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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7811016 | Flatbed printing machine A flatbed printing machine is provided with a printing table and a pressing device for a medium to be printed. The pressing device features parallel guide rails on both sides of the printing table, through which a pressing rail that is moveable above the printing ta... | 10/12/2010 |
| 6859638 | Original document tray for scanning and printing apparatus An original document tray for a scanning and printing apparatus includes original document guides for guiding an original document in the original document tray into a scanning unit by determining or regulating a widthwise position of the original document, and manu... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6726384 | Paper controlled clutch for a paper exit system in a printer A print medium exit system in a printer includes a kicker device ejecting a sheet of print medium out of the printer. A clutch mechanism prevents actuation of the kicker device when the clutch mechanism is engaged by the sheet of print medium. ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6647871 | Loader for a printer for printing flat articles and printer provided with such a loader A loader (1) for a printer for printing flat articles (2), this loader (1) which delimits a storage magazine (9) for the articles in the stacked condition being provided internally with a pivoting member (4) arranged to hold the articles (2) in bearing co... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6065885 | Printable media carrier for use with standard sheet feed printers An improved reusable media carrier having positive alignment capability and improved carrying characteristics for advancing one or more pieces of printable card stock media or the like through a computer printer, word processing printer, or copy machine. ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6062752 | Device and method for enabling a conventional printer to print on an edge of an envelope A carrier for holding a conventional envelope in a predetermined position to enable printing near an edge of the envelope with a conventional printer is disclosed. The carrier includes a sheet-like substrate having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a closu... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6059471 | Device for conveying a form in a printer A device for transporting a sheet (18) to be printed in a printer is described, with a carriage (14) which is designed for receiving the sheet and which can be displaced on a fixed stand (12) perpendicularly to the line direction between a starting positi... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5803632 | Method and apparatus for preventing envelope flaps from sealing in laser printers An insert for preventing a gummed flap from adhering to an envelope while being printed upon in a laser printer is substantially nonadherent to moister-activated and/or heat-activated gums and adhesives. The nonadherent insert is made from sheet material ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5738456 | Printer device A printer device for performing printing by a thermal head using a color ink ribbon cassette 60, in which the device may be reduced in size. A sheet guide plate 2 is mounted on a lid 1 that can be opened and closed. When a printing sheet P is moved back a... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5711625 | Printer and recording start control method for the same It is intended to provide a printer of a low cost capable of correcting a minute recording dislocation in one step, as well as a recording start control method for the printer. The printer in which a recording medium holding mechanism is driven intermitte... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5547183 | Imaging device An imaging device which reciprocatively transports a recording sheet to form a color image thereon. A front extreme end of the recording sheet is clamped between a pair of rollers, and the pair of rollers are reciprocatively moved along a recording sheet ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5468079 | Printer for printing on cards A printing apparatus comprises a card transport mechanism for printing on a card-like medium. A slider is provided having a card stop against which one edge of the card stops and a holding mechanism holds the card to the slider. A guide frame is further p... | 11/21/1995 |
| 4966477 | Paper holder for positioning undersized paper in a typewriter A paper holding apparatus suitable for holding undersized paper products in a typewriter mechanism. The paper holder includes two flexible plastic strips mounted on a backing. The strips have opposed recesses in which the undersized paper product may be p... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4869485 | Envelope holder An envelope holder is described for feeding envelopes through a printer. It comprises a pocket formed from an upper and lower sheet joined together, a window portion of which is removed to allow printing of an envelope held in the pocket. The holder is im... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4865477 | Continuous form carrier card separator An electronic printer using edge-perforated continuous-form paper is adapted to print and sequentially stack cards that are initially carried by a paper carrier sheet corresponding to continuous-form paper. The printer includes paper tractor means above t... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4822017 | Carrier for relatively small sheets of paper or the like A carrier is disclosed for advancing one or more relatively small items such as envelopes, address cards, checks, and the like through a computer printer or word processor printer having a feed mechanism controlled remotely by the computer or word process... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4812064 | Sheet securing mechanism A sheet securing mechanism which has upper and lower members. Pins are formed on the upper members. A magnetic actuator when excited in one condition provides a magnetic force that causes the upper member to move to a closed sheet securing state where the... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4710041 | Heat-transfer thermal recording device Disclosed is a heat-transfer type thermal recording device capable of recording/printing color pictures by heating an ink tape using a thermal line head and transferring ink from the ink film tape to a continuous sheet of recording paper where the ink fil... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4708503 | Work carrier for use in computer printing A carrier for work to be printed comprises a web made up of a series of panels, connected edge-to-edge, and providing means, such as slits, tabs and flaps for coupling the work to the web. The slits, tabs and flaps are preferably arranged to accommodate s... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4647234 | Thermal printer A thermal printer includes a fixed planar thermal head composed of heating elements disposed in an area corresponding to one page, a detachable unitary ink donor ribbon assembly including a frame and an ink donor ribbon movably disposed in the frame and h... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4636099 | Document holder with preprinted locating aid A reusable document holder for use in a computer printer or electronic memory typewriter, including a strong, flexible plastic support material or sheet, preferably formed of the polyester Mylar, having a plurality of spaced document attachment areas for ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4598860 | Flip die cut label for folded mailer A continuous business form assembly provides for printing internal and external information on a single web in one, single-sided printing operation. Label portions cut in the forms are foldable for the printing. Attachment sheets and adhesive return the l... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4598903 | Board for feeding single sheet paper A board for feeding a single sheet of paper including holes for paper-feeding which are to be engaged by the sprocket for a paper-feeder of a printer formed at specified intervals on both sides thereof and a part for gripping the rear end of the single sh... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4549826 | Paper feed apparatus for typewriters or business machines having a paper levelling gap disposed in the paper guidance channel A paper feed apparatus for line printer means for the transport of single-ply and multi-ply paper contains a paper levelling gap in the ingress region of the paper guidance channel. The paper levelling gap consists of a stationary part and of a slide capa... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4487519 | Apparatus for printing on receipt forms or the like The invention relates to an apparatus for printing on receipt forms or the like with a one-line printing mechanism. In order also to be able to print the form with a number of lines, this is gripped firmly on a sliding carriage and the carriage is moved a... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4448558 | Computer printer paper support Means for supporting papers, forms and the like on the pin type feed mechanism of a computer printer or the like is provided which comprises a pair of flexible strips each having near one edge thereof a plurality of regularly spaced holes for engaging the... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4123087 | Typing guide A typing guide formed of a single backing sheet having footnote indicating indicia printed on the front surface of the backing sheet and footnote samples printed on the back surface of the backing sheet. The footnote indicating indicia provide a dual meth... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4101018 | Paper edge sensor Paper is carried on an apertured platen and is rotated past a slowly moving printing head so as to scan in a raster fashion from top to bottom and from left to right over the surface of the paper. The paper is held to the platen drum by a vacuum that is a... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4019617 | Printing device A printing device including a printing station for printing on labels which may be in visually and machine readable formats, comprises rotatable typewheels and pressure rollers which can be brought into engagement for printing on the label while advancing... | 04/26/1977 |
