Home base for a mobile printing apparatus
OwnerGregory Michael Burke, Gary Alan Kneezelinventors
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Abstract
A mobile printing system includes a mobile printing apparatus including: a chassis; a first wheel rotatably mounted on the chassis; a second wheel rotatably mounted on the chassis; a first motor for rotating the first wheel; a second motor for rotating the second wheel; a first encoder for monitoring an amount of rotation of the first wheel; a second encoder for monitoring an amount of rotation of the second wheel; a photosensor array; and an array of marking elements disposed proximate the photosensor array; a printing region for the mobile printing apparatus; a home base including a cap configured to surround the array of marking elements; and a controller for controlling the operation of the mobile printing apparatus.
Claims20
A mobile printing system comprising:
- a mobile printing apparatus including:
- a chassis;
- a first wheel rotatably mounted on the chassis;
- a second wheel rotatably mounted on the chassis;
- a first motor for rotating the first wheel;
- a second motor for rotating the second wheel;
- a first encoder for monitoring an amount of rotation of the first wheel;
- a second encoder for monitoring an amount of rotation of the second wheel;
- a photosensor array;
- and
- an array of marking elements disposed proximate the photosensor array;
- a printing region for the mobile printing apparatus;
- a home base including a cap configured to surround the array of marking elements;
- and
- a controller for controlling the operation of the mobile printing apparatus.
The mobile printing system of claim 17 further including a flexible link for connecting between the replenishment station and the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.