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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1990
Filed:
May. 02, 1989
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A push-pull printer includes at least one tractor unit thus is formed to have both a pull function and a push function. Fork-like mounting portions are respectively formed at lower portions of a pair of frames provided at both ends of the tractor unit. A pair of tractor guides are located at each of push and pull feed positions of the printer body. Each guide detachably holds a corresponding fork-like mounting portion. When the tractor is to be used in the push type paper feed mode, the fork-like mounting portions are attached to the tractor guides located at the push feed position. However, for use in the pull type paper feed mode, the fork-like mounting portions are attached to the tractor guides located at the pull feed position. Two such tractors, one providing the pull function and the other the push function, can be used cooperatively.