Media guides with protrusions
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09694603B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-04

    申请号:US15053672

    申请日:2016-02-25

    CPC classification number: B41J11/0045

    Abstract: An example support structure assembly is described as including a brace, a media guide, and a compression member. An example brace includes a structure defining a mount area on a first surface of the brace and a first protrusion extending from a second surface of the brace. An example media guide includes a blade member, a hinge member, and a second protrusion extending away from the hinge member. An example compression member is coupled to the first protrusion of the brace and the second protrusion of the media guide to place a force on the media guide where a vector defines the force with a first component magnitude in a first direction towards the mount area that is greater than a second component magnitude in a second direction away from the mount area.

    PRINTHEAD PRIMING AND VENTING
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210070050A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-11

    申请号:US16958196

    申请日:2018-01-19

    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a cap to seal a printhead in a printhead assembly, where the cap includes a priming port and a venting port. A vent connected to the venting port is sealed by a cam controlled vent-arm while a vacuum pump connected to the priming port applies a vacuum to prime the printhead. The vent is unsealed by the cam controlled vent-arm and the vacuum pump clears ink from the priming cap.

    Pressure plate control
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10543700B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-28

    申请号:US16064243

    申请日:2016-04-18

    Abstract: An example system includes a pressure plate actuating portion. The pressure plate actuating portion includes a cam gear coupled to a cam arm and a pressure plate arranged to be driven by the cam arm as the cam arm rotates with the cam gear through a pick-up cycle, the pressure plate being biased in a first direction toward the cam arm with a pressure plate spring. The example system also includes a pressure plate release control portion, the pressure plate release control portion being arranged to transfer potential energy from the pressure plate spring in a gradual manner.

    Roller locks
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10301136B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15763045

    申请日:2016-01-08

    Abstract: In an example, a roller lock may include a lock to engage with a roller of a feed system, and a leadscrew to engage with the lock. The lock may include a coupling to operably engage with a complementary coupling of the roller. The leadscrew may include an advancer to engage with the lock such that the advancer may translate the lock along a longitudinal axis of the roller so that the lock may engage and disengage with the roller to intermittently prevent the roller from rotating in a forward direction.

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