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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harville M Parks, Austin, TX (US);
Philip W Sobey, Georgetown, TX (US);
Bilson J Wilson, Jr, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400629 ; 400624 ; 271145 ; 271170 ;
Abstract
A printer with improved integral automated cut sheet feeding apparatus including a hopper (10) adapted to attach to bearing members on sheet picker roller (22), shaft (20), hopper (10) also including an upwardly biased sheet floor (58) being adapted to slidingly engage dual function corner restraint members (66) and to cooperate therewith to limit the stack size and reliably feed a single sheet properly oriented without requiring additional alignment means.