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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7333766 | Colour proofer with curl control means A large format printer using web fed material is able to cope with roll fed material and sheets having residual curl. An anti-curl guidance device counteracts curl when feeding the medium to a second transport system. The medium is held flat by a vacuum system and d... | 02/19/2008 |
| 6033067 | Feed sheet fold removing structure and method used in ink jet recording apparatus A recording apparatus is capable of preventing both contamination on a recording surface due to a contact of a recording medium on an ink discharging surface even when recording on the recording medium with a concave/convex portion and an ill-discharged s... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6000866 | Printer with sheet curl straightening device A printer including, from an upstream side to a downstream side in a sheet feeding direction, a sheet feed mechanism, a carriage, a curl straightening device, and a sheet discharge mechanism. A curl straightening head of the curl straightening device is r... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5672018 | Curl straightening device for straightening curl of print paper and tape cassette provided with the same A curl straightening device for removing a curl from a paper sheet which is caused during printing by a printer. The curl straightening device includes a supporting platen which supports a curled paper sheet after printing is performed on a first surface ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5513921 | Forms stacker Distressed forms or sheets folded at progressive lengths are lifted from a first platform, processed as by a printer and then stacked on a second platform on the other side of the printer from the first platform. The platform is disposed on tubular suppor... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5450102 | Recording apparatus with means for removing paper curl A recording apparatus has an apparatus body, a lid member openable and closable relative to the apparatus body, decurling means having a decurling member pivotably provided in the lid member and a guide member provided in the apparatus body, the decurling... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5358345 | Printer outfeed paper collector for refolding and restacking fanfold paper discharged from a continuous form printer or the like A printer output paper collector 10 is described for refolding and stacking fanfold paper 20 that is discharged from a continuous form printer 12. The collector 10 includes a frame 40 with a base 41, a printer stand section 42 and a restacking section 44.... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5350246 | High speed continuous-forms printer Tractor drives of a high speed printer move a length of continuous-form paper longitudinally up from a box of fanfold stacked paper, through a print mechanism and downward for refolding onto a fanfold stack. A set of bead chains hang vertically from the p... | 09/27/1994 |
| 4896980 | Paper advancing system for high speed printers A method and associated apparatus for quickly and accurately advancing paper between the platen and printing mechanism on a line-by-line basis in a high speed printer for printing lines of text including a platen and a printing mechanism disposed adjacent... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4822190 | Combination of a printer and continuous feeder A printer for printing characters through a printing ribbon on printing paper placed on a platen by moving a carriage along the platen and driving a printing head on the carriage. The platen is placed in the rear end portion of the printer frame. An openi... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4822191 | Guide block for a printer for guiding continuous paper A printer for printing characters through a printing ribbon on printing paper placed on a platen by moving a carriage along the platen and driving a printing head on the carriage. The platen is placed in the rear end portion of the printer frame. An openi... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4775870 | Non-impact printer A non-impact printer has a movable printhead carriage for traversing a print medium and has a bracket, also serving as a heat sink, pivotally connected to the printhead carriage. A non-impact printhead is secured to the bracket and positioned to contact t... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4651173 | Continuous-form recorder having decrumpling means for removing creases in the form A recorder for recording on a continuous form, perforated, recording sheet includes a first roller disposed upstream of the recording position for feeding the continuous form to the recording position, press roller means for pressing the continuous form a... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4639152 | Printing apparatus with a thermal print head A printing apparatus for printing on a sheet of paper via a thermal ribbon comprising: a paper feeding device for feeding the sheet of paper; a thermal print head including heat generating elements which are held in pressed contact with the surface of the... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4521007 | Braking brushes in folding apparatus of rotary printing machines Braking-brush assembly in folding apparatus of a rotary printing machine having braking brushes for stretching web sections which are being conveyed in a given direction on a folding cylinder of the folding apparatus, the braking brushes individually bein... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4197799 | Label arranging device for label printing machine A label arranging device for use in a label printing machine: a layered label strip having spaced feed perforations is moved forward by engagement of the perforations with feed pins formed on a feed wheel; the label strip is imprinted on a platen by the t... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4054235 | Continuous forms sheet separator Apparatus to separate multiple sheet feeds from fan-fold paper being moved from an input paper stack upwardly to a print station. The separator apparatus includes a separator member, and flexible members support the separator member for swinging movement ... | 10/18/1977 |
