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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6382852 | Information recording apparatus and method An information recording apparatus and an information recording method are provided for recording additional information on a heat-sensitive recording medium with a simple configuration without seriously affecting a main recorded image. A CPU includes a m... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6289801 | Face painting stencils A new face painting stencils for helping paint images, logos and other designs on the face of a user. The inventive device includes a card having substantially planar first and second surfaces, a pair of end edges and a pair of side edges extending betwee... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6155729 | Ink ribbon feed that equalizes ribbon tension over the entire ink ribbon width An ink ribbon feeder for use in a facsimile machine has a feed roll winding thereover an ink ribbon and a take-up roll for taking-up the ink ribbon fed from the feed roll. A friction mechanism is provided at one end of the take-up roll for rotating the ta... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6129016 | Stamping toy having indexing means A stamping toy having a pair of self inking stamp pads. The arms are part of a housing assembly including a central drum which is rotatably mounted on a center support post and is biased along with the housing assembly by spring means into an inoperative ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6123021 | Multiple color printer for printing on small objects A machine for printing a plurality of colored patterns on the surface of a contact lens has a plurality of parallel oriented print stations each of which has an image die and an ink cup for applying ink into the image in the die. A slide is moveable betwe... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6119591 | Processing method for undetachably printing pictures on surface of a fastening sheath for shoe lace head A processing method for undetachably printing pictures on the surface of a fastening sheath for a shoe lace head, including the steps of: processing acetic acid fiber at high temperature and then pressing the fiber into transparent film which is wound int... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6119595 | Gravure printing press with encapsulated ink applicator and method A pair of doctor blade assemblies extend from upper and lower ends of a housing. Seal assemblies having compressible seals, seal spacers and retaining plates are disposed at opposite ends of the housing and extend between the upper and lower doctor blade ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6098537 | Stencil printer having back press roller with clamp and movable wall member In a stencil printer, in order to definitely prevent an ink leakage even when the perforated portion 20c of the printing drum laps over the clamp 25 of the back press roller 14, the portions of a part of the outer circumferential surface of the back press... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098535 | Hand stamp printing of numerous indicia by interchangeable hook and loop fasteners The invention is a method of making a stamp face (the imprinting part of the hand stamp consisting of letters, numbers and/or pictures) interchangeable, removable and re-attachable to the stamp mount. The device consists of a new use for hook and loop fas... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6095088 | Pet litter box assembly A pet litter box assembly is provided having an open-ended base into which litter can be placed, a cover which can be latched upon the base in order to seal the base and a waste collecting member mounted within the cover at a position spaced from the unde... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6095700 | Battery operated thermal printer with means to optimize battery life In a thermal printer having a plurality of thermal elements arranged in a line, voltage of a battery which is to be applied to the thermal elements is detected. Based on the detected voltage, the period of time during which the thermal elements are driven... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6089159 | Chambered doctor blade system System for applying a pumpable substance (printing liquid) to running material webs, comprising a chambered doctor blade casing provided with a space for pumpable substance; an inlet and an outlet for pumpable substance; and at least two doctor blades det... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6073558 | Printing press having blanket cylinder with filler bar and blanket A printing press includes a combination printing blanket and blanket cylinder having a fill-in bar adapted to receive both ends of the printing blanket. The printing blanket and the fill-in bar are preattached, and, after wrapping the blanket around the c... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6071024 | Ink ribbon positioning system The present invention relates to an ink ribbon positioning system of a color printer for identifying a position of a color ink ribbon of the color printer. The ink ribbon is windingly installed inside an ink ribbon box comprising a plurality of dye blocks... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6062750 | Printer capable of printing a background in addition to text on a tape along with a decorating feature to extend the border of the printed tape A printing apparatus comprises input means for inputting various characters, design setting means for selecting a design pattern including a frame to be added around the characters and a background pattern to be added on a background of the characters the... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6058842 | Bearing assembly for a movable roller of a printing machine A bearing assembly for an inking or wetting device of a printing press which quickly adjusts and readjusts a position of a first roller against a second and third roller includes a movable carrier plate on which a bearing assembly holding the first roller... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6056460 | Printer A paper discharging apparatus comprising a printing means to perform a predetermined printing on a paper, a cutting means to cut the printed paper at a predetermined length, a paper discharging means to discharge the printed and cut paper through a paper ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6053646 | Keyball An input device for inputting data into a computer or a video game is provided. The input device includes two keyballs mounted to a base. The keyballs may be swiveled relative to the base. Each keyball includes a plurality of switches for activation by th... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6047755 | Labeler having stepper motor driving plural elements An improved labeler includes a housing and a bellows drive gear and cassette drive sprocket spaced apart and each rotatably supported in the housing. A stepper motor is mounted in the housing and has an output shaft. A first drive gear is affixed to the s... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6048116 | Method and apparatus for drawing characters for display in a draft mode and a high resolution mode There is provided an output apparatus for outputting an image pattern by dots on the basis of a vector font. The apparatus comprises: a memory to store coordinate point data indicative of an outline of a pattern; a first mode to arrange into dots on the b... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6047638 | Stamp device with a porous base plate and its method of manufacture The ink to be impregnated into the figure portion 6 of the processed stamp plate 10 in the stamp device 11 is formed of polyoxyethylene-alkyl-phenyl ether and oil soluble dye melted therein and regulated to have the viscosity in a range of 300-2000 cps, m... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6045274 | Power supply apparatus The present invention relates to a power supply apparatus and provides a power supply apparatus capable of properly performing the protective operation at the completion of use of the instrument connected through the power supply line, when and after susp... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6045275 | Thermal head controller A thermal head controller includes a central processing unit (CPU), a storage unit, an arithmetic unit, a controller, and a thermal head. The CPU reads print data stored in the storage unit. The storage unit holds print data to be printed on a stamp print... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6041711 | Cylinder cleaning device According to the invention, there is provided a cylinder cleaning device for use with a cleaning fabric supply roll having a cleaning fabric wound thereon. The cleaning fabric is supplied from the supply roll and pressed against the outer surface of a cyl... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6041569 | Mailing machine having envelope closing and sealing device A mailing machine has an envelope transport device extending longitudinally therethrough and a digital ink jet printing device located adjacent the downstream end of the transport device. Due to the criticality of the spacing between the upper surface of ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6036381 | Book printer including support for accommodating bound portion A printer prints upon a book having a plurality of pages bound at a binding edge (1). The book is opened, placed on a supporting surface (16) and fed in a feed direction parallel to the binding edge. A supporting shaft (13) extends parallel to the support... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6035781 | Doctor blade device for an ink cleaning unit of a rotary printing machine A doctor blade device for an inking rinse unit of a rotary printing machine, including a doctor blade support, provided with an ink channel, on which two parallel doctor blades that are adjustable in relation to a form linking roller are affixed and--toge... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6029578 | Method and device for starting a machine A method and a device for starting a machine, in particular, a printing press, using a sensor or sensor field which emits a start signal during the approach of a part of the body of a machine operator. According to the method, the machine is automatically... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6024504 | Process for correcting geometric errors in the transfer of information to a printing stock A process corrects geometric errors in the transfer of information without mechanical intervention on the printing form, to compensate for the errors that occur and thus attain optimized print quality prior to imaging. The corrections are visually indisce... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6024506 | Printing apparatus frame structure having a damping member for absorbing vibrations A frame structure of a printing apparatus is provided with a main frame having a developer unit and a paper supply and output unit, a subframe installed in the main frame, having a printing unit, and a damping member installed between the main frame and t... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6022156 | Ergonomic keyboard A two piece computer keyboard (10). A right hand keyboard (20) contains alphabetic keys normally operated by the right hand of the computer operator. Left hand keyboard (30) contains keys normally operated by the left hand of the operator. Right keyboard ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6019046 | Printing press with replaceable units allowing for different methods of printing System for producing three-dimensional structures on a substrate, including a machine frame having mounted thereon a replaceable unit for producing a three-dimensional structure on a substrate by a given method, a feeder and a delivery for the substrate, ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6019043 | Arrangement for fastening a cover on a printing cylinder An arrangement for fastening a covering on a cylinder of a printing machine, the arrangement including a cylinder having at least one axially extending cylinder groove which defines a groove wall at an acute angle to an outer surface of the cylinder, and ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6017160 | Printer sheet feed device having controller The invention comprises a rotatable sheet feed roller; a rotatable press-contacting roller capable of press-contacting against an outer peripheral surface of the sheet feed roller; a sheet feed motor, being a stepping motor, for rotationally driving the s... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6009804 | Printing device with sorter having a plurality of bins A printing device with a sorter is provided having a plurality of bins, capable of enhancing the practicality of a configuration where a plurality of bins are used for both a mail printing and a sort printing. According to the printing device, when, in a ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6010259 | Donor ribbon and method of making same A donor ribbon and method capable of detecting donor ribbon type and aligning color patches relative to a print head. A dye donor ribbon having a predetermined width includes a plurality of donor color patches thereon. Separating adjacent ones of the patc... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6010261 | Printer capable of designating the type of recording medium in a medium tray In a printer apparatus having an automatic paper feed selection function for automatically selecting one of a plurality of paper feed means in which a paper of a designated size is loaded, an operator is permitted to set a desired priority. When there are... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6010257 | Miniature portable interactive printer An intelligent, portable printer is provided having a controller and a printing mechanism. The controller includes a microprocessor which communicates with a terminal, which may be remote from the printer and may include or be a host computer, via cable, ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6006663 | Printing press and method having a printing unit cylinder protected against corrosion A method for applying an anti-corrosion protective layer to the surface of a cylinder for the printing unit of a printing press, the surface having been cleaned and microroughened, includes uniformly applying to the cylinder surface a thermally cross-link... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6007261 | Printing system with means to extract data type before printing on a recording medium A host computer checks the frequency of type data such as a character code or a graphic pattern in print data. Type data with a high frequency is registered in a registered character management area in correspondence with a data ID and sent to a printer. ... | 12/28/1999 |
