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US 5,411,339 AGranted
Portable printer and cartridge therefor
AssigneeKroy Inc.
InventorsCasey K. Bahrabadi, Arthur J. Paulson
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Abstract
A thermal printing device having a print mechanism which includes a platen roller assembly in combination with a movable print head assembly. Further aspects of the present invention include a switch mechanism and a tape supply cartridge with switch activation/deactivation members for automatically facilitating adjustment of print parameters to match tape supply upon insertion of the cartridge.
Claims14
A thermal printing device comprising:
- a device housing;
- a cartridge receiving cavity for receiving a tape supply cartridge;
- a platen roller support post fixed relative to said device housing;
- a platen roller assembly including a platen roller disposed outside of said tape supply cartridge and rotatably mounted on said platen roller support post;
- and
- a print head movable toward and away from said platen roller between a print position and a non-print position, respectively.
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A thermal printing device comprising:
- a device housing;
- a cartridge receiving cavity for receiving a tape supply cartridge;
- a platen roller;
- a print head support post fixed relative to said device housing;
- a print head assembly including a print head rotatably mounted on said print head support post and rotatably movable between a print position and a non-print position;
- and
- a force transfer member rotatably mounted relative to said print head support post and having a first force transfer arm for rotating said print head toward said print position and a second force transfer arm for rotating said print head toward said non-print position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.