Printer sound enclosure
AssigneeOutput Technology Corporation
InventorLouis Sims
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Abstract
A printer sound enclosure includes a perimeter wall defining a printer receiving compartment. A cover is positioned on the perimeter wall and is movable to permit access to the compartment for installing and operating a printer. An air duct is situated on the enclosure for open communication with an air vent on the printer housing. The air duct permits free passage of air for cooling purposes into or away from the printer housing. The air duct facilitates cooling of the printer components without requiring the use of an auxiliary fan on the enclosure. Sound reducing material is situated within the compartment and air duct to minimize sound emissions from the enclosure as the printer operates.
Claims7
A sound enclosure for a printer having a printer housing with a vent opening formed therein for cooling printer mechanisms within the housing, the sound enclosure comprising:
- an upright perimeter wall member defining a compartment adapted to encircle the printer;
- a cover member on the perimeter wall member adapted to cover the printer within the compartment;
- sound reducing means on at least one of the members for absorbing sound from the printer held within the compartment;
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- air duct means connected to one of the members and having an open outward end opening outwardly of the enclosure and an open inward end adapted to abut the printer housing about the vent opening for venting the printer to ambient atmosphere outside the sound enclosure.
A sound enclosure for a printer having a printer housing with a vent opening formed therein for cooling printer mechanisms within the housing, the sound enclosure enclosing:
- a substantially horizontal floor member for receiving and supporting the printer;
- an upright wall member having a bottom edge joined to and extending about the floor member to form a compartment for receiving the printer therein;
- a cover means for selectively closing the compartment and for permitting selection access to the printer held within the compartment;
- sound reducing means on the floor member and the peripheral wall for confining sounds produced by the printer held within the compartment to the area within the compartment;
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- duct means having an outer opening communicating with the ambient atmosphere outside the sound enclosure, and an inward opening adapted to be positioned adjacent the vent opening of the printer held within the compartment, for ventilating the printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.