Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7396173 | Perforation forming mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus An apparatus includes a mid-frame for supporting a back side of a sheet of media. A carrier system is configured to transport a carriage in a reciprocating manner with respect to the mid-frame. The carriage includes a bay. A perforation cartridge is configured to be... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7354211 | Perforation forming mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus An apparatus for perforating a sheet of print media having a front side and a back side includes a printhead carriage for carrying a printhead. A perforator carriage carries a perforation forming mechanism. An isolation damper having elastic, vibration absorbing, ch... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7257364 | Paper feeding mechanism for continuous form printer A paper feeding mechanism for a printer includes a discharging unit located on a downstream side of a paper feed path, a feeding unit located on an upstream side with respect to the image transfer station, a tension applying unit that operates to apply tension to th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7204654 | Perforation forming mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus An apparatus for perforating a sheet of media includes a perforation forming mechanism including at least one perforation device. The perforation forming mechanism is configured to drive the perforation device through the sheet of media to extend through the sheet o... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7121750 | Inkjet printer with cutting head having smoothly movable heads An inkjet printer with a cutting head comprises a linear motion rail, and a linear motion block slidably provided on the linear motion rail. An inkjet head carriage holding an inkjet head and a cutting head carriage holding a cutting head are fixed to the linear mot... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7066671 | Method for forming perforations in a sheet of media with a perforation system A method for forming perforations in a sheet of media with a perforation system includes the steps of generating graphics data; defining a non-printed color to represent perforation locations; embedding the non-printed color in the graphics data for a current perfor... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036872 | Vehicle midgate A vehicle midgate includes a generally U-shaped reinforcement member that cooperates with an inner panel and an outer panel to define a cavity for containing a selectively retractable window. The U-shaped reinforcement member has a closed cross section so as to form... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033017 | Personal digital assistant with integrated printer with cutter assembly A hand held personal digital assistant including: information storage means; display means; an in-built printer; a receptacle for receiving an ink cartridge containing at least one... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7011464 | Apparatus for detecting an end portion of a recording medium A printer having a hopper without shaft which performs a print operation on a roll of continuous paper. Detection marks are provided in flanges provided in supported members removably attached to the continuous paper, and the presence/absence of the detection mark i... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6945645 | Method and apparatus for scoring media A method and apparatus for printing and scoring media in a printing system. In one embodiment a scoring pattern is based upon input by the user on a graphical user interface. The system typically incorporates a controller that drives a scoring printer having a scori... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926400 | Media incising printer A printer with a media incising device operably secured thereto and a related method for using the printer is disclosed. The media control device is in communication with a printer controller that commands the media incising device to engage the media. The disclosed... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6908243 | Separable cutting mechanism for printer A separable cutting mechanism for a printer comprises: a printing device with rollers used for mounting on a rail of the printer to move transversely; a cutting-knife unit with a carrier having rollers thereon to mount the cutting-knife unit on the rail of the print... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6831670 | Printer A printer includes a line thermal head, a platen roller for holding a paper between the platen roller and the line thermal head and feeding the paper, a cutter, including a movable blade and a fixed blade, for cutting printed paper, and a cutter driving mechanism fo... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6807888 | Recording material cutting device There is provided a recording material cutting device having a mechanism for cutting a recording material by the whole edge of a cutter blade so as to prolong the service life of the cutter blade, while allowing to simplify the structure of the device, to downsize t... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6783291 | Printer A printer using a roll of paper having an easy structure and ease of maintenance. A bottom plate (10a) of a printer body unit (10) is attached to a bottom plate (31) of a connecting member (30). At the side wall (32) ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6499840 | Multi-functional printer The invention relates to a printer including a scanning mechanism provided in a housing, a mounting mechanism for releasably mounting a print head to the scanning mechanism, and an aperture. The scanning mechanism is arranged to move within the housing. T... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6454475 | Method of cutting rollfeed media A paper cutter assembly for a printer/plotter is mounted on the printhead carriage for movement therewith to avoid separate mounting and guide structure. A cutter wheel is mounted in a housing for cam induced movement between a raised inactive position an... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6315474 | Automatic paper cutter for large format printer A paper cutter assembly for a printer/plotter is mounted on the printhead carriage for movement therewith to avoid separate mounting and guide structure. A cutter wheel is mounted in a housing for cam induced movement between a raised inactive position an... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6247774 | Postage meter machine A postage meter machine has a digital printer device with a guide plate and a transport mechanism for print media controlled by a control unit that generates print control signals for a printhead in order to print the print medium surface with a correspon... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5846005 | Label printer with cutter attachment A label printer and cutter combination will print a number of labels on a large sheet that is fed from a sheet tray coupled to the printer. The labels are oriented orthogonally along X-Y axes on the sheet, and once all the labels on the sheet have been pr... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5833380 | Printer having cutting apparatus and protective device for use in a printer A printer comprising a cutting device for cutting the recording paper with a clean, straight edge is achieved. The printer comprises a pair of separable cutting blades, a fixed blade 14 and a movable blade 9, disposed with the cutting edges thereof mutual... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5767984 | Facsimile apparatus with paper cutter A facsimile apparatus advances recording paper from a roll of recording paper (1) to a cutter (3) which cuts the paper to a length equal to the number of lines necessary for printing a single full page of an image. The facsimile apparatus has first throug... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5746527 | Printing apparatus provided with an auto cutter A printing apparatus mainly comprises a first cover for, provided on a body frame including a print head 5, covering the print head 5; a second cover 39 for, disposed on the body frame opposing to the first cover by means of the transport path for transpo... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5671065 | Paper conveying and automatic cutting device for a facsimile apparatus which uses a single bi-directional drive motor A device for conveying and automatically cutting paper in a facsimile apparatus. When a motor rotates forwardly, a roller for conveying paper rotates, and when the motor rotates reversely, the paper is cut. A stationary cutting edge of an automatic cutter... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5586479 | Cutting apparatus for cutting an image from a receiving sheet The present invention relates to a cutting apparatus which includes a cutter. A pair of sensors is used to detect a lead edge of an image located on a receiver sheet. In response to the sensors the cutter and the lead edge of the image are aligned. The re... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5538591 | Tape cutting apparatus A tape cutting apparatus is described for cutting off a portion of tape (4) comprising first and second layers (4a,4c) secured one to another by an adhesive layer (4b). The apparatus comprises an anvil (40) and a cutter support member (31) carrying a blad... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5482389 | Paper feed driven cutter mechanism of an electronic printer A paper cutting device of an electronic printer which derives its motive power from the drive source operating the paper feed mechanism of the printer. The paper feed mechanism has a one-way clutch coupled to the paper feed drive shaft which locks on to t... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5443194 | Method of cutting sheet for plotter In case a long size sheet which is sandwiched by a drive roller and a pressure roller and its tip portion is suspended downwardly with its dead weight from the sheet support surface is cut off in a straight line in a crossing direction with a cutter pen o... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5440402 | Method and apparatus for recognizing paster portion of web According to a method and apparatus for recognizing a paster portion of a web, each pixel data of a printed matter serving as a reference is stored as reference image data. Each pixel data of a printed matter serving as a test target printed on the web is... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5437512 | Transport device for separated sections of a continuous recording substrate from a recording mechanism In a device for transporting sections (28) of a recording substrate from a recording mechanism, the recording mechanism has a cutting unit (12) for separating the sections (28) from the recording substrate. The cutting unit can be moved, in a cutting stro... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5413426 | Recording apparatus During the forward driving of a recording motor, a platen roller is forwardly rotated and a de-curl shaft is rotated so as to bear against a recording sheet and at this time, a cutter is not driven. During the reverse driving of the recording motor 31, th... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5412407 | Heat transfer recording apparatus with common drive source for driving plural elements A heat transfer recording apparatus which is arranged to transfer ink from a heat transfer printing medium to a recording medium by selective application of heat while transporting the heat transfer printing medium and the recording medium. The apparatus ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5369425 | Device for automatically clamping and releasing recording material and operation of said device An apparatus and method for automatically clamping film material onto the recording drum of a reproduction device and for releasing the film material exposed by a recording element from the recording drum. The apparatus has a roll film cassette introducib... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5363123 | Cutter drive for a computer driven printer/plotter A cutter drive for a computer driven printer/plotter employs a cutter carriage which is separate from the printer carriage and which is attachable to and detachable from the printer carriage to be moved thereby without a separate cutter drive. Camming sur... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5355156 | Device for automatically clamping and releasing recording material and operation of said device The invention is directed to a device for automatically clamping and releasing film material onto or, respectively, from the recording drum of a reproduction device with vacuum suctioning. The device is composed of a roll film cassette, of a conveying and... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5325159 | Printer in closed housing An electrostatic color printer or copier having a print medium supplied from a supply roll to a takeup roll, requiring close registration for multiple printing passes over the same portion of the medium. The supply and takeup rolls are mounted in a closed... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5323182 | Method of positioning a recording head with respect to a platen roller in a recording apparatus A control method which is applied to a recording apparatus for recording picture information on a recording paper with use of a thermal recording head. The control method comprises a first step of feeding the recording paper upstream of a wait position an... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5315398 | Automatically adjustable sheet member cutting device A cutting device includes a mechanism for receiving and cutting a sheet member between two blades, a motor for driving the mechanism, and a mechanism for detecting the operational state of the cutting mechanism. If the cutting operation cannot be complete... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5302037 | Web handling and feeding system for printers A web feeding and handling system for feeding a two-ply web to a printer and winding one of the webs about a take-up spool and directing the remaining web into a cutter. The printer and web feed system are arranged in a housing having an access opening se... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5296872 | Cutting device for a plotter The invention refers to a cutting device for a plotter for automatic cutting of a paper band on which markings are formed by marking means, the plotter comprising a marker carriage for receiving the marking means and for moving the marking means in a dire... | 03/22/1994 |
