Printer web medium supply
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorGary P. Lawniczak
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Abstract
Web supply systems and printers are provided. In one aspect a web supply system has frame with a first mounting support and second mounting support that are positioned along an axis of rotation and separated by a separation distance during the supply of web, a first core mounting having a first surface that is rotatably supportable by the first mounting support for rotation about the axis of rotation and a first engagement end to provide support for a first end of a core, and; a second core mounting having a second surface that is rotatably supportable by the second mounting for rotation about the axis of rotation and a second engagement end to provide support for a second end of the core. The mountings support a core that has one or more surface at an angle that corresponds to one or more angle of a surface on the mountings.
Claims6
A web supply system for a printer comprising:
- a frame having a first mounting support and a second mounting support that are positioned along an axis of rotation and separated by a separation distance during a supply of a web from a core;
- a first core mounting having a first surface that is rotatably supportable by the first mounting support for rotation about the axis of rotation and a first engagement end to provide support for a first end of a core;
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- a second core mounting having a second surface that is rotatably supportable by the second mounting support for rotation about the axis of rotation and a second engagement end to provide support for a second end of the core;
- wherein the first core mounting further has an engagement surface proximate the first engagement end that is at a first engagement angle that is not perpendicular to the axis of rotation and the first end of the core has a first engaged surface at the first end that is at a first engaged angle, such that when the first engaged angle and the first engagement angle correspond, the first core mounting and the second core mounting support the core for rotation about the axis of rotation, and when the first engagement angle and the first engaged angle do not correspond, the first core mounting and the second core mounting do not support the core for rotation around the axis of rotation.
A printer comprising:
- a print engine adapted to form images using a web medium supplied from a core;
- a frame having a first mounting support and a second mounting support that are positioned along an axis of rotation and separated by a separation distance when the core supplies the web;
- a first core mounting having a first surface that is rotatably supportable by the first mounting support for rotation about the axis of rotation and a first engagement end to provide support for a first end of a core;
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- a second core mounting having a second surface that is rotatably supportable by the second mounting support for rotation about the axis of rotation and a second engagement end to provide support for a second end of the core;
- wherein the first core mounting further has an engagement surface proximate the first engagement end that is at a first engagement angle that is not perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and the first end of the core has a first engaged surface at the first end that is at a first engaged angle, such that when the first engagement angle and the first engaged angle correspond;
- the first core mounting and second core mounting support the core for rotation about the axis of rotation, and when first engagement angle and the first engaged angle do not correspond, the first core mounting and the second core mounting do not support the core for rotation around the axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.