Patent ID: 6089772
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
A printer comprising:a housing defining a media feeding portion and a media eject port, the housing being adapted to house a print engine for printing onto recording media;a base slideably receivable in the housing at a position laterally distanced from the media eject port, the base having at least a pair of recesses extending in a sliding direction of the base; anda pair of flaps each having at least one width portion corresponding to the lateral distance between the base and the eject port, each flap being hinged at a first edge into a corresponding recess of the base, each flap being biased in an upward direction via a spring which provides for angular motion of the flap relative to the base, whereby upon sliding action of the base out of the housing, the flaps are biased upward out of the recesses to a height corresponding to the position of the media eject port,wherein each flap includes a second edge, angled with respect to the first edge, andwherein, upon sliding action of the base into the housing, the second edge co-acts with the housing, folding the flap back into a corresponding recess of the base.