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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Robert Giles, Escondido, CA (US);
Jordi Gimenez, Rubí Barcelona, ES;
Rajan Ramaswamy, Sant Cugat Barcelona, ES;
Emilio Angulo, Barcelona, ES;
Fernando Juan, Viladecavalls Barcelona, ES;
Ventura Caamano, Sant Joan Despi Barcelona, ES;
Richard H Lewis, Santa Maria de Palautordera Barcelona, ES;
Antoni Monclus, Castelldelfels Cugat Barcelona, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
To assemble a printer chassis comprising three structural aluminium beams extending between two structural sideplates, the printer carriage beam is first attached to the sideplates by means of attachment points arranged along a straight line and then the printing beam and lower beam are attached to provide a vibration- and deformation-resistant chassis relative to which all the other printer components are referenced. Slider rods are mounted on the printer carriage beam by means of screws which hold the rods against the beam to keep them straight. The screws also pass through apertures in rod supports, the apertures being sized to permit longitudinal thermal movements of the rods relative to the beam.