Platen holder
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPau Martin, Ricardo Sanchis, Alberto Arredondo, Eduardo Martin, Alejandro Puente
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Abstract
In one example, a platen holder includes a surface to support a platen and a clamp to clamp the platen to the surface. The clamp includes a jaw and an actuator to open and close the jaw. The jaw and the actuator located below a plane of the surface and the jaw movable at the urging of the actuator between an open position in which the platen may be placed on or removed from the surface of the holder and a closed position to hold the platen against the surface.
Claims16
A platen holder, comprising:
- a surface to support a platen;
- a clamp to clamp the platen to the surface, the clamp having a jaw and an actuator to open and close the jaw, the jaw and the actuator located below a plane of the surface and the jaw movable at the urging of the actuator between an open position in which the platen may be placed on or removed from the surface and a closed position to hold the platen against the surface.
A platen assembly for supporting a substrate, comprising:
- a platen having platen hooks facing a first direction;
- and
- a chassis having chassis hooks facing a second direction opposite the first direction, the chassis hooks movable together in the second direction between
- a disengaged position in which the platen hooks and the chassis hooks are not engaged and
- an engaged position in which the platen hooks and the chassis hooks are engaged to clamp the platen to the chassis.
A method for installing a platen in a printer having a print bar over a chassis, the method comprising:
- moving the platen in under the print bar toward the chassis;
- and
- securing the platen to the chassis from below the platen.
A method for replacing a platen in a printer having a print bar over a chassis, the method comprising:
- releasing a first platen from the chassis from below the first platen;
- moving the first platen from under the print bar away from the chassis;
- moving a second platen in under the print bar toward the chassis;
- and
- securing the second platen to the chassis from below the second platen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.