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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7056047 | Printing apparatus and method for printing on two printing mediums with substantially perpendicular transportation paths A printer 1 has transportation paths for conveying media in two directions, that of a first transportation path P1 and that of a second transportation path P2 (or third transportation path P3) perpendicular to the first transportation pat... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6412995 | Printing apparatus and platen with a plurality of impact surfaces A platen has an impact surface positioned to oppose a printhead so that a part of a printhead strikes paper loaded on the impact surface. The platen includes a first impact surface having a curved surface, a second impact surface having a curved surface, ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6262754 | Dual type thermal printer A dual type thermal printer comprises a main body frame, a first platen roller supported by the main frame for undergoing rotation, and a second platen roller supported by the main body frame in coaxial relation to the first platen roller for undergoing r... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6109806 | Mechanism for preventing recording sheet from contacting print head in printing device A hot melt ink jet printing device 1 includes guides 27 disposed on a printing surface 11 of a platen 12 at both sides of a print area and guides 28 disposed downstream side of the platen 12 in a sheet feed direction F. Heaters 21, 25 are mounted on an un... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5472287 | Printer with validation paper feeding mechanism A printer having a validation paper feeding mechanism in which the validation paper feed is controlled by a single solenoid and only the validation paper feed can be effected even when a cut or continuous paper is set. A ratchet wheel and a validation rol... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5146238 | Line-type thermal printing apparatus for printing on a sheet having different thicknesses A line-type thermal printing apparatus includes a thermal head for recording on a sheet whose thickness is even in the feeding direction thereof and uneven in the print line direction. The apparatus also includes a platen having a platen body portion that... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4984914 | Multi-task printer A feeding device for computer printers and the like comprising two platens each provided with respective pairs of drive sprockets and rotatably mounted on a common drive shaft, together with clutch means for selectably connecting said drive shaft to rotat... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4403878 | Paper-feeding mechanism of a small-sized printer In a small printer a common drive mechanism advances two independent paper sheets in unison by a single line spacing or pitch distance during each print cycle. Alternatively the first paper sheet is advanced four pitch distances while the second sheet is ... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4395152 | Drive for friction rolls in printers Two friction rolls are journalled on a driven shaft, and a differential being keyed to that shaft causes that one of the rolls to be driven which is not held. The rolls are alternately held by, preferably, latching devices which are operated on limit posi... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4382704 | Friction drive in printers A printer is provided with a single drive shaft mounted on plural bearings and carrying a plurality of axially aligned, individually rotatable, hollow friction rolls, each containing an electromagnetic brake and a coupling for connecting the roll to the s... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4368994 | Single servo driven printer A printer which may be used in a billing/accounting machine having a single servo motor to drive both the printing mechanism (horizontal motion) and the record media feed (vertical motion). While the printing mechanism is always engaged with the servo mot... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4204779 | High character capacity impact printer An impact printer of the daisywheel type mechanically links together two daisywheel printer carriages so that the total number of different characters that can be printed is doubled. Suitable coordination logic provides for operation in a first concurrent... | 05/27/1980 |
| 3966037 | Equipment for handling different forms for an accounting machine The invention concerns a form handling device for an accounting machine wherein a continuous form, a journal form and an accounting card are independently supplied on the printing platen.... | 06/29/1976 |
