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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7079167 | Ink sheet cartridge and exchangeable ink-sheet set mounted on the ink sheet cartridge An ink sheet cartridge and method of assembly for an ink sheet cartridge including a cartridge body rotatably supporting four spools. The spool includes a first rotation member having a transmission gear and a shaft member having a flange. The first rotation member ... | 07/18/2006 |
| RE39169 | Ink ribbon cartridge having a particular spool and spindle arrangement The invention provides an ink ribbon cartridge which ensures proper, reliable mounting of an ink ribbon. The ink ribbon cartridge of the invention includes a pair of spools, an ink ribbon including a band-like sheet wound around the pair of spools and provided with ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6991388 | Ink ribbon cartridge having takeup-side cover with opening positioned beneath protrusion in cover An ink ribbon is formed from a belt shaped sheet body, and is wound around a pair of tubes. Spools are detachably mounted at each end of the tube bodies. An ink ribbon cartridge includes side plates formed with supporting openings for supporting corresponding spools... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6623192 | Ink ribbon cartridge having protrusion and recessed portion An ink ribbon cartridge includes a frame having a first side, a second side, a third side, and fourth side. The first side and the second side extend in a widthwise direction and have supporting portions. The third side and the fourth side extend between ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6283652 | Hollow drum-type recording apparatus A hollow drum-type recording apparatus includes: a hollow drum which has an opening and whose hollow circular arc-shaped main body rotates; a recording sheet which is wound around the surface of the circular arc-shaped main body of the hollow drum from a ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6276849 | Printer spool and spool drive cone having radially extending teeth A thermal transfer printer including a chassis having opposing side frame members. A pair of cones are each rotatably mounted to one of the opposing side frame members. At least one of the cones has a convex surface with one or more teeth formed thereon. ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6257780 | Ink ribbon cartridge having one undetachable spool and idle rotation preventing structure An ink ribbon is formed form a belt shaped sheet body, and is wound around a pair of tubes. Spools are detachably mounted at each end of the tube bodies. An ink ribbon cartridge includes side plates formed with supporting openings for supporting correspon... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6161972 | Ink ribbon cartridge having a particular spool and spindle arrangement The invention provides an ink ribbon cartridge which ensures proper, reliable mounting of an ink ribbon. The ink ribbon cartridge of the invention includes a pair of spools, an ink ribbon including a band-like sheet wound around the pair of spools and pro... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6082913 | Cartridge for printing In conventional cartridges, the image receiving tape is formed as a roll of long tape, which is taken up by a tape supply roll and accommodated in a case, so that the image receiving tape after printing becomes curly; when or after separating the separati... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6076982 | Ink ribbon assembly An ink ribbon assembly is disclosed which includes an ink ribbon, a support for the ink ribbon and data retention means associated with the support. The support, for example, may be a supply spool, a take-up spool, and a rotatable ring. The data retention... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5984546 | Ribbon cassette having projecting holding parts A ribbon cassette is easily loaded without allowing a torsion force to be acted when the cassette is loaded into a printing apparatus and/or a facsimile apparatus each using the ribbon cassette. A ribbon cassette has a ribbon supplying part for supplying ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5913621 | Ink ribbon cartridge having means to prevent improper mounting of ink ribbon The invention provides an ink ribbon cartridge which ensures proper, reliable mounting of an ink ribbon. The ink ribbon cartridge of the invention includes a pair of spools, an ink ribbon including a band-like sheet wound around the pair of spools and pro... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5897256 | Ink ribbon cartridge retention device for a recording apparatus The invention provides a recording apparatus capable of preventing deterioration of printing quality likely to be caused by ink ribbon creases. The recording apparatus uses a replaceable ink ribbon cartridge which has an ink ribbon wound on a take-up spin... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5741080 | Cassette mounting on door of recording apparatus A recording apparatus for recording onto a recording medium comprises a loading section for loading rockably an ink sheet cartridge having an ink sheet containing ink, a first winding member for winding said ink sheet, a second winding member for winding ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5667318 | Casette reel holding mechanism and the recording apparatus using the aforesaid cassette A cassette which can be molted in a recording apparatus includes a first winding member for winding one side of a strip member, a second winding member for winding the other side of the strip member, and a frame for rotatively housing the first and second... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5622440 | Ink film cassette having a torque applying device therein An ink film cassette which is detachably attached to a thermal transfer recording device, the ink film cassette having a supply reel winding an ink film therearound, a take-up reel which rolls up the ink film fed out from the supply reel and a torque limi... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5584587 | Ribbon cassette and video printer for use therewith A ribbon cassette for accommodating a length of inked ribbon for use with a thermal wax transfer printer. The cassette includes a generally cylindrical supply casing having a supply slot defined therein so as to extend parallel to a first longitudinal of ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5547298 | Dye ribbon package for thermal printers An improved package for supply and take-up spools of dye ribbon for use with the cassette of a thermal printer in which the ribbon spools include a part, e.g. a flange, shaped for engagement with a correspondingly shaped socket in the carton holding the s... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5536093 | Supply and take-up reels in an ink sheet cartridge and recording apparatus using said ink sheet cartridge An ink sheet cartridge mountable onto a recording apparatus comprises a supply reel around which an ink sheet is wound, a take-up reel for winding the ink sheet supplied from the supply reel, and a frame body for holding the supply reel and the take-up re... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5518328 | Tape unit An object of the invention is to offer tape units having a plurality of kinds of tapes and to be reloaded to corresponding tape cassettes, and when the tape unit is to be reloaded, the kind of tape unit to be reloaded can be discriminated at a single glan... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5516219 | High resolution combination donor/direct thermal printer A high resolution thermal printer capable of printing both directly on a thermally responsive media and indirectly through a thermally responsive donor media is disclosed. The printer has a printing media guide mounted as an intermediate clamshell structu... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5513920 | 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... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5492422 | Ink ribbon cartridge An ink ribbon cartridge including a cartridge housing having a first side wall and a second side wall opposed to each other. The cartridge housing has a pair of first engaging portions on an inside surface of the first side wall. A supply spool and a take... | 02/20/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5415486 | Dye ribbon package for use with a thermal printer and a method of loading the reloadable cassette of a thermal printer with a dye ribbon from a dye ribbon package A dye ribbon package for use with a thermal printer and containing for that purpose in spaced parallel relation therein a supply spool wound with dye ribbon and a take up spool for rewinding the dye ribbon as it is unwound from the supply package, a leadi... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5352049 | Means for holding thermal transfer printing ink-sheet in cartridge An apparatus for holding a thermal transfer printing ink-sheet in a cartridge case and for indicating a characteristic of the ink-sheet, comprises an ink-sheet including an ink which is transferred from the ink-sheet by a heat energy, a shaft on which the... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5230574 | Recording apparatus having a compound movement print head A recording apparatus in which a comparatively small spacing is required for automatic loading of transfer paper of a transfer paper and record paper cartridge. The recording apparatus comprises a spool feeding mechanism for feeding a supply spool from a ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5128763 | Ink sheet cassette and recording apparatus capable of mounting the cassette An ink sheet cassette mountable on a recording apparatus includes a frame member, an ink sheet having ink thereon, a first winding member capable of winding the ink sheet, and a second winding member also capable of winding the ink sheet. A first support ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5079565 | Thermal transfer printing apparatus and ink paper cassette A thermal transfer printing apparatus includes a reading device for reading a code registered section provided on an ink sheet cassette, and a color discrimination device, a part of which is provided on a thermal head. The apparatus acts to heat an ink sh... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5005998 | Cartridge for a printer system A cartridge for a printer system for storing a paper and an ink film comprises an ink film storing part provided at a front side of the cartridge for holding a first roll of ink film and a second roll of ink film immediately behind the first roll so that ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4998834 | Slide assembly for mounting a print ribbon There is disclosed a printer with an improved arrangement to facilitate changing of inking ribbons. A slide assembly is placed in a load position and loaded with an inking ribbon supply roll. Thereafter, the inking ribbon is threaded about guides. With th... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4998117 | Thermal transfer printer In a thermal transfer recording apparatus comprising an ink film coated with a heat-fusion type ink, an ink film supplying roller rotatably mounted at a first support member, an ink film winding roller rotatably mounted at a second support member, and a r... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4978240 | Ink ribbon cartridge for printing apparatus An ink ribbon cartridge for a printing apparatus, in which two reels for the supply and take-up of a ink ribbon are rotatably mounted, incorporates a cartridge body and cover in which support sections for retaining the ends of the reels are provided. At a... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4924242 | Thermal recording apparatus using a detachable ink sheet cassette A transfer type thermal recording apparatus suitable for use in a facsimile machine and the like is provided. The apparatus includes a thermal print head and a sheet of recording paper is transported as pressed against the thermal print head with an ink s... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4919555 | Carbon ribbon supply apparatus for a printer The supply spindle for the carbon ribbon in a thermal printer is supported cantileverly at one end thereof by a pair of axially spaced bearings. The axis of the second bearing is slightly off center relative to the axis of the first bearing, the precise l... | 04/24/1990 |
