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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8106933 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a frame that has a first side frame and a second side frame facing each other, a platen which is rotatably supported by the first side frame and the second side frame, a head to move in first or second directions to press against ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8094174 | Systems for thermal patterning Systems for thermal patterning are presented. The system includes a thermal print head module. The thermal print head module includes at least one point heater. An elastic adjustable device is used for adjusting the flatness of the thermal print head module. A rotat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7986333 | Recording device A recording device presses a thermal head, where heating elements are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a transport direction of the print medium, against a printing surface of the print medium at a printing portion on a transport path of a print medium transpor... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7929005 | Thermal printer A thermal printer has a thermal head mounted on a case main body and a platen roller confronting the thermal head. A cover member mounted to the case main body undergoes swinging movement to open and close an opening of the case main body. A slider rotatably support... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7889218 | Head mechanism of thermal printer A head mechanism of a thermal printer includes a platen roller rotatably supported by a housing, and a thermal head arranged at a front end of a head bearing member the front end of which is adapted to be rotatable about a rear end supported by the housing, and arra... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7852360 | Thermal printer unit and printing device In order to realize an adjustment mechanism which can adjust the pressing force of a thermal head according to paper thickness, and in addition, which is suitable for a small thermal printer, in a small thermal printer in which a platen roller (11) is adapted... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7701478 | Imaging head mount Various embodiments of an imaging head mount are disclosed. ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7659916 | Heating unit, erasing device, and information erasing and recording apparatus A heating unit is disclosed that heats a heat-sensitive medium. The heating unit includes a heat generating body that converts electric energy into heat energy; a fixed member to which the heat generating body is fixed; and a holding member that directly holds the f... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7576761 | Printer In a printer of the invention, a plurality of head units each including a line thermal head having heat-generating elements arranged in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of a recording paper are arranged in the conveying direction of the recording pape... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7441972 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a holder support member at one side end in a roll sheet holder storage part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a feeding direction. In the holder support member, a mounting piece which is substantially rectangular in section and fo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427132 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a chassis, a head portion, a platen roller a plurality of elastically deformable support rods, a U-shaped rotary member and a drive mechanism. The head portion is pivotally supported on the chassis. The platen roller is rotatably suppo... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420579 | Printer A head unit (200) and a sensor unit (300) are freely Rotatably mounted in a printer main body (100). A rod-shaped portion (320) is projectingly provided to the tip portion of the sensor unit (300), and a first catching portion is p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7397490 | Image forming apparatus and method An image is formed by thermally transferring dyes of a thermal transfer sheet onto a print recording medium, and then a protection layer is formed on the formed image. The transport speed of the print recording medium in the event of thermal transferring the dyes on... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7381002 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a holder support member at one side end in a roll sheet holder storage part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a feeding direction. In the holder support member, a mounting piece which is substantially rectangular in section and fo... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7355613 | Thermal recording system employing adjustable head pressure An imaging apparatus (30) for thermally recording images on an imaging media (44) including a printhead (32) having an array of individually energizeable heating elements (42), a rotatable drum (34) for conveying imaging media (... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352383 | Thermal printer A thermal printer includes a thermal head which has heating elements arranged in a main scanning direction, a transport unit for transporting a thermal recording material in a sub scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction and a skewing unit for... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7330203 | Compact multibeam laser light source and interleaving raster scan An individually drivable array of single stripe laser diodes is proposed for imaging printing plates. An imaging optics is used to produce n image points which have a spatial interval l between adjacent points. An interleaving raster scan line method is indicated, w... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324237 | Image recording apparatus correcting the image recording position based on the detected result of the recording material This invention relates to an image recording apparatus provided with a transporting unit transporting an image recording material whose shape has at a least one side in a predetermined transporting direction; an image recording position detecting unit detecting a po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321376 | Thermal printer A thermal printer is provided including a cable which connects a main board and a recording head to form an image on a print medium by heating both surfaces of the print medium. The thermal printer includes a rotating unit rotatably installed within a frame. The the... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7306387 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a holder support member at one side end in a roll sheet holder storage part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a feeding direction. In the holder support member, a mounting piece which is substantially rectangular in section and fo... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304291 | Information detecting device, sheet material processing apparatus equipped with information detecting device, and signal output device Disclosed is an information detecting device capable of reducing fluctuation in detection accuracy. A recording sheet P transported through a transport path comes into contact with a displacing member, and, in this state, a motor is driven to rotate a cam, and the r... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300219 | Image forming apparatus using thermal printing head An image forming apparatus that uses a thermal printing head (TPH) is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a platen roller. A TPH unit faces the platen roller and pivots to contact or separate from the platen roller. A first elastic member elastically bias... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295223 | Method and apparatus for adjusting an image alignment for an image forming apparatus A method and apparatus for adjusting an image alignment of an image forming apparatus that uses a thermal print head for applying heat to first and second sides of a medium for printing are provided. In the apparatus and method, a first printed area on the first sid... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283147 | Printer A roll sheet is unwound and fed with its side edge being positioned in a reference point of the thermal head, and then subjected to printing by the thermal head. Coil springs are placed at positions respectively dividing substantially equally a length from a center ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273323 | Printing apparatus and methods A printing apparatus (10) has at a printing station (11), a print head (12) with an array (13) of heating elements individually selectable by a computer controller (15), a feed path (16) for feeding carrier ribbon (18... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7256805 | Method of adjusting strobe length in a thermal printer to reduce effects of changes in media transport speed A thermal printing apparatus and a method of controlling a thermal printing apparatus is provided wherein the duration of the strobe pulse utilized to transfer the ink from the carrier to the media is controlled and adjusted by a correction factor. The correction fa... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256809 | Thermal printer having heat radiation plate A thermal printer includes a rotatable platen roller; an elongated thermal head which is movable toward or away from the platen roller; and a head supporting member having an elongated head supporting portion for supporting the thermal head formed at an end. A heat ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256810 | Apparatus for producing a printing image by means of a laser In an apparatus for producing a printing image on a printing medium held by a cylinder (1) by a laser, the laser writing head (7) of which is positioned on a crossmember (3) so as to be displaceable parallel to the axis of the cylinder (1... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256808 | Printing device The invention relates to a printing device for printing sheet elements (1) that are serially fed to the printing device, in particular product labels made of temperature-sensitive paper or paper substitute materials, comprising a feed device for feeding the s... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254818 | Self aligning disc tray drive A tray is mounted in a framework for sliding between extended and retracted positions, and has a separate drive adjacent each of the opposite sides of the tray. The drives on the opposite sides of the tray are effected through friction clutches so that one of the dr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250958 | Method of printing thermal media by aligning image A method for printing on a thermal medium by aligning test patterns comprises the steps of feeding a thermal medium to a print starting position of the medium beyond a predetermined distance from a heating elements of a thermal printhead; printing a first test patte... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7222934 | Method and apparatus for mounting an inkjet printhead In a high-speed phase change ink image producing machine having a controller, there is provided apparatus and a method of using it to mount an ink jet printhead unit in an ink jet printing machine for minimizing printing defects due thermal expansion effects. The me... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213986 | Printer apparatus A printer apparatus for printing data on paper traveling through the printer apparatus in a paper conveying direction. The printer apparatus includes a paper conveying portion including a driving roller and a driven roller, the driving roller and driven roller being... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7175356 | Head support base for thermal printer A head support base for a thermal printer to provide for movement of a thermal head relative to a printer paper drive roll and control the location of the thermal head relative to the paper drive roll including first and second spaced support plates, the first space... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172353 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a chassis; a print head unit pivotably supported by the chassis; a platen roller rotatably supported by the chassis to perform printing with the print head unit; a metal feed roller rotatably supported by the chassis to convey paper; a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7121748 | Image forming device The image forming device includes a chassis; a thermal head unit pivotably supported by the chassis for executing printing; a platen roller supported by the chassis opposite the thermal head unit; a pressing member that is pivotably supported by the chassis and conf... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104712 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a holder support member at one side end in a roll sheet holder storage part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a feeding direction. In the holder support member, a mounting piece which is substantially rectangular in section and fo... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7085014 | Method, apparatus and article of manufacture using media roughness as a print parameter A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing improved print quality regardless of media smoothness is disclosed. Information regarding the smoothness of media is ascertained and the information about the media smoothness is used in the generation of ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063401 | Systems and methods for determining printhead in a print position A system and method for sensing the positioning the printhead in one or more of a standby position, a wipe position, and a printing position uses electrical signals from a drive motor as an indicator of whether the printhead has properly moved to a desired position.... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059702 | Systems and methods for determining printhead in a standby position A system and method for determining proper positioning of the printhead as it travels between first and second positions by sampling an electrical resistance signal of a motor during tilting of the printhead, calculating an average of specified samples at a time, an... | 06/13/2006 |
