Patent ID: 7673967
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A modular printer assembly comprising: a housing having upper and lower covers, a first side wall, and a second side wall opposing the first side wall; a loading mechanism including a drive assembly with a traversing mechanism engaged with the drive assembly, and a pair of endless belts and roller assemblies operatively engaged with the traversing mechanism, the drive assembly for displacing the traversing mechanism to push, or pull, the belt and roller assemblies farther apart, or closer together, respectively; and a print engine having two printhead assemblies defining a media feed path therebetween, each of the two printhead assemblies having two arcuate printheads provided adjacent each other in a downstream direction, wherein each arcuate printhead has a radius of curvature approximating a radius of a respective roller assembly, and each roller assembly is partially received in said curvature of one printhead of a respective printhead assembly.