Paper supply cassette of printer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyung-hwan Jang
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Abstract
A paper supply cassette includes a main body to which a paper supply roller is coupled, a container provided to slid e into/from the main body, a first lever installed at the main body to swing, a first gear installed at one side of the first lever to rotate and drive a paper supply roller by being meshed with a drive gear provided at the printer, a first elastic member to apply an elastic force to the first lever in a direction in which the first gear is meshed with the drive gear, and a locking unit to selectively lock the first lever in a state in which the first gear is separated from the drive gear. Thus, the damage to or deformation of the first gear of the paper supply cassette is prevented. Also, since the paper is stably supplied, the quality of an image can be improved.
Claims11
A paper supply cassette to supply paper to a printer, comprising:
- a paper supply roller;
- a main body to which the paper supply roller is coupled;
- a container to slid e into/from the main body;
- a first lever installed at the main body to swing;
- a drive gear;
- a first gear installed at a side of the first lever to rotate and drive the paper supply roller by being meshed with the drive gear;
- a first elastic member to apply a first elastic force to the first lever in a direction in which the first gear is meshed with the drive gear;
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- a locking unit to selectively lock the first lever in a state in which the first gear is separated from the drive gear.
An apparatus to supply paper to a printer, comprising:
- a cassette to store the paper and having a surface;
- a drive roller, to move the paper, on a first side of the surface of the cassette;
- a first transfer gear to transfer a power to the drive roller;
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- a lever to move the first transfer gear between a first position entirely on the first side of the surface of the cassette, and a second position, partially on the first side of the surface of the cassette.
An apparatus to supply paper to a printer, comprising:
- a drive gear;
- a drive roller to move the paper;
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- a transfer gear, moveable between a first position and a second position, to transfer a power from the drive gear to the drive roller in the first position, and detached from the drive gear in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.