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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Zih Corp., Licolnshire, IL (US);
Inventors:
Hsin-Chih Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Petricia Dorinel Balcan, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Randal Wong, Camarillo, CA (US);
Assignee:
ZIH Corp., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 23/02 (2006.01); B41J 2/325 (2006.01); B41J 2/335 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 25/304 (2006.01); F16D 13/10 (2006.01); F16D 13/58 (2006.01); F16D 21/00 (2006.01); F16D 13/38 (2006.01); B41J 23/08 (2006.01); B41J 33/52 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01); B41J 25/316 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 23/02 (2013.01); B41J 2/14 (2013.01); B41J 2/325 (2013.01); B41J 2/3358 (2013.01); B41J 25/304 (2013.01); F16D 13/10 (2013.01); F16D 13/58 (2013.01); F16D 21/00 (2013.01); B41J 23/08 (2013.01); B41J 25/001 (2013.01); B41J 25/316 (2013.01); B41J 33/52 (2013.01); F16D 13/385 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer may include a printhead assembly, a clutch assembly, and/or a printer ribbon transport assembly. An example clutch assembly includes a first spool engagement member defining a first friction torque; a first friction member configured to frictionally engage the first spool engagement member; a second spool engagement member defining a second friction torque that is larger than the first fiction torque; and a second friction member configured to frictionally engage the second spool engagement member.