A paper feeder for page printer

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EP 0 416 634 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.01.1992 Bulletin 1992/03

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	13.03.1991 Bulletin 1991/11

(21)	Application number: 90117220.5

(22)	Date of filing: 06.09.1990

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: G03G 15/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT NL

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Priority:

08.09.1989 JP 234080/89

(71)	Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
	Meguro-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Saito, Akihiro Tagata-gun, Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Schmitz, Hans-Werner, Dipl.-Ing. et al
	Hoefer, Schmitz, Weber Patentanwälte Ludwig-Ganghofer-Strasse 20 D-82031 Grünwald D-82031 Grünwald (DE)

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(54)	A paper feeder for page printer

(57) A paper feeder comprises a paper pick up mechanism (20), feeding rollers for receiving the paper supplied from the pick up mechanism (20) and transporting the paper to an image transfer position for a toner image formed on a photosensitive drum and rotated along with the photosensitive drum, a stepping motor (13) for driving the photosensitive drum and the feeding rollers, and drive pulse generator (14) for sequentially generating drive pulses to be supplied to the stepping motor (13). The paper feeder further comprises a paper feeding controller (FC) for controlling the operation of the paper pick up mechanism (20) in accordance with the number of the drive pulses generated from the drive pulse generator (14).

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