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US 6,659,668 B2Granted
Printer access door and method of using same
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsTod A. Kinsley, Peter G. Hwang, Richard E. Berriman
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Abstract
An ink-jet printer including a housing having an access door and a web. The web includes a first pair of hinge elements pivotally connecting the web and the housing and a second pair of hinge elements pivotally connecting the web and the access door, wherein the first pair of hinge elements and the second pair of hinge elements cooperate for relative movement of the access door toward and away from the housing.
Claims14
An ink-jet printer, comprising:
- a housing;
- an access door;
- a web, said web including a first pair of hinge elements pivotally connecting said web and said housing and a second pair of hinge elements pivotally connecting said web and said access door, wherein said first pair of hinge elements and said second pair of hinge elements cooperate for relative movement of said access door toward and away from said housing.
A method of affording access to printer components, comprising the steps of:
- providing a printer having a housing, an access door and a web, said web including a first pair of hinge elements and a second pair of hinge elements;
- pivotally connecting said first pair of hinge elements and said housing;
- and
- pivotally connecting said second pair of hinge elements and said access door.
1 more element
A printing device, comprising:
- a housing;
- an access door;
- a bar, said bar including a first pair of hinge elements connecting said bar and said housing and a second pair of hinge elements connecting said bar and said access door, wherein said first pair of hinge elements and said second pair of hinge elements allow rotational movement of the bar with respect to both said access door and said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.