Patent · US Expired

Framework for portable printers

US5344248A · kind A · utility

119Cited by

12References

30Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Esselte Meto International Produktions GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jurgen Schoon · Eberbach, DE
Heinrich Volk · Beerfelden, DE
Ulf Hoch · Eberbach, DE
Peter Schneider · Dublin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 1991
Grant date	Sep 6, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J3/36
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A portable printer is disclosed in which the printer comprises a housing; a printing unit; means for supplying to said printing unit a substrate onto which indicia are to be printed; and means for inputting data to control the nature of the indicia printed at said printing unit, characterized in that said housing includes a main frame which serves to support the functional components of the printer; and a protective housing which fits over said frame.

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