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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6695495 | Constant density printer system An ink density closed loop control system for an ink ribbon of an impact printer having a reservoir roller formed of an ink absorbent material with at least one or more channels within the reservoir roller fluidly connected to a pump and ink supply. A tra... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6017158 | Apparatus for reinking the ribbon of a printer ribbon cartridge An improved apparatus for reinking a ribbon of a printer ribbon cartridge provides a selected reinking pattern across the width of the ribbon. A porous member in contact with a source of ink has a height equal to a distance between a first edge of the rib... | 01/25/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5915859 | Pivotable ink ribbon cassette and a printer An ink ribbon cassette is pivotably mounted to a printer. Ink ribbon is accommodated in the ink ribbon cassette and is caused to travel by a ribbon feed roller driven by a drive shaft provided in the printer. Printing operation is carried out at the casse... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5746522 | Liquid tank re-inker using ball transfer mechanism An apparatus for reinking a printing ribbon which includes a tank for ink fitted with a ball which, when rotated, transfers a quantity of ink to a sheathed wheel which in turn transfers this ink to a gear through which the ribbon travels and absorbs the i... | 05/05/1998 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5048986 | Self aligning inking roll for a printer A self-aligning inking roll for a printer which includes an inking roll, an ink transfer roll, a printer, and an endless ribbon mounted on the transfer roll and the printer so as to provide a fresh supply of ink thereto. The inking roll is mounted on an a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4976986 | Ink recording medium regenerating method Disclosed is a method for regenerating an ink recording medium formed by successively laminating an anisotropic electrically conductive layer, a heating resistor layer for generating heat in response to application of an electric signal, an electrically c... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4644370 | Image-forming apparatus An image-forming apparatus in which a recording head transfers a color agent from a transfer material in accordance with a latent image so as to form an image on a sheet, and which has a cleaning device for cleaning the recording head. The cleaning device... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4609926 | Ribbon transfer color-on-demand resistive ribbon printing An improved technique and apparatus for color-on-demand resistive ribbon printing is provided in which selected colored ink layers are transferred to a resistive printing ribbon from a color-bearing ribbon, prior to resistive ribbon printing. The color ri... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4605326 | Dot matrix color printer Apparatus for implementing a multi-color printout capability with respect to a dot matrix printer and the like. The apparatus is comprised of an ink reservoir system which includes individual ink reservoirs for replenishing ink of a selected color from a ... | 08/12/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4493572 | Long-life inked-ribbon cassette A long-life inking cassette is provided wherein an inkable ribbon is pumped into a ribbon storage zone by a pair of textured nip rollers. The ribbon is drawn from storage, rotated 180°, re-inked, and passed at an angle and under tension past a print head... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4391536 | Word processor print wheel assembly A print wheel assembly for a word processing machine utilizing a daisy wheel-type printer as a type-carrying disk in which the typefaces are mounted upon flexible members generally extending radially from a hub by which the wheel is mounted in the machine... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4304496 | Ribbon guiding and re-inking means for data printers and the like A printing ribbon guiding and re-inking means is positioned to guide a continuous looped printing ribbon through a 180° twist between the exit and entry points of a ribbon cartridge. The guiding and re-inking means includes a twist-locator or arrestor co... | 12/08/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4046247 | Printer ribbon cartridge A cartridge for an endless band printer ribbon includes a chamber for storing the ribbon in a convolute therewithin. One or more segments of the ribbon are maintained exteriorly of the cartridge to overlie and close the open end of a corresponding depress... | 09/06/1977 |
| 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 |
