Class 400/120.01 - Thermal

Subclass of Class 400 - Typewriting machines
Definition: Subject matter wherein a recording means, due to its being
No. of applications: 39
Last issue date: 07/02/2009

Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
20090169282	HEAT-ACTIVATED LINERLESS LABEL A heat-activated linerless label comprises a heat-activated adhesive coating. Portions of the heat-activated adhesive coating are selectively activated by a thermal printer....	07/02/2009
20090103963	Printer A disclosed printer includes a frame; a thermal head attached to the frame; a platen roller drive motor attached to the frame; a reduction gear train attached to the frame and configured to reduce the speed of rotation generated by the platen roller drive motor; and a p...	04/23/2009
20090097895	THERMAL TIME STAMP PRINTER A thermal time date stamp including a printing apparatus, system and method for recording the date and time on a flat paper sheet includes a paper guide for transporting the paper beneath a thermal print head and thermal transfer ribbon, a display for confirming the tim...	04/16/2009
20090074496	Printing apparatus A printing apparatus having shorter length in the longitudinal direction and a dust-protecting feature is disclosed. The printer includes a main frame, a subframe assembly, first and second pulse motors each have a reduction gear drive mechanism, a thermal head, a plate...	03/19/2009
20090061123	Ductile Printed Media and methods of use therefore A ductile media for receiving an image thereon is disclosed and comprises a ductile mesh and an elastomeric membrane fixed to at least a top side of the mesh. The ductile mesh is preferably an expanded metal material. The elastomeric membrane has a substantially flat to...	03/05/2009
20080247799	THERMAL PRINTER HEAD WITH PRINT CONTROL DEVICES A thermal printer head and print control device capable of controlling what is printed onto a voucher, which includes a printer head and an image control sensor placed in an upper part of the printer head, and including an electronic card on a control unit and cables fo...	10/09/2008
20080226374	Tape cassette and tape printer A tape cassette includes an ink ribbon provided with a base film coated with an ink layer thereon and a film tape provided with a transparent film with an adhesive layer formed on one surface thereof. When an adhesive layer of the film tape and the ink layer of the ink ...	09/18/2008
20080199238	Image Generating Apparatus An image generating apparatus includes a print portion printing a paper, a platen roller arranged so as to be opposed to the print portion, a heat radiating member mounted on the print portion, radiating heat generated in the print portion, integrally provided with a pl...	08/21/2008
20080193184	PRINTER A thermal transfer printer having a configuration in which a drive power of one motor is transmitted to a platen roller and a ribbon conveying mechanism can be easily assembled. The printer has: (a) a printing medium feed reel, (b) a ribbon feed reel, (c) a platen rolle...	08/14/2008
20080124161	HYBRID DESKTOP-PORTABLE PRINTER METHOD AND APPARATUS A printer having a desktop unit and a portable unit that can be interconnected to the desktop unit is provided. The desktop unit provides a media supply. However, the desktop unit does not provide a print head. The portable unit provides a media supply and a print head....	05/29/2008
20080118294	Printing device A printing device, including: a mechanical energy storage mechanism for storing mechanical energy; and a mechanical energy application mechanism for carrying a sheet and/or printing on the sheet, using the mechanical energy stored. ...	05/22/2008
20070212148	Printer device A printer device is disclosed. The printer device includes: a base chassis that accepts therein and ejects therefrom the printing medium; a top chassis that is disposed to be able to freely open and close in a direction vertical to the basis chassis; an ink ribbon cartr...	09/13/2007
20070212147	Thermal head printing method and device Provided are a thermal head printing method and device carrying out printing on a place to be printed of a moving object by a thermal head arranged not to move in a moving direction of the printing object. In the thermal head printing device carrying out printing on the...	09/13/2007
20070206982	Thermal indicators A thermal indicator using indicia formed by opaque ink applied to a thermal imaging material element is described. The ink is substantially the same color as the imaging element background and remains substantially hidden until the imaging element background changes col...	09/06/2007
20070201928	Head support structure, printing device, thermally activating device, and printer Provided is a head support structure including: a thermal head (11) for heating a sheet material (5); a platen roller (12) for transporting the sheet material (5) being pressed by the thermal head (11); a head support member (13...	08/30/2007
20070183831	Sticky Note Printer and Method of Controlling the Same In a sticky note printer, a sticky note is peeled off and fed one by one from a bundle of notes set in position. In empty-feed motion, the sticky note is fed in a normal direction from a peel-off position through a sticky note ejecting slot to a pull-out position in whi...	08/09/2007
20070122221	RECORDING APPARATUS The present invention easily provides a compact recording apparatus including a paper chamber capable of containing paper and a ribbon chamber containing an ink ribbon in a manner such that the ink ribbon on a supply shaft can be taken up onto a take-up shaft, by utiliz...	05/31/2007
20070081842	Memory system and method for consumables of a printer A print head for use with a printer. The print head includes an input that receives data or commands associated with printing from the printer. A memory component of the print head is connected in communication with the input and is configured to bi-directionally commun...	04/12/2007
20070071530	APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PAD IMAGE TRANSFER An apparatus and method for image sequence transfer onto one of a plurality of a pad medium pages while the pages are aggregated together. A preferred embodiment for a printer includes An image transfer apparatus, including a housing; an image transfer engine for transf...	03/29/2007
20070041766	Thermal Printer A thermal printer for printing by applying heat energy to a recording medium uses a single logic circuit arrangement to enable operating in a plurality of print modes, and enables easily changing the control logic of each print mode to afford high quality printing. Heat...	02/22/2007
20070025789	Image forming apparatus using thermal print head An image forming apparatus using a thermal printing head, the image forming apparatus including a printing unit having a thermal printing head to print an image by applying heat to a medium and a platen roller facing the thermal printing head to support the medium, a co...	02/01/2007
20060285907	METHOD FOR REDUCING PRINTING POSITION ERROR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME An apparatus and method are provided for reducing a printing position error, in which the method includes the steps of (a) driving an encoder wheel as many times as a predetermined number of forward counts at a predetermined initial acceleration, thereby making the edge...	12/21/2006
20060239741	Thermal type image forming apparatus A thermal type image forming apparatus is provided for printing images on both sides of a medium, which are a first surface and a second surface of the medium. A thermal print head (TPH) is rotated about a platen roller to a first position facing the first surface of th...	10/26/2006
20060239740	Image forming apparatus adopting thermal printing head An image forming apparatus is provided which employs a thermal print head. The image forming apparatus includes the thermal print head, a platen roller forming a printing nip while facing the thermal print head, an aperture formed on an upstream side of the printing nip...	10/26/2006
20060216095	Borderless platen drive printing A printer has a path for a sheet. A donor web is disposed on one side of the path; a platen roller is disposed on the other side of the path and supports the sheet during printing. An edge sensor is located in path at a known distance from the nip of the print head and ...	09/28/2006
20060159502	Printer thermal response calibration system Techniques are disclosed herein for estimating parameters of a model of a thermal print head for use in performing thermal history control. In particular, techniques are disclosed for use in conjunction with a thermal print head having a plurality of print head elements...	07/20/2006
20060159503	Two-sided thermal printing Dual-sided direct thermal printing of a thermal imaging element having thermally sensitive coatings on opposite sides of a substrate is described, where the thermal imaging element is provided along a feed path of a thermal printer having print heads disposed on opposit...	07/20/2006
20060140701	Thermotransfer printer, and method for controlling activation of printing elements of a print head thereof In a method for activation of a print head operating according to the thermotransfer principle, the print head having a number of printing elements, in which the energy quantity to be supplied to a printing element is determined in a determination step, and the energy q...	06/29/2006
20060104695	Thermal transfer printer A thermal transfer printer includes a thermal head, a platen roller which allows the thermal head to be in the head up/down state, an ink ribbon which is drawn between the thermal head and the platen roller, a paper feed roller which can convey a recording paper. A peel...	05/18/2006
20060078366	Printing apparatus A main body has a receiving section, which contains an ink ribbon cassette holding an ink ribbon, together with an optical disk. The ink ribbon and the optical disk are fed by a platen roller, and printing is performed on the optical disk through a thermal head. The opt...	04/13/2006
20060062623	Printer and printing method Provided is a printer capable of achieving its miniaturization and lightness. The printer includes: a roll accommodation unit (2) for retaining a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet (1) wound into a roll; a cutter unit (3) for cutting the heat-sensitive a...	03/23/2006
20060008309	Authentic document and method of making A method and system is disclosed for printing an authenticatable image having an embedded image into a receiver having a discernible physical characteristic, such that the printed image can be used to authenticate the receiver which includes scanning the receiver to pro...	01/12/2006
20050269026	Thermal activation device and method of conveying sheet material Provided is a thermal activation device including a thermal activation head (11) for thermally activating a heat-sensitive adhesive layer of a sheet material (3), a platen roller (12) for holding and conveying the sheet material (3), the plat...	12/08/2005
20050271438	Thermal activation method and processing method for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet, thermal activation device for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet, and printer for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet A heat-sensitive adhesive sheet is thermally activated thoroughly at both ends in a conveying direction and unnecessary heating from heat accumulated in a platen roller is avoided. Driving of heating elements (10) of a thermal activation thermal head is started (...	12/08/2005
20050243159	Image formation apparatus and sublimation printer An image formation apparatus or a sublimation printer includes a main frame, a platen roller, a head assembly, and a press lever. The platen roller is rotatably held between first and second side panels of the main frame. The press lever is pivotably supported on the fi...	11/03/2005
20050232673	Device for printing one or serveral objects moving in a feed direction The invention relates to a device for printing one or several objects moving in a feed direction, in particular labels, packaging and packaging sections on a flat strip (1) or labels (2) stuck on a support band strip, comprising a print head (4) and...	10/20/2005
20050152730	Machine for printing images on articles The machine (1) comprises a support structure (4, 11) in which there are: a thermal-transfer device (14) having a movable active surface (36a; 136a) facing the path of the articles; supply and guide means (5-10<...	07/14/2005
20050105949	CD transporter with re-transfer printer A compact disc transporter has been described that includes a two-step printer. The printer uses an intermediate transfer sheet to receive a print image that is subsequently transferred to a compact disc. The transporter allows parallel processing of image data and cont...	05/19/2005
20050053406	Card-flipping device for use in card printers A card-flipping device for a card printing apparatus is provided. The card-flipping device comprises a card-carrier unit for transporting the card in a vertical direction, a motor drive means for moving the unit in the vertical direction, and an actuator assembly includ...	03/10/2005

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