Typewriting machines inventions 01/08

20080025778 - Tag-label producing apparatus: In a tag-label producing apparatus for producing an RFID label using a tag-label tape having an adhesive layer, a separation sheet, and an RFID circuit element, a tape feeding roller, a loop antenna for information transmission/reception, and a print head are provided, in which a tag print corresponding to transmission/reception... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080025779 - Thermal printer device for point of service terminal: The present invention provides for a compact, portable POS terminal through the use of a compact printer that utilizes a thermal printer with fan-folded paper. The POS terminal also accommodates contactless instrument readers and optionally includes features for electronic signature capture, user display interaction, multi-tasking capabilities, check reading and age... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080025780 - Inflatable keyboard: An exemplary inflatable keyboard includes an inflatable bag, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), an inflating unit electrically connected with the FPCB, an inflating button and a USB interface connects to a host device. The inflatable bag includes a faceplate portion and at least one key. An inlet valve and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080025781 - Printer and method for controlling the printer: A transporting roller operable to transport a printing medium fed from a medium setting portion on which the printing medium is set. A feeding roller is operable to feed the printing medium from the medium setting portion. A controller is operable to execute at least a synchronous transporting control of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080025782 - Printer and printer control method: A printer for performing a printing operation on a printing medium, includes: a feed roller, operable to feed the printing medium from a medium setting portion in which the printing medium is set; a feeding motor, operable to drive the feed roller; a transport roller, operable to transport the printing... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080019753 - Method of producing a tiled print product: In a method of producing a tiled print product, the print product is composed of a plurality of print substrates that are printed separately and are disposed adjacent to one another in at least one row. Each substrate is printed by means of a print process that creates a gloss... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080019754 - Method and apparatus for producing a security feature on a printing form, imaging device for producing a security feature, machine for processing material, security feature, printing form and printed product: A method for producing a security feature on a printing form includes providing an imaging device, particularly a laser device, having a feed, and varying the feed of the imaging device to produce the security feature on the printing form. The variation of the feed can be carried out periodically... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080019755 - Portable electronic printer: A method and apparatus for printing information. The printer including a paper feed motor, a carriage motor and a printer control system. The system causing the paper feed motor and the carriage motor to move at least partially simultaneously.... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. (c/o Intermec)

20080019756 - Computer keyboard with a planar member and endless belt feed mechanism: A computer keyboard assembly includes a computer keyboard, in turn, having 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 to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080019757 - Printer apparatus: Provided is a printer that employs a platen roller as conveying means, for which the accuracy of the assembly of the constituents of a drive transmission mechanism that drives a platen roller is increased, and the heat releasing function of a motor that is a drive source is also improved,... Agent: Bruce L Adams Adams & Wilks

20080014001 - Tape printing apparatus and tape printing method: A tape printing apparatus of the invention includes a character size type storage unit which stores a plurality of types of character sizes; a printable area information storage unit which stores printable area information in a width direction of tape in which a character string is printed; a character size... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080014002 - Print control apparatus that controls printing device performing printing using print sheet having tab: Upon printing on a tab, a printer driver presents a screen for setting index information of a tab sheet, and receives designation of a position where an index is to be added and an item to be added to the index. Further, it receives designation of the number of letters,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080014003 - Roller for a printer and a method of cooling the roller surface: A roller for a printer includes an outer tube and at least one inner tube. The inner tube is position within the outer tube. The outer tube extends in an axial direction from a first to a second end and the inner tube extends substantially parallel to the outer tube,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080014004 - Wire dot printer head and wire dot printer: A wire dot printer head which has an armature spacer having plural notches accommodating support shafts of plural armatures respectively supporting a printing wire, and an abrasion preventive member provided between the armature spacer and a yoke holding the support shafts of the plural armatures with the armature spacer for... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080014005 - Impact printhead: An impact printhead includes impact wires loosely held in a guide and driven to print. The printhead includes individual holes through which corresponding wires extend, and elongated holes formed in the guide for guiding the wires. The elongated hole includes a concave wall and a convex wall opposing each other.... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20080014006 - Bearing device having backlash reducer for reducing play of bearing, and image recording apparatus including the bearing device: A bearing device include: (a) a bearing supporting a shaft, and having (a-1) a tubular body portion in which the shaft is rotatably received and (a-2) a radially projecting portion that projects from the tubular body portion outwardly in a radial direction of the tubular body portion; and (b) a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080014007 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a placement tray on which a recording medium is placed and which is attachably and detachably assembled into a housing. The placement tray includes a holding portion having an upwardly concave configuration at one end of the placement tray in an attaching and detaching direction... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080008511 - Cartridge for tape printing apparatus and tape printing apparatus: A cartridge for a tape printing apparatus includes a tape core around which a printing tape is wound, an ink ribbon core around which an ink ribbon to be used for printing on the printing tape is wound, a winding core that winds the ink ribbon used for printing, and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080008512 - Printhead carrier for an imaging apparatus having cartridge side entry and latching: An imaging apparatus includes a guide frame and a printhead carrier coupled to the guide frame for reciprocating movement along a main scan direction. The printhead carrier includes a cartridge receptacle forming a box-like structure defining an interior space. The receptacle has a carrier floor, a carrier back wall having... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080008513 - Printing apparatus, conveyance apparatus, and feed-conveyance control method: This invention relates to an apparatus and method capable of appropriately preventing a printing medium from being diagonally conveyed upon feed regardless of changes in printing medium feed conditions. In this invention, the maximum output value of a PWM signal is compared with the sum of a predetermined bias value... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080008514 - Media input tray for a printing apparatus: A removable media input tray for holding a stack of media sheets is provided. The input tray is configured so that it can be fitted into a chassis of a printing apparatus. The input tray includes a reference guide wall and at least two datum members movably attached to the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080008515 - Sheet package with identification mark and printer using the same: Print sheets 7 stacked up are inserted into a package member 8 so that the sheets 7 in this state can be set in a printer together with the package member 8. The package member 8 is provided with an identification mark 31 while the printer is equipped with a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080008516 - Printer dock with two position tray: A printer dock for use with a digital data terminal, has a housing having a paper inlet portal, a first tray receiver, and a second tray receiver. The first tray receiver adjoins the paper inlet portal. The second tray receiver is disposed in spaced relation to the paper inlet portal.... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff