Typewriting machines inventions 12/07

20070297842 - Image forming apparatus: There is provided an image forming apparatus comprising an apparatus main body connected to a plurality of option units by way of communication lines by cascade connection and adapted to communicate with an element to be controlled and a unit type determining means arranged in each of the plurality of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070292184 - Wire dot printer head and wire dot printer: In order to realize a stabilized pivotal movement of an armature to thereby obtain pivotal force required for high-speed printing, a pivot shaft is held such that an armature having an attracted face that is in contact with a core, that has a coil wound therearound and has a pole... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070292185 - Computer keyboard with internal printer: A computer keyboard assembly includes a computer keyboard. The computer keyboard includes a housing on which a keypad is arranged. The housing defines oppositely disposed print media input and ejection slots though which print media can pass. A print media feed mechanism is located within the housing and is configured... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070292186 - Washable keyboard: A washable switch that may be used in a keyboard is disclosed. In an embodiment, a housing of the keyboard may include a key opening and a support layer may be mounted in the housing. Key silos may be mounted on the support layer and input keys with support legs... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070292187 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes: conveyance part that conveys, along a conveyance path, continuous paper in which fold lines are disposed per constant size; a detector that is disposed in a detection position in the middle of the conveyance path and detects whether or not a fold line in the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070292188 - Image generating apparatus: An image generating apparatus includes a rotatable roller for carrying a paper, provided movably in an axial direction, a roller gear fixedly mounted on the roller, a drive gear meshing with the roller gear and driven by a driving source, and a position adjustment member regulating an axial position of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070292189 - Multi-passing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same: A multi-passing apparatus to repeatedly transfer a recording medium to an image forming unit to realize a high resolution image and an image forming apparatus including the multi-passing apparatus. The multi-passing apparatus includes a feeding passageway extending from a feeding unit to an image forming unit, a divergent passageway extending... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070292190 - Platen and printer: There is provided a platen and a printer pressed to printing elements with a uniform pressure, decreasing in size, reducing a force for transporting a printing medium, and smoothly transporting the printing medium. The platen includes a plurality of printing elements disposed parallel to a thermal head and a fixed... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070292191 - Method of detecting overlapping sheets within a paper feed mechanism, a detector for detecting overlapping sheets, a feed mechanism including such a detector and an apparatus including such a detector: A paper feed detector is disclosed for detecting when a plurality of overlapping sheets of paper occur in a transport path intended to transport paper to a first region. The paper feed detector includes a light source and an image forming arrangement adapted to form an image having a spatially... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070286659 - Thermal printer: The platen bearings 52a, 52b attached to the shaft end parts 51a, 51b of the removable platen roller 5 are pressed by lock levers 8a, 8b to bearing insertion slots 7a, 7b that are formed in the main frame 3 of the thermal printer 1 so that the positions of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070286660 - Systems and methods for providing a media located on a spool and/or a cartridge where the media includes a wireless communication device attached thereto: A media supply apparatus and associated methods are provided. The apparatus can include a spool on which a media is wound, and/or the media can be provided in a cartridge either wound about a spool or wound about itself. A wireless device such as a programmable radio frequency identification (RFID)... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070286661 - Tape drive and printing apparatus: A tape drive for use in for example a transfer printing apparatus to drive a printer ribbon. The printer ribbon is mounted on two spools each of which is driven by a respective stepper motor. A controller controls the energization of the motor such that the ribbon is transported in... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20070286662 - Convertible computer keyboard: A convertible computer keyboard has two sections, a QWERTY typing and a key/numpad section. The sections are configured to be used as a single unit or independently of one another. Connection of the sections is made possible by the use of a channeled track or equivalent connection system, which allows... Agent: Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson & Goldstein P.C. Willow Ridge Executive Office Park

20070286663 - Key input system and device incorporating same: An ergonomically developed key input system for use with a computing or electronic handheld device that uses chording to type at increased speeds. The key input system includes a set of finger input keys corresponding to the fingers of a user's hands that are divided into at least three subkeys,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070286664 - Recording material detecting apparatus: A recording material detecting apparatus includes a detecting device and a reference member. The detecting device irradiates a recording material with light and detects the light from the recording material. The reference member has a reference portion detectable by the detecting device in order to correct the output from the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070280766 - Printing system and method: A method of configuring a printing system includes providing a document key having an initial image and providing a printing system that includes a memory storing a first system setting. The method also includes scanning the document key and validating the initial image. The method can optionally include marking a... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20070280767 - Thermal printer and drive control method of thermal head: A thermal printer includes a first thermal head which is so provided as to be brought into contact with one side of a paper, a second thermal head which is so provided as to be brought into contact with the other side of the paper, and a controller. The first... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070280768 - Media tray, printing system and method: A media tray includes a tray body having a first wall. A first media guide is moveably supported along the tray body. A second media guide is moveably supported along the tray body and disposed approximately transverse to the first media guide. First and second brackets are supported along the... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20070280769 - Gripping unit and a method for gripping a paper: The invention relates to a gripping unit for gripping a paper from a top surface of a stack. The gripping unit comprises a first and a second friction wheel having rotation axes that are mainly parallel with respect to each other. The friction wheels are arranged to exert a friction... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070280770 - Modular printer with substantially identical duplexed printhead assemblies: A modular printer includes a frame. A housing in which the frame is housed has an operatively upper and an operatively lower cover and defines a print media inlet at one end between the covers and a print media outlet at an opposite end between the covers. An inlet roller... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070280771 - Palm rest with detachable assembly mechanism: A palm rest with a detachable assembly mechanism attaches to a keyboard via the detachable assembly mechanism. The palm rest has a shell and at least one assembly mechanism. The shell forms a concave portion. The assembly mechanism has a base and a joint arm. The base is disposed in... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee