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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331728 | Printer having a platen A printer includes a print head for printing on a print medium and a platen which supports the print medium, and is located opposite to the print head. The print head is linearly moved along the print medium. The platen includes first and second end portions and an ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322690 | Fixed material transportation apparatus, liquid fixing apparatus having transporatation apparatus and sucking unit of fixed material in liquid fixing apparatus There are provided a sucking unit having a recording medium transportation surface including a plurality of sucking holes, a decompression chamber communicating with the sucking holes and a sucking device for sucking air in the decompression chamber, and a deliverin... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7186043 | Linerless web utilizing apparatus and methods having dual function stripper element There is disclosed a printer with an arrangement for assuring that a linerless tacky adhesive-backed web is reliably fed. The printer has stripper elements which terminate at tip portions which extend into the platen roll to initially cut grooves in the platen roll,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7144106 | Fixed material transportation apparatus and liquid fixing apparatus using the transportation apparatus To prevent cockling occurring in a fixed material in a liquid fixing apparatus more effectively and make a paper gap small thereby to improve print quality. On a fixed material transporting surface, a through hole corresponding to a sucking hole is formed, further a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7111916 | System and method of fluid level regulating for a media coating system An apparatus for the management of the fluid level in a media coating system. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a supply item for the storage of a media coating fluid and an applicator having a trough for receiving the media coating fluid from the supply item. Th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6994765 | Method for forming images and intermediate transfer recording medium The present invention provides a method for image formation, that can yield thermally transferred images which are excellent in various fastness properties even under severe service conditions, and an intermediate transfer recording medium for use in the method for ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6918709 | Flat platen and image forming apparatus A flat platen is provided in an image forming apparatus having a side edge detector that detects a side edge of a recording medium to be fed in a predetermined direction. The flat platen has a surface on which the recording medium to be fed is supported and is dispo... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6908240 | Thermal printing and cleaning assembly A thermal printing assembly comprised of a first flexible section and a second flexible section joined to such first flexible section. The first section of such assembly is a thermally sensitive media that contains either a thermal transfer ribbon or a direct therma... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6890112 | Method and system for handling a linerless label web There is disclosed a linerless label web roll wherein the label web has a patterned coating of pressure sensitive adhesive on its underside between marginal side edges and at marginal side edges of the label web. The adhesive is provided in longitudinally extending ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6454478 | Heated vacuum platen Predetermined geometric constructs reduce heat loss in a vacuum platen and assist in the reduction of paper cockle in ink-jet printing. A vacuum platen for supporting media during printing is provided with a plurality of heating elements and surfaces inte... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6261008 | Platen mechanism, a printing device with the platen mechanism, and a method of controlling the printing device An apparatus and method technique to secure smooth transporting of a recording medium in a printing device. A gap between the print head and the platen is included in a transport path for another purpose, e.g., reading of magnetic ink character recognitio... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6244768 | Resilient elastomeric line printer platen having outer layer of hard material A line printer with a hammerbank having print hammers with printing tips and a ribbon supported for impact by the tips for printing on media and a metal platen for supporting the media. An elastomer on the metal platen supports the media and has a layer o... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243121 | Thermal printer having thermal head which presses thermal recording material on platen roller at predetermined pressure The thermal printer includes a thermal recording head and a platen roller. The thermal recording head records the image on a thermal recording material by contacting therewith at a predetermined pressure. The platen roller is arranged to face the thermal ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6048120 | Vacuum imaging drum with angled vacuum holes An image processing apparatus (10) comprises a vacuum imaging drum (300) for holding thermal print media (32) and dye donor material (36), in registration with the thermal print media (32), on a surface of the vacuum imaging drum (300). A printhead (500) ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6045276 | 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 ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6039480 | Method and apparatus for forming transfer images and transfer drum used in the same In the present invention, the thermal efficiency and concentration of a thermal head on a transfer film over the surface of a transfer drum are improved, thereby improving the reproducibility of gradation in printing, which enables highly minute transfer ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6036380 | Printer having a plastic platen An inkjet printer includes a plastic platen and a structural member extending upward from the base of the printer. The printing surface is supported by the upper surface of the structural member. This surface is held flat to within very tight tolerances. ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5893210 | Method of forming a roller and mold for forming the same 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... | 04/13/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5865548 | Coated platen roller for improving 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... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5820284 | Thermal transfer printer The present invention provides a thermal transfer printer which causes neither blur in first printing nor stain on a sheet even in both-side printing, and which can securely maintain ink writing properties in recording to write an ink image by an intermed... | 10/13/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5702192 | 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 ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5673078 | Thermal printer and compliant platen for a thermal printer A platen roller for a thermal printer includes a compliant base material having a network stretch-resistant material embedded in it. The stretch-resistant material is preferably a network of nonwoven nylon, woven polyester, woven fiberglass, or similar st... | 09/30/1997 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5451991 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus for performing recording on a recording medium includes a feed roller for feeding a recording medium, a recording head reciprocally movable along a feed path of the recording medium conveyed by the feed roller, the recording head bei... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5344246 | Printer having a vibrating platen A printer for recording information on one of opposite surfaces of a recording medium, including a recording head displaceable along the one surface of the recording medium, for recording the information on the one surface, a platen device for defining a ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5315928 | Band line printer with grooved platen An impact printer has a print band moving longitudinally around pulleys with one side of the band moving in contact along a rigid platen and the other side having engraved characters presented along a print line of a print medium (e.g. paper and ink ribbo... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5205663 | Capstan bodies in printer rollers A printing mechanism such as a thermal printer includes an elastomer coated platen having a circumference smaller than the printing length of an image to be reproduced on a print medium. The platen has a width which is wider than the width of the print me... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5152618 | Pinch roller control in a printer A printing mechanism such as a thermal printer includes a rotatable cylindrical platen having a circumference which is smaller than the printing length of a complete image to be reproduced on a print medium, and at least one pinch roller. The platen has a... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5146238 | Line-type thermal printing apparatus for printing on a sheet having different thicknesses A line-type thermal printing apparatus includes a thermal head for recording on a sheet whose thickness is even in the feeding direction thereof and uneven in the print line direction. The apparatus also includes a platen having a platen body portion that... | 09/08/1992 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4981381 | Platen roller with composition giving increased durability A platen roller includes a core member and a rubber member which covers the circumferential surface of the core member. The rubber member is arranged to have a hardness value of 95&#b1;3, JIS A, at 20° to 25° C. on the basis of JIS K6301-5.2 and a rebou... | 01/01/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4957378 | Printing-plate preparation apparatus employed in screen printing machine including a non-adhesive platen surface and a manuscript reading unit. In a printing-plate preparation apparatus employed in a screen printing machine comprising a thermal printhead provided with a heating-element portion, a rotatably supported platen roller for delivering a stencil paper and urging the same against a surfac... | 09/18/1990 |
| 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 |
