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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6011573 | Manufacturing apparatus for thermal transfer recording medium and renewing apparatus of thermal transfer recording medium In a renewing apparatus, a thermal transfer recording medium is made to be used plural times by simple configuration although such a recording medium must be thrown away in the prior art, and the running cost in the printing can be significantly reduced. ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5336000 | Thermal transfer type printer and method of rejuvenating an ink sheet employed in the printer A thermal transfer type printer having an ink sheet rejuvenation system and method for rejuvenation of an ink sheet used in the printer wherein the printer has a transport path for transporting the ink sheet past an ink deposition station for selective tr... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5198835 | Method of regenerating an ink image recording medium In a method of regenerating an ink image recording medium of a multilayered structure, after an ink image on the ink image recording medium is recorded, the surface of the heat-fusible ink layer of the ink image recording medium is uniformly charged. Then... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5071271 | Ink ribbon inking device An ink ribbon inking device, which utilizes a motor to carry an eccentric shaft to push the core of an inking pen to move up and down permitting the ink contained in such an inking pen to intermittently flow downward, and simultaneously to drive two ink r... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5052833 | Self-inking continuous ribbon cartridge system A self-linking continuous ribbon cartridge is provided with an internal self-inking reservoir having a wick positioned in spaced relationship to the ribbon. The ribbon is wrapped around a drum associated with a slip clutch to provide a slight biasing forc... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5015108 | Ribbon print track reinking with a roll system Apparatus for selectively reinking an endless ribbon in that portion of the ribbon known as the ribbon print track. The ribbon print track is created in an endless ribbon by the repeated striking of the ribbon by a print mechanism thereby deforming the ri... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4988225 | Continuous self-inking ribbon cartridge system A novel leakproof ribbon cartridge system includes an ink reservoir and wick which, together, are configured to form a closed system such that ink is constantly recirculated between the reservoir and the wick. In addition, the ribbon cartridge includes a ... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4854754 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus according to the present invention records data on a member to be recorded by filling recording ink in a film having numerous minute orifices and by heating the ink rapidly with heating elements to spout ink from the orifices on the ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4801953 | Perforated ink transports for acoustic ink printing An ink transport comprising a perforated belt or web configured carrier having a longitudinally repetitive pattern of relatively large diameter apertures extending through it is provided for delivering a regularly refreshed supply of liquid ink to the pri... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4740801 | Non-impact printing apparatus A non-impact printing apparatus in which an ink carrier film is formed to have a plurality of holes or recesses, the holes are filled with ink, and then the film filled at the holes with the ink is selectively heated by a thermal printing head according t... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4725861 | Printer In a printer in which a plurality of holes to be filled with ink are formed in an ink film, selectively heating ink generates bubbles from the holes and ejects ink due to the pressure of bubbles, thus printing an image on a sheet. A cartridge for integral... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4725860 | Ink carrier film in use with ink jet recording device An ink jet recording device in which an ink carrier film is formed to have a plurality of pores or recesses, the pores or recesses are filled with ink, the film filled at their pores or recesses with the ink is quickly heated by such a heat supply source ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4679058 | Cassette-type printing head with perforated film member The present invention relates to a cassette-type printing head which comprises in combination: a cassette body for housing an ink, an ink guiding member in which one end portion thereof is immersed in the cassette body, and a film member having a pluralit... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4630075 | Cassette-type printing head At least one pulley member which is rotatably positioned in said casing member; a film member which is movably contacted with a heating surface of a thermal head and is movably guided by said pulley in said casing member; a plurality of small holes which ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4484827 | Ink cartridge A disposable ink cartridge for use in automatic marking systems. The ink cartridge is composed of a housing which contains a collapsible elastomeric ink reservoir having an open end secured to a plurality of barrier disks. The barrier disks are apertured ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4447820 | Ink supplying mechanism An ink supplying mechanism has a plurality of flat ink containers each having an ink outlet tube for supplying ink outward. The ink outlet tubes are sealed by a sealing elastic coupling member to form a multi-color ink container. The ink cassette is remov... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4364678 | Reinkable ribbon cartridge A ribbon cartridge for use in high speed cartridge type printers, in which the ribbon is enclosed in the cartridge, and the entire cartridge must move at extremely high speeds. The cartridge is in a generally U-shaped case with the base of the U comprisin... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4279519 | Dot matrix printing device employing novel image transfer technique for printing on single ply or multiple ply print receiving media A dot matrix impact printer having print wires reciprocating within a print head. A bearing guides printing tips in the nose of the print head. Liquid printing material stored within a container adjacent to the print head is delivered by a wick from the c... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4153378 | Re-inking and ventilation control for inked ribbon cassette The invention relates to a cassette for use in connection with a device for printing characters on a surface from the stroke impact of a dye impregnated ribbon such as a typewriter, and features a housing defining an aperture for ventilating a chamber def... | 05/08/1979 |
| 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 |
| 3981387 | Method for inking preassembled ribbon cartridges A method which includes loading a length of uninked ribbon into a ribbon cartridge having a support area where a portion of the ribbon is supported and exposed; positioning an inking member and the portion of the ribbon exposed at said support area in ope... | 09/21/1976 |
