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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7448813 | Heat transfer printing device and printing method Incorporates means for maintaining a constant tension in the printing ribbon (3) consisting of a loading drum (9-9') placed after the thermal print head (1) that attracts the ribbon to define a loop, thereby maintaining a constant tension... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7213990 | Ink ribbon cartridge An ink ribbon cartridge, having a frame, a pair of supply shaft connecting members for connecting ends of a supply shaft to the frame, a first take-up shaft connecting member for connecting an end of a take-up shaft to the frame, the first take-up shaft connecting m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6860659 | Traction device for heat-sensitive ink ribbon A recording deice includes a cylinder (1) of heat-sensitive ink ribbon (2), a rewinding cylinder (5), and a marking header (19). The device prevents unused segments of ribbon being left between markings. The device has a moving support ( | 03/01/2005 |
| 6835012 | Ribbon cassette A ribbon cassette containing a supply core, a web located on the supply core, a storage core, a device for increasing the tension on the web as it passes from said supply core to said storage core to produce a tensioned web, a drive roller contiguous with the web, a... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6736558 | Disposable ribbon cartridge for shorthand machines A disposable ink ribbon cartridge for use in a shorthand machine. The cartridge includes an endless loop ribbon threaded through an advancing mechanism in contact with a movable ink reservoir. The advancing mechanism advances the ribbon and also transfers ink from t... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6422771 | Disposable ribbon cartridge for shorthand machine A disposable ink ribbon cartridge for use in a shorthand machine. The cartridge includes an endless loop ribbon threaded through an advancing mechanism in contact with a movable ink reservoir. The advancing mechanism advances the ribbon and also transfers... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6307583 | Thermal printer with reversible ribbon and method therefor A thermal printer that transfers print from a ribbon onto a moving web, and methods therefor, by dispensing ribbon from a supply spindle with one or more feed rollers rotating in a first direction, and winding the ribbon on a rewind spindle when dispensin... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6019528 | Compact ribbon cassette with meshing gear positive drive A compact ribbon cassette for dispensing and storing a ribbon or tape upon integrally formed dispensing and storage spools. The dispensing and storage spools are disposed upon a common rotatable shaft mounted for rotation within the housing. A pair of mes... | 02/01/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5851076 | Printer adapted to guide a dye donor therein and method therefor Printer adapted to guide a dye donor therein and method therefor. The dye donor ribbon has a leading end portion, which in turn has a plurality of sprocket holes spaced along parallel side portions of the leading end portion. A print head activates the dy... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5820280 | Printer with variable torque distribution A printer includes a variable torque assembly that allows a printer controller to vary torque on supply and take-up reels in response to monitored diameter of the supply or take-up reels. In one embodiment, the variable torque assembly is a torque divider... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5593238 | Method and apparatus for controlling transport of thermal transfer ribbon An apparatus for use in a thermal printer for printing bar code symbols onto a paper substrate material is provided which utilizes a ribbon having a multi-transfer ink layer. The thermal printer enables the ink ribbon to be transported at a rate that is s... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5476330 | Ink ribbon cassette for thermal transfer printer An ink ribbon cassette for use in a thermal transfer printer, the ink ribbon cassette including an opening and containing an ink ribbon wound on a draw-out reel and a windup reel and having a portion exposed through the opening. The ink ribbon cassette in... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5376951 | Thermal transfer printer and ribbon cassette for use in the same A thermal transfer printer in which printing is performed by melting ink from an ink ribbon and transferring the molten ink to a printing sheet, and which is capable of erasing printed characters as desired by attaching the transferred ink to the ink ribb... | 12/27/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5354138 | Self adjusting, low torque ribbon drive system An improved ribbon cartridge has an endless printing ribbon and a ribbon inlet and outlet through which a portion of the printing ribbon is fed outside the cartridge for use by a printing device in a printing operation. The ribbon cartridge includes a sel... | 10/11/1994 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5280303 | High precision donor web positioning apparatus and method for a thermal printer A thermal printer has a donor web positioning system that uses a single sensor in conjunction with a capstan roller. The roller is driven by a stepper motor to precisely meter the donor web. The roller is positioned between the print drum and the take-up ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5138335 | Thermal printer with removable ribbon unit A thermal printer includes a ribbon supply device for running a transfer ribbon through a printing section. The device includes a ribbon unit and a ribbon drive section which are removably mounted on a head supporting frame of the printing section. The ri... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4861177 | Reloadable ribbon cassette system A reloadable ribbon cassette system for typewriters or office machines of similar construction employs a bottom housing in which an exchangeable supply spool core for the ribbon and an exchangeable take-up spool core can be rotatably mounted. To facilitat... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4826334 | Endless loop ribbon cassette with ordered storage An endless loop ribbon cassette wherein the storage of a ribbon in a ribbon cassette is effected by a belt assembly which causes the ribbon to move along a generally linear path substantially corresponding to one dimension of a storage cavity. This effect... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4820067 | Ribbon cartridge A printer ribbon cartridge of the type employing two ribbon spools mounted in spaced relation in the cavity formed in the case of the cartridge. In this one, the ribbon is driven by a belt engaging the spools and, in turn, the belt is engaged by both of t... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4767228 | Ribbon cassettes A ribbon cassette, such as in inked ribbon for a printing machine, has a supply spool and a take-up spool. An unwinding force is applied to the ribbon and the take-up spool is driven from the supply spool through a slip coupling. The configuration of the ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4756634 | Friction device for the drive of a ribbon of a typewriter or printer A friction device, preferably for printer-typewriter ribbons, intended to provide engagement between a drive roller and the ribbon and wherein a counter pressure roller is supported by a flexible shaft in the form of a helical spring which is mounted at a... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4712113 | Thermal transfer ribbon mechanism and recording method A thermal printing apparatus is disclosed in which ribbon advancing mechanism including a supply spool and a take-up spool operated by a stepping motor is disclosed. Mechanism is provided for reversing the direction in which the take-up spool is driven by... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4705417 | Postal franking machine A movement monitoring device for monitoring the movement of items past or through a work station wherein the items move synchronously with a ribbon through or past the work station. The transport of the items is monitored by a detector which monitors the ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4630948 | Inked ribbon cartridge The inked ribbon cartridge comprises an endless ribbon, an elongated housing for the ribbon, a first laterally extending finger at on end of the housing, a longitudinally slidable arm at the other end of the housing carrying a second finger disposed gener... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4601594 | Endless ink ribbon cassette having selective ribbon tension control An ink ribbon cassette for a printer includes a ribbon storage chamber in which an endless ink ribbon is stored. The ribbon has a portion lying outside the chamber, and is movable out of and into the chamber by a feed roller. A roller is provided in the v... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4557617 | Tape supply cartridge A tape supply cartridge for supplying tape and ribbon to a lettering apparatus having a mechanism for creating a lettering force and a mechanism for positioning a character to be lettered into lettering position. The cartridge includes an improved device ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4451166 | Inked ribbon cartridge with ribbon drag device A flexible member is mounted in an inked ribbon cartridge such that it presses a high friction pad against a cartridge wall between a ribbon entry aperture, and the nip of a take-up spool and an associated drive wheel, thereby to apply a drag force on and... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4401393 | Printer ribbon cassette and feed mechanism An improved, disposable inexpensive feed mechanism is uniquely incorporated in a cassette having a flexible or movable wall driven by contact with a moving printer carriage or the like. Friction facing of the moving wall cooperates with a fixed friction f... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4264224 | Off-the-carrier ribbon feed and drive on a high speed movable-carrier impact printer In order to maintain constant tension on a relatively long expanse of ribbon stretched along the carrier path in impact printer apparatus having off-the-carrier ribbon drive and feed, apparatus is provided for driving a first and a second reel in forward ... | 04/28/1981 |
