Patent ID: 6702493
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink jet apparatus having a print media feed path and a print media feed assembly, said feed assembly being arranged to feed print media having a width and a length in the direction of said media length along said feed path, said feed assembly including:a print media drive roller having a rotational axis extending substantially transverse to said feed path; first and second pinch wheels arranged to rotatably cooperate with said drive roller so as to grip said media therebetween at first and second respective locations spaced apart along said media width; and a roller element arranged to rotate independently of said pinch wheels about a rotational axis substantially parallel to said drive roller rotational axis, the roller element being located at a third location along said media width substantially immediately between end segments of said first and said second pinch wheels, the roller element being arranged to permit a predetermined amount of free displacement of said media toward said roller element in the region of the third location.