Cutter module and method
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJoseba Ormaechea Saracibar, Angel Gistas Perez, Felix Ruiz Martinez
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Abstract
A cutter arrangement for media processing equipment, including a cutter module to be arranged on a shaft via a dedicated one of a number of transmission devices, at least one of the cutter module and the transmission devices comprising a registration feature to guide a user to arrange the cutter module on the dedicated one of the number of transmission devices.
Claims19
A cutter arrangement for media processing equipment, comprising:
- a cutter module to be arranged on a shaft via a dedicated transmission device,
- the cutter module and the dedicated transmission device comprising a registration feature to guide a user to arrange the cutter module on the dedicated transmission device;
- wherein registration feature comprises complementary geometries of the cutter module and the dedicated one of the transmission devices.
A printer comprising:
- a shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to a media advance direction of the printer;
- and
- a cutter module slidably arranged on the shaft via a transmission ring;
- wherein the cutter module and the transmission ring include mating registration features to guide a user to arrange the cutter module on the transmission ring.
A method of installing a cutter module on a shaft, wherein the cutter module comprises two module halves pivotally connected to each other, the method comprising:
- pivoting the two module halves relative to each other to enlarge an inner clamping space;
- aligning the cutter module relative to the shaft using a registration feature associated with at least one of the cutter module and the shaft, the registration feature providing feedback to a user to arrange the cutter module at a dedicated position along the length of the shaft;
- arranging the cutter module on the shaft, with the shaft extending through the inner clamping space;
- and
- pivoting the two module halves relative to each other to reduce the inner clamping space and latch the cutter module on the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.