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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7226226 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus (10) includes a carrier ribbon supply tool (12) and a carrier ribbon take-up spool (16), a print head (22) having a plurality of heating elements which are individually addressable and energizable selectively to remov... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7070347 | Printer with a pivoting gear mechanism A printer, suitable for use in a hand held printer, having a dual direction drive mechanism for driving ink ribbon in a forward feed direction and a reverse feed direction. The drive mechanism is mounted in a printer body, and includes a stationary gear drive assemb... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6965391 | Thermal transfer ribbon actuation device for printing machines Applicable to machines having a moving carriage (4) that can move transversally with respect to the continuous band to be printed and that includes a thermal printing head (9) by which passes a thermal ribbon, from a cassette of origin (5) to a ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6478486 | Printer with ribbon advance mechanism A ribbon advance mechanism has a advancing spool, a metal support shaft for supporting a advancing spool base part for rotation, and a coil spring attached between a base part of the advancing spool and the support shaft. The coil spring is mounted on a c... | 11/12/2002 |
| 5975777 | Printing apparatus with a shuttle for moving the printing ribbon A printing apparatus for printing on a substrate, including a base mounting a storage spool for printing ribbon, a ribbon take-up spool, and there being a ribbon path from the storage to the take-up spool through a printing station, a print head relative ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5906444 | Bi-directional thermal printer and method therefor A method and system for printing bi-directionally with a thermal print head movable back and forth along a print path adjacent a ribbon to transfer ink therefrom onto a substrate. The ribbon being drawn from an unwind reel and adjacent the print path, and... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5586828 | Printer with printing hammer The printer such that when characters are printed, a carriage is moved in a printing direction. Corresponding to the direction of the movement of the carriage, a printing hammer driving mechanism is selected through a pivotal lever, a pendulum member, and... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5429443 | Thermal transfer printer with ink ribbon feed controller A ribbon cassette of which the type of ink ribbon accommodated in the ribbon cassette may be identified by detection switches arranged on the carriage of a thermal transfer printer, without using a plurality of types of ribbon cassette case which are diff... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5302036 | Multi-color ribbon cassette position adjusting apparatus A multi-color ribbon cassette position adjusting apparatus comprises a carrier having a print head, a cassette mounting member rockably supported on the carrier, and a fine adjustment mechanism attached to the cassette mounting member, for finely rocking ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5127751 | Printing apparatus with improved work of ink ribbon replacement A printing apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes: a plurality of replaceable ink ribbons each having a ribbon end indicating an end of the ribbon; a printer for printing an image by using the ink ribbons while scanning printing paper... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5090827 | Mechanism for moving thermal head on carriage In a printer with reciprocating carriage, a motor mounted on the carriage is used for up-down motion of the recording head, reciprocating motion of the carriage and sheet feeding motion so that the printer can be made compact and less expensive. The carri... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5030967 | Constant tension device for a thermal transfer printer A constant tension device for peeling an ink ribbon away from a printing medium during a correction operation in which ink printing produced by a thermal transfer printer is erased, a roller mounted on the printer is pressed against another roller mounted... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4986677 | Electronic typewriter having improved paper and ink feed mechanisms selectively driven by a single reversible motor There is disclosed an output apparatus which prints and outputs onto an ink ribbon in an electronic typewriter or the like. One motor is commonly used for print paper feed, ribbon feed, and ribbon lift up/down operations. The ribbon feed mechanism is cont... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4955738 | Printer with disengageable ribbon feed A printer has a platen for holding a recording paper sheet, a thermal head which is arranged to oppose the platen and which is urged against and prints on the paper sheet in response to a recording signal, a pivot lever for urging or separating the therma... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4952084 | Head position controller for thermal printer A head position controller for a thermal printer which includes a thermal head, a platen, and a carriage which is supported for movement relative to the platen by a motor. The controller includes a head contacting plate, and a motor driven cam which engag... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4921363 | Thermal transfer printer having independent carriage scanning mechanism and ribbon winding motor An improved thermal transfer printer which is so arranged that a winding motor for driving a transfer ribbon winding device in synchronization with a carriage motor is mounted on the carriage separately from the carriage motor so as to reduce the load app... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4908632 | Thermal printing apparatus A thermal printing apparatus includes a carriage body on which a thermal ribbon cassette is detachably mounted, a driving gear rotated in accordance with the movement of the carriage body, a spool shaft rotatably mounted on the carriage body for rotating ... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4874262 | Printer having pivotable ribbon guide A printer including a first and a second guide shaft which extend parallel to an elongate platen, to slidably support a carriage on which a print head is mounted. The second guide shaft is spaced by a greater distance away from the platen than the first g... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4836698 | Invertible ribbon cartridge In a printing apparatus wherein a reversible ribbon cassette is detachably installed, provided are means for indicating which side of the ribbon cassette is the side facing upward and means for detecting whether the side of the ribbon cassette attempted t... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4787763 | Printing ribbon positioning apparatus and method of operation thereof A printing ribbon positioning apparatus and method of operation thereof advances a ribbon in connection with the printing of a character with one of a plurality of print rows across the width of the ribbon by an amount that takes into consideration the pa... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4777533 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprises a housing having an upper wall and a bottom wall, a document table provided on the outer surface of the upper wall for placing a document thereon, a scanner for scanning the image of the document placed on the document... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4758108 | Printing apparatus with carriage drive utilized to feed print and erase ribbons and/or to feed the print ribbon and shift the erase ribbon A printer, including a first and a second feed mechanism supported by a carriage for feeding a print ribbon and an erase ribbon, respectively, at least one rotatable shaft supported by the reciprocating carriage rotatably in opposite directions, a one-way... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4758966 | Thermal printing apparatus and method A thermal printing apparatus and method are disclosed which allows a plurality of thermal print head elements to remain concurrently active, with each individual element being capable of remaining active for a time duration unique to itself and independen... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4750881 | Easily assembled carriage mechanism of printer A carriage mechanism of a printer includes a carriage frame, a printed circuit board mounted on the carriage frame and having an exposed wiring portion and a plurality portion of guide holes, and a cable having at one end thereof an exposed wiring portion... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4750008 | Thermal transfer printer A thermal transfer printer wherein a ribbon cassette adapted to receive therein an ink ribbon which is guided outside from a ribbon take-out portion in a manner such that the ribbon is drawn out of a ribbon pull-in portion is placed on a carriage, and a h... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4747715 | Vacuum buffered ribbon transport system A printer having extended ribbon capacity is provided with a vacuum buffering system which stores ribbon on either side of a ribbon utilization mechanism, illustratively an impact print head. In a preferred embodiment, the ribbon is stored in a pair of va... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4715735 | Dual mode printing apparatus with multiple print ribbon cassettes A printing apparatus having a carrier which reciprocates along a print line defined on a platen, comprising a first printing assembly supported on the carrier and having type elements abuttable on the platen for printing characters, and a second printing ... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4711591 | Printer for printing by ink transfer There is disclosed an ink transfer printer in which an ink transfer ribbon is displaced in synchronization with the printing head under electric control to achieve high reliability with a simple mechanism.... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4712115 | Thermal-transfer printer A thermal-transfer printer includes a carriage arranged for reciprocation along a recording paper and a thermal head movable together with the carriage. On the carriage is mounted a ribbon cassette having a pair of reels and repeatedly usable ink ribbon w... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4707154 | Printer A printer and in particular a printer adapted for use with a thermal print head is provided. The printer includes a power transmission which controls two clutches with a single electromagnetic driving unit. A clutch of a power transmission is initialized ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4693619 | Stepping motor operated positioning device for a ribbon lifter in a printer A positioning device for a printer for driving a ribbon base on which a ribbon cassette is carried by means of a stepping motor to position a ribbon to any of predetermined shift positions. The device includes a stopper for defining a home position of the... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4687357 | Ink ribbon cassette for use in printer An ink ribbon cassette is constructed such that it is unnecessary to wind off an ink ribbon at the start of every line printing process. The cassette includes two pairs of reels, each pair including an ink ribbon-winding off reel and an ink ribbon-winding... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4657418 | High capacity ribbon supply arrangement A ribbon supply arrangement for a printer is provided with a first ribbon supply portion having supply and take-up reels therein, the ribbon being provided to a second ribbon supply portion which is installed on a carriage of the printer. In one embodimen... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4653944 | Character selecting mechanism for a serial printer A serial printer of the print thimble type is provided with a character selecting mechanism tied in with the ribbon advance mechanism. A drive gear is rotationally rigid with the print thimble and is driven to rotate by a gear of greater thickness than th... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4652154 | Thermal printer operative in three modes including direct printing, printing with black ink ribbon cassette, and printing with color ink ribbon cassette A thermal printer includes a thermal head pressed against a paper sheet on a platen directly or through an ink ribbon, a carrier which holds the thermal head and on which a black or color ink ribbon is detachably mounted, a first detector for generating a... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4651165 | Recorder A recorder comprises cam means rotatably mounted on a carriage and having first and second synchronously rotated cams, head shift means for shifting up and down a record head in response to the movement of the first cam, take-up means for taking up an ink... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4650351 | Thermal printer A thermal printer (10) has a thermal transfer medium (28) fed past a thermal printhead (21) at a substantially constant velocity by a feed roll (82) engaging the thermal transfer medium just prior to the printhead to maintain a portion of the thermal tran... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4641149 | Thermal transfer printer In the thermal transfer printer for printing with an ink ribbon in plural columns, a center of a flat portion formed on the platen roller of a contact portion of the thermal head and a center of the thermal head are shifted corresponding to an amount of s... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4641150 | Thermal printer A thermal printer having a reciprocable carriage on which a thermal head is carried. The printer further includes a rotatable gear for winding print tape, a toothed rack that can move toward and away from the winding gear, and a driving plate for reciproc... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4639880 | Ribbon feed system of combined printer A ribbon feed system of a combined printer equipped with a first printing section and a second printing section selectively rendered operative depending on the type of printing to be performed. The ribbon feed system includes a ribbon drive capable of dri... | 01/27/1987 |
