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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2000
Carl Wesley Robinson, Charlotte, NC (US);
XAC Automation Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
Disclosed is a printer including: a fixed chassis mounted on the printer; a moving chassis being engageable with the fixed chassis between an open position and a closed position; and a cutting mode switching module for controlling a cutting mode of the printer, characterized in the cutting mode switching module comprising: a fixed blade mounted at the fixed chassis; a moving blade having an elongated pivot hole, through which pivot hole the moving blade is pivoted to a pivot end of the moving chassis such that the moving blade is shiftable within the pivot hole between a first position and a second position, and such that the fixed blade and moving blade is formed with a paper path therebetween when the moving chassis is at the closed position; a motor mounted in the moving chassis; and a crank pin engaging with and cranking the moving blade and driven by the motor to rotate in a first direction or a second direction; whereby when the moving chassis is at the closed position, the moving blade is capable of performing a partial cut or a full cut of the paper passing through the paper path depending on the rotational direction of the motor.