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US 12,576,654 B2Granted
Food product scale and associated label stock justification assembly
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsAustin Knoblauch, Randall L. Redman, Robert Andrew Holmes, Ian D. Taylor
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Abstract
A printer includes a printer body including a cassette station, and a media cassette including a media supply hub for holding media supply roll, wherein the media cassette is engageable in a loaded position in the cassette station and is removable from the cassette station for the purpose of media replacement. The cassette station includes a media supply justification arm positioned for engaging with a side edge of the media supply roll when the media cassette is engaged in the loaded position.
Claims19
A printer, comprising:
- a printer body including a cassette station;
- a media cassette including a media supply hub for holding a media supply roll, wherein the media cassette is engageable in a loaded position in the cassette station and is removable from the cassette station for the purpose of media replacement;
- wherein the cassette station includes a media supply justification arm positioned for engaging with a side edge of the media supply roll when the media cassette is engaged in the loaded position;
- wherein the media supply justification arm is biased in a first axial direction outward from the cassette station and is movable in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction, when contacted by the media supply roll as the media cassette is moved into the loaded position.
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A printer, comprising:
- a printer body including a cassette station having an open cassette receiving side;
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- a media supply justification arm mounted to the printer body and positioned for engaging with a side edge of a media supply roll when a media cassette is engaged into a loaded position in the cassette station, wherein the media supply justification arm is mounted for movement on the printer body in an outward direction toward the open cassette receiving side and an inward direction away from the open cassette receiving side, wherein the media supply justification arm is mounted such that a bias is applied to urge the media supply justification arm in the outward direction and movement of the media supply justification arm in the inward direction will occur when a force sufficient overcome the bias is applied to the media supply justification arm.
A printer, comprising:
- a printer body including a cassette station;
- a media cassette including a media supply hub for holding media supply roll, wherein the media cassette is engageable in a loaded position in the cassette station and is removable from the cassette station for the purpose of media replacement;
- wherein the cassette station includes a media supply justification arm positioned for engaging with a side edge of the media supply roll when the media cassette is engaged in the loaded position;
- wherein media supply roll justification arm extends from a mount part to a stabilizing part;
- wherein the mount part is a mount collar that rides along a shaft, wherein the stabilizing part is a movable shaft that is supported for movement through a bearing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.