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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 |
| 7168871 | Ribbon takeup device and printer with ribbon takeup device The present invention reduces the peak torque of a motor used in a ribbon takeup mechanism and makes the motor, used for driving, smaller and less costly. A ribbon takeup device includes ratchet wheels (5) provided on ribbon takeup axes (4), a feed cla... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6932751 | Apparatus and method for making bags of different dimensions This invention relates to packaging apparatus and a method which enables bags of different widths and lengths to be produced so as to enable products of varying sizes to be packaged in those bags. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6892637 | Self-inking stamp with ink cartridge barrier A stamp pad holder for use in a self-inking hand stamp. The stamp pad holder has a stamp die box that holds a stamp forming material, ink cartridge and plastic within the die box. The stamp forming material is placed at the bottom of the die box. A pre-inked ink car... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6846956 | Triarylmethane dyes Described is a triarylmethane dye of the formula I where R1 and R2 are independently methyl, ethyl or hydroxyethyl, Q is substituted or unsubstituited phenyl or naphthyl and A⊖ is the equivalent of an anion. It does not detach carc... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6745691 | Ink supplying device for tape dispenser having a printing wheel An ink supplying device for tape dispenser is disclosed to include a housing detachably mounted in the tape dispenser for receiving ink therein, a porous ink soaking layer mounted inside the housing and adapted to soak ink, and a fabric ink applying layer covered on... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6684781 | Printer for printing on wrapping paper being fed to a cigarette making machine A printing device for printing on wrapping paper according to the present invention comprises a cartridge holder (40) having an ink nozzle (18) on the outside thereof and adapted to house an ink cartridge (50); an ink supply passage (79) connecting the in... | 02/03/2004 |
| 5441589 | Flat bed daisy wheel hot debossing stamper A dual station hot debossing stamper for a report or book cover includes a print engine having a character finger daisy wheel forcer and a logo die forcer which are actuatable independently by a common servo motor through respective gear trains. The print... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5365312 | Arrangement for printer equipment for monitoring reservoirs that contain printing medium Reservoirs (11, 12) for printing equipment whether they are ink reservoirs, inked ribbon cassettes or toner reservoirs comprise an electronic memory means (14) in the form of a chip in which information about the current fill status of the reservoir and/o... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5134931 | Cylinder press for applying foil to print stock A cylinder press converted to printing foil embossed images onto a printing stock. A supply roll of foil bearing ribbon is mounted forward on the reciprocating chase and the ribbon is extended over the chase through a pair of adjusting guide rollers to a ... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5088406 | Structure of automatic stamping machine An automatic stamping machine, comprising an electronic control system to control a driving mechanism to carry an automatic ribbon take-up mechanism and a noise deadening device to perform automatic stamping operation with operational noise simultaneously... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5086697 | Inked ribbon cartridge for money order imprinter An imprinting apparatus for imprinting checks, money orders and like negotiable instruments includes adjustable type segment members having type characters thereon for printing the dollar and cents amount of the money order in conventional Arabic characte... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5011310 | Inked ribbon cartridge with removable carrier member An inked ribbon cartridge having a cassette housing, a printing roller in a roller bracket, and a carrier member. The carrier member has an inked ribbon stored on two winding reels that lie parallel to the printing roller, and is separately removable from... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4995315 | Money order imprinter An imprinting apparatus for imprinting checks, money orders and like negotiable instruments includes adjustable type segment members having type characters thereon for printing the dollar and cents amount of the money order in conventional arabic characte... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4978240 | Ink ribbon cartridge for printing apparatus An ink ribbon cartridge for a printing apparatus, in which two reels for the supply and take-up of a ink ribbon are rotatably mounted, incorporates a cartridge body and cover in which support sections for retaining the ends of the reels are provided. At a... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4948276 | Typewriter, printer or the like and ribbon cassette therefor In an electronically controlled typewriter, a printer or the like with an exchangeable ribbon cassette, which is provided with identifying codings and where the ribbon cassette is pivotable between a lowered position of rest and an elevated printing or op... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4930911 | Flat-bed heated finger daisy wheel hot debossing stamper A peripheral or stand-alone computerized stamp printer is provided particularly for office use in which a print assembly including a pressure cam and leaf spring arrangement is associated with a heated print head which contacts and impresses a daisy wheel... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4824514 | Device for printing labels on labeling machines The invention relates to apparatus for printing labels on labeling machines. To carry out the printing procedure, a longitudinally translating ink coated ribbon runs through ink in a container and is advanced by a rotating inking roller. The inking ribbon... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4813350 | Mechanical printer for numbering continuous forms Apparatus for printing indicia upon a continuous paper web, and including an ink retaining robbon, supply and take-up reels for the ribbon, and with a web path for the paper web and ink ribbon being defined, and with a printing station situated in the web... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4744294 | Cylinder press conversion for hot die application of foil Apparatus attached to the reciprocating chase of a cylinder press for carrying one or more supply spools of a web of foil-carrying material, together with an adjustable computerized controller and web-pulling rollers associated with the cylinder press and... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4673304 | Thermal printer ribbon cartridge for wide ribbons A user-friendly ribbon cartridge to house and to facilitate handling a wide thermal transfer ribbon for a thermal color printer is composed of first and second casing sections which define a slotted let-off tube and a slotted take-up tube and turnbar. A p... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4628811 | Cup printer including an endless belt ink cartridge The cup printing assembly (10) including ink transfer rollers (20,22,24) for forming an ink image from an ink reservoir (14) and transferring the ink image to a cup (16). An ink reservoir (14) stores the ink to be transferred. The assembly (10) is charact... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4616943 | Apparatus for preventing the rise of an ink ribbon An auxiliary ribbon separator for use on a dot-line printer is positioned to prevent vertical ribbon displacement in the presence of upward forces such as caused by perforations on continuous feed paper. The auxiliary separator is located so that the ribb... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4537128 | Hand printer designed to enable a handicapped person to apply a signature to a document A system designed to enable persons incapable of manipulating a writing implement to sign papers and/or documents comprising a holder for the document to be signed, a holder for a transfer sheet for holding the transfer sheet adjacent that portion of the ... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4492159 | Postage printing apparatus having a print head with a replaceable ribbon cartridge A postage meter printing apparatus for applying postage indicia to a mailpiece having a cyclically operating drum for feeding the mailpiece through the postage meter. The periphery of the drum has an aperture therein. Structure is provided to maintain the... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4437401 | Separator plate for type band printer A separator plate for a type band printer is located between the print paper and a ribbon so as to prevent the ribbon from contacting the paper. The upper edge of the separator plate is located adjacent to the print line and pushes the paper away from the... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4422592 | Brake mechanism for spool A brake mechanism for controlling a ribbon spool wherein a brake member is disposed in braking relationship with the spool for retarding rotation thereof. The brake member has a brake actuator projecting therefrom. An elongated follower pivotally bears ag... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4413557 | Ribbon type dating equipment A ribbon dater which has, improved structure: (a) to quickly reverse the direction of movement of the ribbon so that the same can be re-run thru the printer; (b) to quickly reverse the direction of movement of the ribbon and at the same time provide for a... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4373436 | Axially aligned driving cam imprinter An intermittent motion imprinter particularly adapted for use with quick change cassette carried transfer tape to imprint spaced indicia by means of a reciprocating print head, the indicia being printed on a film strip, strip of labels, or product contain... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4358997 | Address printing machine The invention relates to an address printing machine having a flat printing pad, a printing anvil, and two driving systems. The printing anvil serves as a support for a data carrier with raised characters and for a printing assembly having at least one sh... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4336751 | Apparatus for producing a multiple color hard copy image A printer/plotter system for producing a multiple color hard copy output in response to digital input data. The system includes one or more impact hammers, each capable of printing a single dot with the hammers being arranged to selectively print dots alo... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4313376 | Imprinter An imprinter having a single driving device for controlling both the movement of the heated printing head and the intermittent advancing movement of the pigmented ribbon. The single driving device, which preferably comprises a reciprocal fluid pressure cy... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4311401 | Printing apparatus with inked ribbon lift restrainer In a printing apparatus having a platen, a plurality of print hammers arranged in a horizontal row and a horizontally movable type carrier on which print carriers are arranged, a restraining member limits upward movement of a horizontally movable ink ribb... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4294552 | Bidirectional ribbon drive control for printers A printer having an ink ribbon with a bidirectional ribbon drive in which a pair of stepper motors have their windings cross-coupled so that a drag current flows through one stepper motor to apply drag torque to the ribbon when the other stepper motor is ... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4244288 | Flying printer A flying printer of reduced size and weight comprises a continuously-rotating ratchet wheel for driving a printing hammer through an interposed trigger lever and a print drum rotating continuously at a speed in a fixed ratio to that of said wheel. A strik... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4231290 | Multiple head marking device A multiple imprint transfer tape marking device, which will imprint a multiplicity of imprint surfaces, substantially simultaneously. The imprint marking device includes a plurality of laterally aligned, individually powered marker heads which are adjustably p... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4177731 | Printer system ribbon drive having constant ribbon speed and tension An impact printer ribbon drive of the reel-to-reel type, in which a length of ink ribbon extending between and wound around opposite reels is disposed between a reciprocating hammer bank and print paper on a platen, drives the ribbon at substantially cons... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4173929 | Printer ribbon anti-fold mechanism An anti-fold apparatus for high speed printers to prevent the folding or creasing of a printer ribbon riding over rollers. The rollers each have spiral angular serrations thereon, and are mounted in two pairs with each roller in a pair having one end abut... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4160410 | Marking device utilizing dual rod power cylinder An imprint marking device utilizing transfer tape moved from a tape supply reel to a take-up reel across an imprint station with a moving marker head having raised indicia movable against the tape to press the tape against an article to be marked. A tape ... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4136614 | Letterpress printing press A pressure applying element, a sheet to be printed, and an ink ribbon, an interchangeable form carrying printing indicia, and a pressure absorption plate are arranged in vertical sequence to be pressed together by the pressure applying element in the prin... | 01/30/1979 |
