Carriage guide for inkjet printer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHaseeb Yusef, Yong K. Park
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Abstract
A carriage guide for a carriage of an inkjet printer includes a chassis including a first chassis sidewall and a second chassis sidewall spaced from the first chassis sidewall, and a carriage track extending between the first chassis sidewall and the second chassis sidewall. The carriage track forms at least two support surfaces configured to support the carriage for movement along the carriage track.
Claims34
A carriage guide for a carriage of an inkjet printer, the carriage guide comprising:
- a chassis including a first chassis sidewall and a second chassis sidewall spaced from the first chassis sidewall;
- and
- a carriage track extending between the first chassis sidewall and the second chassis sidewall,
- wherein the carriage track forms at least two support surfaces configured to support the carriage for movement along the carriage track.
The carriage guide of guide 13, wherein a first side of the first segment forms a first support surface and a second side of the first segment forms a second support surface, and wherein the second segment forms a third support surface.
A carriage for holding a print cartridge on a carriage track of an inkjet printer, the carriage comprising:
- a carriage shell adapted to receive the print cartridge;
- and
- a carriage base supporting the carriage shell and including a receptor groove configured to receive the carriage track, wherein the receptor groove has at least two contact surfaces configured to contact at least two support surfaces of the carriage track.
An inkjet printer, comprising:
- a carriage track including at least two support surfaces;
- and
- a carriage including a receptor groove configured to receive the carriage track and having at least two contact surfaces,
- wherein the at least two contact surfaces of the receptor groove contact the at least two support surfaces of the carriage track and support the carriage for movement along the carriage track.
A method of supporting a carriage of an inkjet printer, the method comprising:
- spacing a first chassis sidewall from a second chassis sidewall;
- extending a carriage track between the first chassis sidewall and the second chassis sidewall;
- and
- receiving the carriage track in a receptor groove of the carriage, including contacting at least two support surfaces of the carriage track with at least two contact surfaces of the receptor groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.