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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184138 | Ribbon guide for thermal printers and method of installation A ribbon guide used to install a thermal ribbon in a thermal printer, the ribbon guide having a bottle shaped profile and being formed of V-Max® brand synthetic paper. The ribbon guide has three integral portions, a first portion having a cross-shaped slit and a ho... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8018478 | Clock signal extracting during printing A mobile device for printing onto a print medium, the print medium including a linear-encoded data track extending in an intended direction of printing, the mobile device including: a sensor configured to sense the data track during printing; a printhead for printin... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7808518 | Ink sheet cartridge There is provided an ink sheet cartridge that includes a cartridge case having a case body disposed opposite to an upper surface of an ink sheet unit, driving sidewall portions rotatably supporting driving shafts of respective sheet supply and winding bobbins, and a... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7586509 | Thermal transfer printer ribbon cassette apparatus and ribbon cassette mounting method A thermal transfer ribbon printer ribbon cassette apparatus and a ribbon cassette mounting method by which a ribbon cassette for a thermal transfer ribbon of large roller size can be easily and reliably set in a thermal transfer printer. Focussing on the use of a ma... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7522179 | Universal donor cartridge A cartridge having a donor ribbon; a supply housing having an exterior surface and futher having a supply projection extending away from the exterior surface of the supply housing, said supply projection allowing the donor ribbon to pass from the supply area to a su... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7450141 | Ink sheet cartridge An ink cartridge has a supply core tube that supplies an ink sheet rolled around the supply core tube and a take-up core tube that takes up the ink sheet supplied from the supply core tube. The supply core tube and the take-up core tube are rotatably supported by a ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7436419 | Consumable cassette and recording apparatus In a consumable cassette having a recording material storage section 2 and an ink sheet storage section 1, a space 65 where a constituting component such as a supply roller 56 is to be disposed is formed in the cassette, when the cassette... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425974 | Consumable cassette and recording apparatus In a consumable cassette detachably attached to a recording apparatus and containing a recording material and an ink sheet, a recording material storage section is constantly partially connected to an ink sheet storage section so as to be relatively displaceable in ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7408663 | Communication system In a communication system, a call center is connectable via a communication line to a facsimile apparatus having a printing function. The facsimile apparatus reads ribbon-ID data of an ink ribbon mounted therein, and sends the read ribbon-ID data to the center devic... | 08/05/2008 |
| D573635 | Ink ribbon cassette for printer | 07/22/2008 |
| RE40435 | Modular copying system using light wave, electric wave, or sonic wave interconnections A modular copying system including combinations of printer, scanner, and system controller modules formed as independent frames. The scanner module includes devices for image reading, first data I/O and first synchronizing signal generation; the printer module inclu... | 07/15/2008 |
| D572303 | Ink ribbon cassette for printer | 07/01/2008 |
| D572304 | Ink ribbon cassette for printer | 07/01/2008 |
| D569901 | Ribbon cartridge for a photo printer | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367727 | Ink sheet cartridge having paper guide An ink sheet cartridge includes a cartridge body. The cartridge body has a pair of side plates, a partitioning plate, and a cover segment together defining a frame shape with an central open space. When the ink sheet cartridge is accommodated to a facsimile device, ... | 05/06/2008 |
| RE40202 | Ink ribbon cassette for thermal transfer printer A ribbon cassette 10 includes a cassette case 11 having a first accommodating portion 12, a second accommodating portion 13, and a connecting portion 14 connecting the first and second accommodating portions 12 and 13, | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344325 | Identification card printer having ribbon cartridge with cleaner roller An identification card printer includes a card input, a card transport, a printhead, and a card output. The card transport is configured to feed a card from the card input along a print path. The printhead is positioned below the print path and is configured to prin... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342597 | Radio frequency identification tags on consumable items used in printers and related equipment Improvements relating to identification tags on consumable supply items used in identity document production equipment. The use of identification tags on the consumable supply items allows the document production equipment to recognize the consumable supply items th... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322763 | Media cassette for printing apparatus A portable media cassette is attached to a printing apparatus. The media cassette includes a loading case for receiving media having an outlet. A pickup device of the printing apparatus can access the media through the outlet. A shutter is installed on the loading c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7264412 | Printer An ink switching cam (40) is rotated interlockingly with forward/reverse rotation of a head driving motor at all times to swing a cassette support member (20). Accordingly, ink belts can be switched with a simple construction without using a solenoid o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7245312 | Thermal printer with quick-release printhead assembly A quick-release printhead mounting assembly and thermal printer incorporating same, including a printing component, a printer housing, and, a component retention feature attached to or molded into the printer housing adapted for receiving and releasably fixing the p... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240995 | Method of authenticating a consumable A method of authenticating a consumable used in an imaging device includes the steps of providing the consumable with a memory; monitoring usage of the consumable; determining whether the consumable has reached a usage threshold; and, if the consumable has reached t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237485 | Print supply monitoring An identification card printer includes a card input, a card transport, a printhead, and a card output. The card transport is configured to feed a card from the card input along a print path. The printhead is positioned below the print path and is configured to prin... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233930 | Postage metering system including a printer having dual print heads A postage metering system includes a computer, an authentication unit, a printer and a control system. The control system is in operative communication with the computer, the authentication unit and the printer. The authentication unit and the printer are both in op... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221473 | Printing system for updating printing characteristics with a printing consumable The flexible printing system is comprised of a printer that has printing characteristics that can be updated. A printer cartridge comprises printer data memory that either stores new printing characteristics or stores a location from the Internet from which these ch... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217047 | Thermal transfer printer In a ribbon cassette which is used in a thermal transfer printer of the present invention, a head insertion section, in which a thermal head is inserted to turn its head up and down, is formed between a first ribbon housing section and a second ribbon housing sectio... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213767 | Sleeve-type RFID tag An RFID tag that is integrated into a substantially cylindrically-shaped structure that can be attached to an object to be identified through radio frequency identification techniques by sliding the substantially cylindrically-shaped structure over at least a portio... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213990 | Ink ribbon cartridge An ink ribbon cartridge, having a frame, a pair of supply shaft connecting members for connecting ends of a supply shaft to the frame, a first take-up shaft connecting member for connecting an end of a take-up shaft to the frame, the first take-up shaft connecting m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206010 | Systems and methods for providing a media located on a spool and/or a cartridge where the media includes a wireless communication device attached thereto A media supply apparatus and associated methods are provided. The apparatus can include a spool on which a media is wound, and/or the media can be provided in a cartridge either wound about a spool or wound about itself. A wireless device such as a programmable radi... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182445 | Replaceable printer component A replaceable printer component comprises a printer component and a memory. The printer component is configured for removable installation into, and for electronic communication with, a printer. The memory is configured for storing a first unique identifier that rep... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171895 | Stencil material roll A stencil material roll includes stencil material in a continuous length rolled around a core tube and a memory IC which stores predetermined information. The memory IC is mounted on a wall portion which forms a part of the core tube or on a wall portion fixed to th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170537 | Card-cleaning assembly for card printing devices A card-cleaning assembly for printers is provided. The assembly can be used in any suitable card printing apparatus, particularly thermal dye printers. Such card printers are used to print driver's licenses, employee badges, student cards, and the like. The assembly... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7154519 | Printer and ribbon cartridge A printer includes a substrate input, a substrate transport, a printhead, a removable ribbon cartridge, a ribbon cartridge receiver, and a substrate output. The substrate transport is configured to feed a substrate from the substrate input along a print path. The pr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151555 | Cassette for a thermal transfer sheet A cassette 10 for a thermal transfer sheet according to the present invention includes a core holding member 11 having a take-up core holding part 12 for holding the take-up core 2 and a feeding core holding part 13 for holding the... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144304 | Method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate with a tilted planarizing surface A method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include an elongated, non-continuous polishing pad oriented at an angle relative to the horizontal to allow planarizing liquids and materials removed from the mi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145464 | Data collection device In one aspect of the invention a data collection device is provided for use with a medium said medium being usable when exposed to electromagnetic radiation that is characteristic of such use. The data collection device has a sensor capable of sensing when the mediu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139011 | Ink sheet cartridge and exchangeable ink sheet set There is provided an ink sheet cartridge, which is provided with a cartridge body, a supply-side core tube, a takeup-side core tube, and spools detachably attached to end portions of the supply-side and takeup-side core tubes, respectively, and at least one intermed... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7102659 | Ink sheet cartridge and exchangeable ink-sheet set mounted on the ink sheet cartridge An ink sheet cartridge includes a cartridge body 30 rotatably supporting four spools 36, 37, 38, 39. The spool 38 includes a first rotation member 56 having a transmission gear 47 and a shaft member 48 having a flange 48 | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097372 | Refillable tape cassette The present invention relates to a refillable tape cassette for accomodating a supply of printable tape. In order to avoid the need for different tape cassettes for different tape widths the tape cassette is capable of selectively housing supplies of tapes of differ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088379 | Image forming apparatus and ink ribbon set When some trouble occurs to a facsimile apparatus 1 that reads component-identification information of an ink ribbon cartridge 60 and it is impossible to read the component-identification information even if the ink ribbon cartridge 60 is a stan... | 08/08/2006 |
