US 12,240,257 B2Granted

Accessory device

AssigneeCOLOP Digital GmbH

InventorCedric Heinl

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Abstract

An accessory device is for an electronic marking device. The accessory device has a connection device for releasably connecting to an electronic marking device, and the accessory device has a stop for limiting movement of a document transversely to a printhead of a connected electronic marking device. A deflecting mechanism deflects the document, and the stop and the deflecting mechanism are arranged on different sides of the printhead of the connected electronic marking device. An electronic marking device includes a printhead, a movement detector, and a controller. The controller is connected to the movement detector and to the printhead and is configured to actuate the printhead in order to print a document when movement of the electronic marking device over the document is detected by the movement detector. The electronic marking device has a stop for limiting movement of the document transversely to the printhead.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An accessory device for an electronic marking device for printing on a support, the accessory device comprising:

an attachment mechanism for releasable attachment to the electronic marking device and an opening for exposing a printing head of the electronic marking device;
a plurality of abutments, including a first abutment, a second abutment, and a third abutment for limiting a displacement of the support transversely to a direction of printing;
a deflector for deflecting the support in a direction which differs from the direction of printing, wherein the first abutment and the deflector are arranged on different sides of the opening and the direction of printing runs from the first abutment, under the opening, to the deflector;
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wherein the second abutment is configured to limit the displacement of the support transversely to the direction of printing before a deflection of the support at the deflector, and the third abutment is configured to limit the displacement of the support transversely to the direction of the printing head after the deflection of the support at the deflector.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.