Typewriting machines inventions 03/07

20070071530 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product for pad image transfer: An apparatus and method for image sequence transfer onto one of a plurality of a pad medium pages while the pages are aggregated together. A preferred embodiment for a printer includes An image transfer apparatus, including a housing; an image transfer engine for transferring a series of images at a... Agent: Michael E. Woods Patent Law Offices Of Michael E. Woods

20070071531 - Roll sheet holder and tape printer: A tape printer includes a holder support member at one side end in a roll sheet holder storage part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a feeding direction. In the holder support member, a mounting piece which is substantially rectangular in section and formed protruding outward on a positioning holding... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070071532 - Photo printer with a vertically transmitted platen roller: In a photo printer, with a translating cam at a horizontal displacement, a platen roller can be lifted up/down vertically to/from a print head. On the profile of the translating cam, there is plurality of concave surfaces and a convex surface as a follower's path. A platen roller frame is... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070065205 - Image forming apparatus, and method of image processing: An image processing method and apparatus that produces data for printing, wherein the data is based on an image in a first region whose size and shape can vary according to an input of variable data and on a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern which is added to the image that includes setting... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070065207 - Apparatus for converting an envelope feeding machine into an internet connected postage machine: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using existing envelope feeding machines to print IBIP indicium, and CASS approved address information and bar code information. The invention is shown to include a print head operative in response to a print signal and a controller, electrically connected to the print head, for... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070065208 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: Viewability is improved creating more reliable visual recognition of an image including a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image to clearly distinguish a copy and an original being displayed for preview. An image processing apparatus produces data of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image that is added to an image to be output for printing... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070065206 - Printing a coupon using a mobile device: A system for printing a coupon on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the coupon on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070065209 - Apparatus and method of forming image using ribbon cartridge: An apparatus and method of forming an image using a ribbon include displaying a user interface screen to select a type of an over-coating ribbon provided in the ribbon cartridge, printing an image on a printing medium using respective color ribbons provided in the ribbon cartridge, and over-coating the printed... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070065210 - Thor expandable ring printer for wide print media: A printing machine for use with paper roll stock is disclosed. The print head consists of an expandable cylindrical ring print head where the printing brushes are integrated in a spiral pattern around the ring print head. Ink wells are located outside of the print head, and electromagnets, located outside... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.

20070065212 - Armature damper, method of manufacturing armature damper, and dot head: An armature damper according to the present invention acts to abut against the arm of an armature to stop the arm at a predetermined backward position. The armature damper is formed in a manner that the surface thereof abutting against the arm is formed by a rigid body member and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070065211 - Dot head and method of manufacturing armature structure for dot head: According to a dot head of the invention, an armature structure for moving a printing needle forward and backward has the efficiency that the magnetic characteristics is excellent and mechanical intensity is high. The armature structure is manufactured in a manner that an arm member, which is formed by subjecting... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070065213 - Printer capable of printing on both sides of a printing media: A printer includes a shell, a reversion module, a stick, a roller set, a first sensor, a second sensor, a first motor, and a second motor. The reversion module includes a housing, a first axis, a first gear, a second axis, a second gear, and a plurality of cannelures. The... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070065214 - Carriage preloader and carriage system having a preloader: A carriage system for a printing apparatus is disclosed. The carriage system includes a movable carriage for carrying at least one ink pen, a carriage rod on which the carriage is rotatably mounted, an anti-rotation rail that is adjacent to one end of the carriage to prevent the rotation of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070065215 - Display-equipped key,key assembly, device and method: A display key, data input device and related methods with the display key formed of a plurality of snap-together components housing a display therein which is dynamically configurable. At least one of the components includes an integral seat that orients and can also locate the display relative to a key... Agent: David D. Stein Boyle, Fredrickson, Newholm, Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070065216 - Web conveyance mechanism and image forming apparatus: A web conveyance mechanism for conveying a band-type web includes: a side guide provided on one end side of the web in its width direction that guides one end of the web in the width direction which abuts on the side guide and that serves as a positional reference in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070065217 - Printer, cut paper discharge mechanism used for printer, and paper jam prevention method: A plurality of ribs are provided on a cut paper discharge guide and an upper cover which define a discharge port for discharging a cut paper. The ribs hold a cut paper in width direction. Even if a cut paper having a high degree of curl is supplied when a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070065218 - Photofinishing system having media roll slitter: A photofinishing system is provided having a printer and a slitter which has a plurality of slitting blades mounted on rotatable shafts and a rotatable, selectively positional turret supporting the rotatable shafts. The printer is arranged to receive, and effect printing of, photographic images on a media roll. The slitter... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070065219 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus according to this invention contains a moving unit for moving a feed unit or a recording medium stacked on a stacking unit in a direction to separate them from one another or in a direction to render one in contact with the other based on a result... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070065220 - Portable electronic device: An electronic device with multiple body elements is configurable to predetermined fixed portrait and landscape orientations each of which define a respective different operative position. A first panel overlies at least one portion of a main body element first surface and has a surface relative to usage and is arranged... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070065221 - Tape printing apparatus, tape printing apparatus charger and tape printing apparatus charging system: A tape printing apparatus that can be set smoothly into a tape printing apparatus charger from a free angle by gripping the top face section and the bottom face section of the tape printing apparatus such that the front side face section faces downward and the right side face section... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070065222 - Roll paper printer: A printer having a cover opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing a cover to the roll paper compartment of the printer including a four-node parallel linkage mechanism and an urging member to prevent the four-node parallel linkage mechanism from locking into a fixed position when the cover is... Agent: Anderson Kill & Olick P.C.

20070059072 - Ink ribbon error record management enabling image forming apparatus and ribbon error record management method thereof: Disclosed are an ink ribbon error record management enabling image forming apparatus and a ribbon error record management method is provided. The method includes the steps of: displaying a ribbon cartridge replacement request message when a ribbon error occurs during a printing operation; determining whether a ribbon cartridge is replaced;... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070059073 - Method for printing data according to sensing signals from sensing modules: Dynamically modifying a positioning error during a printing process uses a plurality of sensing modules installed on a feeding path of a printing medium inside a printer. When any of the plurality of sensing modules detects one end of the printing medium, the sensing module transmits a signal to a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070059074 - Thermal printer with compact structure and usability of cover open and cover open mechanism: A cover operation member (41) is movably attached to the base frame to selectively latch and unlatch a platen (21) attached on the cover frame. The cover operation member (41) is in contact with the head bracket (32) so that the thermal head (31) is separated from the platen (21).... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070059075 - Apparatus for manufacturing film cartridge and for feeding plate material: A film cartridge assembling apparatus including one or more assembly chucks each including two die elements formed by combining partial cylindrical inner surfaces thereof together. The circumference of a resulting cylinder being partially cut to form an opening. One of the die elements includes a member having a flat surface... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070059076 - Electronic device and assistance structure thereof: An electronic device includes a housing, a movable module and an assistance structure. The moveable module is mounted in the housing and moving along a direction back and forth. The assistance structure, including two magnetic elements, are respectively disposed in the housing and on the moveable module for providing a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070059078 - Feed mechanism for maintaining constant web tension in a wide format printer: A feed mechanism for feeding a web of print media past a printhead is provided. The feed mechanism comprises a supply spool, a take-up spool, a take-up motor operatively connected to the take-up spool, a take-up control system for controlling the torque of the take-up motor, a drive roller system... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070059079 - Method of printing with facile removal of print media roll from take-up spool: A method of printing is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (i) feeding a web of print media from a supply spool to a radially expanded take-up spool, whilst simultaneously printing onto the print media, thereby providing a printed roll of print media wound onto the radially expanded take-up... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070059082 - Printhead assembly for a wide format printer: A printhead assembly for a wide format printer is provided. The printhead assembly comprises a printhead carrier, a printhead mounted on the carrier, and a guide. The printhead has an associated print zone defined by a plane adjacent the printhead and the guide is configured to guide a web through... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070059081 - Spool adapted for gripping a roll of print media: A spool, such as supply for a wide-format printer, is provided. The spool comprises a spindle for slidingly receiving an outer shaft, which is typically the core of a roll of print media. A first resiliently deformable gripping ring is circumferentially mounted about the spindle, and a compression mechanism is... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070059080 - Take-up spool for a printer: A take-up spool for a wide format printer is provided. The spool comprises a radially expandable shaft and at least one expander releasably engageable with the shaft. Engagement of the expander with the shaft radially expands at least part of the shaft. Expansion and contraction of the shaft facilitates removal... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070059077 - Wide format printer having a web path adapted for high speed printing: A wide format printer having a web path adapted for high speed printing is provided. The printer comprises a printhead assembly, the printhead assembly comprising a printhead mounted at the base of a printhead carrier, and a feed mechanism for continuously feeding a web of print media past the printhead.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070059083 - Wide format printer having alternative print zone arrangement: A wide format printer having an alternative print zone arrangement is provided. The printer comprises a printhead having a corresponding print zone, the print zone being defined by a plane adjacent the printhead, and a feed mechanism for continuously feeding a web of print media through the print zone. The... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070059084 - Roll sheet holder: The disclosure provides a roll sheet holder for producing labels which can be easily put on a slim stick-type member used in foods without being wound on and adhered to the stick-type member, and be completely removed from the stick-type member. The roll sheet is made of a continuous thermal... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070059085 - Printer: A printer is disclosed. The printer includes a platen roller that is rotated as a main driving source. A driving force transmitted to the platen roller is further transmitted to first and second feeding rollers so that the first and second feeding rollers rotate such as to follow the platen... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070059086 - Printer capable of stable printing without pitch fluctuations and paper carrying mechanism therefor: In a printer including a base frame, an upper frame rotatably coupled to the base frame, and a platen and a platen pulley both rotatably supported by the upper frame, a subframe is attached to the upper frame rotatably and movably in one direction. A reduction gear and a belt... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070059087 - Printer: It is intended to provide a printer which can prevent dust from entering and adhering to a printing medium, thereby avoiding entry of the dust to or near a print head, and can improve print quality. A first cover covers a first paper projection port through which paper as the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070053734 - Mobile device: An apparatus has a keyboard panel with a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia. The apparatus further has a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia, and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel. Other parts of the... Agent: Stephen D. Scanlon, Esq. Jones Day

20070053735 - Image forming apparatus having a guide member to guide paper: An image forming apparatus includes a conveying roller to convey a paper, a guide member to guide the paper conveyed by the conveying roller, a pressurizing roller to pressurize the paper guided by the guide member, and a heat transferring unit faced towards the pressurizing roller, the heat transferring unit... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070048057 - Head gap adjusting device and inkjet image forming apparatus including the same: A head gap adjusting device includes a platen including a plurality of medium supporting projections to support a printing medium, the plurality of medium supporting projections formed on a surface of the platen facing an array type printhead having a nozzle array at least equal to or longer than a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070048058 - Printer with force transmitting path selecting mechanism: A printer has a carriage being movable between a first end and a second end of a reciprocating path; and a driving force transmitting path selecting mechanism provided at the second end of the reciprocating path. The selecting mechanism has: a common driving force outputting member; a plurality of force... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070048059 - Printer with sheet sending mechanism: A printer is equipped with a supply roller for sending a piece of sheet from pieces of sheets stacked within a cassette; a pair of feed-in rollers for sending the piece of sheet supplied from the supply roller toward a printing region; and a sheet sensor provided between the supply... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070048060 - Medium conveying apparatus, medium feed control method, and image forming apparatus using the control method: A sheet feeding procedure supplies recording media from a medium enclosing portion to a medium conveying path. An overlap-feed detecting procedure monitors a thickness of recording media supplied to the medium conveying path, thereby detecting the overlap-feed media. Sheet returning procedures (A) and (B) return the overlap-feed media into the... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.