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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:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Charles Maslanka, Rochester, NY (US);
Vlade Josif Kordovich, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347197 ; 347220 ;
Abstract
A thermal printer (10) includes a rotatable platen (34) having opposite shaft ends (122); a print head (30) extended parallel to the platen; a mounting bracket (76, 78, 84, 86) for supporting the print head adjacent the platen; an elongated beam spring (104) with opposite ends (106, 108); a fulcrum member (100, 102) extended from the mounting bracket to engage the beam spring between the ends; and cams (132-140) for engaging the opposite ends to deflect the beam spring and press the print head into engagement with the platen to define a nip for a dye donor web (31) and a receiver sheet (22).