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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Tobin Allen King, Balmain, AU;
Gregory Michael Tow, Balmain, AU;
Attila Bertok, Balmain, AU;
Geoffrey Philip Dyer, Balmain, AU;
Robert John Brice, Balmain, AU;
Paul Ian Mackey, Balmain, AU;
Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Tobin Allen King, Balmain, AU;
Gregory Michael Tow, Balmain, AU;
Attila Bertok, Balmain, AU;
Geoffrey Philip Dyer, Balmain, AU;
Robert John Brice, Balmain, AU;
Paul Ian Mackey, Balmain, AU;
Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
A printer comprising: a sheet media transport mechanism for transporting sheet media past a printhead; a pick-up roller arranged to be rotated so as to contact and pick-up sheet media from a supply of sheet media and deliver the picked sheet media to the sheet media transport mechanism; and a gear assembly for communicating a driving force of a motor to the pick-up roller so as to rotate the pick-up roller, wherein a first gear of the gear assembly is arranged to disengage from a second gear of the gear assembly substantially at the point of delivery of a leading edge of the picked sheet media to the sheet media transport mechanism so as to cease communication of the driving force of the motor to the pick-up roller.