Patent · US Expired

Split bushing mounting of a printer carriage with pre-load

US5348404A · kind A · utility

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7References
21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1993
Grant dateSep 20, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 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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