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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357480 | System for independent translational motion on two axes using one motor A system for independent translational motion on two axes using one motor is described. In one configuration, a modified dual Scotch Yoke using slots resembling the letter J is utilized to drive both the maintenance station and ink jet head of a mailing machine.... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7331265 | Electromagnetic punch presses with feedback device An electromagnetically driven punch press is described. The punch press has an engine plate and a die set and a ram between the engine plate and die set. The engine plate has an assembly fixed thereto having a solenoid with windings that create a magnetic field when... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7289000 | Clock scaling to optimize PLL clock generation accuracy A method and system for scaling a phase lock loop (PLL) based clock, includes: selecting a clock frequency; selecting a reference frequency, multipliers, and an output divider for an output frequency of a PLL, where the output frequency is higher than the clock freq... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7245103 | Motor speed and position control A method of controlling the speed and position of a motor includes receiving a pulse train indicative of the speed of the motor, and a periodic signal at a frequency greater than the pulse train. The number of cycles of the periodic signal per cycle of the pulse tra... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244018 | Ink cartridge having retaining structure and memory The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portio... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7212981 | Postage franking device and method One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a postage franking device that includes a scale, an envelope holder and a printer. The envelope holder is suspended from the scale and defines a print zone. The printer, which is supported by the holder, is conf... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7164802 | Method for image compression by modified Huffman coding The present invention provides a system that compresses and decompresses an image. The system includes a first codec a first stage codec for identifying runs of pixels of a defined value in a data stream of the image data beginning from the left and right margins of... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7142930 | Disturbance estimated type control system, gas compressor control system and method of designing a disturbance estimated type control system A disturbance estimated-type control system has a control object based on a mathematical model having of one of a state equation and a transfer function and prepared by system identification technology. A disturbance estimating device is based on an expansion system... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7114805 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording material using a recording head, includes a part for effecting a recording operation, and a supporting member supporting the part. The supporting member has two bent portions for supporting opposite end po... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104625 | Ink jet printing apparatus and method of controlling ink jet printing apparatus An object of this invention is to provide an ink jet printing apparatus that can detect a state causing a printing operation failure without adding a sensor and also enhance the ease of handling on the part of the user while keeping an apparatus cost from rising. Fo... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7082737 | Form-fill-seal machine Form-fill-seal machine includes parts for moving a web of packaging material through the machine according to a process path and parts for transforming the web into filled bags, as well as a zipper strip applicator device for supplying a zipper strip for each bag tr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059787 | Motor control method and apparatus, time recorder having same and impact type printing apparatus An impact printing apparatus is also disclosed with printing pin actuation timing correction dependent upon scanning speed or platen shape, striking duration timing dependent upon scanning rate, or printing pin actuation timing dependent upon stored shift amounts. | 06/13/2006 |
| 7009726 | Method and apparatus for selection of items The invention relates to a method and apparatus for selection of pictures to print from a digital film, using a digital film enabled printer. The method comprises the steps of printing a selection sheet of thumbnail representations of photographs available on the di... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6975340 | Thermally activating apparatus A thermally activating apparatus comprises a main body frame (1), a thermal head (4) for heating a sheet, a first head holding member (5a) for holding the thermal head from a back portion thereof, a platen roller (2) arranged in pa... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6963415 | Recording apparatus The present invention provides a recording apparatus provided with a stepping motor as an actuator, comprising storage means for storing and holding a last exciting phase of the motor at the time of software power off and control means for, at the time of restarting... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6953294 | Positioning apparatus installed inside a printer According to the claimed invention, a positioning apparatus is disclosed. The positioning apparatus comprises a motor and a Scotch yoke for controlling the position of a first printer part. The motor is for providing a rotational motion to the Scotch yoke. In respon... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6932457 | Apparatus provided with carriage An apparatus provided with a carriage is guided and supported by at least two guide members, a guide shaft and a guide rail, arranged to be parallel to each other to enable the carriage to reciprocate. The guide members are arranged apart from each other substantial... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921147 | Printing apparatus A recording apparatus can improve stability of the speed of a carriage without increasing the production cost. The recording apparatus for performing recording by discharging ink from a recording device onto a recording medium includes a carriage adapted to convey a... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6715947 | Low rotational inertia shuttle system with a flattened sinusoidal carriage velocity A low rotational inertia shuttle system (24) for a dot matrix line printer (20) is disclosed. The low rotational inertia shuttle system (24) includes an elongate support structure (26), a carriage (22) and a counterbalance (62 | 04/06/2004 |
| 6695498 | Printer compact coil winding system An impact printer having one or multiple lines of hammers on a hammerbank for impacting a print ribbon against a print media after release by one or more electrically energized coils in a magnetic circuit with one or more pole pieces retaining the hammers... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6554395 | Print head servo and velocity controller with non-linear compensation A print head motor control system uses a desired function of print head position versus time and a measured print head position to form an error signal. The print head controller forms a motor drive signal from the sum of a first term corresponding to the... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6485207 | Printer assembly providing tension for idler pulley A printer assembly includes an idler pulley, a printhead carrier belt, an idler-pulley spring, and a ratchet stop. The printhead carrier belt is operatively connected to the idler pulley and extends in an inboard direction from the idler pulley. The idler... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6431775 | Automatic print cartridge alignment system An automatic alignment system is used to correct the offset error of a bidirectional printing device. The positional offset between the forward printing and the backward printing is compensated by adjusting the position of the printing cartridge. The actu... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6283651 | Mounting arrangement for a print head in a printer The invention relates to an arrangement for mounting a print head in a printer. The arrangement comprises a frame (1) to which a feeder device feeds a material to be printed which the printer will print on by means of a print head (3), movably arranged ad... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6264384 | Multi-functional apparatus having a small size and method for same Disclosed is a multi-functional apparatus having a small size. The multi-functional apparatus according to the present invention includes a body including a section for transferring a recordable paper and a service station formed at an outside of the reco... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6239517 | Linear shuttle motor assembly and a controller therefor A linear shuttle motor assembly used for reciprocally moving a printer head includes a rotor and a stator having the same mass. A loud, i.e., the printer head, is connected to the stator and a counter balance to the rotor. The rotor and the stator are dri... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6054835 | Stepping motor control, and operating mode of such motors A method and apparatus for operating stepping motors in a printer or copier senses temporarily changes in the moment of resistance caused by the introduction of the leading edge of the paper and overcomes this change in moment by changing the current ampl... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5998956 | Recording apparatus A higher-performance, energy saving recording apparatus, having a stepping motor as a driving source, presumes an out-of-phase state of the stepping motor. Driving setting parameters of the stepping motor are changed when an out-of-phase state of the step... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5918991 | Printing apparatus and control method for pitch and motion commands A printing apparatus and control method facilitating the development of application software that can be used with different printers when the horizontal and vertical pitches of their respective mechanical transports vary. Based on a received base pitch c... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5915861 | Method and apparatus for driving a stepping motor using digital pulse trains simulating sine and cosine waves The method for driving a stepping motor for printers comprises the generation of first pulses (16A,16B) at n levels recorded in registers and representing a simulation of sinusoidal waves. The maximum level is applied during two consecutive microsteps to ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5871291 | Recording apparatus, method and information-processing system A recording apparatus includes: a carriage that relatively moves against a recording medium, on which a recording head for recording an image of input information on a recording region of the recording medium is mounted; and a driving device for driving t... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5861726 | Recording apparatus with a step motor controlling mechanism An ink jet recording apparatus has a recording head mounted on a carrier which is shifted by a stepping motor in recording. The stepping motor is also utilized as a power source of a recovery system device. The drive mode of the stepping motor for the rec... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5857787 | Printer and motor having a balanced buck drive A dot matrix printer and motor having hammers forming in part a hammerbank and a counterbalance mechanically linked to the hammerbank with a link to the position of the motor. The motor includes coils positively driven and then negatively driven after cur... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5842795 | Printer with drive mechanism A printer including a driving shaft having first, second and third worms for feeding a recording paper, advancing a printing ribbon, and moving a carriage, respectively. The third worm for moving the carriage may be replaced by a belt. The driving shaft m... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5832820 | Integrally driven and balanced line printer A dot matrix printer having a plurality of hammers on a hammerbank with a counterbalance for the hammerbank in adjacent parallel relationship to the hammerbank. The hammerbank and counterbalance are driven by a first crank arm connected to the hammerbank ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5702190 | Dot-matrix line printer A dot-matrix line printer includes a printing shuttle which moves reciprocally to carry out a printing operation, and a balancing shuttle which moves in a direction opposite to the direction of the movement of the printing shuttle. The balancing shuttle i... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5642949 | Sheet feeding apparatus having vibration actuators The printing apparatus or the sheet feeding apparatus disclosed here which employs vibration driven actuators as driving sources has a circuit for detecting the characteristics of the actuator during preparatory operation performed previous to the regular... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5644348 | Control of print cartridge movement in an ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus for recording onto a recording medium by discharging ink includes a recorder for recording on the recording medium by discharging the ink through discharge ports, a setting device for setting a line recording mode in which r... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5628572 | Printer apparatus having a vibrator motor The present invention is directed to realize a portable, compact, light, thin, inexpensive and fast printer apparatus. A motor is provided between a printing head unit and a stationary frame member to drive the printing head unit relative to the stationar... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5605407 | Printer and its control method A printer is provided comprising a carriage on which recording head is mounted. Drive mechanisms for moving carriage in reciprocating motions an encoder having openings provided contiguously in the circumferential direction at fixed intervals, attached th... | 02/25/1997 |
