Typewriting machines – Sheet or web
Patent
1989-11-13
1991-12-17
Burr, Edgar S.
Typewriting machines
Sheet or web
400624, 400629, 4006471, 400692, 400611, B41J 1300, B41J 1500
Patent
active
050730550
ABSTRACT:
In a printer of the type having a print mechanism comprising a platen rotatable about its own axis for supporting a print sheet, an ink ribbon cassette accommodating an ink ribbon therein, and a print head movable along the platen for performing a print operation on the print sheet with the use of the ink ribbon, a hopper storing a stack of cut sheets is disposed above a first area of a printer frame and a stacker above a second area thereof. A pin tractor is disposed beneath the first area thereof for mounting a continuous sheet. The cut sheet and the continuous sheet are selectively fed to the print mechanism for printing. The stacker is movably disposed between a cut sheet receiving position allowing to receive the cut sheets discharged from the platen and a rest position rejecting to receive the cut sheet. A space above the second area is enlarged when the stacker is brought to the rest position, whereby the ink ribbon cassette disposed beneath the second area can easily be exchanged. When the continuous sheet is used, the stacker is brought to the rest position allowing to receive the continuous sheet from the platen. A sheet feed direction switching unit is detachably coupled to the stacker for selectively discharging the printed cut sheet onto a sub-stacker face up or onto the stacker face down.
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patent: 4688957 (1987-08-01), Prevignano
Sonoda Rikuo
Takagi Kazuhiko
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Burr Edgar S.
Keating Joseph R.
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