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US 9,421,795 B2Granted
Pallet conveyors for printers
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Industrial Printing Ltd.
InventorsYaron Dekel, Yuval Dim, Alex Veis
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Abstract
Pallet conveyors for printers are disclosed. In example implementations a pallet conveyor for a printer comprises a track, a train pallet to circulate on the track and a wagon pallet to circulate on the track towed by the train pallet. The train and wagon pallets may support a print substrate.
Claims15
A pallet conveyor for a printer comprising:
- a track;
- a train pallet to circulate on the track;
- and
- a wagon pallet to circulate on the track towed by the train pallet, the train and wagon pallets to support a print substrate.
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A device for supporting a print substrate in a printer, comprising:
- multiple pallets;
- a conveyor including a forward track to circulate the pallets through a print zone to support the print substrate during printing, the conveyor further including a return track to receive pallets from the print zone and return pallets to the forward track,
- wherein the multiple pallets are arranged in train-and-wagon configurations, each train-and-wagon configuration having a wagon pallet towed by a train pallet.
A printer, comprising:
- a printing mechanism defining a print zone to apply printing fluid to a print substrate;
- multiple pallets;
- an endless conveyor to circulate the pallets through the print zone to support a print substrate during printing, the endless conveyor including a forward track to guide pallets through the print zone and a return track to receive the pallets from the print zone and give them to the forward track;
- and
- wherein the multiple pallets include wagon pallets towed by train pallets on the endless conveyor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.