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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177445 | Over-center mechanism An over-center mechanism includes a pivoting member, rotatable about a pivot point between first and second positions, a drive gear, having a first radius, fixedly attached to the pivoting member at the pivot point, a pinion gear, engaged with the drive gear, having... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8128298 | Hinge with sliding pivot transfer Exemplary embodiments provide for a method and apparatus for moving a cover of a device relative to a base of the device to provide access to an interior space. An indication to open a cover coupled to a base is received. Responsive to receiving the indication, the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123422 | Image forming apparatus and opening/closing method of re-conveyance mechanism An ADU is turned around a first hole section that operates as fulcrum and opened by a first angle relative to the lateral side of an apparatus main body when dissolving a jam. The lateral side cover is temporarily taken away from a stationary side plate when mainten... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8016503 | Inkjet printer assembly with a central processing unit configured to determine a performance characteristic of a print cartridge Provided is an inkjet printer assembly having a cartridge with an integrated pagewidth printhead integrated circuit (IC), and a cradle configured to receive the cartridge such that the printhead IC is adjacent a media feed path. Also included is a driven mechanism c... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7950861 | Opening-angle restricting device An opening-angle restricting device includes a main casing, a cover member, a string member, a take-up unit, and a stopper unit. The main casing has an inner space for accommodating an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium. The cover member is... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7914219 | Apparatus and method for moving a cover The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for moving a cover. The apparatus includes a base. The apparatus also includes a cover pivotably coupled to the base. The apparatus also includes a set of flexible bands. A first end of ea... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914218 | Thermal printer and printing device According to an aspect of the present invention, a thermal printer includes a housing in which a space is formed, printing means disposed in the housing, a cover disposed in the housing and which comes into contact with and separates from the housing when rotated, t... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7874752 | Printer It is intended to provide a printer which can prevent dust from entering and adhering to a printing medium, thereby avoiding entry of the dust to or near a print head, and can improve print quality. A first cover covers a first paper projection port through which pa... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7857536 | Lockable printer A printer includes a housing. The housing surrounds a frame and defines a first set of locking formations. A print engine is housed within the housing. The print engine includes a pair of opposed print head assemblies for enabling double-sided printing to be effecte... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7832953 | Web printer A web printer is disclosed. The web printer includes a print media cartridge carrying a wound length of print media, a platen extending away from the print media cartridge to support print media provided from the print media cartridge along a print media travel path... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828490 | Printing apparatus including a cover holding a thermal head and a platen roller on a hinged frame A thermal printer has a main body, a cover body, a hinge mechanism, a first locating mechanism, and a second locating mechanism. At the time of a shift from a second state where the cover body is opened with respect to the main body to a first state where the cover ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7806610 | Printer with cover having laterally movable hinge A printer with a chassis, a hinge and a paper cover assembly. The chassis may have a printing head and a notch. The hinge may have an axis, and may be coupled with the chassis such that the rotational axis of the hinge is laterally movable. The paper cover assembly ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806611 | Modular printer having a print engine with two opposed arcuate printheads feeding media at a predetermined rate A modular printer including a housing having upper and lower covers, a first side wall and a second, opposed side wall and inlet and exit roller assemblies for feeding media through the housing. Also included is a print engine having two opposed arcuate printheads e... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7758265 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus has an apparatus body including a platen roller, a thermal head, a storage in which a ribbon cartridge is stored exchangeably through an opening, and a cover of the apparatus body that covers the opening so as to be opened and closed. A gap is s... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7682096 | Image forming apparatus and opening/closing method of re-conveyance mechanism An ADU is turned around a first hole section that operates as fulcrum and opened by a first angle relative to the lateral side of an apparatus main body when dissolving a jam. The lateral side cover is temporarily taken away from a stationary side plate when mainten... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7674057 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a cover member that is capable of being opened and closed, wherein the cover member includes a discharge tray that is capable of holding printed recording medium, and an automatic document reader that is provided above the dischar... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7648294 | Modular printer with a print media drying housing The invention provides for a modular printer including a housing having an upper and lower cover, with a first side wall having an air duct with an air inlet, and a second side wall defining air exit vents, so that warm air can be ducted over print media passing thr... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7621684 | Integrated home entertainment unit An integrated home entertainment unit includes a print media source, a print engine coupled to the print media source configured to hold a print medium, an optical disk drive configured to output formatted digital data, and a controller. The controller has a process... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7621685 | Label stacker Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7563045 | Roll paper printer A printer having a cover opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing a cover to the roll paper compartment of the printer including a four-node parallel linkage mechanism and an urging member to prevent the four-node parallel linkage mechanism from locking... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7559713 | Label printer and printing medium In a label printer, a top cover made of transparent resin is attached to a housing at a rear upper edge to cover a roll sheet holder storage part and to be freely opened and closed. A roll sheet of a roll sheet holder removably mounted in the roll sheet holder stora... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7537404 | Modular printer A modular printer having a media take-up assembly, a support block assembly, a printhead assembly, a stepper motor assembly and a display assembly is provided. A support housing having a plurality of recesses formed on an internal wall of the modular printer is also... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7517165 | Printing unit with frame locking mechanism and release lever A first frame member has an accommodating section adapted to accommodate a rolled sheet at a rear side of the first frame member. A print head is operable to perform printing with respect to a part drawn out from the rolled sheet. A second frame member is provided w... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7513706 | Printing apparatus A main body has a receiving section, which contains an ink ribbon cassette holding an ink ribbon, together with an optical disk. The ink ribbon and the optical disk are fed by a platen roller, and printing is performed on the optical disk through a thermal head. The... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7470074 | Web printer with straight print media path A web printer is provided for printing web patterns on print media. The web printer includes a cabinet. A plurality of ink reservoirs is mounted, in a releasable manner, within the cabinet and store respective types of ink to be printed. A print media cartridge is m... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7452145 | Hinge structure for paper container in a printer In a printer comprising a paper container for containing a recording paper, the paper container has a base member mounted of a housing of the printer and a cover member rotatably pivoted on the base member via a pair of hinge structures. Each hinge structure has at ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7441969 | Portable printing apparatus having cylindrical paper path between inner and outer cases A printing apparatus comprising an outer case having a cylindrical inner surface, an inner case inside the outer case and having a cylindrical outer surface facing and spaced by a predetermined distance from the cylindrical inner surface of the outer case; a paper p... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435022 | 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... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431519 | Portable electronic device and associated charging stand A portable electronic device and associated charging stand assembly where the portable electronic device has an inbuilt printer and the associated charging stand recharges the device battery and refills the printer. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431523 | Printer with wedge for closing paper outlet slot The invention relates to a printer having a paper transporting cylinder and a housing provided with a panel having a paper output slit. The printer also has a device for protecting against the penetration of dust and spray water. According to the invention, the devi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425063 | Digital web printer with dryer A web printer for printing digital information on print media the web printer comprising a cabinet a plurality of ink reservoirs mounted in a releasable manner within the cabinet and storing respective types of ink to be printed a print media cartridge mounted in a ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7413362 | Paper tray for printer A paper tray for a printer includes a paper support plate for supporting paper sheets stacked thereon and a support frame formed on the printer body adjacent the paper inlet. The paper support plate has a C-shaped hook having a base portion and upper and lower arms.... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414833 | Portable computer case Cases and methods of use of a laptop computer are provided such that the laptop computer need not be removed from the case, enabling use of the laptop computer keyboard, display and ports located on a back edge of the laptop computer while the laptop computer remain... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410316 | Cassette acceptance device with state recognition for a printing mail processing apparatus A printing mail processing apparatus has an apparatus housing with a cassette bay therein, for removably receiving an exchangeable cassette. The cassette bay is closed by a cassette flap that has a finger on an underside thereof that interacts with a sensor. The sen... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404683 | Printer In a printer, when a cover is closed, a paper issuing path, and a paper setting path are formed downstream from a cutter mechanism in a paper transport path. The paths are switched over by a movable guide. During a normal printing process, the movable guide is swung... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398048 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including: a first driven roller that forms a first nip portion with a driving roller; a second driven roller that forms a second nip portion with the driving roller at a downstream side of the first nip portion; a first transfer passage i... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393150 | Apparatus and method for pad printing The present invention includes apparatus and method for image transfer onto one of a plurality of a pad medium pages while the pages are aggregated together. A preferred embodiment for a printer includes a housing; a print engine, within the housing, for transferrin... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387456 | Portable printer A lightweight portable printer has 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 the motor for driving the platen r... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387573 | Video gaming apparatus with connected player and printer modules A video gaming apparatus includes a player module for reading media storage elements. A printer module is connected to the player module such that the printer module defines a closure for the player module. The printer and player modules are displace able relative t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377635 | Printer unit employing vertically disposed media storage and collection areas A printer is provided comprising substantially vertically disposed print media supply and collector. The print media supply supplies print media for printing by a printhead and the collector collects the printed print media. A transport device comprises rollers is p... | 05/27/2008 |
