Patent · US Expired

Printer imaging components protection apparatus and method

US6873811B2 · kind B2 · utility

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44Claims
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Filing dateApr 28, 2003
Grant dateMar 29, 2005
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1687
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A printer with an imaging components protection architecture includes a main housing and a protective housing that is pivotally coupled to the main housing. The protective housing is formed to receive an intermediate transfer belt (ITB) positioned between the protective housing and a print cartridge that is also positioned within the protective housing.

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