Claims
- 1. A printer comprising:
- a pair of upper and lower chutes for guiding printer paper;
- an idle roller provided on said upper chute;
- a paper discharging motor bracket provided on said lower chute;
- a motor mounted on said paper discharging motor bracket and having a rotary shaft;
- a paper discharging gear fitted on the rotary shaft of said motor inside of said paper discharging motor bracket;
- a fulcrum shaft arranged inside of said paper discharging motor bracket in parallel with the rotary shaft of said motor;
- a U-like paper discharging lever disposed rotatably about said fulcrum shaft and having a forward end;
- an intermediate gear provided inside of said paper discharging lever so as to be coaxial with said fulcrum shaft and to be rotatable about said fulcrum shaft, said intermediate gear making contact with said paper discharging gear;
- a spring urging said paper discharging lever in a thrust direction so as to press the latter against said intermediate gear;
- a pulley shaft arranged inside of said paper discharging lever at the forward end thereof in parallel with said fulcrum shaft;
- a pulley gear meshed with said intermediate gear so as to be rotated about said pulley shaft while having one side surface; and
- a paper discharging pulley fixed on said one side surface of said pulley gear so as to be rotatable about said pulley shaft and having a diameter greater than that of said pulley gear;
- wherein said paper discharging lever is rotated by a driving force of said motor provided on said bracket to cause contact to occur between said idle roller and said paper discharging pulley, thereby discharging the paper.
- 2. A printer according to claim 1, wherein at least one side end portion of at least said lower chute on the paper discharging side is bent in the opposite direction to a winding direction of the paper around a paper holder.
Priority Claims (2)
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62-35039 |
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62-35040 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 155,074, filed Feb. 11, 1988, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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