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US 2004/0202500 A1Published application
Carriage rod and media support
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWesley Ryan Schalk, William T. Stephenson
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Abstract
A carriage rod and media support system in a printing mechanism comprises a platen including a carriage rod support and a print media support.
Claims23
a carriage rod and media support system in a printing mechanism, comprising:
- a platen including a carriage rod support and a print media support.
A printer, comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- a platen secured to said chassis, said platen including a chassis support, a carriage rod support and a print media support.
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A printer comprising:
- a chassis;
- a platen secured to said chassis, said platen defining a print zone and including an upper surface having a plurality of chassis support tabs, a plurality of carriage rod support posts and a plurality of print media support ribs extending upwardly there from, wherein said chassis support tabs, said carriage rod support posts and said print media support ribs are manufactured on said platen as one integral structural unit;
- a carriage rod mounted on said carriage rod support posts and defining a carriage rod axis positioned perpendicular to a print media travel axis that extends through said print zone;
- and
- a carriage assembly mounted on said carriage rod, wherein said carriage assembly includes a print head positioned a predetermined distance from said media support ribs in said print zone.
2 more elements
A carriage rod and media support system in a printing mechanism, comprising:
- a platen including means for supporting a carriage rod and means for supporting a print media.
A carriage rod and media support system in a printing mechanism, comprising:
- a platen including as an integral structural unit a carriage rod support and a print media support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.