| US 7,556,257 B2 | ||
| Printer incorporating a sheet displacement mechanism having an array of spaced apart nozzles | ||
| David William Jensen, Balmain (Australia) | ||
| Assigned to Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales (Australia) | ||
| Filed on May 03, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/744,183. | ||
| Application 11/744183 is a continuation of application No. 10/986329, filed on Nov. 12, 2004, granted, now 7,222,845. | ||
| Application 10/986329 is a continuation of application No. 10/693875, filed on Oct. 28, 2003, granted, now 6,820,871. | ||
| Application 10/693875 is a continuation of application No. 10/309226, filed on Dec. 04, 2002, granted, now 6,648,321. | ||
| Application 10/309226 is a continuation of application No. 10/052424, filed on Jan. 23, 2002, granted, now 6,568,670. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. PR3153 (AU), filed on Feb. 19, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0206983 A1, Sep. 06, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 3/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 271—97 [271/98] | 3 Claims |
| 1. A printer comprising:
a support structure;
a feed arrangement positioned on the support structure and configured to feed an endmost sheet of print media from the stack
and including a movable pick-up assembly, the pick-up assembly having an array of spaced apart nozzles configured to direct
air on to respective locations along said topmost sheet so that said topmost sheet can be picked-up from the stack by moving
said pick-up assembly;
a pair of rollers configured to engage with said endmost sheet fed from said feed arrangement;
a printing station configured to print ink upon said endmost sheet engaged by said rollers; and
an air displacement mechanism connected to the nozzles to displace air out of some expulsion nozzles and into some other suction
nozzles, wherein
said array consists of a one dimensional array.
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