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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
Transact Technologies Incorporated, Hamden, CT (US);
David Weeks, Willseyville, NY (US);
Peter Zach, Ithaca, NY (US);
TransAct Technologies Incorporated, Hamden, CT (US);
Abstract
A paper bucket for a printer with a self-adjusting spindle mechanism capable of accommodating media rolls of varying width is provided, together with a printer having such a paper bucket and corresponding method. The adjustable paper bucket may have a bucket frame and oppositely disposed wall assemblies pivotally mounted in the bucket frame. The adjustable paper bucket may further include oppositely disposed vertical flanges, each of the vertical flanges being pivotally mounted to a respective one of the wall assemblies. A spindle flange is rotatably mounted to each vertical flange for accepting a media roll therebetween. A motion linkage connects the wall assemblies together such that a movement of one of the wall assemblies results in an equal and opposite movement of the other one of the wall assemblies.