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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
Jeffrey T Hendricks, Camas, WA (US);
Kenneth Williams, Vancouver, WA (US);
Joseph E Scheffelin, Poway, CA (US);
Dan Dowell, Albany, OR (US);
Jeffrey T Hendricks, Camas, WA (US);
Kenneth Williams, Vancouver, WA (US);
Joseph E Scheffelin, Poway, CA (US);
Dan Dowell, Albany, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an assembly includes a lift and a print bar mounted to the lift. The lift includes first and second guide rods oriented parallel to one another and perpendicular to an axis of the print bar across the print zone. The first end of the print bar is slidably connected to the first guide rod, the second end of the print bar is slidably connected to the second guide rod, and the lift is configured to simultaneously move both ends of the print bar along the guide rods. In another embodiment, an assembly includes a chassis and a lift supported by the chassis. The lift is configured to loosely hold a print bar and to raise and lower the print bar over a print zone such that both ends of the print bar move simultaneously.