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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177446 | Carbon ribbon retaining mechanism A carbon ribbon retaining mechanism includes a barcode-printer base, an upper cover, a printing head device, and at least one pair of resilient fastener elements. The barcode-printer base has an upper portion forming a receiving space. The upper cover is coupled to ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8157462 | Operating mechanism for a printer cover, and a printer The mechanism for opening and closing an operating cover of a printer having a discharge guide that remains in the same posture while moving in conjunction with opening and closing the operating cover prevents the gap between the discharge guide and the cover case o... | 04/17/2012 |
| RE43228 | Tape cassette for use with a printing device A tape cassette is used in a printing device with a drive shaft. The tape cassette includes a cassette casing which houses a printing tape and defines a feed path through which the tape moves in a feeding direction. The cassette casing includes a head recess adapted... | 03/06/2012 |
| RE43185 | Tape cassette for use with a printing device A tape cassette is used in a printing device with a drive shaft. The tape cassette includes a cassette casing which houses a printing tape and defines a feed path through which the tape moves in a feeding direction. The cassette casing includes a head recess adapted... | 02/14/2012 |
| RE43164 | Tape cassette for use with a printing device A tape cassette is used in a printing device with a drive shaft. The tape cassette includes a cassette casing which houses a printing tape and defines a feed path through which the tape moves in a feeding direction. The cassette casing includes a head recess adapted... | 02/07/2012 |
| RE43133 | Tape-shaped label printing device A tape cassette is used in a printing device with a drive shaft. The tape cassette includes a cassette casing which houses a printing tape and defines a feed path through which the tape moves in a feeding direction. The cassette casing includes a head recess adapted... | 01/24/2012 |
| RE43022 | Tape-shaped label printing device A tape cassette is used in a printing device with a drive shaft. The tape cassette includes a cassette casing which houses a printing tape and defines a feed path through which the tape moves in a feeding direction. The cassette casing includes a head recess adapted... | 12/13/2011 |
| RE41354 | Tape-shaped label printing device A tape cassette is used in a printing device with a drive shaft. The tape cassette includes a cassette casing which houses a printing tape and defines a feed path through which the tape moves in a feeding direction. The cassette casing includes a head recess adapted... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7300220 | Hand-separable ribbon spool assembly A hand-separable ribbon spool shaft assembly adapts a plain ribbon spool so as to provide drive and location functions. The shaft assembly is composed of at least two shaft parts that are assembled to the ribbon spool and cooperate to provide a manual hand-action lo... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293870 | Supporting structure and business machine utilizing the same A supporting structure and a Business machine utilizing the same. The business machine includes a main body, cover and supporting structure therebetween. The sleeve connected to the main body has a guiding groove with a lug portion. The connecting rod is connected t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264412 | Printer An ink switching cam (40) is rotated interlockingly with forward/reverse rotation of a head driving motor at all times to swing a cassette support member (20). Accordingly, ink belts can be switched with a simple construction without using a solenoid o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 6997629 | Supply items for printers and the like, and method of loading supply items Improvements that facilitate loading of supply items into data bearing identification or financial document production equipment. Supply items include web materials that are used in data bearing identification or financial document production equipment, and which ar... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6991388 | Ink ribbon cartridge having takeup-side cover with opening positioned beneath protrusion in cover An ink ribbon is formed from a belt shaped sheet body, and is wound around a pair of tubes. Spools are detachably mounted at each end of the tube bodies. An ink ribbon cartridge includes side plates formed with supporting openings for supporting corresponding spools... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6709179 | Tape-shaped label printing device A tape cassette is used in a printing device with a drive shaft. The tape cassette includes a cassette casing which houses a printing tape and defines a feed path through which the tape moves in a feeding direction. The cassette casing includes a head recess adapted... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6682241 | Thermal printer with loading aid A method and apparatus of loading a thermal ribbon having dye into a cassette assembly of a thermal printer apparatus includes a cassette assembly for storing a thermal ribbon having dye. The thermal ribbon includes a supply ribbon core having a supply of... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6623192 | Ink ribbon cartridge having protrusion and recessed portion An ink ribbon cartridge includes a frame having a first side, a second side, a third side, and fourth side. The first side and the second side extend in a widthwise direction and have supporting portions. The third side and the fourth side extend between ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6616362 | 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 i... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6491461 | Tape printing apparatus, tape cartridge and tape printing apparatus including the tape cartridge, and tape cutting device There are provided a tape cartridge which can be changed into a compact shape for storage or transport, or makes a printing tape and a laminating tape replaceable, and at the same time facilitating the handling of them, a tape cartridge capable of holding... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6422770 | Universal inked ribbon assembly for printing apparatus An inked ribbon assembly for use with a printing apparatus such as a thermal facsimile machine includes a generally cylindrical supply spool, a generally cylindrical take-up spool, and a sheet-like inked ribbon extending therebetween, with the inked ribbo... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6412996 | Ink ribbon cartridge There is disclosed a portable thermal printer having a printer housing, a printing mechanism and an ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon. The cartridge has a cartridge housing and an improved brake for applying ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6267521 | Computer driven printer with a stripper roller and latching assembly Apparatus for maintaining tension on a ribbon in a printer used for transferring an image, e.g., thermally, from a print head through the ribbon to a print medium. By maintaining ribbon tension and thus keeping the ribbon essentially without wrinkles, pri... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6257780 | Ink ribbon cartridge having one undetachable spool and idle rotation preventing structure An ink ribbon is formed form a belt shaped sheet body, and is wound around a pair of tubes. Spools are detachably mounted at each end of the tube bodies. An ink ribbon cartridge includes side plates formed with supporting openings for supporting correspon... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6219077 | Printer system A printer system comprises a thermal printer, an ink transfer unit and a thermal printing unit. The ink transfer unit and the thermal printing unit can be selectively mounted in the thermal printer. The ink transfer unit has an ink reservoir in which liqu... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5924805 | Printer defining a reduced exterior envelope thereof and method of providing same Printer defining a reduced exterior envelope and method of providing same. The printer comprises a housing having a top wall. The printer also has a front side wall with an aperture for receiving a dye-carrying cartridge therethrough. A printhead is dispo... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5917532 | Thermal ink ribbon cassette for mailing machines A thermal ink ribbon cassette for holding an inked ribbon of indefinite length for is in a thermal transfer printing mechanism is disclosed in which the cassette holds a spool of fresh ink ribbon which passes out of the cassette and across a thermal print... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5600361 | Storage box for a cassette for a thermal printer A storage box (10, 12) for a dye ribbon cassette (33) which is provided with a laterally outwardly extending handle (28, 29) at each lateral side allowing easy gripping of the cassette, said storage box being a generally rectangular enclosure having a top... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5597249 | Ink ribbon cartridge There is disclosed a portable thermal printer having a printer housing, a printing mechanism and an ink ribbon cartridge containing a reloadable ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon. The cartridge has a cartridge housing and an improved brake for... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5547298 | Dye ribbon package for thermal printers An improved package for supply and take-up spools of dye ribbon for use with the cassette of a thermal printer in which the ribbon spools include a part, e.g. a flange, shaped for engagement with a correspondingly shaped socket in the carton holding the s... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5415486 | Dye ribbon package for use with a thermal printer and a method of loading the reloadable cassette of a thermal printer with a dye ribbon from a dye ribbon package A dye ribbon package for use with a thermal printer and containing for that purpose in spaced parallel relation therein a supply spool wound with dye ribbon and a take up spool for rewinding the dye ribbon as it is unwound from the supply package, a leadi... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5248207 | Thermal printer provided with detachable head unit having built-in thermal head unit A thermal printer has detachably attached to a frame assembly of a printer a print unit having a built-in thermal head. The print unit accommodates therein an inked ribbon. By a drive member installed within the frame assembly, the thermal head is pressed... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5236265 | Portable printer with variable housing configurations The present invention relates to a portable printer suitable for hand-carrying and transporting, and provides a portable printer which is easily carried and transported and provides less possibility of damage to the printing mechanism, and comprises a plu... | 08/17/1993 |
| 4990008 | Refillable ink ribbon cartridge for use in electronic typewriter A refillable ink ribbon cartridge for use in an electronic typewriter which includes a housing, a feed spool member having symmetric C-shaped springs for slidably receiving and removing a changeable feed spool, a winding spool member having a lever and a ... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4986678 | Refillable ink ribbon cartridge for use in an electronic typewriter A refillable ink ribbon cartridge for use in an electronic typewriter which includes a housing, a feed spool having a semi-globe member for slidably mounted to and removed from a movable diamond-shaped plate, a winding spool for slidably inserting into an... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4909647 | Exchangeably insertable ink ribbon cassette for a printer An exchangeably insertable ink ribbon cassette, for a printer has a storage space for an ink ribbon and a transport device for the ink ribbon that can be driven through a reduction driving gear by an electric motor. The liability to repair of the printer ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4887921 | Dot printer having means for discharging static electricity from the ink ribbon An inpact dot printer has a ribbon cassette the casing of which is made of plastic. A leaf spring is mounted in the casing so as to be resilient contact with the inked ribbon in the cassette. An element protrudes from the spring to the outside of the casi... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4869606 | Image recording apparatus including a ribbon cartridge with a platen and paper guide An apparatus for recording image information on a recording sheet is provided comprising a line-shaped recording head arranged in a housing of said apparatus, comprising a pressure member lying opposite said recording head, and comprising a ribbon cartrid... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4859097 | Ribbon cartridge for typewriters or similar office machines A ribbon cartridge is disclosed for typewriters and similar office machines which require frequent changes of the ribbon. The ribbon cartridge includes a tub-shaped base and cover and an integral sealing member by means of which the openings in the ribbon... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4744680 | Wide-type thermal-transfer printer A wide-type thermal-transfer printer comprises a fixed mechanism section including a record medium holder mounted on one end portion of a fixed frame so as to rotatably hold a record medium rolled, and a platen mounted on the other end portion of the fram... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4119385 | Ribbon changing mechanism for a typewriter In a ribbon changing mechanism, a ribbon retaining portion of the ribbon vibrator lifts a printing ribbon from a lowered non-printing position to an elevated printing position, in response to the printing operation. When a push button is depressed for ret... | 10/10/1978 |
