Handheld mobile communications device with a detachable printing mechanism
View Patent ↗A handheld mobile communications device includes a support structure. Radio signal processing circuitry is positioned on the support structure and is configured to receive and transmit radio signals. Audio signal processing circuitry is positioned on the support structure and is operatively connected to the radio signal processing circuitry. Image processing circuitry is positioned on the support structure and is operatively connected to the radio signal processing circuitry. A printing mechanism is detachably mountable on the support structure to be operatively connected to the image processing circuitry to print images generated by the image processing circuitry.
1. A mobile phone that comprises
a support structure;
a camera device positioned on the support structure and operatively connected to the mobile communications device; and
a printing mechanism detachably mountable on the support structure and operatively connected to the camera device for printing images generated by the camera device.
2. A mobile phone as claimed in claim 1 , in which the printing mechanism includes a pagewidth printhead and an ink distribution unit mounted on the printhead to supply ink to the printhead.
3. A mobile phone as claimed in claim 2 , in which the printhead includes a printhead chip that spans a print media pathway, the printhead chip defining a plurality of ink inlets for the supply of ink to the printhead chip.
4. A mobile phone as claimed in claim 3 , in which the ink distribution unit defines a number of discrete ink supply chambers and a plurality of ink pathways interposed between the ink supply chambers and said ink inlets, the ink pathways converging towards the ink inlets so that each ink inlet is supplied with ink from a respective ink pathway.