...that after Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849, he sold the rights to it for $400?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7140708 | Method of edge-to-edge imaging with an imaging apparatus An edge-to-edge imaging method includes generating a reflectance profile of a mid-frame of an imaging apparatus by taking optical readings along the mid-frame with no print media present in a direction substantially orthogonal to the sheet feed direction, the reflec... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7073880 | Ink jet printing apparatus and method using removably mounted print medium tray This invention is intended to perform a mounting/dismounting or replacement of a print head and ink tank mounted on the carriage without contaminating a print medium including a tray when performing an ink jet printing using the tray. For this purpose, the tray guid... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6930696 | Printing up to edges of printing paper without platen soiling This invention allows images to be printed up to the edges of printing paper while preventing ink droplets from depositing on the platen. Ink droplets Ip are ejected from a print head 28 and printing is started when printing paper P is fed in the sub-scanning... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6317145 | Method and device for controlling a carriage in an ink jet apparatus A method and a device for controlling the motion of a carriage in an ink jet apparatus. First, the printer receives a signal representing a command to replace the cartridge mounted on the carriage. Then, a paper detection device determines whether paper i... | 11/13/2001 |
| 5706013 | Nonhomogeneity detection method and apparatus for improved adaptive signal processing Apparatus and method for improving detection of targets in a radar system that employs adaptive filtering. A nonhomogeneity detector eliminates nonhomogeneous signals from the population of signals received. An adaptive filter weight controller estimates ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5376950 | Conveyor belt with combined belt guide and belt drive rollingly engaging belt on horizontal carrying run, between loading station and weighing station A metering belt feeder for gravimetrically measuring a flow of material with the aid of an endless belt which includes a loading zone (10), a weighing zone (10) and a belt drive which is located between these two zones. The belt is caused to move in a pla... | 12/27/1994 |
| 4630128 | Color image forming apparatus with interruption control An interruption control system for an image forming apparatus with a scanning means for optically scanning a document comprises an image forming means, including a feed section for feeding an image forming medium, an image forming section for forming an i... | 12/16/1986 |