Platen holder
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPau Martin, Ricardo Sanchis, Alberto Arredondo, Eduardo Martin, Alejandro Puente
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Abstract
In one example, a platen holder includes a surface to support a platen and a clamp to clamp the platen to the surface. The clamp includes a jaw and an actuator to open and close the jaw. The jaw and the actuator located below a plane of the surface and the jaw movable at the urging of the actuator between an open position in which the platen may be placed on or removed from the surface of the holder and a closed position to hold the platen against the surface.
Claims10
A platen holder, comprising:
- a surface to support a platen, the surface including multiple datum surfaces to position the platen in a vertical direction;
- a clamp to clamp the platen to the surface, the clamp having a jaw and an actuator to open and close the jaw, the jaw and the actuator both located completely below a horizontal plane on the datum surfaces and the jaw slidable at the urging of the actuator horizontally below the plane between an open position in which the platen may be placed on or removed from the surface and a closed position to hold the platen against the surface.
A platen holder, comprising:
- a surface to support a platen, the surface including multiple datum surfaces to position the platen in a vertical direction and the plane is a horizontal plane on the datum surfaces;
- a clamp to clamp the platen to the surface, the clamp having a jaw and an actuator to open and close the jaw, the jaw and the actuator both located below the horizontal plane and the jaw slidable at the urging of the actuator horizontally below the horizontal plane between an open position in which the platen may be placed on or removed from the surface and a closed position to hold the platen against the surface, and the jaw including multiple hooks slidable together to engage the platen when the jaw is in the closed position.
A platen assembly for supporting a substrate, comprising:
- a platen having first platen hooks and second platen hooks spaced apart from the first platen hooks, the first platen hooks and the second platen hooks facing a first direction;
- a chassis having first chassis hooks aligned with the first platen hooks and second chassis hooks spaced apart from the first chassis hooks and aligned with the second platen hooks, the first chassis hooks and the second chassis hooks facing a second direction opposite the first direction;
- the first chassis hooks movable together in the second direction between a disengaged position in which the first platen hooks and the first chassis hooks are not engaged and an engaged position in which the first platen hooks and the first chassis hooks are engaged to clamp a first part of the platen to a first part of the chassis;
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- the second chassis hooks movable together in the second direction between a disengaged position in which the second platen hooks and the second chassis hooks are not engaged and an engaged position in which the second platen hooks and the second chassis hooks are engaged to clamp a second part of the platen to a second part of the chassis.
A platen assembly for supporting a substrate, comprising:
- a platen having platen hooks facing a first direction;
- and
- a chassis having chassis hooks facing a second direction opposite the first direction, the chassis hooks movable together in the second direction between
- a disengaged position in which the platen hooks and the chassis hooks are not engaged and
- an engaged position in which the platen hooks and the chassis hooks are engaged together to clamp the platen to the chassis, and where:
- each platen hook includes a ramp;
- each chassis hook includes a ramp;
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- the ramp on each chassis hook engages the ramp on a corresponding platen hook when the chassis hooks are in the engaged position to exert a clamping force on the platen down against and along the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.