Typewriting machines – Sheet or web – Including sheet guide
Patent
1997-10-16
1999-03-16
Burr, Edgar
Typewriting machines
Sheet or web
Including sheet guide
400578, 400596, 27126501, B41J 1300
Patent
active
058821309
ABSTRACT:
A paper detection device for a printer, includes: a support member; a main lever pivotably mounted on the support member, wherein the main lever has a self-resetability to an upright position and is pivotable only in a sheet-feed-direction; an auxiliary lever pivotably mounted on the main lever, including a free end protruding into a sheet passage, wherein the auxiliary lever has a self-resetability and moves the main lever in the sheet-feed direction when the free end thereof is urged in the sheet-feed direction, but does not move the main lever in a reverse-sheet-feed direction when the free end of the auxiliary lever is urged in a reverse-sheet-feed direction.
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Ishida Hiroshi
Kumazaki Masayuki
Uchiyama Yukihiro
Yamaguchi Kazuhiko
Yamaguchi Naoto
Burr Edgar
Sandusky Amanda B.
Seiko Epson Corporation
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