Back to results
US 5,709,486 AGranted
Printing device construction
AssigneeEsselte N.V.
InventorRobert Charles Lewis Day
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to a printing device having a baseplate with a flat base portion and upstanding elements. The flat base portion and upstanding elements are provided as a unitary part which may be formed from die casting, injection molding, outsert molding, or similar construction techniques.
Claims20
A printing device comprising:
- a baseplate having a substantially flat base portion and a plurality of upstanding elements positioned at predetermined locations on the base portion, wherein the base portion and the plurality of upstanding elements are together a single part of unitary construction;
- a printer mounted on at least one of said upstanding elements for printinq on a printinq substrate;
- a printing substrate support mounted on at least one of said upstanding elements for supporting a printing substrate;
- and
- a printing substrate advancement mechanism mounted on at least one of said upstanding elements for advancing a printing substrate through the printer.
2 more elements
A printing device which comprises:
- a cassette receiving bay;
- and
- a baseplate associated with the cassette receiving bay, said baseplate comprising a substantially flat base portion and a plurality of upstanding elements positioned at predetermined locations on said base portion, wherein the base portion and the plurality of upstanding elements are together a single part of unitary construction;
- and wherein the plurality of upstanding elements include a platen support element for supporting a rotatable platen.
1 more element
A printing device which comprises:
- a cassette receiving bay;
- and
- a baseplate associated with the cassette receiving bay, said baseplate comprising a substantially flat base portion and a plurality of upstanding elements positioned at predetermined locations on said base portion, wherein the base portion and the plurality of upstanding elements are together a single part of unitary construction, wherein the plurality of upstanding elements include:
- a platen support element for receiving a rotatable platen;
- a printhead support element for supporting a printhead;
- and
- at least one cassette support pin for supporting a cassette, which houses a recording medium on which an image is to be printed, at a predetermined spacing from the flat base portion of the baseplate.
4 more elements
A printing device which comprises:
- a cassette receiving bay;
- and
- a baseplate associated with the cassette receiving bay, said baseplate comprising a substantially flat base portion and a plurality of upstanding elements positioned at predetermined locations on said base portion, wherein the base portion and the plurality of upstanding elements are together a single part of unitary construction, and wherein the plurality of upstanding elements include a printhead support element adapted for supporting a rotatably mounted printhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.