Memjet Technology Limited

Zamtec Limited

Bob Yraceburu

Andy Bound

Jon Lucas

Ryan Root

Richard Alan Kelley

Jinsong Gao

John Bailey

Jeffrey D Lueschen

Greg Williams

Jeffrey Johnson

Paul Fishbein

Jon Olson

Paul Weiskopf

Kent Benjamen Kwan

Edward Ellis Esdaile-Watts

A system for aligning driven and idler rollers in a printer is provided having a housing of the printer which has a first housing portion hingedly mounted to a second housing portion such that the second housing portion is movable with respect to the first housing portion between open and closed positions, a driven roller rotatably mounted to the first housing portion for transporting media through the printer, an idler roller rotatably supported within the second housing portion for contact with the driven roller so as to provide pinched contact on the transported media, and an alignment adjustment mechanism for aligning the idler roller with the driven roller as the second housing portion is hinged into the closed position with the first housing portion.

System for aligning driven and idler rollers in printer

A pinch roller apparatus for a printer is provided having a support plate securely mounted to a housing of the printer, a pinch housing movably supported by the support plate, and a series of pinch rollers rotatably held within the pinch housing. The pinch housing has alignment pins for engagement with the housing of the printer through movement of the pinch housing relative to the support plate. The engagement aligns the pinch rollers with a driven roller rotatably mounted to the housing to provide pinched contact for media being transported through the printer.

Pinch roller apparatus for printer

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Bob Yraceburu