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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172471 | Ribbon cartridge for printing A ribbon cartridge for a printer. The ribbon cartridge including a simple mechanism that prevents an ink ribbon from being twisted or excessively drawn out in mounting thereof. Provided is a ribbon cartridge for printing, which includes: an ink ribbon; a cartridge m... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8092105 | Image generating apparatus An image generating apparatus capable of properly feeding papers in the body thereof and reliably suppressing wrinkling easily caused on cross-directional ends of an ink sheet is obtained. This image generating apparatus includes a print head, including a print port... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7942594 | Ribbon cartridge and printing apparatus A ribbon guide includes a pair of upper and lower plates for limiting upper and lower ends of an ink ribbon. A ribbon guide plate is disposed between the pair of upper and lower plates so as to guide a non-transfer surface of the ink ribbon. Ribbon press bars are su... | 05/17/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7265767 | Illuminated ribbon shield A ribbon shield for a time clock may be provided which may be placed within a printing chamber along with a printing mechanism. The ribbon shield may also incorporate a light source (e.g., electroluminescent lamp) to illuminate the printing chamber and an inserted t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261254 | Self-regulating media holder A holder for a rolled medium is provided. The holder has a mandrel having a drive surface adapted to receive the rolled medium and is adapted to be rotated so that an amount of rolled medium on the drive surface can be unrolled therefrom. A stop is located on a stop... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244071 | Printer, and print medium cartridge used for the printer A tape printer (100) capable of, as necessary, installing, therein, a print medium cartridge for storing print medium of different lengths, wherein a cartridge storage area (120) is formed in the tape printer (100) by recessing inward the surfac... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7160126 | Printed circuit board connector with locking device A locking device has a blocking member, a first operating unit and a second operating unit. The blocking member is provided for blocking a printed circuit board under a locking position when the printed circuit board is installed into the printed circuit board conne... | 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 |
| 7128483 | Ribbon cassette with ink ribbon slack prevention mechanism A ribbon cassette includes a ribbon supply spool, and a ribbon take up spool that takes up an ink ribbon from the ribbon supply spool by rotating in a first rotation direction. The ribbon take up spool is provided with an engaging portion including first and second ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7085091 | Reducing tape media damage in data regions A method and apparatus for reducing tape media edge damage in data regions. The present invention controls where popped strand occur by shifting the wrap turn around/stream points in the tape media to an unused region of tape. As data is written for the length of th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077587 | Tape printing apparatus with tape cassette guide members A tape printing apparatus uses a tape cassette having two guide holes, the tape printing apparatus has a tape cassette holder including at least first and second guide members; the first guide member having a height that is shorter than a height of the second guide ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7052194 | Apparatus and method for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism An apparatus for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism of a ribbon feed system includes a supporting structure carrying a plurality of ribbon transport devices including a ribbon storage spool, a ribbon take-up spool, and at least one ribbon guide around which ro... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049101 | Enzymes having high temperature polymerase activity and methods of use thereof The invention relates to thermostable polymerases that have polymerase activity temperatures in the range from 90° C. up to 113° C., such as those derived from Pyrolobus fumaria, and to polynucleotides encoding the polymerases In addition, methods of design... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040537 | Flat cable arrangement for a scanner A scanner. The scanner comprises a flat cable and a cable holder. The flat cable comprises a first end and a second end. The second end moves to or away from the first end along a first path. The cable holder is disposed at a restricting point between the first end ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7018117 | Identification card printer ribbon cartridge A ribbon cartridge includes a cartridge housing, a supply spool, a take-up spool, and a supply of ribbon. The cartridge housing includes a supply spool enclosure, a take-up spool enclosure, a pair of ribbon guides, and a gap between the ribbon guides and the supply ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6966715 | Film transfer tool and method for producing a small diameter roller for use for a transfer head of a film transfer tool The present invention relates to a film transfer tool that allows a transfer head to be disposed in any of the spaces between letters of normally used word processors for implementation of a smooth transfer operation of film. The film transfer tool includes a feed r... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6942405 | Printer system including guide plate for guiding print ribbon during printing and guiding document during scanning A printer system is disclosed. The printer system includes a frame, at least one feed roll shaft coupled to the frame for feeding a document through the printer system, and a reference plate rotatably attached to the at least one feed roll shaft. The reference plate... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6911610 | Medium voltage switching device A medium voltage switching device includes an electromagnetic actuation chain and a power supply which provides electric power to the electromagnetic actuation chain. The power supply includes at least a first power supply device which is electrically connected to a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6768503 | Preventing crease formation in donor web in dye transfer printer that can cause line artifact on print A thermal printer is adapted to prevent crease formation in a dye transfer area of a dye donor web that can cause line artifacts to be printed on a dye receiver during a dye transfer from the dye transfer area to the dye receiver in a dye transfer printer. ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6762783 | Preventing crease formation in donor web in dye transfer printer that can cause line artifact on print A thermal printer is adapted to prevent crease formation in a dye transfer area of a dye donor web that can cause line artifacts to be printed on a dye receiver during a dye transfer from the dye transfer area to the dye receiver in a dye transfer printer. ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6744456 | Preventing crease formation in donor web in dye transfer printer that can cause line artifact on print In a dye transfer printer, a donor web having successive dye transfer areas and opposite longitudinal edge areas alongside each one of the dye transfer areas is subjected to a longitudinal tension when the donor web is advanced in the printer. The longitudinal tensi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6717603 | Preventing crease formation in donor web in dye transfer printer that can cause line artifact on print A dye transfer printer uses a dye donor web that is capable of developing a crease-causing wave-like or ripple distortion across the donor web when the donor web is subjected to a longitudinal tension as it is advanced from a print head, over a web guide, and onto a... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6697093 | Preventing crease formation in donor web in dye transfer printer that can cause line artifact on print A thermal printer is adapted to prevent crease formation in a dye transfer area of a dye donor web that can cause line artifacts to be printed on a dye receiver during a dye transfer from the dye transfer area to the dye receiver in a dye transfer printer... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6666598 | Ribbon cassette, ribbon cartridge using ribbon protector, and printer using ribbon cassette and ribbon cartridge A ribbon protector is attached to a ribbon cartridge to prevent an ink ribbon from being soiled. The ribbon protector includes mounting portions, a protecting portion, and a paper guide. The ribbon protector is mounted to the ribbon cartridge by means of ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6574569 | Paper quality determination sensor and faulty banknote sorting device A paper quality determining sensor and a faulty paper sorting device capable of detecting reaction forces of paper sheets themselves which vary according to paper quality using a plurality of rollers so as to detect the stiffness (rigidity) of paper sheet... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6558055 | Printer The present invention is directed toward a printer having a ribbon guide capable of reflecting light emitted from a paper detection sensor away from the paper detection sensor in the absence of a printing paper. As a result, the possibility of erroneous r... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6520696 | Tape supply cartridge A tape supply cartridge for use in a printer of the type having a fixed print head, a movable platen roller and a pair of tape advancement rollers, one in the cartridge and one in the printer.... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6491455 | Ribbon tracking system A ribbon tracking system for use in a printer, scanner or the like includes a carbon fiber-based plastic printer wire shroud having a first portion coupled to the printer ribbon frame downstream from the printhead, a second portion spaced apart from and g... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6326991 | Thermal transfer apparatus equipped with ink ribbon uniform separation means In an ink ribbon separation device for use with a thermal transfer apparatus having a separation bar, the shape of the separation bar is such that the thickness of the bar in an ink ribbon travelling direction is greater at its center in the direction ort... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6196737 | Thermal printing mechanism For printing special symbols, particularly stamps onto letters and packages, increasingly so-called thermal transfer printing methods are used. When inserting the thin transfer ribbon (4) over the printing head (10), the ribbon (4) is frequently partially... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6155729 | Ink ribbon feed that equalizes ribbon tension over the entire ink ribbon width An ink ribbon feeder for use in a facsimile machine has a feed roll winding thereover an ink ribbon and a take-up roll for taking-up the ink ribbon fed from the feed roll. A friction mechanism is provided at one end of the take-up roll for rotating the ta... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6152624 | Stamp-making apparatus, as well as function changeover mechanism, exposure system and stamp-making object material-detecting device therefor A stamp-making apparatus is provided in which a transparent presser plate is arranged such that the presser plate is parallel with a stamp-making object material, an ink ribbon having a stamp image formed thereon is urged against the stamp-making object m... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6123471 | Medium tracking bar A medium tracking bar is incorporated into an imaging device for preventing wrinkles or buckling of a medium strip sliding over and touching the medium tracking bar, the medium tracking bar being centrally pivoted to the imaging device by a connecting pie... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6109801 | Ribbon core and spindle An ribbon spool and associated mounting spindle for a printer incorporates multiple longitudinal ribs on the spindle that fit into multiple longitudinal slots in the spool to acquire rotational lock between the spindle and spool. A latch at the end of sel... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6089769 | Line printer hammerbank cover with spaced apart thickened sections A line printer having a hammerbank for printing on media with print hammers to impact a ribbon to form a dot matrix array having printing tips and permanent magnets for magnetically retaining the hammers. Coils release the hammers by overcoming the magnet... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6036382 | Ribbon transport mechanism having driven pivoting carrier beam and method of using The present invention relates to a mechanism for transporting a printing ribbon past the print head of a printer using a rocking beam mechanism the rocking beam being driven by a drive means. The invention also provides a printer, notably a thermal printe... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6006661 | Stamp-making apparatus, as well as function changeover mechanism, exposure system and stamp-making object material-detecting device therefor A stamp-making apparatus is provided in which a transparent presser plate is arranged such that the presser plate is parallel with a stamp-making object material, an ink ribbon having a stamp image formed thereon is urged against the stamp-making object m... | 12/28/1999 |
