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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Yoichi Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Tsuyoshi Tomii, Nagano, JP;
Koichi Endo, Nagano, JP;
Hayato Nishikaze, Nagano, JP;
Seiichi Hirano, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer including an automatic paper feeder having a stacker section capable of setting a plurality of sheets of paper therein, wherein a bottom of said stacker section is formed by a bottom itself of a printer case. In addition, the printer may include a hopper disposed in the stacker section to urge the paper upwardly, a pair of swinging members each having a separation pawl located above a corner of the paper and a pressing-down portion for pressing down the hopper, each of the swinging members being supported swingably about a shaft located between the separation pawl and the pressing-down portion and an operation lever having a pair of actuating portions capable of pressing downward the swinging members and supported rotatably above the stacker section.