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US 12,545,039 B2Granted
Printing devices with disengage-able output roller pinch
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKeith William Joseph Jariabka, Juan David Ramos, Peter J. Boucher, Brian Hemmerlin
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Abstract
An example printing device includes a print zone in which printing agent is deposited onto a print media. In addition, the printing device includes a first path extending through the print zone to an output roller pinch, and a second path extending into the printing device from the output roller pinch. The output roller pinch is to disengage to allow simultaneous advancement of print media along the first path and the second path.
Claims14
A printing device, comprising:
- a print zone in which printing agent is deposited onto a print media;
- a first path extending through the print zone to an output roller pinch;
- and
- a second path extending into the printing device from the output roller pinch;
- and
- a rocker assembly including a first wheel and a second wheel, wherein the second wheel is to engage with an output roller to define the output roller pinch, and wherein the rocker assembly is pivotable about an axis of rotation of the first wheel to move the second wheel away from the output roller to disengage the output roller pinch, and
- wherein the output roller pinch is to disengage to allow simultaneous advancement of print media along the first path and the second path.
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A printing device, comprising:
- a printing member to deposit printing agent onto a print media;
- an output roller pinch adjacent the printing member;
- a gate positioned between the printing member and the output roller pinch;
- a rocker assembly comprising a first idler wheel and a second idler wheel, wherein the gate is rotationally biased toward the first idler wheel, and wherein the second idler wheel is to engage with an output roller to form the output roller pinch;
- a first path extending from the printing member, along a first side of the gate, to the output roller pinch;
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- a second path extending from the output roller pinch, along a second side of the gate, wherein the second side of the gate is opposite the first side,
- wherein the output roller pinch is to disengage to allow a leading edge of a print media to advance along the first path as a trailing edge of the print media advances along the second path,
- wherein the rocker assembly is to pivot about an axis of rotation of the first idler wheel to separate the second idler wheel from the output roller to disengage the output roller pinch.
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A printing device, comprising:
- a printing member to deposit printing agent onto a print media;
- an output roller;
- a rocker assembly comprising a first wheel and a second wheel spaced from the first wheel;
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- a gate that is biased into engagement with the first wheel;
- wherein the rocker assembly is to pivot about an axis of rotation of the first wheel to selectively engage the second wheel with the output roller to form an output roller pinch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.