Incremental printing of symbolic information – Thermal marking apparatus or processes – Housing or mounting
Patent
1997-04-11
2000-06-06
Tran, Huan
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Thermal marking apparatus or processes
Housing or mounting
271162, 347171, 347218, B41J 232
Patent
active
06072515&
ABSTRACT:
An image marking device adapted to reduce an exterior envelope thereof. The image marking device comprises a housing having an exterior surface and a slot formed through the exterior surface. An image forming location, such as a print head, is disposed in the housing for printing an image on a recorder medium supplied from a supply tray received in the slot. The tray and the housing define the exterior envelope. The tray is inwardly slidable in the slot from an extended position to an inserted position. A guide ramp is disposed in the housing for guiding the recorder medium from the supply tray to the print head and extends from near the tray to near the print head. The guide ramp has a hinged end portion disposed adjacent the tray in a first position as the tray is extended and inwardly movable to a second position to allow the tray to be fully inserted into the slot. The exterior envelope of the image marking device is reduced as the hinged end portion is moved to the second position to allow the tray to travel to the fully inserted position in the slot.
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Eastman Kodak Company
Stevens Walter S.
Tran Huan
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