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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4793724 | Printing support and method for placing labels on a transparent record medium An improved printing support and method for use in a conventional dry lettering printing machine of the type having a print station, a rotatable printing support having print characters thereon, and means for causing the machine to execute a print cycle w... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4665371 | Character spacing circuit for controlling print hammer firing A circuit for controlling the firing of a print hammer so as to maintain constant intercharacter spacing during printing. The speed of a motor which moves a document in printing relationship with a printer is used to ascertain the instantaneous velocity o... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4542998 | Character set printing means utilizing rolling pressure contact for printing A printing apparatus is provided which utilizes rolling pressure contact for printing, and includes a plurality of sets of serially arranged character elements mounted for movement on the external surface of a printing drum. Movement of the sets to place ... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4361086 | Serial printer for objects movable in a predetermined direction The printer is included in an apparatus for depositing valuables in envelopes, which are conveyed to a depositor at a constant speed. The printer includes a type wheel inked by a removable inking roller and selectively rotatable by a stepping motor, each ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4352576 | Serial printer having a single drive motor A printer having clutches for selectively transmitting the driving power from a single motor to a rotary shaft for rotating the type wheels and to a hammer drive shaft for driving a hammer is described. The clutches are under the control of a single contr... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4243333 | Printing apparatus A dry lettering printing apparatus comprising a printing station, a means for providing a color carrying ribbon and image carrying tape at the printing station, a means for providing a raised character in printing alignment at the printing station, an imp... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4179989 | Constant printing pressure mechanism for portable label printing and applying machine, or the like A constant printing pressure mechanism for a portable label printing and applying machine; the machine has a printing head which is interlocked with a hand lever and it has a platen that carries a label strip disposed opposite to the printing head, the co... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4145146 | Recording medium feeding apparatus for printer A recording medium feeding apparatus for printer is disclosed wherein a web of a recording medium is fed and taken up by a take up reel. A web feeding mechanism and a reel driving mechanism are operated through a coupling means by a spring means in which ... | 03/20/1979 |
