Patent ID: 6503009
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
A recording paper cutting mechanism comprising:a drive motor; a cutting mechanism including a fixed cutter and a movable cutter that moves along the fixed cutter; a rotatable spiral shaft having spiral grooves to shift the movable cutter; a rotatable paper feed roller that feeds recording paper toward the cutting mechanism; a swinging board that swings according to a revolving direction of the drive motor; a swinging gear fitted swingably to the swinging board, the swinging gear selectively transmitting a revolution of the drive motor to one of the spiral shaft and the paper feed roller according to a swinging direction of the swinging board; and a locking member that restrains the swinging of the swinging board when cutting the recording paper by turning the spiral shaft to shift the movable cutter along the fixed cutter.