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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331728 | Printer having a platen A printer includes a print head for printing on a print medium and a platen which supports the print medium, and is located opposite to the print head. The print head is linearly moved along the print medium. The platen includes first and second end portions and an ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7142733 | Document processing method, recording medium recording document processing program and document processing device In the present invention, an erroneously recognized character is corrected by making use of an output in dot characters or in a gray color. The recognized document file is outputted in dot characters or in a gray color image (S101). An operator writes a sign ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6767748 | Spotting pin, spotting device and method for spotting biomolecules The present invention enables the accurate management of the total number of spotting counts for each spotting pin. An IC chip is installed on the spotting pin to allow the IC chip to accumulate spotting-count information, and during each spotting time the informati... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6695495 | Constant density printer system An ink density closed loop control system for an ink ribbon of an impact printer having a reservoir roller formed of an ink absorbent material with at least one or more channels within the reservoir roller fluidly connected to a pump and ink supply. A tra... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6158835 | Nozzle usage balancing for ink-jet printers Printhead longevity is extended by more uniformly utilizing individual printhead printing elements. A preferred algorithm moves an active zone of printing elements uniformly down the printhead on successive print passes. If insufficient printing elements ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5649773 | Shuttle matrix line printer with print head service diagnostic and method A dot matrix line printer includes a counter that counts a number of print actions performed by each of a plurality of print actuators. The accumulated number of print actions can be compared to a reference number of print actions representative of a usef... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5439302 | Self-adjusting controller for dot impact printer A controller for a dot impact printer has capacitance sensors for sensing the motion of the dot wires in the print head, and a non-volatile, rewritable memory for storing self-adjustment data relating to dot-wire characteristics. A processor controls the ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5171093 | Control system for a dot matrix printer A printing apparatus having a printhead which is moved relative to a print medium in a print direction. The printhead has at least one print elements aligned in the print direction. A print control receives print data to perform print operations, includin... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5124720 | Fault-tolerant dot-matrix printing The invention is fault-tolerant dot-matrix printing that substitutes a tested functioning printing element for a malfunctioning printing element. A detector, such as a piezoelectric membrane drop detector, tests the printing elements for malfunctioning pr... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5114253 | Dot printing method for dot printer In a dot matrix type printer, a method of printing wherein successive lines are printed using a first and second plurality of print wires to print a first line in left to right and a second in right to left printing that is done in two passes over each li... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5102244 | Character pattern generating apparatus for use in a dot matrix serial type printer A character pattern generating apparatus for use in a dot matrix type serial printer. The apparatus includes a character pattern storage apparatus for storing dot pattern data representative of characters corresponding to print codes. A buffer memory, cou... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5079571 | Interlaced printing using spaced print arrays Printing is by an array of color-printing elements or nozzles in order to produce interlaced color printing while printing each line only once with each color. Print head array configurations for printing two, three and four colors include linear and para... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5079563 | Error reducing raster scan method An error reducing raster scan method for a raster scan device having multiple simultaneous scan lines, the method including the steps of separating scan lines to be placed adjacent to each other into different scan groups, so that no two scan lines to be ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5074684 | Dot printer device having a control unit to print horizontal lines A dot printer device is disclosed, in which in order to print a horizontal ruled line, paper feed data for placing the head pin of a printing head at a predetermined position on a printing paper, dot pin data indicative of a dot pin specified on the basis... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5044796 | Bidirectional printing method in accordance with vertical breaks The invented bidirectional graphics printing method includes software which first receives data describing at least part of an image to be printed, and then looks for breaks in the image. When a break is detected, bidirectional printing is allowed if such... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5037221 | Emphasized character dot-matrix printer having two groups of dot-forming elements A dot-matrix printer for printing characters in a matrix of dots wherein columns of dots each column consisting of a suitable number of dots and extending in a given direction are arranged at a predetermined printing pitch in a printing direction intersec... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5020927 | Grouping of dot data in a multiple column dot-matrix printer A control system for a dot printer having a printing head mounting at least two printing elements thereon per row along a moving direction of the printing head. The printing elements are selectively driven according to a moving position of the printing he... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5016195 | High quality plotting technique for raster printing devices A method and apparatus for preparing and printing pen-stroke image information on a raster-type output device. The image is first vectorized, then given one of a number of slope classifications. For vertical vectors and vectors within a predetermined angl... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4969758 | Method of improving the printing speed of an impact dot printer printing in a near letter quality mode A method of operating an impact printer having a printhead normally intended to create letter quality characters during one pass across the printing medium at a carriage speed at least three times slower than the carriage speed at which the printer create... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4953995 | Dot matrix printer and method for printing multiple lines at different line spacings A method and apparatus for printing multiple lines of characters simultaneously on a dot matrix printer and making available to the user a choice of alternate line spacings without physical or mechanical alteration of the printhead. The printhead includes... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4941761 | Printing device capable of low-density printing and high-density printing A printing device including a printing head having a plurality of printing elements arranged in first and second rows and in a staggered manner; first printing control means for allocating print data to some of the printing elements in the first row space... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4883377 | Character pattern generator for dot matrix printer A character pattern generator for a dot-matrix type printer. A storage device stores first dot pattern data for fixed pitch printing and second dot pattern data for proportional printing where the proportional printing dot pattern data corresponding to a ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4871270 | Method of printing modified characters by means of a matrix printer A matrix printer normally cooperates with a particular character generator by means of which coded information representing characters to be printed is translated into a matrix of print commands for print styli printing dots out of which a character is co... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4856920 | Dot matrix printing and scanning A unique Dot Scanning System is described which gives superior quality speed performance. One form of this dot scanning system is intra-dot and is applicable to both serial and line impact dot matrix printers, line and serial thermal printers, ink jet, as... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4818127 | Inclined writing by means of matrix printer Digital micro-processor accessory for generating obliquely oriented character printing (cursive writing) under utilization of matrix print principles using a plurality of print elements (e.g. styli) arranged in one or more columns, as well as a character ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4808018 | Marking apparatus with matrix defining locus of movement Apparatus for forming multi-character messages on the surface of solid materials which employs an array of marker pins moved by a carriage in a manner defining an undulating locus of movement. This locus traces the matrix with which character fonts are de... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4780006 | Dot matrix printer In a slip printer, the slip is inserted or placed on the slip table at 90° to normal orientation to accommodate slips which are wider than the print station. Character data and space data are input into memory and printing is done by shifting out charact... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4770552 | Printing apparatus for accentuating the outline portion of a printed character A printing device comprising a character generator storing items of character data, each constituted by a plurality of printing dot data, a first memory for storing the character data read out from the character generator, a printer, and a control unit fo... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4765763 | Method of confirming that a pattern to be printed is a high-density pattern and divisionally printing the pattern, and a dot printer which can print high-quality, high-density patterns In a dot printer of the present invention, which is capable of printing a high quality, high-density pattern, input pattern data to be printed is stored in an image buffer RAM. A control determination unit checks whether or not the pattern data stored in ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4758103 | Method and apparatus for quieting the operation of a dot matrix printer A method and apparatus for quieting the operation of a dot matrix printer by logically dividing the data to be printed among timed spaced printing passes is disclosed. A matrix of data to be printed is stored in a memory. A slice of data is selected from ... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4743127 | Device for distributive dot printing for printer A device for distributive dot printing for a printer including a print medium on which printing by printing head is carried out, a printing head having a plurality of head pins arranged in the vertical direction, a carriage carrying the printing head for ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4741635 | Print compressor A print compressor connected to a printer for printing output data from a computer or the like so as to selectively change the printer from one mode of printing to another. The output data is stored temporarily and then read in accordance with selected pr... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4676677 | Dot pattern generating system A dot pattern generating system extracts dots with a predetermined interval with respect to a scanning direction from successive dots of a dot information pattern which is generated from a character generator, and varies a dot interval of the dot pattern ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4664541 | Microprogrammed control apparatus for dot matrix serial printers A microprogrammed control apparatus for dot matrix serial printers and related printing method which allows increased horizontal resolution of the printing matrix and therefore the printing quality consistent with the restriction that no printing element ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4632579 | Printing system in dot printer The present invention relates to a dot printer for printing letters or symbols by aggregated dots, which is characterized in that the second dot matrix pattern is generated from a basic dot matrix pattern by a simple algorithm so that gaps between dots in... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4630946 | Dot printer operable in high resolution and ordinary printing modes Disclosed is a printing method by using a printer of the cross hammer type, which comprises the steps of driving, in the backward travelling of a printing head, a rotary drum which is provided with a plurality of axially parallelly extending on its outer ... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4629342 | Dot-matrix printer with pattern checking and pattern correcting means A dot-matrix printer can register dot character patterns input through an external unit. The present invention has a circuit for checking and correcting a dot character pattern. This circuit checks a dot character pattern stored in a buffer memory to dete... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4602880 | Dot printing device A dot printing device includes a head having a plurality of head pins, a dot driver for selectively energizing the head pins according to dot data, a character generator, and a data processing unit for causing N-bit dot data constituting designated charac... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4601593 | High quality printing method A high quality printing method utilizing a matrix serial printer having a print head provided with needles arranged in a vertical column. The method comprises the steps of printing a print line in two print passes, and in advancing a platen, between the f... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4586835 | Printer for printing characters in two alternative print qualities A printer prints characters by printing selected character elements in a matrix of print positions arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns. The printer includes storage means for storing sets of character data elements which are used for printing... | 05/06/1986 |
