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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
Applicants:
John Bailey, San Diego, CA (US);
Bob Yraceburu, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Bailey, San Diego, CA (US);
Bob Yraceburu, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zamtec Ltd, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pinch roller apparatus for a printer is provided having a support plate securely mounted to a housing of the printer, a pinch housing movably supported by the support plate, and a series of pinch rollers rotatably held within the pinch housing. The pinch housing has alignment pins for engagement with the housing of the printer through movement of the pinch housing relative to the support plate. The engagement aligns the pinch rollers with a driven roller rotatably mounted to the housing to provide pinched contact for media being transported through the printer.