Patent ID: 6139011
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
A printer having a facility for manually directing a printing medium along a printing medium path, the printer comprising:an external housing;a drive roller arranged about an axis of rotation for feeding a printing medium through a processing zone of the printer;a control member arranged about an axis of rotation, and movable between a first axial position in which the control member protrudes from said external housing so as to be manually actuable, and a second axial position in which the control member is retracted relative to the first axial position;a linkage mechanism coupled to the control member, such that when the control member is in the first axial position, the linkage mechanism stops further feeding of individual media into the printer; anda coupling mechanism selectively coupling the control member and the drive roller to translate rotational movement of the control member into rotational movement of the drive roller, said coupling mechanism being engaged when the control member is in the first axial position and disengaged when the control member is in the second axial position.