Patent ID: 6773182
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A paper cassette in a printing device having a body, comprising:a cassette body connected to the body of the printing device; a supporting plate having a first end pivotally disposed in the cassette body to support printing paper and to move in a first state and a second state; a spring elastically supporting a side of the supporting plate relative to a bottom of the cassette body; a finger member disposed on the cassette body to limit a rising height of the supporting plate from the bottom of the cassette body and controlling the printing paper to be separated sheet by sheet; and a shock absorbing unit attached to the second and guiding a rising and lowering movement of the supporting plate between the first state and the second state by guiding a second end of the supporting plate, lessening a shock exerted on the finger member when the supporting plate stacked with the printing paper rises from a lowered state, and reducing a rising speed of the supporting plate that is raised by the spring.