet stacker which allows sheets to be stacked thereon, each sheet being positioned in a substantially vertical direction, said sheet stacker having a sheet pushing member slidingly mounted thereon, said sheet pushing member receiving the tips of said sheets, said sheet stacker having relocatable rollers which are in contact with said sliding edges and a projection which, located lower than said relocatable rollers, is inserted into said relief notch to come in contact with said latching means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
A printer with a sheet feeding apparatus comprising a printer case incorporating a printing mechanism for printing onto continuous forms, said printer case having a continuous forms discharging port adjacent to which is provided a sheet feeding means which has a cutter locationally followed downstream by a sheet pushing section, said sheet feeding means fixedly comprising a first strut which has latching edges positioned vertically thereto and a second strut which has a vertical relief notch and sliding edges vertically formed on both sides thereof, said sheet feeding means further comprising a horizontally long sheet stacker which allows sheets to be stacked thereon, each sheet being positioned in a substantially vertical direction, said sheet stacker having a sheet pushing member slidingly mounted thereon, said sheet pushing member receiving the tips of said sheets, said sheet stacker having relocatable rollers which are in contact with said sliding edges and a projection which, located lower than said relocatable rollers, is inserted into said relief notch to come in contact with said latching means.
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