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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438489 | Coating film transfer tool In a coating film transfer tool, a cassette including a tape supply reel, a transfer head, and a take-up reel, is removably disposed in a case. The cassette is approximately symmetric, and can therefore be installed it the case in either of two alternative positions... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7207734 | Printing system providing print controller capability to retrieve amend and update data stored in local memory of a printer A printing system includes a printer and computers connected by an network. A mail server is provided for transmitting notification data from the printer to the computers in the form of an email message. Print data stored in the printer is erased once the print data... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189020 | Pushbutton controlled correction tape assembly A pushbutton controlled correction tape assembly includes a casing having therein a correction tape assembly having an application head, a pushbutton assembly received in the casing to selectively extend the application head of the correction tape assembly out of th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6905545 | Transfer device Provided is a transfer device capable of maintaining a constant tension of band-shaped ribbon from the start till the end of operation requiring no action by a user. While band-shaped ribbon (F) is being supplied, a feed shaft unit (4) and a feed drive gear (... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6852409 | Radiation-cured correction tape A multilayer pressure sensitive correction tape useful for masking handwritten and/or printed characters comprising a release liner, a masking layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, wherein at least one of the layers is cured by radiation. In a preferred emb... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6558058 | Printer head of a coating tool A coating tool has a printer head capable of securing a smooth traveling of a transfer tape having a correcting paint or a paste applied thereto by preventing adhesion of the transfer tape to the printer head thereby securely transferring and coating the ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6352770 | Correction tape having dye migration blocking properties The present invention is directed to a correction tape that has a support member, a transfer layer, and a correction medium layer. The correction medium layer includes an opacifying pigment, binding polymer, and bleed inhibitor. Suitable bleed inhibitors ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6205088 | Thermal graphic pen and method of use A method and apparatus for filling a void in a printed image which has been printed by a thermal transfer printing process employs of a heat-sensitive pigmented material on a foil. A piece of the foil is provided with a dot of the pigmented material havin... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6065887 | Correction tape with a cap holder This design, regarding to the correction tape, while former correction tapes have a possibility that dust or foreign materials stick on it, and are unhandy to carry, protects correction tape with a cap and cap holder when not in use. Also when in use, a c... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5820276 | Ribbon cassette with ribbon guide mechanism A printer is provided with a platen having a sloping plane platen surface, a medium guide path for smoothly guiding paper along the plane including the platen surface, a transparent open/close paper guide positioned above the medium guide path, and two pa... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5683189 | Thermal printer with erasing function using thinned heating energy generating patterns A thermal transfer printer with an erasing function for recording data by use of heating energy. Included are a signal generator to generate a signal to instruct the erasure; a heating energy generator; a memory in which generation patterns of heating ene... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5482392 | Recording apparatus for changing the amount of displacement and the timing of displacement of an erasing member A recording apparatus is capable of recording an image on a recording medium and of erasing an image recorded on the recording medium. The apparatus has a recording device such as a print hammer and a drive motor therefor; an erasure tape for erasing the ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5365256 | Recording apparatus with recording medium conveyance control for fixing recorded ink A recording apparatus such as an ink jet printer or bubble jet printer consists of a recording head to record by discharging an ink to a recording paper; a conveying device to convey the recording paper; an instructing device to instruct to convey the rec... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5308177 | Printer with ribbon holder A printer comprises a type wheel, a print hammer and a guide member each disposed in parallel with a platen. The type wheel and print hammer are both disposed on a carriage body which is laterally reciprocated along a guide shaft. A holder member, on whic... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5201591 | Character printing device with pressure impact control An impact-type printing device includes a printer for printing characters with a plurality of impression pressures including a high impression pressure sufficient for printing on all of the sheets of a set of copy sheets. The device also include a keyboar... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5171094 | Printing apparatus having high impact erasing mechanism Upon operation of an erasure key for erasing a printed character, a correction ribbon is moved in an erasure position according to rotation of a motor, and then, the motor is continuously rotated forward at a current I2 larger than a current I1 in a print... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5083877 | Tape feed control apparatus for a correction tape cassette for a typewriter Tape feed control apparatus for a correction tape cassette 11 for a typewriter for controlling the amount of correction tape being fed to a printing point for lifting-off or covering-up a typed character, comprises a housing 13, a post 15 mounted in the h... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5051012 | Carriage positioning for multiple impact printing In a printing device capable of executing printing operation in a bold face print mode, provided are means for controlling a carriage so as to be stopped in a predetermined period of time before the first printing operation is executed so that an inconven... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5044802 | Printing apparatus having an eraser for erasing a printed character A printing apparatus including a print mechanism for printing key-input print information; an eraser for erasing a character or symbol printed on a recording medium with the print mechanism; a first memory for storing the key-input information; a second m... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5039234 | Document processing equipment Document processing equipment comprising an input device to input enlarged character data covering a plurality of lines, a memory to store enlarged character data input, a printing/erasing device which can print or erase the stored enlarged character data... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5028157 | Printer having an erasing mechanism A printer has a mechanism for erasing a printed character by impacting a type through an erasing ribbon, and a stepping motor for rotating a type wheel to select a character. In an erasing operation, the type wheel is rotated by the stepping motor by a sm... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4983056 | Connectable cartridges for compatible typing and correction ribbons A cartridge for a typewriter typing ribbon comprises a container for accommodating the typing ribbon which can be of correctable or non-correctable type. A corrector cartridge can be removably fixed on the lower part of the container by engagement means. ... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4915546 | Data input and processing apparatus having spelling-check function and means for dealing with misspelled word A data input and processing apparatus as used in a typewriter, having a function of checking the spelling of entered words which are separated by word-separation data such as a space or a period. The apparatus has a device for inhibiting an operation defi... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4891260 | Multilayer flexible transfer ribbon A transfer ribbon for applying a film of a cover material to a substrate, especially a paper substrate provided with markings to be covered or to be provided with a stripe of color from a coloring agent contained in the cover material, has a carrier-foil ... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4856921 | Rotary wheel printer A rotary wheel printer such as a daisy wheel printer comprises a rotatable platen for winding a print paper sheet partially therearound, a carriage movable along the platen, a type wheel mounted on the carriage in confronting relation to the platen and ha... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4842428 | Electronic typewriter with spell checking and correction The present electronic typewriter comprises a memory for storing English sentences inputted into the electronic typewriter by operating its keyboard, a dictionary memory, in which data on plural English words are stored, and a spelling check control syste... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4834566 | Typewriter having means for interruption of automatic erasing operation, and/or automatic suspension thereof at each space between successive words A typewriter having an automatic erasing function, having an erasing device responsive to an erasure-start key, for effecting an erasing operation to successively erase the characters printed by a printing device, and a controller responsive to the erasur... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4820063 | Typewriter with a correction function An electronic typewriter is provided with a function that the print head is moved leftward linearly when a backspace key is continuously operated after the printing paper is fed more than a preset amount, while the print head traces the printed characters... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4818130 | Character erasable printing apparatus including selective erasing of variable length underline A character erasable printing apparatus is designed to erase a character or an underline in plural times of erasing action by moving the printing head, and to print a character by a single printing action. Therefore, when an underlined character is erased toge... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4815872 | Method, apparatus and thermal print ribbon to provide a protective layer over thermally-printed areas on a record medium Method and apparatus for the thermal transfer printing upon a record medium utilizing a print ribbon so as to form a protective transparent layer over a printed area upon a record medium. The thermal transfer print film includes plural colored ink regions... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4806030 | Correction device for typewriters The correction device is applied to an electronic typewriter with a daisywheel and comprising an electric selector motor which selectively rotates the character-carrying daisywheel in the clockwise and the anti-clockwise directions for selecting the chara... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4799811 | Automatic relocate on continuation of document playout A typewriter is disclosed which is capable of storing text in a memory and playing out the stored text on command. When the print point is moved back into the printed text for any reason, the typewriter will automatically return the print point to the sam... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4780008 | System for simultaneous correction of data in a text memory and on a printout A printing apparatus with a text memory which is capable of correcting a data stored in a text memory wthout using a display mechanism is disclosed. When a first write control means receives a memory print command during printing of the text memory data b... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4758102 | Pen-recording apparatus capable of erasing written characters A recording device capable of writing a character on a sheet of paper with a writing ball-point pen according to a set of character pattern data which is stored in a pattern memory, and erasing a written character with an erasing ball-point pen with relia... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4753542 | Malfunction preventing arrangement of ribbon & correction tape A ribbon and correction tape are separately mounted on a typewriter for movement in closely spaced parallel planes from a position below a line of impact along a line of print to an elevated position opposite said line of print. To minimize interference a... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4738555 | Method, apparatus and thermal print ribbon to provide a protective layer over thermally-printed areas on a record medium Method and apparatus for the thermal transfer printing upon a record medium utilizing a print ribbon so as to form a protective transparent layer over a printed area upon a record medium. The thermal transfer print film includes plural colored ink regions... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4710047 | Desk-top correction ribbon system A system for positioning correction ribbons having a layer of opaque dry correction material over a letter or image on a surface such as paper for subsequent covering of the image. The system includes a supply spool rotatably mounted in a supply spool hol... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4692045 | Printing apparatus capable of correcting printed characters by offset prints There is disclosed a printing apparatus provided with a mechanism for erasing printed characters by actuating a type font through an erasing ribbon and a mechanism for selecting characters by rotating the type font, wherein the erasure of a printed charac... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4678351 | Right margin zone hyphenation An electronic typewriter has a right margin zone hyphenation system operable with an error correction function to provide a reasonably aligned right margin of printed lines on a work sheet. To hyphen a word or a partial word printed in the hyphenation zon... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4651943 | Spool for correction tape assembly A spool for a reversible-type correction tape assembly comprising a cap and a spool shaft and improved releasable fastening means therebetween. The spool shaft is adapted to receive a correction ribbon-winding core axially-slideable, but not rotatable aro... | 03/24/1987 |
