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US 10,315,439 B2Granted
Transmissions with retention noses
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorAsa Weiss
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Abstract
In an example, a transmission may include a driven gear attached to a module housing of the imaging module. Further, the transmission may include a retention nose fixed or attached to the module housing. The retention nose may engage with a retention shelf of a drive housing and may retain the module housing to the drive housing such that the driven gear is operably engaged with a drive gear attached to the drive housing.
Claims15
A transmission for an imaging module, comprising:
- a driven gear disposed in a module housing of the imaging module;
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- a retention nose fixed to the module housing to engage with a retention shelf of a drive housing, the retention nose to retain the module housing to the drive housing such that the driven gear is operably engaged with a drive gear attached to the drive housing.
An imaging module, comprising:
- a module housing;
- a transmission having a driven gear and a gear train disposed in the module housing;
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- a retention nose extending from the module housing adjacent to the driven gear, the retention nose to extend from the module housing so as to mate with a retention shelf of a drive housing having a drive gear with which the driven gear is to operably engage.
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An imaging device, comprising:
- a printer having a module bay;
- a printer transmission having a drive gear engaged with a drive housing, the drive gear disposed in the module bay;
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- a duplexer module to detachably engage with the module bay, the duplexer module comprising:
- a module housing having a retention nose extending from the module housing towards an engagement direction of the duplexer module with the module bay;
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- a transmission having a driven gear attached to the module housing to engage with and be driven by the drive gear,
- wherein the retention nose is to latch on to a retention shelf of the drive housing upon the duplexer module being loaded into the module bay.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.