Patent ID: 7565855

Claim:
A sales slip printer with a cutting apparatus ( 16 ) and an output channel ( 12 ) with an upper portion for segments ( 26 ) separated from a continuous paper strip ( 14 ), wherein the cutting apparatus ( 16 ) initially cuts and then abscises the continuous paper from the side edges, whereby a movable knife that is perpendicular to the surface of the continuous paper strip and with a V-formed blade is provided on the one side of the continuous paper strip and an opposing blade edge on the other side of the continuous paper strip, said printer comprising: a stacking tray ( 24 ) located behind the upper portion of the output channel ( 12 ) for receiving the segments ( 26 ) separated from the continuous paper strip ( 14 ), the stacking tray being separated from the output channel the upper portion of the output channel ( 12 ) by projections ( 28 ) extending a short distance inwardly from side edge areas of the output channel ( 12 ), and a slide ( 30 ) reciprocating with said V-formed blade for pushing and flexing the segments between and past the opposed projections and into the tray such that the segments will not return to the cutting apparatus.