Media handling system assembly
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRicardo Sanchis Estruch, Daniel Gonzalez Perello, Joaquim Brugue Garvi, Pol Morral, Marcel Llorach
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Abstract
An assembly of a large format media handling system comprises a planar cross structure, and a support structure, the support structure including two side supports, wherein the two side supports extend perpendicularly to the cross structure and are connected to the cross structure at respective side edges of the side supports. A tensioning component is associated with each of the side supports, wherein the tensioning component transmits a tensioning force between the cross structure and the side edges of the side supports in a direction parallel to the side supports.
Claims20
An assembly of a large format media handling system, the assembly including:
- a planar cross structure of a support structure, the support structure further including two side supports, wherein the two side supports extend perpendicularly to the cross structure and are connected to the cross structure at respective side edges of the side supports, the two side supports comprising both fixed and adjustable references, the cross structure contacting both the fixed and, after adjustment, the adjustable references;
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- a tensioning component associated with each of the side supports, wherein the tensioning component transmits a tensioning force between the cross structure and the side edges of the side supports in a direction parallel to the side supports.
A method of assembling a support structure of a media handling system, the support structure comprising a cross structure and two side supports, the method comprising:
- positioning the cross structure relative to the side supports whereby the cross structure is supported by side edges of the side supports and extends between the two side supports perpendicularly thereto;
- with the cross structure in contact with a number of fixed references on the side supports, applying a force to impart a torsional movement to the cross structure so that the cross structure contacts an additional fixed reference on the side supports;
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- fixing the cross structure to the side supports wherein fixing the cross structure includes applying a tensioning force between the cross structure and the side edges of the side supports in a direction parallel to the side supports.
An assembly of a large format media handling system, the assembly comprising:
- a cross beam;
- a support structure including two side plates, wherein the two side plates extend perpendicularly to the cross beam and are connected to the cross beam at respective side edges of the side plates;
- a tensioning profile associated with each of the side edges of the side plates, wherein each tensioning profile is disposed in a recess in the cross beam and the cross beam is fixed to the tensioning profiles;
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- screws inserted into the cross beam from a side opposite to the side plates, wherein the screws are threaded into the tensioning profile to pull the side plates towards the cross beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.