Apparatus to control static electricity in an ink-jet printer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKarp-Sik Youn
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Abstract
An apparatus to control static electricity in an inkjet printer, includes a feeding roller to convey paper being fed from a paper-feeding portion to be placed under a print head; a pinch roller to rotate in contact with the feeding roller; a holder on which a shaft of the pinch roller is rotatably supported; a frame made of a metallic material, to support the holder; and a ground member to ground the pinch roller to the frame, to control the static electricity occurring in the paper passing between the feeding roller and the pinch roller.
Claims11
An apparatus to control static electricity in an ink-jet printer, comprising:
- a print head;
- a paper-feeding portion from which paper is fed;
- a feeding roller to convey the paper being fed from the paper-feeding portion to the print head;
- a pinch roller to rotate in contact with the feeding roller, the pinch roller having a shaft;
- a holder, the shaft of the pinch roller being rotatably supported on the holder;
- a frame made of a metallic material, to support the holder;
- and
- a ground member to ground the pinch roller to the frame, to control the static electricity occurring in the paper passing between the feeding roller and the pinch roller.
An apparatus, comprising:
- first and second rollers to rotate in contact with each other to convey a printing medium;
- a frame made of a metallic material, to support the rollers;
- and
- a ground member to ground the second roller to the frame, to control static electricity occurring in the paper passing between the first and second rollers.
A printer comprising:
- a print head to print an image on a printing medium;
- and
- first and second rollers to rotate in contact with each other to convey the printing medium to the print head, static electricity being generated in the printing medium when passing between the first and second rollers,
- the static electricity being removed from the printing medium before being conveyed to the print head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.