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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6179285 | Media transport assembly incorporating vacuum grooves to flatten sheet A media transport system for transporting a media sheet in a marking device includes an entrance drive assembly, an exit drive assembly and a vacuum generator that applies a vacuum force to the media sheet to form a wide, flat printing zone. The entrance ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5840146 | Method and compositions that render materials RF responsive The coating of a RF active material on a non-RF active substrate material of typical thickness for packaging purposes, can generate sufficient thermal energy to effect strong bonding of the substrate materials. The RF active material may be-deposited on l... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5370465 | Method and apparatus for printing traffic citations A method and apparatus for printing traffic citations or the like. An impact printer is supplied which prints with a print head onto an approximately 3.25" wide paper strips and senses the movement of the paper through the printer. A plate is provided to ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5240243 | Hanging bin for uniformly stacking cut sheets at the output of a plotter A suspendable or hanging sheet receiving bin for a printer or plotter which includes a front wall, a back wall, and a bottom wall, all joined together in a bar or wire grid network to define a sheet receiving region. The sheet receiving region has a lengt... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5238235 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet containing device for supporting sheets, a sheet supply device for feeding out the sheet from the sheet containing device, and a path surface for deflecting the sheet by abutting the sheet fed from the sheet supp... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5235353 | Compact ink jet recording apparatus with particular design for recording medium conveyance and support A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium has a recording head for effecting recording on the recording medium, conveying rollers for conveying the recording medium, a first and a second case for covering the recording head and t... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5229791 | Image copying apparatus with selection between a simultaneously present rolled sheet conveyor and cut sheet conveyor where printing is performed on the inside or lower surface of the respective sheets An image copying apparatus for copying an original by scanning a print head having a predetermined head print width a plurality of times in a main scanning direction and displacing an object to be recorded in a subscanning direction, thereby forming an im... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5226743 | Method and apparatus for paper control in a printer An apparatus for control of a sheet of paper in a printer mechanism includes a single motor drive mechanism, a frame, a platen, a roller assembly for advancing the sheet of paper over the platen, and a kicker element for selectively contacting only an edg... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5225852 | Recording material transport device and recording apparatus having the same A transport device for use in a recording apparatus is disclosed. The transport device includes a conveyor belt having at least three layers. The upper layer of the belt is a conductive or semiconductive layer that is discriminable from a recording materi... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5225853 | Recording apparatus with conveyor cleaning mechanism The present invention provides a recording apparatus comprising a conveyor for conveying a sheet while contacting therewith, a recording device for recording an image by discharging ink onto the sheet conveyed by the conveyor, a cleaning device for sweepi... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5225757 | Methods for deriving and implementing motion profiles for drive systems The present invention provides a stable, high performance system for driving one or more masses in precise incremental movements. More particularly, the present invention provides a method and system for deriving and implementing motion profiles that gove... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5223940 | Image recording apparatus with control of cutter blades and retraction of recording medium web in response to detection of a cut sheet An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium, includes an: image recording device for recording an image on a recording medium, a conveying device for conveying the recording medium, and a cutter for cutting the recording medi... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5222860 | Floor space efficient printer with high load and unload capability High speed printers with extended run capabilities are disclosed. A plurality of like containers are provided for carrying copy sheets to the printer and for receiving copy output from the printer. The containers are fed one after the other to supply inpu... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5223858 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus using a recording head driven in accordance with print information includes a feeder for feeding a recording material; a discriminator for discriminating presence or absence of next printing information before completion of dischargi... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5221035 | Printing medium feeding device of an image reproduction apparatus A printing medium feeding device for an image reproduction apparatus has a feed roller driveable in forward and reverse directions. A pinch roller is rotatably supported by a pivotable arm and rotatably supports a hook. The hook is effective when in an en... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5216442 | Moving platen architecture for an ink jet printer An ink jet printer includes a platen having a planar surface sized to hold a sheet upon which an image is to be printed flat on the planar surface. The platen is movably mounted for linear reciprocal movement between a sheet receiving position and a sheet... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5213427 | Printer with sheet storage cassette A printer includes a sheet storage cassette and a sheet separation device for storing and separating individual sheets prior to printing, as well as a sheet deposit device for receiving of the printed-on individual sheets. A sheet storage cassette (2) is ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5211390 | Sheet feeding device A sheet feeding device for feeding a sheet by a vibration wave includes a pair of rotatable rollers each having a rotary shaft orthogonal to the direction of conveyance of the sheet and substantially parallel to the surface of the sheet. The sheet feeding... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5205663 | Capstan bodies in printer rollers A printing mechanism such as a thermal printer includes an elastomer coated platen having a circumference smaller than the printing length of an image to be reproduced on a print medium. The platen has a width which is wider than the width of the print me... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5203549 | Collator with printer having inclined printing path and displaceable conveyor belts to expose printing surface An improved apparatus is used to feed sheet material to a feed station of a collating conveyor. At the feed station of one embodiment of the invention, a first feed drum engages a leading edge portion of the sheet material and feeds the sheet material tow... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5199699 | Base having anti-vibration means A base for operative association with an operating mechanism sensitive to horizontal vibration, such as an ink jet printer, supports a horizontal document feeder plate and associated drive operative to advance documents in sequential fashion from a stack ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5193800 | Apparatus for conveying paper in a printer An apparatus for conveying paper in a printer adapted to convey cut-sheet and fan-fold paper bi-directionally in a paper path. The apparatus includes a pair of paper conveying rollers positioned downstream of a print head and a pair of paper conveying rol... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5193285 | Mechanical shape sensor and data recorder A mechanical shape sensor measures and provides a two-dimensional representation of the contour of a person's thighs and buttocks or the dorsal and lateral surfaces of a person's trunk for facilitating the fabrication of custom contoured seat cushions suc... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5192141 | Multi-dimensional media printer with media based registration and free edge printing A printer 20 for imprinting data on a variety of multi-dimensional media 62 has media based registration and can accomplish free edge printing for printing data adjacent edges. The printer 20 includes a transport mechanism 52 for accurately transporting a... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5188351 | Multi-size paper cassette having a sheet size indicator A multi-size paper cassette for a printer, such as an electrophotographic or laser jet printer and having a cassette housing which is adapted to receive a back wall and paper receiving shelf in slidable engagement with housing side walls during paper size... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5188270 | Sheet conveyor having retractable pins held in a wheel for openings in a sheet A sheet conveyor for conveying a sheet by engaging an engaging member with openings formed in a sheet and conveying the sheet by displacement of the engaging member. The conveyor includes a holding device for holding the engaging member so as to be movabl... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5173596 | Paper card reader/validator A card reader and validator for use in wagering terminals includes a housing with a paper path. A paper drive surface of a drive wheel projects into the paper path. A platen assembly includes a pressure roller for pressing paper against the paper drive su... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172238 | Image recording apparatus with selection between a simultaneously present rolled sheet conveyor and cut sheet conveyor where printing is performed on the inside of lower surface of the respective sheets The recording apparatus includes a continuous rolled sheet supply and cutter and a stacked pre-cut sheet supply, both sheet supplies have a conveyor for feeding the respective sheet to a recording area. Recording is performed on the inside surface of the ... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5172138 | Positioning apparatus for a movable member such as a sheet guide member A positioning apparatus for positioning a reciprocally movable member, such as a guide member for a sheet of recording paper, between a reference position and a predetermined position. The apparatus includes a detector for detecting that the movable membe... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5171006 | Sheet material feeding device A sheet material feeding device includes a first conveying path for feeding sheet material, a second conveying path for feeding the sheet material and which joins the first conveying path, an anchoring unit for anchoring and bending the leading end of the... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5170184 | Recording apparatus with improved recording medium conveying device The present invention provides an image recording apparatus, comprising a conveying rotary member for conveying a sheet by rotating while contacting the sheet, an image recording device disposed in confronting relation to the conveying rotary member and a... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5170183 | Recording medium discharge mechanism for printer A recording medium discharge mechanism which discharges a recording medium (S) into a discharge tray (14) using a sheet discharge roller (69) and a sheet discharge biasing roller (72) that confronts the sheet discharge roller (66). The sheet discharge rol... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5166707 | Ink jet recording apparatus having easy-access recording medium conveyance route An ink jet recording apparatus which records on a recording medium by discharging ink on a recording medium. The ink jet recording apparatus comprises an ink jet recording head which discharges ink to record on a recording medium, a conveyance route which... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5163674 | Drive means for a recording medium having liquid images thereon In the present invention, a drive means for use in a printer or copier is described which will transport a recording medium, such as paper, having liquid images on one surface thereof without inadvertently causing the recording liquid to be pushed from th... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5163669 | Paper feed mechanism having an adjustable restrainer Letter quality addressing is possible at production speeds. A feeding and transport system positively feeds discrete media elements to be addressed (such as envelopes) past a number of print heads in a positive manner to maintain consistent and proper ali... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5152618 | Pinch roller control in a printer A printing mechanism such as a thermal printer includes a rotatable cylindrical platen having a circumference which is smaller than the printing length of a complete image to be reproduced on a print medium, and at least one pinch roller. The platen has a... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5149049 | Support device for motor In a support device for a direct drive electric motor found in apparatuses such as copy machines, printers, etc., employing the method of driving a driven shaft by an output shaft of the motor in direct connection thereto, the motor body is supported by t... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5147274 | Document feeding dog-ear straightening system An apparatus and method of straightening turned over (dog-eared) or curled edges of sheets of paper or the like, particularly, original documents being fed in a document feeder. In various sheet feeders for feeding flimsy sheets of paper or the like in a ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5145164 | Sheet feeding apparatus The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus having a support on which sheets are supported in a sheet stack, at least one separating claw arranged adjacent a corner of a front end of the sheet stack supported on the support and having a pawl ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5141344 | Sheet feeding mechanism for printing apparatus A sheet feeding mechanism for a printing apparatus capable of achieving accurate sheet feed performance free from slanted sheet feeding, dislocation between pages in printing on copy sheets, out-of-pitch printing, and the like. The sheet feeding mechanism... | 08/25/1992 |
