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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419319 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a housing that includes a front face, a rear wall, a pair of side walls, a bottom surface, and a top surface with a discharge surface formed therein. A cover, having a planar upper surface, is mounted on protrusions extending along ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7181153 | Apparatus for precisely adjusting the position of work stations in a document printer/copier Apparatus for precisely positioning one or more of the work stations of a document printer/copier relative to an internal drum, including a first member, attached to either a work station or the internal drum, having two sections, each section having a reference sur... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165904 | Printer and medium transportation assembly A printer with an image scanning sensor for reading image data in confined spaces comprising a case unit 11 with a roll paper compartment 30 for holding roll paper P, a front cover unit 12 for forming a slip transportation path 21 for con... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6899479 | Printer and commodity information processing apparatus A printer comprising a printing section that has a platen, a cutter section with a stationary blade and a movable blade and a printhead located oppositely on both sides of the guide path. A first unit is located on one side of the guide path arranged inside the casi... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6786662 | Apparatus and method to avoid detecting output motion and media movement This invention relates to a cover attached to an output device that is connected to an imaging device. The purpose for this cover is to avoid output motion and media movement detection in high security areas, such as banks, insurance companies or the like. Such stru... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6612763 | Image forming apparatus A laser beam printer includes a front face. The front face defines an opening for allowing attaching/detaching a paper feed cassette, an opening for allowing attaching/detaching a process unit, and an opening allowing manual paper feed. Accordingly, the l... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6406200 | Printer assembly with lateral and longitudinal self-alignment A printer assembly with lateral and longitudinal self-alignment. The printer assembly has a frame, a door which swings open, a motor-driven platen disposed on the door, a print head movably disposed on the frame so as to engage the platen, and a spring co... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6394674 | 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 t... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6347897 | 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 t... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6079891 | Printer device for printing a strip medium A printer device for printing on a strip medium, the device comprising a body (1), a carriage (5) movable in translation along a guide (2) secured to the body (1) and carrying a pivoting print head (7), and resilient means (9) disposed between the carriag... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5865119 | Soundproofing Soundproofing of a machine, such as a rotary printing pres, is provided by a plurality of soundproofing doors. Each of these doors is provided with a hinge at each of its four corners. The doors can each be selectively pivoted open or closed about either ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5825392 | Recording device having detachable printing head A head holder incorporating a thermal printing head is detachably mounted in a printing position defined in a thermal transfer printer by use of guide means. The head holder secured by the guide means is vertically moved by means for vertically moving the... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5741080 | Cassette mounting on door of recording apparatus A recording apparatus for recording onto a recording medium comprises a loading section for loading rockably an ink sheet cartridge having an ink sheet containing ink, a first winding member for winding said ink sheet, a second winding member for winding ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5737089 | Image forming apparatus with a plotter cover which rotatably supports a platen roller An image forming apparatus having a recording section for recording an image on a thermosensitive sheet paid out from a roller with a record head and a platen roller, and a reading section for reading a document with a scanner and a conveyor roller. The a... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5672020 | High resolution combination donor/direct thermal printer A high resolution thermal printer capable of printing both directly on a thermally responsive media and indirectly through a thermally responsive donor media is disclosed. The printer has a printing media guide mounted as an intermediate clamshell structu... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5639170 | Printing head for wire-dot printer A wire-dot printing head has a housing in which a plurality of actuator assemblies are accommodated to drive a plurality of wire elements. An annular hollow space is formed in a side wall of the housing surrounding the actuator assemblies, whereby noise a... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5560719 | Positioning mechanism for a typewriter display panel A mechanism for preventing rattling between a display cover that is pivotable about a chassis includes a first engagement surface associated with a display cover, and a second engagement surface associated with a chassis, the first and second engagement s... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5516219 | High resolution combination donor/direct thermal printer A high resolution thermal printer capable of printing both directly on a thermally responsive media and indirectly through a thermally responsive donor media is disclosed. The printer has a printing media guide mounted as an intermediate clamshell structu... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5393152 | Printing device having opening and shutting mechanism A print head is supported on an upper frame of a printing device and a platen and a feeding device are supported on a lower frame. Further, a circuit substrate, a print head moving motor, and a feeding device driving motor are also supported on the upper ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5193919 | Tape printer A tape printer for printing on a tape contained within a tape cassette. The tape cassette is insertable in and removable from the tape printer. The tape printer includes a housing and a printing mechanism supported on the housing for selectively printing ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5186557 | Printer According to the present invention, a printer mechanism housing portion which houses a printer mechanism therein and has a paper insertion opening formed in the upper surface thereof is provided, and a flat terminal loading base is provided continuously t... | 02/16/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5150130 | Label printer An extension passage for extending a label tape is horizontally provided, and a recessed label tape storage which is open at its upper side is provided for storing a roll of label tape at one end of this extension passage, a platen roller which is driven ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5137385 | Printer for use with electronic cash register A printer for use with an electronic cash register in which both a printer mechanism and an openable/closable unit are housed in a cabinet. A cover member is openably and closeably mounted on the cabinet for lying over the unit. A rib is provided in the r... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5129750 | Opening mechanism for a printer A printer includes a clam shell mechanism having a frame rotatably mounted on a base. A platen is mounted on the frame. A print head for acting in cooperation with the platen is mounted on the base. A locking lever mounted on the base cooperates with a sh... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5122005 | Printer A printer which is permitted to be mounted with an interface unit for connecting the printer to a computer, without the need of removing a printer case. A unit accommodating space (13) arranged to receive an extension interface unit and an integrated circ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5120141 | Housing for a typewriter or similar office machine A housing for an office machine, the housing having an upper and a lower housing portion. There is a housing cover located in the upper housing portion for covering functional elements of an office machine when the housing is attached to an office machine... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5106212 | Printing head supporting device A printing head supporting device including a supporting mechanism for supporting a printing head so that the printing head can be brought into contact with and separation from a platen, and a pressure plate detachably mounted to a printer body. When the ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5088843 | Printer capable of correcting distance between print head and print paper after lid is opened After a printer lid has been opened, when a signal indicating that the lid is closed again and a signal indicating that there is a sheet in a print mechanism are received, the spacing or distance between a print head and the face of a sheet held against a... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5040912 | Printer having a top cover with an access shutter In a printer, a recording medium can be fed into and drawn out of a body through a rear opening formed in the body. A top cover assembly including a top cover and a shutter is angularly movable relatively to the body between an open position permitting ac... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4947185 | Thermal printing system with automatic crumbled paper release In a thermal printing system having an automatic paper feeding mechanism paper may be misfed and become crumpled between one of a pair of spring biased pinch rollers and the platen of the printing machine. A mechanism is provided for automatically releasi... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4848941 | Thermal printer A thermal printer has a paper feeder including a platen roller, and a casing including a separating roller, the paper feeder being attached to the casing to be openable and closable. In this printer, when the paper feeder is opened, the separating roller ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4840506 | Printer A printer includes a main body having an upper opening. A platen is arranged in the main body such that it opposes the opening. A cover is mounted on the main body such that it is pivotable between a closing position, for covering the opening except for a... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4798485 | Electronic typewriter with a detector switch An electronic typewriter having a single detector switch for detecting whether a lid over a printing mechanism is open or closed and whether a carriage is in the original position or not. The detector switch is stimulated by two stimulators; one being pro... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4747710 | Apparatus for receiving a type wheel cassette in a printing apparatus A type wheel cassette to be loaded in a carriage of a printer, typewriter or like printing apparatus and holding a type wheel in a case thereof, and a type wheel cassette loading mechanism for removably loading the cassette in the carriage. The type wheel... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4739316 | Structure of portable electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus such as a compact computer, a compact information processor, and a compact word processor comprises a pivotal cover carrying a display. The pivotal cover is closed on a keyboard of the electronic apparatus. The display is secured o... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4663638 | Recording apparatus and method of transporting recording paper A recording apparatus of the type using a roll of recording paper in which cutting is effected for recording paper unrolled from the roll after completion of each recording operation and thereby a part of the recording paper on which recording has been ef... | 05/05/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4606267 | Electrothermal page printer This invention relates to a page printer having an electro-thermal dot-matrix printing mechanism. The latter comprises at least one print plate which is disposed parallel in relation to the print line and radially in relation to the platen, which is hooke... | 08/19/1986 |
