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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5308175 | Printer with reverse sheet feed path to sheet inlet In this printer, switching between a single-sheet form feed path and a continuous form feed path occurs by rotating a paper guide when feeding the forms. When the printed single-sheet form is to be discharged onto a table, the tail end of the form is dete... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5268766 | Facsimile apparatus with two different sized paper supply rolls having timer/counter to choose primary supply roll to prevent curling A facsimile apparatus which includes a control part, first and second rolls of first and second recording sheets of different sizes, a platen roller being driven to transport a recording sheet selectively being fed from either the first roll or the second... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5037016 | Apparatus for supplying web-like material to a processing system An apparatus of the type for the supply of webs to a processing station is described, in which by means of a controllable drive mechanism, each of several webs is advanced to the processing station in superimposed guide channels. The front portion of the ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5026183 | Apparatus for feeding cut sheet paper and fan fold paper in a printer An apparatus for feeding both cut sheet paper and fan fold paper in a printer adapted to process both fan fold paper and cut sheet paper has a platen supported within the printer. A paper pressing member comes in contact with the platen to slidably retain... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4961657 | Record media drive mechanism for dot matrix printer A rotating and driving mechanism for a record media feed roller adjacent a printing station. The feed roller is supported by the platen assembly and is movable therewith to provide a path for the record media through the printing station. A plate member i... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4953994 | Thermal printer with reciprocal paper feed control A thermal printer comprises a pair of fixed frames for rotatably supporting a platen which is rotated by a motor and a head unit rotatably supported by the fixed frames through a pair of movable frames and for supporting a thermal head. A pair of pinch ro... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4929104 | Printer system for enabling user to select various forms-feed modes In a printer enabling a user to select different forms-feed modes, a cut-forms automatic-feed unit (12) and a continuous-forms feed cassette (14) are detachably mounted on a printer main body (10) in its upper surface of a rear portion of the main body (1... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4900173 | Method and apparatus for feeding sheet A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding a sheet to a recording station by means of rollers, comprising an automatic OHP sheet feeder, wherein the fact whether a sheet being fed is an OHP sheet or a separating sheet is discriminated; if the sheet is the OHP ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4895466 | Processor for forms with multi-format data A multi-format document printer and processor has a plurality of data writing and reading means for data in different formats, disposed along a transport path. Forms are separated from a continuous perforated form supply and advanced along the transport p... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4663722 | Automatic paper feed control apparatus for a printing device An automatic paper feed control apparatus includes a page feed command generator; a paper feeder, selectively coupled to a continuous paper feeder and an automatic paper feeder, for feeding a paper to a printing device from the coupled continuous paper fe... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4615630 | Paper feeding control apparatus An impact printer having a roll platen on which a continuous paper is set and fed by the rotation of the roll platen rotated by a first motor, and a cut sheet is fed on the continuous paper by a feeding mechanism which includes feed rollers rotated by a s... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4390296 | Printing machine Several guide channels (6, 7) for respectively one paper web are arranged in a fan shape, these channels being oriented toward the nip (5) of a pair of feed rolls (1) of a printing device (2, 3) and each being equipped with a gripper (8, 9). In the rest p... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4348125 | Paper guide mechanism of printer A paper guide mechanism for use with a printer of the type, in which a rolled paper inserted into an inlet opening and introduced by a guide into a printing portion and in which the paper is guided by a guide, after it has been printed, until it is discha... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4234261 | Printer The printer is provided for alternative use with long webs or individual, precut forms; it includes two friction roll drives adjacent to the print head and platen, and a sprocket drive upstream, being permanently engaged with a perforated web. The drives ... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4216719 | Printing machine paper drive Device for the insertion, drive and ejection of sheets of paper in a printer, comprising at least one automatic paper insertion path and at least one manual insertion path for cards or sheets, these paths terminating in an insertion point in the impressio... | 08/12/1980 |
