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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7309178 | Image formation device An image formation device (facsimile machine, printer, copier, etc.) is provided, which is capable of reducing the amount of ink ribbon rolled up for the removal of slack of the ribbon. When a ribbon roll-up process is started, the operation mode of the image format... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7150572 | Tape drive and printing apparatus A tape drive for use in for example a transfer printing apparatus to drive a printer ribbon. The printer ribbon is mounted on two spools each of which is driven by a respective stepper motor. A controller controls the energization of the motor such that the ribbon i... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6910819 | Printer cartridge A printer cartridge suitable for use in a cartridge-based printer houses and dispenses a roll of label media. The cartridge includes a housing having a top wall and a bottom wall. A yoke pivotally mounted between the top and bottom walls for pivotable movement about... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6607318 | Thermal printer The technique of producing a printing on a foil in a thermal printing operation during a packaging operation in which the foil is used as a packaging foil or as an information foil sheet to be applied to or below a wrap around or packaging foil for packag... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6579020 | Thermal printer A thermal printer for producing a printing on the surface of a foil in an ink transfer operation. The thermal transfer ribbon is moved relative to an energizable printing device along a specific direction of motion for causing the ink of the thermal trans... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6354753 | Method of thermal printing and a thermal printer A method of producing a printing on a surface of a foil by an energizable printing head and a thermal transfer ribbon including an ink which is transferable in an ink transfer operation at specific locations of the thermal transfer ribbon by heating the s... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6247859 | Method of printing in which the print head and print ribbon move simultaneously in the same direction A method of printing utilizing a printing apparatus with a print head that has a plurality of printing elements. During the printing process there is relative movement between the print head and the substrate being printed on. In addition, there is relati... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6132115 | Printer with a movable print head A thermal printer has a multiple element print head which is movable relative to a platen in a printing stroke to transfer ink from a ribbon to a substrate film sandwiched between the print head and the platen. The print head is mounted so as to be movabl... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6082914 | Thermal printer and drive system for controlling print ribbon velocity and tension A thermal printer having a supply of media with a rotatable platen on which the media is moved for printing by a thermal printing head. A supply spindle supplies print ribbon from a supply spool mounted thereon, and a take-up spindle takes up the used pri... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5993092 | Printer with reversible ribbon driving means for rewinding overshot ribbon A thermal printer for printing on a continuous print medium by ink transfer from a thermal print ribbon has a print head which is pivotally mounted and which is driven in an oscillatory nodding motion by means of a stepper motor so as repeatedly to bring ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5921689 | Method of calibrating a ribbon winding mechanism for a printing apparatus A method of calibrating a ribbon winding mechanism of a printing apparatus which is adapted to perform a printing operation in which at a printing station a print head is moved relative to a first length of the ribbon to transfer print medium from the fir... | 07/13/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5903299 | Thermal color printer A compact thermal color printer enables the use of a thermal type printing medium having heat sublimation type inks for a multiple-print use and a heat melting type ink for a single-print use. In the process of printing characters or symbols, using the tw... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5816719 | Printer for printing on a continuous print medium A thermal printer for printing on a continuous print medium by ink transfer from a thermal print ribbon has a print head which is pivotally mounted and which is driven in an oscillatory pivotable motion by a stepper motor so as to repeatedly bring a linea... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5800084 | Ink sheet cartridge and recording apparatus using the ink sheet cartridge There is disclosed an ink sheet cartridge loadable into a recording apparatus for performing the recording onto a recording sheet. The cartridge comprises a first winding member for winding an ink sheet of multi-print having the ink on a carrier, a second... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5700096 | Printer and method of printing using the same In a printer for printing on a recording medium using a transfer medium, a transfer medium capable of being repeatedly used at the same portion thereof (e.g., a multi-pass thermal transfer ribbon) is conveyed in the normal direction in performing the prin... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5685653 | Method and system for controlled inking of printer ribbons A method and apparatus for extending the useful life of a printing ribbon by controlling the ratio of ink used to ink applied to the ribbon, while maintaining visual clarity of printed characters. A counter accumulates the number of characters printed, an... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5647679 | Printer for printing on a continuous print medium A thermal printer for printing on a continuous print medium by ink transfer from a thermal print ribbon has a print head which is pivotally mounted and which is driven in an oscillatory nodding motion by a stepper motor so as to repeatedly to bring a line... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5533819 | Character by character thermal recording device with ink sheet feed control A thermal recording device suitable for use in an electronic typewriter for printing characters on a printing paper by means of an ink sheet. The device has a thermal recording head adapted to be pressed onto the printing paper through the ink sheet so as... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5478159 | Printer such as a printer for printing self-adhesive labels having a clutch A printer having a spring-loaded print head which can be pressed against a counterpressure roller, wherein an active strand of a printing ribbon and a medium to be printed run between the print head and the counterpressure roller, can be configured such t... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5448283 | Thermal transfer printer including control of relative rates of speed of feeding of ink sheet and recording paper based on corrected count of gradation pulses A thermal transfer printer which controls a speed of an ink sheet based on density information of document image data uses a counting part for counting the number of maximum density pixels or gradation pulses in document image data and uses a speed ratio ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5430468 | Image recording apparatus A record head is energized in accordance with received image data to transfer an ink of an ink sheet to a record medium and perform image recording on the record medium while the ink sheet and the record medium are fed in opposite directions. The rotation... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5425587 | Printer with end of print data ribbon control A printer for reducing the consumption of a ribbon at a printing completion section. A ribbon feeder feeds an ink ribbon so as to carry out printing during a period in which heat transfer is being effected on recording paper. Further, the ribbon is contin... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5415481 | Feeding of ink ribbon based on shapes of a plurality of previously printed characters A traveling amount calculating unit calculates a minimum traveling amount of a printing transfer material required for a plurality of shapes printed previously not overlying a shape to be printed next on the printing transfer material. Based on the travel... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5415482 | Thermal transfer printer with controlled ribbon feed A thermal transfer printer includes an arrangement for continuously and automatically varying the rate of advance of the thermal transfer ribbon during printing, the rate of advance being correlated with the nature of the image being printed, and the vari... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5384584 | Thermal transfer recording method and apparatus with oppositely conveyed ink sheet and recording medium controlled to maintain a substantially constant conveyance ratio A thermal transfer recording apparatus for transferring an ink contained in an ink sheet onto a recording medium to record an image on the recording medium, includes a take-up roller for taking up the ink sheet, a driving unit for driving the take-up roll... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5383732 | Thermal printing postage dispensing device having security features and method of using A thermal printing postage dispensing apparatus that is able to print a postage indicia on a mail piece in a secure manner. A thermal ribbon is provided which has pre-formed images thereon that are of a reduced size in the longitudinal direction. When the... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5379055 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus and facsimile terminal equipment using said apparatus There is disclosed a thermal transfer recording apparatus for recording an image by transferring the ink contained in an ink sheet onto a recording medium, wherein the apparatus comprises ink sheet conveying means for conveying said ink sheet, recording m... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5372439 | Thermal transfer printer with controlled ribbon feed A thermal transfer printer includes an arrangement for continuously and automatically varying the rate of advance of the thermal transfer ribbon during printing, the rate of advance being correlated with the nature of the image being printed, and the vari... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5369422 | Thermal transfer recording method in which an ink sheet is moved at a selected speed and apparatus for performing the same A thermal transfer recording apparatus for transferring an ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium to record an image on the recording medium includes a conveying unit for conveying the ink sheet, a determining unit for determining a relative speed of t... | 11/29/1994 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5274544 | Single-pass multicolor thermal transfer A transfer type recording apparatus for recording a multi-colored picture, which apparatus is miniaturized in size and, without improving an efficiency of multi-transfer of an ink sheet, is capable of forming a longer picture than in previous technology. ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5266971 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus and facsimile apparatus utilizing the same There is disclosed a thermal transfer recording apparatus in which the ratio of amount of transportation of ink sheet to that of recording sheet is varied according to a measured condition, for example head temperature, of the apparatus. When the temperat... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5260716 | Apparatus and method for thermal printing wherein donor slack is controlled by a capstan roller A thermal printer has a rotatably mounted supply spool, and a rotatably driven print drum for unwinding a dye donor web from the supply spool and advancing the web past a thermal print head at a print zone where dye is transferred to a print receiving med... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5248994 | Thermal transfer recording method and recording apparatus using the same A thermal transfer recording apparatus for transferring an ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium to record an image on the recording medium includes a conveying unit for conveying the ink sheet, a determining unit for determining a relative speed of t... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5248993 | Thermal printer having a controller for controlling paper feed operation and a printing method thereof The invention relates to a thermal printer and a printing method thereby, using a step motor for feeding a sheet of paper, a scanning type thermal head and a control unit by which the paper feeding operation is temporarily stopped and the printing operati... | 09/28/1993 |
