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US 2016/0243856 A1Published application
Printing Apparatus
AssigneeCustom S.P.A.
InventorAlberto Campanini
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Abstract
An apparatus and a printing method for lottery or betting terminals are disclosed, wherein a printed document is separated from a continuous strip of paper and then moved sideways to a document stacking zone according to a direction that is transverse to the document, which, by passing above two lateral protrusions, undergoes the folding of two lateral edges that, after passing over the protrusions, return to a normal position owing to the elasticity of the paper.
Claims15
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing device for printing a document on a strip;
- a cutting device for severing the document from the strip when the document is in a cutting position;
- a shifting device for shifting the document laterally from said cutting position to a stacking position;
- at least one first protrusion arranged for interacting in contact with at least one first edge of the document when said shifting device shifts the document laterally from said cutting position to said stacking position such that the first edge is folded passing over said at least one first protrusion in the shift from said cutting position to said stacking position, to then have an elastic return after passing said at least one first protrusion;
- at least one movable wall arranged for maintaining the first edge of the document located in said stacking position pressed against said first protrusion.
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A printing method comprising the steps of:
- printing a document on a strip that advances;
- severing the document from the strip;
- shifting the document to a stacking position, in which at least one edge of the document is folded during said shift passing over at least one protrusion and having an elastic return after passing said protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.