Platen gap adjustment assembly, printing apparatus and...

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2006-05-09

2008-12-30

Yan, Ren (Department: 2854)

Typewriting machines

Including adjustment for optimum printing plane

By adjustment of carriage

C400S055000, C400S355000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07470072

ABSTRACT:
A platen gap adjustment assembly for a printing apparatus including a printer using the platen gap adjustment assembly to adjust the platen gap between a platen and a print head when printing on a print medium transported between the platen and the print head. The platen gap adjustment assembly includes a guide shaft, which slidably supports a carriage carrying the print head and a pair of mounting members each supporting the guide shaft. The mounting members have positioning engagement parts for holding or maintaining the position of an eccentric shaft in a given position which controls the position of the positioning engagement parts relative to the mounting members. An urging member urges one of the mounting members with the guide shaft fit therein in the direction for causing the positioning engagement parts into one of a given set of positions.

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