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US 6,896,430 B2Granted
Compliant belt attach
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorMartin R. Williams
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Abstract
A compliant belt attach assembly for use in a printer includes a belt attach and a drive belt having a drive lug. The belt attach defines a lug chamber for containing the drive lug of the drive belt. First and second drive bars are configured to contact the first and second sides of the drive lug to allow drive lug deformation in response to vibration transmitted by the drive belt.
Claims19
A compliant belt attach assembly, comprising:
- a printer carriage;
- a belt attach coupled to the printer carriage and defining a lug chamber;
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- first and second drive bars carried by the belt attach and configured to contact opposing first and second sides of a drive lug of a drive belt to allow drive lug deformation in response to vibration transmitted by the drive belt.
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A printer, comprising:
- a carriage;
- a compliant belt attach assembly, comprising:
- a belt attach comprising a fastener to connect the belt attach to the carriage;
- a belt assembly including a drive lug configured for confinement within a lug chamber defined in the belt attach;
- first and second drive bars in the lug chamber, aligned for contact with first and second sides of the drive lug to produce drive lug deformation to damp vibration.
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A method of assembling a compliant belt attach, comprising:
- inserting a deformable drive lug, extending from a drive belt, into a lug chamber defined within a belt attach coupled to a printer carriage;
- positioning the drive lug between left and right drive bars;
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- wherein the lug chamber, drive lug, and drive bars, are selected so that the drive lug flexes within the lug chamber, thereby damping vibration but without resulting in sluggish response.
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A compliant belt attach assembly for a printer comprising:
- means for moving a drive belt, alternately in first and second directions, thereby moving a drive lug, carried by the drive belt, in the first and second directions;
- means for driving first and second drive bars, located in a lug chamber defined within a belt attach, with the drive lug, thereby moving the belt attach and a connected printer carriage in the first and second directions;
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- means for absorbing energy associated with unwanted vibration by deforming the drive lug with at least one of the first and second drive bars.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.