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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287850 | Portable electronic apparatus A portable electronic apparatus includes a printer portion provided in a main body and having a printing head, a recording paper holder provided in a portion of the main body near to the printer portion, a holder cover openably attached to the paper holder, a platen... | 10/30/2007 |
| 6068420 | Printer with an integrally formed spring for biasing the printhead A clamshell printer having a base and a cover pivotally mounted to the base for movement between an open and a closed position, wherein the open position provides unhindered access to a media path and a print head in the printer. The printer may include a... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5178069 | Protective device for offset rotary printing machines The invention relates to a protective device for offset rotary printing machines, in particular for printing units of sheet-fed rotary printing machines, with a sheet-like protective covering of the danger points, which is designed in such a way that soun... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5158378 | Printing apparatus In an impact type printing apparatus, leak of impact noise to outside can be reduced by (1) arranging the print head, platen and sheet exhaust port almost in a line and (2) setting the shape of guide ribs provided at the internal surface of cover having t... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5106220 | Guide and cover arrangement for printers A body structure for a printer comprises a front cover and a rear cover and is capable of accommodating a platen roller a typing device and advance means for advancing and feeding individual or continuous forms. A hinge element fixed to a pillar of the bo... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5063451 | Hand held recording apparatus with window on lower body portion for viewing recording position A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium is portable and capable of bearing against the recording medium. The recording apparatus comprises recording means for effecting recording on the recording medium, and control means for c... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4900172 | Printer assembly with paper guide A printer assembly having a printer on a support or table and, in addition, a paper guide formed by a pair of bent plate members spaced apart from one another and defining a gap through which a paper web can travel from an inlet edge of the guide to an ou... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4772147 | Printer apparatus A printer apparatus suitable for use in measuring systems and control systems. The printer apparatus has a casing accommodating a roll of a recording paper sheet and a cover means for covering and protecting the recording paper sheet after the printing. T... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4662765 | Integrated printer and paper feeding apparatus There is illustrated and described a printing device having an integrated paper feeding apparatus adapted for supplying individual sheets of paper to the printing device to effect printing thereon. The integrated printer and paper feeding apparatus for th... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4641982 | Housing cover for printers A printer housing cover particularly adapted for use with printers capable of operating either with endless tractor fed perforated margin paper or single sheet paper. The housing cover has a portion thereof overlying the paper roller or platen defining a ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4626117 | Typewriter A typewriter comprises a carriage (1) sliding parallel to a platen (3). The typing device (2) operates in a printing zone which is displaced along this platen (3). The casing (7) of the machine is open above the platen (3) and has a transparent anti-noise... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4600326 | Casing structure for electrical and mechanical units A casing structure which includes a first casing unit having a first compartment and a second compartment, and a second casing unit having a third compartment. The second casing unit is pivotably connected to the first casing unit so as to open or close w... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4493573 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus including a printing sheet guide for supporting a single printing sheet, a page feeder for successively feeding a plurality of continuous sheets to a printing section, and a sound absorber and a noise silencing cover for avoiding rele... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4355914 | Acoustic hood with glare shield The device disclosed is a combination sound hood and glare suppressing visor for use on office machines such as typewriters, to contain machine operating noise while at the same time retaining visibility of the document being printed. The device is moveab... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4252453 | Acoustic attenuator system for quietizing printers and the like Apparatus for attenuating noise necessarily emitted from output slots of a printer mechanism enclosure and utilizing a minimal amount of enclosure components of significantly reduced size. Input and output housings or compartments for noise attenuation ar... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4215762 | Acoustical enclosure An acoustical enclosure for isolating high-frequency noise produced by automatic business machines, such as typewriters and teletypes. A top paper-feed housing is removable and a midsection is hinged to permit access to the enclosed machine. An exhaust fa... | 08/05/1980 |
| 3930559 | Sound insulating hoods for noise emitting apparatus A sound insulating hood or cover for a noise emitting apparatus such as teleprinter having a bottom portion, two side walls, a front wall, a back wall and an upper portion. The inner dimension of the hood slightly exceeds the dimension of the apparatus. A... | 01/06/1976 |
