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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350992 | Center-justifying spindle assembly Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of di... | 04/01/2008 |
| 5466073 | Printer ribbon cartridge with re-inking reservoir and pump A ribbon cartridge for an impact printer includes a liquid ink container, a metering/transfer device such as a peristaltic pump, an ink reservoir pad, and an ink transfer roller. The metering/transfer device and a drive roller for the ribbon preferably re... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5230575 | Segmented ink reservoir An ink reservoir (34) capable of maintaining an even distribution of a single color of ink on a printer ribbon is provided. The ink reservoir is used in ribbon cassettes (10) for typewriters and dot matrix printers. The ink reservoir (34) includes a serie... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5137382 | Inking device for a thermal printer An inking device for a thermal printer includes a hollow cylindrical inking roller made of a porous material and having a bladed wheel at the bottom of the cylindrical inking roller. The cylindrical inking roller supplies ink to an ink ribbon which contac... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5059045 | Ribbon cartridge having hybrid ink re-inking A cartridge ribbon (2) for impact printing containing an endless ribbon (4) initially carrying ink having dye as its only coloring matter. The initial dye is in heavy enough quantity to permit infrared readability of bar codes printed by the ribbon. Re-in... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4701062 | Printing ribbon spool A printing ribbon spool is disclosed for maintaining the print-out density or consistency of a printing ribbon. The spool contains a sealed reservoir of ink. Within the reservoir there is provided a sealed container of ink which communicates with the rese... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4639153 | Printing ribbon spool having an ink reservoir and method of making same A printing ribbon spool which is leak-proof even at less than atmospheric pressure and which has an indefinite shelf life. The spool utilizes a central hub as an ink reservoir and has an ink-impervious member forming a portion of the reservoir isolating t... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4465388 | Ink ribbon cartridge pinch roller An ink ribbon cartridge comprises a cartridge housing, an endless length of ink ribbon received in the housing, and a take-up roller and a pinch roller for transporting the ribbon and guiding the ribbon in a repetitively folded manner, characterized in th... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4340313 | Business machine printing ribbon spool apparatus and method of inking the type slug impact portion of printing ribbons A printing ribbon spool and method of replenishing ink to printing ribbons are disclosed. The spool has a central ink reservoir, and a pad of cellular material, preferably a spun-bonded fibrous material, which receives ink from the reservoir and has an ex... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4115012 | Printing ribbon spool A printing ribbon spool is disclosed for maintaining the print-out density or consistency of a printing ribbon by contact between a woven or knitted pad on the spool and a side edge of the ribbon. Ink is communicated to the pad from a sealed reservoir by ... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4037709 | Ribbon spool with built-in bifacial re-inker This invention relates generally to ribbon spools for typewritten machines and more particularly to a ribbon spool which is provided with a built-in bifacial re-inker adapted to contact the opposite edges of a ribbon wound thereon.... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3951253 | Typewriter ribbon re-inker A typewriter ribbon re-inker is disclosed which is capable of being readily attachable to a standard typewriter ribbon spool and has the capability of applying different color inks to the ribbon without blurring or intermingling. The sub-base, which is at... | 04/20/1976 |
