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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7003258 | Transfer device, transfer method and image forming device A transfer device for transferring an object to be transferred in a predetermined direction has a drive mechanism unit, a transfer direction displacement information acquiring unit, a skew direction displacement information acquiring unit, and a transfer processing ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6934505 | Image forming apparatus A paper transferring device for an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of guide members forming a paper transferring path connecting a paper feeding device and a photosensitive drum, a feeding roller disposed on a side of the paper transferring path adjacen... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6889031 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus in that a sheet having an image formed on a first side thereof by an image forming portion is again transported to the image forming portion so that an image may be formed on an opposite or second side of the sheet, the image forming appar... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6814517 | Single pass multi-color printer with improved cutting apparatus and method A printing apparatus and method that provides for severing of prints from receiver media being printed. The receiver media is moved in a process direction past plural printing stations and the printing stations are recording images upon the receiver sheet. While pri... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6701837 | Widthwise paper drift correction device for elongated web-like print paper To stably transport an elongated web-like print paper so as not to move in the widthwise direction of the print paper, a first sensor is disposed at a first position in a paper conveying path and a second sensor at a second position downstream of the firs... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6666600 | Printer having detection and correction of tilt using skew correction There is provided an apparatus which can make a correction such that paper will not be fed in a tilted state without a need for any special mechanism. A moving mechanism C1 is driven to move a printing head 41 toward a platen and to urge the printing head... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6585439 | Printer media alignment apparatus and method A printer having a media transport mechanism defining a media path. The path extends from a media supply past a print engine. A media alignment element moves between an extended position intersecting the path between the supply and the engine, and a retra... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6499895 | Printer with control cam shaft In a printer for printing on individual printing media such as receipts, savings books and the like, a control shaft activated by the printer control system has a plurality of control cams for activation of a transport device, a printing medium alignment ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 5882127 | Card printer and method of printing on cards using the same A card printer includes a card supply mechanism (20) for forwardly feeding cards one after another from a stack thereof held by a card stocker (21), a card carrier table (20) having an upper surface for supporting each of the cards fed from the card suppl... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5516218 | Card printer A card printer is provided which comprises a printhead, a carrier table reciprocatively movable along a movable path in facing relation to the printhead, a drive mechanism for reciprocating the carrier table, a card transfer mechanism for successively fee... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5187774 | Reference area usable with a form for correction of form misalignment in a printer A reference area usable with a rectangular form when the form is used with a computer controlled printer. The reference area having a pattern and a reference point. The pattern allowing the location of a mark printed by the printer on the pattern to be re... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5153736 | Toggling sheet transport and registration system A scanner has a frame assembly containing a carriage movably mounted in the frame assembly for scanning movement in a scanning path in a first direction along the length of the frame assembly from a home position to an end of scan position, the frame asse... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5052831 | Device for exact registration of monochrome images of a color reproduction in a thermal ink transfer printer A color printer for thermally transferring a set of monochrome images of each desired color reproduction from a color transfer strip to a recipient sheet as the latter is fed back and forth by and past a platen roll disposed intermediate a sheet loading c... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4543003 | Paper alignment device for a printer, typewriter or like office machine A paper alignment device for a printer, typewriter or like office machine comprising a friction drive for advancing a sheet of paper in opposite directions past a printing head wherein an alignment mechanism is adapted to co-act with the friction drive to... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4362409 | Automatic sheet feeding system of a printing apparatus An automatic sheet feeding system of a printing apparatus comprising a platen, a printing head, a sheet ejecting stacker and a sheet feeding stacker. The platen remains stationary when the leading edge of a sheet fed by the sheet feeding roller has abutte... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4360279 | Printing paper feeding mechanism A printing paper feeding mechanism for a printer having a pin tractor for feeding a web with holes perforated at periodic locations along both edges and a pair of rollers for drawing out the web fed by the pin tractor through a printing position while pin... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4251162 | Form band alignment device for a form printer A perforated form band is introduced into a form printer through an input passage or shaft. The passage is formed by spaced walls and is pivotally mounted on the printer for movement between an input position and a working position. In the input position,... | 02/17/1981 |
