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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6457885 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus, ink film cassette and ink film reel A thermal transfer recording apparatus, which has a detachable ink film cassette with an ink film, transfers an ink applied to the ink film to a recording paper by means of a thermal head and forms an image on the recording paper. The ink film cassette ho... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6309118 | Ink ribbon An ink ribbon adapted to be used for a sublimation type thermal transfer printer, said ink ribbon comprises a ribbon-shaped substrate, ink layers formed on a surface of said substrate and containing dyes, sensor marks formed on said surface of said substr... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6283652 | Hollow drum-type recording apparatus A hollow drum-type recording apparatus includes: a hollow drum which has an opening and whose hollow circular arc-shaped main body rotates; a recording sheet which is wound around the surface of the circular arc-shaped main body of the hollow drum from a ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5775821 | Ribbon cassette for a printing apparatus In a facsimile machine, when a received image data having resolution of standard mode is stored in a reception data memory, the image data is decoded and then converted to image data of two fine or four super fine lines and stored in a first recording dat... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5447382 | Apparatus and method for printing A printer in which an ink ribbon is not wound when a ribbon code ring is read, a dedicated motor for rotating the ribbon code ring is not required, and it is possible to rotate the ribbon code ring with the same motor used for moving a printing head. When... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5424762 | Color printer capable of utilizing a jointed color ink sheet The provision is made of a firmware (F/W: ROM, RAM) which enables an accurate indexing of an ink sheet so that printing is not performed at the joint portion when an ink sheet having a joint is used. Therefore, an ink sheet having a joint can be used, dec... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5293530 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus and facsimile apparatus using the aforesaid apparatus A thermal transfer recording apparatus for performing the recording of an image on a recording medium by transferring ink contained in an ink sheet to the recording medium has an ink sheet, a conveyance unit for conveying the ink sheet, a recording medium... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5281038 | Apparatus and method for printing including a ribbon advancing slide mechanism A printer apparatus including a slide assembly for advancing a receptor material and a ribbon material relative to a print head and platen for printing color images.... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5281977 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus There is disclosed a thermal transfer recording apparatus capable of regulating the amount of transport of ink sheet according to the selected recording sheet, thereby maintaining uniform quality of image recording. The apparatus is provided with an ink s... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5193007 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus and method of use with particular relationship between relative conveyance direction, length, and velocity of the ink sheet, recording medium, and image recording A heat transfer recording method of transferring the ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium to thereby effect recording of an image on the recording medium is characterized in that the ink sheet is conveyed in the direction opposite to the conveyance d... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5184151 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus and facsimile apparatus A thermal transfer recording apparatus, which transfers ink contained on an ink sheet onto a recording medium to record images thereon, and comprises a means for conveying the ink sheet and recording medium; recording means for effecting the ink sheet to ... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5162815 | Thermal printing apparatus with tensionless donor web during printing A thermal printer includes motor control apparatus for variably controlling the rotational speed of a take-up spool used to wind-up an expended dye-bearing donor web after passage through a print zone. The donor web is moved through the print zone at a su... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5121136 | Recorder for thermal transfer recording operations A recorder has a feeder for feeding a sheet of recording paper and an ink sheet wound around a circumferential face of a winding member from a supplying roller portion between a recording head and a platen in a state in which the ink sheet overlaps with t... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4978240 | Ink ribbon cartridge for printing apparatus An ink ribbon cartridge for a printing apparatus, in which two reels for the supply and take-up of a ink ribbon are rotatably mounted, incorporates a cartridge body and cover in which support sections for retaining the ends of the reels are provided. At a... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4944619 | Construction for mounting an ink ribbon cassette in a heat transferable line printer A heat transferable line printer used with a cassette carrying a heat transferable ink ribbon capable of being printed many times. The ink ribbon cassette comprises a case which is symmetrical to left and right, a pair of spools provided within the case, ... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4919555 | Carbon ribbon supply apparatus for a printer The supply spindle for the carbon ribbon in a thermal printer is supported cantileverly at one end thereof by a pair of axially spaced bearings. The axis of the second bearing is slightly off center relative to the axis of the first bearing, the precise l... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4744680 | Wide-type thermal-transfer printer A wide-type thermal-transfer printer comprises a fixed mechanism section including a record medium holder mounted on one end portion of a fixed frame so as to rotatably hold a record medium rolled, and a platen mounted on the other end portion of the fram... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4718785 | Compliant head loading mechanism for thermal printer A compliant head loading mechanism for a thermal printer is disclosed which compliantly loads a thermal print head against a carrier and a receiver mounted on the platen to uniformly apply pressure across the width of the receiver.... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4702631 | Thermal ribbon cassette and housing therefore An improved image building apparatus of the type including a platen roller and a recording head in which a recuired image is built on printing medium by transfering coloring agent on ink donor medium onto printing medium with the aid of the recording head... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4673304 | Thermal printer ribbon cartridge for wide ribbons A user-friendly ribbon cartridge to house and to facilitate handling a wide thermal transfer ribbon for a thermal color printer is composed of first and second casing sections which define a slotted let-off tube and a slotted take-up tube and turnbar. A p... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4647234 | Thermal printer A thermal printer includes a fixed planar thermal head composed of heating elements disposed in an area corresponding to one page, a detachable unitary ink donor ribbon assembly including a frame and an ink donor ribbon movably disposed in the frame and h... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4642655 | Color-indexed dye frames in thermal printers A carrier which can be used in a thermal printer includes a repeating series of spaced yellow, magenta and cyan dye frames having clear interframe areas disposed between dye frames. A cyan code patch is disposed in a portion of the clear interframe betwee... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4642656 | Thermal printer A thermal printer automatically varies torque of a slip clutch provided between a motor and an ink film takeup roller with movements of a thermal head such that the torque transmitted to the takeup roller is smaller when the thermal head is in a transfer ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4638331 | Image building apparatus An image building apparatus of the type in which both a sheet of printing medium and a strip of ink donor medium are displaced in the superimposed state in an area defined between a printing head and a platen. The printing head thermally transfers a color... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4625218 | Drive mechanism for thermal transfer type line recorder A drive mechanism for a thermal transfer type line recording apparatus is implemented with only two drive motors in driving three essential members of the recorder i.e., platen, ink sheet, and thermal head. While a first drive motor is exclusively assigne... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4614950 | Recording apparatus capable of precisely positioning a recording sheet A heat transfer recording apparatus comprises rotatable means for winding a recording sheet thereon, a transfer sheet having a layer of heat transfer material, guide means for winding the transfer sheet on the outer peripheral surface of the rotatable mea... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4594597 | Thermal printer A thermal printer of the three-pass variety for printing in color featuring a sheet feeder, automatic registration, and ejection of the sheet when printing is complete. A rotatable, cylindrical drum has the print head close adjacent thereto and includes a... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4591283 | Ribbon correction unit for printers For compensating for the lateral displacement of the ribbon (4) during the print operation in impact printers with revolving type carriers (9), an inclined pivotable roller (1) is used which is taken along by contacting the moving ribbon. This roller has ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4577199 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus In a thermal transfer recording system for use in a facsimile machine for a line-printer, a carrier such as a transfer film on which a heat transferable ink or any other record forming material is applied and a recording medium such as a recording paper a... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4562443 | Thermal transfer color recording apparatus and recording method A thermal transfer color recording apparatus comprises a transfer sheet in which a plurality of color inks adapted to be thermally transferred are arrayed in a large number of regions, and a thermal head in which a plurality of heat generating elements ad... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4173929 | Printer ribbon anti-fold mechanism An anti-fold apparatus for high speed printers to prevent the folding or creasing of a printer ribbon riding over rollers. The rollers each have spiral angular serrations thereon, and are mounted in two pairs with each roller in a pair having one end abut... | 11/13/1979 |
