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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367727 | Ink sheet cartridge having paper guide An ink sheet cartridge includes a cartridge body. The cartridge body has a pair of side plates, a partitioning plate, and a cover segment together defining a frame shape with an central open space. When the ink sheet cartridge is accommodated to a facsimile device, ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6394675 | Tape printing apparatus There is provided provide a tape printing apparatus which is capable of properly operating a tape feed mechanism and a tape cutting mechanism by the use of a single motor. The tape printing apparatus is capable of printing on a printing tape while feeding... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6380963 | Carrier utilization in printing Multiple images are printed utilizing lateral sets of print elements on a printhead and lateral portions of a ribbon.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6334722 | Ink ribbon take-up body An ink ribbon take-up assembly for winding individual narrow ink ribbons produced in a slitting apparatus by slitting a wide ribbon, comprises a mounting shaft with a longitudinal groove, and ribbon cores and separators mounted alternately on the shaft. E... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6019529 | Ink film cassette and reel An ink film cassette 33 incorporates therein a supply reel 30 having an ink film wound thereon and a rewind reel 31 for taking up the ink film 32 and is attached detachably to a thermal transfer printer 10. In the cassette 33, a first torque limiter 85 fo... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5908251 | Method of printing A method of printing that utilizes a printing head having a plurality of printing elements each of which is operable to transfer a pixel print medium from a carrier on to an adjacent substrate.... | 06/01/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5893669 | Ribbon feeding device for printer A ribbon feeding device for a printer, which is simple in structure and easy to assemble and in which engagement between a pinion supported on a carriage and a rack is maintained when the carriage for carrying a printing head moves toward and away from th... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5775217 | Check writing machine having an inked ribbon The check writer for imprinting checks is comprised of a frame having a printing line, a plurality of type segment members supported by the frame, with each segment member having a set of offset printing characters thereon on the segment member facing and... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5738448 | Ribbon cassette for printer Disclosed herein is a ribbon cassette for use with a printer, including a cassette case detachably mounted in the printer and an ink ribbon stored in the cassette case and partially exposed to face a print head provided in the printer. The ribbon cassette... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5595447 | Tape cartridge and printing device having print medium cartridge The present invention provides a novel structure of a tape cartridge accommodating a printing tape and an ink ribbon used for printing, which prevents the printing tape from being stuck in a cartridge case or the ink ribbon from being slackened. The tape ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5547183 | Imaging device An imaging device which reciprocatively transports a recording sheet to form a color image thereon. A front extreme end of the recording sheet is clamped between a pair of rollers, and the pair of rollers are reciprocatively moved along a recording sheet ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5542769 | Printer such as a printer for printing self-adhesive labels having a ribbon drive To conserve relatively expensive printing ribbon, in particular a thermal transfer ribbon, when a portion of the medium which is not to be printed, e.g. the space between two labels, passes through the printing area, after the end of the printing process ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5540509 | Color printer with exchangeable ribbon cassettes A print unit provided with one or a multi-serial heads having a plurality of print pins widely arranged in a direction of the feeding of paper and is provided laterally movably on a guide shaft. A cassette holder having a plurality of monochromatic ribbon... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5536092 | Tape printer having platen moving mechanism and mechanism for interlocking platen and tape feed roller with movement of cover A tape printer capable of performing multicolor printing and permitting an already printed tape to be rewound for printing two line character trains, bold printing and adding ornamental frames beside the first printed character train. The tape printer ins... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5531527 | Apparatus and method for video printing A video printing apparatus and method in which, without interlocking the movement of the printing head with the capstan for carrying the printing paper and the paper feeding mechanism by a cam and linkage mechanism, they are respectively operated by three... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5499879 | Ribbon cassette drive system method and apparatus for portable copiers and printers A ribbon cartridge and drive system for use in printers, typewriters, copiers or the like in which a supply spool and a take-up spool are enclosed in a housing with each spool extending from the housing for selective alternate engagement with a drive memb... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5450100 | Thermal transfer recording method and apparatus for reducing ink sheet and recording medium consumption A heat transfer recording method and apparatus for recording images onto a recording medium is realized by transferring ink contained in an ink sheet onto said recording medium. The apparatus comprises means for conveying the ink sheet in both the positiv... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5172137 | Thermal printer A thermal head in a thermal printer is biased by a plurality of springs which are provided between the thermal head and stopper of the movable shafts, respectively. The distances between the thermal head and the stoppers are commonly adjusted by a rotatin... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5137378 | Thermal printer having ribbon conserving mechanism A thermal printer for printing on sheets of paper includes a drive motor having a gear train rotatably connected thereto. A ribbon take-up roll is rotated by rotation of the drive motor via the gear train and a thermal transfer ribbon is taken up by the r... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5133614 | Device for driving a printer print-head carriage having a belt tensioning device and a ribbon drive clutch In a printer, a drive motor, a drive roller arranged on the shaft of the motor, a reversal roller in spaced relation to the drive roller, and an elongated drive belt trained about the drive and reversal rollers form a tensioning device, the belt being fas... | 07/28/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4924240 | Feed for thermal printing ribbon A thermal transfer printing device for a franking machine uses a multi-strike thermal transfer ribbon. Mail items are fed to the printing device and frictional engagement between the mail item and the ribbon during a printing operation draws ribbon from a... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4828408 | Apparatus for printing an information carrier In a transfer printer, the printed, ribbon-like information carrier is suddenly separated from the printing ink ribbon 1 to 5 mm after the two ribbons have passed the transfer pins. Separation is gently initiated over a brief length before this.... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4815871 | Head control apparatus A head contorl apparatus is disclosed for a printing machine. The apparatus includes a frame with a thermal head connected to the frame. A tape roller guide is connected to the frame. The guide and the head are disposed on opposite sides of an intended ta... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4786789 | Apparatus for processing vouchers, in particular checks Apparatus for processing checks comprises an internal path defined by a toothed belt (10) passing round a enclosed loop from inlet wheels (111, 112) to outlet wheels (115) followed by a disengagement curve (125, 126). Along this path there are provided: a stat... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4773774 | Printer with erasing ribbon control function Disclosed is a printer having a correction ribbon tape for correcting printed characters. A plurality of characters printed in the same print position can be corrected in one step of feed of the correction ribbon tape.... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4760405 | Method and apparatus for recording an image Method and apparatus for effecting thermal recording on a sheet of a recording medium with the aid of a reusable ribbon which can be repeatedly used for recording a plurality of times. The recording operation is performed during forward movement as well a... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4747714 | Mechanisms for selectively raising and transporting print ribbons and correction tapes Function controlled raising and transporting mechanism for the selective control of a print ribbon or correction tape by means of a power drive and freewheeling clutches operative to effect print ribbon or correction tape transport incident to carriage mo... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4709242 | Printer A thermal transfer printer comprising means for identifying space data present between character data in a print data string. When a space portion is detected by the space identifier, the thermal head is moved apart from the platen of the printer and the ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4647232 | Multicolor thermal printer The multicolor thermal printer comprises a frame (1), a platen (4) and a carriage (2) that can move along the platen (4). This carriage (2) consists of a lower part (5) carrying the thermal print head (3) and an upper part (6) hinged to the part (5) thank... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4517573 | Thermal ink transfer printing apparatus A thermal ink transfer printing apparatus comprising a carriage moved along the rotating shaft of a platen roller, and a thermal head provided with a row of heating elements. A fixture which is urged backward by a spring is rotatably attached to the carri... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4376587 | Print ribbon protection In a printing system employing a spliced endless print ribbon, an opening is provided in the ribbon adjacent the splice to enable sensing of the approach of the splice to the print station. Printing is suspended as the splice passes the print station to a... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4347008 | Anti-reversal backcheck for printer ribbon cartridge takeup spool In a typewriter ribbon cartridge, it is necessary to maintain tension on the span of ribbon extending outside the cartridge to prevent tangling and to insure high print quality during machine operation. One technique for insuring that adequate tension is ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4342520 | Inkribbon feed mechanism An inkribbon feed mechanism is disclosed which feeds the inkribbon by utilizing power of a spacing motor by which a print head is transversed. The inkribbon feed mechanism comprises commanding means which detect a command element for reversing the inkribb... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4091913 | Printing apparatus with printing material non-motion detector A printing apparatus includes a supply of printing material, a drive assembly coupled to the printing material and capable when enabled of advancing the material along a predetermined path past a printing station, and a detection device for detecting when... | 05/30/1978 |
| 3939957 | Carriage operated ribbon drive and reverse mechanism A printer arrangement of the type which prints data serially along a line on a record medium by relative impact of type characters and record medium through a ribbon. Printing is a mixture of stop and go printing, essentially a character at a time, and co... | 02/24/1976 |
