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US 7,375,832 B2Granted
Adjustable sensor assembly for printers
AssigneeDatamax Corporation
InventorsWilliam M. Bouverie, Kenneth Colonel, Christopher Roy Christensen, Dwayne Tobin, Jay Huberty
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Abstract
A print media sensor mounting assembly includes a housing having a sensor mounting element. The sensor mounting element has a sensor position movably mounted therein for movement of the sensor position amongst a plurality of positions corresponding to a width of a print media web.
Claims4
A print media sensor apparatus comprising:
- a first adjustable sensor assembly including a first base having a first surface, said first surface including at least one protrusion and at least one recess defined thereon, a first sensor slide having an aperture formed on a surface thereof and a first sensor, said first sensor slide movably mounted in said first base for longitudinal movement of the first sensor amongst a plurality of positions within said first base, a first rotatable elongate member disposed in said base, said first rotatable elongate member configured and adapted to engage said first sensor slide;
- a second adjustable sensor assembly including a second base having a first surface, said first surface including at least one protrusion and at least one recess defined thereon, a second sensor slide having an aperture formed on a surface thereof and a second sensor, said second sensor slide movably mounted in said second base for longitudinal movement of the second sensor amongst a plurality of positions within said second base, a second rotatable elongate member disposed in said second base, said second rotatable elongate member configured and adapted to engage said second sensor slide;
- means for engaging said first and second rotatable elongate members;
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- means for rotating at least one of said rotatable elongate members.
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