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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316395 | Enhanced reel strip and method for assembling same An enhanced reel strip includes a base reel strip and an overlay strip, wherein the base reel strip has symbols applied thereto and the overlay strip has designated portions thereof removed to create cut-outs. The base reel strip and overlay strip are affixed in suc... | 01/08/2008 |
| 4620287 | Method and apparatus for representation of a curve of uniform width A graphic arts method and apparatus for representation on suitable media of curves having uniform widths is disclosed. A method and apparatus of the present invention converts curve figure data into a reduced data set which defines a plurality of intercon... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4493541 | Apparatus for photographically producing characters or other representations A light box is for supporting a stack of essentially transparent sheets including photo material which is insensitive to daylight and sensitive to shortwave light, and a record carrier film having transparent regions in the form of the characters or other... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4482225 | Photocomposing machine and method Character matrices are stored in and retrieved from a magazine automatically. The matrices can be complete discs or pie-shaped "petals" which are assembled to form a disc. A single pivotably-mounted support arm is used to support the spinning disc, and to... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4449801 | Method and projecting typositor for composing typographical artwork on color sensitive photographic medium The present invention improves over the prior art by providing a method and apparatus for composing typographical artwork on color sensitive photographic medium, which method and apparatus may be of an automated nature. The apparatus comprises an optical ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4445125 | Diode laser array system for printing and copying applications A linear array of injection diode lasers formed on a common substrate is utilized to provide modulated scanning beams for a photosensitive medium. A scanning device, preferably a multifaceted mirror polygon driven at a constant speed, is placed in the opt... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4415253 | System for setting sheet-form type Individual, relatively small sheets of type elements bearing different characters are disposed in an indexed selector board and are removed from it and placed in a fixture proximate the adhesive surface of a type backing strip. A bridge across a strip gui... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4378149 | High speed, low-cost character printer A light-weight print head having an array of LED light emitting elements positioned adjacent an apertured mask is employed to photographically record at very high speeds characters having high resolution so that they are suitable for phototypesetting. The... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4358185 | Optical printing and typesetting machinery An ideographic optical typesetting machine employs a stationary character matrix comprising 10,000 holograms, a laser light source and a beam deflector system enabling light from the laser to be scanned over the matrix. The holograms are so recorded that ... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4293202 | Light beam recording device A light beam scanning and recording device for optically reading a form slide with a raster scan, combining a signal representing the form with a data signal and recording the combined information on a recording sheet also using a raster scan. A portion o... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4291956 | Graphic forming device with preview feature A device for composing graphics comprising a flash lamp for irradiating portions of strip material through a template when an arm supporting the lamp is moved to an exposure position at an exposure station. The template is pressed against the strip at the... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4291957 | Graphic forming device with toggle clamped lamp arm A device for composing graphics comprising a flash lamp for irradiating portions of strip material through a template when an arm supporting the lamp is moved to an exposure position at an exposure station. The template is pressed against the strip at the... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4279483 | Electro-optical character generator for photocomposing apparatus A character generator for use in photocomposing comprises a fibre optic faceplate (23) of which the front face is polished and bevelled at its leading and trailing edges. On the rear surface of the faceplate is a mask which has an array of apertures each ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4266863 | Device for forming graphics A device for composing graphics comprising a flash lamp for irradiating portions of strip material through a template when an arm supporting the lamp is moved to an exposure position at an exposure station. The template is pressed against the strip at the... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4257696 | Photographic printing apparatus A photographic printing apparatus in which spaced photosensitive strips are secured to an image plane on top of a housing. An imaging font having two sets of identical symbols in spaced relationship is movably carried upon the housing overlying the photos... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4254468 | Typesetter character generating apparatus A font storage system for use in a typesetter having an electronically controlled character imaging device. The storage system, which preferably includes a floppy disk, has digital information stored thereon defining each character to be typeset by at lea... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4229750 | Information output unit An improved output unit used in recording information on a recording medium is disclosed which comprises a plurality of output parts and in which recording of information is carried out while changing the relative position between the output from the outp... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4227786 | Photoprinting apparatus employing base line control imaging font A photoprinting apparatus in which images of symbols on a flat transparency font are projected upon photosensitive material covered by a thin layer of photographic developer. Each symbol on the font is provided with a baseline control indicia and a select... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4213680 | Setting apparatus An apparatus for visually setting type in which a carriage (11) has at least two parallel tracks (12) arranged thereon, a displaceable font carriage (13) adapted to co-operate with one track, carries a master font (14) on which are printed a series of neg... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4168889 | Type carrier for use in photocomposition machines A type carrier for use in phototypesetting, comprising an opaque planar disc having at least two concentric circular rows of transparencies that define alpha-numeric characters, characterized in that the alpha-numeric characters in one of said circular ro... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4156555 | Apparatus and method for providing unblurred images with a continuously scanned light beam An apparatus and method is disclosed for utilizing a low power light source in conjunction with a continuously scanned light beam deflector to form unblurred images of a vocabulary of characters at a plurality of discrete positions. The light source illum... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4148572 | Keyboard controlled phototypesetting machine The invention concerns a keyboard controlled phototypesetting machine or the typesetting of text, preferably of the same letter type and letter size, and which consists of a light source with projection optic, a symbol carrier and a movable film transport... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148571 | Photocomposing device and method Described are improvements upon my machine in which the character spacing drive system also is used to change the size and/or style of the characters. One improvement is the provision of a "pi-character" insertion and rules-forming system which uses much ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4121229 | Font element for photocomposing machine A font element for use in a photocomposing machine of the type having a rotatable drum which defines light-transmissive portions and carries hooks and buttons for coupling to the font element. The font element comprises a flexible sheet on which character... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4116534 | Apparatus and method for high speed accessing of character images A method and apparatus for rapidly changing the spatial modulation imposed on a stationary light beam to conform to a preselected one of a multiplicity of discrete character symbols. Automatic orientation tracking is provided which establishes a fixed dir... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4110763 | Character holder A photocomposing machine having a cassette containing a continuous film tape loop. The loop rides on two rollers which stretch the loop when it is inserted on the photocomposing machine. The rollers are spool-shaped to avoid contact with the character con... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4105325 | Microplate system An apparatus for use in making printing plates in which a sheet of photo-sensitive material is held by a hanger and moved horizontally and vertically. Successive areas are, in this manner, aligned with a projector and exposed to separate images, each imag... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4051487 | Film font for photocomposing apparatus A film font for use in conjunction with photocomposing equipment includes a rectangular piece of film having a pair of apertures at either end spaced to fit over a corresponding number of support pins on a font-carrying drum. The film element includes, at... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3987459 | Electro optical symbol emitting and recognition device A solid state electro optical symbol emitting and symbol recognition device employing a source of collimated and parallel light for projecting an image, a symbol matrix of photographic film containing the symbols such as alphanumeric font that is to be pr... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3959802 | Means for recording character images in side by side relationship in a photocomposing machine An apparatus for use in a photocomposing machine for placing character images in side by side relationship on a recording medium, which apparatus comprises two periscopes arranged such that the exit axis of the first periscope coincides with the entrance ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3935583 | Apparatus for making microfiches A method and apparatus for producing a composite microfiche including a first emulsion bearing lamina on which one or more permanent data image frames are located and a second emulsion bearing lamina on which one or more updating data image frames are loc... | 01/27/1976 |
