Paper loading system for use in a printer
CA 1254850 A · Owner: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha · Inventors: Maezawa, Tokio; Furukawa, Koichi
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Abstract:, The invention provides a paper loading system for use in a printer having a platen and a paper bail mounted with two rollers. A carriage having a projection is provided to move parallely to the platen. At the free end of the projection, a photodetector is provided to detect an edge of a loaded paper so as to memorize the opposite ends of the loaded paper. When the paper bail is in a pressing position at which rollers are holding the paper on a path of advance of the paper, no engagement is accomplished between the projection and the rollers. But when the paper bail is in a releasing position at which rollers are separated from the path to release the paper the, projection may …
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- Granted May 30, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 30, 2006.
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