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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7712986 | Printhead carrier for an imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a printhead carrier for mounting a printhead cartridge. The printhead carrier includes a carrier back wall having an upper portion. A back portion of a printhead cartridge cradle is connected to the carrier back wall. A first proximal e... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7396172 | Carriage preloader and carriage system having a preloader A carriage system for a printing apparatus is disclosed. The carriage system includes a movable carriage for carrying at least one ink pen, a carriage rod on which the carriage is rotatably mounted, an anti-rotation rail that is adjacent to one end of the carriage t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7284821 | System and method for leveling printhead carriage usage A media print system includes two or more printhead carriages adapted to print on a medium in a print area, the print area including two or more print regions. Each of the printhead carriages is adapted to print in one or more of the print regions. The system also i... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275882 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes: a first guide member having a first sliding surface; a second guide member having another first sliding surface; and a carriage being supported by the first sliding surfaces of the first and second guide members. The carriage i... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7255421 | Imaging apparatus having a printhead carrier/belt interface device An imaging apparatus includes a carrier housing having an attachment feature, a carrier belt to transmit a translation to the carrier housing in a bi-directional scanning direction; and an interface device interposed between and coupled to both the carrier housing a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247109 | Pulley fixing apparatus of image forming apparatus A pulley fixing apparatus of an office machine having a pulley fixing part rotatably fixing a driven pulley on a frame, a sliding part movably supporting the pulley fixing part on the frame, and an automatic tension adjusting part elastically urging the pulley fixin... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7226051 | Sheet feeder In a sheet feeder of the present invention, a groove-shaped concave provided on an inner surface of a bearing extends therethrough in a direction where a rotational shaft of a feed roller extends. A surface of the rotational shaft of the feed roller is supported on ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223105 | Cable connector incorporating anisotropically conductive elastomer A separable electrical connector for separably, electrically interconnecting the conductors of one multi-conductor cable to the conductors of a second electrical device that may be an electrical device such as a chip, or a second multi-conductor cable, or a flexible... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7192116 | Systems and methods for dissipating heat from a fluid ejector carriage A system, method and structures for dissipating heat away from a thermal fluid ejector modules through a thermally-conductive carriage molded from a polymer to the ambient air surrounding the structure upon which the thermally-conductive fluid ejector carriage trans... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7140793 | Imaging apparatus having a carrier support and drive arrangement An imaging apparatus includes a mid-frame for supporting the sheet of print media. A unitary carrier support frame is positioned above the mid-frame. The unitary carrier support frame defines a first guide member and a second guide member, wherein a longitudinal ext... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7121747 | Drive controlling method for carriage and computer readable medium including drive controlling program, electronic apparatus, recording apparatus, and liquid ejecting apparatus A drive controlling method for a carriage which permits absorbing of a vibration caused by cogging, eccentricity of a motor pulley, or the like, without providing a vibration absorbing mechanism; and an electronic apparatus and a liquid ejecting apparatus provided w... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7037012 | Scanning mechanism for high-speed high-resolution scanning A scanning system for use in inspecting or writing on a substrate minimizes vibrations by applying movement-actuating forces directly between a carriage and a countermass which are both free to move along parallel tracks. Forces for decelerating and accelerating the... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6939064 | Printing apparatus and method It is an object of the present invention to use a simple configuration to reduce the deviate of an image printed position caused by the behavior of a print sheet when the back end of the sheet slips out from an upstream roller pair. Thus, the present invention provi... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935796 | Multiple orientation image forming device and carriage for use with same A carriage including a printing component support and a pair of bushings having an inner region with at least three spaced rail contact regions separated by respective non-contact regions. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932457 | Apparatus provided with carriage An apparatus provided with a carriage is guided and supported by at least two guide members, a guide shaft and a guide rail, arranged to be parallel to each other to enable the carriage to reciprocate. The guide members are arranged apart from each other substantial... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6896430 | Compliant belt attach A compliant belt attach assembly for use in a printer includes a belt attach and a drive belt having a drive lug. The belt attach defines a lug chamber for containing the drive lug of the drive belt. First and second drive bars are configured to contact the first an... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6880993 | Printer and apparatus for guiding inkjet printhead including guide rods and bearings An arrangement for guiding a printhead fixed on a carriage, said carriage provided with plain bearings which are in sliding contact with a set of substantially parallel guide rods, wherein a first plain bearing is in contact with a first guide rod and a second plain... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6695499 | Beam for supporting a carriage A scanning device such as a printer has a trapezoidal carriage support beam which permits a compact juxtaposition of the carriage slider rod, the printhead, a drive belt and an encoder device. A second slider mounting for the printer carriage includes a b... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6695497 | Print head transport mechanism A print head transport mechanism of a postage meter for printing postal indicia which are of greater height than a printing height of a print head comprises a carriage to traverse the print head in a first direction over a band of a print receiving area a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6692169 | Method of propelling an ink jet printer carriage A print carriage assembly for an ink jet printer. The print carriage assembly includes a print carriage slidably supported on a printer slider rod, and a sub-carriage that is separate from the printer carriage and slidably supported on the printer slider ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6682234 | Multiple orientation image forming device and carriage for use with same A carriage including a printing component support and a pair of bushings having an inner region with at least three spaced rail contact regions separated by respective non-contact regions.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6648529 | Hardcopy apparatus carriage beam A carriage slider rod is mounted on a steel beam by means of brass support elements. The support elements are first riveted to the beam and then have precisely aligned V-shape grooves machined therein to provide accurate location for the slider rod. The s... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6637958 | Printing system with adjustable carriage rail support A positioning system for a carriage in a printing system includes a support plate having a groove along a length of the plate, and a rail positioned along the groove. A first adjusting mechanism is used to adjust the position of the rail in a first direct... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634815 | Large format ink-jet color printer The present invention pertains to the field of ink-jet printers used for color printing of large format articles This invention is used for improving quality and for increasing the yield of printers and comprises successively applying primary colors, supp... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6616354 | Method and apparatus for adjusting printhead to print-media travel path spacing in a printer Apparatus for adjusting the spacing in a printer between a printhead and the travel path for print media which moves through the printer. The printhead is borne by a carriage which is rotatably mounted adjacent an elongate bearing rail wherein the rotated... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6616360 | Label printer end and plotter cutting assembly Disclosed herein is cutting assembly for use with a label printer. The cutting assembly includes: a cutting assembly frame; a plotter cutter for plotter cutting a label media, the plotter cutter connected to the cutting assembly frame; an end cutter for e... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6602005 | Process for assembling a carriage for driving a marking apparatus on at least one guide member, and corresponding marking apparatus An assembly including a carriage for driving a marking apparatus on at least one guide member wherein the carriage is secured to a bearing allowing the carriage to slide on the guide member. The carriage includes at least one opening made with transverse ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6575646 | Printer carriage bushing A printer carriage has a bushing liner arranged to slide on a rod, the liner including a metal body with plastic inserts having, on their inside surfaces, ribs, which constitute the bearings of the bushing liner. The inserts are located in grooves of the ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6524021 | Multiple orientation image forming device and carriage for use with same A carriage including a printing component support and a pair of bushings having an inner region with at least three spaced rail contact regions separated by respective non-contact regions.... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6461064 | Service station assembly for a drum-based wide format print engine This invention relates to an improved wide format color digital print engine, and in particular to a drum-based large format digital ink jet print engine having a vertically articulated carriage portion which carries both the print heads and an imaging ar... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6379064 | Printer chassis construction To assemble a printer chassis comprising three structural aluminium beams extending between two structural sideplates, the printer carriage beam is first attached to the sideplates by means of attachment points arranged along a straight line and then the ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6310638 | Carriage bearing preloader and antirotation restoring force for reducing carriage vibration A carriage, driven along a carriage rod, rests on the carriage rod at carriage V-bearings. The V-bearing connection is open at the bottom. A magnetic preloader applies a magnetic force biasing the carriage toward the carriage rod. A roller coupled to the ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6244765 | Vibration isolating attachment system for inkjet carriages An inkjet printing mechanism includes a vibration isolating attachment system for securing a drive belt to an inkjet printhead carriage for increasing print quality by isolating the carriage from multi-directional vibrations generated by a carriage drive ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5975778 | Recording apparatus having a recording material confining member A recording apparatus for effecting recording by a recording device carried on a carriage movable along a recording material includes a platen for supporting the recording material in a recording region in which the recording device effects the recording ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5964542 | Carriage system with variable belt tension A carriage drive system includes a timing belt pivotally anchored to a carriage. A drive motor rotates the timing belt, moving the carriage along a carriage path. The drive belt moves along a pair of pulleys. A first pulley is coupled to the motor's drive... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5887994 | Bearing mechanism and ink jet recording apparatus having same A bearing mechanism includes a shaft for guiding a reciprocable carriage; a bearing mounted on the carriage and slidable relative to the shaft; a receiving member extending from the bearing to receive lubricant oil removed by the sliding movement between ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5867188 | Ink jet printer The ink jet printer is provided which eliminates play between a carriage supporting an ink jet head and a guide shaft, allows the ink jet head to be releasably attached to the carriage, and provides reliable electrical connection between the ink jet head ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5593240 | Carriage support system for computer driven printer A carriage support system for a computer driven printer/plotter employs a slider rod and a slider bar mounted parallel to each other on a printer chassis wherein the bar supports the front side of a printer carriage and the rod supports the rear side of t... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5588757 | Recording apparatus with detachable magnetic sensor A recording apparatus for performing recording uses a carriage mounted with a recording head moving along a guide shaft. The recording apparatus includes a magnetic linear encoder consisting of a scale element magnetized and a detection unit for detecting... | 12/31/1996 |
