Ing C. Olivetti C., S.p.a.

Olivetti Lexikon S.p.a.

Mario Manzone

Daniele Mazzini

Roberto Foglino

Piero Pace

A device (21) for selectively feeding sheets (24, 28) contained in two separate trays (22, 26) by means of a pick-up unit (31), wherein the latter is located between the two trays (22,26). The latter-named (22, 26) are fulcrum-mounted on a structure (33) and are driven alternatively by a motor (61) depending on the latter's direction of rotation so as to be brought selectively into sliding engagement with the pick-up unit (31), and accordingly result in one sheet at a time being picked up and fed from one or the other of the two trays (22, 26). The device (21) is particularly suitable for incorporation in an office machine, such as for example a facsimile system (20) or a printer, for selectively feeding sheets of different types.

Device for selectively feeding sheets from two trays in an office machine

An ink jet printing head 14 is mounted on a movable carriage 13 and a fixing device 32 removably fixes the head 14 by means of a hook 111 adapted to cooperate with a shoulder of the head 14 or an alternative priming head 16 of the wire type. An electronic control unit 22 controls a control device 156 adapted to recognize which type of head is mounted on the carriage 13 and actuates it.

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