Integrated shell-and-chasis construction for a desktop image-related device
First Claim
1. An enclosure-and-structural system, for a desktop image-related device that is subject to mechanical shock loads during shipping and the like;
- said system comprising;
plural side covers;
a major chassis element of the image-related device; and
means for attaching the covers to the chassis element, said attaching means comprising means for omnidirectional transfer of such shock loads between the covers and the chassis element;
said transfer means comprising a hand-in-glove fit of a portion of the chassis element into each of the covers.
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Abstract
The invention protects a printer, scanner, copier and/or FAX machine against shock, particularly during shipping and the like. The system includes side covers, and a subsystem to attach them to a major chassis element. Preferably this subsystem omnidirectionally transfers shock between the covers and the chassis element, and includes a hand-in-glove fit of a portion of the chassis element into each cover, with a snap connector holding the chassis element and covers in the hand-in-glove fit. Also preferably a subsystem is included to attach the covers to a main structural assembly. This subsystem is integrally formed in the covers and main assembly, and takes up at least four degrees of freedom of motion between them. Another preferable subsystem attaches the covers to a first major chassis element with omnidirectional transfer of shock loads, and to a second major chassis element with directionally selective coupling of such loads--particularly as between forces generally tangential to the covers and forces generally normal to the covers.
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1. An enclosure-and-structural system, for a desktop image-related device that is subject to mechanical shock loads during shipping and the like;
- said system comprising;
plural side covers; a major chassis element of the image-related device; and means for attaching the covers to the chassis element, said attaching means comprising means for omnidirectional transfer of such shock loads between the covers and the chassis element; said transfer means comprising a hand-in-glove fit of a portion of the chassis element into each of the covers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 20)
- said system comprising;
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9. An enclosure-and-structural system for a desktop image-related device that is subject to shock loads during shipping and the like;
- said system comprising;
plural side covers; a main structural assembly; and means, integrally formed in the covers and the main structural assembly, for attaching the covers to the main structural assembly; said attaching means comprising coupling means which take up at least four degrees of freedom of motion between the covers and the main structural assembly. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
- said system comprising;
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14. An enclosure-and-structural system for a desktop image-related device that is subject to shock loads during shipping and the like;
- said system comprising;
plural side covers; a first major chassis element; first means for attaching the covers to the first chassis element, said first attaching means comprising means for omnidirectional transfer of such shock loads between the covers and the first chassis element; a second major chassis element, disposed within the image-related device and closely adjacent to an interior surface of at least one cover; and second means for attaching the at least one cover to the second chassis element, said second attaching means comprising means for directionally selective coupling of such shock loads between the second chassis element and the at least one cover. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- said system comprising;
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