Patent ID: 7681876
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a sheet media transport mechanism for transporting sheet media past a printhead; a pick-up roller arranged to be rotated so as to contact and pick-up sheet media from a supply of sheet media and deliver the picked sheet media to the sheet media transport mechanism; a gear assembly for communicating a driving force of a motor to the pick-up roller so as to rotate the pick-up roller; and a pick-up device mounted to the printer so as to pivot relative to the supply of sheet media, the pick-up device comprising the motor, pick-up roller and gear assembly which are arranged so that as the pick-up roller picks the sheet media and the motor, pick-up roller and gear assembly are pivoted relative to the supply of sheet media, wherein a first gear of the gear assembly is directly coupled with a second gear of the gear assembly which is concentric with the pick-up roller, the first gear being configured to disengage from the second gear substantially at the point of delivery of a leading edge of the picked sheet media to the sheet media transport mechanism so as to cease communication of the driving force of the motor to the pick-up roller.