Personal digital assistant terminal with internal printer and a receptacle for receiving a cartridge containing at least one ink

• US 7,448,747 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2004
• Issued: 11/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah; Manish S
• Application Number:
  US10/920,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20050012807A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,546 Days
• Field of Search: 347/109, 347/108, 347/101
• US Class Current: 347/109
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/706 using a cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating carrier
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 15/044 Cassettes or cartridges containing continuous copy material, tape, for setting into printing devices
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/01 Ink jet
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/16 Production of nozzles
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/16552 using cleaning fluids
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17513 Inner structure
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1752 Mounting within the printer
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17546 electronically
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17553 Outer structure
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/023 with reduced dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/13 Cases or covers
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/38 Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/36 for portability , i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers B41J3/4075 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/44 Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/445 Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/46 Printing mechanisms combined with apparatus providing a visual indication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1696 the I/O peripheral being a printing or scanning device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/202 Air convective hinge
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/00 Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data , e.g. computer output printersprinting or plotting combined with another operation, e.g. with conveying, G06K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2215/0082 : Architecture adapted for a particular function

Abstract

A hand held personal digital assistant including: memory for storing information; a display; a pagewidth print head; a processor for processing information to generate dot data and supply it to the printhead; a receptacle including an ink interface, the receptacle being configured to receive a cartridge containing at least one ink, the ink being supplied to the printhead via the ink interface; a user interface configured to enable; retrieval of the information from the memory for display on the display; printing of the displayed information; and input of further information for storage, display and printing.

Claims

1. A hand held personal digital assistant including:

a body connecting to a display through a hinge joint;

memory housed in said body for storing information;

a pagewidth printhead disposed within the body;

a processor for processing information to generate dot data and supply it to the printhead;

a receptacle including an ink interface, the receptacle being configured to removably receive a cartridge containing at least one ink and print media, the ink and print media being supplied to the printhead;

wherein the receptacle is disposed in the hinge joint and wherein the hinge joint includes a releasable cover through which said receptacle removably receives said cartridge.

2. The personal digital assistant of claim 1 wherein said body section houses said memory and at least a portion of a user interface, the user interlace being configured to enable:

retrieval of the information from the memory for display on the display, printing of the displayed information, and input of further information for storage, display and printing.

3. The personal digital assistant of claim 2 wherein said printhead is a monolithic pagewidth printhead.

4. The personal digital assistant of claim 3 wherein said printhead is an ink jet printhead.

5. The personal digital assistant of claim 2 wherein said user interface includes a touch screen integrated into the display.