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| 2C060 | HANDLING OF CONTINUOUS SHEETS OF PAPER | |
| B41J15/00 -15/24 | ||
| B41J15/00-15/02 | AA | AA00 COMMON MECHANISMS |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | |
| . Removal of static electricity | . Cleaning of paper | . Indexing of accumulated items | . Reorientation among continuous sheets of paper | . Mechanisms that add paper | . Feed-mechanism assembled as a unit | . . Mechanisms that rotate along with the cover | . Mechanisms that put on the paper or cover the paper, in order to protect the paper surface or the apertures in both sides of the paper. | . Others | ||||
| B41J15/04-15/14 | BA | BA00 CHARACTERISTIC LOCATIONS FOR PAPER SUPPLY |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA08 | BA09 | BA10 |
| . Roll paper supply devices | . . Supporting structures | . . . Structures that support outer peripheral surfaces | . . . Structures that support axles | . . Devices with detachable spools or axles | . . . Devices mounted on side panel grooves | . . Devices having roll paper stands | . . . Movable roll paper stands | . . Roll paper supply cassettes | . . Devices that detect remaining quantities | |||
| BA11 | BA12 | |||||||||||
| . Paper-supply guides | . . Paper-supply guides on paper entry openings | |||||||||||
| BB | BB00 CHARACTERISTIC LOCATIONS FOR PAPER-DISCHARGE |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | |
| . Folding-web paper discharge devices | . . Means for smooth accumulation | . . . Swing fins | . . . Feed rollers or tractors | . . . Devices making use of air currents | . . Devices whereby the bottom surface of the accumulated product receiving element opens and closes | . . Devices whereby there is a convex element on the bottom surface of the accumulated product receiving element (image 2) | . . Devices whereby the bottom surface of the accumulated product receiving element moves and down | . . Devices separate from or detachable from printers | . . Devices that detect full states of accumulated products | |||
| BB11 | BB12 | BB13 | BB14 | BB15 | BB16 | |||||||
| . Paper-discharge guides | . . Paper-discharge guides on paper entry openings | . . . Devices having cutting devices | . . Rotating devices | . . Detachable devices | . . Separators for preventing contact with supplied paper | |||||||
| BC | BC00 CHARACTERISTIC LOCATIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE MECHANISMS |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | |||||||
| . Roller positions | . . Printing elements | . . Upward flow positions | . . Downward flow positions | |||||||||
| BC11 | BC12 | BC13 | BC14 | BC15 | BC16 | |||||||
| . Roller functions | . . Driving rollers | . . . Reverse-feed rollers | . . Swinging rollers | . . . Devices with sets of driving rollers | . . . Bale rollers | |||||||
| BC21 | BC22 | BC23 | BC24 | |||||||||
| . Roller support structures | . . Paired structures | . . Skewering structures | . . Rollers supported on guides | |||||||||
| BC31 | BC32 | BC33 | BC34 | BC35 | BC36 | BC37 | BC38 | |||||
| . Attaching and detaching of rollers | . . Attaching and detaching means | . . . Manually operated levers | . . . Electromagnetic means | . . . Means based on cams | . . Timing of attaching and detaching | . . . Rollers that separate when paper is inserted | . . Attaching and detaching of rollers following interlocking with other mechanisms or operations | |||||
| BC41 | BC42 | BC43 | BC44 | BC45 | BC46 | BC47 | BC48 | BC49 | ||||
| . Guides that direct paper | . . Guides characterized by their configurations | . . . Guides characterized by their front end configurations | . . . Guides having notches or ribs | . . Positions of directing guides | . . . Positions on platen peripheries | . . . Directing toward platens or rollers | . . . Other positions | . . Guide bars | ||||
| BC52 | BC53 | BC54 | BC55 | |||||||||
| . . Movable directing guides | . . . Heads or carriages that move along with guides | . . . Guides that move in the direction of the paper feed | . . . Guides that move in the vertical direction on the paper surface | |||||||||
| BC61 | BC62 | BC63 | ||||||||||
| . Width-regulating guides | . . Variable-width guides | . . Width-regulating guides for the purpose of bias prevention | ||||||||||
| BC71 | BC72 | BC73 | ||||||||||
| . Guides that hold down paper | . . Guides that hold down paper on platens | . . . Sub-guides | ||||||||||
| BC81 | BC83 | BC84 | BC85 | BC86 | ||||||||
| . Mechanisms that guide other printer parts | . Mechanisms that makes use of air currents | . Mechanisms having a cutting device | . Mechanisms having pin tractors or sprockets | . Mechanisms transported by means of belts | ||||||||
| BC91 | BC92 | BC93 | BC94 | BC95 | BC96 | BC97 | BC98 | BC99 | ||||
| . Mechanisms for separating and peeling | . Mechanisms for vibration control and soundproofing | . Mechanisms associated with ink sheet feeding | . Mechanisms having detection means | . . End point detection means | . . Detection of the presence of paper | . . Bias (e.g. skew) detection | . . Detection of paper jams | . . Detection of other objects | ||||
| B41J15/16-15/24 | CA | CA00 DEVICES THAT TAKE UP ROLL PAPER |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | |||||||
| . Devices characterized by spool or axle structures | . . Devices attached to the paper edge | . . Devices whereby the spool or axle is detachable | ||||||||||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | |||||||||
| . Take-up drives | . . Devices that drive the outer periphery directly | . . Devices that drive axles | . . . Devices having sliding clutches | |||||||||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | ||||||||||
| . Devices that prevent reverse rotation | . Devices that engage with roll paper supply devices | . Cassettes | ||||||||||
| CB | CB00 TENSION MECHANISMS |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB05 | ||||||
| . Mechanisms comprised of two sets of feeding means | . . Excess-feeding mechanisms | . . . Devices having sliding clutches | . . Reciprocal feeding mechanisms | . . . Mechanisms having one-way clutches | ||||||||
| CB11 | CB12 | CB13 | CB14 | CB15 | ||||||||
| . Braking means | . . Braking by means of friction on the paper surface | . . . Friction between rollers and the paper surface | . . . Friction on the outer peripheral surface of the roll paper supply roll | . . Other braking means | ||||||||
| CB21 | CB22 | |||||||||||
| . Mechanisms that detect the amount of slack | . . Mechanisms that control feed after detection | |||||||||||
| CB31 | ||||||||||||
| . Mechanisms having tension arms | ||||||||||||
| CB41 | CB42 | |||||||||||
| . Mechanisms that cause relaxation | . . Mechanisms having a buffer chamber |