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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 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 method of picking sheet media in a printer is provided. In the method a pick-up roller is caused to contact with sheet media of a supply of sheet media, the pick-up roller is rotatably driven with a motor via a gear assembly so that the pick-up roller picks up the sheet media and delivers the picked sheet media to a sheet media transport mechanism for transporting sheet media past a printhead, and substantially at the point of delivery of a leading edge of the picked sheet media to the sheet media transport mechanism by the pick-up roller, a first gear of the gear assembly is disengaged from a second gear of the gear assembly to cease the driving of the pick-up roller.