IP Library Granted Patent US 7,946,702
Granted Patent B2
US 7,946,702 · App. 12/478,722 · Granted May 24, 2011

Printer incorporating partially arcuate printhead

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Patent No.
US 7,946,702
App. No.
12/478,722
Granted
May 24, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printer is provided which has a housing having an upper cover, a lower cover, a first side wall and a second, opposed side wall; a print engine housed within the housing, the print engine having two pairs of print heads arranged in opposed relationship across a print media feed path, each of the print heads having an arcuate portion in the vicinity of the print media feed path; an inlet roller assembly for feeding media into the housing; and an exit roller assembly for feeding the media out of the housing. The arcuate portion of each print head has a radius of curvature approximating that of the inlet roller.

Claims (12)

1. A printer comprising:

a housing having an upper cover, a lower cover, a first side wall and a second, opposed side wall;

a print engine housed within the housing, the print engine having two pairs of print heads arranged in opposed relationship across a print media feed path, each of the print heads having an arcuate portion in the vicinity of the print media feed path;

an inlet roller assembly for feeding media into the housing; and

an exit roller assembly for feeding the media out of the housing, wherein

the arcuate portion of each print head has a radius of curvature approximating that of the inlet roller.

2. The printer of claim 1 , further comprising brackets configured to support the print head assemblies and position the print head assemblies approximately 0.75 mm apart from the media fed through the printer.

3. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the inlet roller assembly includes a drive roller and a driven roller, the drive roller driven by a first drive motor supported on a metal bracket of the housing.

4. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the exit roller assembly includes a drive roller and a driven roller, the drive roller driven by a second drive motor supported on a metal bracket of the housing.

5. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the housing defines an air inlet and an air duct leading into the printer for ducting air over the print media in the printer.

6. The printer of claim 5 , further comprising a warm air source connected to the air inlet via an air hose.

7. The printer of claim 6 , wherein the sidewalls of the housing define air vents for exhausting air from an interior of the printer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 25, 2014
From: ZAMTEC LIMITED
To: MEMJET TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033244/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2012
From: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LIMITED AND CLAMATE PTY LIMITED
To: ZAMTEC LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028522/0610 →