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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2017
Transact Technologies Incorporated, Hamden, CT (US);
Steven A. Supron, Ithaca, NY (US);
Roger J. Rimbey, Spencer, NY (US);
TransAct Technologies Incorporated, Hamden, CT (US);
Abstract
A docking station for a removable printer mechanism is provided, together with methods for providing a removable printer mechanism. The docking station may have a base with parallel side arms adapted to be fixed to an interior of a printer housing. Side walls may extend from each of the parallel side arms. The side walls may be adapted to guide the printer mechanism into a docked position in the printer and to removably fix the printer mechanism in the docked position. A clamping element may be provided which is adapted to clamp and hold a printer-side cable connector in position to accept a corresponding cable connector of the printer mechanism. The printer mechanism may easily be slid into and out of the docking station for repair or replacement.