Accessories usable with roll media and image forming system having output member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9981820-B2
Application number	US-201715490125-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2017
Priority date	Oct 24, 2011
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

In some examples, an accessory usable with roll media and an image forming system having an output member, comprises a leader member to attach to the output member of the image forming system, and a clip attached to the leader member, the clip to removably attach the leader member to the roll media in an installed state. The clip includes a first section to contact a first surface of the roll media, a second section to contact a second surface of the roll media, and a magnetic unit mounted on a surface of the first section, a magnetic field of the magnetic unit to attract the first and second sections toward one another to grip the roll media.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An accessory usable with roll media and an image forming system having an output member, the accessory comprising:
a leader member to attach to the output member of the image forming system; and
a clip attached to the leader member, the clip to removably attach the leader member to the roll media in an installed state, the clip comprising:
a first section to contact a first surface of the roll media,
a second section to contact a second surface of the roll media, and
a magnetic unit mounted on a first surface on a first side of the first section, the first section further comprising a second surface on a second side of the first section opposite the first side of the first section, the second surface of the first section to contact the first surface of the roll media when the roll media is gripped by the clip, and a magnetic field of the magnetic unit to attract the first and second sections toward one another to grip the roll media.

2. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein the second section comprises a ferromagnetic material.

3. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein the second surface of the first section is to grip the first surface of the roll media, and the second section comprises a surface to grip the second surface of the roll media.

4. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic unit protrudes beyond the first surface of the first section.

5. The accessory of claim 4 , wherein the first section is spaced apart from the second section.

6. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein the leader member has a length extending in a media transport direction and a width perpendicular to the length, and the clip extends across the width of the leader member.

7. The accessory of claim 1 , wherein the leader member comprises a plastic material.

8. A method of providing an accessory usable with roll media and an image forming system having an output member, the method comprising:
providing a leader member attachable to the output member of the image forming system; and
attaching a clip to the leader member, the clip to removably attach the leader member to the roll media in an installed state, the clip comprising:
a first section to contact a first surface of the roll media,
a second section to contact a second surface of the roll media, and
a magnetic unit mounted on a first surface on a first side of the first section, the first section further comprising a second surface on a second side of the first section opposite the first side of the first section, the second surface of the first section to contact the first surface of the roll media when the roll media is gripped by the clip, and a magnetic field of the magnetic unit to attract the first and second sections toward one another to grip the roll media.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second section comprises a ferromagnetic material.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first section comprises a gripping portion to grip the first surface of the roll media, and the second section comprises a gripping portion to grip the second surface of the roll media.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the magnetic unit protrudes beyond the first surface of the first section.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first section is spaced apart from the second section.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the leader member has a length extending in a media transport direction and a width perpendicular to the length, and the clip extends across the width of the leader member.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the leader member comprises a plastic material.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Yuan Ling-Li
• Hu Jing
• Deng yi-wei
• Martinez Barambio Angel

Classifications

• B65H2301/41427

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• B65H2801/15

  Digital printing machines · CPC title

• B41J11/001

  Handling wide copy materials · CPC title

• B41J15/04

  Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles · CPC title

• B65H2301/41428

  involving additional element between core and web · CPC title