Display of size of paper stored in printer paper tray

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EP 0 923 003 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/28

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	16.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/24

(21)	Application number: 98304627.7

(22)	Date of filing: 11.06.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G03G 15/00, B65H 1/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

12.12.1997 KR 9768325

(71)	Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
	Suwon-city, Kyungki-do (KR)

(72)	Inventor:
	Choi, Sam-seuk 442-371 Paldal-gu, Suwon-city,Kyungki-do (KR)

(74)	Representative: Chugg, David John
	Appleyard Lees, 15 Clare Road Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2HY Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2HY (GB)

(54)	Display of size of paper stored in printer paper tray

(57) A display of the size of paper stored in a paper tray (30) of a printer is provided. The display includes at least one control plate (41) capable of sliding linearly in a predetermined direction, installed in the paper tray (30) to define the edges of the stored paper, a pulley wheel (46) capable of rotating around one point (45), in one side of the paper tray (30), and linear/rotary movement converting means for converting linear movement of the control plate (41) into corresponding rotary movement of the pulley wheel (46), in which a window (33) is provided in the paper tray (30) to show a portion of the pulley wheel (46), and paper size indicators are displayed in radially-divided regions of the pulley wheel (46) to show the paper size according to the position of the control plate (41). Thus, the size of the paper stored in the paper tray (30) can be seen from the outside, so that the paper tray (30) need not be opened to check the size of the stored paper.

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