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US 11,607,876 B2Granted
Media clamps with roller on a swingarm
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsArturo Ayala, Gene Jones, Robert Yraceburu
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Abstract
In an example, a clamp may include a chassis, a swingarm disposed on the chassis, a clamp wheel disposed on a first end of the swingarm to engage with a drag portion of the chassis, and an auxiliary bias member to exert a force against the clamp wheel to resist a rotation of the clamp wheel. The force may periodically increase in magnitude.
Claims19
A clamp, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a swingarm disposed on the chassis;
- a clamp wheel disposed on a first end of the swingarm to engage with a drag portion of the chassis;
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- an auxiliary bias member to, configured to be actuated by compression, thereby causing the auxiliary bias member to exert a force against the clamp wheel to resist a rotation of the clamp wheel.
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A media clamp, comprising:
- a swingarm pivotably disposed on a chassis;
- a clamp wheel disposed on a first end of the swingarm;
- a drag wheel disposed on the chassis adjacent to the clamp wheel;
- a clamp bias member to urge the swingarm in a pivoting direction relative to the chassis such that the clamp wheel is urged towards the drag wheel;
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- an auxiliary bias member configured to engage with a pressing component that periodically increases a magnitude of a force applied to the clamp wheel by the auxiliary bias member.
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The media clamp of clamp 9, further comprising a drag bias member to exert an inward torque on the drag wheel to resist an outward rotation of the drag wheel.
A media transporter, comprising:
- a track comprising a transport path;
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- a clamp to engage with the track to transport media along the transport path, comprising:
- a swingarm pivotably disposed on a chassis;
- a clamp wheel disposed on a first end of the swingarm;
- a drag wheel disposed on the chassis adjacent to the clamp wheel;
- a clamp bias member to urge the swingarm in a pivoting direction relative to the chassis such that the clamp wheel is urged towards the drag wheel;
- an auxiliary bias member to exert a force against the clamp wheel to resist a rotation of the clamp wheel, the force to periodically increase in magnitude;
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- a rib disposed along the transport path to deflect a portion of the auxiliary bias member to increase the force exert by the auxiliary bias member against the clamp wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.