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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel C Maslanka, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael J Ehmann, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ; B41J / ; G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400248 ; 400120 ;
Abstract
A guide roller assembly is provided for a thermal printer to prevent the varying donor web tension from compromising the constant head load. The guide roller is mounted on a frame that is independent of the head loading assembly so that variations in web tension do not impact the head loading.