Patent ID: 8262089

Claim:
A depinching mechanism, for paper jam removal in printer, comprising: a frame; a star wheel assembly, located upon the frame; a transmitting device, disposed on the frame and located below the star wheel assembly, comprising: a shaft, rotatably fixed to the frame; a clutch, fixed and sleeving to the shaft; a rotating element, coupled to the clutch; a cam, located between the frame and the rotating element, wherein the shaft is coupled to the cam; and a plunger, movably disposed on the frame and located between the cam and the star wheel assembly with one end freely attached to the cam and another end freely attached to the star wheel assembly; and a sensor, disposed on the frame and located between the star wheel assembly and the transmitting device; wherein the star wheel assembly is lifted to a second position and lowered to a first position when the transmitting device is in a working status, and the star wheel assembly remains in the first position when the transmitting device is in an idle status.