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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel E. Smith, New Hampton, NH (US);
Assignee:
VUTEk, Inc., Meredith, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/5308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/5308 ;
Abstract
A positioning system for a carriage in a printing system includes a support plate having a groove along a length of the plate, and a rail positioned along the groove. A first adjusting mechanism is used to adjust the position of the rail in a first direction, and a second adjusting mechanism is used to adjust the position of the rail in a second direction that is substantially normal to the first direction.