US 6,981,769 B2
Personal digital assistant with internal printer having a media feed mechanism
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain (Australia)
Assigned to Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain (Australia)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/920,377.
Application 10/920377 is a continuation of application No. 10/040472, filed on Jan. 09, 2002, granted, now 6,942,334.
Claims priority of application No. PR2564 (AU), filed on Jan. 17, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2005/0012810 A1, Jan. 20, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 3/36 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 347—109 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand held personal digital assistant including:
a body section;
a display;
a hinge joint connected said body section and said display, the hinge joint defining a substantially enclosed space internal to one or more components of the hinge;
an information storage device housed within said body;
a printer housed within said body and including a pagewidth printhead wherein said printhead is an inkjet printhead;
a media feed mechanism housed with said body for feeding print media past the printhead during printing; and
a user interface including a touch screen integrated into the display and allowing a user to: selectively retrieve and display information from said storage device on said display; print said information using said printer; and enter and store new information in said information storage device;
wherein at least one of a printhead of the printer, a print media supply of the printer and an ink supply of the printer is housed within the enclosed space of the hinge joint.