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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922408 | Printer with belt tensioning unit A thermal transfer printer having a configuration in which a drive power of one motor is transmitted to a platen roller and a ribbon conveying mechanism can be easily assembled. The printer has: (a) a printing medium feed reel, (b) a ribbon feed reel, (c) a platen r... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7300220 | Hand-separable ribbon spool assembly A hand-separable ribbon spool shaft assembly adapts a plain ribbon spool so as to provide drive and location functions. The shaft assembly is composed of at least two shaft parts that are assembled to the ribbon spool and cooperate to provide a manual hand-action lo... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7073963 | Film support devices and printing system handling ink film for printing A system is provided for movably supporting an ink film in a printer. The system has cylindrical supply and take-up cores for supporting and taking up the film during printing operations. The cores may be made of molded plastic resin. The ends of the cores are sized... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052194 | Apparatus and method for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism An apparatus for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism of a ribbon feed system includes a supporting structure carrying a plurality of ribbon transport devices including a ribbon storage spool, a ribbon take-up spool, and at least one ribbon guide around which ro... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7033093 | Film support devices, printing system, and method of handling ink film for printing A system is provided for movably supporting an ink film in a printer. The system has cylindrical supply and take-up cores for supporting and taking up the film during printing operations. The cores may be made of molded plastic resin. The ends of the cores are sized... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6905268 | Clutch mechanism with one piece plastic spool An ink ribbon cartridge has a take-up spool (130) with an opening having a plurality of drive surfaces (200) and slip surfaces (202). The take up spool is preferably of a one-piece construction. A first spindle with a cantilever member (196 | 06/14/2005 |
| 6877918 | Mechanism for adjusting tension of an inked ribbon of a printer A ribbon winding side ribbon and a ribbon supply side ribbon holder are provided for supplying an inked ribbon to a thermal printer. A ribbon tension detecting plate is rotatably supported on a frame so as to be rotated in dependency on tension of the inked ribbon. ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6840689 | Thermal printer with improved transport, drive, and remote controls A thermal printer utilizing a platen on which media can move over a print head in association with print ribbon from a supply spool driven by motors connected to a print ribbon supply and take-up with a program to provide current settings and engine control to the r... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6648527 | Mechanism for adjusting tension of an inked ribbon of a printer A ribbon winding side ribbon and a ribbon supply side ribbon holder are provided for supplying an inked ribbon to a thermal printer. A ribbon tension detecting plate is rotatably supported on a frame so as to be rotated in dependency on tension of the ink... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6422770 | Universal inked ribbon assembly for printing apparatus An inked ribbon assembly for use with a printing apparatus such as a thermal facsimile machine includes a generally cylindrical supply spool, a generally cylindrical take-up spool, and a sheet-like inked ribbon extending therebetween, with the inked ribbo... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6145769 | Tape winding devices A thin ribbon cassette (16) is a set on a tape winding device and its vertical-direction position is fixed by a position restricting member (18) provided on a back of a cover and for an apparatus body. When the ribbon cassette (16) is thin in corresponden... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6042038 | Tape winding devices A thin ribbon cassette (16) is set on a tape winding device and its vertical-direction position is fixed by a position restricting member (18) provided on a back of a cover for an apparatus body. When the ribbon cassette (16) is thin in correspondence to ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6039477 | Ink ribbon take-up mechanism having transfer member It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink ribbon take-up mechanism whereby a core and a pinch roller both disposed in an ink ribbon cassette are prevented from being tilted or wobbled under the tension of an ink ribbon housed within the i... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6034708 | Ribbon drive for a thermal demand printer A thermal demand printer for printing on media is a novel system which includes a case structure including a hinged cover panel, easily removable guide structures and media hanger, and a single central support wall to which the various components are atta... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5959652 | Thermal ink ribbon cassette for mailing machines A thermal ink ribbon cassette for holding an inked ribbon of indefinite length for use in a thermal transfer printing mechanism holds a spool of fresh ink ribbon which passes out of the cassette and across a thermal printing head, and then back into the c... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5820279 | Computer driven printer Apparatus for maintaining tension on a ribbon in a printer used for transferring an image, e.g., thermally, from a print head through the ribbon to a print medium. By maintaining ribbon tension and thus keeping the ribbon essentially without wrinkles, pri... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5779372 | Hot stamp imprinting system with locking cam reel hubs A printing system for transferring ink from an inked ribbon supplied from a ribbon roll having a tubular core with an inner surface onto a substrate. The system includes a rotatable locking cam hub having a reel hub with a first surface engageable with th... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5727883 | Winding member for winding an ink sheet, housing member for housing such a winding member, and recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium by use of such a housing member A recording apparatus includes conveying means for conveying a recording medium, a platen for conveying and supporting the recording medium and an ink sheet, recording means for pressing the recording medium and ink sheet to the platen and heating the ink... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5709488 | Printer A printer is capable of preventing the formation of creases in a portion of an ink ribbon corresponding to a print head and of printing characters and images in good print quality without forming streaks attributable to creases in the ink ribbon. A main f... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5562352 | Dye donor web loading apparatus for a thermal printer A thermal printer has a dye donor supply spool with a body and first and second end portions extending from the body. First and second receptacles are positioned for matingly receiving the first and second end portions of the dye donor supply spool. The s... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5549400 | High precision dye donor web positioning in a thermal color printer A thermal printer includes a web transport for positioning a dye donor web along a path; a sensor along the path and spaced from the print line for detecting the arrival of a leading edge of a dye frame, and a control for the web transport. The control is... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5529410 | Method and apparatus for controlling tension on a sheet material in a reel-to-reel transport system A method and apparatus for controlling tension on a sheet material in a reel-to-reel transport system. The sheet material is feed along a defined path from a supply reel to a take-up reel. A motor is operatively connected to the take-up reel for applying ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5496121 | Transfer materials supplier An entry controlled ribbon core engager for a recorder having an interior space accessible through a selectively movable cover when in an open position during which providing or removing of a ribbon cassette with a supply ribbon thereon may be effected. T... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5451996 | Multiprint ink sheet cartridge and recording apparatus capable of mounting the same An ink sheet cartridge mountable on a recording apparatus includes a frame, an ink sheet provided in the frame, a takeup reel for winding the ink sheet, a supply reel for unwinding the ink sheet, and a driving force transmission means for transmitting a d... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5439303 | Split-spline hub and latch mechanism A ribbon cartridge includes two hubs, each hub having two sets of longitudinally extending splines. The two sets are offset from each other circumferentially and longitudinally and form a detent between the sets. A latch mechanism includes a retaining mem... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5433539 | Control of media movement using a periodic calibration method and apparatus A ribbon supply apparatus including a support in which a ribbon supply spool and a take-up spool are rotatably mounted. The supply and take-up spools and the support are designed so that these spools can be mounted in the support in only one way, the corr... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5399036 | Tape taking-up mechanism A first power transmitting shaft is fitted to a second power transmitting shaft in such a manner as to be freely rotated independently of each other, The first power transmitting shaft is applied to a cartridge provided with a wide ribbon taking-up spool ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5378072 | Transfer materials supplier An entry controlled ribbon core engager for a recorder having an interior space accessible through a selectively movable cover when in an open position during which providing or removing of a ribbon cassette with a supply ribbon thereon may be effected. T... | 01/03/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5355152 | Thermal ribbon encoder assembly for a thermal printing postage meter The thermal printing apparatus includes a base supported registration wall. The registration wall has claps mounted thereto for supporting a thermal ribbon cassette. Also, mounted to the registration wall is a thermal print head which extends over the dec... | 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 |
| 5201592 | Reinking color ribbon cassette and ink ribbon selection mechanism A reinking color ribbon cassette for a printer is described. The cassette has plural, independent ink ribbons of different colors - such as the primary colors and a black color - and a ribbon feeder for driving only the ink ribbon of a selected color to p... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5192149 | Cassette for typing ribbon for typewriters A unitary cassette for a typewriter comprises a container and two arms. The container comprises two support elements and which project from the bottom and which are capable of rotatably supporting a supply spool and a take-up spool for a correction ribbon... | 03/09/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5152621 | Film ribbon cassette with mechanism for preventing reverse rotation A cassette comprises a driving roller provided with a device for preventing the reverse rotation, a driving pulley connected with the driving roller, a rubber belt for transmitting a motion of the driving pulley and a take-up spool on which a film ribbon ... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5143461 | Printer A thermal head of a printer is provided to contact a platen through an elongated print paper and an elongated ink ribbon. One end of the ink ribbon is wound and retained on a ribbon core, and the other end is taken up by a take up spool. The print paper a... | 09/01/1992 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
