Printhead carriage

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2005-12-28

2008-09-02

Meier, Stephen D. (Department: 2853)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

C347S108000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07419242

ABSTRACT:
A printhead carriage including a body that is guided and driven for reciprocating movement in a printer, a mounting plate for a printhead assembly, and a suspension structure adjustably connecting the mounting plate to the body, the suspension structure having a framework of hinge plates having elastic hinges and at least one adjusting mechanism adapted to adjust the position of the mounting plate by elastically deflecting at least one of the hinges. An adjusting unit which provides for at least one degree of freedom of the mounting plate and includes two hinge plates that are connected to a common support point of the mounting plate and are oriented at right angles relative to one another, and the adjusting mechanism is adapted to push and/or pull one hinge plate in the longitudinal direction thereof, with the elastic deflection of at least one hinge of the other hinge plate.

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patent: 5241325 (1993-08-01), Nguyen
patent: 5477254 (1995-12-01), Stephens
patent: 5887523 (1999-03-01), Leader et al.
patent: 0 693 382 (1996-01-01), None

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