Guideway and support structure for a printer/plotter carriage

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1991-10-29

1993-03-23

Eickholt, Eugene H.

Typewriting machines

Carriage or carriage-moving or movement-regulating mechanism

Carriage, per se, or guideway therefor

B41J 1122

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051958368

ABSTRACT:
A rigid low cost chassis structure for a wide print media thermal ink jet plotter wherein the carriage slider rods are straightened and held in precise position relative to the platen roller during assembly of the chassis parts and operation of the plotter by using an extruded rigid support beam and a pair of rigid endplates and connecting structure which positions and holds the slider rods.

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patent: 2789675 (1957-04-01), Gebauer
patent: 3245512 (1966-04-01), Heyer
patent: 4222673 (1980-09-01), Plaza et al.
patent: 4381896 (1983-05-01), Shiurila
"Supporting Rail Structure for Matrix Printhead" IBM Tech. Discl. Bulletin, vol. 25, No. 5, Oct. 1982 p. 2661.
"Load Beam Antiwind-Up Structure" IBM Tech. Discl. Bulletin, vol. 27, No. 5, Dec. 1984 pp. 2946-2947.

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