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US 8,939,665 B2Granted
Cassette for use in a label printer
AssigneeDymo
InventorsDirk Van Britsom, Stefaan Van Den Broecke, Kris Vandermeulen, Peter Van Pottelberghe
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Abstract
A label printer cassette is provided. Said label printer cassette comprises at least one supply of printing medium and a housing. The housing comprises a first surface, a second surface, said second surface being opposite said first surface, and at least one side extending between said first and second surfaces, one side having a switch operating arrangement having a ramped surface which is configured, in use to operate a switch of a label printer.
Claims13
A label printer cassette comprising:
- at least one supply of printing medium;
- a housing, said housing comprising a base, a top, said top being opposite said base, and at least one side extending between said base and said top, one side having a switch operating arrangement having a first ramped surface and a second ramped surface which are configured, in use, to operate a switch of a label printer, wherein each of said first and second ramped surfaces projects from said one side in a plane arranged at right angles to a plane containing said one side, said switch operating arrangement being symmetrical about a central line bisecting said one side, said first and second ramped surfaces converging towards said central line.
In combination, a label printer having:
- a cassette receiving bay configured to receive a cassette, a print head arranged in the cassette receiving bay;
- and a platen arranged in the cassette receiving bay, wherein said cassette receiving bay has a base surface and at least one side, wherein at least one of said sides is provided with a switch, the position of which is controlled by a cassette, when in the cassette receiving bay;
- wherein said switch is biased in a neutral position when there is no cassette present in the cassette receiving bay, said switch being movable in a first direction away from said neutral position when a first cassette is inserted in the cassette receiving bay, and said switch being movable in a second, different direction away from the neutral position when a second cassette is inserted in the cassette receiving bay, said first and second cassettes being different, with a cassette received in the cassette receiving bay, the cassette comprising at least one supply of printing medium;
- a housing, said housing comprising a base, a top, said top being opposite said base, and at least one side extending between said base and said top, one side having a switch operating arrangement having a first ramped surface and a second ramped surface which are configured, in use to operate a switch of the label printer, wherein said first and second ramped surfaces project from said one side in a plane arranged at right angles to a plane containing said one side, said switch operating arrangement being symmetrical about a central line bisecting said one side, said switch operating arrangement being symmetrical about a central line bisecting said one side, said first and second ramped surfaces converging towards said central line.
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