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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7223033 | Pinch control in a printer A pinch control apparatus in a printer for controlling a pinch force exerted on a medium which is being fed into a printing zone is provided. The pinch control apparatus includes a camshaft rotatably mounted across a width of the medium, at least one cam attached to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7072845 | Messaging system having recipient profiling An information system includes a plurality of messaging systems, a data center and a control system. The plurality of messaging systems process respective messages intended for recipients. The data center is in operative communication with the plurality of messaging... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7058586 | Information delivery system for providing senders with a recipient's messaging preferences An information delivery system includes a web server in operative communication with a plurality of recipients and a plurality of senders, the plurality of senders desirous of generating messages intended for the plurality of recipients, respectively. The web server... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6970856 | Postage printing system having subsidized printing of third party messages A postage printing system, having a computer, a data center and a control system. The computer is in operative communication with a printer for printing a postal indicia on an envelope. The data center is in operative communication with the computer which in turn is... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 5493967 | Value selection and printing apparatus including a security device A value selection and printing apparatus includes a printing device having a printing wheel which is rotatable into a plurality of positions to present a corresponding plurality of value printing elements into a printing position; a value selecting device... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5444212 | Apparatus and method for producing a printing screen An apparatus for inking or printing on the surface of an item, such as a badge or emblem, is described. The apparatus incorporates a number of sub-systems including: an apparatus for holding and positioning blank screen material; a laser ablation system f... | 08/22/1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4864924 | Printwheel detent disengaging apparatus A printwheel detent disengaging mechanism enables low-torque high-speed automatic printwheel setting. In the engaged position spring-loaded ball in a rotatable shaft bears on a detent ball disposed in a bore in a sleeve surrounding the shaft to cam the de... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4823692 | Arresting support for type wheels An arresting support for type wheels of printing mechanisms in franking and postage machines and in portable postage and numbering devices includes a bearing shaft having pins disposed thereon. The bearing shaft has a blind bore formed therein extended in... | 04/25/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4709630 | Printing wheel setting and aligning apparatus Apparatus for printing any line of characters comprises printing wheels on a common shaft, the wheels on the shaft together defining a printing line over a hammer. Each printing wheel is rotated by a respective stepping motor through a respective setting ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4601240 | Print drum security system A postage meter has a print drum with print wheels which are shiftable to select the value of the postage. The print wheels are adjusted by displacing respective rack gears through an annular drive member and a pinion, and the print drum is rotated for pr... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4528905 | Rotary numbering machine The invention contemplates a machine having serial-number printing capability and comprising a first plurality of print wheels which are serially indexed for each of a succession of input actuations. An indexing pawl has a second plurality of spaced wheel... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4520725 | Setting mechanism for type wheels of a printing device The type wheels provided on a postage or franking head of a postage meter or franking machine are adjusted in stepwise manner from outside the franking head by means of adjusting push rods, which in each case engage a pinion associated with a type wheel. ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4484520 | Compact printer with clutch In a compact printer provided with a type wheel having a type belt wound on a cylindrically formed base, a hammer mechanism contained within the type wheel, and a DC motor for operating the type wheel and a paper feed mechanism, the rotational force from ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4452137 | Small-sized printer A printer for printing a row of characters on a recording medium. The printer includes at least first and second type rings having types disposed on the periphery thereof which are rotatable from a reset position to a print position. First and second pawl... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4424743 | Printing device of type ring selection system Improvement in the printing device of a type ring selection system, wherein each independent type ring for each numerical place is rotationally controlled to select a required type on the outer periphery of each type ring at a position opposite to a plate... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4401027 | Printing mechanism A printing mechanism is disclosed which has a cylindrical type wheel rotatably supported on a driving shaft and carrying a plural number of types arranged on it circumferential surface at regular angular intervals and protruding from the surface. For effe... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4398461 | Small printer A printer of small overall size includes a plurality of typing wheels on the periphery of which are provided letters characters or symbols. At a printing position, a selection mechanism selects one of the plurality of letters, characters or symbols on eac... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4393770 | Printer with printing drum A table calculator provided with printer is disclosed. The printer comprises a printing drum having a group of odd digit types and a group of even digit types arranged shifted from each other in the direction of line. A pulse generator generates timing pu... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4386863 | Printer mechanism for typewriter An improved, low cost, high speed, impact printing apparatus usable as a typewriter or as a machine printer is disclosed which includes a carriage translatable along a page through a rack and gear assembly and having an electronically controlled printing ... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4380195 | Type setting device for printers A type setting device for printers, comprising a drive motor, a drive gear mounted on a rotary shaft and rotated by the drive motor, a type wheel having a plurality of type elements and rotatably mounted on the rotary shaft, a first spring clutch interpos... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4373439 | Character ring-selecting type printer Character rings mounted on a common shaft and having a plurality of circumferential character columns thereon, are opposed by a platen including recessed portions. A recessed portion faces non-printing character columns when the platen presses against one... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4350092 | Parallel-wheel printers A compact print wheel position sensing device for parallel-wheel printers includes pairs of optoelectronic printed circuit emitters 22 and receivers 24 arranged in two lines inside and outside, respectively, a tubular shaft 21 provided with radial holes 2... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4336752 | Printing apparatus of character wheel selection, stop and simultaneously printing type A printing apparatus of the type in which character wheels of respective columns are independently rotatably juxtaposed and the character wheel of each column is individually rotation-controlled to select a desired one of characters on the outer periphery... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4303013 | Micro-printer with unitary plastic frame A light-weight micro-printer including a one piece molded plastic main frame is provided. The printer frame includes two substantially parallel side frames spaced apart from each other a distance of the width of a print paper with integrally molded suppor... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4291620 | Error detection in a digital printer employing type wheels A digital printer of the print wheel controlling type comprising a timing signal generator for developing type selection controlling signals () for selecting a desired type mounted on the print wheel, and a wheel round detection signal (ଲ) fo... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4284002 | Character-selecting mechanism for a printer In a character-selecting mechanism for a printer, an electromagnet which controls the engagement and disengagement of a pawl with a ratchet and, thereby, the actual printing step, is supplemented with a permanent magnet having spaced-apart poles. A core a... | 08/18/1981 |
