US 10,328,731 B2Granted

Printer for printing objects

AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG

InventorsSandra Klocke, Peter Isaak, Albrecht Schierholz

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Abstract

A printer for printing objects for marking electrical components, having a housing, a printing space formed inside of the housing, a printing device, a receiving device for a replaceable magazine for receiving the object to be printed, a control and evaluation unit, and an input and display device, wherein the receiving device can move between a loading and unloading position outside of the printing space and a printing position inside of the printing space. The printer has lower and upper housing parts, wherein the printing space, the printing device, the receiving device, and the control and evaluation unit are arranged in the lower housing part. A tablet computer is pivotably attached on the top side of the upper housing part, whereby the tablet computer can be locked in an upwardly pivoted position, and the upper housing part is mounted to pivot about a rotational axis on the lower housing part.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A printer for printing objects for marking electrical components, comprising:

a housing enclosing a printing space,
a printing device in the printing space,
a receiving device for a magazine for receiving an object to be printed,
a control and evaluation unit, and
an input and display device,
wherein the receiving device is movable between a loading and unloading position outside of the printing space and a printing position inside of the printing space,
wherein the housing has a lower housing part and an upper housing part,
wherein the printing space, the printing device, the receiving device, and the control and evaluation unit are arranged in the lower housing part,
wherein a tablet computer is provided as the input and display device and is pivotably attached on a top side of the upper housing part so as to be able to pivot about a rotational axis,
wherein means for locking the tablet computer in an upwardly pivoted position is provided, and
wherein the upper housing part is pivotably mounted on the lower housing part to be able to pivot about a second rotational axis.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/410,216Filed 19 Jan 2017
Priority: DE 10 2016 101 11122 Jan 2016
Published: US 2017/0210156 A127 Jul 2017
Granted: 25 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B41J 29/38
Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for: drives, motors, controls or automatic…
B41J 2/32
Characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material: using thermal heads
B41J 3/36
Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed: for portability , i.e.…
B41J 3/407
Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed: for marking on special material