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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Videojet Technologies Inc., Wood Dale, IL (US);
Martin McNestry, Nottingham, GB;
Abstract
There is provided a thermal transfer printer, which comprises: a printhead; a tape drive configured to cause an inked ribbonto be advanced past the printheadso as to allow ink to be removed from the inked ribbon by the printhead and transferred to a substrate during a printing operation; and a printhead carriageon which the printheadis mounted, wherein the printhead carriageis supported by a railcoupled to a bodyof the printer, and the railextends along a direction parallel to a direction of travel of the inked ribbon; wherein the printhead carriagefurther comprises a first structurewhich is arranged to engage with a second structurecoupled to the bodyof the printer, and wherein the first and second structuresare configured such that the printhead carriageis rotatable around the railbut a rotation of the printhead carriage around the rail remains within a predetermined range.