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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322762 | Tape-like object feeding device and label tape printing device A tape-like object feeding device in accordance with the present invention comprises a feeding mechanism 7 for feeding a tape-like object toward an outlet and a cutting mechanism 8 for cutting the tape-like object fed by the feeding mechanism. An eject... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7249899 | Tape printing apparatus and tape printing system A tape printing apparatus and the tape printing system capable of preventing deformation of the rollers or sticking thereof to a print head, and capable of preventing degradations in tape feeding accuracy and the inability to print. The tape printing apparatus has a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7210407 | Wallpaper printing franchise method Franchising an on-demand wallpaper printing business comprises a number of steps. Franchisees are provided with an on-demand printer. The printer is built into a cabinet in which is located a media path which extends from a media loading area to a printhead and from... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7186042 | Wallpaper printer A printer is disclosed for producing rolls of wallpaper. The printer has a frame in which is located a media path which extends from a media loading area to a winding area. A printhead located across the media path. One or more input devices are used for capturing o... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7121313 | Label peeling mechanism for continuous label strip, and label printer apparatus using the mechanism A label peeling mechanism has a peeling member for peeling adhesive backed labels from a backing member of a continuous label strip. A conveying unit conveys the continuous label strip to the peeling member. A discharge frame has a discharge opening for discharging ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097372 | Refillable tape cassette The present invention relates to a refillable tape cassette for accomodating a supply of printable tape. In order to avoid the need for different tape cassettes for different tape widths the tape cassette is capable of selectively housing supplies of tapes of differ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7048183 | RFID rag and method of user verification An identification tag (100) facilitates use of a secure computer system (300). The tag (100) is adapted to be worn on a user's wrist and includes an identification and registration circuit (102) that includes an identification component (... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6974270 | Tape printing device The invention refers to a tape printing device (2) for hand-held operation, having a housing with a first part and a second part, wherein the first part of the housing comprises a surface with a keyboard with keys (6) for inputting desired characters t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6851875 | Printer and print image reference system A printer which can refer to a print image before a print operation. This printer includes a storage unit that stores a print image and identification information for specifying the print image such that the print image corresponds to the identification information.... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6647871 | Loader for a printer for printing flat articles and printer provided with such a loader A loader (1) for a printer for printing flat articles (2), this loader (1) which delimits a storage magazine (9) for the articles in the stacked condition being provided internally with a pivoting member (4) arranged to hold the articles (2) in bearing co... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6644875 | Printing device Before stopper members (25) of a skew correcting mechanism (10) are evacuated from a sheet conveyor path, sheet conveyor roller pairs (8) rotate a set angle in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction such that a sheet is separated from the sto... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6280107 | Peeling device, tape processing device incorporating the peeling device, and tape printing apparatus incorporating the tape processing device A peeling device according to one aspect of the invention peels off part of a peel-off paper from a peel-off paper-backed adhesive tape which is a laminate of a substrate tape having a surface coated with an adhesive and a peel-off paper affixed to the su... | 08/28/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6206590 | Label printing assembly for use with a medicament dispensing control workstation A label printing assembly (10) that effectively eliminates labeling errors caused by pharmacists placing the wrong prescription labels on medicine vials or packages. The label printing assembly is preferably configured for use with an automated medicament... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6132120 | Tape-shaped label printing device A first printing is performed after text is inputted and after a number of print colors, a print color order, and their print ranges are set. A message urging the user to remove the ribbon cassette in order to perform a second printing is displayed. When ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6089770 | Peeling device, tape processing device incorporating the peeling device, and tape printing apparatus incorporating the tape processing device A peeling device according to one aspect of the invention peels off part of a peel-off paper from a peel-off paper-backed adhesive tape which is a laminate of a substrate tape having a surface coated with an adhesive and a peel-off paper affixed to the su... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5997193 | Miniature, portable, interactive printer An intelligent, portable printer having a microprocessor controller, a printing mechanism, and a web feed mechanism integrated into an assembly which, together with a battery pack, may weigh about 1.5 pounds and be about 60 cubic inches in volume. The web... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5967678 | Tape printing device and tape cartridge used therein The present invention provides a tape printing device for printing a desirable series of characters on a tape and cutting the tape to a label of a desirable length, and also a tape cartridge used in the tape printing device. The tape cartridge has a chara... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5964543 | Roll-shaped image-receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing and process for forming images thereon A roll-shaped image receiving sheet usable in a thermal transfer printing process. The image-receiving sheet includes a plurality of indeterminatley spaced thermal transfer image-receiving areas, and a detection mark formed on the sheet corresponding to e... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5839837 | Printers which display the color of a printing medium A cartridge detector detects information on the color of a label tape of a cartridge which is a printing medium on the basis of the shape of the cartridge. A controller determines the color of the label tape on the basis of detected information obtained f... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5826995 | Cassette for a thermal printer A tape holding case is described for use with a thermal printing device which allows for more efficient cutting and feeding of tape. The cassette has a slot into which a cutting blade can pass which avoids the use of an anvil for cutting. Moreover, the ca... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5788387 | Tape cartidge and printing device The present invention provides a novel structure of a tape cartridge accommodating a printing tape and an ink ribbon used for printing, which prevents the printing tape from being stuck in a cartridge case or the ink ribbon from being slackened. The tape ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5772340 | Tape printing apparatus In a tape printing apparatus capable of printing character strings over a plurality of lines on a tapelike printing medium, printing, in which print positions of input lines are reversed or interchanged, can be easily performed. In printing input characte... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5772342 | Tape printing apparatus capable of inputting and printing graphics After an input width setting mode has been entered by operating an input width set switch, an upper-end position and a lower-end position of an input width are set by an input pen to define an input width of an input width area for inputting a graphic int... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5730536 | Tape printer having platen moving mechanism and mechanism for interlocking platen and tape feed roller with movement of cover A tape printer capable of performing multicolor printing and permitting an already printed tape to be rewound for printing two line character trains, bold printing and adding ornamental frames beside the first printed character train. The tape printer ins... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5727888 | Printer and a composite cassette including a tape cassette and a ribbon cassette used in the printer A label printer for printing tape-shaped labels. The label printer includes a freely detachably mountable tape cassette housing a tape; printing device including a print head for printing symbols and alphanumeric characters on the tape; controller for con... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5725318 | Tape-shaped label printing device usable with ribbon cassettes having newly added colors 1. A tape-shaped label printing device for use with a plurality of freely detachable ribbon cassettes each housing a different colored ink ribbon, the label printing device comprising: a keyboard for inputting text, such as characters and symbols, and for... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5718525 | label printer and dispenser A method and apparatus is disclosed for printing and dispensing labels for precise and accurate placement on an article. The present invention also minimizes label queue and the distance between the point of printing and the point of label dispensing. The... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5702192 | Tape cartridges When different tape cartridges accommodating printing tapes having different hardness, thicknesses or widths are exchangeably mounted in the same printing apparatus, excellent printing can be obtained using the present embodiment. In a platen 12 provided ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5681123 | Tape-shaped label producing device Either when the tape cassette is loaded in the tape-shaped label producing device or directly after power is turned on, the tape and the ink ribbon are fed in synchronization in a printing direction. At this time, with using the distinction marks, the ink... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5658083 | Cassette for a thermal printer A tape holding case is described for use with a thermal printing device which allows for more efficient cutting and feeding of tape. The cassette has a slot into which a cutting blade can pass which avoids the use of an anvil for cutting. Moreover, the ca... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5636926 | Tape-shaped label producing device Either when the tape cassette is loaded in the tape-shaped label producing device or directly after power is turned on, the tape and the ink ribbon are fed in synchronization in a printing direction. At this time, with using the distinction marks, the ink... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5634728 | Tape printing device and tape cartridge used therein having a cover with detection means The present invention provides a tape printing device for printing a desirable series of characters on a tape and cutting the tape to a label of a desirable length, and also a tape cartridge used in the tape printing device. The tape cartridge has a chara... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5615960 | Tape printing apparatus having a slot for insertion of a tape cassette A thin tape printing apparatus is provided which requires less operation space when a tape cassette is loaded and unloaded and is suitable for integration into a variety of apparatuses. The tape printing apparatus includes a cassette insertion slot provid... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5595447 | Tape cartridge and printing device having print medium cartridge The present invention provides a novel structure of a tape cartridge accommodating a printing tape and an ink ribbon used for printing, which prevents the printing tape from being stuck in a cartridge case or the ink ribbon from being slackened. The tape ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5549399 | Tape printing method and apparatus having horizontal and rotated printing modes An apparatus and method of printing characters and symbols either vertically or horizontally on an elongated recording medium adjusts the position of vertically printed characters and symbols so that the vertically printed characters and symbols are evenl... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5496117 | Tape printer A tape print device for printing bar codes on a print tape includes: an input unit for inputting data indicative of a bar code desired to be printed on a tape; a data storage unit for temporarily storing the inputted data; an increment unit for serially i... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5496118 | Tape printing device In a tape printing device, pressing the print execution key when print data and size data are stored on the memory causes the tape printing device to perform a calculation to obtain the total character height based on the number of print lines L and the v... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5435657 | Label printer and tape and ink ribbon cartridge for use therein A thermal printing device comprises a label tape printer and tape and ink ribbon cartridge for horizontal insertion into the printer. The cartridge housing includes an upper cover and a base which are joined by telescoping hubs and posts. The cartridge co... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5409317 | Tape printing device capable of setting appropriate margin When a tape cassette having a special tape, such as a lettering tape, is mounted into a tape printing device, which normally permits user set margins, for printing image data on a tape by driving a thermal head and a tape feed motor until all image data i... | 04/25/1995 |
