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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7362072 | Method for controlling two-phase stepping motor A method of controlling a two-phase stepping motor to operate in one of a plurality of operating modes in which output of the motor behaves differently upon encountering obstacle, comprises the steps of: generating an electrical dr... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7195237 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine and method An automated banking machine (10) includes at least one of sheet dispensing mechanisms (34, 36, 38, 40, 210). Each sheet dispensing mechanism includes a picking member (72, 212). The picking member rotates, and with each rotation generally cause... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7134457 | Method of weaving braille and woven braille textile A method of weaving Braille and/or the resulting woven Braille textile may assist sighted persons in determining the woven Braille cells by differentiating the colors of each number 1 through number 6 Braille cell warp thread. A method of weaving Braille and/or the ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7119921 | Carriage scanning apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus having a carriage, in which, even when a toothed belt having a fine tooth pitch and low tooth height is used to drive the carriage, a jumping phenomenon of the toothed belt is positively prevented to thereby achieve stable... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106015 | Motor control device and motor control method If a traveling speed of a carriage calculated by a speed converter is larger than an estimated speed in a deceleration section, braking is conducted by a braking method corresponding to a manipulated variable generated by a drive control unit. Owing to this type of ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7069849 | Image transfer element with leverage An image transfer mechanism for a printer having a printer frame and an imaging drum attached to the printer frame includes a roller arm having a proximal end and a distal end, a transfer roller having a longitudinal axis, and a load arm having a proximal end and a ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059791 | Tape printer A pinion wheel for a spitter mechanism of a tape printer includes a first surface that does not engage with a tape, and a second surface for contact with a portion of the tape. Rotation of the pinion wheel causes the second surface to engage and move the portion of ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7031002 | System and method for using character set matching to enhance print quality A system and method of using character set matching to identify the matching or best-matching font to print text of indeterminate language are presented. Today's operating systems do not provide the native tools and functions to easily display text of unknown langua... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021340 | Method of and loom for teaching Braille Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method of and loom for teaching Braille by weaving with a loom, wherein the levers to move the harnesses are shaped and spaced like the levers on a Perkins Brailler (a Braille typewriter). ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6936989 | Pulse count motor control device A pulse count motor control device that connects to a central control unit through a first interface and to at least one motor through a second interface. A microprocessor integrated into the motor control device then allows it to directly monitor and drive the moto... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6917034 | Electronic equipment equipped with position detection means for detecting position of moving body utilizing incremental-type encoder An electronic equipment has a movable body and a position detecting device having an incremental-type encoder and an incremental-type counter. The position detecting device detects a position of the movable body by setting a starting point of position detection by t... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6612762 | Printer The present invention is intended to provide an economical printer which is simple in structure and uses a common tray but is capable of adapting itself to various recording media of different shapes. Adapters in which recording media can be firmly held c... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6398435 | Marking press device for producing raised symbols with or without coloring A marking press device having a pair of type arms that face each other to interpose a workpiece to be marked therebetween, a type fixed on each of said type arms for making a mark thereof, a circular type assembling member around which a plurality of said... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5738449 | Hot stamper foil tape cartridge and method of loading the cartridge A dual station hot debossing stamper for a report or book cover includes a print engine having a character finger daisy wheel forcer and a logo die forcer which are actuatable independently by a common servo motor through respective gear trains. A heat an... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5480241 | Type disk A type disk for a typewriter, having a hub which can be plugged over a drive shaft of the typewriter and a catch, which can be moved to or fro relative to the hub, and is carried by an outrigger connected integrally to the hub and capable of being deflect... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5478158 | Output apparatus having a rotatable type wheel There is an output apparatus which prints and outputs onto an ink ribbon in an electronic typewriter or the like. This output apparatus comprises: an output head to output a desired character through an ink ribbon; a cassette in which the ink ribbon is en... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5441589 | Flat bed daisy wheel hot debossing stamper A dual station hot debossing stamper for a report or book cover includes a print engine having a character finger daisy wheel forcer and a logo die forcer which are actuatable independently by a common servo motor through respective gear trains. The print... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5415480 | Printer having a stepping motor for driving and retaining a type wheel In a printer which selects a character by moving a type wheel by a stepping motor, phases other than a stable phase of windings of the stepping motor are shorted when a rotor of the stepping motor comes to a vicinity of a stable point of a target phase, a... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5413422 | Print wheels and methods of using same In a print wheel encoding scheme, signs such as reflector strips are arranged on an encoder ring along the print wheel petals. One strip is provided at each petal. The strips are grouped into groups of three or more petals. Each group starts with a reflec... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5350247 | Printer having erasing mechanism for repeated erasure A printer capable of completely erasing printed characters while reducing noise which may be generated during the erasure. After an erase key is manipulated and the holder member is moved to its erase position, a motor is energized and driven at a motor c... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5317668 | Motor control device for controlling motor speed depending on imparted load For operating a plurality of mechanisms with a single motor, a motor control device is provided which is capable of stably operating one of the mechanisms while reducing influence of load imparted on the motor and attributed by an operation of remaining o... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5308177 | Printer with ribbon holder A printer comprises a type wheel, a print hammer and a guide member each disposed in parallel with a platen. The type wheel and print hammer are both disposed on a carriage body which is laterally reciprocated along a guide shaft. A holder member, on whic... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5299872 | Printing machine with single line type face A printing machine comprising a printing head, a drive unit for printing, a mode setting unit, a data supplying unit, and a controller that controls the print drive unit based on data supplied from the data supplying unit is disclosed. The printing machin... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5295751 | Printer having elastic wheel cassette holders A printer comprises a platen, a guide shaft extended in parallel to the platen, a carriage supported on and guided by the guide shaft for sliding movement along the platen, a wheel holder including a motor holder holding a print wheel driving motor and su... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5269611 | Hammer driving mechanism for printing apparatus A hammer driving mechanism in a printing is arranged to prevent double striking during erasing operations. A controller is provided to control the hammer drive means or a stopper based upon whether an erase command or a print command is received.... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5244289 | Printer having device for adjusting print hammer stroke A pair of main frames extend in frontward/rearward direction of a printer body. The pair of main frames are pivotally supported on a guide shaft and laterally movable therealong. The main frames are slidingly guided by a guide member through abutment memb... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5199804 | Quiet impact printer mechanism An improved quiet impact printer mechanism for use with a typewriter or printer which includes a print hammer having a significant mass for impacting a character pad against an ink ribbon, paper and a platen. A first embodiment has a drive means providing... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5193923 | Automatically interchangeable type wheel type printing apparatus By the driving of drive means for the vertically moving member of a type wheel in one way and resiliently holding means for the type wheel, the type wheel is moved upwardly to a position suitable for printing with the vertically moving member of the type ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5174666 | Printing device having printwheel coupling means A printing device having a detachable printwheel coupling means which includes a motor driven drive plate which is formed with a cantilevered spring finger and an aligning slot disposed on the side opposite the spring finger. The spring finger carries at ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5167460 | Information processing apparatus having interchangeable type elements and a display for indicating the type style of a type element There is disclosed an electronic printing apparatus with a printing mechanism utilizing a type-font element integrally provided with plural printing types for printing characters and numerals, in which a detector identifies the kind of the typefont elemen... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5106214 | Type disc for typewriters or the like In a type disc for typewriters or the like, for locking the hub (1) of the type disc on a drive shaft there is a plurality of catch noses (7) arranged at the ends of cantilever arms (8, 11), of which the rear sides (9), as seen in the axial direction of t... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5092691 | Printing machine having a type wheel supporting structure A printing machine having a structure for detachably supporting a cassette housing therein a type wheel is provided. The structure includes a cassette holder which may be pivoted between an operative position where printing may be carried out and an inope... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5092692 | Print pressure retrival from ascending order table A printer has a memory containing print information on a plurality of characters, grouped by a print pressure of the character, and a control unit for controlling the print pressure in accordance with the print information stored in the memory. The memory... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5085530 | Single motor moving ribbon and exchanging character holding member, all on print carrier A printer of the automatically interchangeable character wheel type includes a platen formed lengthwise of the printer to support one surface of a printing sheet, and a carriage guided so as to be reciprocally movable along the platen. The carriage carrie... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5066150 | Low cost quiet impact printer A serial impact printer including a platen mounted for rotation upon a support frame, a print element having character imprinting portions disposed thereon and a print element selector for moving the print element to position a selected character imprinti... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5044793 | Hammer device having adjustable striking force A hammer device generates a magnetic moving force in a magnetic member by energizing a coil, whereby a hammer strikes a recording sheet to form a record thereon by means of its moving force, the striking force of the being capable of regulation by changin... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5040910 | Printing device for the production of automatically readable script on documents In printing devices which are to print automatically readable script in particular great value is placed on an entirely accurate and clearly readable printing script because otherwise the reading devices recognize erroneous characters or the documents are... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5015107 | Type-wheel cassette positioner for printer A type-wheel cassette accommodating a type wheel is mounted on a carriage movable along a printing line on a platen. On the carriage is mounted a holder, on which a printing hammer and a type selection mechanism are mounted. The holder has a pair of first... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5005995 | Method of automatically identifying a print wheel A print wheel and a method for automatically identifying the print wheel after insertion into a printer or a typewriter which makes it possible to automatically adapt certain printing parameters, such as imprint strength, pitch, ribbon advance step, witho... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5004360 | Carriage device for an electronic typewriter using a two-row daisy wheel A carriage for an electronic typewriter using a 2-row daisy wheel includes a slant bracket pivotally connected to a rail disposed on a main frame, a vibrator movable upward and downward to the main frame, a take-up wheel and a supply wheel around which th... | 04/02/1991 |
