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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Brian Dale Cook, Nicholasville, KY (US);
William Scott Klein, Richmond, KY (US);
Brian Dale Cook, Nicholasville, KY (US);
William Scott Klein, Richmond, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
Printer () has a pivotally mounted autocompensating system () mounted at an intermediate position in paper guide (). That system () is driven by a motor ()through a slip drive (). The motor also drives paper feed system (). When the motor turns in a direction to feed by system (), the intermediate system is moved away from the paper guide. When a sheet reaches a position to be fed by the intermediate system, the motor is reversed, and the intermediate system pivots against the paper for moving it further through the paper guide.