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Cassette locking and ejecting arrangement

US8956064B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 2012
Grant dateFeb 17, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/80
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A label printer comprising a cassette-receiving bay, the cassette-receiving bay having a base, a top opening opposite the base, and a locking mechanism extending from said base, the locking mechanism having a locking part, the locking part being movable in a first direction and biased in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the locking part having one or more projections such that a force thereon directed towards the base causes the locking part to move in the first direction and wherein said locking part is biased to move in the second direction when the force is removed.

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