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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 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 support frame; and a sheet media pick-up device pivotally mounted to the support frame so as to be pivotable relative to a supply of sheet media, the pick-up device comprising: a driven roller arranged to be rotated so as to contact and pick-up sheet media from the supply of sheet media and deliver the picked sheet media to a sheet media transport mechanism of the printer; and a motor for rotatably driving the roller, wherein the motor and driven roller are arranged to pivot with the pick-up device, the pick-up device being configured to pivot so that the driven roller is consistently positioned to contact and pick-up the sheet media as the supply of sheet media is successively depleted after each pick-up.