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Title:
PRINTER WITH A WOUND MEDIA RELEASE MECHANISM AND MODULAR CONTROL PANEL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999025554
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A printer (20) is provided with a field interchangeable control panel (72). The modular control panel (72) is removably mounted to the housing (22) and can be replaced by another modular control panel (72). The control panels (72) can be used to control different functions of the printer (20). The printer (20) also has a wound media release mechanism (194) which comprises a housing (196), blade members (218), wedge members (216) and a knob (220) which can be rotated to allow movement between the blade members (218) and the wedge members (216). When the blade members (218) are moved inwardly, a space is formed between media (115) wound thereon and the blade members (218) to allow a user to easily remove the wound media (115) from the housing (196) and blade members (218).

Inventors:
JAEGER RALF H
SHEA MAUREEN
ULLENIUS KENNETH FOLKE
BIDINGER BARRY M
BOCHONOK STEVE T
EHRHARDT ROBERT A
SALMONS VICTOR L
TORCHALSKI KARL
WEST DAVID A
Application Number:
PCT/US1998/023010
Publication Date:
July 15, 1999
Filing Date:
October 30, 1998
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP (US)
International Classes:
B41J3/407; B41J11/00; B41J15/02; B41J15/04; B65C9/00; B65C11/02; B65H18/04; B65H37/00; B65H75/24; (IPC1-7): B65H19/22; H05K5/00
Foreign References:
DE2137754A11973-02-08
US2345246A1944-03-28
US1466121A1923-08-28
US5229925A1993-07-20
US4471898A1984-09-18
US5699235A1997-12-16
Other References:
See also references of EP 1094947A4
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