IP Library Granted Patent US 7,517,164
Granted Patent B2
US 7,517,164 · App. 11/863,210 · Granted Apr 14, 2009

Computer keyboard with a planar member and endless belt feed mechanism

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,517,164
App. No.
11/863,210
Granted
Apr 14, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer keyboard assembly includes a computer keyboard, in turn, having a housing on which a keypad is arranged. The housing defines oppositely disposed print media input and ejection slots though which print media can pass. A print media feed mechanism is located within the housing and is configured to feed the print media along a print media path between the entry and ejection slots. The feed mechanism includes an endless belt which extends around a pair of rollers and a planar member which bears against the inside of the belt. A printer is located within the housing and is configured to print upon the print media fed along the print media path.

Claims (10)

1. A computer keyboard assembly comprising:

a computer keyboard having a housing on which a keypad is arranged, the housing defining oppositely disposed print media input and ejection slots though which print media can pass;

a print media feed mechanism located within the housing and configured to feed the print media along a print media path between the entry and ejection slots, the feed mechanism including an endless belt which extends around a pair of rollers and a planar member which bears against the inside of the belt; and

a printer located within the housing and configured to print upon the print media fed along the print media path.

2. A computer keyboard assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pair of rollers includes one driven roller and an opposed idler roller.

3. A computer keyboard assembly as claimed in claim 1 , in which an exit tray extends outwardly from the ejection slot onto which the print media is fed after printing.

4. A computer keyboard assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the printer has a page width ink jet printhead mounted in a support.

5. A computer keyboard assembly as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the support has a plurality of galleries, each of which contains a different colour ink to be fed via passages to the printhead.

6. A computer keyboard assembly as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the printer also has an ink supply cartridge for feeding ink to the galleries of the support.

7. A computer keyboard assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input slot is defined in a side of the housing which, in use, is closer to a user of the keyboard than an opposite side in which the ejection slot is defined.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2007
From: KING, TOBIN ALLEN; SILVERBROOK, KIA
To: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD
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