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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7374803 | Band-like matter fastening seal, roll photo film, apparatus and methods for manufacturing a band-like matter unit A band-like matter fastening seal for fixing a wound end of a band-like matter that is wound in a roll form to the body of said band-like matter, includes: a first attaching part adhered to said end of the band-like matter; a second attaching part having an attachin... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7284725 | Recording paper storage device A paper holder is attachable to a recording paper storage chamber of a printer. The paper holder has a loading lid to cover a part of the recording paper storage chamber. And a press mechanism to press the rolled recording paper to a paper-supply roller is incorpora... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7252262 | Protective cover for optical fiber A protective cover is detachably fixed onto a spool to protect an optical fiber wound on the spool. The protective cover includes a pair of half-cylindrical cover members coupled together by a hinge and locked together by a locking mechanism. When an external force ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251415 | Photographic film container, film assembly and loading method A method of loading a film assembly comprising a first film container (13) which may be a conventional film cassette and an additional film container (15, 102, 202, 302, 402, 502) having a length of film wound in one of the containers and extending to ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249838 | Self threading wallpaper printer A self threading printer is disclosed for producing rolls of wallpaper. It features a media loading area adapted to support a media cartridge in a position so that a media supply slot of the cartridge is closely adjacent to a pilot guide. The device's cabinet contai... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7191978 | Media web cartridge for a printing system A media web cartridge for storing a media web to be introduced into a wallpaper printing system, the wallpaper printing system including a region to receive the media web cartridge and feed the media web past a printhead at least as wide as the width of the media we... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7171874 | Handle collecting structure for socket wrench A socket storage arrangement for a socket wrench includes a handle having an accommodating chamber formed therein. A pending platform includes a semi-cylindrical long rod seat body which is removably insertable into the accommodating chamber. The seat body is formed... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168650 | Roll holder device for supporting recording material roll and supply magazine with the same A roll holder device is for use with a recording paper roll including a tubular spool shaft and continuous recording paper wound about the tubular spool shaft in a roll form. In the roll holder device, first and second holder cores are inserted in respectively first... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165741 | Cassette for rolled recording medium and image forming apparatus When a sheet cassette having a roll of paper is attached to a body of a printer, a leading edge of a sheet is always brought to position at a certain position. When the sheet cassette is not attached to the printer body, a stopper, provided near an end of a lever, p... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048121 | Sealed case A sealed case includes an elongated trunk member including an overlapped part made by overlapping parts of an inside end portion and an outside end portion apart from each other in a vertical axis direction of a sheet material and first and second end portions each ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032765 | Container with over center corner latches A container constructed of parts that are injection molded using a synthetic resin molding technique includes a base, side walls and end walls. The side and end walls are movable between a first position in which the side and end walls are collapsed in the interior ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7010222 | Lens-fitted photo film unit and cassette for photo film A lens-fitted photo film unit contains a photo film cassette, which includes a spool for winding the photo film in a roll form thereabout. A body tube contains the photo film and the spool in a rotatable manner, has a first end with a first end opening, and a second... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6916132 | Double-sided printing apparatus The present invention is made to provide a double-sided printing apparatus at a relatively lower cost having little possibilities of dust generation or slowing feed speed of a continuous paper without complex mechanical structure nor control process, which includes:... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6892974 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge disclosed with an increased strength leads to a compact drive device. A rectangular case of the recording tape cartridge accommodates a single reel on which a recording tape is wound. An opening for pulling out a leader member attached to ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6871811 | Film cartridge including light blocking fabric A film container incorporating a light-blocking pile fabric composite disposed in bounding relation to a slit opening in the container. The pile fabric composite includes a heat curable resilient polymeric stiffening primer disposed across the underside of a pile fa... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6663041 | Apparatus for storing, transporting and delivering roll-formed flat printing material for a machine processing such material A device for storing, transporting and feeding a roll-forming web of printing material for a machine for processing the material. The device has a housing that surrounds and includes a receptacle for the roll. The housing is manipulatable in a manner anal... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6659381 | Light-shielding cloth for photographic film cartridge and photographic film cartridge A light-shielding cloth to be fitted to a photographic film cartridge at its slit through which a film is draw out, which does not produce defects in photographic images, particularly defects in enlarged photographic images, is prepared by subjecting a cl... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6652166 | Photographic film cartridge A photographic film cartridge includes a light-shielding cloth. The light-shielding cloth is subjected to napping with a coarse napping machine and then napping with a fine napping machine. The napping machines have napper rollers including a pile roller ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6641072 | Paper magazine for a recording paper roll and recording paper roll A roil of a recording paper is rotatably contained in a paper magazine. The magazine is provided with a mouth through which the recording paper is drawn out and fed to a printer. A leading edge of the recording paper is adapted to come into contact with a... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6520692 | Exposure apparatus for printing plates In an automatic exposure apparatus for printing plates, a photopolymer plate is taken out of an accommodating cassette in which stacked photopolymer plates are accommodated, and an image is recorded onto the photopolymer plate. A shutter which opens and c... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6506547 | Roll Package A roll package comprising a spool, a length of web material wound about the spool, and a length of a protective material wound about the length of web material. The length of a protective material has a moisture vapor transmission rate of less than about ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6502784 | Device for detecting remaining quantity of rolled papers A device for detecting remaining quantity of rolled papers has housing having a bottom for supporting a rolled paper. Optical detectors are provided for detecting a peripheral position of the rolled paper supported on the bottom when the peripheral positi... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6481904 | Light-shielding packaging system for photosensitive web roll A light-shielding packaging for a roll of continuous photosensitive web includes a tubular core having on each end a light-shielding flange disc; and a roll of a continuous photosensitive web wound on the core, which has a diameter identical to a diameter... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6447176 | Film canister device for use in a film package assembly and a method for loading a camera therewith and a camera loadable thereby Provided is a film package assembly to be used within a camera such that conventional winding and rewinding components are eliminated. Provided is a film package assembly which includes a new light-tight film canister device, a roll of film and a film tak... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6412726 | Supply magazine for recording material roll and having code reader A recording paper roll includes a tubular spool shaft having first and second end faces. Thermosensitive recording paper is wound about the tubular spool shaft in a roll form. A code is formed in the first end face. For use with the recording paper roll, ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6375008 | Light shielding packaging system for photosensitive web roll A light-shielding packaging for a roll of continuous photosensitive web wound on a core having on its each end a light-shielding flange disc has at its leading end a heat-shrinkable light-shielding leader sheet having a thickness of 30 to 200 μm which sh... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6357686 | Paper magazine for a recording paper roll and recording paper roll A roll of a recording paper is rotatably contained in a paper magazine. The magazine is provided with a mouth through which the recording paper is drawn out and fed to a printer. A leading edge of the recording paper, is adapted to come into contact with ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6340042 | Method of and apparatus for applying light-shield member to photosensitive member An elongate light-shield film is withdrawn for a length corresponding to the width of a photosensitive film by a light-shield film supply mechanism, cut off into a light-shield film by a first cutting mechanism, and fed to an overlapping position by a fee... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6299089 | Light tight cartridge for a roll of web material A light tight cartridge for a roll of web material (32) comprises a can (40), which contains the roll of web material (32). A first protrusion (52) on the can (40) rotatably supports the roll of web material (32). A cover (42) fits over the can (40) in a ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6254023 | Photo film cassette A photo film cassette has a spool core about which photo film is wound in a form of a roll. A cassette shell contains the spool core in a rotatable manner. Two flanges have a disk shape, and are secured to respective ends of the spool core, for regulating... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6216971 | Photo film cassette A photo film cassette has a spool core about which photo film is wound in a form of a roll. A cassette shell contains the spool core in a rotatable manner. Two flanges have a disk shape, and are secured to respective ends of the spool core, for regulating... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6196484 | Photographic 120-size film roll An improvement of a photographic film roll composed of a spool which has a spool core having a slit therein and a flange at both ends of the spool core and a photographic 120-size film which is placed and fixed on a continuous light-shielding backing pape... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6159326 | Method of and apparatus for applying light-shield member to photosensitive member An elongate light-shield film is withdrawn for a length corresponding to the width of a photosensitive film by a light-shield film supply mechanism, cut off into a light-shield film by a first cutting mechanism, and fed to an overlapping position by a fee... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6135378 | Apparatus for removing film from a film magazine A simple and compact apparatus for removing film from a film magazine includes a film slot opening/closing mechanism which is operated by a film slot opening/closing lever, and a spool driving shaft which is turned by a spool revolving knob. The apparatus... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6113287 | Magnetic orientation process and device A magnetic orientation process has been developed for the assembly of additional features to film cartridges to minimize the impact of the existing manufacturing process. This process orients the assembled film cartridge after it has been inserted into th... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6098376 | Light-tight package and method of forming the same A light-tight package for a roll 1 of light sensitive material has a central core 4 around which the material is wound, a flexible opaque leader 6 having a trailing end attached to the outermost end of the material and a pair of flexible end discs 7, 8 co... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100017 | Roll photo film having seal tape A 120-type roll photo film has a photo filmstrip. Trailer and leader portions of backing paper project from respective ends of the photo filmstrip. The photo filmstrip is wound about a spool with the trailer and leader portions. A seal tape is previously ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099173 | Conical centering process and device A visual exposed film indication feature has been developed for assembly of additional features to film cartridges which minimize the impact on the existing manufacturing process. This process which uses a spring loaded conical centering device locates th... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6089487 | Paper magazine for a recording paper roll and recording paper roll A roll of a recording paper is rotatably contained in a paper magazine. The magazine is provided with a mouth through which the recording paper is drawn out and fed to a printer. A leading edge of the recording paper is adapted to come into contact with a... | 07/18/2000 |
