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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald A Bradfield, Waynesboro, VA (US);
James L Harlow, Mt. Solon, VA (US);
Assignee:
Genicom Corporation, Chantilly, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400605 ; 4006081 ;
Abstract
In a printer having multiple paper paths, each path is provided with a clutch and a tractor to advance paper between a printhead and a striker bar, the paper being selectively advanced along the paper paths. Each clutch has a timing pulley driven by a cog belt, in turn driven by a stepper motor. The input pulley and the output gear driving the tractor are synchronized during repeated engagement such that the clutch reengages the input and output elements at a rotational position corresponding to the rotational position of the input element when previously disengaged from the output element.