Paper feeding apparatus for a printer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSeuk-Jin Yun
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Abstract
Provided a paper feeding apparatus used with a printer includes a pickup roller which draws out a paper stacked in a cassette and conveys the paper to a printer, a conveying roller which conveys the drawn-out paper onto a paper feeding route, and a feeding roller which feeds the paper conveyed by the conveying roller to a printing portion. The conveying roller is driven when the paper supplied by the pickup roller is conveyed to the feeding roller, and after the paper is conveyed to the feeding roller, the conveying roller is isolated from the paper feeding route.
Claims9
A paper feeding apparatus for a printer, the apparatus comprising:
- a pickup roller which draws out a paper stacked in a cassette and conveys the paper to a printer;
- a conveying roller to convey the drawn-out paper onto a paper feeding route;
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- a feeding roller which feeds the paper conveyed by the conveying roller to a printing portion;
- wherein the conveying roller is driven when the paper supplied by the pickup roller is conveyed to the feeding roller, and after the paper is conveyed to the feeding roller, the conveying roller is isolated from the paper feeding route.
The apparatus of 4, wherein a compressing unit which rotates the driving gear so that one side of the driving gear is closely adhered to an inside of the gear train housing, thereby generating a predetermined friction force in a longitudinal direction of the driving shaft between the gear train housing and one side of the driving gear.
A paper feeding apparatus to feed paper through a printer comprising:
- a pickup roller to draw out a paper from a cassette and convey the paper along a paper feeding path toward the printer;
- a feeding roller upstream of the pickup roller and along the paper feeding path to feed the paper to a printing portion of the printer;
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- a conveying roller positioned along the paper feeding path when conveying the drawn out paper from the pickup roller to the feeding roller and removed from the paper feeding path when the paper reaches the feeding roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.