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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7192116 | Systems and methods for dissipating heat from a fluid ejector carriage A system, method and structures for dissipating heat away from a thermal fluid ejector modules through a thermally-conductive carriage molded from a polymer to the ambient air surrounding the structure upon which the thermally-conductive fluid ejector carriage trans... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7128391 | Self aligning printhead carrier bearings for an imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a printhead carrier configured for movement along an X-axis. The printhead carrier includes a carrier housing having a first bearing pocket and a second bearing pocket. The first bearing pocket and the second bearing pocket are spaced a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121750 | Inkjet printer with cutting head having smoothly movable heads An inkjet printer with a cutting head comprises a linear motion rail, and a linear motion block slidably provided on the linear motion rail. An inkjet head carriage holding an inkjet head and a cutting head carriage holding a cutting head are fixed to the linear mot... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6974203 | Recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus is provided with a conveying roller for conveying a recording sheet, and a carriage that enables a recording head for recording on the recording sheet by discharging ink droplets to the recording sheet to reciprocate in the direction i... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6666599 | Carriage assembly of printer employing movable print head In a carriage assembly of a printer employing a movable print head, bosses provided with respective bearing supporting holes, each inner circumferential surface of which has a predetermined radius of curvature, are formed at a side of a carriage, and bear... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6471427 | Printhead carrier with rotatable bearings A printhead carrier assembly in an ink jet printer includes a carrier moving along a linear path. At least one rotatable bearing is attached to the carrier. The at least one rotatable bearing has at least one axis of rotation. A rotatable shaft has a surf... | 10/29/2002 |
| 5529412 | Print guide mechanism A print guide mechanism having parallel first and second guide rods, and a carriage assembly designed to move along the guide rods. The carriage assembly in a preferred embodiment comprises a frame and at least one pair of associated roller bearing assemb... | 06/25/1996 |
| 4566814 | Print head carriage assembly A print head carriage assembly having a precision, linear, ball-bearing slide mounted parallel to the platen. The device has a carriage which is supported by the inner member of the slide. The linear movement of the carriage is also controlled by a second... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4412704 | Coupling mechanism A pivotal rod, in the form of a flat bar, extends through an axial bore of a sleeve, pivotally mounted on a sliding carriage. A coupling member connecting the rod to the sleeve comprises a slide pivoted on the sleeve around a pivotal axis perpendicular to... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4200402 | Carriage guide for typing element carrier A carriage guide for supporting a typing element carrier and composed of two guide rails extending parallel to a printing abutment, and pairs of guide rollers mounted on intersecting axes and connected with the typing element carrier for centering the typ... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4089569 | Resilient mount for the driving shaft of an impact matrix printer and the like A resilient suspension mount for the ends of a lead screw drive shaft, including a bearing housing and a cover plate secured to a shaft support member by a plurality of fasteners. The end of the lead screw is disposed within a bearing. The bearing is flex... | 05/16/1978 |
| 3983985 | Typing device of flexible laminae with guide means and visibility A typing device comprises a character-bearing disc having a central part for being fixed on a selector shaft and a peripheral rim with a plurality of selectable flexible laminae. Each lamina carries a particular character and striking means flexes the sel... | 10/05/1976 |
