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US 6,311,032 B1Granted
Alignment device and method for aligning input/output devices with printers
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsScott K. Carter, Jr., Kevin Falk
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Abstract
This invention relates to alignment devices for input/output devices to printers. Such structures of this type, generally, employ a locating foot that is attached to the input/output device which fits into a locating and referencing means on the underside of the printer stand or under—mounted input device.
Claims8
An alignment device for aligning an input/output device with a printer, wherein said device is comprised of:
- an input/output device having a locking means;
- a first alignment means hingedly attached to a lower end of said input/output device, wherein said first alignment means is comprised of a unitary base means, a pivot means located substantially within one end of the base means and operatively connected to said input/output device, and a base height adjustment means operatively connected to the other end of said base means;
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- a printer means, wherein said printer means is comprised of a second alignment means which interacts with the first alignment means and is further comprised of a receiving means for receiving said locking means.
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A method for separating and aligning an input/output device and a printer, wherein said method is comprised of the steps of:
- operating a releasing means located on a printer and/or an input/output device;
- separating said printer and said input/output device;
- rotating in a first direction a first alignment means which is hingedly attached to a lower end of said input/output device, wherein said first alignment means is comprised of a unitary base means, a pivot means located substantially within one end of said base means and operatively connected to said input/output device, and a base height adjustment means operatively connected to the other end of said base means;
- rotating in a second direction said first alignment means;
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- aligning said input/output device and said printer such that said first alignment means is guided by and interacts with a second alignment means located substantially on said printer.
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