Convertible printed product collecting assembly
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorBladimir de la Hoz Matveeva
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Abstract
A convertible printed product collecting assembly (10) includes a collecting fabric (11) rolled on a rotatable fabric bearing rod. Supporting legs (13) have a lower end tiltably connected to a printer (18) and are tillable in the collecting fabric's longitudinal direction. A tensioning and locking mechanism (15, 16) is arranged to release or to lock the fabric bearing rod to rotate. Stabilizing brackets (14) secure the supporting legs (13) in at least one tilting angle. The tensioning and locking mechanism (15, 16) is operable to tension and to hold the collecting fabric (11) in a flat, tensioned shape when in the locking state so as to provide a receiving desk for the printed product. Further, the collecting fabric (11) forms a collecting bag when unreeled from the fabric bearing rod.
Claims15
A convertible printed product collecting assembly comprising:
- a collecting fabric having a longitudinal and a transversal direction, the collecting fabric fixed at a first end in the longitudinal direction to and rolled on a rotatable fabric bearing rod extending in the transversal direction of the collecting fabric, the collecting fabric fixed at a second end to a transversal fixation rod, wherein the collecting fabric is to receive a printed product from a printer output;
- supporting legs to tiltably connect to a printer and tiltable in the longitudinal direction of the collecting fabric;
- stabilizing brackets coupled to the supporting legs;
- and
- a tensioning and locking assembly associated to the fabric bearing rod to release the fabric bearing rod to rotate in a releasing state and to lock the fabric bearing rod against rotation in a locking state,
- wherein a first rod of the fabric bearing rod with the associated tensioning and locking assembly and the transversal fixation rod is connected to and supported by upper ends of the supporting legs, and a second rod of the fabric bearing rod with the associated tensioning and locking assembly and the transversal fixation rod is to be arranged closer to the printer output than the first rod is,
- wherein the stabilizing brackets are to secure the supporting legs in at least one tilting angle in which the collecting fabric is at least partially unreeled from the fabric bearing rod,
- wherein the tensioning and locking assembly is operable to tension the collecting fabric and to hold the tensioned collecting fabric in a flat, tensioned shape when in the locking state,
- and wherein the tensioning and locking assembly is operable to release and unreel the collecting fabric from the fabric bearing rod to form a collecting bag.
A printer having a convertible printed product collecting assembly which comprises:
- a collecting fabric having a longitudinal and a transversal direction, the collecting fabric fixed at a first end in the longitudinal direction to and rolled on a rotatable fabric bearing rod extending in the transversal direction of the collecting fabric, the collecting fabric fixed at a second end to a transversal fixation rod, wherein the collecting fabric is to receive a printed product from a printer output;
- supporting legs to tiltably connect to a printer and tiltable in the longitudinal direction of the collecting fabric;
- stabilizing brackets coupled to the supporting legs;
- and
- a tensioning and locking assembly associated to the fabric bearing rod to release the fabric bearing rod to rotate in a releasing state and to lock the fabric bearing rod against rotation in a locking state,
- wherein a first rod of the fabric bearing rod with the associated tensioning and locking assembly and the transversal fixation rod is connected to and supported by upper ends of the supporting legs, and a second rod of the fabric bearing rod with the associated tensioning and locking assembly and the transversal fixation rod is to be arranged closer to the printer output than the first rod is,
- wherein the stabilizing brackets are to secure the supporting legs in at least one tilting angle in which the collecting fabric is at least partially unreeled from the fabric bearing rod,
- wherein the tensioning and locking assembly is operable to tension the collecting fabric and to hold the tensioned collecting fabric in a flat, tensioned shape when in the locking state,
- wherein the tensioning and locking assembly is operable to release and unreel the collecting fabric from the fabric bearing rod to form a collecting bag,
- wherein the supporting legs have a lower end connected by a hinge member mounted at a printer supporting base, the supporting legs being tillable by the hinge member in the longitudinal direction of the collecting fabric,
- wherein the hinge member is shaped to hold the supporting leg in at least one angular position tilted away from the printer supporting base,
- and wherein the upper end of the supporting leg is connected to support the fabric bearing rod with the associated tensioning and locking assembly or the transversal fixation rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.