Methods and apparatus for seperating perforated paper stock in a printer

A method for bursting perforated paper stock , comprising: feeding perforated paper stock in a feed direction along a paper path 40' in a printer 10; the perforated paper stock having sections separated by perforations; accumulating one of the sections of the perforated paper stock in a loop ar...

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Hauptverfasser: WEEKS, DAVID E, HARRIS, BRUCE, HILSDORF, STEVEN P
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method for bursting perforated paper stock , comprising: feeding perforated paper stock in a feed direction along a paper path 40' in a printer 10; the perforated paper stock having sections separated by perforations; accumulating one of the sections of the perforated paper stock in a loop area 20; reversing the feed direction to draw a perforation of the accumulated section against a burst element 22 causing bursting of the perforation thereby separating the section from the perforated paper stock ; and advancing the separated section out of the loop area 20 and dispensing the section from the printer 10.