Typewriting machines – Sheet or web – For feeding plural record media concurrently or selectively
Patent
1989-11-13
1992-07-14
Burr, Edgar S.
Typewriting machines
Sheet or web
For feeding plural record media concurrently or selectively
400616, 4006391, B41J 1320
Patent
active
051297485
ABSTRACT:
A sheet or tractor media handling system for a compact printer having a housing, a cut-sheet supply station and a rotatable print platen constructed and located to feed top sheets from said supply station through a print path ingress past a print zone and out a print path egress. The system includes a mode control assembly for selectively controlling the movement of said supply station for sheet or tractor media; a pair of guide wheels constructed and mounted for engagement with tractor media along a tractor media inlet passage; bail rollers engaging the platen between the print path ingress and egress; and a variable spring system for urging the bail rollers against the print platen with higher or lower nip pressures for sheet or tractor media conditions.
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Bradley Brian D.
Brandon John M.
Ratermann Richard J.
Burr Edgar S.
Eastman Kodak Company
Hilten John S.
Husser John D.
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