Patent · US Expired

Guideway and support structure for a printer/plotter carriage

US5195836A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
4References
22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 1991
Grant dateMar 23, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D15/28
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A rigid low cost chassis structure for a wide print media thermal ink jet plotter wherein the carriage slider rods are straightened and held in precise position relative to the platen roller during assembly of the chassis parts and operation of the plotter by using an extruded rigid support beam and a pair of rigid endplates and connecting structure which positions and holds the slider rods.

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