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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert F Mindler, Churchville, NY (US);
Henry G Wirth, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400579 ; 400624 ; 400641 ; 271251 ;
Abstract
A picker mechanism for a thermal printer for urging a dye receiver media sheet into a receiver transport path has a picker wheel with first and second portions and defining a mounting axis. The first portion has an outer traction surface parallel to the mounting axis, and the second portion has a tapered surface for generating a force for urging the dye receiver media sheet from the tapered surface toward the parallel outer traction surface. The picker mechanism compensates for the variability in how an operator loads the dye receiver media and corrects skewing of the media.