Patent ID: 7789484
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: B26D,B26F,B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer-plotter comprising: a guide rail extending along a longitudinal direction; a first head supported by said guide rail and movable along said longitudinal direction; a second head supported by said guide rail and movable independently of the first head along said longitudinal direction; a driving member supported by said guide rail and configured to move along said longitudinal direction between said first head and said second head; a first connecting mechanism configured to connect said first head to said driving member detachably; and a second connecting mechanism configured to connect said second head to said driving member detachably wherein said first head is connected to said driving member by said first connecting mechanism and said second head is separated from said driving member in order to make said first head operate, wherein said second head is connected to said driving member by said second connecting mechanism and said first head is separated from said driving member in order to make said second head operate, wherein at least one of said first connecting mechanism and said second connecting mechanism includes a member having a projection, said projection being pivotally mounted to said member to pivot about an axis, said projection having a first position in which said projection is configured to engage said driving member to at least one of said first head and said second head and a second position in which said projection is configured to disengage said driving member from said at least one of said first head and said second head.