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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7901151 | Platen roller and recording device and sticking label printer provided with platen roller A platen roller is provided for conveying a thermally active adhesive sheet having a recordable surface formed on one side of a sheet-like substrate and a thermally active adhesive layer formed on the other side of the sheet-like substrate. The platen roller compris... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7267501 | Image forming apparatus having a pickup roller for driving a discharge roller An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that prints an image on a medium. A transport unit transports the medium in a first direction to supply the medium to the image forming unit, and in a second direction for printing. Media is stacked on a pape... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252448 | Platen Embodiments of a platen are shown and described. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7220071 | Apparatus and method for handling linerless label tape An apparatus for printing on a continuous web of linerless tape defined by a print side for subsequent application to an article. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a support for a continuous web of linerless tape; an undriven platen roller located downstream... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6918647 | Inkjet printhead assembly having a rotary platen assembly An inkjet printhead assembly includes a carrier. An ink supply assembly is mounted on the carrier and defines a plurality of printhead chip receiving formations that are each dimensioned to engage a printhead chip and a plurality of ink supply conduits that terminat... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6910820 | Apparatus and method for handling linerless label tape An apparatus for printing on a continuous web of linerless tape defined by a print side for subsequent application to an article. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a support for a continuous web of linerless tape; an undriven platen roller located downstream... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6837634 | Portable printer There is disclosed a lightweight portable printer having a frame or housing with a print head and a cooperable platen roll mounted in the housing. The housing pivotally mounts a subassembly. The subassembly mounts an electric motor and gearing driven by the motor fo... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6695496 | Dot printer A dot printer not using any type, nor requiring any ink ribbon has an ink roller 1, a platen 2 having an outer surface coated with ink by contacting the ink roller 1, and a printing head 3 facing the platen 2 in an appropriately spaced apart relation ther... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6688787 | Roller device and electronics using the roller device A roller device includes a motor and a speed reducer inside a cylindrical roller or arranged coaxially, and an electronic apparatus includes a printer using the roller device. This roller device comprises a motor (5) disposed on a cylindrical roller (2), ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6666604 | Thermal printing device with fast closure A thermal printing device is capable of being closed by clipping. The device according to the invention includes a printhead 2, a roller 4 integral with a gear assembly, whereon rests the printhead 2 when the device is in the printing position and two ori... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6626597 | Printer assembly and printer A printer and a printer assembly of the present invention includes: a line thermal head; a platen roller having surface of high coefficient of friction for holding a printing paper between the platen roller and the line thermal head to feed the printing p... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6628423 | Dummy sheet placed on rotary drum of image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus comprises a rotary drum for attracting a recording medium to the surface thereof on which a plurality of through holes are formed, the rotary drum for attracting the recording medium via the plural holes by reducing pressure t... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6398360 | Thermal printer using a split rotary platen to print on different widths of paper A thermal printing station includes a split rotary platen, which is driven in rotation to move a paper web across a thermal print head held against the split rotary platen. The split rotary platen includes a motor-driven shaft, a main platen roll driven b... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6322265 | Vacuum workbed A wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembl... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6126346 | Serial head type recorder A number-of-pulses correction value corresponding to non-uniformity in conveyance appearing during one circulation of a conveying roller is held in a number-of-pulses correction value storing section 32. A control section 33 produces the target number of ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5918992 | Tape cartridges When different tape cartridges accommodating printing tapes having different hardness, thicknesses or widths are exchangeably mounted in the same printing apparatus, excellent printing can be obtained using the present embodiment. In a platen 12 provided ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5882131 | Printer drive roller with grit-blasted surface A drive roller for an ink-jet printer. The drive roller has a media engaging surface that is roughened by grit blasting along an entire media engaging longitudinal peripheral extent. The surface is hardened by anodizing. The roller is relatively inexpensi... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5807004 | Roller for image forming apparatus A roller for an image forming apparatus comprises: a core body having a shaft positioned in the center thereof, the core body being formed by solidifying a fluid around an outer circumference of the shaft; and a surface layer formed on a surface of said c... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5795088 | Platen roller sleeved with heat shrinking tube for improved color registration in a platen-drive resistive thermal printer A resistive thermal printer has a platen drive mechanism which includes (1) a thermal printhead having an array of selectively-activatable thermal elements and (2) a rotatably-driven platen roller opposed to the printhead and forming a nip with the printh... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5733052 | Thermal printer A thermal printer has a thermal line printhead, which contacts a recording sheet and creates images on the recording sheet. A platen roller is positioned in a fixed location and bears against the thermal line printhead. When a covering member is closed, t... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5551786 | Apparatus for making a graphic product A method and apparatus for preparing graphic products utilizes a printer to print on sheet material and a cutter to cut the sheet material with the printed material within the periphery of the cut edges. Both the printer and the cutter are controlled by m... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5536092 | Tape printer having platen moving mechanism and mechanism for interlocking platen and tape feed roller with movement of cover A tape printer capable of performing multicolor printing and permitting an already printed tape to be rewound for printing two line character trains, bold printing and adding ornamental frames beside the first printed character train. The tape printer ins... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5511892 | Thermal printer platen with relieved ends A resistive thermal printer receives dye donor and dye receiver media between a printhead and a platen having an elastomeric surface. The platen and one of the media is wider than the printhead, and the other media is narrower than the printhead, whereby ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5475412 | Sheet media marking system The invented sheet media marking system provides a platen which is configured to rotate a sheet of medium about a marker so as to accommodate marking of the sheet. The platen preferably takes the form of a rotatable drum, the interior of which supports th... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5411339 | Portable printer and cartridge therefor A thermal printing device having a print mechanism which includes a platen roller assembly in combination with a movable print head assembly. Further aspects of the present invention include a switch mechanism and a tape supply cartridge with switch activ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5123151 | Elastic fixing roll with excellent release property An elastic roll of the first embodiment comprises an elastic body layer formed in a thickness not less than 200 μm on a metal core bar; and a covering layer with a release property formed in a thickness ranging from 3 μm to 200 μm on the surface of the... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5044799 | Printer A printer includes a paper guide disposed around an outer peripheral portion of a platen to which a print head is opposed. A platen cover is disposed in proximity to the outer periphery of the platen and has an opening at a portion opposed to the print he... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5013170 | Plastic platen for typewriters or similar office equipment A method of producing platens for typewriters and similar office equipment. Conventional platens often include a large number of individual parts and are relatively expensive because of their high assembly and finishing costs. According to the invention, ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5008138 | Platen roller A platen roller comprises a rubber material having a glass transition temperature within the range of from -10° C. to 40° C. mounted around a core metal material.... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5000595 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus suitable for printing on a print medium of a large size which is reduced in overall size and facilitates adjustment of printing timings of line printing heads therein. The printing apparatus comprises a plurality of line printing head... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4982207 | Heating print-platen construction for ink jet printer An improved heater construction for an ink jet printer of the kind having a rotary print platen for holding and transporting a print sheet through a print path. The platen heater includes a hollow shell mounted for rotation through the print path and has ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4934850 | Printer platen A platen for a printer includes a tubular body section, shaft sections extending from opposite ends of the body section away from each other and coaxially with the body section and an elastic layer provided on an outer periphery of the body section. The s... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4916463 | Support rollers for the print roller in a high-accuracy, wide-paper thermal plotter In a thermal printer for thermally printing on a wide media with a composite printhead comprising a plurality of standard thermal printheads and including a small diameter print roller for supporting the media adjacent the printhead, an improvement to imp... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4900175 | Platen assembly A platen assembly has a pipe shaft having an elastomeric layer therearound, an end of the pipe shaft having cutouts therein extending parallel to the axis thereof and having locking holes therein between the cutouts, and a power transmission member connec... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4887923 | Platen roll There is provided a platen roll low in generation of noise with keeping superior printability which comprises a shaft and a single layer of rubber composition concentrically and tightly applied around said shaft or two layers of an inner layer of a resin ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4816842 | Platen for thermal transfer printer A platen for a thermal transfer printer includes a support and a platen body mounted on the support and made of an elastic material. The platen body has a first layer located on a thermal printer head side and having a high hardness and a second layer hav... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4749296 | Platen for typewriters or similar machines A platen for typewriters or similar machines comprising a platen tube with a resilient outer cover and having stub shaft assemblies press fitted into each end. Each assembly comprises a circular end piece having a central bore into which a stub shaft is p... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4722621 | Keyboard assembly and recording apparatus A keyboard assembly for selecting characters to be recorded includes a substrate carrying an array of characters arranged on one face thereof. A character selection device moves between advanced and retracted positions along each of two axes of the array ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4627754 | Drum clamping mechanism for a printer A mechanism for clamping the leading edge of a sheet to be wrapped around a printing drum for printing in a plurality of colors includes a clip that is movably mounted in the drum so that it can be moved between an open position and a clamping position, t... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4583272 | Platens for printers A platen for printers is disclosed. The platen has a tubular resilient sleeve with an outer cylindrical circumferential surface. Shaft means is contained within the sleeve. The shaft means has portions exposed at the ends of the sleeve which are concentri... | 04/22/1986 |
