公开(公告)号：US20060056896A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-16

申请号：US11220411

申请日：2005-09-06

申请人： Olivier Boisdon ,  Joel Pelletier ,  Lionel Chavarria ,  Babak Honaryar ,  Marty Smith

发明人： Olivier Boisdon ,  Joel Pelletier ,  Lionel Chavarria ,  Babak Honaryar ,  Marty Smith

IPC分类号： B41J2/315

CPC分类号： B41J2/32 ,  B41J2202/31

摘要： The present invention provides a floating print head assembly and an associated method. According to one embodiment, the floating print head assembly includes a head bracket and a print head attached to the bracket such that the print head is suspended above the printing substrate. The assembly also includes an alignment mechanism disposed within the head bracket, where the alignment mechanism is operable to pivot such that the print head is capable of pivoting to apply substantially uniform print pressure across a substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20050242488A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-03

申请号：US10837905

申请日：2004-05-03

申请人： Joel Pelletier ,  Sylvain Zumbiehl ,  Olivier Boisdon

发明人： Joel Pelletier ,  Sylvain Zumbiehl ,  Olivier Boisdon

IPC分类号： B65H3/12 ,  B65H3/52 ,  B65H3/04

CPC分类号： B65H3/523 ,  B65H3/126 ,  B65H2301/42322 ,  B65H2511/13 ,  B65H2515/81 ,  B65H2701/1914 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/02

摘要： A feeder device for feeding a unit of media from a stack of media to a receiving apparatus is provided. The feeder device comprises a drive mechanism for driving the media in a feed direction through an opening defined by a gate apparatus. The opening extends from a first to a second edge of the gate apparatus and defines a fixed height greater than the thickness of the media. A flexible blade member is fixedly engaged with the gate apparatus at a fixed end and is cantilevered with respect to the gate apparatus. The blade member defines a length and extends from the first edge toward the second edge to reduce the opening height. The blade member is further configured to have an adjustable flexibility to allow the feeder device to feed media of varying thickness to the printing apparatus. An associated method is also provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于将介质单元从介质堆馈送到接收装置的馈送装置。 馈送装置包括用于通过由门装置限定的开口沿进给方向驱动介质的驱动机构。 开口从门装置的第一边缘延伸到第二边缘，并且限定出比介质厚度大的固定高度。 柔性叶片构件在固定端与门装置固定地接合，并相对于门装置悬臂。 刀片构件限定长度并且从第一边缘朝向第二边缘延伸以减小开口高度。 叶片构件进一步构造成具有可调节的柔性，以允许给料装置将不同厚度的介质输送到打印装置。 还提供了相关联的方法。

公开(公告)号：US20050242487A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-03

申请号：US10837903

申请日：2004-05-03

申请人： Joel Pelletier ,  Sylvain Zumbiehl ,  Olivier Boisdon

发明人： Joel Pelletier ,  Sylvain Zumbiehl ,  Olivier Boisdon

IPC分类号： B65H1/06 ,  B65H3/52 ,  B65H5/22

CPC分类号： B65H1/06 ,  B65H3/523 ,  B65H2301/42322 ,  B65H2405/112 ,  B65H2701/1914

摘要： A feeder device is provided, comprising a drive mechanism for driving a media unit in a feed direction, the media unit being provided from a stack of media units by a hopper including upstream and downstream hopper members. A directing member associated with the upstream hopper member engages the trailing edge of the media unit to direct the same to the drive mechanism, reduces an adhesive force between the media unit and remaining media units in the stack, and engages the trailing edge of one other media unit to direct the same toward the downstream hopper member and to partially support the weight of the remaining media units. A biased member urges the media unit against the drive mechanism, thereby increasing a driving force on the media unit, and prevents remaining media units from being fed to the receiving apparatus, also reducing the adhesive force. Associated methods are also provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种馈送装置，其包括用于沿进给方向驱动介质单元的驱动机构，所述介质单元由包括上游和下游料斗构件的料斗由一组介质单元提供。 与上游料斗构件相关联的引导构件与介质单元的后缘接合以将其引导到驱动机构，减小介质单元与堆叠中的剩余介质单元之间的粘合力，并与另一个的后缘接合 介质单元将其引向下游料斗构件并部分地支撑剩余的介质单元的重量。 偏压构件推动介质单元抵靠驱动机构，从而增加介质单元上的驱动力，并且防止剩余的介质单元被馈送到接收设备，同时也降低粘附力。 还提供了相关的方法。