公开(公告)号：US06296407B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-02

申请号：US09477937

申请日：2000-01-05

申请人： Kerry N. McKay ,  Junji Yamamoto ,  James M Osmus ,  Caroline Zepeda ,  Andrew Chiu

发明人： Kerry N. McKay ,  Junji Yamamoto ,  James M Osmus ,  Caroline Zepeda ,  Andrew Chiu

IPC分类号： B41J1158

CPC分类号： B41J13/106 ,  B41J13/103 ,  B41J29/023 ,  B41J29/026

摘要： The present invention provides a low profile stackable Internet appliance printer for use with a television receiver and monitor and responsive to commands from a remote device for printing user desired information. The printer has a box like rectangular shaped housing conforming in size to that of conventional electronic audio video components such as cable boxes, DVD players, amplifiers, video tapes and the like to facilitate the stacking of the printer with such other components. A base member having defines an interior cavity for receiving a removable combination input/output tray cassette and supports from below a low profile printbar including its feed motor, drive motor, associated electronic drivers for controlling the firing of low profile printheads, carriage movement and the moving of paper to print user desired images. The combination input/output tray cassette includes a release to allow the complete removal of the cassette for resupplying an input tray portion thereof with a new supply of paper and for providing a user with access to the interior of the printer to facilitate the removal of any paper jams. A user actuated paper size adjuster permits the input tray portion of the cassette unit to accommodate at least two different sizes of paper and couples a repositioning mechanism to an leading edge kick out feature to facilitate the ejection of sheets of paper in accordance with the paper size selection made by the user.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于电视接收机和监视器的便携式互联网设备打印机，并响应于来自远程设备的用于打印用户期望信息的命令。 打印机具有尺寸符合常规电子音频视频组件（如电缆盒，DVD播放器，放大器，录像带等）尺寸的矩形盒体，以便打印机与其他部件的堆叠。 底座部件具有内腔，用于接收可移除的组合输入/输出托盘盒，并且从低轮廓打印杆的下方支撑包括其进给马达，驱动马达，用于控制低轮廓打印头的点火的电子驱动器，托架运动和 移动纸张以打印用户所需的图像。 组合输入/输出托盘盒包括释放装置，以允许完全移除盒式磁带，以便用新的纸张供应其输入托盘部分，并为用户提供对打印机内部的访问以便于去除任何 卡纸 用户致动的纸张尺寸调节器允许盒单元的输入托盘部分容纳至少两种不同尺寸的纸张，并将重新定位机构连接到前缘突出特征以便于根据纸张尺寸排出纸张 由用户做出的选择。

公开(公告)号：US06340256B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-22

申请号：US09478056

申请日：2000-01-05

申请人： Kerry N McKay ,  Junji Yamamoto ,  James M Osmus ,  Caroline Zepeda ,  Mark A Hay ,  Victor T Escobedo ,  Daniel S Kline

发明人： Kerry N McKay ,  Junji Yamamoto ,  James M Osmus ,  Caroline Zepeda ,  Mark A Hay ,  Victor T Escobedo ,  Daniel S Kline

IPC分类号： B41J1158

CPC分类号： B41J13/106 ,  B41J3/36 ,  B41J3/44 ,  B41J29/023 ,  B41J29/026

摘要： The present invention provides a low profile stackable Internet appliance printer for use with a television receiver and monitor and responsive to commands from a remote device for printing user desired information. The printer has a box like rectangular shaped housing conforming in size to that of conventional electronic audio video components such as cable boxes, DVD players, amplifiers, video tapes and the like to facilitate the stacking of the printer with such other components. A base member supports in a front portion of the printer a printbar and associated printheads to provide the user with easy printhead head access. The base member has an open bottom for receiving a removable combination input/output tray cassette. Upon removal of the combination input/output tray cassette, front user access is made available for the purposes of removing a paper jam should one occur. A channel member mounted to the base member helps define a paper path from the cassette to a print zone disposed beneath the printbar. A U-shape cutout in the channel member further provides user access to the paper path for facilitating the removal of paper jams while the printer is in a stacked configuration with other electronic devices.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于电视接收机和监视器的便携式互联网设备打印机，并响应于来自远程设备的用于打印用户期望信息的命令。 打印机具有尺寸符合常规电子音频视频组件（如电缆盒，DVD播放器，放大器，录像带等）尺寸的矩形盒体，以便打印机与其他部件的堆叠。 基座部件在打印机的前部部分中支撑打印头和相关联的打印头，以向用户提供容易的打印头头部存取。 基座构件具有用于接收可移动组合输入/输出托盘盒的开放底部。 取出组合输入/输出托盘盒后，如果发生卡纸，则可以使用前面的用户访问。 安装到基座构件的通道构件有助于限定从盒子到布置在打印条下方的打印区域的纸张路径。 通道构件中的U形切口还允许用户访问纸张路径，以便在打印机与其他电子设备处于堆叠配置的同时便于取消卡纸。

公开(公告)号：US5887239A

公开(公告)日：1999-03-23

申请号：US706032

申请日：1996-08-30

申请人： Juehui Hong ,  Caroline Zepeda ,  Michael Kennedy

发明人： Juehui Hong ,  Caroline Zepeda ,  Michael Kennedy

IPC分类号： B41J13/00 ,  B65H31/00 ,  B65H31/02 ,  G03G15/00 ,  H04N1/00

CPC分类号： B65H31/02 ,  B65H2405/1111 ,  B65H2405/1113 ,  B65H2601/251 ,  B65H2801/06

摘要： An image-related device has an image-medium receiving tray. The tray is designed by a method that enables the tray to control the contouring of sheets of image medium during reception. The tray has a planar surface and a curved surface. The curved surface is designed by selecting a series of transverse and longitudinal curves to define a curved surface that is generally concave in the transverse direction while also sloping upward in the longitudinal direction. The combined concave and sloped shape of the curved surface causes the leading-edge region of the image medium to transversely curl and thereby obtain sufficient rigidity to extend beyond the front end of the tray. In addition, the curved surface--operating in conjunction with the kickout mechanism of the device--interacts with sheets of medium in a way that causes the sheets to land on top of each other instead of sliding against each other, thereby reducing the possibility of smearing while at the same time producing a neat, evenly stacked pile of media.

摘要翻译： 图像相关设备具有图像介质接收托盘。 托盘通过一种方法设计，使得托盘能够在接收期间控制图像介质的轮廓。 托盘具有平坦表面和弯曲表面。 弯曲表面通过选择一系列横向和纵向曲线来设计，以限定在横向方向上通常为凹形的弯曲表面，同时在纵向方向上向上倾斜。 弯曲表面的组合的凹形和倾斜形状使得图像介质的前缘区域横向卷曲，从而获得足够的刚性以延伸超过托盘的前端。 另外，与设备的脱出机构一起操作的弯曲表面与介质片相互作用，使得纸张彼此顶部抵接而不是彼此滑动，从而减少拖尾的可能性 同时生产一个整齐，均匀堆积的媒体。