Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7170649 | Scanning module having an adjustable height A scanning module having an adjustable height includes a CIS module having two ends along a longitudinal direction each provided with a distance adjusting member. Thus, when the CIS module is scanning the reflective document and the transparency, the distance adjust... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6736558 | Disposable ribbon cartridge for shorthand machines A disposable ink ribbon cartridge for use in a shorthand machine. The cartridge includes an endless loop ribbon threaded through an advancing mechanism in contact with a movable ink reservoir. The advancing mechanism advances the ribbon and also transfers ink from t... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6511238 | Cassette with consumable tape, in particular for transport ticket processing device The invention concerns a replaceable cassette comprising first and second rotary rollers (BO1 and BO2) on each of which is wound a tape (RE) from one of its ends, each roller (BO1 and BO2), being capable of being locked on a receiving apparatus spindle dr... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6422771 | Disposable ribbon cartridge for shorthand machine A disposable ink ribbon cartridge for use in a shorthand machine. The cartridge includes an endless loop ribbon threaded through an advancing mechanism in contact with a movable ink reservoir. The advancing mechanism advances the ribbon and also transfers... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6406202 | Tape cartridge-holding mechanism and tape printing apparatus including the same There are provided a tape cartridge-holding mechanism which is capable of reliably and immovably holding a tape cartridge in a cartridge compartment without spoiling the ease of mounting and removal of the tape cartridge, and a tape printing apparatus inc... | 06/18/2002 |
| 5758979 | Printer cartridge ribbon inking system The inking mechanism of the present invention comprises one or more free-floating inking rollers which rotate within the housing of a printer cartridge between the inking brushes and the printer ribbon. While the rotation of the inking rollers is unlimite... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5601374 | Endless ink ribbon cartridge with protected ribbon splice, and a protection arrangement therefor An endless ink ribbon cartridge with protected splice of the endless ribbon, wherein a reactance detector element housed in the cartridge at a location close to a predetermined travel path of the ink ribbon increases its reactance as a conductive strip di... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5567064 | Ribbon cartridge The present invention relates to a ribbon cartridge comprising a housing with an upper and a lower half, a ribbon received in said housing, a driving means comprising two driving gears for driving said ribbon, said driving gears rotatably supported in the... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5435657 | Label printer and tape and ink ribbon cartridge for use therein A thermal printing device comprises a label tape printer and tape and ink ribbon cartridge for horizontal insertion into the printer. The cartridge housing includes an upper cover and a base which are joined by telescoping hubs and posts. The cartridge co... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5348403 | Ink ribbon cassette An ink ribbon cassette containing an endless ink ribbon (1) and replenishing ink to be supplied to said ink ribbon (1), and intends to stabilize PCS at an early stage of printing. For attaining the purpose, provided is an auxiliary ink supplying member (1... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5254193 | Ribbon assembly fixture with integral instructions and method Assembly fixtures for assembling and stuffing a ribbon into a ribbon cartridge for use with a typewriter, or a printer, comprises a base plate, stops on the base plate forming a space for receiving a ribbon cartridge, and an instruction card mounted on th... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5226740 | Ink ribbon cassette An ink ribbon cassette in which at least one of both side walls of a chamber in which an ink ribbon is accommodated is inclined as viewed in plan view relative to a ribbon portion exposed from openings formed in corresponding two arms, one extending from ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5211491 | Thermal transfer cartridge integral lock A transfer cartridge is provided for a thermal printer that has a first printer sidewall defining an opening and a second printer sidewall spaced from the first printer sidewall. The cartridge is positioned between the first and second sidewalls and inclu... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5201592 | Reinking color ribbon cassette and ink ribbon selection mechanism A reinking color ribbon cassette for a printer is described. The cassette has plural, independent ink ribbons of different colors - such as the primary colors and a black color - and a ribbon feeder for driving only the ink ribbon of a selected color to p... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5141342 | Mounting mechanism for ribbon cassette A mounting mechanism for a ribbon cassette for mounting the ribbon cassette on a carrier of a printer having a pair of resiliently deformable arms which are formed in such a manner as to extend forwardly along the opposite side walls from a rear end of th... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5051010 | Printer and cartridge assembly therefor A printer has one or more tractor sets for continuously feeding paper along first and second paper paths. One tractor set may be pivoted between positions for feeding paper from the front or bottom of the printer along the first paper path. Where one trac... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5030022 | Ribbon cartridge with integral re-inker A re-inkable ribbon cartridge for impact computer printers featuring duel re-inking rollers of sufficiently small diameter so as to insure rapid rotational speed, ensuring that centrifugal force will cause the ink to migrate to the outer roller surface. A... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5005997 | Re-inking device and method A re-inking device for a fabric ribbon carried in a cassette with a free run section of ribbon exposed for re-inking, in which the cassette support and location means, the rotational drive means and the combined ink reservoir and dispenser are all mounted... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4988224 | Universal ribbon cartridge for high-speed printers A ribbon movement controlling cartridge includes a smudge guard/ribbon guide which contains exposed ribbon in a fixed stationary position during cartridge transportation and storage. When the guide is engaged with a printhead, it releases ribbon passage t... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4986679 | Mechanism for detecting presence of ribbon stopper in a ribbon cassette used in a printer In a printer of the type in which printing is carried out on a recording medium with a print element through an ink ribbon interposed between the print element and a sheet or paper, a ribbon cassette accommodating therein the ink ribbon has a ribbon stopp... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4982202 | Thermal printing cartridge A printing cartridge adapted for use with thermal transfer printing apparatus. The cartridge includes a frame defining first and second printing stations, a ribbon supply spool, and a ribbon take-up spool, both of the spools being rotatably mounted on the... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4963043 | Printer A pivotally journalled ink ribbon cassette and an ink ribbon fork are coupled to the carriage of a printing head and arranged so as to be displaceable transversely to the line direction, in a simple manner such that both a multi-color and a single-color m... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4806032 | Conical vent containing capillary bore A conical vent (14) for a cartridge (10) is located on an inner surface (20) of the cartridge. The conical vent includes a conical-shaped member (26) having a base (28) and an apex (30). An opening (32) extends through the center of the conical-shaped mem... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4754290 | Printing apparatus equipped with a loading mechanism for an inksheet cassette A shell-type printing apparatus is equipped with a link mechanism for loading and unloading an inksheet cassette from the printing apparatus. The link mechanism comprises a support frame which supports an inksheet cassette and two pairs of links which hav... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4740798 | Transfer-type thermal printing device A transfer-type thermal printing device transfers the non-image portions of the inked side of the ribbon to an intermediate transfer medium. The remaining image portions of the inked side are then transferred to transfer paper at an image-transfer station... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4705415 | Matrix printer and inker for indefinite length articles A stationary dot matrix printer for printing both continuously variable and repetitive information on a moving substrate utilizing a continuously driven endless loop of ink absorbing web material and either a solvent laden wick to wipe the print wires or ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4469456 | Disposable ribbon carrier for a stenograph reporting machine A disposable ribbon carrier for use with a stenograph reporting machine having a printing station, an ink spool supporting station and a pair of laterally spaced narrow feed channels normally providing a ribbon transport path between the printing station ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4243330 | Dot printer adjustable endless loop ribbon cartridge transport apparatus Demountable, replaceable, printer ribbon cartridge transport apparatus comprising an elongated, flat, rigid, support member provided with oppositely disposed parallel recessed areas co-extensive with the longer dimension thereof and having means intermedi... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4141662 | Recording ribbon mechanism for instrument recorders To simplify transport of a recording ribbon, such as an inked ribbon, making an impression record on a recording strip of a chart-type instrument recorder, the ribbon is formed as a closed, endless loop which is guided in a path adjacent the printing mech... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4093061 | Disc ink ribbon A rotable circular disc ribbon for use with a high speed impact printer. The disc ribbon includes a central ink storage chamber enclosing ink saturated porous material. The disc ribbon also includes an outer circumferential film portion positionable betwe... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4042092 | Duplicating method Continuous ink-supply method for duplicating machines such as typewriters to alleviate the necessity for using and replacing conventional ribbons. Method employs a thin film strip or band which has an affinity for liquid ribbon ink, and an inking means fo... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4018955 | Process for producing a ring-shaped one-color or multi-color ribbon and a ribbon produced in accordance with this process A continuous or ring-shaped printing ribbon is constructed by overlapping the ends of a length of ribbon made of thermoplastic synthetic material and welding the overlapped ends together along a grid work of fine weld lines, thereby providing a weld joint... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3990564 | Ribbon drive mechanism A pair of compensating wheels are carried by a print head carriage in position to ride on record media being printed and are rotatably driven by frictional contact therewith, the wheels having overriding clutches associated with their respective shafts to... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3941228 | Electromagnetically operated printer A printer, suitable for operation by an electric computer, includes a traveling carriage. The carriage carries a type-head that is vertically and rotatably shiftable to properly orient a type element for printing. Movement of the carriage, as well as vert... | 03/02/1976 |
