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Modular printing apparatus with a removable, box-shaped module

US8702229B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

Axel Ortmann · Berlin, DE
Wolfgang Muhl · Hohen Neuendorf, DE
Dieter Woelm · Ludwigsfelde, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2011
Grant date	Apr 22, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 14, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07B2017/00516
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A modular printing apparatus has a printing device with an inkjet print head and a box-shaped module that urges items toward the print head, for printing thereon. In an operating mode, the box-shaped module is inserted into the printing apparatus via a mechanical connection and can be removed from the printing apparatus in a service mode. A triggering mechanism acts on a locking mechanism with first and second force components that couple the locking mechanism and the mechanical connection element to one another in the operating mode to lock the box-shaped module in a bay of the printing apparatus at the printing apparatus. The second force component acts in an opposite direction in the service mode, to disengage the locking mechanism and the mechanical connection element to unlock and remove the box-shaped module.

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