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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7901150 | Dual mode printer A wide/super wide digital printer comprising a printer head box that reciprocates from left to right across a wide or super wide printing table having a length of up to 20 cm that is supported by a fixed support, and a feed roller and a guiding roller that are movea... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7434902 | Printheads and systems using printheads A printing apparatus comprises a jetting assembly including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting droplets on a substrate moving relative to the jetting assembly, a mechanism for increasing the displacement of the jetting assembly relative to the substrate, and a sens... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7367731 | Feeding accuracy adjustment apparatus, recording apparatus, liquid ejecting apparatus, feeding accuracy adjustment method for recording medium The printer 1 includes a controller 32 for feeding at least a sort of recording medium P to a feed mechanism, obtaining a tendency of degradation of feed accuracy with respect to at least one sort of the recording medium, calculating an adjustment valu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7331728 | Printer having a platen A printer includes a print head for printing on a print medium and a platen which supports the print medium, and is located opposite to the print head. The print head is linearly moved along the print medium. The platen includes first and second end portions and an ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7290949 | Line printer having a motorized platen that automatically adjusts to accommodate print forms of varying thickness Methods for setting the print gap in a printer are disclosed. The printer has an eccentric platen wherein rotation of the platen changes the print gap distance. A driver controls the eccentric platen rotation, and a sensor may be used to determine the position of th... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7281874 | Thermal printer unit A thermal printer unit is disclosed that comprises a main body module, a platen module, and a thermal head module. The platen module is detachably connected to the main body module. The thermal head module is detachably connected to the main body module and the plat... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7226226 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus (10) includes a carrier ribbon supply tool (12) and a carrier ribbon take-up spool (16), a print head (22) having a plurality of heating elements which are individually addressable and energizable selectively to remov... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220329 | Method for applying reference markings to wallboard during manufacture An apparatus and method for applying reference or grid markings to wallboard during the manufacturing process is disclosed. Reference or grid markings are applied to one sheet of cover paper at a location between the originating cover paper rolls and the cover paper... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213986 | Printer apparatus A printer apparatus for printing data on paper traveling through the printer apparatus in a paper conveying direction. The printer apparatus includes a paper conveying portion including a driving roller and a driven roller, the driving roller and driven roller being... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7131778 | Direct thermal barcode printer A direct thermal barcode printer including a print assembly is provided. The print assembly is movably positioned relative to a print media for adjusting printing characteristics of an attached print head. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121662 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an upper part cover for covering the upper part of the body; a paper feeding portion disposed rearward of the upper part cover, into which paper is supplied; and a medium sensor disposed opposite the paper feeding portion, which ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7086795 | Roller assembly There is described a roller assembly which may be utilized in a linear or serial printer. The roller assembly includes a platen roller including a central axle being exposed at opposing ends of the roller and a frame for mounting the platen at both exposed axle ends... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083245 | Recording apparatus A reliable detection of optically detecting the type of recording media is achieved. A part of a support member for supporting an optical sensor is pushed against the surface of a sheet by a spring so as to maintain the gap between the sensor and the sheet surface. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063468 | Ink-jet printer having head gap adjusting apparatus Provided is an ink-jet printer comprising a carriage, which is rotatably installed on a guide shaft and includes a stacking portion on which an ink cartridge is stacked, and a balancing portion installed on a side opposite to the stacking portion, so as to move in a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059697 | Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus of a low-cost and simple construction which can detect with high reliability a gap between a print medium and a print head mounted on a carriage. The ink jet printing apparatus, which reciprocally moves in... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044570 | Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus of a low-cost and simple construction which can detect with high reliability a gap between a print medium and a print head mounted on a carriage. The ink jet printing apparatus, which reciprocally moves in... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040819 | Stable area detection device of platen gap and recording apparatus In a platen gap adjustment device, a stable area detection device for a platen gap formed between ahead and an upper surface of a platen, wherein the carriage guide shaft is moved relatively to the platen so that the platen gap is adjusted by driving the drive motor... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040822 | Portable printing system A portable label printing system for printing on a variety of materials is disclosed. A retractable platen roller cooperates with a self-aligning print head in three planes cooperates for proper label printing registration. A display screen allows the user to view p... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036896 | Apparatus and method of adjusting a head gap in an inkjet printer An apparatus and method of adjusting a head gap in an inkjet printer includes a carrier ascent/descent unit to rotate a carrier shaft having ends of which are in an eccentric cam shape to ascend and descend the carrier. The apparatus also includes a clutch unit to t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037008 | Printing apparatus, printing control method, and program for implementing the method A printing apparatus which can eliminate the necessity of issuing a head-sheet gap setting command from a digital camera even during camera direct printing, and can positively prevent a recording medium from being rubbed by a recording head and becoming tainted. A h... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029189 | Portable printer There is disclosed a lightweight portable printer having a frame or housing with a print head and a cooperable platen roll mounted in the housing. The housing pivotally mounts a subassembly. The subassembly mounts an electric motor and gearing driven by the motor fo... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014376 | Thermal printer The present invention provides a thermal printer in which, even if a pair of head supporting members for supporting a thermal head composed of a line head has a positional error, the thermal head can be automatically adjusted to uniformly pressure-contact with a pla... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014293 | Recording apparatus The object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus designed such that without the use of a complicated mechanism, a code strip can be moved following the position of a sensor on a carriage side, and for this purpose, the recording apparatus acco... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997623 | Printer A printer unit comprises a first positioning mechanism and a second positioning mechanism for positioning a platen with respect to a print head when a cover frame is closed. The first positioning mechanism is constituted to restrict a change in the position of the p... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6988838 | Ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus includes a disc tray which is contained in the recording device and on which a DVD disc is to be placed, a select switch for switching between a protruding state and an accommodated state of the disc tray, and a sheet feed tray on whic... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6966711 | Dynamic registration device for mailing system A dynamic registration device for a mailing system that reduces the problems of dust generation, ink smearing, and print head contact is provided. The biasing force normally applied to the back panel of a mail piece, such that the front panel maintains contact with ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964533 | Printing zone with closely located printhead and media A printing zone arrangement for an inkjet printer of the type having an inkjet type printing mechanism comprising at least one nozzle for printing ink onto at least one surface of print media is provided. The printing zone arrangement comprises first and second sets... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964476 | Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus comprises an ink-jet head having an ink ejection surface on which a plurality of nozzles are arrayed; a medium carrier forming a carrying surface on which a record medium is carried; a carriage mounted with the ink-jet head such that t... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945714 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus which comprises a recording material or tray conveying roller, a carriage lifting mechanism for changing an interval between the recording unit and the recording material, and a cleaning unit. In the apparatus, in accordance with a separation i... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6921107 | Apparatus for sensing vehicle seat position An apparatus (10) for sensing the position of a vehicle seat (12) movable between a forward position and a rearward position includes a Hall effect device (80) and a magnet (82) that produces a magnetic field that acts on the Hall effect ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921217 | Gap adjusting device, recording apparatus and liquid ejection apparatus The present invention provides a gap adjusting device that allows gap adjustment with a small torque and also allows more gap positions to be set. The gap adjusting device rotates bushing members so as to change level (PG) of carriage guide shafts for guiding a carr... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6916131 | Image forming device customizing the image to fit the paper length A tandem-type image forming device is provided which includes a plurality of photosensitive drums, a paper edge detecting section to detect a front edge and a rear edge of a sheet of paper, an exposure starting time calculating unit for each of a plurality of photos... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6886897 | Apparatus to adjust the head gap in ink-jet printers A head gap adjusting apparatus used with an ink-jet printer, in which there are provided a pair of carrier shaft lifting parts disposed upon a chassis to adjust the head gap between a paper and a print head by converting a force of horizontal motion to a force of ve... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883979 | Serial printer detecting set condition for image formation and method of controlling the same The serial printer includes a carriage reciprocating in a main scanning direction, a reading sensor mounted in carriage, a timing fence arranged in the main scanning direction, a mechanism preventing movement of carriage in the main scanning direction, and a control... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6874956 | Printhead-to-media spacing adjustment in a printer Apparatus for adjusting printhead-to-media spacing in a printer having a frame and a shiftable printhead-carrying carriage mounted on the frame for lateral movement relative to the frame, the apparatus comprising a first immovable mechanical contact actuator anchore... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6869235 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus can mount a special recording material, such as a compact disc (CD) or the like, in a state of being accommodated in a tray and perform recording on the special recording material. In this recording apparatus, by an operation of mounting a tray... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6860664 | Printer with printhead close to the media A continuous media inkjet type printer has printheads located very close to a pair of opposed media feed rollers, thereby enabling a very small printhead to media gap due to the media being held at a substantially constant location by the feed rollers. ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6830311 | Ink jet recording apparatus, moving position control method of capping device therein, and flushing control method therefor A cap holder on which a cap member is formed is mounted on a slider which constitutes a capping device. This slider is driven along vertical direction by receiving driving force executed by moving a carriage, so that an interval between the cap member and a nozzle f... | 12/14/2004 |
