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US 2014/0210936 A1Published application
Portable printer and methods
AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation
InventorsJames A MAKLEY, John D MISTYURIK, Larri B WILLIAMS
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Abstract
This is disclosed a portable printer that is easy to load with an ink ribbon cartridge and record members web supplies, that is simple, has relatively few parts, is lightweight and has a small footprint.
Claims13
An ink ribbon cartridge for use in a printer for printing on a web of record members, the ink ribbon cartridge comprising:
- an ink ribbon cartridge frame capable of holding a supply of ink ribbon and spent ink ribbon, and
- a tear edge on the frame capable of tearing off the web.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a printer having a housing and a print head assembly with a print head and an ink ribbon guide plate adjacent the print head, an ink ribbon path for an ink ribbon from a supply roll into cooperation with the print head, about the ink ribbon guide plate and to a take-up roll the housing having a front portion and a back portion, wherein the ink ribbon guide plate is at the front portion of the housing, and
- adjusting the guide plate through the back portion of the housing while the ink ribbon is moving.
A printer for printing on a web of record members movable along a path, the printer comprising:
- a print head capable of printing on the record members,
- a web guide disposed upstream of the print head, the guide comprising a shaft, a pair of spaced side guide members, each of the side guide member including a hub portion received about the shaft, and
- a guide portion extending outwardly from the hub portion, each side guide member being selectively positionable on the shaft to accommodate record member webs of different widths, the shaft including at least one enlargement between ends of the shaft, and wherein the record member web is capable of being guided in relationship with the enlargement(s) and the hub portions.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a printer having a housing with an elongate slot extending to the exterior of the housing, and
- sliding a resilient bumper partially into and along the slot.
A printer, comprising:
- a housing,
- a support mounted on the housing,
- a print head mounted on the support and capable of printing on a web of record members,
- an ink ribbon cartridge received on the support, and
- a movably mounted guide for the web, the guide being movable between an open position and a closed guiding position, the guide being spring-urged to the open position to enable the ink ribbon cartridge to be received on the support, and the ink ribbon cartridge being engageable with the guide to the move the guide toward the closed position against the spring-urging.
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A printer comprising:
- a housing,
- a support movably mounted on the housing between operating and non-operating positions, the support being spring-urged to its non-operating position,
- a platen roll mounted on the housing, the support being located with respect to the platen roll in the operating position, and
- a print head yieldably mounted to the support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.