Patent ID: 7401899
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising a printhead and a support plate, said printhead being detachably mounted on the support plate and held thereon at two rigid support points located on a first side of the printhead and one elastic support point located on a second side of the printhead opposite to said first side, each of the support points being defined by a first portion on the side of the printhead and a second portion on the side of the support plate, and one of the first and second portions is a spherical surface engaged in a recess of the other of the first and second portions in a self-centering manner, wherein the second part of the elastic support point has its spherical surface formed by a bead fixed on a liftable wire permitting detaching the printhead, said wire being elastically biased toward the recess so that the elastic support point releasably biases the printhead towards said first side of the printhead.