Patent ID: 6929416
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: B41J,B65H,G07B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A printer having a cutting station for severing a sheet from a supply spool, said printer further including: a rotary cutter located in the cutting station having a fixed blade and a rotary blade mounted for rotation about a fixed axis; reversible drive means for rotating said rotary blade in a first direction between a start of cut position and an end of cut position wherein a sheet is severed from said spool and a second direction between said end of cut position and said start of cut position; a kicker element located in the cutting station upon a shaft so that said kicker element rides in contact with a sheet located in said cutting station; a one way clutch for mounting said kicker element to said shaft; and connecting means for coupling said shaft to said reversible drive means so that said kicker element moves freely upon said shaft as the rotating blade of the cutter rotates in said first direction and is locked to the shaft as the rotating blade moves in the second direction whereby the kicker element drives the severed sheet out of the cutting station.