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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7811014 | Ink-jet recording apparatus An image recording apparatus, including a carriage which is reciprocated in a reciprocating direction; a pair of guide frames which extend parallel to each other in the reciprocating direction and which cooperate with each other to guide a reciprocating movement of ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7585123 | Image forming apparatus At a predetermined position during the lateral movement of a carriage 10, a gap switching mechanism 30 for switching a gap between a recording head 15 and a recording medium is provided. The recording head 15 is mounted facing downward on... | 09/08/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7328994 | Print engine assembly with slotted chassis A print engine assembly includes an elongate chassis that defines a channel and a slot. A printhead assembly is fast with respect to the chassis and is configured to print upon print media fed through the chassis. A pair of bearing moldings is located within the cha... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7303246 | Printhead-to-media spacing adjustment apparatus and method An apparatus for adjusting the printhead-to-media spacing in an inkjet printer is disclosed. The apparatus includes a carriage rod that is fixed in position relative to a media support and a carriage for supporting at least one printhead. The carriage has a contact ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300141 | Printhead assembly with ink distribution assembly and printhead integrated circuits A printhead assembly for a pagewidth inkjet print engine includes an elongate duct assembly dimensioned to span a print zone, the elongate duct assembly having at least one ink duct that extends a length of the duct assembly and at least one ink inlet in fluid commu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293869 | Recording medium processing apparatus The apparatus has a carriage that holds a head, a carriage-driving mechanism having a motor, and a holding mechanism configured to press a recording medium to a medium-holding base. The holding mechanism has a pair of arm members and a pushing member secured to the ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7287846 | Inkjet printer cartridge with combined blotter A printer cartridge for an inkjet printer including a body containing at least one printing fluid reservoir, a printhead attached to the body and in fluid communication with the at least one printing fluid reservoir, a printing fluid blotter rotatably coupled to the... | 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 |
| 7284918 | Recording method, computer-readable medium, and recording apparatus A recording method, for example, which allows a recording medium to be carried with high carrying precision is to be achieved. A recording method includes a step of changing a carry command value, when carrying a recording medium, according to a state of bending of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281441 | Media thickness detector A media thickness detector includes a driving force transmission part for removing vibration generated from a driving source. A sensing roller feeds media by receiving the driving force through the driving force transmission part. Sensing bearings are installed on b... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281870 | Ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus includes a carriage for reciprocal movement while carrying a recording head for effecting recording by ejecting ink; a platen for supporting recording material at a position opposed to the recording head; a changing member for changing... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275636 | Transport roller suspension A transport roller suspension mechanism for supporting at least one transport roller of a sample transport mechanism for introducing a substantially planar sample carrier to a chemical analysis device, the transport roller mechanism comprising: a suspension block ar... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7261477 | Method of on-demand printing A method of producing on-demand wallpaper for sale to a consumer, the method including the steps of: providing a printing system for producing wallpaper comprising: at least one media cartridge containing a blank media web; a print... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258430 | Inkjet printing mechanism with a displaceable platen assembly An inkjet printing mechanism includes an elongate chassis that spans a print area. An elongate ink distribution assembly is mounted on and extends a length of the chassis. The assembly has an inlet side, an outlet side, a plurality of ink paths that converge lateral... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7224493 | Imaging apparatus having a media sensor An imaging device has a print media path for transporting a print media sheet in a sheet feed direction. A mounting device is coupled to a frame. A media sensor has a body and at least one rotating member rotatably coupled to the body. The body is coupled to the mou... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220070 | Printer having a continuous paper holder A printer having a main printer unit 1 an image recording unit 3 and a base unit 2. The image recording unit 3 includes a carriage 25 having an ink head for discharging ink to paper and a guide shaft 26 for slidably guiding ... | 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 |
| 7210866 | Printer having adjustable media support A printer is provided comprising an elongate printhead for printing across the pagewidth of print media, a rotatable, elongate platen arranged to support the print media being printed on by the printhead, a sensor for sensing a thickness of the print media, and a co... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207736 | Paper insertion limiting device for a paper feeding unit A paper insertion limiting device of a paper feeding unit which prevents papers from being inserted to a drive roller when the papers are loaded. The paper insertion limiting device of a paper feeding unit is provided with a sheet regulating member mounted on the fr... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7182338 | Apparatus for discriminating sheet material The present invention provides an apparatus for discriminating the kind of a sheet material, comprising: a substrate having a recessed portion; a press member situated so that a sheet material can be deflected using the recessed portion; a support member that is def... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178892 | Printhead-to-platen variable spacing mechanism A spacing mechanism is provided to vary the distance between a rotary platen and a pagewidth printhead as a function of the angle of rotation of the platen. The spacing mechanism includes cams fixed at opposing ends of the platen and corresponding cam followers moun... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7131782 | Paper edge sensing apparatus and method for borderless printing A paper edge sensing apparatus for borderless printing comprises a first paper sensor mounted in connection with the carrier and the frame in the upstream of a paper convey direction of an ink jet position of the ink jet nozzles to detect sheet edges, and a controll... | 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 |
| 7116036 | Energy harvesting system, apparatus and method An energy harvesting device, system and method are described. The energy harvester collects acoustic energy and transforms it into electrical energy for use by a sensor. The energy harvester utilizes a piezoelectric device, which may be encased, either wholly or par... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114868 | Inkjet printing assembly with multi-purpose platen assembly An inkjet printing mechanism includes an elongate chassis that spans a printing zone. A printhead assembly is mounted on the elongate chassis. The printhead assembly includes an ink distribution assembly and an array of printhead integrated circuits mounted on the i... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7101005 | Apparatus for adjusting printhead-to-media spacing in a printer An apparatus is provided for adjusting the printhead-to-media spacing in a printer having a printhead carrying carriage, which is rockable relative to an elongate carriage rod in the printer to effect a change in such spacing. The apparatus comprises an anti-rotatio... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097291 | Inkjet printer cartridge with ink refill port having multiple ink couplings An inkjet printer refill system including a printer cartridge having a refill port including inlets corresponding to, and in fluid communication with, each of a number of storage reservoirs, said reservoirs each dedicated to store a predetermined one of a number of ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096643 | Device for closing envelope flaps A mail-handling machine including a postage-metering or “franking” module including at least a print mechanism for printing a postage imprint on a mail item and a conveyor for conveying the mail item along a mail item conveyor path defined by top and bottom guid... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091427 | Apparatus using resonance of a cavity to determine mass of a load A scale is provided, the scale including a cavity having a resonant frequency which is alterable with variations in mass of a load applied to the cavity. The scale also typically includes a comparator operatively coupled with the cavity to detect actual resonant fre... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086714 | Method for finding recording-start position A recording start position is obtained effectively with high precision and in a short time. A recording method for recording on a recording medium, includes the steps of: positioning a sensor in a one edge side in a movement direction of the sensor; carrying the rec... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086793 | Goods-wrapping apparatus including a printer According to the present invention, a goods-wrapping apparatus for wrapping a particular article of a plurality of articles, includes: a goods storing section operable to store the plurality of articles; a goods carrying in/out section operable to carry in the artic... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083273 | Inkjet printer cartridge with uniform compressed air distribution An inkjet printer cartridge including an elongate body housing a printing fluid storage and adapted to be received within an inkjet printer cradle, a pagewidth printhead attached to the body and in fluid communication with the printing fluid storage, and an air dist... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7052100 | Correction of positional deviation in bi-directional printing depending on platen gap A platen gap between a print head and a platen can be adjusted into a plurality of values. Different correction values of bi-directional printing misalignment, δG1 and δG2, which are respectively associated with a plurality of values of the platen ga... | 05/30/2006 |
