Typewriting machines – Sheet or web – Including skew correction responsive to position of sheet or...
Patent
1997-11-21
1999-04-27
Eickholt, Eugene
Typewriting machines
Sheet or web
Including skew correction responsive to position of sheet or...
400641, 400642, 347215, 347220, 271250, 271251, B41J 1142
Patent
active
058972587
ABSTRACT:
A platen-driven thermal dye printer mechanism (1), and more particularly to a cone-shaped scuff roller (7) which aligns a dye print receiver media sheet (2) with the receiver guide wall (8) during printing in a reciprocating direction (5). Using at least one conical shaped scuff roller (7) at one end of a platen roller (4) to transport the precut dye receiver media (2). The conical scuff roller (7) presses the back surface of the dye receiver media (2) against the non-imaging margin of the thermal dye printer mechanism (1). The invention uses a smooth guiding plate (28) and platen (4) thus, preventing scratches on the front surface of the receiver media (2). The invention is not subject to costly breakdowns, in that it uses the clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation of the platen (4) to provide perfect alignment of the receiver media (2) and printer head (9).
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Delorme John D.
Wen Xin
Eastman Kodak Company
Eickholt Eugene
Stevens Walter S.
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