公开(公告)号：US4903598A

公开(公告)日：1990-02-27

申请号：US338083

申请日：1989-04-14

Applicant: Yousuke Kobayashi ,  Toshiaki Tohi

Inventor： Yousuke Kobayashi ,  Toshiaki Tohi

IPC: B41J13/22

CPC classification number: B41J13/223

Abstract: A paper clamping mechanism for clamping a sheet of printing paper on a drum-shaped platen of a printer is disclosed. The mechanism comprises a clamp member radially slidably mounted at its legs to the end surfaces of the platen, and a lever pivotted to the frame of the printer. The clamp member comprises a pressor which opposes an axial recess on the peripheral surface of the platen; the front end portion of a sheet of paper is held between the pressor and the recess during the printing operation, the clamp member being urged toward the axis of the platen by a spring. The clamp member further comprises an axially extending pin formed on a leg thereof. The lever is urged by a spring to a position at which it is stopped by a pin formed on the frame of the printer. An arm of the lever comes into contact with the pin on the leg of the clamp member when the clamp member is rotated with the platen. When the arm of the lever comes into contact with the pin on the clamp member rotated in the printing direction, the lever turns and yields upon contact; when, on the other hand, the arm comes into contact with the pin on the clamp member rotated in the reverse direction, the pin slides on the arm of the lever which is stopped by the stopper pin, so that the clamp member is raised from the platen to form a gap between the pressor and the recess on the platen.