Hewlett-Packard Company

Ngai Keung Metal & Plastic Manufactory Ltd.

Andrew Shun Chiu

Junji Yamamoto

Kerry Neal McKay

James M Osmus

Caroline Zepeda

The present invention provides a low profile stackable Internet appliance printer for use with a television receiver and monitor and responsive to commands from a remote device for printing user desired information. The printer has a box like rectangular shaped housing conforming in size to that of conventional electronic audio video components such as cable boxes, DVD players, amplifiers, video tapes and the like to facilitate the stacking of the printer with such other components. A base member having defines an interior cavity for receiving a removable combination input/output tray cassette and supports from below a low profile printbar including its feed motor, drive motor, associated electronic drivers for controlling the firing of low profile printheads, carriage movement and the moving of paper to print user desired images. The combination input/output tray cassette includes a release to allow the complete removal of the cassette for resupplying an input tray portion thereof with a new supply of paper and for providing a user with access to the interior of the printer to facilitate the removal of any paper jams. A user actuated paper size adjuster permits the input tray portion of the cassette unit to accommodate at least two different sizes of paper and couples a repositioning mechanism to an leading edge kick out feature to facilitate the ejection of sheets of paper in accordance with the paper size selection made by the user.

Stackable low profile printer with an input and output media telescoping tray cassette

The present invention provides a paper tray for an imaging device that includes both device for holding paper prior to printing thereon, and device for receiving paper exiting from the printer. In this way a single paper tray can both supply to and receive paper from the printer, and therefore it is only necessary to provide access to one side of the printer in which the tray is inserted. The printer may therefore be incorporated as part of a stack of other electrical/electronic items such as audio-visual equipment.

Printer and printer paper tray

The present invention provides an electric motor with a reduced number of windings on one of the coil windings. The effect of this is that when the motor is in operation, the current that flows through the coil with the reduced number of windings differs from the others, and this difference can be detected to allow accurate control of the motor. To avoid any mechanical imbalance caused by this difference in the number of windings, mechanical compensation means is provided on the arm with the reduced number of windings. Preferably this comprise a further winding that is not electrically connected to the motor circuit.

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Hong Kong, China

Andrew Shun Chiu