Typewriting machines inventions 11/07

20070274753 - Image forming device, control method of image forming device, program for achieving control method, and storage medium for storing program: An image forming device comprises: an image forming unit adapted to execute image formation on a recording medium; and a writing unit adapted to be able to execute at least an information writing operation in a non-contact manner to a non-contact IC added to the recording medium. It is controlled... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070274754 - Printer: A printer forms an image on a print sheet drawn from a print sheet roll, with using a print head. A transport roller unit for drawing the print sheet from the roll and transporting it to the print head includes a drive roller for taking up the print sheet around... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070274755 - Reverse-image identification card printer: A printer includes a print ribbon, a transfer ribbon, a printhead, and a first sensor. The transfer ribbon includes a series of panels each separated from adjacent panels by a transition portion. A section of the transfer ribbon is supported between a supply roll and a take-up roll and has... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070274756 - Ink ribbon cassette and printer including ink ribbon: An ink ribbon cassette includes a first case and a second case. Positioning holes for mounting the ink ribbon cassette in a cassette mounting unit of a printer are formed in either one of the first case and the second case.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070274757 - Ribbon cassette and printer: A ribbon cassette and a printer are provided for preventing an ink ribbon from being wound or drawn to a printing-portion paper transport unit of the printer so as to satisfactorily wind and transport the ink ribbon. A convex portion is formed on a wall-portion contact surface of a first... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070274758 - Merchandise detecting and billing device having a plurality of receipt dispensers: Merchandise detecting and billing device having a plurality of receipt dispensers (12L, 12R) whose discharge channel (26) has an adjoining diverting means (28) which is able to direct printed material (22) into at least two transportation channels (30L, 30R) which each lead to a printed material dispenser (12L, 12R).... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070274759 - Printer having easily mountable media transport arrangement: A printer is provided which has a support frame having a first slot, a plate having a tab configured to slidably engage with the first slot in order to mount the plate to the support frame and a bearing positioned in a hole of the plate, and at least one... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070274760 - Cartridge case: A first pressing member, which is in the form of a leaf spring, is disposed within a gap between a second support-side sidewall and a support shaft of a feed bobbin included in an ink-sheet unit. A second pressing member, which is in the form of a leaf spring, is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070269247 - Cartridge case: A first case component includes a first drive-side sidewall and a first support-side sidewall. A second case component includes a second drive-side sidewall and a second support-side sidewall. Each sidewall has a feed portion and a take-up portion. The feed portions and the take-up portions of the sidewalls in each... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070269248 - Word input keyboard: A substantially standard layout keyboard for text input, having a plurality of standard keys, in a substantially standard layout (e.g. QWERTY, DVORAK, etc.), the keyboard having a plurality of word fragments associated with a selected subset of the plurality of standard keys, and a word input key adapted to input... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070269249 - Apparatus and method for decorating objects: To increase the throughput capacity when decorating objects, an apparatus and method include at least two transport carriages which are respectively moved by a drive device and on each of which is mounted a respective holder for carrying at least one object. The apparatus has at least one decorating station.... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070269250 - Printing apparatus: A printer with a chassis, a hinge and a paper cover assembly. The chassis may have a printing head and a notch. The hinge may have an axis, and may be coupled with the chassis such that the rotational axis of the hinge is laterally movable. The paper cover assembly... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070264068 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a second image which forms a specified interference pattern when printed on a sheet on which a first image is printed, and a printing unit configured to print the second image received by the receiving unit on the sheet... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070264069 - Handheld printing devices and systems adapted to receive radio signal information indicative of a position and methods for using the same: Hand-held printing device and systems adapted to receive radio signal information indicative of a position. Hand-held printing device having at least one antenna and a controller adapted to calculate the relative position of the hand-held printing device by comparing received radio signals on the antennae. Methods for using the same.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070264070 - Low friction cassette: This invention relates to a cassette comprising a supply of image receiving tape, said cassette having at least one portion arranged to be in contact with said image receiving tape as said tape is drawn out of said cassette, said at least one portion have a surface with a coefficient... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070264071 - Split case, case decomposing device and tape cartridge: A split case includes a first case and a second case to be joined to each other so as to be decomposable, includes in a joint portion between the first case and the second case: first press-fitting projections formed on a joint end surface of the first case; press-fitting holes... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070264072 - Keyboard with anti-bacteria surface: A keyboard (or keypad) includes a top surface formed with a transparent anti-bacteria layer of titanium crystals which is formed by coating a titanium dioxide (TiO2) on the top surface in a nano process at a very low temperature whereby exposing the top surface to light rays will kill bacteria... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070264073 - Printer: An image is appropriately printed on a print target with at least a print area having a print surface and other areas connected to the print area at angles. A retention member for retaining the print target is formed from a disk tray, and an adapter removably attached to the... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070258744 - System and method for adjusting front-to-back printer registration: A printing system and method is provided for processing a print job request. The method includes receiving at least one registration variable related to at least one characteristic selected from a characteristic of a target substrate to be marked in accordance with the print job request, and a characteristic of... Agent: George Likourezos, Esq. Carter, Deluca, Farrel & Schmidt, LLP

20070258745 - Modular printer with readily interchangeable modules: The present invention relates to a modular printer. The modular printer includes at least two modules each defining oppositely located male and female connectors to facilitate interconnection of the modules in any order. Each module includes a serial bus including power and data lines to enable communication between the modules.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070258746 - Key configuration for accelerated backspace operation: A computer keyboard includes a first key having a first function positioned adjacent to a second key having the first function, both keys integrated into the computer keyboard. Each of the keys is independently operable to perform a rapid operation of the first function. The keys are operable to be... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070258747 - Impact absorbing keyboard, contoured to the natural shape of the hand: This invention provides novel keyboards comprising keys disposed such that they minimize the distance a finger typically must travel to effect a keystroke and the force that is applied to effect a keystroke. Accordingly the keyboards require less arm and finger movement to and thereby reduce the likelihood of an... Agent: Quine Intellectual Property Law Group, P.C.

20070258748 - Printer and printing method: When a print tape (8) to be used as the label (25α) of a first sheet desired by one user is printed with no cut and then predetermined conditions, e.g. “time out elapse”, are satisfied, the label (25α) is outputted from a printer (6) in a cut state. When the... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070253758 - Modified-qwerty letter layout for rapid data entry: Data entry arrangements that include twenty-six letters of the Roman alphabet arranged in matrices including six rows of three to six letters per row and in five column matrices. The transposition of the letters of the Roman alphabet on a standard three-row QWERTY keyboard into six row matrices and five... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070253759 - Tape/tube printer: A half cut portion is provided with a receiving base for receiving a tube, and a cutter for cutting the tube. The receiving base is provided with a stroke adjusting lever on an upper portion of the receiving base, and the stroke adjusting lever is provided with a cam face... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP