Patent ID: 9688083
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B41J,B65H

Claim:
1. A printer, comprising: a printer head configured to print a document and configured to feed the document to an outlet through which the printed document is dispensed to be removed by a user; at least one passage through which the document is passed before being dispensed through said outlet; an occluding element arranged between said at least one passage and said outlet, said occluding element being rotatable around a hinge axis between a closed position, in which it closes said at least one passage, and an open position, in which it enables the document to exit through said at least one passage, said occluding element being rotatable around said hinge axis in an opening direction to said open position by a thrust exerted by the document exiting through said at least one passage, before being dispensed through said outlet; and an abutting arrangement that stops rotation of said occluding element around said hinge axis in a closing direction opposite said opening direction, said abutting arrangement stopping rotation of said occluding element at said closed position; wherein said occluding element abuts against said abutting arrangement so as to close said at least one passage and protect the inside of the printer against the attempt to introduce objects through said outlet preventing undesired intrusion of objects inside the printer through said at least one passage, said intrusion being fraudulent or an act of vandalism or accidental because of an inattentive user who inserts a banknote, a card or a form into a wrong opening.