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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Moon-bae Park, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyungki-Do, KR;
Abstract
A paper separating apparatus of a printer includes a separating member installed to be adjacent to an exit side of the transfer roller and under a path along which the paper is discharged and fixedly coupled to a pair of bearing guides which rotatably support opposite ends of the transfer roller to be capable of pivoting by a predetermined angle together with the bearing guides, a guide roller installed at an upper surface of the separating member for guiding discharge of the paper, a pivot restricting mechanism for restricting the pivot angles of the separating member and the bearing guides, and an elastic force applying mechanism for applying an elastic force in one direction so that the separating member and the bearing guides can maintain regular positions.