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US 2019/0077167 A1Published application
Transmissions with retention noses
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorAsa Weiss
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Abstract
In an example, a transmission may include a driven gear attached to a module housing of the imaging module. Further, the transmission may include a retention nose fixed or attached to the module housing. The retention nose may engage with a retention shelf of a drive housing and may retain the module housing to the drive housing such that the driven gear is operably engaged with a drive gear attached to the drive housing.
Claims20
A module housing for an imaging module, comprising:
- a driven gear disposed in the module housing;
- and
- a retention nose fixed to the module housing and extending from the module housing in an engagement direction adjacent the driven gear.
An imaging module, comprising:
- a module housing to engage with a drive housing having a drive gear;
- a transmission having a driven gear disposed in the module housing;
- and
- a retention nose extending in an arc from the module housing over an exposed portion of the driven gear.
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An imaging device, comprising:
- a printer having a module bay;
- a printer transmission having a drive gear;
- and
- an imaging module to detachably engage with the module bay, the imaging module comprising:
- a module housing having a retention nose extending from the module housing;
- and
- a driven gear disposed within the module housing to engage with and be driven by the drive gear,
- wherein the retention nose is to engage with a retention shelf of the printer transmission upon the imaging module being engaged with the module bay.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.