Patents Assigned to David M. Lee
  • Patent number: 5911382
    Abstract: An auxiliary printing media roll holder use with printer/plotters to accomodate a large feed roll of printing media and increase the printing/plotting capacity and operational efficiency of the printer/plotter and reduce downtime due to reloading printing media rolls. The auxiliary roll holder has an elongate longitudinal frame with opposed ends adapted to be mounted between the laterally spaced legs that support the printer/plotter, longitudinal rollers rotatably mounted on the frame in parallel spaced relation, a longitudinal spindle bar removably received and rotatably engaged at opposed ends on the frame, and a pair of hubs slidably received and releasably secured on the spindle bar near its opposed ends, each having a generally cylindrical core receiving portion disposed in opposed facing relation for engaging and supporting opposed ends of a tubular core of a large roll of printing media which is drawn from the roll, passes over the roller, and into the printer/plotter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: David M. Lee
    Inventor: Bruce Wilson