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US 11,833,843 B2Granted
Isolated print medium dispenser
AssigneeAsmpt Smt Singapore Pte. Ltd.
InventorJason Mark Edelstein
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Abstract
A printing machine includes a sliding carriage to provide isolation between internal volumes, to enable a print medium container to be exchanged without disrupting a print operation. Convective air flow between the volumes is maintained during normal operation.
Claims10
A printing machine comprising:
- a housing,
- a first internal volume within the housing, containing printing equipment for printing a print medium onto a workpiece, the printing equipment including a print head, a receptacle for a printing screen and a support for a workpiece,
- a second internal volume within the housing, and
- a shuttle adapted to retain a container of print medium, the shuttle being movable between the first internal volume and the second internal volume,
- wherein the housing comprises a carriage movable between a closed position and an open position, the carriage comprising a side wall,
- wherein the carriage is configured so that when the carriage is located at the closed position, the side wall of the carriage is located at a side of the second internal volume distal to the first internal volume to prevent external access to the second internal volume and, when the carriage is located at the open position, the side wall of the carriage lies intermediate the first internal volume and the second internal volume to provide at least partial isolation therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.