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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179410 | Paper sheet sensor adjusting method In a state where a sheet exists, an current I is gradually increased. When an voltage V reaches a light receiving level Vx, the current I at the time is stored as I1. The voltage V immediately before the voltage V reaches the light receiving level Vx is store... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8149257 | Printer and method of adjusting conveying distance of recording sheet A printer includes printing unit provided on a conveying path of a recording sheet and sheet feed unit provided on the downstream and upstream sides of the printing unit in a conveying direction of a recording sheet. The printer includes a platen roller, a first she... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8072475 | Recording device, control method for a recording device, and a control program If the recording medium and the thermal head stick together, a recording device, a control method for a recording device, and a control program enable avoiding media transportation problems caused by such adhesion. If the recording medium has a release coat layer or... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8013885 | Printer and recording method A printer comprises a recording portion with a thermal recording head for recording on a surface of a recording medium and a first conveying mechanism that conveys the recording medium. A thermal activation portion has a thermal activation head for heating another s... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7999836 | System and method of print media back-feed control for a printer A system and method is disclosed for print media back-feed control for a printer. The invention incorporates use of a downstream sensor to detect at least one of a leading edge of a print media or an indicia correlated to parameters of the print media. The print med... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7940289 | Printer and pulse motor control method In a portable printer that uses a pulse motor for feeding a recording medium and includes a printing head that prints the recording medium, a printer controller that controls the printing head, and a pulse motor controller that controls the pulse motor, rest level s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940291 | Recording device, control method for a recording device, and a control program If the recording medium and the thermal head stick together, a recording device, a control method for a recording device, and a control program enable avoiding media transportation problems caused by such adhesion. If the recording medium has a release coat layer or... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940290 | Thermal printer A thermal printer includes a main body frame, a thermal head swingably attached to the main body frame, a platen roller disposed to face a printing surface of the thermal head, and a motor for rotationally driving the platen roller. The thermal printer activates the... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7777771 | Information recording and erasing apparatus An information recording and erasing apparatus configured to record information on and erase other information from a thermo-sensitive recording medium which medium is capable of heat-reversible coloring and discoloring, the information recording and erasing apparat... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7671879 | Information recording apparatus An information recording apparatus enables information to be recorded in a thermosensitive recording medium accurately while preventing the development of skew. When a rewritable medium is conveyed to a recording unit, the rotation of the rewritable medium and its p... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7639270 | Object moving apparatus An object moving apparatus for controlling the movement of an object such as a print medium includes a first motor, a second motor, a moving module, a first power transmission module, a second power transmission module and a controlling module. The moving module is ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7589753 | Printer and controlling method for printer A printer and a method of controlling the printer. The printer includes a color ink ribbon and a thermal head for forming images on recording sheets and an accommodating portion accommodating the ink ribbon and the thermal head therein. The printer includes several ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7417657 | Thermal printer and printing method A thermal printer and a printing method are provided. The thermal printer includes a thermal printhead for applying a predetermined amount of heat to a thermal recording paper to develop a print layer provided on the thermal recording paper; a feeding roller for fee... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410162 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a chassis, a paper feed roller, a lifting member, and a biasing member. The chassis has a first side surface, a second side surface, and a bottom surface that connects the first and second side surfaces. The bottom surface has one of a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7397487 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that forms images, while continuously conveying, a long flexible recording medium in a constant conveyance direction on a conveyance path, the image forming apparatus comprising: a belt conveyance mechanism that is disposed on the conveyan... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391429 | Image forming apparatus and method of using the same An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that prints an image on a medium, a transporting unit that transports the medium in a first direction and a second direction, which is the opposite to the first direction, and a sensor that is placed a predet... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7372476 | Thermal printing device, method for printing an image using said printing device and system for printing an image A printing device that includes a platen for supporting an imaging member during a printing operation and at least one print head subassembly for direct thermal printing on the imaging member. The print head subassembly is configured to be movable independently of t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372475 | System and method for thermal transfer print head profiling A thermal transfer print head is disclosed. The print head includes a housing configured and dimensioned to be installable within the printer, a plurality of resistive heating elements positioned on an external surface of the housing and in thermal contact with a pr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370862 | Apparatus for detecting double-feed of paper Disclosed are an apparatus and method for detecting double-feed of paper to prevent banking accidents or jam in a paper handling machine for handling paper, sheets of currency note are not separated by a sheet separating means and thus plural sheets are double fed. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| RE40269 | Recording device A recording device having a first card transfer passage with a card supply unit and a second card transfer passage intersecting the first card transfer passage enables the component elements including an information recording means such as a thermal-transfer printer... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362345 | Printer and printing method A printer includes a conveyance mechanism capable of conveying a long recording medium in a first direction from a supply unit storing therein the recording medium, toward an image recording unit capable of recording a color image on the recording medium, and in a s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352382 | Thermal printer A thermal printer includes an upstream conveying device and a downstream conveying device that are respectively arranged upstream and downstream of a recording device. The upstream conveying device conveys a recording sheet while a first half of a print region that ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339690 | Identification card printer with client/server An identification card printer for printing an image on an identification card, is provided which includes a print mechanism adapted to deposit material on to the card. A network adapter is configured to couple to a network. A print drive module controls the print m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339707 | Method and system for viewing a fax document A system and method for viewing a fax document includes a fax device which may be configured for transmitting/receiving fax transmissions. When a transmitting fax device with a video camera and a video display transmits a fax transmission to a receiving fax device w... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7317553 | Settings of sub-scan feed error and sub-scan feed amount suitable for printing medium A printing device comprises a feed mechanism configured to advance the printing medium intermittently. The feed mechanism is adjusted so that an average feed error δave is in the vicinity of zero with respect to a most slippery printing medium among plural types of... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315316 | Printer A printer includes a conveyance mechanism capable of conveying a long recording medium in a first direction from a supply unit storing therein the recording medium, toward an image recording unit capable of recording a color image on the recording medium, and in a s... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315317 | Printer A printer includes a conveyance mechanism capable of conveying a long recording medium in a first direction from a supply unit storing therein the recording medium, toward an image recording unit capable of recording a color image on the recording medium, and in a s... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312807 | Device for maintaining an edge of a print media against a printing drum The invention relates to a device for maintaining an edge of a print media against a printing drum, said drum comprising a surface on which a print media is wrapped for printing thereon, wherein said device comprises at least one holder which comprises an abutment p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7298388 | Multi-function peripheral with a single sheet-feeding mechanism A multi-function peripheral includes a first scan module for scanning a front side of a to-be-scanned document, a print module for printing data on a to-be-printed sheet, and a sheet-feeding mechanism for feeding the to-be-scanned document and the to-be-printed shee... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290146 | Managed credential issuance In a method of issuing a credential, a request for issuance of the credential is received. Next, a unique identification for the requested credential is assigned and data elements corresponding to the credential are provided. A credential production data collection ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286257 | Graphic printing machine for card-type storage medium, method for printing said storage media and storage media A graphic printing machine and method for a card-type storage medium employs a jet printing head and a controller to perform ink jet printing on the medium. The invention is useful for printing plastic or cardboard or paper cards. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286152 | System and method for efficient donor material use A method for operating more than one thermal printer adapted to print images by transferring donor material from patches of donor material from a donor ribbon onto a receiver medium, each printer being operable to print images in a manner that exhausts a full donor ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275880 | Thermal activation apparatus A thermal activation apparatus comprises a housing having an insertion slot for insertion therethrough of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet. A sensor detects the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet inserted through the insertion slot and outputs a corresponding detection si... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268793 | Device for arraying a thermal printer head for use in a thermal printer A device for arraying a thermal printer head for use in a thermal printer is provided. The thermal printer includes a thermal printer head which is installed on a main frame to print on a sheet of paper and a transfer roller which transfers the sheet of paper at the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267502 | Image forming apparatus including a feed roller and press-fit member for attaching gear to roller shaft In a thermally transcribing printer including a frame, a roller made of a metal for feeding sheet at constant speed, a gear made of a resin, a motor, a press-fit engaging member, and a compression coil spring, the roller includes a shaft portion attached to project ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264239 | Feeding device for feeding recording medium A feeding device for feeding a recording medium in a feed direction, including: a drive roller having an annular recess; and a driven roller rotatably held and positioned such that a radially outer end portion of the driven roller is positioned within the annular re... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262786 | Image aligning method for thermal imaging printer An image aligning method for a thermal imaging device includes picking up a thermal imaging medium that has a first surface and a second surface on which printing operations may be performed respectively from a medium container. An edge of the medium is fed a first ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258500 | Media processing apparatus and scanner unit The media processing apparatus has a first transportation path for guiding the check, a second transportation path and a third transportation path that diverge from the first transportation path, a front scanner that is rendered along the first transportation path f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258502 | Tape producing apparatus It is intended to provide a tape producing apparatus capable of printing on an appropriate printing medium with high quality based on data directly read from marks which are continuously printed on a release paper to show a type of a printing medium, with non-contac... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256805 | Method of adjusting strobe length in a thermal printer to reduce effects of changes in media transport speed A thermal printing apparatus and a method of controlling a thermal printing apparatus is provided wherein the duration of the strobe pulse utilized to transfer the ink from the carrier to the media is controlled and adjusted by a correction factor. The correction fa... | 08/14/2007 |
