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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6945719 | Cam action shaft lock device and method A method and device for locking and unlocking a print head assembly along a shaft in an addressing machine. The print head assembly is fixedly mounted on a locking mechanism, which comprises a cylindrical body slideably mounted on the shaft and a cam ring rotatably ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6857360 | Printer with type-bearing printing bands A printer (15) for hand-labeling devices (1) has printing bands (57) bearing print types (17). Each band is positively guided around a selector wheel (53) and around a counter-pressure element (55) spaced apart from the whee... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6763220 | Printing system and method for printing on both surfaces of web A second printing unit includes a mark detection means for detecting a positioning mark that a first printing unit has formed on a front surface of a web. A control means controls web-transport speed in the second printing unit so that a time difference between a ge... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6361163 | Inkjet printer, and method of assembling the printer, for printing an image on a first receiver and on a second receiver An inkjet printer, and method of assembling the printer, for printing an image on a first receiver of a first size and on a second receiver of a second size. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the first receiver is fed in a first direct... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6202550 | Printer and method for printing indicia on a compact disk using a plurality of ink jet or laser rotatable print heads A printer and method for printing indicia on a disk. According to an embodiment of the invention, a printer comprises a plurality of elongate print heads arranged orthogonally with respect to each other about a center axis defined between the print heads.... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6125760 | Printer conveyor system A method for customizing a book using a printer conveyor system which provide 100% non-contact print coverage on any portion of both covers of a book being conveyed thereon while maintaining custody and precisely registering each book prior to non-contact... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6079327 | Dual color non-impact printing for postage meters A postage meter printer for printing a postage indicia with authentication information. The printer has two printheads. One printhead is supplied with an ink that has the characteristic of being readable by an optical character reader and the second print... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5868069 | Method of generating proofs of print signatures The invention relates to an apparatus for generating proofs of print signatures composed of first and second flats printed on opposite sides of a sheet comprises first and second digital printing units; a feeder mechanism for feeding a substrate having op... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5819650 | Pre-ink die-plate dater A pre-ink die-plate dater includes a casing having a bolt transversely extending therethrough to which at least one disk member is mounted, a die-plate rotatably reeved around a first shaft of the disk member and a second shaft, a bottom board pivotally c... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5704282 | Method of generating proofs of print signatures The invention relates to a method of generating proofs of print signatures composed of first and second flats printed on opposite sides of a sheet. The method of the invention comprises the steps of (a) providing first and second digital printing units; (... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5429698 | Methods and apparatus for printing and collating materials from multiple webs Methods and apparatus for printing and collating multiple webs of materials, particularly for use in creating personalized direct mail materials, are disclosed. The invention includes a single, highly flexible press having components capable of being driv... | 07/04/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5094554 | Addressing machine Letter quality addressing is possible at production speeds. A feeding and transport system positively feeds discrete media elements to be addressed (such as envelopes) past a number of print heads in a positive manner to maintain consistent and proper ali... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5061100 | Printer mechanism with vertically displaceable printing means for use with horizontal sheet feed mechanism Front and rear printers for use with a document transport mechanism. The printers are identical in construction with each having a compact housing in which the associated print head is mounted. The housing has first and second side walls, a front wall whi... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4946297 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus suitable for printing on a print mediumn of a large size which is reduced in overall size and facilitates adjustment of printing timings of line printing heads therein. The printing apparatus comprises a plurality of line printing hea... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4852482 | Automatic printwheel setting system A printwheel setting mechanism suitable for automatic daters or other printwheel units comprises a verge drive for each printwheel and a solenoid travelling on a carriage which is selectively positionable actuating any one of the verge drives. The verge d... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4706562 | Printing mechanism having one electromagnetic selector for two type rings A printing mechanism comprising a rotary shaft, a first type ring mounted on the rotary shaft and provided on the circumference thereof with first typefaces, a first selection ratchet wheeljoined to the first type ring and provided on the circumference th... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4587532 | Recording apparatus producing multiple copies simultaneously The present invention provides a recording apparatus including a plurality of printers each for reproducing an image on a recording sheet upon receiving the same signal, and a single sheet delivering device for delivering recording sheets to the printers.... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4576492 | Multi-stage printer A multi-stage printer has an arithmetic section for calculating the next paper moving amount on the basis of a line position of a selected type stage of a plurality of type stages; printing is performed by a desired number of digits in a first line positi... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4480541 | Control system for dot matrix line printer A control system for a dot matrix line printer/plotter apparatus for producing hard copy printout of digitally represented data. The apparatus utilizes one or more hammer banks, each mounted for reciprocal linear movement across a paper web moving therepa... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4431322 | Multiple path recording means A recording apparatus having multiple recording devices, each recording device being associated with a separate document feed path, in order to provide simultaneous recording on more than one document for the purpose of increasing effective document recor... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4430935 | Printer A serial printing apparatus is disclosed which has rotatable and axially slide-movable type wheels and means for supplying differently colored inks to the respective type wheels. The improvement in the printing apparatus made by the present invention comp... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4420267 | Serial printer A serial printer of the type in which a column shift of a carriage carrying a type wheel is effected through a mutual engagement between the rack and the screw member. A first and a second screw members are splined to a common shaft adapted to be driven b... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4398460 | Printer A printer having plural type font wheels for function symbols of different colors and plural type font wheels for numerals of different colors fitted on a rotary shaft, wherein the plural type font wheels for numerals are displaced along the shaft for eac... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4337697 | Serial printer A printer for printing function symbols and numerals, characterized by comprising a type wheel for printing numerals which can rotate with a rotary shaft and which can move in the axial direction of the rotary shaft, a type wheel for printing function sym... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4332193 | Thermal line printer A thermal or electrostatic line printing process and apparatus is disclosed which employs a plurality of thermal or electrostatic print heads for coding a heat sensitive or electro sensitive article with a plurality of character lines in high speed produc... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4306817 | Bar code printing mechanism A mechanism using a stepping motor as the prime mover for a bar code printing head or hammer mounted on the end of a pivotal lever. Where the output code (such as the postal code used in the U.S.) requires a full bar as one binary indication and a half ba... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4262593 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus especially for a cash register has printing wheels mounted on a shaft with a spring pressed friction detent means between the shaft and each wheel so that the wheels are positively driven but can overrun the detent means when they are... | 04/21/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4220081 | Sheet feeding, registering and printing apparatus A sheet feeding, registering and printing apparatus has one or more printing units for printing desired characters on a sheet, and means for feeding such a sheet positively to and from a printing position with respect to each printing unit. The feeding me... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4011811 | Multiple document printing system A printing system with one drive motor and having at least two printing stations located between a print drum and a plurality of ballistic elements for simultaneously printing at least two document blanks independently advanced through the printing statio... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3942436 | Computer responsive supplemental printer A supplemental printer is mounted piggy-back fashion atop a conventional high speed chain printer or other form of computer output printing equipment; and prints, upon the same print-out sheet as the high speed printer, information generated by the same e... | 03/09/1976 |
