Transport package for a wide format media roll
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorCornelis H.J. SLAATS
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Abstract
The present invention provides to a transport package for lifting and positioning a wide format media roll into or out of a printing system, comprising a deformable support body for supporting a bottom side of a media roll in a stabilized manner, a releasable securing member for releasably securing a first end of the support body to an attachment region of the support body, such that the support body forms a substantially closed loop around the media roll, and at least one carrying member provided at a second end of the support body and arranged for engaging lifting means for lifting the media roll. Additionally, a media roll assembly and a method for loading a media roll into a printing system are provided.
Claims15
Media roll assembly for use in a wide format printing system, comprising:
- a wide format media roll comprising a tubular core around which a print medium is wound;
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- a transport package for lifting and positioning the media roll assembly into or out of the printing system, which transport package comprises:
- a longitudinal, deformable support body;
- a releasable securing member for releasably securing a first end of the support body to an attachment region of the support body, such that the support body forms a substantially closed loop around the media roll, and which releasable securing member is arranged for opening the substantially closed loop of the support member for releasing the media roll;
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- at least one carrying member provided at the first and/or the second end of the support body and arranged for engaging lifting means for lifting the media roll assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.