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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6935547 | Stapler apparatus A stapler apparatus includes a staple driving member to drive staples into a sheet bundle and being reciprocally supported on a frame. The staple driving member is configured to engage and drive staples. A cam member is interlocked to the staple driving member to re... | 08/30/2005 |
| 5806998 | Check writing machine The check writer, for imprinting checks or negotiable instruments is comprised of a frame having a printing line, a plurality of type segment members supported by the frame with each segment member having a set of centered printing characters on the segme... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5611273 | Check writing machine The check writer for imprinting checks is comprised of a frame having a printing line, a plurality of type segment members supported by the frame, with each segment member having a set of offset printing characters thereon on the segment member facing and... | 03/18/1997 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5178070 | Apparatus and method for controlling print timing operations An apparatus and method are disclosed for determining the position and angular velocity of a print drum. The apparatus includes a detector that is positioned proximate to the drum, and a processor coupled to the detector. The drum has a cylindrical body w... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5168804 | Postage meter having an automatic slogan sub-module A printing mechanism sub-module for postage meters of the flat-bed type includes a meter housing with a print meter slogan aperture. A first and second print element each includes a plurality of radially locatable print faces around the center of the resp... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5158015 | Compact print wheel printer with life extended character selection capability A print wheel printer of the type having a print wheel spring extension releasably engaged in a primary indent formed in the circumferential surface of the print wheel shaft is provided with relative angular surface relationships for the spring indent or ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5113759 | Latch mechanism for small-size printer A latch mechanism for a small-size printer capable of performing a printing operation with a desired type on a rotatable type drum being held at a print position by impacting a hammer towards the type drum across a recording paper loaded therebetween. The... | 05/19/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4881833 | Drive mechanism for a small-sized printer In a small-sized printer having hammers provided within a type ring according to the invention, a direction in which the hammer is moved is changeable over selectively so that printing may be carried out in different positions. Also, electronic apparatus ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4815873 | Initializing method for printing type rings in printer Disclosed is herein an initializing method for printing type rings in a printer having printing type rings, a sensor disc and a detector portion which constitutes a plurality of main detecting portions and an end detecting portion, the printing type rings... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4804282 | Character selecting mechanism A character selecting mechanism for a printer having a plurality of type wheel units arranged axially on a shaft. The character selecting mechanism comprises a plurality of electromagnetic clutches each having a solenoid, a sleeve rotatably received in th... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4760785 | Printer with rotating hammers A printer provided with a plurality of printing type wheels, which have printing types at their periphery and can be selectively stopped at the printing position and a hammer disposed so as to be opposite to said printing type wheels, which can push recor... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4715277 | Type selection mechanism for a printer A printer includes a drive claw associated with a printing wheel and having a projection engageable with axial, circumferential grooves of a drive shaft. The printing wheel is linked to and rotated by the drive shaft when the projection of the drive claw ... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4632581 | Serial printer having trigger mechanism A type wheel stack, a typewheel mounting shaft and a motor are arranged on a movable carriage. The type wheel arrangement is rotatable with and axially movable along the shaft. The motor is coupled to the type wheel stack through a clutch and cam mechanis... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4611536 | Apparatus for producing a reset pulse for a printer An apparatus for producing a reset pulse for performing the printing operation of an impact printer. A cam is secured to a shaft of a type drum. The cam has a rising portion, lowering portion, and escape portion. A cam follower is mounted on a lever to en... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4534665 | Serial printer A multicolor serial printer has a color switching means interposed between an end of a carriage and type wheels having a group of first-color printing types and a group of second-color printing types. The color switching means has first-color and second c... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4485735 | Automatized printing machine and printing unit for such a machine This invention relates to a printing machine provided with a printing head comprising a plurality of coaxial rotating printing wheels, wherein the control wheel is fast in translation with a carriage mobile parallel to the axis of said printing wheels and... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4416557 | Serial printer A serial printer for use in portable electronic calculators and the like. The printer includes a single printing head having a plurality of characters divided into two groups circumferentially disposed therearound in a predetermined pattern. A selecting m... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4244289 | Apparatus for marking strip material This invention relates to apparatus for marking strip material such as cinematographic film, the apparatus comprising means for feeding the film from a film supply station to a film take-up station via a printing station, means for feeding a tape carrying... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4092921 | High speed printer module An impact printer employing a continuously rotating print drum is constructed to accept different sizes and thicknesses of print sheets between the drum and hammers; one of such sheets for example comprises an endwise feedable sheet automatically advanced... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4078485 | Print wheel control A control system for operating a single high-speed print wheel is disclosed. The control system includes a print wheel drive motor having a coded disc with transparent portions forming a four-level Gray code for indicating the position of the print wheel.... | 03/14/1978 |
| 3951061 | Label printing apparatus A strip of label material is fed from a supply roll to a preprint unit which incorporates a set of strip feed rolls driven by an electric motor-reducer drive unit. The drive unit is adapted to be stopped by a rotary solenoid actuated brake controlled by a... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3931614 | Data terminal having improved data output presentation A data terminal is disclosed and which is particularly applicable for use in data capture and data readout in a data communication system. The terminal includes means for providing a data output presentation of indicia representative of various informatio... | 01/06/1976 |
