PRINTER FOR PRODUCE COOLING AND STORAGE APPARATUS

• US 20090091793A1
• Filed: 12/14/2008
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 7,916,336 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/02 Framework

Abstract

A printer for use in an apparatus for storing and cooling produce is provided. The printer has a printer module, collector and page binder. The printer module is provided in a compartment door of the apparatus and has a media store storing pages of media in a vertically disposed manner and a pagewidth printhead arranged vertically beneath the media store for printing on the vertically disposed pages of media as they pass the printhead from the media store. The collector is provided in another compartment door of the apparatus at an interface of the compartment doors to receive the vertically disposed printed pages and hold the printed pages in the vertically disposed manner. The page binder is positioned between the printer module and collector for binding multiple printed pages by applying adhesive to each printed page as it passes from the printhead without interrupting their movement past the printhead.

Claims

1. A printer for use in apparatus for storing and cooling produce, the printer including:

a printer module provided in a door of a first compartment for storing and cooling produce, the printer module including a media store storing pages of media in a vertically disposed manner and a pagewidth printhead arranged vertically beneath the media store for printing on the vertically disposed pages of media as they pass the pagewidth printhead from the media store;

a collector provided in a door of a second compartment for storing and cooling produce, the collector being positioned at an interface of the doors of the first and second compartments so as to receive the vertically disposed printed pages of media generated by the printer module and hold the printed pages of media in said vertically disposed manner; and

a page binder positioned between the printer module and the collector for binding multiple printed pages to thereby form a printed document, the page binder being configured to apply adhesive to each printed page as it passes from the printhead without interrupting the movement of the page past the printhead.

2. A printer according to claim 1, wherein the first compartment is positioned above the second compartment.

3. A printer according to claim 1, wherein the printer is for printing visible information and substantially invisible coded data.

4. A printer according to claim 1, wherein printer includes:

a first communications module for communicating with a sensing device; and

a second communications module for communicating with a computer system.

5. A printer according to claim 4, wherein the printer communicates with the computer system to determine information to be printed on the pages of media.

6. A printer according to claim 5, wherein the printed pages include coded data printed thereon, the coded data being at least partially indicative of at least one interactive element, the printer receiving indicating data from the sensing device which, when placed in an operative position relative to the printed document, senses at least some of the coded data and generates the indicating data using the sensed coded data, the indicating data being at least partially indicative of the interactive element.

7. A printer according to claim 6, wherein the printer transfers the indicating data to the computer system via the second communications module.

8. A printer according to claim 5, wherein the printer:

receives at least a page description from the computer system, the page description describing a layout of visible information; and

,

prints, using the page description, visible information on the media.