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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033745 | Printing system with printing table releasably clamped to printing unit A digital printer includes a digital printing unit for digital printing an image onto a printing substrate during relative movement between a print head and the printing substrate, and a printing table for holding the printing substrate during the digital printing. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7367559 | Simple and inexpensive high-capacity output catch tray for document production machines The invention is relates to a simple, inexpensive high capacity output catch tray for copiers and other document production machines. The output tray automatically increases in capacity as the stack of copies in it accumulates, without external power source or contr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360959 | Printer apparatus A printer body of a printer apparatus is provided with paired bearing portions such that the paired bearing portions face each other, while a paper support for supporting a paper sheet is provided with paired rotating shaft portions, which are rotatably journaled by... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7204484 | Simple and inexpensive high-capacity output catch tray for document production machines The invention is relates to a simple, inexpensive high capacity output catch tray for copiers and other document production machines. The output tray automatically increases in capacity as the stack of copies in it accumulates, without external power source or contr... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7093992 | Versatile collator and system incorporating same An efficient collator. The collator includes a first mechanism for selectively separating physical output from a device. A second mechanism is coupled to the first mechanism and facilitates angling and/or rotating the first mechanism based on the physical output. In... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7070350 | Image recording device A multi-part output paper tray 14 including a plurality of tray plates 21 to 24 slidably arranged together in a paper eject direction is attached to a printer assembly 1 so that it can be extended/collapsed, the printer assembly 1 ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6990902 | Displacement device for a machine for processing flat printing materials and machine having the displacement device A displacement device for a machine for processing flat printing materials includes a slide displaceable along a displacement path in and counter to a thrust direction, and being divided along the thrust direction into two slide parts. A drag joint forms a mutual co... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6942406 | Inner paper guide for media shape control in a printer A media handling system for handling sheets of media. The system includes a pick roller having a circumferential media-contacting surface and arranged for rotation about a roller axis to contact and pick a sheet from an input source. A drive roller rotates about a d... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6934506 | Accessory for recycling paper An accessory for recycling paper receives paper, such as from a copy machine, marks that paper, and stores the marked paper for re-use and/or recycling. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6908244 | Split paper support A printer paper support system includes a housing, a first paper support pivotally attached to the housing and a second paper support pivotally attached to the housing, the second paper support extending the first paper support. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6832865 | Simple and inexpensive high-capacity output catch tray for document production machines The invention is relates to a simple, inexpensive high capacity output catch tray for copiers and other document production machines. The output tray automatically increases in capacity as the stack of copies in it accumulates, without external power source or contr... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6830400 | Methods and systems for a multi-position print media feed-tray Methods and systems for a multi-position print media feed tray are described. In one embodiment, a print media feed-tray comprises a structure for holding print media. The print media feed-tray further comprises a coupling device for orienting the structure relative... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6742949 | Paper discharging apparatus of ink-jet printer A sheet discharging apparatus of a printer has a tray on which printed paper is consecutively stacked, holders for supporting the printed paper above the tray, a rack reciprocating in a direction perpendicular to a sheet discharging direction “A” by the driving ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6701841 | Sheet discharge unit A sheet discharge unit has a transfer passage 3 for transferring a sheet of printed paper 2 toward a sheet receiving tray 20, and a pair of left and right jump wings 11, 11 located at both sides of the transfer passage 3 and moveable between a guide posit... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6572293 | Simple and inexpensive high-capacity output catch tray for document production machines The invention is relates to a simple, inexpensive high capacity output catch tray for copiers and other document production machines. The output tray automatically increases in capacity as the stack of copies in it accumulates, without external power sour... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6382858 | Sheet material conveying apparatus and recording apparatus A recording apparatus for recording an image on a sheet material, includes an outer case having a box-shape, a convey path for conveying a sheet material within the outer case, a recording device disposed within the outer case and adapted to effect record... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6092949 | Printer with a movable paper guide mechanism and method of setting recording paper in such printer Disclosed is a printer comprising a paper guide surface (11D) defining a printing region. A print head (8) is disposed opposite to the paper guide surface (11D) with a gap in between and adapted to move in parallel to the paper guide surface (11D) along t... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6089772 | Ejection tray for a printer A printer includes a housing defining a media feed portion and a media eject port, the housing being adapted to house a print engine for printing onto recording media. Included in the printer is a base slideably receivable in the housing at a position lat... | 07/18/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5332323 | Paper insert device for printer The invention is for a paper insert device for a printer having a tractor cover for openably covering an opening before a tractor, a cut paper guide located above the tractor and behind an opening for manual insertion of a cut paper, and a manual insert c... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5129646 | Recording apparatus having a removable sheet feeder A recording apparatus on which a cut sheet feeder is removably mountable includes an outer case, a feed roller contained in the outer case and rotatable by the power of a drive source, a pinch roller urged against or spaced apart from the feed roller, and... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5061097 | Printer construction for handling a plurality of print media formats A portable printer comprises a lid member forming a portion of the printer top wall, when in a closed position. The lid member is latchable in a first open position to provide a view stand for print media. The lid member is movable to a second open positi... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5033891 | Printing machine The present invention relates to a rotation transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotation of a drive gear on a printer body side to a driven gear as a rotation power source on a paper feeder side. The present invention includes a gear shaft of the ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5011314 | Paper feeding device A paper feeding device comprises a tractor including a paper transport member having a circumferential speed set substantially equal to or a little lower than the circumferential speed of a platen, a fulcrum shaft supporting the tractor thereon for pivota... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4978112 | Sheet feeder for printer A sheet feeder is disclosed, which is mounted in a printer for feeding cut printing sheets one by one to a printing position in the printer. The sheet feeder comprises first and second sheet accommodation sections for accommodating respective stacks of pr... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4898488 | Printer with multi-function paper feeding mechanism A printer includes improved paper feeding mechanism. A manual paper guide plate below an automatic paper feeding device can guide a thick piece of paper into a printing position on the platen without bending it hard around the platen. A pin tractor below ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4859098 | Paper feeder for a printer A paper feeder for a printer which is adapted for feeding both continuous printing paper and cut sheet printing paper. A second frame which may carry the platen supports the rear end of a first frame which in turn supports the tractor feeder in such a man... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4761663 | Compact printer having convertible discharge hopper A print output station for compact printer having a cut-sheet supply station located in the lower rear of the print housing and a transport platen for feeding successive sheets from the supply station, along a print path extending through a print zone and... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4699366 | Automatic sheet feeding system for recording apparatus There is disclosed a simplified sheet feeding system for a recording apparatus such as copier. A sheet is pinched between ribs projecting on a sheet guiding face and driven feed rollers which are movable in position and partly overlap with the projecting ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4294556 | Guide for record carrier in printers A device for guiding a record medium sheet which is to be printed upon in a printing machine having a platen, the device being arranged to guide the sheet around the platen and including an apron member formed and positioned to hold the sheet in contact w... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4234305 | Transfer sheet guiding device A transfer sheet guiding device for guiding a transfer sheet along a predetermined path. The device includes a separating member for separating one lateral side of a transfer sheet from an image carrying member, a rotary body, located adjacent the one lat... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4221489 | Self aligning paper feed roller assembly A paper feed roll assembly is disclosed which is pivotally mounted on a central point with three degrees of freedom of movement. The feed rolls are engageable with the periphery of the platen. Additionally, the support for the paper feed rolls is deflecta... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4197023 | Flexible paper guiding apparatus A paper guide extends around the platen of a printing machine and has a flexible extension which bears against the front of the moving printing mechanism included in the printing machine. The close proximity of the paper guide to the printing mechanism of... | 04/08/1980 |
| 3941228 | Electromagnetically operated printer A printer, suitable for operation by an electric computer, includes a traveling carriage. The carriage carries a type-head that is vertically and rotatably shiftable to properly orient a type element for printing. Movement of the carriage, as well as vert... | 03/02/1976 |
