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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:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuo Saito, Nagano, JP;
Masayuki Kumazaki, Nagano, JP;
Michiyo Ichikawa, Nagano, JP;
Seiichi Hirano, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347102 ; 271188 ;
Abstract
A method of discharging paper by forcibly urging the paper in a concave shape in which a printed surface is rendered concave as viewed in a discharging direction and an ink jet printer including a pair of supporting portions for supporting both side portions of the paper which has been discharged after being printed on an upper surface thereof, and a pushing-down portion for pushing down a central portion of the paper.