Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8022973 | Case and time recorder An inward deformation of one side wall of a main body is corrected, since a shaft serving as a rotatable shaft of a door is in contact with ribs of a side wall. Additionally, an inward deformation of another side wall of the main body is corrected, since ribs of a s... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7973816 | Mobile image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit which forms an image on a printing medium; a main body casing which accommodates the image forming unit; a feeding unit which feeds the stored medium to the image forming unit; and a rotation coupling unit wh... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7936366 | Thermal printer A thermal printer including a first chassis, a second chassis, a cutting mechanism and a thermal printing mechanism. The first chassis has a movable blade of the cutting mechanism, a print head of the thermal printing mechanism, and an automatic activation mechanism... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7876346 | Thermal printer and cutter A thermal printer includes a first module having a motor and a thermal head support member to fix a thermal head, the thermal head support member having a fixed blade part working as a blade and an a second module being detachably coupled with the first module, the ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872662 | Printer A printer includes an upper unit which opens and closes about a fulcrum lying at a rear position of a lower unit, and a paper path which is opened by opening the upper unit. A sensor unit is attached to the lower unit and includes a lower sensor holder and an upper ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7825944 | Recording apparatus and waterproof structure for the same A recording apparatus includes a main body for recording on a recording medium, a protective cover which has an opening, for covering the main body with a portion other than the opening of the protective cover, and a waterproof cover which is connected to the protec... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7593027 | Image generating apparatus This image generating apparatus includes a chassis and a side plate, a cartridge stop member provided on a first side surface of the chassis integrally has a first shaft stop portion coming into contact with a first end surface of a shaft of a print head pressing me... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7453483 | Image generating apparatus An image generating apparatus capable of improving positional accuracy of a bearing of a side plate with respect to a chassis is obtained. In this thermal transfer printer (image generating apparatus), a round hole receiving a platen roller bearing of a side plate i... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7431447 | Imaging apparatus access door Disclosed herein is an imaging apparatus that includes an access door for reducing clearance space requirements. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7420579 | Printer A head unit (200) and a sensor unit (300) are freely Rotatably mounted in a printer main body (100). A rod-shaped portion (320) is projectingly provided to the tip portion of the sensor unit (300), and a first catching portion is p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417658 | Thermal printing mechanism, in particularly applicable to payment terminals A thermal printing mechanism comprises a frame accommodating a motor for driving a print tape, a thermal printing head, a carrying roller and electronic control means. The frame is provided with a metal stiffening plate substantially extending along the length there... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410316 | Cassette acceptance device with state recognition for a printing mail processing apparatus A printing mail processing apparatus has an apparatus housing with a cassette bay therein, for removably receiving an exchangeable cassette. The cassette bay is closed by a cassette flap that has a finger on an underside thereof that interacts with a sensor. The sen... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7367507 | Optical scanning module An optical scanning module includes a housing, a light source and a first heat-dissipating sheet. The light source is disposed inside the housing for emitting a source light to be projected onto the object. The light source includes an electrode wrapped by an electr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7365762 | Thermal printing head comprising a printable tape guiding member, in the form of a protection cover for a flexible control printed circuit A thermal printing head comprises a guide member made in a single-piece and designed as a jumper comprising two superimposed walls, covering, at least partly, respectively and jointly both surfaces of a flexible printed circuit board and providing between them a spa... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362346 | Printer apparatus A printer apparatus is disclosed that includes a printer unit, a first chassis, and a second chassis that is arranged to open/close through rotation. The printer unit includes a thermal head, a first module having a motor, and a second module having a platen roller ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7293870 | Supporting structure and business machine utilizing the same A supporting structure and a Business machine utilizing the same. The business machine includes a main body, cover and supporting structure therebetween. The sleeve connected to the main body has a guiding groove with a lug portion. The connecting rod is connected t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287850 | Portable electronic apparatus A portable electronic apparatus includes a printer portion provided in a main body and having a printing head, a recording paper holder provided in a portion of the main body near to the printer portion, a holder cover openably attached to the paper holder, a platen... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7273325 | Thermal printer and cutter A thermal printer includes a first module having a motor and a thermal head support member to fix a thermal head, the thermal head support member having a fixed blade part working as a blade and an a second module being detachably coupled with the first module, the ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270494 | Easy assembly printer media transport arrangement A printer including: at least one elongate roller arranged, in use, to rotate so as to transport print media within the printer; a support frame for supporting the roller at the longitudinal first and second ends of the roller so as to allow the rotation of the roll... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7259776 | Tachograph with cubic housing and printing device A tachograph has a cubic housing and a printing device having a thermal print head, a feed roller driven by a drive mechanism and a carrier movable out of the housing to reload a ribbon which forms a stock of printing material. Locking means lock and unlock the carr... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256806 | Image formation apparatus and sublimation printer An image formation apparatus or a sublimation printer includes a main frame, a platen roller, a head assembly, and an extension spring diagonally attached to the head assembly and the main frame so as to bias the head assembly in a direction away from the platen rol... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252363 | Inkjet printer An inkjet printer includes a recording head, a conveyance mechanism, a shutter, a storage portion, and a moving mechanism. The recording head includes an ejection surface in which an ejection port for ejecting ink is defined. The conveyance mechanism conveys a print... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7234883 | Tape printer It is intended to provide a tape printer which enables to forcibly separate a platen roller and a print head along with an opening operation of a cover element in case the platen roller and the print head have adhered to each other because of a long-period storage o... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226225 | Printing apparatus, printing method, and program In a case (101) with the shorter side at the top, a tray (121) is placed substantially vertically, an optical disk (170) is substantially vertically supported on the tray (121), and a printer section (135) is provided to be opposit... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207737 | Thermal transfer printer cover A system and method of protecting a printer housing against moisture infiltration, including affixing a fixed covering portion over the printer housing, wherein the affixing includes exposing a printing opening of the printer housing, and securing a removable coveri... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204408 | System and method of data entry utilizing a scanning printer A system and method for data input into a data processing system. The data processing system includes a host computer and a multi-function terminal that includes a non-planer document-guidance track, only one scanner for retrieving data from a document and sending t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195410 | Printing apparatus having means fixing ink ribbon unit and intermediate transfer sheet unit in printer body The printing apparatus comprises a first detachable unit U1, a second detachable unit U2, and a main body unit U5 formed such that the first and second detachable units U1 and U2 are detachably mounted thereto. When a unit fixing m... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175356 | Head support base for thermal printer A head support base for a thermal printer to provide for movement of a thermal head relative to a printer paper drive roll and control the location of the thermal head relative to the paper drive roll including first and second spaced support plates, the first space... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168789 | Printer with ink printhead nozzle arrangement having thermal bend actuator A printer has a printhead comprising an array of nozzles. A nozzle arrangement has an ink chamber formed in a wafer substrate and one wall of the chamber having at least one flexible portion. The ink ejection port is formed centrally on the wall with a rim surroundi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167193 | Active cooling system for laser imager An apparatus for cooling thermally processed media exiting from a thermal processor comprising: a heat conductive member which has first and second opposite sides which is positioned to receive media from a thermal processor, and which removes heat from the heated m... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161610 | Thermal printer with cleaning device and cleaning method for thermal head A cleaning roller and a platen roller are provided in a first rotating plate which rotates around a main shaft. The cleaning roller and the platen roller are disposed at an equal distance from the main shaft. In printing, the platen roller is positioned at a facing ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7154521 | Thermal printer and portable-type terminal equipment A thermal printer detachably connected to a portable type terminal equipment. The printer has a printer cover including upper and lower covers hinged together. A printer head is arranged in the body of the portable type terminal equipment, and a platen is arranged i... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150573 | Label printer with label supply feed control A label printer assembly has a support for a supply roll of labels on a flexible web which is fed into an ink jet printer for printing onto a label without contacting the label. After printing, the web carrying the printed label is fed beyond a tear strip to permit ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145585 | Line thermal head printer device A line thermal head printer device of which size is made remarkably smaller is provided. A stepping motor (10) rotationally driving a ribbon tape reel is arranged to be fitted to one corner portion of a frame plate (9). A line thermal head (11) ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7116344 | Handy thermal head printer A printer has a main body and a printer unit that is fixed to the main body. The printer unit has an upper cover and a lower cover. The lower cover is attached to the main body and the upper cover is fixed to the lower cover. A hollow space is formed between the upp... | 10/03/2006 |
