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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6095699 | Machine for printing flat objects, in particular envelopes, with printing drum and thickness compensating device A machine for printing flat objects of various thicknesses successively fed the length of a table by means of a feed mechanism and printed by means of a printing mechanism is provided. The feed mechanism includes at least two feed rollers between which th... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5460089 | Flatbed credit card imprinter An imprinter (10) for imprinting a formset (12) with embossed data from a card (14) and a plate (16) in accordance with the invention includes a flatbed (20) having a top surface (22) on which the card and the plate are held below the formset during impri... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5385094 | Credit card imprinter An imprinter in accordance with the invention includes a base (31) having a flatbed (32) for receiving a station plate (33) and a credit card (34) to be imprinted on a print receiving element and a carriage 29 movable in first and second directions to cau... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5193459 | Imprinter apparatus and method An imprinter apparatus which utilizes a print roller traveling within a carraige over a base plate is provided with a rolling assembly which engages channels in the base plate to minimize play between the carriage and the base plate. The rolling assembly ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4715298 | Electrically powered imprinter A motor operated imprinter is disclosed. The imprinter is easy to use as a consequence of the print bearing elements and formset being retained on a generally horizontal disposed surface. A head bearing a rolling platen is pivoted from an open position wh... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4655132 | Electrically powdered imprinter A motor operated imprinter is disclosed. The imprinter is easy to use as a consequence of the print bearing elements and formset being retained on a generally horizontally disposed surface. A head bearing a carriage with a rolling platen is pivoted from a... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4441419 | Imprinting device and digit wheel assembly therefor A digit wheel assembly for use in connection with a variable imprinting device comprises a plurality of digit wheels rotatably mounted on a common fixed digit wheel shaft, each of said digit wheels having raised printing indicia spaced along the circumfer... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4408523 | Electric imprinter with roller platen positional control An imprinter having a roller platen assembly movably mounted on a head member for imprinting data from a printing plate such as a credit card onto a form positioned over the plate. The roller platen assembly has a reciprocally driven carriage means contai... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4324178 | Imprinting machine with wheel setting rack mechanism A variable data imprinting machine having an elongated flat printing bed section providing a document supporting surface and having a print wheel pack formed of closely adjacent peripherally notched print wheels, an imprinting carriage movable through adv... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4276825 | Portable transaction log recorder An improved portable cassette recorder for use in an imprinter or the like, the recorder being adapted to process fan-folded transaction log sheets or the like. Each sheet incorporates a plurality of transaction data entry blocks disposed along the length... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4256036 | Print wheel setting and control means in printing machines A printing machine is provided for imprinting forms with fixed data from embossed printing plates and variable data from manually settable print wheels by moving a roller platen from a start position across the printing elements and the form to an actuate... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4070966 | Apparatus for marking documents Marking apparatus is provided having a reciprocable carrier assembly composed of two parts. One part comprises a motor driven reciprocable carrier, while the other part comprises a movable carrier member which is pivotally supported at one end of the reci... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4059051 | Data recorder with portable cartridge A data recorder is provided including a removable cartridge which carries both a sales form and an underlying log sheet. The fixed and variable data are imprinted by reciprocation of a platen carriage, with return of the carriage to the home position caus... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4041863 | Precision hand label imprinter and dispenser A precision hand-held label imprinter and dispenser includes a compact case or frame with a projecting handle and an applicator roller located remote therefrom, together with a dialable imprinter and platen assembly arranged so that a trigger lever associ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3946665 | Apparatus for positioning a rotatable indicia carrying member An improved mechanism for properly aligning a rotatable indicia carrying member and for locking said rotatable indicia carrying member in place. Both the aligning and locking mechanisms are formed as integral parts of a single frame unit and are operative... | 03/30/1976 |
