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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2014
Daniel B. Meyer, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Robert W. Martell, Portland, OR (US);
Stacy Foos, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Jian-hua Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Tsan-fang Yu, New Taipei, TW;
Feng-yi Tai, New Taipei, TW;
Daniel B. Meyer, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Robert W. Martell, Portland, OR (US);
Stacy Foos, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Jian-Hua Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Tsan-Fang Yu, New Taipei, TW;
Feng-Yi Tai, New Taipei, TW;
Other;
Abstract
Printer head shuttles configured to control contact pressure of one or more printer head assemblies against a printing substrate and an underlying platen during a printer operation are shown and described. The printer head shuttles include a shuttle guide and a shuttle main body having one or more printer head assemblies. Each printer head assembly includes an axel attached to the shuttle main body, an assembly main body pivotably attached to the axel, a mounting plate attached to the assembly main body, a printer head attached to the mounting plate, and a drive mechanism for pivoting the head assembly between a substrate compressing position and a substrate non-compressing position.