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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234884 | Ribbon spool lock assembly A printing mechanism requires ribbon spools to be locked in place radially, and includes a pivoting ribbon tension arm that must be pivoted out of its normal operating position when ribbon is to be replaced. A ribbon spool lock assembly includes a rotating locking h... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7202935 | Imprinting apparatus with independently actuating separable modules An imprinting apparatus including a plate unit, and a plurality of imprinting modules provided on a lower surface of the plate unit. Each imprinting module is self-aligned by a compliance of six degree of freedom and vertically moved along with the plate unit by a c... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185586 | Type-printer A select lever and a permanent magnet of a type selection mechanism of a type-printer are arranged with a gap between the magnet and the distal end of the lower part of the lever. The select lever is located untouched in a stable position that is settled by the resp... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7163455 | Operating device for air conditioner for vehicle A plurality of click portions is formed integrally with a unit body. The click portions are arranged on a common circular track, and a dial is engaged with the click portions so as to be unstable and to be prevented from slipping off. Therefore, it is not necessary ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7111550 | Sequential numbering of pieces obtained by injection A numbering apparatus incorporates a push rod which is pushed mechanically by an ejector plate or other mechanism of an injection mold in each injection process. The push rod moves, in a linear direction, a link attached to a central cylinder which turns inside whee... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6931989 | Print characters selector of printing endless band in printer and printer of printing endless bands A device for selecting print characters of endless printing bands in a printer that, when restricting the rotation of endless printing bands for preventing fouling of display characters, can avoid excessive rotational force from acting on the endless printing bands ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6776542 | Ticket issuing system A ticket issuing system for facilitating processing and printing of citations. The ticket issuing system includes a housing being designed for being held in a hand of a user. An information assembly is positioned in the housing. The information assembly is designed ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6722273 | Sequential numbering machine for injection moulds The numbering machine comprises a series of cams (2) and a series of wheels (3), each cam (2) being connected with a wheel (3), so that the turning of a cam (2) signifies the turning of a wheel (3). The cams (2) have ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6705224 | Stamp apparatus In a stamp apparatus, a paper-sheet object is conveyed in the arrow direction between a presser roller and an impress hub having a predetermined character/symbol string. Since a cam is rotated in the arrow direction by a rotary solenoid, it makes the presser roller ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6679165 | Window adapted to a dater A window adapted to a dater has a screen hole adapted to be defined to correspond to lead numerals of the dater, two positioning seats oppositely formed to be detachable to the dater, and a patterned face formed on a bottom face thereof. The window is abl... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6659001 | Roller stamp of ink-exuding type and method for making the same A stamp of liquid-exuding type has a multiple-seal-faced assembly adapted for stamping with selected one of these multiple faces, preferably for stamping with multiple colors.... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6012861 | Character wheel and method of manufacturing same, and character wheel band and ring usable for character wheel and method of manufacturing same A character wheel, particularly for a numbering machine, including a character wheel disc having a plurality of printing portion mounting surfaces formed at an interval from each other in a circumferential direction on an outer peripheral surface of the c... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5524536 | Print mechanism enabling mail carriers to be distinguished The present invention relates to the specific field of processing mail. More particularly, it relates to a print mechanism enabling a ail carrier to be recognized from the franking print applied to an article of mail, the carrier having been previously se... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5517911 | Printing device A numbering box for a press for printing bank notes has a stack of sensor boards in one-to-one correspondence with a stack of numbering wheels and each of the boards has an edge area at the printing face of the numbering box which carries an LED indicator... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5495802 | Print block cassette for franking machine print drum A print block cassette for franking machine print drums comprises a support having a block support side, longitudinal guide and support members perpendicular to the block support side and engaged in bosses on the support and a plurality of separate print ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5460086 | Zip code to postnet conversion printing device A bar code conversion device for automatically converting the decimal digits of a selected postal ZIP Code into the corresponding POSTNET bar code has a first set of digit wheels with faces for the decimal digits, a second set of bar code wheels with face... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5452654 | Postage metering system with short paid mail deterrence A postage metering system includes input means for inputting into the system a value of postage to be imprinted on a mail piece and means storing data concerning appropriate postage value amounts. A printing means is provided for printing a first postage ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5445074 | Value selection and printing apparatus including a security device A value selection and printing apparatus includes a printing device having a printing wheel; a movable rack gear operatively engaged with the printing wheel such that at times when the rack gear moves along a normal linear operative path of travel the pri... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5402717 | Device for setting printwheels in a postage meter A device for setting the position of printwheels (5) included in a removable head (2) of a postage meter. A pivotable control module (17) is provided in the base (1), and is mounted on resilient supports (29). It carries motors (M1, M2, M3, M4) mounted in... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5394795 | Electronic postage meter having two print drums for printing both fixed and variable data An electronic postage meter including print apparatus for printing fixed postage data and variable postage data on a mail item advancing along a conveyor path between an inlet of the meter and an outlet thereof, the print apparatus comprising a first rota... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5385090 | Device for locking the printwheels of a postage meter A device for positively locking the printwheels (2) fitted to the print drum (1) of a postage meter. A tilting bail (5) locks the printwheels (2) against the force of a return spring (8). A sliding pull rod (26) provided with a yoke (30) that co-operates ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5373784 | Type-wheel resetting mechanism for printer In the type-wheel resetting mechanism for the downsized printer: a resetting cam portion (13) is provided in a drive gear (12) to save the number of components and to eliminate assembly and adjusting operations of the cam portion (13) and the drive gear (... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5363760 | Rotor unit for a postage meter machine A rotor unit comprises a rotor cylinder which is fastened to a shaft and is rotatably supported via an external bearing. A gear motor is arranged in the interior, which gear motor drives a first double gear wheel in both rotating directions (a, b) via its... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5325772 | Postage meter A postage meter has a print drum assembly which includes a print drum and a drum shaft. The drum includes selectively settable value printing elements. The drum shaft has, located in one or more grooves therein, a plurality of linearly movable racks. Thes... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5279219 | Marking apparatus A printing apparatus having a printing head comprising a plurality of coaxial, rotatable printing wheels, disposed substantially side-by-side and employing printing characters, and a control rotor for controlling the printing wheels and having its axis pa... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5266784 | Promotional scanning and validating device A promotional device requiring customer interaction is presented comprising a removable, tamper-resistant housing with a slot in the housing for accepting an encoded substrate. The substrate has a coded area and a validation area. An electromechanical ass... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5249519 | Postage meter A postage meter has a rotatable print drum for franking an article. The print drum includes settable value-denoting elements and is mounted on a drum shaft for rotation therewith. A series of motors are each connected to drive a respective one of the valu... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5224416 | Electronic postage meter assembly enabling connection of any printwheel-setting motor connector to any printwheel-setting motor A postage meter comprises a non-volatile memory and a microcomputer in communication with the non-volatile memory and a plurality of stepper motors. Positioning commands from the microcomputer are directed to the plurality of stepper motors and includes a... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5197383 | Print wheel locking device for franking machines It is characterized in that it comprises a ring (70) with an internal semi-annular collar (71) mounted on and axially fixed to a rear part of a print head supporting sleeve (12) of the print head, opposite the drum, and coupled by means (76, 77) to an adj... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5172631 | Replaceable postage meter indicia A postage meter of the flat-bed type is provided with detachable indicia plate. The indicia plate includes a plurality of tabs which are secured in receiving aperture in a formed recess in the base of the postage meter. The indicia plate also includes a l... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5154118 | Automatic settable date printing apparatus An automatically settable date printing apparatus adapted particularly for use in postage meters which print an indicia on envelopes as they are fed seriatim past a rotary printing drum in the postage meter in which a plurality of print wheels print the d... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5069123 | Print wheel printer having separable trigger casing and main housing A print wheel printer includes a trigger unit casing and a main housing frame, a plurality of print wheels rotatably mounted on a print wheel shaft and having a corresponding ratchet wheel secured to one side of each print wheel. A plurality of rotatably ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5050495 | Print wheel setting mechanism An improved digital mark-printer operated under control of a microprocessor and control program. A main shaft including a printing head with a plurality of numeral wheels is driven by drive circuits and the position of the shaft and wheels are sensed by s... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5046378 | Anti-jamming gear arrangement A gear arrangement includes a first gear wheel 10 having a section 12 with missing teeth. A second gear wheel 14 is arranged to mesh with the first gear wheel 10. The first tooth 16 on the first gear wheel 10 to engage with the second gear wheel 14 (follo... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5020429 | Die protection assembly for preventing fraudulent printing by an electronic postage meter A postage meter module includes die protector blades to prevent fraudulent taking of postage meter imprints. A first plurality of die protectors are retracted to expose the adjacent printwheels when the meter makes a check on its internal condition. The r... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4981378 | Apparatus for printing a strip The invention relates to an apparatus for printing stamps, which are cut from a strip (2) drawn from a roll (1). The apparatus has an adjustable printer and a common drive for the non-jerky advance of the strip and for operating a cutting mechanism. An ec... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4967654 | Print head setting apparatus A method and apparatus for setting a plurality of print wheels, in an automated cable making machine for imprinting a desired set of characters onto a connector housing. The method includes a unique way of homing each of the print wheels to a known positi... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4942394 | Hall effect encoder apparatus An encoder for a wheel or other devices with relative movement comprises in the use of a printwheel, a linear Hall-effect sensor and magnet mounted in a non-ferrous metal shaft with a flux conducting spiral ring molded in the printwheel and encircling the... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4936209 | Electronic postage meter with zip code location designation A postage meter die in a postage meter includes a printwheel assembly for printing ZIP CODE or other location information in place of the CITY-STATE information normally required for Post Office licensed postage meters. The printer assembly is accessible ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4898093 | Franking machine The franking value or stamp index wheels mounted in the franking head of the franking machine are adjusted by in each case one pinion, which meshes with the engagement tooth system of a rack. In addition, each rack is provided with a driving tooth system ... | 02/06/1990 |
