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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Zih Corp., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Randal Wong Mun Hon, Singapore, SG;
Petrica Dorinel Balcan, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Kuan-Ying Lu, Taichung, TW;
Lawrence E. Smolenski, Newbury Park, CA (US);
David L. Garbe, Ventura, CA (US);
ZIH Corp., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A media processing device includes a cavity configured to receive a supply of media; a media exit; a fixed media guide configured to guide the media along a media feed path from the cavity to the media exit; a platen roller configured to move the media along the media feed path from the supply toward the media exit; and a movable media guide extending laterally across the media feed path at a position between the platen roller and the cavity. The movable media guide is biased toward the media feed path and is configured to apply a force to the media. The movable media guide is convexly curved toward the media feed path.