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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7241420 | Capillary-channel probes for liquid pickup, transportation and dispense using stressy metal Fluidic conduits, which can be used in microarraying systems, dip pen nanolithography systems, fluidic circuits, and microfluidic systems, are disclosed that use channel spring probes that include at least one capillary channel. Formed from spring beams (e.g., stres... | 07/10/2007 |
| 6953245 | Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink-jet printing method An ink-jet printing apparatus and an ink-jet printing method are provided which can improve a quick-drying performance of an ink containing an ultraviolet curing agent while at the same time preventing harm done by ink mist. When the printing head ejects ink contain... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6669382 | Printer and method of controlling the same A printer including a printing head for performing printing while moving over a printing medium, a gap roller capable of rolling along a direction of moving of the printing head, and a platen bar placed so as to face the printing head and the gap roller. ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 5556211 | 24 pin dot printer head and method of making the same A method for manufacturing a print wire for a 24-pin dot printer head comprises the steps of first annealing an oil temper thin elongated wire rod at a predetermined rate to remove internal strains and eliminate distortions and imperfections after the oil... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5513563 | Indicia security via variable dot size A system is disclosed that makes it more difficult to print fraudulent indicia. Security is achieved by varying the dot size of pixels in the printed image according to a predetermined arrangement.... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5118210 | Print hammers of printing head in dot line printer Print hammers in a printing head of a dot line printer for printing with an ink ribbon multiple dot lines in a single shuttling direction and for providing a character line by the combination of the multiple dot lines in accordance with reciprocal motions... | 06/02/1992 |
| 4562446 | Ink-dot printer with magnetic ink attracting and retention preventing means An ink-dot printer comprises a magnetic ink storage tank storing magnetic ink, a pair of pole plates facing each other so as to define a slit one end portion of which is contacted with the magnetic ink supplied from the magnetic ink storage tank, an elect... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4462705 | Cross hammer dot printer A print head travelled lengthwise with respect to a cylindrical rotary drum provided on its outer periphery with a plurality of ridges extending parallel to the axis has two or more print hammers electromagnetically driven. The print hammers are arranged ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4428285 | Oscillatory band and hammer dot matrix printer Described, is a printing mechanism allowing full exploitation of the potential of dot matrix printing. Dot forming elements are mounted on a carrier for transport past an array of hammers located in front of media to be marked upon. The dots or carrier ar... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4428692 | High speed impact matrix printer An improved high speed impact matrix printer is provided for use with data processing systems and digital communication systems. In the serial wire matrix printer (10) of the preferred embodiment, a printhead (36) has print wires (90) arranged as a column... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4389126 | Serial impact printer having two printing modes A serial impact printer has two printing modes, one being a formed-character mode and the other a dot matrix mode. A plurality of dot matrix wires are disposed behind a character carrying member having characters on fingers. One of the wires impacts a sel... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4326814 | Document printing device having a platen with character segments thereon A printing device having a document feed path defined therein and a platen fixedly mounted adjacent the feed path, the platen having a plurality of character segments formed thereon. A plurality of impact members, there being at least one thereof for each... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4268180 | Dot printer wire A dot printer wire comprising: a smaller diameter forward section provided with a printing portion at the foremost end; a base section having a larger diameter than said smaller diameter forward section; and an intermediate section which lies between said forw... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4068583 | Hammer actuated dot matrix pattern printer A dot matrix pattern printer of the impact type mainly comprises a hammer of which an active portion is flattened to have a predetermined length in the lateral direction, and a vertical line element which has a predetermined length in the vertical directi... | 01/17/1978 |
