Gimbaled monoclamps
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRobert Scott Beale, Robert Yraceburu, Elliott Downing, Matthew Douglas Reier
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Abstract
In some examples, a gimbaled monoclamp can include a housing including a first opening, a second opening, and a pivot point, a clamp disposed at least partially in the housing and including a first pad and a second pad to extend through the first opening and the second opening, respectively, and a pin extending through an opening in the clamp into the pivot point to couple the clamp to the housing in a gimbaled manner.
Claims15
A gimbaled monoclamp, comprising:
- a housing including a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening at a pivot point;
- a clamp disposed at least partially in the housing to support a first pad and a second pad and travel in a downward motion to transmit a force to a leading edge portion of a platform;
- the first pad and the second pad to extend through the first opening and the second opening, respectively;
- and
- a pin extending through an opening in the clamp into the pivot point to couple the clamp to the housing in a gimbaled manner.
A system, comprising:
- an advancement mechanism to drive a print medium into a stacking region;
- a clamping mechanism, including a gimbaled monoclamp positioned in the stacking region comprising:
- a housing including a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening at a pivot point;
- a clamp disposed at least partially in the housing to support a first pad and a second pad and travel in a downward motion to transmit a force to a leading edge portion of a platform;
- the first pad and the second pad to extend through the first opening and the second opening, respectively;
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- a pin extending through an opening in the clamp into the pivot point to couple the clamp to the housing in a gimbaled manner;
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- a controller to actuate the gimbaled monoclamp when the advancement mechanism transports a print medium into the stacking region.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions to cause a computing processor to:
- detect delivery of a print medium into a stacking region by an advancement mechanism;
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- actuate a gimbaled monoclamp to secure a portion of the print medium in the stacking region, wherein the gimbaled monoclamp includes a clamp disposed at least partially in a housing to support a first pad and a second pad;
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- travel in a downward motion to transmit a force from the clamp, through the first pad and the second pad, to a leading edge portion of a platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.