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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6666596 | Re-application of dye to a dye donor element of thermal printers Apparatus is disclosed for re-applying dye to a dye donor element of a dye transfer thermal printer. A reservoir contains a supply of dye that is thermally transferred from the reservoir to the dye donor element by diffusion of dye into the dye donor elem... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6037959 | Synchronious re-inking of a re-inkable belt Apparatus for replenishing dye from a re-inkable belt after such apparatus has transferred dye to form an image in response to image signals on a moveable receiver includes a re-inkable belt moveable along an endless path and having a plurality of separat... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5970595 | Porous inking members for impact printers and methods of making the same Porous inking members for impact printers and methods of making the same which control the ink transfer flow rate from the porous inking members to dot matrix or other impact print heads. One preferred embodiment of the porous inking members for impact pr... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5885013 | Re-application of dye to a dye donor element of thermal printers Apparatus is disclosed for re-applying dye to a dye donor element of a dye transfer thermal printer. A reservoir contains a supply of dye that is thermally transferred from the reservoir to the dye donor element by diffusion of dye into the dye donor elem... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5692844 | Re-application of dye to a dye donor element of thermal printers Apparatus is disclosed for re-applying dye to a dye donor element of a dye transfer thermal printer. A reservoir contains a supply of dye that is thermally transferred from the reservoir to the dye donor element by diffusion of dye into the dye donor elem... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5567065 | Ink ribbon cassette An ink ribbon cassette repeatedly usable for an extended period of time by replenishment of ink to an ink ribbon after each printing operation. The cassette includes a cassette casing, an ink-storing member disposed within the cassette casing and storing ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5413424 | Ribbon cassette including an inking device A ribbon casette comprises with a cartridge, an inking device with a contact roller which maintains the ribbon between itself and a drive roller. The inking device is kept under a tangential and perpendicular pressure with respect to the drive direction o... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5401108 | Ink retaining mass for reinking ribbons in ink cartridges The invention provides an ink pad for receiving ink refills, located opposite an opening in a wall or walls of the cartridge, the ink pad can have dished surfaces to retain ink onto the ink pad to prevent spillage from the ink pad. The opening in the cart... | 03/28/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5314258 | Self-contained re-inking insert and ribbon cartridge device A method and device is shown for converting a conventional printer cartridge into a self-contained re-inking cartridge. A conventional printer cartridge is modified by providing an access hole in its top panel and a re-inking insert is positioned within t... | 05/24/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5211490 | Ink ribbon cassette with re-inking and drive gear An inked ribbon cassette comprising an ink supply felt, a first gear arranged in contact with the felt and a second gear in engagement with the first gear. An ink ribbon is pinched between the first and the second gears and driven by the first and the sec... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5207519 | Re-inkable method and arrangement for printer ribbons A method and apparatus is disclosed to manually re-ink cartridge ribbons for printers, word processors, typewriters and the like. By removing a strategic portion of a top cover of the cartridge which overlies the inking pad or roller residing therein, a s... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5195834 | Ink ribbon cassette An ink ribbon cassette for use in an office machine comprises: an inking roll impregnated with ink; a ribbon-drive roll for driving an ink ribbon; and a ribbon-driven roll driven by the ink ribbon. The ink is transferred from the inking roll to the ink ri... | 03/23/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5131768 | Replenishing an ink transfer sheet A method and apparatus for replenishing depleted portions of an ink layer of an ink sheet formed with a conductive ink layer disposed on an insulating layer from which ink has been transferred, without unintentionally supplying ink to undepleted portions ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5054943 | Ribbon inking apparatus and printer cartridge A printer cartridge including a leak resistant ink reservoir, a wicking mechanism and an inking apparatus. The reservoir is for a predetermined quantity of ink and resists leakage by an arrangement of venting and dispensing apertures arranged and provided... | 10/08/1991 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5005996 | Ribbon cartridge with endless ribbon reinking mechanism A ribbon cartridge for an endless ribbon used in high speed printers, with increased reliability due to fewer parts, is constructed from a molded casing which is rectangular in shape into which are formed a post on which a cylindrical porous ink reservoir... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4913571 | Re-inking roller and transfer roller assembly Printer ribbon cartridge (1) has a re-inking roller (3) mounted on brackets (33, 35) of a mounting member (31). A leaf panel (45) biases the re-inking roller into transfer roller (5). To prevent failures resulting from permanent deformation of the re-inki... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4887921 | Dot printer having means for discharging static electricity from the ink ribbon An inpact dot printer has a ribbon cassette the casing of which is made of plastic. A leaf spring is mounted in the casing so as to be resilient contact with the inked ribbon in the cassette. An element protrudes from the spring to the outside of the casi... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4882593 | Method and apparatus for carrying out transference recording of an ink image Image recording is indirectly achieved on a recording sheet via an intermediate transferring medium. First, the circumferential surface of a rotatable transferring medium having heat-transferable ink contained therein is fused or softened in response to i... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4838715 | Ink ribbon cassette An ink ribbon cassette for supplying ink from an ink-impregnated material to an ink ribbon in which the ink-impregnated material is loaded directly in the cassette body without an ink tank, and in which leakage of ink caused, for instance, by vibration or... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4747713 | Ink ribbon cassette including gear teeth configured to re-ink the ribbon An ink ribbon cassette to be used in wire dot printer has an ink supply to lengthen a life cycle thereof. An ink ribbon is held between a drive gear and an idle gear and is delivered thereby. The ink supply contacts the idle gear so that ink is supplied f... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4747711 | Cartridge for an inked ribbon with a re-inking device A re-inking device is fitted to a cartridge for an inked ribbon. The cartridge comprises a magazine housing the ribbon which is of the closed loop type and which is disposed in randomly distributed loops, and a pair of rollers for the unidirectional feed ... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4741639 | Cartridge for an inked ribbon with a re-inking pad The cartridge for an inked ribbon comprises a casing having a magazine for housing the ribbon of the closed loop type and disposed in randomly distributed turns, and a pair of rollers for the feed movement of the ribbon. A re-inking pad is rotatable in th... | 05/03/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4653947 | Reinking device for ribbon cartridge A reinking device for an endless-ribbon cartridge used with computer printers, typewriters and the like. A pinch roller is mounted for rotation on an inker case, and a porous ink-impregnated inking roller is mounted on the inker case tangent to the pinch ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4636097 | Replaceable inking cartridge with depletion counter There is disclosed a replaceable inking cartridge for a printer. The inking cartridge includes an arrangement for indicating when the inking medium of the cartridge has been spent. The indicating arrangement is non-resettable so that the user is prevented... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4616942 | Ribbon cassette with re-inking mechanism A ribbon cassette with re-inking mechanism includes a removable ink supply tank having a low density ink element and a high density ink element, and an ink transfer roller engaging the high density ink element and having an uneven surface on the periphery... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4601594 | Endless ink ribbon cassette having selective ribbon tension control An ink ribbon cassette for a printer includes a ribbon storage chamber in which an endless ink ribbon is stored. The ribbon has a portion lying outside the chamber, and is movable out of and into the chamber by a feed roller. A roller is provided in the v... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4536098 | Self-regulating ribbon re-inking device A ribbon cartridge has a ribbon re-inking mechanism which is made up of a porous rubber or elastomer ink roll journaled on a fixed shaft and in contact with an ink transfer roll journaled on a pivotable member and rockable against the ink roll. The ink ri... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4526488 | Ink ribbon cassette provided with an impregnation device The invention relates to an ink ribbon cassette with an impregnation device for printers, in which a container for the ink liquid has in its interior a threshold, across which flows the ink liquid at increased acceleration. One end of an extraction tube o... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526487 | Multicolor ink ribbon cassette A multicolor ink ribbon cassette comprises a cassette case containing a multicolor ink ribbon having plural lengthwise extending stripes of differently colored ink. A transfer roller transfers differently colored inks supplied from the wicks of respective... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4469457 | Cassette type ink ribbon device A cassette type ink ribbon device comprises a pair of cassette cases mountable in spaced-apart non-touching relation on a printing apparatus. An endless ink ribbon extends through the pair of cassette cases. A transfer roller and an ink roller are both ro... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4458399 | Ink roller assembly with capillary ink supply A rigid plastic tube supports an ink applying sleeve of resilient micro-porous ink retaining material, and a pair of end journal and closure members are pressed into opposite ends of the tube. An ink retaining unit confined within the support tube between... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4449838 | Ink ribbon cassette for printer An ink ribbon cassette for impact type printers comprises an ink roller of plastic sponge impregnated with ink and an endless type ink ribbon contacting with the ink roller. The ink ribbon is provided with a proper tension by a leaf spring member. At the ... | 05/22/1984 |
