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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7396171 | Thor expandable ring printer for wide print media A printing machine for use with paper roll stock is disclosed. The print head consists of an expandable cylindrical ring print head where the printing brushes are integrated in a spiral pattern around the ring print head. Ink wells are located outside of the print h... | 07/08/2008 |
| 6755125 | High speed marker A marking device (10) comprises a frame (1) (of frame plates (12,14)) to which are fixed first and second motors (16,18). A carriage frame (40) is pivoted in the frame about a screw axis (22). A marking head (30) is m... | 06/29/2004 |
| 4534665 | Serial printer A multicolor serial printer has a color switching means interposed between an end of a carriage and type wheels having a group of first-color printing types and a group of second-color printing types. The color switching means has first-color and second c... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4422783 | Stamping apparatus having magnetic supporting means A holder (10) for stamps (20) used to imprint identifying characters into the surface of a material which can be magnetized. The holder includes a frame (12) having a channel (18) formed therein to receive the stamps, which are held in place therein by me... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4159471 | Communication system using binary compatible characters A "Binary Compatible Character" consisting of nine straight line segments and a dot is provided. Subsets of the ten elements of the character form digits of the base-16 numbering system, letters of several alphabets, punctuation marks, mathematical operat... | 06/26/1979 |
| 3960072 | Automatic label-printing apparatus A new and improved automatic label printing apparatus for printing a label onto various types and shapes of packages and containers including a probe unit adapted to have mounted therewith a printing head. The probe unit is mounted for movement in three m... | 06/01/1976 |
