Loader for a printer for printing flat articles and printer provided with such a loader

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6647871
APP PUB NO 20030116039A1
SERIAL NO

10022441

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A loader (1) for a printer for printing flat articles (2), this loader (1) which delimits a storage magazine (9) for the articles in the stacked condition being provided internally with a pivoting member (4) arranged to hold the articles (2) in bearing contact with a drive element (5) for discharging the articles (2) to be printed through an opening (7) provided in a wall of the magazine (1). This loader (1) is characterized in that the pivoting member (4) is provided with a counterweight (6) to form an assembly exerting a substantially constant bearing force on the article or articles (2) to be printed, this forced being self-positioning in the course of emptying the loader by moving along one of the articles to be printed in a direction generally opposite to the direction of expulsion of the articles from the loader.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • ZIH CORP.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Morand, Nicolas La Varenne, FR 16 89

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