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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6648328 | Sheet transfer device with guide plates and hold rollers To prevent wavy swell from causing in sheet in transferring thereof and avoid wrinkle from being produced in later printing steps, there is provided a sheet transfer machine forward from a printing drum and a press roll. The machine is provided with upper... | 11/18/2003 |
| 5558451 | Shiftable guide member with rollers in a sheet feeding apparatus The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus, comprising a conveying rotary member for conveying a sheet by rotating while contacting the sheet, an urging member for urging the sheet against the conveying rotary member, and a supporting means ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5530459 | Printing media feed and retaining apparatus for a thermal inkjet printer/plotter In a computer driven printer/plotter, a printing media feed and retaining apparatus which has at least three pinch rollers mounted on a pinch roller support member having a print media guide surface and a support and actuation arm extending from a side of... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5363129 | Printing media feed and retaining apparatus for a thermal ink jet printer/plotter A printing media feed and retaining apparatus particularly useful in a computer driven thermal ink jet printer/plotter which has a plurality of pinch rollers (20) mounted on a single pinch roller support member (25). One or more support members (25) are p... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5059049 | Device for adjustment of a printer For a simple adjustment of a printer from paper sheet transport to endless paper transport mode and conversely, an adjustment assembly is adjustable through selective engagement by a ram of the print head carriage according to the carriage position and is... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4830527 | Printer with improved pinch roller actuating mechanism A printer includes a stationary paper chute extending along the outer peripheral surface of a platen over a limited angular extent thereof so as to define therebetween a paper feed passage, the paper chute having an opening through which a pinch roller is... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4715734 | Platen adjusting mechanism An arrangement of a paper guide trough supporting pressure rollers to guide paper about the platen of a typewriter is used in conjunction with a platen having an elastic bearing to effect an automatic adjustment of the platen according to the thickness of... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4688957 | Feeder for office machines for individual sheet or continuous forms The sheet feeder is formed by a separate unit (10) which can be easily mounted spaced from the platen roller (14) on a typewriter (12) or printer of a data processing system. The print carriers comprise either a continuous web (22) or individual sheets (2... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4607968 | Paper pressing device for printing machines The device comprises two or more cover plate members (14), whose lengths are submultiples of the lengths of a range of platen rollers (12) and such that two or more plate members disposed in side-by-side relationship cover the entire length of the platen ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4469454 | Print wheel mounting arrangement for print head and ribbon cartridge assembly Printing apparatus in which the print head and ribbon cartridge assembly of the printing apparatus provides for tilting movement of the print head and ribbon cartridge into an inoperative position tilted away from the platen, with the ribbon cartridge in ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4408917 | Paper guide mechanism in a printer A paper guide mechanism in a printer includes a platen and a plurality of paper feed rollers for setting a paper sheet around the platen. A plurality of slidable guide plates are disposed below the platen adjacent to the paper feed rollers. The upper surf... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4386864 | Selective paper insertion and feeding means for individual sheet printing apparatus Printing apparatus, having a rotatable platen with a printing element in front of it and a reversible platen drive for rotating the platen counterclockwise or clockwise relative to the printing element, is operable to feed, from an upper hopper extending ... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4341477 | Paper handling assembly for typewriters or like machines A paper handling assembly supporting a platen, a paper bail adjustably mounted for movement relative to said platen and a paper guide trough adjustably mounted for movement relative to said platen. The assembly includes a common shaft which mounts a first... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4215945 | Paper feeding apparatus Apparatus for facilitating printer paper feeding. The apparatus is made up of a yoke and a platen channel carrying a paper aligner and feed rollers. The yoke has downwardly extending legs with a detent therebetween. The apparatus is rotatably positionable... | 08/05/1980 |
| 3966037 | Equipment for handling different forms for an accounting machine The invention concerns a form handling device for an accounting machine wherein a continuous form, a journal form and an accounting card are independently supplied on the printing platen.... | 06/29/1976 |
