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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Applicant:
Yong-duk Lee, Gunpo-si, KR;
Inventor:
Yong-duk Lee, Gunpo-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/304 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal image forming apparatus is provided. The thermal image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including a thermal printhead and a platen that face each other and are elastically biased towards each other; a cassette including a knock-up plate on which a medium is stacked, a pickup roller that picks up the medium from the cassette, and a pickup unit that raises the knock-up plate in a direction in which the medium stacked on the knock-up plate contacts the pickup roller and lowers the knock-up plate in a direction in which the medium is separated from the pickup roller.