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US 2018/0257890 A1Published application
Roller adapters
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRaimon CASTELLS, Aviv HASSIDOV, Marcos ARMINANA
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Abstract
An example roller adapter may comprise a cradle, a first roller rotatably disposed on a top side of the cradle, a second roller rotatably disposed on the top side of the cradle, and an alignment knob disposed on a base of the cradle. The first and second rollers may extend in a substantially parallel direction. The first and second roller may rotatably support a roll of flexible print media.
Claims15
A roller adapter, comprising:
- a cradle;
- a first roller rotatably disposed on a top side of the cradle;
- a second roller rotatably disposed on the top side of the cradle, wherein the first and second rollers extend in a substantially parallel direction;
- and
- an alignment feature disposed on a base of the cradle,
- wherein the first and second roller are to rotatably support a roll of flexible print media.
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A roller adapter, comprising:
- a frame;
- a first and second roller disposed within the cradle an extending in a substantially parallel direction,
- wherein the rollers are to receive and rotatably support a roll of flexible print media such that the flexible print media is continuously fed into an input path of an associated printer;
- and
- an alignment pivot disposed on an opposite side of the cradle from the rollers.
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A roller adapter system, comprising:
- a printer media table to receive a roll of flexible print media;
- a first roller adapter to removably engage with a top surface of the printer media table and comprising:
- a cradle;
- a first roller rotatably disposed on a top side of the cradle;
- a second roller rotatably disposed on the top side of the cradle, wherein the first and second rollers extend in a substantially parallel direction;
- and
- an alignment pivot disposed on a bottom side of the cradle, wherein the bottom side is substantially opposite from the first side,
- wherein the alignment pivot is to removably engage with a complementary pivot receptacle on the printer media table such that the roller adapter can rotate about the alignment pivot on the top surface of the printer media table.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.