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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:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Star Micronics Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/310 ;
Abstract
A paper discharge apparatus wherein a movable guide plate ( ) is closed to guide a sheet of paper (P) when discharging paper (P), and is tilted downward to open a portion below a first conveyor passage (R ) when keeping or collecting paper (P) within the apparatus. The movable guide plate ( ) is tilted downward to force paper fall for collection. This apparatus can stably issue and collect sheets of paper by reliably preventing jamming and stagnation of the sheets even when they have wrinkles and strong curls or when they are weakened.