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US 8,616,701 B2Granted
Hand-held portable printer
AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation
InventorsJohn D. Mistyurik, James A. Makley, Clyde N. Tharp, Mitchell G. Stern, Donald A. Morrison
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Abstract
A hand-held labeler/printer for printing and applying labels is described. The labeler/printer has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler/printer is user-friendly and compact. The labeler/printer can be easily loaded with label and webs of different widths. The labeler/printer has a discharge area along its front for the carrier web. Also described are various charging cradles and controllers for the labeler/printers.
Claims15
A hand-held portable printer comprising:
- a housing having a main body and a handle extending therefrom;
- a rotatably driven platen roller supported in the main body of the housing;
- a supply roll holder that holds a supply roll of media in the main body of the housing;
- a print module including a printhead that selectively prints on media routed between the printhead and the platen roller from the supply roll held by the supply roll holder, said print module being attached to the upper main body of the housing such that the print module is movable between a closed operational position in which the printhead is proximate the platen roller and an open loading position in which the printhead is spaced apart from the platen roller;
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- a charging cradle for use with the hand-held portable printer wherein said charging cradle comprises a receiving region that selectively receives and holds therein a battery enclosure of the printer's housing and at least one electrical contact through which electrical current is selectively provided from the charging cradle to a battery housed within the battery enclosure of the printer's housing, said contact of the charging cradle being in electrical communication with said contact of the printer when the printer is placed in the charging cradle.
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A hand-held portable printer comprising:
- a housing having a main body and a handle extending therefrom;
- a rotatably driven platen roller supported in the main body of the housing;
- a supply roll holder that holds a supply roll of media in the main body of the housing;
- a print module including a printhead that selectively prints on media routed between the printhead and the platen roller from the supply roll held by the supply roll holder, said print module being attached to the upper main body of the housing such that the print module is movable between a closed operational position in which the printhead is proximate the platen roller and an open loading position in which the printhead is spaced apart from the platen roller;
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- wherein an underside on a rear portion of the main body of the housing slopes downward in a direction away from the handle, and the housing further includes a rear face on a front portion of the main body and a cross member extending from the rear face on the front portion of the main body to the downward sloping underside of the rear portion of the main body, thereby defining an opening between the cross member, the downward sloping underside of the rear portion of the main body, and the rear face of the front portion of the main body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.