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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1990
Seiichiro Fushimi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshitsugu Nakatomi, Yokosuka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A paper feeding mechanism for use in a printer apparatus, etc., includes upper and lower paper cassettes so provided as to be movable, a reverse guide provided below the lower paper cassette and having at least two divided parts, at least one of the divided parts being openable by moving the lowest paper cassette, and another reverse paper guide provided between the lower paper cassette and the upper paper cassette and having at least two parts of which at least one part is openable by moving the lower paper cassette. It is, therefore, possible to minimize an installation area occupied by the printer apparatus. Since the paper cassette is located in a spacing which is prepared against paper jamming, it is possible to make the printer compact as a whole.