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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7623038 | RFID printer and antennas A shielded antenna system is provided for reading from and/or writing to an RFID transponder wherein the energy radiated from the antenna system has a narrow beam width so that only one RFID transponder in a record member along a web of record members, each having a... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7621685 | Label stacker Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7621216 | Labeler and endless printing band for date-coding system A printing band with human readable and printing characters is capable of printing on preprinted labels with seven color zones. The selected printing band can print the day of the week, such as Wednesday, plus obliterate all the color zones except for the color zone... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7618204 | Decurling tag webs in printers/stackers There are disclosed embodiments of a decurler system for tag webs used for example in printers and stackers to automatically remove curl from tag webs to promote further tag handling and better tag appearance. The decurler system may determine the current diameter o... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7609406 | Hand held portable printer with RFID read write capability A hand-held portable printer includes a number of input devices mounted in or on a printer housing including a barcode scanner, keypad, communication interface in a receive mode and an RFID read/writer in a read mode. The hand-held portable printer also includes a n... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7594773 | Printer with cantilevered gear-driven platen roll Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7579059 | Web of record members, tags, labels, and method of making same There is disclosed a composite web of record members and a method of making same, the composite web provides tag/label pairs comprised of a tag and a label which can be feed through a printer and in which a tag/label pair can be cut from the tag web with its underly... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7575791 | Composite label There is disclosed a plurality of embodiments of composite webs of labels wherein there are labels on a pressure sensitive pressure-coated carrier web and wherein adhesive deadener coats the adhesive underlying the labels to enable the labels to be releasably adhere... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7543773 | Dancer arm for constant tension The invention relates to an apparatus for maintaining a constant tension on a web of material, in particular on a label web used in a labeling machine (E), said apparatus comprising: a stationary rotary axle device (30) with a geometric rotational axis (M) an... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543402 | Composite label and method of labeling There are disclosed a composite label for use in garments and other substrates and method of labeling. The composite label includes at least one label and a connector. The connector may be attached to a garment and subsequently the label(s) may be detached from the ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7506834 | Winding apparatus with central locking and unlocking A winding apparatus for a winding material. A drivable rotary shaft having a longitudinal center line (M). A receiving unit for the winding material, which is rotationally connected to the rotary shaft. A clamping unit for reversibly clamping the winding material fa... | 03/24/2009 |
| D588934 | Dispenser for multiple web rolls | 03/24/2009 |
| 7497401 | Printer and stacker and methods Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 03/03/2009 |
| D587134 | Garment package | 02/24/2009 |
| 7439861 | RFID printer and antennas A shielded antenna system is provided for reading from and/or writing to an RFID transponder wherein the energy radiated from the antenna system has a narrow beam width so that only one RFID transponder in a record member along a web of record members, each having a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439858 | RFID printer and antennas A shielded antenna system is provided for reading from and/or writing to an RFID transponder wherein the energy radiated from the antenna system has a narrow beam width so that only one RFID transponder in a record member along a web of record members, each having a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429013 | Unwind for printer Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind or unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web r... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7418365 | Method for verifying and/or detecting tampering There is disclosed method of shipment verification and/or tamper detection, wherein a purchaser generates an ordering document such as a purchase order RFID-encoded with data identifying items on the order. The supplier gathers the items into a package or packages f... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7387459 | Portable printer and method There is disclosed a portable printer operable in either a strip mode or a peel mode. In the peel mode, a pressure roll cooperates with a carrier web and the platen roll to strip labels from the web. A battery-powered electric motor advances a printable web through ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387456 | Portable printer A lightweight portable printer has a frame or housing with a print head and a cooperable platen roll mounted in the housing. The housing pivotally mounts a subassembly. The subassembly mounts an electric motor and gearing driven by the motor for driving the platen r... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387458 | Printer and method of printing with a plurality of selectable registration sensors There is disclosed a portable printer and a method of selectively printing on any one of a plurality of label rolls housed in the printer, or on a wide roll housed in the printer. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7375635 | Deactivatable RFID labels and tags and methods of making same Disclosed are deactivatable RFID labels and tags in individual and web form, and methods of making same. When it is desired to deactivate the label or tag, the tag or label is subjected to tearing. One arrangement involves providing the label or tag with a tear stri... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367372 | Printer There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels and for printing tags. The labeler has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler is user-friendly and compact. The labeler can be easily loaded with label an... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368029 | Thermal transfer media and method of making and using same There is disclosed thermal transfer media containing both fixed and variable printed information, and method of making and using such a thermal transfer medium. The fixed information is printed in one or more fixed-information zone(s) preferably on a web during a lo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350463 | Spindle assembly Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350992 | Center-justifying spindle assembly Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7247214 | Fabric garment label having detectable EAS or RFID marker in pocket and method of making same There is disclosed a fabric label, a method of making a label, a method of marking a garment, and a tool for inserting a marker. The label preferably has a closed or essentially closed pocket, into which a marker, such as an electronic article surveillance (EAS) or ... | 07/24/2007 |
| D542838 | Printer | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213807 | Stacker and method of batch separation with sheets There is disclosed an improved stacker, method of stacking sheets such as tags, and a stack of sheets. The stacker and the stacking method produces a stack of sheets, wherein same-size sheets are stacked so that the endmost sheet or sheets in one batch are offset or... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7186043 | Linerless web utilizing apparatus and methods having dual function stripper element There is disclosed a printer with an arrangement for assuring that a linerless tacky adhesive-backed web is reliably fed. The printer has stripper elements which terminate at tip portions which extend into the platen roll to initially cut grooves in the platen roll,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180627 | Hand-held portable printer with RFID read/write capability A portable printer includes a number of input devices mounted in the printer housing including a barcode scanner, keypad, communication interface in a receive mode and an RFID read/write module in a read mode. The portable printer also includes a number of output de... | 02/20/2007 |
| D536730 | Printer | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170538 | Thermal and inkjet printer There is disclosed a method using thermal and inkjet printing and a combination thermal and inkjet printer includes a thermal print head, an inkjet print head and at least one motor for driving a web of record members, such as labels past the thermal print head and ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160041 | Linerless label printer with controller to relieve print pressure following print cycle There is disclosed a hand-held printer for printing on linerless label webs wherein a thermal print head is maintained in pressure contact with the linerless web and a platen roll throughout successive printing cycles, but wherein the pressure is automatically relie... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156796 | Ink roller There is disclosed an ink roller having a base and an inked sleeve received about and in supported contact with the base, wherein the fit between the inked sleeve and the base is insufficient to prevent relative slippage or rotation between the base and the sleeve, ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151552 | Thermal transfer media and method of making and using same There is disclosed thermal transfer media containing both fixed and variable printed information, and method of making and using such a thermal transfer medium. The fixed information is printed in one or more fixed-information zone(s) preferably on a web during a lo... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7125182 | Printer Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7102657 | Thermal transfer media and method of making and using same There is disclosed thermal transfer media containing both fixed and variable printed information, and method of making and using such a thermal transfer medium. The fixed information is printed in one or more fixed-information zone(s) preferably on a web during a lo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7073717 | Portable printer and data entry device connected thereto assembly There is disclosed an assembly of a portable data entry device and a portable printer. The printer is hand-held and carries the data entry device. The data entry device includes a scanner and is located at the front portion of the printer. The printer has a space fo... | 07/11/2006 |
| D522330 | Hand-held tag attacher | 06/06/2006 |
