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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8360667 | Printer A printer that includes a cassette housing portion into which a tape cassette is detachably installed in a vertical direction, a feeding device that feeds the tape mounted in the tape cassette, a printing head that performs printing on the tape, a platen roller that... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8215854 | Printer cartridge, cartridge installation detection method and printer apparatus A cartridge detachably attached to a printer apparatus includes a casing, an ink ribbon provided in the casing, a supply spool provided in the casing for supplying the ink ribbon, and a take-up spool provided in the casing for retrieving the ink ribbon. The printer ... | 07/10/2012 |
| 7753604 | Ink sheet cartridge An ink sheet cartridge provided with a bobbin case easy to assemble and disassemble, formed with no protrusion on the outer surface thereof and capable of inhibiting the number of components from increase is obtained. This ink sheet cartridge is provided with a pawl... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7712985 | Print cassette The lettering tape produced by the print cassette is composed of an application tape and an adhesive tape. The adhesive tape has a release sheet with which an adhesive layer is coated. A printing surface of the application tape to which the ink is thermally transfer... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7441971 | Inked ribbon core with ribs An inked ribbon core is formed with interference structure, providing an internal cylindrical contact surface, and a longitudinal rib, the interference structure and rib frictionally engaging corresponding spindle structures to secure the core on the spindle. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7390134 | Ribbon identification A ribbon identification system detects a digitally encoded tract comprised of radially printed bands of dark and light areas positioned on a ribbon spool that fits on a media printing device. Each type and length of ribbon to be used is associated with a specific an... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390135 | Ribbon identification A ribbon identification system detects a digitally encoded tract comprised of radially printed bands of dark and light areas positioned on a ribbon spool that fits on a media printing device. Each type and length of ribbon to be used is associated with a specific an... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7367728 | Ink ribbon cartridge having shaft connecting members An ink ribbon cartridge including a cartridge frame, take-up shaft connecting members, and supply shaft connecting members is provided. The take-up shaft connecting members support and rotatably connect ends of a take-up shaft to the cartridge frame and the supply s... | 05/06/2008 |
| RE40202 | Ink ribbon cassette for thermal transfer printer A ribbon cassette 10 includes a cassette case 11 having a first accommodating portion 12, a second accommodating portion 13, and a connecting portion 14 connecting the first and second accommodating portions 12 and 13, | 04/01/2008 |
| 7329060 | Printing medium and printing method for photo printer A printing medium and a printing method thereof, for a photo printer using the printing medium, wherein the printing medium includes a printing region, and a first tab region and a second tab region extending from both tabs of the printing region in a lengthwise dir... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325989 | Paper supply apparatus and image formation device A paper supply apparatus provided with a support component, a slit plate and a rotation force transmission component. The support component freely rotatably supports a winding core around which roll paper is wound. The slit plate rotates integrally or interlockingly... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322762 | Tape-like object feeding device and label tape printing device A tape-like object feeding device in accordance with the present invention comprises a feeding mechanism 7 for feeding a tape-like object toward an outlet and a cutting mechanism 8 for cutting the tape-like object fed by the feeding mechanism. An eject... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7300220 | Hand-separable ribbon spool assembly A hand-separable ribbon spool shaft assembly adapts a plain ribbon spool so as to provide drive and location functions. The shaft assembly is composed of at least two shaft parts that are assembled to the ribbon spool and cooperate to provide a manual hand-action lo... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278723 | Printing cartridge with a print roll incorporating an ink supply A printing cartridge includes a housing. A print roll is mounted in the housing to carry a roll of print media. The print roll includes a print roll former that contains an ink supply arrangement. The ink supply arrangement includes an elongate body in which one or ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278793 | Image generating apparatus An image generating apparatus capable of rotating a pressing member pressing a print head against a platen roller at a large rotation angle with a cam is obtained. This thermal transfer printer (image generating apparatus) comprises a drive cam for driving the press... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7258501 | Ink ribbon cartridge An ink ribbon cartridge including a frame, supply shaft connecting member, and take-up shaft connecting members is provided. The supply shaft connecting members connect a supply shaft to the frame, and the take-up shaft connecting members connect a take-up shaft to ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248382 | Media parameter downloading Systems and procedures are described for an imaging device to download media parameters from a remote server computer that is connected to the imaging device across a network. Specifically, the imaging device detects a media ID from print media. Responsive to detect... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237485 | Print supply monitoring An identification card printer includes a card input, a card transport, a printhead, and a card output. The card transport is configured to feed a card from the card input along a print path. The printhead is positioned below the print path and is configured to prin... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234884 | Ribbon spool lock assembly A printing mechanism requires ribbon spools to be locked in place radially, and includes a pivoting ribbon tension arm that must be pivoted out of its normal operating position when ribbon is to be replaced. A ribbon spool lock assembly includes a rotating locking h... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7217047 | Thermal transfer printer In a ribbon cassette which is used in a thermal transfer printer of the present invention, a head insertion section, in which a thermal head is inserted to turn its head up and down, is formed between a first ribbon housing section and a second ribbon housing sectio... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7187404 | Camera for printing manipulated images on media The present invention provides a handheld camera comprising a sensor adapted to sense an image, a housing adapted to receive a print roll, and a drive system for dispensing media from the print roll along a print path to an outlet. A printer is positioned in the pri... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168872 | Printer paper spooler with error condition detector Disclosed is a printer paper spooler with error condition detector including a first slot structure and a second slot structure, a bobbin disposed between the first slot structure and the second slot structure, a light emitting diode, and a phototransistor that rece... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7154519 | Printer and ribbon cartridge A printer includes a substrate input, a substrate transport, a printhead, a removable ribbon cartridge, a ribbon cartridge receiver, and a substrate output. The substrate transport is configured to feed a substrate from the substrate input along a print path. The pr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144304 | Method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate with a tilted planarizing surface A method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include an elongated, non-continuous polishing pad oriented at an angle relative to the horizontal to allow planarizing liquids and materials removed from the mi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145464 | Data collection device In one aspect of the invention a data collection device is provided for use with a medium said medium being usable when exposed to electromagnetic radiation that is characteristic of such use. The data collection device has a sensor capable of sensing when the mediu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145585 | Line thermal head printer device A line thermal head printer device of which size is made remarkably smaller is provided. A stepping motor (10) rotationally driving a ribbon tape reel is arranged to be fitted to one corner portion of a frame plate (9). A line thermal head (11) ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128483 | Ribbon cassette with ink ribbon slack prevention mechanism A ribbon cassette includes a ribbon supply spool, and a ribbon take up spool that takes up an ink ribbon from the ribbon supply spool by rotating in a first rotation direction. The ribbon take up spool is provided with an engaging portion including first and second ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097372 | Refillable tape cassette The present invention relates to a refillable tape cassette for accomodating a supply of printable tape. In order to avoid the need for different tape cassettes for different tape widths the tape cassette is capable of selectively housing supplies of tapes of differ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092011 | Camera for printing on media provided on print roll The present invention relates to a camera which is adapted to print photos onto media. The camera includes a sensor for sensing an image, and a printer for printing images on media dispensed from a print roll, which has a chip having predetermined information stored... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086795 | Roller assembly There is described a roller assembly which may be utilized in a linear or serial printer. The roller assembly includes a platen roller including a central axle being exposed at opposing ends of the roller and a frame for mounting the platen at both exposed axle ends... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086724 | Compact media and ink cartridge for inkjet printhead A cartridge is provided for supplying print media and ink to an inkjet printhead with which the cartridge is engaged. The cartridge comprises a casing, a core rotatably mounted inside the casing, an ink supply inside the core, a roll of print media supported by the ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088379 | Image forming apparatus and ink ribbon set When some trouble occurs to a facsimile apparatus 1 that reads component-identification information of an ink ribbon cartridge 60 and it is impossible to read the component-identification information even if the ink ribbon cartridge 60 is a stan... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077515 | Media cartridge for inkjet printhead A media cartridge for an inkjet printhead that has a roll of media substrate wrapped around a tubular core that stores a supply of ink. The ink outlets are at the end of the core and the drive gear for the drive roller is adjacent the end of the core. Providing the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077587 | Tape printing apparatus with tape cassette guide members A tape printing apparatus uses a tape cassette having two guide holes, the tape printing apparatus has a tape cassette holder including at least first and second guide members; the first guide member having a height that is shorter than a height of the second guide ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073963 | Film support devices and printing system handling ink film for printing A system is provided for movably supporting an ink film in a printer. The system has cylindrical supply and take-up cores for supporting and taking up the film during printing operations. The cores may be made of molded plastic resin. The ends of the cores are sized... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063595 | Method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate with a tilted planarizing surface A method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include an elongated, non-continuous polishing pad oriented at an angle relative to the horizontal to allow planarizing liquids and materials removed from the mi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063470 | Printer media supply spool adapted to allow the printer to sense type of media, and method of assembling same A printer media supply spool adapted to allow the printer to sense type of media, and method of assembling same. The supply spool comprises a shaft having a supply of media ribbon wound thereabout. A transceiver unit is disposed proximate the shaft. The transceiver ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7037014 | Media cartridge with printed circuit board for use in a printing system A printing system includes a printing machine and media cartridge. The printing machine has a housing, a printing mechanism and a processing unit connected to the housing, a media cartridge interface connecting the media cartridge to the printing machine, and a look... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018117 | Identification card printer ribbon cartridge A ribbon cartridge includes a cartridge housing, a supply spool, a take-up spool, and a supply of ribbon. The cartridge housing includes a supply spool enclosure, a take-up spool enclosure, a pair of ribbon guides, and a gap between the ribbon guides and the supply ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6997789 | Method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate with a tilted planarizing surface A method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include an elongated, non-continuous polishing pad oriented at an angle relative to the horizontal to allow planarizing liquids and materials removed from the mi... | 02/14/2006 |
