Selectable drive system
US10286611B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/0423
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printing device includes a carriage slidably mounted on a carriage rail, the carriage to move along the carriage rail, and a selectable drive system includes a capping system to cap a number of pens coupled to the carriage, a scan drive system to drive components of a scanning device associated with the printing device, a drive selector assembly to select between driving the capping system to a printing system drive position or driving the scan drive system depending on a position of a selector swing arm of the drive selector assembly, and a shifter to selectively shift the drive selector assembly between a scanning system drive position of the selector swing arm and a printing system drive position of the selector swing arm.
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