US 2024/0190147 A1 · Printer with Tabs to Secure Platen Roller Bushing

Abstract

An example printer including: a platen roller; a bushing connected to the platen roller, the bushing having a wing extending radially from the bushing; and a lower frame including: a channel to receive the platen roller in an operational position in which the platen roller is configured to feed media for a print head of the printer; an end piece defining an end of the channel, the end piece having an opening to receive the bushing when the platen roller is in the operational position; and a tab on the end piece, the tab positioned to interface with the wing of the bushing to secure the bushing in the opening such that the platen roller is maintained in the operational position within the channel.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving a platen assembly in a channel of a printer, the platen assembly including a platen roller and a bushing, the bushing connected to the platen roller, the bushing having a wing extending radially from the bushing, the bushing being received with an end piece defining an end of the channel;
and
rotating the bushing about an axis of rotation of the platen roller to move the bushing from an secured position in which the wing extends from the bushing at a first side of a tab on the end piece and a secured position in which the wing interfaces with the tab at a second side of the tab opposite the first side of the tab,
wherein the tab comprises an entry surface at the first side of the tab, the entry surface angled to guide the wing past the tab as the bushing rotates from the unsecured position to the secured position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Printer with Tabs to Secure Platen Roller Bushing

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Printer with Tabs to Secure Platen Roller Bushing

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Abstract

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