Method of cutting off recording paper on facsimile apparatus
CA 2002608 C · Owner: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · Inventors: Tabuchi, Hiroshi
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A method of cutting off recording paper on a facsimile apparatus is disclosed in which the recording paper wound as a roll is sequentially fed through the apparatus so that the paper is cut off by a cutter after the recording on each sheet area of the paper is performed. The method comprises a stop in which the torque of an electric motor is transmitted to a platen roller through a gear train so that the recording on the (b+1)th-sheet area of the recording paper is performed continuously after the recording on the nthsheet area of the paper; a step in which when the boundary between the nth-sheet area and the (n+1)thsheet area has reached the cutoff position the, recording on the …
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- Filed November 9, 1989 and granted May 3, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 9, 2009.
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