Split bushing mounting of a printer carriage with pre-load
US5348404A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J19/00
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A molded plastic printer carriage mountable in the printer on a slider rod uses a pair of spaced sintered bronze bushings and a spring biased preload pad intermediate the bushings which engages the slider rod to compensate for and minimize rocking of the carriage during rapid movement thereof during printing without requiring expensively machined slider rods or close tolerance bushings.
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