Rolled-paper feed unit for an image forming apparatus
First Claim
1. A rolled-paper feed unit for an image forming apparatus comprising:
- a movable body including a rolled-paper mounting portion, a paper feed means for reeling out and feeding rolled paper to a paper feed port disposed at the front of a main body of an image forming apparatus, and a rolled-paper cutting means for cutting the rolled paper reeled out and fed by said paper feed means into a cut sheet having a predetermined length;
a stationary frame holding said movable body vertically moved from an upper position, where the rolled paper is fed, to a lower retreated position where an operator can carry out certain operations; and
a movable body biasing means obliquely disposed between a bottom of said movable body and a bottom frame of said stationary frame for biasing said movable body toward said upper position.
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Abstract
The rolled-paper feed unit for an image forming apparatus of the present invention comprises; a movable body for reeling out and feeding rolled paper and for cutting the rolled paper into a cut sheet having a predetermined length; and a stationary frame which holds the movable body vertically moved from an upper position where the rolled paper is fed to a lowered retreat position where the operator is adapted to carry out certain operations. When feeding the rolled paper to the image forming apparatus main body, the movable body is held at the upper position. When resupplying cut paper to a cassette mounted on the image forming apparatus, or executing a jam processing or the like, the movable body is lowered.
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37 Claims
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1. A rolled-paper feed unit for an image forming apparatus comprising:
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a movable body including a rolled-paper mounting portion, a paper feed means for reeling out and feeding rolled paper to a paper feed port disposed at the front of a main body of an image forming apparatus, and a rolled-paper cutting means for cutting the rolled paper reeled out and fed by said paper feed means into a cut sheet having a predetermined length; a stationary frame holding said movable body vertically moved from an upper position, where the rolled paper is fed, to a lower retreated position where an operator can carry out certain operations; and a movable body biasing means obliquely disposed between a bottom of said movable body and a bottom frame of said stationary frame for biasing said movable body toward said upper position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A rolled-paper feed unit for an image forming apparatus comprising:
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a movable body for reeling out and feeding rolled paper and for cutting said rolled paper into cut sheet having a predetermined length; a stationary frame holding said movable body vertically moved from an upper position, where said rolled paper is fed, to a lower retreated position where an operator can carry out certain operations; a position regulating means at opposite sides in an axial direction of said rolled paper for upwardly regulating said movable body; a fixing means for fixing said movable body regulated upwardly to said stationary frame; wherein said movable body including; a rolled paper mounting portion, a paper feed means for reeling out and feeding said rolled paper to a paper feed port disposed at a front of a main body of an image forming apparatus, a rolled-paper cutting means for cutting said rolled paper reeled out and fed by said paper feed means into a cut sheet having a predetermined length. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A rolled-paper feed unit for an image forming apparatus comprising:
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a movable body for reeling out and feeding rolled paper and for cutting said rolled paper into a cut sheet having a predetermined length; a stationary frame holding said movable body vertically moved from an upper position, where said rolled paper is fed, to a lower retreated position where an operator can carry out certain operations; wherein said movable body including; a rolled paper mounting portion, a paper feed means for reeling out and feeding said rolled paper to a paper feed part disposed at a front of a main body of an image forming apparatus, a rolled-paper cutting means for cutting said rolled paper reeled out and fed by said paper feed means into a cut sheet having a predetermined length, a drive system for said rolled-paper cutting means, said drive system is connected to a drive means mounted on said stationary frame through a power transmission mechanism in which an engagement state is released with the downward movement of said movable body from the upper position. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A rolled-paper feed unit for an image forming apparatus comprising:
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a movable body for reeling out and feeding rolled paper and for cutting said rolled paper into a cut sheet having a predetermined length; a stationary frame holding said movable body vertically moved from an upper position, where said rolled paper is fed, to a lower restricted position where an operator can carry out certain operations; wherein said movable body including; a rolled paper mounting portion, a paper feed means for reeling out and feeding said rolled paper to a paper feed port disposed at a front of a main body of an image forming apparatus, a rolled-paper cutting means for cutting said rolled paper reeled out and fed by said paper feed means into a cut sheet having a predetermined length, one of said movable body and said stationary frame has a pair of vertically extending racks provided with a predetermined space therebetween, and the other of said movable body and said stationary frame has a pair of integrally rotatable pinions meshed with said racks. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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