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US 8,783,680 B2Granted
Paper output structure of printer
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsWen-Chung Lo, Pan-Chih Liu, Chang-Hsiu Wu
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Abstract
A paper output structure includes a printer enclosure and a paper output extending device. The paper output extending device includes a pivot shaft, a drive gear, and a toothed bar which is capable of internal telescopic extension by means of a drive gear which includes a great gear portion and a first small gear portion. A printed sheet of paper is slightly stretched so as to be dropped uncrinkled and perfectly flat into the output tray.
Claims19
A paper output structure of a printer, comprising:
- a printer enclosure;
- and
- a paper output extending device comprising a pivot shaft pivotally mounted to the printer enclosure, a drive gear mounted on the pivot shaft, and an extending teeth bar;
- the drive gear comprises a great gear portion and a first small gear portion;
- the extending teeth bar comprises a first teeth bar configured to engage the first small gear portion and a second teeth bar slidably mounted to the first teeth bar;
- the second teeth bar is configured to engage the great gear portion;
- the pivot shaft is configured to drive the great gear portion and the first small gear portion to rotate along a rotation direction;
- and the second teeth bar is configured to slide relative to the first teeth bar when the pivot shaft is driven to rotate.
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A paper output structure of a printer, comprising:
- a printer enclosure, the printer enclosure comprises a bottom panel and two side panels extending from the bottom panel;
- and
- a paper output extending device, the paper output extending device comprises a pivot shaft pivotally mounted between the two side panels, a drive gear mounted on the pivot shaft, and an extending teeth bar mounted between the pivot shaft and the bottom panel;
- the drive gear engages the extending teeth bar;
- and the drive gear is configured to drive the extending teeth bar to move to support a paper which moves out of the paper out put structures;
- wherein the drive gear comprises a great gear portion and a first small gear portion;
- the extending teeth bar comprises a first teeth bar engaging the first small gear portion and a second teeth bar slidably mounted to the first teeth bar;
- the second teeth bar engage the great gear portion;
- the pivot shaft is configured to drive the great gear portion and the first small gear portion to rotate along a rotation direction;
- the second teeth bar is configured to slide relative to the first teeth bar when the pivot shaft is driven to rotate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.