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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7824118 | Printer comprising a flexible member extending over the antennas of RFID labels wound on a roll A printer according to the present invention includes a sheet holder, a feed/print mechanism, an RFID reader/writer, and a flexible member including electrically conductive metal. The sheet holder holds a sheet of label paper wound into a roll. The sheet of label pa... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7385808 | Electronic apparatus with keyboard According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus with a keyboard coupled to a cable, comprises a housing including a wall on which the keyboard is mounted, the wall including an opening, a circuit board which is accommodated inside the housing, and to which the ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7261478 | Systems and methods for handling defective RFID media according to available printer output options A printing device (10) such as a laser printer includes a radio frequency controller (38) which permits the detection and redirection of media having one or more defective radio frequency device tags, such as an RFID tag, to a specific one of two or mo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7251449 | Rotating member One embodiment of a mechanism may include a member having a first axis and a surface non-concentric with said first axis, a first gear rotatably mounted on said member at a second axis different from said first axis, and a device coupled to either of said member or ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7223033 | Pinch control in a printer A pinch control apparatus in a printer for controlling a pinch force exerted on a medium which is being fed into a printing zone is provided. The pinch control apparatus includes a camshaft rotatably mounted across a width of the medium, at least one cam attached to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7175738 | Automated fold and seal apparatus A folding and sealing apparatus supporting a feed platform for feeding a supply of pre-glued forms to the folding and sealing apparatus. The housing accommodating a first roller, a second roller, a third roller and a fourth roller, and the first and second rollers f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172277 | Transfer pressure roll, transfer device and image recording apparatus A transfer pressure roll is characterized in that a cylindrical roll body and an elastic layer which coats the surface of the roll body and comes into contact with an image protection film at the pressurizing time are included, and the hardness of an elastic matter ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7153050 | Collapsible keyboard A collapsible keyboard comprises a connection part, a top cover pivoted to the connection part, a first key assembly connected to the connection part and movable between a first position and a second position, and a second key assembly pivoted to the first key assem... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151622 | Image reading and recording apparatus An image reading and recording apparatus is provided with a carriage having the drive switching gear, which transmits driving power to a reading drive gear train only in a drive switching position. Then, when a reading command is issued, the carriage moves to this d... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7077517 | Image reading and recording apparatus The present invention relates to an image reading and recording apparatus comprising: a driving source; a recording sheet feeding means for feeding a recording sheet; recording means for recording an image in a predetermined recording area on the recording sheet, su... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7029001 | Form having abutting tape-interconnected substrates and method of making same A business form product (10) broadly including a printable sheet (12), a magnetic sheet (14) aligned edge-to-edge with the printable sheet (12) to define a seam (16), and a heat-resistant tape (18) applied over the seam (... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6979141 | Identification cards, protective coatings, films, and methods for forming the same The present invention relates to a protective film for application to a card member and forming identification cards having protective films. The method of applying protection to a card member includes providing a protective film. The protective film includes a prot... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6948871 | Image processing device The image processing device (A) comprises an original-document platen roller (P1) that has a first driven gear (G1) and is for transporting an original document (D), a recording-paper platen roller (P2) that has a second driven gear ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948570 | Electrical hand tool machine with vibration damped striking mechanism A partially percussive electrical hand tool machine (1) having a portable housing (3), a striking mechanism module (4) connected, in a vibration-damped manner, to the housing (3) and having electrical lines (5) for electrical conne... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6932526 | Multi-stage pre-transfer substrate heating assembly An ink image producing machine has (a) imaging devices, including at least one ink jet print head and an image receiving station for producing an ink image on a heated substrate; (b) a substrate handling assembly including holding devices for holding supplies of sub... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6887004 | Keyboard support platform A keyboard support platform includes a lower plate and an upper plate connected thereto. A bladder is disposed between the upper plate and the lower plate. The bladder is inflatable and deflatable to pivot the upper plate with respect to the lower plate. The keyboar... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6863393 | Heat and airflow management for a printer dryer An ink drying apparatus for an ink jet printer includes an internal heating apparatus. The heating apparatus comprises gas flow restrictors for air that enters the heating apparatus. The gas flow restrictors may be formed as dual horizontal slots which are sized to ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6846073 | Ink jet printer and its thick film printing method An inkjet printer performing printing a print paper (3) by ejecting an UV-curing type ink to the print paper (3) through an inkjet print head (5) includes an ultraviolet irradiation device (A) having an ultraviolet light generation section (1... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6846121 | Modular printer A modular printer having a media take-up assembly module, a support block assembly module, a printhead assembly module, a stepper motor assembly module and a display assembly module is provided. A support body having a plurality of recesses formed on an internal wal... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6644876 | Method and apparatus for printer cartridge identification A cartridge identification system for identifying a characteristic of a cartridge inserted in a printer. The cartridge identification system comprises an identification circuit which is triggered by an electrical connection between a printed circuit board... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6508601 | Charging contact plate A charging contact plate is used for preventing a primary charge roller of a cartridge used in a printer from shifting in a longitudinal direction and for charging the primary charge roller. The charging contact plate includes a main plate, a semicircle p... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6120199 | Ink jet printing apparatus with heating unit and insulating member An ink jet printing apparatus includes an ink jet printing unit for executing ink jet printing on a printing medium by use of an ink jet printing head, a heat application treatment unit arranged below the ink jet printing unit for executing heat treatment... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5984549 | Multiple key depressing device A multiple key depressing device for depressing several spaced apart keys on a keyboard of a computer with one hand. The multiple key depressing device includes a support rod with opposite first and second ends, and a pair of spaced apart bends defining f... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5924808 | Paper catching tray for electronic printers and other devices A tray for use with printer, copier, facsimile machine or any other device from which sheets of paper are expelled and which is arranged to be located on a support surface, e.g., a table, desk, etc., having an edge. The tray may be formed so that it is co... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5913628 | Preformed paper catching tray for electronic printers and other devices A tray for use with printer, copier, facsimile machine or any other device from which sheets of paper are expelled and which is arranged to be located on a support surface, e.g., a table, desk, etc., having an edge. The tray may be formed so that it is co... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5628573 | Document brake for document processing devices Document processing device, especially a document printer (10, 110), has a document issuing section which has a slit-like document issuing aperture (28) and a document support (16, 116) arranged downstream of the latter in the document issuing direction. ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5564844 | Automatic keyboard moving apparatus An apparatus for the automatic adjustment of the inclination angle of a keyboard during use by an operator. The unit operates by a motorized camshaft raising and lowering the back end of a hinged platform that supports a computer keyboard or other input d... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5415485 | Ribbon cartridge reloader A ribbon cartridge reloader apparatus which removes spent ribbon from a cartridge and inserts replacement ribbon into the cartridge. The ribbon cartridge reloader includes a discharge motor to pull spent ribbon from a cartridge, at least one infeed motor,... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5246300 | Apparatus and method for removing paper jams from printers An apparatus for removing media jams from a printer throat in a printer in its preferred form is a sheet of flexible material having two linear arrays of spaced pin apertures aligned along opposing sides thereof. The pin apertures are sufficiently spaced ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5192152 | Switch actuator An automatic switch actuator is disclosed which may be used to test press-to-actuate type switches--for example, the key actuated switches of a computer keyboard. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, a system of electrically operated valves are... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5190387 | Keyboard accouterment tray The invention is an accouterment tray which clamps securely to the edge of a keyboard to make a combined rigid and portable unit. The tray has a flat tray-wing portion connected to a support portion which extends under the keyboard. A clamp, connected to ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5054944 | Serial printer having a carrier cable connected to a movable print head A serial printer includes a print head movable along a print line of a recording sheet. A flexible carrier cable is attached to the print head for supplying a drive signal thereto. One end of the carrier cable is fixed to the movable print head, but its l... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4969762 | Typewriter label dispensing device Non-adhesive label dispensing carton for providing a roll of perforated first-label-useful typewriter spaced labels from a rolled-up form from around a core in the carton, and wherein said carton is removably anchorable to the typewriter casing top.... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4842431 | Multi-speed cooling fan for printing device A cooling fan control device for regulating the speed of a fan cooling a printing device. The control includes apparatus for determining whether a printing head and a paper feeder are to be driven, and when at least one of the printing head or paper feede... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4806032 | Conical vent containing capillary bore A conical vent (14) for a cartridge (10) is located on an inner surface (20) of the cartridge. The conical vent includes a conical-shaped member (26) having a base (28) and an apex (30). An opening (32) extends through the center of the conical-shaped mem... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4795888 | Variable keystroke pressure apparatus A keybaord which is capable of varying the pressure required for the keystroke is provided and comprises an inflatable arrangement being a variable pressure bladder which fits over the keyboard between the base plate and the keys. The operator may vary th... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4600319 | Control for dot matrix printers operating in harsh environments A control processing method and apparatus for dot matrix printers which are ubjected to relatively high levels of vibration and shock. Vibration and shock are detected and, in the event that a known safe vibration or shock level is exceeded, print line dat... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4518272 | Position indicator means for a high speed printer or the like Described is a controlled device such as a printer device, comprising an electrically operated mechanism such as a moveable print head, a scanner for sensing indicia of alignment of the electrically operated mechanism, and an electrical conductor to carry... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4438692 | Printing apparatus with cooling of hammer printing coils A printing apparatus including a plurality of drive coils for driving printing hammers arranged longitudinally in side-by-side relation at one side of a core of the U-shape. A first cooling fluid passageway is defined inside the core of the U-shape to all... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4426165 | Printing device with integrated print head fastening and adjustment For use in a printing machine, such as an office typewriter, employing a replaceable printing head to be mounted on a carriage, there is provided a printing head fastening arrangement for releasably clamping the printing head to the carriage and permittin... | 01/17/1984 |
