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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7011463 | Printer A printer having a roll paper compartment 8 for housing a recording paper roll and a movable divider 83 for adjustably setting one side of the roll paper compartment 8 to adjustably accommodate different widths of roll paper and to facilitate pl... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6565273 | Printer that accomodates rolled paper having various widths A printer that is able to accommodate rolled papers of different widths. The printer includes a rolled-paper holder and a partitioning member. The rolled-paper holder includes a bottom wall having a first contact bottom portion and a second contact bottom... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6511240 | Rolled-paper holding mechanism and a printer including same A miniaturized rolled-paper holding mechanism is capable of detecting the residual quantity of rolled-paper in both horizontally and vertically installed states of a printer. The rolled-paper holding mechanism includes a rolled-paper holder, a holder cove... | 01/28/2003 |
| 5411342 | Terminal device There is disclosed a terminal device. A paper roll cover is pivotally connected at its proximal end portion on a rear end portion of a paper roll receptacle portion so as to pivotally move into an open position where the paper roll cover is inclined sligh... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5374132 | Tape printer apparatus In a tape printer apparatus, tape cassettes containing tape members of different widths are selectively mounted, and input printing data is printed on the tape member of the mounted tape cassette. The tape cassettes are provided with notches indicating th... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5302037 | Web handling and feeding system for printers A web feeding and handling system for feeding a two-ply web to a printer and winding one of the webs about a take-up spool and directing the remaining web into a cutter. The printer and web feed system are arranged in a housing having an access opening se... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5110227 | Color printer A color printer according to the present invention includes a clutch means, an urging member and a positional alignment mechanism. The clutch means is used for engaging and disengaging a driving force used to move a paper holder means. The urging member (... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4549825 | Thermal printer for a low cost electronic mail terminal An electronic mail terminal 10 that includes a keyboard 12, multi-character display 14, thermal printer 22, tape drive 118, and communication and control circuitry. The tape drive and printer mount to molded-in features of a base housing 20. A printed cir... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4453842 | Double journal roll feed In a printer, a bail is attached to a wall of a supply chamber which contains a single supply roll. The bail has a pivot which allows the bail to pivot for providing access to the supply roll. A flexible web has one end attached to the wall of the supply ... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4079826 | Paper tape housing for a business machine The paper tape roll, utilized for providing a printed customer receipt, is disposed in a trough like tray housed behind a drop-down door hinged in the front wall (i.e. the surface facing the machine operator during normal use of a business machine such as... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4074797 | Single station, plural function printer A single clutch and associated actuator mechanisms in a drive line for providing selective driving or feeding of at least two printing media for independent bi-directional movement of the media in the operation of a plurality of printing functions. The dr... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4027765 | Record media drive mechanism A plurality of printing stations are spaced across a machine wherein a feed or drive assembly for paper or like record media is associated with each station, each of the feed or drive assemblies being self-contained and of modular construction to enable p... | 06/07/1977 |
