Printing paper supporting device of a printer

Details Printing paper supporting device of a printer Printing paper supporting device of a printer

1989-04-14

1990-02-27

Burr, Edgar S.

Printing

Work supporting members

Grippers

1014151, B41F 2104

Patent

active

049035983

ABSTRACT:
A paper clamping mechanism for clamping a sheet of printing paper on a drum-shaped platen of a printer is disclosed. The mechanism comprises a clamp member radially slidably mounted at its legs to the end surfaces of the platen, and a lever pivotted to the frame of the printer. The clamp member comprises a pressor which opposes an axial recess on the peripheral surface of the platen; the front end portion of a sheet of paper is held between the pressor and the recess during the printing operation, the clamp member being urged toward the axis of the platen by a spring. The clamp member further comprises an axially extending pin formed on a leg thereof. The lever is urged by a spring to a position at which it is stopped by a pin formed on the frame of the printer. An arm of the lever comes into contact with the pin on the leg of the clamp member when the clamp member is rotated with the platen. When the arm of the lever comes into contact with the pin on the clamp member rotated in the printing direction, the lever turns and yields upon contact; when, on the other hand, the arm comes into contact with the pin on the clamp member rotated in the reverse direction, the pin slides on the arm of the lever which is stopped by the stopper pin, so that the clamp member is raised from the platen to form a gap between the pressor and the recess on the platen.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4536772 (1985-08-01), Isogai
patent: 4627754 (1986-12-01), Sholtis et al.

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