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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Silvio U Blaskovic, Highland Beach, FL (US);
Robert W Cornell, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
226 74 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed herein a forms feed tractor mechanism having a belt with pins and driving elements extending therethrough. The pins are adapted to engage perforated holes along the edge of a recorded medium. Driver means are provided for rotating the belt and pins and thereby rotate the engaged record medium. Also, there is provided a spring tensioner for maintaining tension on the belt. The tractor includes a door which is rotatably snapped fitted into the housing of the tractor and maintained above the plane of the record medium by an extension on the lower surface thereof.