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US 2021/0276347 A1Published application
Media cutter assembly and printer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorJaime Blanco Gabella
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Abstract
A cutter assembly for a printer comprises: an active cutter module to be arranged at a printer carriage, the active cutter module including a movable cutting blade and a transmission, a passive cutter module to be arranged opposite the active cutter module, with a print media path located between the active cutter module and the passive cutter module; and a drive component to be engaged and disengaged with the transmission.
Claims15
A cutter assembly for a printer, the cutter assembly including
- an active cutter module to be arranged at a printer carriage, the active cutter module including a movable cutting blade and a transmission,
- a passive cutter module to be arranged opposite the active cutter module, with a print media path located between the active cutter module and the passive cutter module;
- and
- a drive component to be engaged and disengaged with the transmission.
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A printer, including:
- a platen to support a print medium in a print zone;
- a print medium advance system to transport the print medium through the print zone in a media advance direction;
- a carriage to receive a print head, the carriage moving across the print zone in a scanning direction, the scanning direction perpendicular to the media advance direction;
- an active cutter module arranged at the carriage above the print zone, the active cutter module including a rotary cutting blade and a transmission, the transmission comprising a drive gear,
- a passive cutter module arranged opposite the active cutter module and below the print zone;
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- a linear rack extending across the print zone in the scanning direction and movable to be engaged and disengaged with the drive gear wherein,
- when the linear rack and the drive gear are engaged and the carriage moves in the scanning direction, the drive gear revolves on the linear rack and rotation of the drive gear drives the rotary cutting blade via the transmission.
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A printer, including:
- a platen to support a print medium in a print zone;
- a print medium advance system to transport the print medium through the print zone in a media advance direction, the print media advance system comprising a media transport roller;
- a carriage to receive a print head;
- an active cutter module arranged at the carriage above the print zone, the active cutter module including a rotary cutting blade and a transmission, the transmission comprising a drive roller,
- a passive cutter module arranged opposite the active cutter module and below the print zone;
- wherein the active cutter module is movable to engage and disengage the drive roller and the media transport roller wherein,
- when the drive roller and the media transport roller are engaged and the print medium advance system transports the print medium in the media advance direction, the drive roller is driven by the media transport roller and rotation of the drive roller drives the rotary cutting blade via the transmission.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.