Printer with printhead assembly, clutch assembly, and printer ribbon transport assembly
AssigneeZIH Corp.
InventorsHSIN-CHIH CHEN, LAWRENCE E. SMOLENSKI, PATRICIA DORINEL BALCAN, JUNG ETHAN HOON LEE, RANDAL WONG, RICHARD ALAN KELLEY
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Abstract
A printer may include a printhead assembly, a clutch assembly, and/or a printer ribbon transport assembly. An example clutch assembly includes a first spool engagement member defining a first friction torque; a first friction member configured to frictionally engage the first spool engagement member; a second spool engagement member defining a second friction torque that is larger than the first fiction torque; and a second friction member configured to frictionally engage the second spool engagement member.
Claims14
A clutch assembly comprising:
- a first spool engagement member defining a first friction torque;
- a first friction member configured to frictionally engage the first spool engagement member;
- a second spool engagement member defining a second friction torque that is larger than the first friction torque;
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- a second friction member configured to frictionally engage the second spool engagement member.
A clutch assembly comprising:
- a first spool engagement member defining a first diameter;
- a first friction member configured to frictionally engage the first spool engagement member;
- a second spool engagement member defining a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter;
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- a second friction member configured to frictionally engage the second spool engagement member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.