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US 9,463,645 B2Granted
Label printing apparatus
AssigneeDymo
InventorsChad Terry, Jonathan Towle, John Aho, Leslie Scenna, Thomas Eagan
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Abstract
A cassette is provided which includes a supply of label material and a brake. The brake has a first position and a second position. In the first position, the supply is clamped by the brake. In the second position, the supply is removable from the cassette.
Claims15
A cassette comprising:
- a main body portion housing a supply of label material;
- an outlet for said supply of label material;
- and,
- an engagement portion connected to the main body portion;
- the engagement portion being configured for engagement with a pivoting engagement member of a label printer, when inserted in a cassette receiving bay of the label printer;
- wherein said engagement portion comprises a recess, said recess comprising an indented portion in a surface of the cassette;
- wherein said indented portion is positioned at a portion of the cassette proximate to the label material outlet;
- and wherein said engagement portion is elongate and has a longitudinal axis parallel to an axis about which the supply of label material in the cassette is arranged to rotate.
5 more elements
A label printing apparatus comprising:
- a cassette receiving bay configured to receive a cassette;
- and,
- an engagement member in said cassette receiving bay;
- said engagement member having a first configuration in which the engagement member is configured to be spaced from a cassette in the cassette receiving bay, and the engagement member having a second configuration in which the engagement member is configured to engage an engagement portion of the cassette to retain the cassette in the cassette receiving bay;
- wherein the engagement member is pivotally movable in the cassette receiving bay so as to move from the first configuration to the second configuration, and wherein said engagement member comprises an elongate member which substantially spans a width of said cassette receiving bay.
2 more elements
A combination of label a printing apparatus and a cassette, the label printing apparatus comprising
- a cassette receiving bay configured to receive a cassette;
- and,
- an engagement member in said cassette receiving bay;
- said engagement member having a first configuration in which the engagement member is configured to be spaced from a cassette in the cassette receiving bay, and the engagement member having a second configuration in which the engagement member is configured to engage an engagement portion of the cassette to retain the cassette in the cassette receiving bay, wherein the engagement member is pivotally movable from the first configuration to the second configuration;
- the cassette comprising a main body portion housing a supply of label material;
- an outlet for said supply of label material;
- and,
- an engagement portion connected to the main body portion wherein said engagement portion comprises a recess, said recess comprising an indented portion in a surface of the cassette;
- the engagement portion being configured for engagement with the engagement member of the label printing apparatus, when inserted in the cassette receiving bay of the label printer,
- wherein said recess is positioned at a portion of the cassette proximate to the label material outlet;
- and wherein said engagement portion is elongate and has a longitudinal axis parallel to an axis about which the supply of label material in the cassette is arranged to rotate.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.