| US 7,520,603 B2 | ||
| Inkjet printer | ||
| Masaaki Tsuji, Wakayama (Japan); Hiroomi Kondou, Wakayama (Japan); Noboru Michiue, Wakayama (Japan); Keiichi Yamamoto, Wakayama (Japan); Yasuto Nakai, Wakayama (Japan); and Mitsuru Yasuda, Wakayama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/255,186. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-312507 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2004; application No. 2004-312545 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2004; application No. 2004-312567 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2004; application No. 2004-312587 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2004; application No. 2004-312602 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2004; application No. 2004-312630 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2004; application No. 2004-312669 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2004; application No. 2004-324139 (JP), filed on Nov. 08, 2004; application No. 2004-324141 (JP), filed on Nov. 08, 2004; and application No. 2004-324143 (JP), filed on Nov. 08, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0087546 A1, Apr. 27, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B41J 13/08 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B65H 3/44 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—104 [400/608.1] | 2 Claims |
| 1. An inkjet printer comprising:
first to n-th paper storages in each of which a sheet or sheets of printing paper are set, where n is a natural number larger
than 1;
first to n-th upstream transport lines, associated with the first to n-th paper storages, respectively, for individually pulling
the sheet of printing paper out of the first to n-th paper storages and transporting the pulled-out sheet of printing paper;
a printing part for printing on the printing surface of the sheet of printing paper transported;
a single downstream transport line for transporting the sheet of printing paper to the printing part; and
a paper carrier having a gripping member reciprocable between any of first to n-th receive points corresponding to the downstream
ends of the first to n-th upstream transport lines, respectively, and a forwarding point corresponding to the upstream end
of the downstream transport line by means of a moving mechanism,
wherein the paper carrier is configured so that the gripping member receives and grips, at one of the first to n-th receive
points, the sheet of printing paper transported from the associated upstream transport line, the moving mechanism moves the
gripping member from said one receive point to the forwarding point and the gripped sheet of printing paper is forwarded at
the forwarding point to the downstream transport line;
wherein the first to n-th upstream transport lines are arranged one above another and configured to transport the sheet of
printing paper with the printing surface up,
the downstream transport line is located above the first to n-th upstream transport lines and configured to transport the
sheet of printing paper with the printing surface up in the direction opposite to the direction of transport in the upstream
transport lines, and
the paper carrier is configured so that the gripping member receives and grips, at one of the first to n-th receive points,
the sheet of printing paper transported from the associated upstream transport line, the moving mechanism moves the gripping
member from the receive point to the forwarding point located above the receive point and the gripped sheet of printing paper
is forwarded at the forwarding point to the downstream transport line in the direction opposite to the direction of movement
of the sheet of printing paper during receipt thereof.
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