Media cartridge
AssigneeZebra Technologies Corporation
InventorsSteve Ting Kei Chow, Angel B. Rosales, Daniel V. Carroll, Edward Anthony Hackett
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Abstract
A media cartridge includes: a base including: a media chamber having a mouth, and a lower portion of a media outlet; first and second wings configured to support a media spool therebetween; and a cover connected between the first and second wings, and including: an upper portion of the media outlet, and a perimeter configured to engage the mouth of the media chamber, to suspend the first and second wings within the media chamber and place the upper portion of the media outlet adjacent to the lower portion of the media outlet.
Claims27
A media cartridge, comprising:
- a base including:
- a media chamber having a mouth, and
- a lower portion of a media outlet;
- a first wing and a second wing configured to support a media spool therebetween;
- and
- a cover rotatably connected to a first edge of the base by a first joint, the first wing and the second wing rotatably connected to a second edge and a third edge of the cover by a second joint and a third joint, respectively, and the cover including:
- an upper portion of the media outlet, and
- a perimeter configured to engage the mouth of the media chamber, to suspend the first wing and second wing within the media chamber and place the upper portion of the media outlet adjacent to the lower portion of the media outlet,
- wherein the base includes a side wall defining a window into the media chamber and at least one of the first wing and the second wing includes a block on an outer surface thereof, the block configured to engage with the window to lock the cover, the first wing, and the second wing to the base.
A media cartridge, comprising:
- a base including:
- a lower wall having an alignment ridge,
- a front wall extending from a first edge of the lower wall to a lower portion of a media outlet,
- a rear wall opposingly spaced from the front wall, the rear wall extending from a second edge of the lower wall, opposite the first edge, to an upper perimeter of the base, the rear wall defining a ledge in the upper perimeter,
- two opposingly spaced side walls extending from third and fourth edges of the lower wall, respectively, to the upper perimeter and extending between the front and rear walls, the lower wall, front wall, rear wall, and two side walls defining a media chamber, the upper perimeter defining an opening that is configured and dimensioned to receive media to be held within the media chamber;
- an identification circuit disposed on the alignment ridge;
- and
- a cover attached to the base via a joint along a portion of the upper perimeter formed by the rear wall, the cover configured to rotate about the joint to a closed position to engage the upper perimeter, the cover including an upper portion of the media outlet that aligns with the lower portion of the media outlet,
- the ledge is vertically aligned with the identification circuit and is exposed when the cover is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.