Patent ID: 7172190
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A paper feeding mechanism for an inkjet printer, comprising: a drive gear, coaxially coupled to a shaft of a drive roller and adapted to transfer a sheet of paper to a printing zone; a feed gear, coaxially coupled to a shaft of a feed roller and adapted to align the sheet transferred from the drive roller; a discharge gear, coaxially coupled to a shaft of a discharge roller and adapted to discharge the sheet after the sheet has passed through the printing zone; a motor, adapted to supply rotation power to the shaft of the feed roller; and a power transfer unit, adapted to transfer a rotation power of the shaft of the feed roller to the drive gear and the discharge gear such that the drive gear and the discharge gear rotate in a constant direction regardless of a direction in which the feed gear rotates, the power transfer unit comprising: