Patent ID: 6464314
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A mount for mounting an ink jet printhead in position to imprint indicia on a surface of an object conveyed along a path past said printhead; said mount comprising:a support; a slide carried by said support, said slide comprising a slide body connected to said support, a slide member movably secured to said slide body, said slide member movable relative to said slide body generally toward and away from said path along a slide axis which is at an oblique angle relative to said path between an extended position and a retracted position, said slide being biased toward said extended position; a mount bracket carrying said slide relative to said support such that said slide axis may be adjusted relative to said support so as to position said slide axis at different oblique angles relative to said path; and said printhead being carried by said slide member and being engageable by said object conveyed along said path such that said slide and said printhead carried by said slide are forced to move from said extended position toward said retracted position along said slide axis to maintain said printhead in printing relation with said surface of said object conveyed along said path past said printhead.