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US 9,751,339 B2Granted
Anti-jamming device for printing apparatuses with stacker
AssigneeCustom S.P.A.
InventorAlberto Campanini
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Abstract
It is disclosed an anti-jamming device for a printing apparatus with stacker, for lottery or betting terminals, with a path of a continuous strip of paper, a printing device for printing a document on the strip, a cutting device for separating the document from the strip, a movement device for moving the document laterally to a stacking zone, a movable portion that bounds the path and is moved from the strip in the event of a jam, moving the portion causing printing to be stopped.
Claims11
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a path for a continuous strip;
- a printing device for printing a document on the strip;
- a cutting device for separating the document from the strip when the document is in a cutting position;
- a movement device for moving the document from said cutting position to a stacking position, said movement device comprising a pusher that moves the document laterally from said cutting position to said stacking position;
- an anti-jamming device comprising a movable portion that can adopt a normal position, in which it is arranged on one side of a part of said path, and an anomalous position, in which it is moved away from said part of said path, a movement of said movable portion from said normal position to said anomalous position being caused by a push of the strip that is deformed laterally because of an irregularity on said path;
- a control arrangement for stopping the advancement of the strip and stopping said printing device when said movable portion adopts said anomalous position.
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A printing method comprising the steps of:
- printing a document on a strip that advances along a path by means of a printing device;
- separating the document from the strip by means of a cutting device;
- moving the document to a stacking position by means of a pusher that moves the document laterally to said stacking position;
- interrupting an advancement of the strip and stopping said printing device if a movement is detected of a movable portion that is arranged adjacent to a part of said path arranged downstream of said cutting device, said movement being caused by the push of the strip that is deformed laterally because of an irregularity on said path.
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A printing apparatus comprising:
- a path for a continuous strip;
- a printing device for printing a document on the strip;
- a cutting device for separating the document from the strip when the document is in a cutting position;
- a movement device for moving the document from said cutting position to a stacking position, said movement device comprising a pusher that moves the document laterally from said cutting position to said stacking position, said pusher being arranged in contact on a face of the document for pushing in a direction that is transverse to said face, said pusher having a reciprocating motion with an outward stroke to move the document laterally to said stacking position and a return stroke for returning to a position that is suitable for moving the next document laterally;
- an anti-jamming device comprising a movable portion that can adopt a normal position, in which it is arranged on one side of a part of said path, and an anomalous position, in which it is moved away from said part of said path, a movement of said movable portion from said normal position to said anomalous position being caused by the strip that is deformed laterally because of an irregularity on said path;
- control arrangement for stopping the advancement of the strip and stopping said printing device when said movable portion adopts said anomalous position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.