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US 7,815,283 B2Granted
Printer with a movable carriage
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorsCornelis H. J. Slaats, Barry B. Goeree, Henricus W. C. Douven, Jeroen A. A. Van Assen
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Abstract
A printer comprising a carriage, a guide rail and a print surface, the carriage being movable along the guide rail and carrying a printhead that faces the print surface and is movable in a direction normal to the plane of the print surface, wherein a stop or brake mechanism responsive to a movement of the printhead in said direction normal to the plane of the print surface is provided and adapted to stop the movement of the carriage.
Claims8
A printer comprising
- a carriage,
- a guide rail,
- a drive train for driving the carriage in a direction (Y) parallel to the guide rail, and
- a print surface, the carriage being movable along the guide rail and carrying a printhead that faces the print surface and is movable in a direction (Z) normal to the plane of the print surface,
- wherein, a stop mechanism responsive to a movement of the printhead in said direction (Z) normal to the plane of the print surface is provided and adapted to stop the movement of the carriage in the direction (Y) parallel to the guide rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.